Volume 4, No. 13 Week of November 22nd , 1965 1 RC A GOES CANADIAN! •GIORGI HA!~ ~~~ r Company Limited This is the fourth in a series of articles from the leaders of the Canadian music industry. In these articles the people at the helm of the industry will express their outlooks and their 9pinions regarding the domestic industry. In the weeks to come, we hope to print comments from every Canadian-minded record company.
NEW NATIONA L ISM CANADIAN ARTISTS That sudden upsurge of nationalism took For example, take the show-stoppin g, some people completely by surprise, even bill-topping Canadian dance group. Les in this country. Canadians, traditionally Feux-Follets are probably better kn own in modest people whose West Coast seldom London, England than London, Ontario. knew what their East Coast was doing, There's no question at all about their in were all at once flourishing flags and ask ternational status - but how a bout their ing awkward questions about a national national one? This is a Canadian achieve identity. It was all most confusing. ment and the people of Moose J ;'lW can be But to the Canadian music business just as proud as tr. ~ people of Montreal. to fi nd and promote the talent in this coun (where a little modesty goes a very long With our new nati:mal ism, there is no try. With a new la be l , we can re-release way) this new-found pride in home-grown longer a limited mar>.et for talent in either artists such as Colette Boky, whose re products was the best bit of news since language. The sky' s the limit, and album cent European success has brought s uc h Nelson Eddy stopped masquerading as a sales prove it. The music of Les Feux credit to Canada. We can tell the country Mountie. This was just what we needed to Follets is now on RCA Victor's Canada about the great amateur talent to be fo und make the world sit up and take notice of International label. in groups like the Dofasco Male Chorus. Canadian talent. We had a story to tell and We don't pretend that this is particularly a country to sell, particularly with Expo CITY BY CITY profitable to the company, but it is an in '67 0n the horizon. Now that we had a new The same applies in selling East to tegral part of the Canadian scene and, as national spirit, we could achieve inter West and telling the Canadian story as a such, every bit as importa nt as the steady national status for our recording stars. whole. To swinging Torontonians, the success of professional groups such as Brian Browne Trio s;•ms up the city scene. RCA GOE S INTERN ATIONAL the Carl Tapscott Singers. Besides, as I ln Vancouver, it is Lance Harrison, while said, nosta lgia is part of our business. We began by stating the fact firmly on in Montreal the Nick Ayoub Quintet is the the new RCA Victor album s,with the Cana There are,of course, certain restrictions most. By promoting fine recordings of da International label. which even the most rabid nationalism can these groups, we made it possi ble for not overcome. Release dates for foreign Three years ago, it was hard enough to Canadians everywhere to get the feel of interest the U.S.A . in Canadian talent, scores, of hit Broadway musicals and these cities without noving from their own great movies music.But we've got a policy. never mind the rest of the world. Even living rooms. By the same token , not all at home, American recordings by inter If you can't get the original - then make Bach e nthusiasts can make the trip to nationally-known names invariably outsold a new one - and that's just what we did Montreal. Nevertheless, we believe that our own. But now, with the Canada Inter with the Phil Nimmons Jazz Group, whose students from St. J v!rn 's to Nanaimo and national label and more competitive prices "Mary Pop pins Swings" was the first on back again should be able to hear the for both those and the Gala and Camden the scen e once the movie came to Canada world's greatest organ music. That is why and is still one of the most popular ver recordings, Canadian artists are getting a we recorded Raymond Davelux in recital s ions. Another was George Tremblay 's much better hearing. And not only at home. at St. Joseph's Oratory. In eleven countries and as far away as strictly Canadian "do-it-yourself-disco Israel, where Ginette Ravel is among to ETHNIC MUSIC theque" version of the "My Fair Lady" day's best-sellers, Canada International is With our new national spirit and our melodies. putting the "maple leaf" talent on the