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Peterson toured and recorded with Quartette until 1996, when she was diagnosed with cancer. Unable to perform with the band during her cancer treatment, she chose her friend and collaborator
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In 1986 Peterson released the single "I Had It All", which was a hit on the Canadian country charts and launched the most successful phase of her career. She released the album
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Peterson was inducted into the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame in 1995. Additionally, she was posthumously inducted into the
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in the United States. Due to favourable audience response to the collaboration, they continued to work together, adopting the name
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in 1971, forming the band Spriggs and Bringle with Mark Haines. She then relocated to
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Whispering Pines: The Northern Roots of American Music... from Hank Snow to the Band
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to fill in for her, and died in Toronto on October 9 of that year. She is buried in
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label. She left after that. In 1970, she was cast in the Canadian production of
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Peterson began performing in coffeehouses in Ottawa in 1966. She won an
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singer, who performed both as a solo artist and as a member of the band
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in 1980 and 1981. She continued to perform, however, touring with
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for Most Promising Female Vocalist in 1967 and, in 1968, joined
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Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year winners
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worked with several musicians to produce a new album,
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She then joined the band 10: 1517: 1067:. ECW Press. pp. 1–. 480: 324:in Peterborough, Ontario. 183:She subsequently moved to 1406: 1388: 1370: 1271: 1116:Ottawacountrymusichof.org 886:The Canadian Encyclopedia 805: 743: 719: 680: 645: 607: 592: 556: 535: 520: 496: 493: 490: 487: 470:Postcards from California 382: 356: 346:Postcards from California 208:Following her 1978 album 145: 112: 108: 98: 90: 76: 59: 48: 40: 30: 23: 1496:Quartette (band) members 1093:January 8, 2017, at the 511: 506: 501: 311: 301:A Prairie Home Companion 117:Colleen Peterson Tribute 978:April 16, 2016, at the 809:"Let's Try Love Again" 649:"I Still Think of You" 1134:Hall of Fame Inductees 336:in 2000. 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Peterborough, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
Country
Folk
Colleen Peterson Tribute
country
folk
Quartette
RPM Gold Leaf Award
Bruce Cockburn
David Wiffen
3's a Crowd
TCB
Traffic
Hair
Kingston
Nashville
Billboard
Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist
Charlie Daniels Band
Gordon Lightfoot
Tom Waits
Ry Cooder
The Tommy Hunter Show
Waylon Jennings
Roger Miller
Janie Fricke
Marty Stuart
Anne Murray
Ronnie Prophet

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