"Sudbury Saturday Night" is one of the most famous songs by Stompin' Tom Connors, which depicts the hard-drinking, hard-partying social life of hard rock miners in the Northern Ontario mining city of Sudbury.[1]
The song's chorus is:
- Yeah, the girls are out to bingo
- And the boys are gettin' stinko
- And we'll think no more of Inco
- On a Sudbury Saturday night
Originally released on Connors' 1967 debut album The Northlands' Own Tom Connors, the song also reappeared on his 1972 album Bud the Spud, his live album Live at the Horseshoe, the compilations A Proud Canadian and 25 of the Best Stompin' Tom Souvenirs, and the 1995 rerelease of The Northlands' Own Tom Connors under the title Northlands Zone.
Connors wrote the song in Sudbury when he was booked for a three week performance at the Towne House.[2] On the fiftieth anniversary of the song, a commemorative video was made in Sudbury with people at the tavern singing the song.[3]
"Sudbury Saturday Night" was covered by Canadian musician Kim Mitchell in 1998 on the compilation Summer Dock Party.[4]
- ^ Mitchell, Gillian (2007). The North American Folk Music Revival: Nation and Identity in the United States and Canada, 1945-1980. Ashgate Publishing. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-7546-5756-9.
- ^ Rhindress, Charlie (2019-09-16). Stompin' Tom Connors: The myth and the man — an unauthorized biography. Formac Publishing. p. 87. ISBN 9781459505384. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ Stefanovich, Olivia (2016-09-24). "Sudbury celebrates Stompin' Tom Connors on Saturday night with new music video". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-09-25. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ LeBlanc, Larry (1998-07-11). "New Discs Feature Vintage Pop". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 28. Nielsen Business Media. p. 48. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2010-05-12.