map. International label, we are making more COMING UP ROSES People are buying and playing Canada, music for New Canadians, and for ethnic All of which s hould ind icate that, and discovering there is no dearth of talent groups on both sides of the border. Nostal musically, Canada is coming up roses. in this country. gia is an important part of the record busi There' s a certain magic to the word ness. That is why we go to Europe - so Even so, there is more music in Cana "international" and with it, we have found that those who prefer a genuine yode l to a da at the moment than you can shake a a new flexibility of operation to help us ye-ye can hear the real thing. And that is baton at - fine music, by fine musicians towards our objectives. why we record newly arrived groups s uch who a re making a magnificent contribu First of these, of course, is internation as the Max Eric Trio, who were so well tion to Canada's international prestige. We al recognition. But equally important, we known in their native Germany. like to think we have he lped. are also selling Canada to Canadians and Selling Canada and Canadian music is introducing them to the talent that is PROMOTING CA t~ ADIAN TALENT good business ... and it's getting better theirs. This is all part of our third objective: every month. • Leth bri dge: CJ 0 C 's others have made this one of the most re this contest co-sponsored by C HNS, Dairy "Golden Weekend 11 turn fr eshing of Canadian produced musical Queen and Seven Up. A cash prize of $500 ed out to be a listeners shows. goes to the winner. "Saturday Night holiday. It was a solid Regino: CKCK is presenting the Bobby Party" is a locally produced CTVer giving 38 hours of hits of the Curtola Show throughout Saskatchewan. good exposure to pop, folk a nd country past. Listeners sent in Bobby will be pla ying a dozen dates in artists. Also from Stephen come s news requests for their favour the province. that The Great Scots will be soon releas ites and as a bonus dur Samia: Live from the Terrace Room at ing their follow-up to " Give Me Lovin". ing the 38 hours, names the Drawbridge Inn a•1d a ll free courtesy Local group The Five Sounds have re were picked at random of CHOK and hos ted by Steve Glenn a nd leased "Loading Coal" on Epic. Volume and the writer given 3 Wayne Secor. Tha t's the newes t promotion 2 of "Voice Of An Angel" by Cathie minutes to call the sta from this important border centre. Besides McKinnon is the mo st asked for LP since tion a nd win himself a free dancing the teene rs can also enjoy a her Volume 1. Anyone looking for a good silver buck. A draw at splash in the inside pool and free refres h contact in the Maritimes s hould drop the completion of the ments. • Stephen a line at 3120 Un ion St., Halifax. promotion sent one He is also teen columnist for the Halifax lucky listener a transistor radio. Suburban Mirror. Owen Sound: Bill McNicol notes from Halifax: Stephen Kimber, New York: Ren Grevatt, publicist for CFOS that popula r s ummer DJ Norm Kim Enterprises, is The Richmond Organization, notes that Blakely is now looking a fter prime time at c urrently negotia ting for "Turn, Turn, Turn" by the Byrds was a CFSL Weyburn. Norm was a boon to the exposure of some of the nationwide chartbuster only three weeks vacationland during last summer and bu ilt best from the east to after release. This is the third major chart up a large lis te ning a udience which in the Upper Canada mar item written by Pete Seeger. Others were cluded both young and o ld. ket. The junket may in "Where Have All The Flowers Gone" a nd Kentvi I le: Lorne F evens a nd the gang clude Roger Gray, The "If I Had A Hammer" co-written with Lee at C KEN a re knocked out with the latest Axemen a nd the Dar Hayes. T RO is widely credited w ith intro release of The Brunswick Playboys "My ve ls. The Axemen have ducing fo lk songs in the pop field as far 11 Heart ls An Open Book won so many been guested on the lo back as 1949 when it first published mate r 11 times on the "Battle Line it was de ca l CBC-TVer "Frank ' s ial featured by the Weavers. Writers repre clared an unde feated winner. "Do You Bandstand 11 a nd are a l sented in their present catalogue include, Wanna Dance" by Frank's Bandstand so included on the Arc She! Silverstein, Wood Guthrie , Mike Settle Crew (CBC-TV Mu s ic Hop) on Arc has LP , same na me. The and other well known folk-rock a nd rock also been getting the royal treatment in big Maritime a