Myles Goodwyn, the legendary Canadian musician and songwriter who shot to stardom as the lead singer of April Wine, has died at age 75.

His publicist Eric Alper said Goodwyn died Sunday in Halifax. No cause of death was announced.

Alper described Goodwyn as one of the great songwriters of the classic rock era, who helped propel April Wine to international success and paved the way for other Canadian rock acts.

鈥淎pril Wine was kind of leading all of it because they were breaking through on American rock and roll radio a little bit earlier than everybody else was,鈥� he said in an interview.

鈥淎nd the fact that they had just so many hits and sold out arenas and places in the U.S. and around the world just showed them that we can kind of compete on our own level.鈥�

April Wine has sold 10 million recordings worldwide and was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2010. The band was also added to Canada鈥檚 Walk of Fame this fall.

The group formed in Halifax in 1969 and consisted of Goodwyn, his friend Jim Henman, and Henman鈥檚 cousins David and Ritchie Henman.

After moving to Montreal, the band would go on to record a steady stream of hit songs in the 1970s and early 1980s including 鈥淵ou Could Have Been a Lady,鈥� 鈥淵ou Won鈥檛 Dance With Me,鈥� 鈥淩oller,鈥� and 鈥淛ust Between You and Me.鈥�

Their 1975 album Stand Back was the first by a Canadian band to sell more than 100,000 copies. Their 1978 album First Glance would be their first gold album outside Canada, while 1981鈥檚 The Nature of the Beast would help them attain platinum status on both sides of the border, according to the band鈥檚 website.

In later years, Goodwyn released several blues recordings, including the Juno-nominated 鈥淢yles Goodwyn And Friends Of The Blues,鈥� as well as an autobiography titled 鈥淛ust Between You And Me: A Memoir.鈥�

Alper, who has represented him in recent years, described Goodwyn as a 鈥渟traight shooter鈥� and a 鈥渂reath of fresh air鈥� who retained a keen interest in the music business.

Alper said Goodwyn stepped away from the band earlier this year due to health issues and no longer wanting to 鈥渓ive out of a suitcase,鈥� but continued to perform and work with other musicians.

鈥淚鈥檓 just so sad, because his spirit and his energy of still wanting to write the great rock and roll song, and the great Blues song, was still in him and he loved collaborating with people to have that happen,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檓 going to miss him terribly.鈥�

Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge wrote on X 鈥� formerly Twitter 鈥� to express sadness at Goodwyn鈥檚 death and offer condolences to his loved ones.

鈥淢yles Goodwyn led April Wine for over 50 years, bringing us hit Canadian rock music and touring relentlessly,鈥� she wrote.

鈥淢yles, thanks for the songs we鈥檒l keep playing all over town.鈥�

Canadian rocker Randy Bachman, founder of the Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive, described Goodwyn as 鈥渁 great singer, songwriter, guitar player and creator.鈥�

鈥淗is songs will live on forever,鈥� Bachman wrote in an email. 鈥淢any of his songs are among my favorite of all time.鈥