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| name = Christopher Ward | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Christopher William Ward | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|07|28}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | origin = | death_date = | death_place = | genre = Pop | occupation = Songwriter, broadcaster, judge, author | instrument = Piano, guitar | years_active = | label = Warner Attic | associated_acts = | url = www.christopherward.ca }} Christopher William Ward (born 28 July 1949) is a Canadian songwriter and broadcaster, known as a former long-standing on-air personality at MuchMusic, Canada's music video network, where he and J. D. Roberts were among the first video jockeys in 1984. Ward was a judge on The Next Star which is a Canadian reality television show on YTV. Early careerBorn in Toronto, Ontario, Ward began his music career in the early 1970s while attending Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario where he was a member of the school's campus radio station. BroadcastingSome of Ward's early television appearances began in 1978 on the CBC children's series Catch Up, as leader of the show's band.[1] He also played a minor role as a musician in an episode of The Kids of Degrassi Street alongside Alannah Myles in 1984.[1] Before MuchMusic launched, Ward hosted a weekend, all-night video program called City Limits on CITY-TV in Toronto.[1] On Friday and Saturdays, from midnight to 6 a.m., Ward broke ground as Canada's first "veejay".[2] The show was broadcast from CITY-TV's old Queen Street East studios and apart from playing the latest music videos, hosted guests. Bands such as Bon Jovi and actors like Mike Myers—playing his Wayne's World character{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} long before Saturday Night Live made it famous—added to the prototype of what MuchMusic would become.[2] The show also had "video clip" contest segments which gave winners prizes to special events like movie debuts.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} Broadcast only in the Toronto region, it was a major way music videos were introduced to the Southern Ontario public.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} (MTV, the American television network, was not broadcast in Canada due to regulatory laws protecting Canadian content until 2006.) When the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted a broadcast licence for an all-music channel to begin in 1984, CHUM-CITY won the lucrative rights. The application process to the Commission included Ward's current show as evidence of experience in broadcasting music video entertainment.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} During five years on MuchMusic, Ward interviewed artists like Paul McCartney, Tina Turner, Peter Gabriel, Leonard Cohen, and Kate Bush.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} While with the network, he hosted another show titled City Limits that spotlighted alternative music.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} Even after his departure from MuchMusic in the late 1980s, he was still involved in the channel off-and-on, most notably as Charles de Camembert, host of the annual Fromage specials.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} In 2008, Ward became a judge on YTV's The Next Star for its first four seasons until 2011.[3] SongwritingWard has written many songs for artists such as Hilary Duff, Diana Ross, Backstreet Boys, Wynonna Judd, Amanda Marshall, Tina Arena, Peter Cetera, Anne Murray and Meredith Brooks.[8] His best-known song is the Billboard number one single "Black Velvet",[9][10] recorded by Alannah Myles. "Black Velvet" was named the No. 49 song in Bob Mersereau's book The Top 100 Canadian Singles.[3] Ward has released several of his own recordings, including the singles "Once in a Longtime" (1977) and "Maybe Your Heart" (1978) (both co-written with his longtime friend Stephen Stohn, executive producer of The Next Generation and Instant Star) and "Boys and Girls" (1987).{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} The music video for "Boys and Girls" featured Alannah Myles, and Mike Myers in an early version of his "Wayne Campbell" character.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} The promotional tour for Time Stands Still (released on House of Lords Records/distributed by WEA) included David Wipper on guitar and Billy Idol bassist Steven Webster, and featured pianist Antonio Salci on keyboards.