# Jackie Rae > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jackie_Rae > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jackie_Rae.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Rae > Source revision: 1355610117 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{distinguish|Jackie Healy-Rae}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Jackie Rae | honorific_suffix = [CM](/source/Order_of_Canada) [DFC](/source/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)) | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = John Arthur Cohen | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|05|14}} | birth_place = [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg), [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba), Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2006|10|05|1921|05|14}} | death_place = [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada | genre = | occupation = Singer, songwriter, television performer | instrument = | years_active = | label = | website = }} '''John Arthur Rae''', [CM](/source/Order_of_Canada), [DFC](/source/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)) (May 14, 1921 – October 5, 2006{{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}}) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) singer, songwriter and television performer. ==Biography== He was born John Arthur Cohen to immigrants in [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg), [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba) in 1921. His father Goodman Cohen was Lithuanian and his mother Nellie (Rae) Cohen was born in Glasgow, Scotland.''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 Jackie began performing at the age of three with his brother and sister on the [vaudeville](/source/vaudeville) circuit in Canada, billed as the "Three Little Raes of Sunshine". Rae flew [Spitfire](/source/Supermarine_Spitfire)s as a member of the [Royal Canadian Air Force](/source/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) and earned the [Distinguished Flying Cross](/source/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)). During the 1950s, he was the host of ''The Jackie Rae Show'', a [variety show](/source/variety_show) on [CBC Television](/source/CBC_Television). Rae later moved to [London](/source/London) where he performed on television for the [BBC](/source/BBC), [ATV](/source/Associated_TeleVision) and [Granada Television](/source/Granada_Television). He compered the popular show ''Spot The Tune'' for two years (1959–1960) with singer [Marion Ryan](/source/Marion_Ryan), and was subsequently the host of the first series of ''[The Golden Shot](/source/The_Golden_Shot)'' which he presented during 1967. He formed a dance band known as the Spitfire Band in 1981 which toured across Canada. In 2002, he was named as a Member of the [Order of Canada](/source/Order_of_Canada). Songs written by Rae were hits for [Donald Peers](/source/Donald_Peers){{cite web| url = https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/12789/donald-peers/| title = DONALD PEERS {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company| website = [Official Charts](/source/Official_Charts_Company)}} and [Eddy Arnold](/source/Eddy_Arnold){{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}} (''[Please Don't Go](/source/Please_Don't_Go_(Donald_Peers_song))''), and [Andy Williams](/source/Andy_Williams) (''[Happy Heart](/source/Happy_Heart)'').{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/andy-williams/chart-history/asi/|title = Andy Williams|magazine = [Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))}} He collaborated with [Les Reed](/source/Les_Reed_(songwriter)) on songs performed by [Engelbert Humperdinck](/source/Engelbert_Humperdinck_(singer)) and [Tony Bennett](/source/Tony_Bennett). ==Personal life== Rae was married to British actress [Janette Scott](/source/Janette_Scott) from 1959 to 1965. He later married Canadian singer and actress Patrician McKinnon. Rae died in [Toronto](/source/Toronto) in 2006, aged 85. His brother [Saul Forbes Rae](/source/Saul_Rae) was a Canadian diplomat and ambassador. His nephew, [Bob Rae](/source/Bob_Rae), is a longtime politician and a former premier of the Province of [Ontario](/source/Ontario). ==References== {{Reflist | colwidth = | refs = {{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](/source/Governor_General_of_Canada) | location = [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa) | language = |trans-title=| access-date = 23 January 2011 | quote = | author-link = Adrienne Louise Clarkson }} }} ==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] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rae, Jackie}} Category:1921 births Category:2006 deaths Category:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation people Category:Canadian expatriates in England Category:Canadian male singers Category:Canadian people of Scottish-Jewish descent Category:Canadian people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Category:Canadian pop singers Category:Canadian male songwriters Category:Canadian television hosts Category:CBC Television people Category:Members of the Order of Canada Category:Musicians from London Category:Musicians from Winnipeg Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Category:Royal Canadian Air Force personnel of World War II Category:Canadian vaudeville performers Category:Writers from London Category:Writers from Winnipeg Category:20th-century Canadian male singers Category:20th-century English musicians Category:Royal Canadian Air Force officers Category:Burials at St. James Cemetery (Toronto) Category:Singers from Manitoba --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jackie Rae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Rae) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Rae?action=history)). 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