Canada also had some biggies. Canadian Music Hall of Fame Inductees 1978 - Guy Lombardo, Oscar Peterson 1979 - Hank Snow 1980 - Paul Anka 1981 - Joni Mitchell 1982 - Neil Young 1983 - Glenn Gould 1984 - The Crewcuts, The Diamonds, The Four Lads 1985 - Wilf Carter 1986 - Gordon Lightfoot 1987 - The Guess Who 1989 - The Band 1990 - Maureen Forrester 1991 - Leonard Cohen 1992 - Ian and Sylvia 1993 - Anne Murray 1994 - Rush 1995 - Buffy Sainte-Marie 1996 - David Clayton-Thomas, Denny Doherty, John Kay, Domenic Troiano, Zal Yanovsky 1997 - Gil Evans, Lenny Breau, Maynard Ferguson, Moe Koffman, Rob McConnell 1998 - David Foster 1999 - Luc Plamondon 2000 - Bruce Fairbairn 2001 - Bruce Cockburn 2002 - Daniel Lanois 2003 - Tom Cochrane 2004 - Bob Ezrin 2005 - The Tragically Hip 2006 - Bryan Adams 2007 - Bob Rock 2008 - Triumph 2009 - Loverboy 2010 - April Wine 2011 - Shania Twain 2012 - Blue Rodeo 2013 - k.d. lang
It's because Americans walk around with war and meanness on their minds, while British prance around humming with a lilt in their step.