ttraction is blues writers. this eastern Canadia n centre. Says Lorne, the Atlantic Amateur Talent Contest. Toronto: Al Ma ir, promo touter at Apex "Every c ut a real winner! Who said The Bury a nd The Ren.:iins a nd The New is excited over the news that Gordon Light Maritimes haven't any talent?" The Great Breed have advanced to the fina ls of foot will be touring Europe with Ian and Scots are doing a bang up job of keeping their old fri ends in radio on top of their acttvtties . The boys are located in the Los Angeles area and will be leaving s hortly for a tour of the Hawaiian Is lands. They've been appearing with Sonn y & * Cher, D.C. Five and many others. Kirkland Lake: From out of the north * (Ontario, that is) comes news from Bill Cody at CJKL. Canadian productions are * now becoming a ha bit rather than an oddity in this northern area. One of the * big ones is "Three Long Days and Lynda Layne Nights" by the Kearniks on Melbourne. * This disc has been top dog for the past SAYS two months. Also looking big is "It Was "I DON 'T WANT TD GO " * I'' by The Big Town Boys a nd Gordon Lightfoot's "Like Tom Thumb's Blues", 1CUZ1 * with "Out Of The Sunshine" making David "l'M YOUR PUSSYCAT" * C layton Thomas s hine like the Northe rn Lights. MEANING * Winnipeg: The demand for C KRC DJs to host hops a round Winnipeg Town have THANKS DJ 's FOR GETTING MY * been so heavy that reserve a DJ is the or der of the day and at least one month in NEW RECORD OFF TO A GREAT START * advance. Eight hops each weekend a re what ch e persona lities are averaging. * Toronto: C KFM, the first to introduce RCA VICTOR INTERNATIONAL FM -Stereo in Canada, goes 24 hours daily * with full s tereophonic sound. C KFM pre sencly races as th e na tion's most listened * to FM station. "Spotlight", the CFTO-TV minia ture * spectacular has been gain in g much atten tion throughout Upper Canada a nd cha nces * for ic to be peddled south of che border look good. Big names with simple settings * is the key co success. Carmen McRae, Vaughn Meader, Julius La Rosa, Johnny * Desmond, The Biccer End S ingers a nd man y '.2 * • Sylvia beginning in February. To my a ngry friend , I h a ve a messa ge. Ottawa: Sandy Gardiner carries on with Your fl ag w aving doesn't impress me. his highlights of his trip to the British Your chart is equally unimpressing as far Isles. These are the most infor mative a nd as Canadia n records is c oncern ed. IS IT well put together information pieces we T R UE??? Tha t many new US records have have ever seen on the" British Beat". Most what Ame rican A & R men call "The Can a radio stations and even the teenagers dian sound ". Canadian s will be the last to would welcome a collection such as this. know ! Perhaps Sandy should put it out in pocket WHILE WE 'RE TALKIN G SOUND. I h eard book form. It could be a top se ller. • a bout a record re c ently called " Say Ch eese " on Monum e nt. Am I right ? This lhUUUUUUUCJUUUUC How o Hit is made. Often record was not re leased in Canada? If the conversation rolls everything I h ear about this NE W sound 1940 Yonge Street, Toronto 7, Canada around to good records, is true, I'd like a copy . Does an yone ha ve bad record, like it , and a spare one, or whe re can I get one . I un the age old q uestion derstand I'm really miss ing some thing why? Why don't Cana (Ed: A nd there's not much you miss.') BIGLAND ATTRACTIONS dian radio stations make LATEST RECORD RELEASES A Canadia n producer swears th a t he 'll hits. Why aren ' t they ARDELS ashamed to be sheep to be scrapping a recent produc tion. It 's TOO the charts) Why have close to a current US chart topper (I mean "But I Love You" - Cancut they no guts? One pro- No.1). Isn ' t that amazing!!! He swears the LITTLE CAESAR / CONSULS Red sound, a nd material were an original idea. gram director put it "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" Leaf aptly when he said, I guess this can happen. Coincidence, but "We can't make hits, still amazing!!! JUST US we play them when STILL CAN 'T BREAK THE BIGGEST "I Can Tell" - Quality 0 00 ~Aanannaa' A' A• they've made it." And STORY OF T HE YEAR, but I have been that is the answer_ promised a n exclusive. DON'T MISS a DEAN CURTIS and THE LIVELY SET It's been d ubbed "lazy programming", s ingle copy of my column. "Stuck On Yourself" - Quality "Colonization" and many other dirty FLASH '.'