[12]{{better source|date=January 2018}} Starting in 1997, Ward became a member of Ming Tea, the tongue-in-cheek celebrity rock band assembled by fellow Canadian Mike Myers for the first and third Austin Powers films. Group members included Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet and performed the faux-sixties songs "BBC" and "Daddy Wasn't There".{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} Recent work (much of it in collaboration with Rob Wells Luke McMaster, Greg Johnston and Fred St-Gelais){{citation needed|date=January 2018}} includes songs for Alexz Johnson in the TV series Instant Star, with soundtrack albums for the four seasons of the show.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} Along with Rob Wells and Fred St-Gelais, he has worked with Lindsay Robins.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} Ward songs were featured on two Degrassi - The Next Generation projects, Degrassi Takes Manhattan and Degrassi Goes Hollywood.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} His songs were featured in Cirque du Soleil's tribute to Vaudeville, 'Banana Shpeel'.[3] Bibliography
DiscographyAlbums
Singles
See also{{Portal|Music of Canada}}
References1. ^1 2 {{cite web | url =http://cashboxcanada.ca/4861/proudly-canadian-christopher-ward | title =Proudly Canadian: Christopher Ward | last =Graham | first =Sandy | date =March 6, 2014 | website =Cashbox Magazine Canada | publisher =Cashbox Canada | access-date =February 5, 2019}} [4][5][6][7][8][9][10]2. ^1 2 Interview of Chris Ward by Donald Fraser, The Trent Talks on Trent University Radio, broadcast July 6, 2015. 3. ^1 2 {{cite web | url =http://cfccreates.com/mentors/18 | title =Biography: Christopher Ward, songwriter | date =2018 | website =Canadian Film Centre | access-date =February 5, 2019}} 4. ^1 {{cite web| url = http://www.antoniosalci.com| title = antoniosalci.com| work = antoniosalci.com| publisher = Antonio Salci| accessdate = 23 April 2011| postscript = .}} 5. ^1 {{cite web| title = Adult Contemporary - Volume 25, No. 3, April 17, 1976| author = RPM (magazine)| work = Collections Canada| publisher = (Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada)| oclc = 352936026 | format = PDF| url = http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4108&type=2&interval=20&PHPSESSID=bb0e7somh8osmahbvuk8ubb1u5.pdf| date = 31 March 2004| accessdate = 23 April 2011| postscript = .}} 6. ^1 {{Citation| url = http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2011-04-23T02%3A00%3A16Z&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=7463456&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Aamicus| title = "Christopher Ward" (sound recording)| work = Collections Canada| publisher = Library and Archives Canada| location = Ottawa| oclc = 26765984| id = AMICUS No. 7463456| accessdate = 23 April 2011| postscript = .}} 7. ^1 {{Citation| url = http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2011-04-23T01%3A42%3A34Z&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=37942546&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Aamicus| title = "Lost in a love song" (sound recording) ; "Play one for your mother" / Christopher Ward| work = Collections Canada| publisher = Library and Archives Canada| location = Ottawa| oclc = 666198012| id = AMICUS No. 37942546| accessdate = 23 April 2011| postscript = .}} 8. ^1 {{Citation| url = http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2011-04-23T02%3A11%3A37Z&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=21681114&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Aamicus| title = "Black Velvet" (music) : piano, vocal, guitar / words and music by Christopher Ward and David Tyson| work = Collections Canada| publisher = Library and Archives Canada| location = Ottawa| oclc = 262437702| id = AMICUS No. 21681114| accessdate = 23 April 2011| postscript = .}} 9. ^1 {{cite web |url = https://www.cmrra.ca/song%20lookup/song.nsf/cbb705d4b1b1516b852566ab006720c9/451c6383921fa9d28525782f004faf02?OpenDocument |title = Song Details (Song Number: 845394) |work = CMRRA |publisher = Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency |accessdate = 23 April 2011 |postscript = . |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061035/https://www.cmrra.ca/song%20lookup/song.nsf/cbb705d4b1b1516b852566ab006720c9/451c6383921fa9d28525782f004faf02?OpenDocument |archivedate = 4 March 2016 |df = dmy-all}} 10. ^1 {{cite web| url = http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/W/Ward_Christopher.html| title = Artist: Ward, Christopher Biography| date = 28 November 2004| work = canoe.ca| publisher = Jam!| accessdate = 23 April 2011| postscript = .}} }} External links
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