{{Short description|Canadian country music singer and musician (1935–2016)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=August 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Jimmy Arthur Ordge | image = | caption = | image_size = <!-- Only for images smaller than 220 pixels --> | background = | birth_name = James Arthur Ordge | alias = | birth_date = 1935 | birth_place = Donalda, Alberta, Canada | death_date = July 1, 2016 (aged 80) | death_place = Edmonton, Alberta | origin = | genre = Rockabilly, country | occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician | years_active = 1961–1981 | label = Quality Records, Decca Records, Apex Records, Damon Records, MCA Coral, Royalty Records, Dore Records<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/4504164-Jimmy-Arthur-Ordge|title=Jimmy Arthur Ordge|website=Discogs}}</ref> | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = | past_members = |}} '''James Arthur Ordge''' (1935 – July 1, 2016)<ref name="obitJAO">{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/edmontonjournal/180574681|title=James Ordge Obituary|date=July 6, 2016|publisher=Edmonton Journal|via=www.legacy.com|accessdate=April 28, 2023}}</ref> was a Canadian country music recording artist.
Ordge scored two Canadian Number-One country singles with his 1967 release “Irena Cheyenne”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.10056b.pdf| title=RPM Top Country Singles - April 22, 1967}}</ref> and his 1970 release “The Ballad of Muk Tuk Annie”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6964.pdf| title=RPM Top Country Singles - November 28, 1970}}</ref> He was a Country Male Vocalist of the Year nominee for the Juno Awards of 1978.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://royaltyrecords.ca/canadian-country-music-family-lost-one-of-its-true-pioneers/|title=CANADIAN COUNTRY MUSIC FAMILY, LOST ONE OF ITS TRUE PIONEERS|website=Royalty Records Inc.|date=July 5, 2016 }}</ref> His 1981 Doré Records single release, “Stay Away From Jim”,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.discogs.com/Jimmy-Arthur-Ordge-Stay-Away-From-Jim-/release/15259180| title = Jimmy Arthur Ordge – Stay Away From Jim (1981, Vinyl) - Discogs| website = Discogs| date = October 31, 1981}}</ref> made the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at number 89 on July 24, 1981.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/jimmy-arthur-ordge/chart-history |title=Jimmy Arthur Ordge {{!}} Billboard |website=www.billboard.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902161802/https://www.billboard.com/music/jimmy-arthur-ordge/chart-history |archive-date=2021-09-02}}</ref>
Ordge died of cancer on July 1, 2016, at age 80.<ref name="obitJAO" />
==Honours== In 2021 Ordge was inducted posthumously into the Country Music Alberta Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moosejawtoday.com/opinion/royal-hotel-performer-into-alberta-music-hall-of-fame-3547673|title=Royal Hotel performer into Alberta music hall of fame|website=MooseJawToday.com|date=March 16, 2021 }}</ref>
==Notable recordings== *“Easy Rockin Chair”, Quality Records (1961) *“Irena Cheyenne”, Decca Records (1967) *“Chilly Winds”, Apex (1968) (#28 Can.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5833.pdf| title=RPM Top Country Singles - October 7, 1968}}</ref>) *“She's Dreaming Again”, Apex (1969) (#46 Can.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6073.pdf| title=RPM Top Country Singles - November 29, 1969}}</ref>) *“The Ballad of Muk Tuk Annie” Damon Records (1970) *“Mail Order Bride”, Damon Records (1971) (#28 Can.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.7567.pdf| title=RPM Top Country Singles - October 2, 1971}}</ref>) *“Big Gray Walls”, Quality Records (1973) (#46 Can.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4837.pdf| title=RPM Top Country Singles - June 9. 1973}}</ref>) *“The Old Man”, Royalty Records (1975) (#26 Can.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.3993.pdf| title=RPM Top Country Singles - June 28, 1975}}</ref>) *“Just One Night Of Love”, Royalty Records (1976) (#30 Can.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4100.pdf| title=RPM Top Country Singles - April 10, 1976}}</ref>) *“Herschel's Hemi Half-Ton”, Royalty Records (1976) (#41 Can.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5109.pdf| title=RPM Top Country Singles - October 30, 1976}}</ref>) *“Dawson City (The Ballad Of)”, Royalty Records (1978) (#39 Can.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5564.pdf| title=RPM Top Country Singles - February 25, 1978}}</ref>) *“Stay Away From Jim” Dore Records (1981)
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{discogs artist|Jimmy Arthur Ordge}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ordge, Jimmy Arthur}} Category:1935 births Category:2016 deaths Category:Singers from Alberta Category:Canadian country singers Category:Canadian rockabilly musicians
{{Canada-singer-songwriter-stub}}