# Al Cherney

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**Alexander Peter Chernywech** (November 1, 1932[1] – August 25, 1989) recording as **Al Cherny**, was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [fiddler](/source/Fiddler). He studied with [Frank Nowak](/source/Frank_Nowak) and played country music on [CHAT-FM](/source/CHAT-FM).

Cherney won the [Canadian Old Time Fiddlers' Contest](/source/Canadian_Open_Old_Time_Fiddle_Championship) in Ontario, under the novelty class from 1959 to 1961 and the open class in both 1960 and 1961.

In the early 1970s, he was a leading studio musician, recording with musician like [Gary Buck](/source/Gary_Buck), [Dick Damron](/source/Dick_Damron), [Tommy Hunter](/source/Tommy_Hunter), Jesse Winchester and [Sylvia Tyson](/source/Sylvia_Tyson). He released more than ten studio albums and received an RPM Big Country Award for Top Country Instrumentalist in 1978.

From 1964, until his passing in 1989, Cherny was a regular, featured musician on the [CBC](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation)'s *The Tommy Hunter Show*. Cherny met [Tommy Hunter](/source/Tommy_Hunter) when he worked at CKNX in Wingham, Ontario.

## Legacy

He was posthumously inducted into the [Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame](/source/Canadian_Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame) in 1989. He also performed regularly on *[The Tommy Hunter Show](/source/The_Tommy_Hunter_Show)*, until his death in 1989,[2] of lung cancer.[3]

## Discography

### Albums

Year Album[4] 1965 North American Fiddle Champion (Plays Contest Winning Tunes) 1965 Plays Old Tyme Fiddle 1967 On Stage With Al Cherny AKA Al Cherny 1968 Golden Slippers 1969 Blue Ribbon Fiddle 1972 Fiddle Magic 1974 Rural Roots 1975 "The Big Fiddle Sound" Of Al Cherny 1975 Fiddle Country 1978 Country Club Hits of Al Cherny (Compilation) 1988 Al Cherny's Fiddle Party (Compilation) 1988 A Tribute to Al Cherny (Compilation) 2002 The Lost Recordings - Live

### Singles

Year Single Peak positions CAN Country [5] 1972 "Shannon Waltz" 46 "Mr. Bojangles" 45

## References

1. Zylstra (1992). *Encyclopedia Of Music In Canada*. University of Toronto Press. p. 258. ISBN 0-8020-2881-0.

1. ["Al Cherney"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130123085356/http://ccma.org/halloffame/profile.cfm?AwardID=40). *CCMA*. Archived from [the original](http://www.ccma.org/halloffame/profile.cfm?AwardID=40) on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2014.

1. Owen, Randy (23 August 2011). ["Cowboys"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223502/http://www.country1073.ca/randy-owen.html?start=525). *country1073.ca*. Archived from [the original](http://www.country1073.ca/randy-owen.html?start=525) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014. One of Canada's finest fiddlers, Al Cherney died on this date in 1989 of lung cancer at the age of 56. [..]

1. ["Al Cherny - Shelburne Fiddle"](http://www.backtothesugarcamp.com/Cherny.html)

1. Peak chart positions for singles charting on *RPM* Country Tracks: * ["RPM Country Tracks for April 1, 1972"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140810044515/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7721&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=0mc2q172pvqnslk8qm4r4jrhk7). *[RPM](/source/RPM_(magazine))*. Archived from [the original](http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7721&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=0mc2q172pvqnslk8qm4r4jrhk7) on August 10, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014. * ["RPM Country Tracks for December 16, 1972"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140810044405/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7618&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=0mc2q172pvqnslk8qm4r4jrhk7). *[RPM](/source/RPM_(magazine))*. Archived from [the original](http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7618&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=0mc2q172pvqnslk8qm4r4jrhk7) on August 10, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.

## External links

- [Al Cherney](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1267996/) at IMDb as Cherney
- [Al Cherney](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9722615/) at IMDb as Cherny
- [Al Cherney](http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/al-cherny-emc/) on [The Canadian Encyclopedia](/source/The_Canadian_Encyclopedia)
- ["Chernywech, Alexander Peter "Al" (Death notice)"](http://images.ourontario.ca/brampton/769687/data). Brampton Library. appeared in [Brampton Guardian](/source/Brampton_Guardian) (Brampton, Ontario), 25 Aug 1989, p. 34, column 4

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