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A professional musician at the age of 18, vibraphonist Hagood Hardy moved from his native Indiana to study at the University of Toronto, playing various jazz clubs and with a band called the Montage. Hardy has composed music for countless commercials and TV programs, but his most famous work is "The Homecoming," a number one Canadian hit in 1975 written for a Salada Tea advert in 1972. His score for CBC-TV's Anne of Green Gables won an award. His over 15 albums include Stop 33 (1967), Hagood Hardy and Montage (1970), The Homecoming (1975) Reflections (1978), The Christmas Album (1979),...

Hardy Nilsson was a 90's Swedish indie/power pop band. They released three albums, Är det värt det? (1993), Att ha och inte ha (1994) and Härifrån (1997). The band was named after a Swedish ice hockey player and reached minor success with the songs "Popsång", "Hela hjärtat mitt" and "Faller tillbaks", all of which got some playtime on Swedish national radio. Members of the band have also had other projects, such as Autorock and Tommy 16. .