! Wa tch for a Canadian record to words that a lady would never print. SWEEP right to the top of th e US cha rts RITCHIE KNIGHT & THE MID-KNIGHTS (Ed: What dirty words are those, Miss C?" SOON. You have it now . Some of you are "One Good Reason:' - Arc BUT ... WHAT DOES MAKE A HIT? Simply a lready playing it!!! My ' info c omes right RISING SONS a good record receiving a lot of unified from Tin Pan Alley . action. Any good record!! They were hits And that' s thirty :n any language !!! • "Don't Look Away" - Columbia because they were played by the same DAVID CLAYTON THOMAS and people at the same time. Were they ex Letters from our readers THE ROGUES ceptional recordings??? My opinion is indicate more and more "Out of the Sunshine" - Roman NO! They were not the all and end all of how anxious Canadian s the record business, but unified MAN IPU ar.i to make the mselves JAY JACKSON LATION made them hits . Why were these aware of the tale nt avail "Darling Don't You Go" - Red Leaf records chosen is the greatest mystery of able to the m from the ir BERRIES of all time . Any programmer will tell you own country. The follow that he's programming NEW records because ing is an example. "Night Winds" - Reo of their his tory, potential action, or in "Dear Sir: F irs t of all, BIG TOWN BOYS stinctive knowledge of THE sound. If this I have to te ll you how "It Was I" - Capitol is not true, why do people in the industry much I e njoy your maga marvel at the fact that "That's My Girl" zine. I think it is doing JOHNNY and THE CANADIANS by the Keatniks didn't happen? a wonderful job in 1Jro "Sa Yeah" - Columbia What does it mean to MANIPULATE moting Canadian talent. a hit? It can best be expressed by the There is only one thing DEE and THE YEOMEN comments of a recent visitor to the US that disturbs me. You do very little on "Take The First Train Home" - Cancut who told me that Canada is the talk of Montreal or its fantastic talent. French ESQUIRES the mu sic industry in th e US, but in terms artists are rarely mentioned. ]. B. and of the "Guess Who s" and "Sloopy". They The Playboys are not given too much "Love's Made A Foo l Of You "- Capitol know us by our sound. THEY KNOW US BY attention, a lthough they have had many OUR SOUND'! LAST WORDS recordings and have plenty of talent. They "The Lau h's On Me" - Re a NEXT TIME YOU FEEL INCONSPI have an album out which was given very CUOUS AS A D.J.or aP .D. or M.D. THINK little notice in the RPM weekly. Don't SPARROWS ABOUT IT. YOURS IS WORLD RECOGNI you think you should give some c redit to "Hard Times With The Law " - Ca itol TION ... by way of the Canadian sound, and Dave Boxer for his upcoming show on Canadian hits . Meanwhile live with one Dec. 29th with fiteen Canadian groups. STACCATOS thing. UNTIL WE ARE IMPORTANT IN Please don't misunderstand me, I enjoy "Going To California" - Capitol THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC SCENE, your magazine very much, but if possible, until your contemporaries across Canada try to add a bit more of Montreal news. do something about GETTING TOGETHER (signed) Nancy hoey, AVAILABlE FOR and wave th at flag for the world to see and Dorval, P . Q. ONE NIGHT AND CLUB BOOKINGS ... NOW ... baby ... NOW, th e world is pass (Ed: In a very few lines Nancy you have ANYWHERE IN CANADA ing YOU and Canada by. Let's go Canada. informed us of more Montreal activity than If there is one sentence I can print that AND U.S.A. we have heard in as many weeks from will get to you, that sentence is (Ed: UN parties respons ible for such news In PR INTABLE). Montrea !). NOW ... that 1 have expressed myself BOOK WITH BIGLAND most dramatically (Ed: We had to pull that Subscribe to RPM and advertise prirt out ') 1 can go on to dig up some dirt "The Friendly Giant in the Bigland" for you. THREATS don't phase me at all. in Canada's only music trade. 3 CAPITOL gets set for what could be the novel ty hit of the year. "Like WE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT! A Dribblin' Fram" by Race Marbles gets a big YOU CAN'T BEAT THE SUCCESS boost from CHUM 10 Toronto and the action OUR WORLD AFF ILIATES looks good for the rest of Canada. Also Cana HAVE SHOWN dian produced is the Carol Wharton entry of ON QUA LI TY 'S "I Always Wake Up Crying". Carol was born CANADIAN TA LENT! 10 Montreal but now lives in Ontario. Ernie Yes, We Are Proud To Have Lyons, residing for a Been The First To Achieve This time in Saskatoon, makes his de but with Recognition For Canadian Artists "Baby What You Do To Me" and initial reaction is good. David Clayton