The Paths of Burton Cummings and Rosalie Trombley Cross Once More

It started with "These Eyes" and her ear.

RosalieTrombleyPicOn Friday, Canadian singer-songwriter Burton Cummings will be inducted as a solo artist into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame’s new Calgary home at the National Music Centre. On Saturday, Rosalie Trombley (pictured), a former radio station music director who was instrumental in his success, will be honored in Calgary with the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award. And on Sunday, at the close of the two-hour Juno Awards ceremony from the western province city’s Scotiabank Saddledome, a special tribute will be paid to Cummings.

As Detroit News reporter Susan Whitall recently recalled, Trombley picked out Cummings and Randy Bachman‘s Guess Who song “These Eyes” very early on.

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