{{distinguish|Jackie Healy-Rae}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Jackie Rae | honorific_suffix = CM DFC | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = John Arthur Cohen | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|05|14}} | birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2006|10|05|1921|05|14}} | death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | genre = | occupation = Singer, songwriter, television performer | instrument = | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> }} '''John Arthur Rae''', CM, DFC (May 14, 1921 – October 5, 2006<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|author=Jason Ankeny |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jackie-rae-mn0000782472 |title=Jackie Rae | Biography |publisher=AllMusic |date= |access-date=2014-03-18}}</ref>) was a Canadian singer, songwriter and television performer.
==Biography== He was born John Arthur Cohen to immigrants in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1921. His father Goodman Cohen was Lithuanian and his mother Nellie (Rae) Cohen was born in Glasgow, Scotland.<ref>''1921 Census of Canada'' for Winnipeg North, Manitoba Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 30; Census Place: Winnipeg (City), Winnipeg North, Manitoba; Page Number: 26</ref> Jackie began performing at the age of three with his brother and sister on the vaudeville circuit in Canada, billed as the "Three Little Raes of Sunshine". Rae flew Spitfires as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. During the 1950s, he was the host of ''The Jackie Rae Show'', a variety show on CBC Television.
Rae later moved to London where he performed on television for the BBC, ATV and Granada Television. He compered the popular show ''Spot The Tune'' for two years (1959–1960) with singer Marion Ryan, and was subsequently the host of the first series of ''The Golden Shot'' which he presented during 1967. He formed a dance band known as the Spitfire Band in 1981 which toured across Canada.<ref name="AMG"/> In 2002, he was named as a Member of the Order of Canada.<ref name="gg.ca"/>
Songs written by Rae were hits for Donald Peers<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/12789/donald-peers/| title = DONALD PEERS {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company| website = Official Charts}}</ref> and Eddy Arnold<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-singer-and-showman-jackie-rae-dies-1.608977| title = Canadian singer and showman Jackie Rae dies {{!}} CBC News}}</ref> (''Please Don't Go''), and Andy Williams (''Happy Heart'').<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/andy-williams/chart-history/asi/|title = Andy Williams|magazine = Billboard}}</ref> He collaborated with Les Reed on songs performed by Engelbert Humperdinck and Tony Bennett.<ref name="AMG"/>
==Personal life== Rae was married to British actress Janette Scott from 1959 to 1965. He later married Canadian singer and actress Patrician McKinnon.
Rae died in Toronto in 2006, aged 85.<ref name="AMG"/>
His brother Saul Forbes Rae was a Canadian diplomat and ambassador. His nephew, Bob Rae, is a longtime politician and a former premier of the Province of Ontario.
==References== {{Reflist | colwidth = | refs = <ref name="gg.ca"> {{cite web | url = http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=4316&t=12 | title = John Arthur (Jackie) Rae, C.M., D.F.C. | author = The Right Honourable Adrienne Louise Clarkson | date = | year = | work = Gg.ca | publisher = Governor General of Canada | location = Ottawa | language = |trans-title=| access-date = 23 January 2011 | quote = | author-link = Adrienne Louise Clarkson }} </ref> }}
==External links== *[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-singer-and-showman-jackie-rae-dies-1.608977 'Canadian singer and showman Jackie Rae dies' (CBC)] * {{IMDb name|706015|Jackie Rae}} * {{Discogs artist|Jackie Rae}} * [https://canadianbands.com/jackie-rae/ Article at canadianbands.com] * [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/jackie-rae-show The Jackie Rae Show] - Canadian Communication Foundation * [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jackie-rae-emc Article at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca]
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