Rich Dodson is a Canadian singer, song-writer and producer. He is the guitarist and a founding member of Canadian Rock trio, The Stampeders. He is most well known for penning the groups' biggest hit, "Sweet City Woman" which hit Number 1 in Canada, and Number 8 on Billboard in 1971. He also wrote many other notable hits for the band such as "Wild Eyes", "Devil You", "Johnny Lightning" and "Carry Me". Dodson has stated that his influences come from instrumental bands of the 1960s such as The Ventures, and The Shadows, as well as Lovin' Spoonful and The Zombies. On stage, he is known for playing his self-designed Fender double neck guitar. Dodson left the Stampeders in 1978 to pursue his interests in music production and built his own 24-track recording studio called Marigold Studios, where he produced his own solo material as well as produced and engineered "Fate Stay with Me" for Alanis Morissette. In that same year, he began his nationally-distributed independent record label called Marigold Productions. Dodson went on to have a successful solo career with three top-ten hits in Canada including "Lookin' Back", "She's Comin' Back/Your Own Kind of Music", and "Cruel Emotion". 

1947 in Greater Sudbury