Corey Hart

Inducted in 2019

Hailing from Montreal, Quebec, Corey Hart started singing at the age of 11, performing alongside the likes of Tom Jones and Paul Anka. In 1981, at the age of 18, Hart sent tapes of his own songs to the Montreal Forum addressed to Billy Joel and his bandmates. What followed speedily set his career in motion: the band’s saxophone player called Hart, and he spent the following summer playing gigs with members of the Billy Joel Band and quickly began performing solo and writing songs.

Career Highlights

1983

First Offense, Hart’s Gold-certified debut album, is released.

1984

“Sunglasses at Night” wins the inaugural JUNO Award for Best Video

1985

“Never Surrender” wins Single of the Year at The JUNO Awards

1985

Boy in The Box is released. It reaches Diamond status (1M copies sold) in Canada.

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Hart performs at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton on the Boy in The Box Tour 1986.

1986

The double-platinum album Fields of Fire is released.

1997

Hart co-writes and produces two songs on Celine Dion’s best-selling album Let’s Talk About Love

1999

Hart steps away from touring and recording following the birth of his third daughter.

2014

After a 12-year hiatus from performing, Hart made a triumphant comeback in Montreal with a marathon concert at the Bell Centre and launched his autobiography, Chasing The Sun.

Quick Fact

Hart released his ’83 debut album, First Offense, featuring the iconic hit “Sunglasses at Night,” which became a global sensation and a staple on MTV.

2019

Hart released Dreaming Time Again, his first new music in 20 years, produced by Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Bob Ezrin.

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Quick Fact

At 18, Hart represented Canada along with Dan Hill at the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo, Japan.

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