Thomas NOW HEAR THESE and his Roman LP are both moving into the Quebec area. Good response to tl>e LP Skip Evans - " FRECKLES, FRE CKLES" prompted a series of PAs in La Belle Province. The big Canadian news from Dee & The Yeomen - " TAKE THE FIRST TRAIN HOME" Capitol is the wrapping up of the LP session of The Staccatos. This talented The Berries - "NIGHT WINDS" group of Ottawans stand on the threshold of becoming one of the great groups to come out of the hinterland (that'll get a QUALITY RECORDS LIMITED rise from Ottawa). The British are still on top with winners for Capitol. "Wind mill" by Freddie and The Dreamers, "Over and Over" by D.C. Five, "Don't Fool with Fu Manchu" by The Rock in Pity Me" Peter & Gordon and Ken Dodd' s Ramrods. International interest has been "Tears" make up for a hard to compete shown in the release of "I'll Never Forget with bag of goodies from over 'ome. The You" by Dave Francey and Dee & The big LP has to be "Welcome To The LBJ Yeomen's "Take The First Train Home". Ranch" produced by those "First Family" W & G Records in Australia has released boys Earl Doud and Aleo Robin. "Freckles, Freckles" the hit bound in strumen ta! by Skip Evans. "But I Love ARC' s Ken Warriner has arranged a TRURO - Graham Wyllie - CKCL special two minute film clip of Pebbles You" by The Ardels has been flipped over and "So Glad You're Mine" could be PICKS and Bamm-Bamm performing their latest the big side. Fever - McCoys - Bang hit "Open Up Your Heart". This clip is Ju st Out Of Reach - Zombies - Press suitable for any small fry show or dance party and has already been shown on both SOUNDING BOARD WINNIPEG - Doc Steen - CKRC Canadian and US Dance Parties. The US Dave Charles CJBQ Belleville PICKS company Hanna Barbera has requested a Hoochi Coochi Coo Wes Dakus Never Go Home - Shangr il as - Red Bird Over ond Over - D.C. F ive - Capitol tape for showing throughout the US. There's ''Not bad. This old song has a fresh new no charge to TV stations. Send your re sound. However, the instrumentation does EDMONTON - Harry Boon - CJCA quest to Ken at 20 Cranfield Rd., Toronto PICKS 16. not s uit the vocal section of the record. ft is easy to listen to and the teens might Boys - Beatles - Capitol SPARTON presents ·an eyeful with their One Hos My Name - Barry Young - Dot think so too. " new release of Mira and Surrey. Barry SARNIA - Frank McBride - CHOK McGuire tops the Mira release with his ·:huck Benson CKYL Peace River PICKS album and Surrey spotlights LPs by Woman and Man Diane Leigh I Will - Dean Martin - Reprise Kitty White and Laurinda Almeida, "Better than the first disc. Very well re- "Country Shindig" by Glen Campbell, ceived here." REGINA - Bob Wood - CKCK "Star Folk" with Barry McGuire and The PICKS New Christy Minstrels and The Boys Choir \iike Jaycock CKOC Hamilton Kiss Away - Ronnie Dove - Apex of Vienna singing "Polkas and Waltzes". Darling Don't You Go Jay Jackson LINDSAY - Tex Bagshaw - CKLY ''I don' t know who tJlays the swingin' or The Surrey line is the $1. 98 series re PICKS cently acquired by Spartan for distribution gan on this disc, but they are great. I'm Over and Over - D.C . Five - Capitol in Canada . afraid the instrumental organ solo over Poor Little Fool - Terry Black - Arc shadows the vocal talents of Jay Jackson. QUALITY makes a strong bid for the LETH BRIDGE - Ray Georgeson - CJOC top with "Crawling Back" by Roy Orbi At least in my estimation. Jay doesn't come PICKS son" Barry Young's "One Has My Name" off very strong, but 1 till like that organ Crawling Bock - Roy Orbison - MGM man .'''' Sonny & Cher's "The Letter" and "Don't Make Me Your Baby - Barb Lewis - Atl.
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5 GET OFF OF MY CLOUD Roll Ing Stones Lon PRINCESS IN RAGS - Gene Pitney - Col 2 7 MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF Walker Bros Qua 3 3 LET'S HANG ON Four Seasons Lon Could 4 6 x RUN BABY RUN New beats Qua 5 11 WHERE DID YOU GO Cher Lon FLOWERS ON THE WALL - Stotler Bros. - Col 6 12 x ROSES & RAINBOWS Danny Hutton Arc 7 14 MAKE ME YOUR BABY Barbara Lewis Lon May e . 8 17 x LOOK THROUGH ANY WINDOW Holl ies Cap 9 15 * ROUND EVERY CORNER Petula Clark Com YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE SO NICE - Lovin' Spoonful - Qua 10 19 YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME Caesa r/Consuls Car 11 13 x JUST LIKE TOM THUMB'S BLUES Gordon Lightfoot Com GMP Guide 12 20 x TURN, TURN, TURN Byrds Col 13 18 x IT WAS I Big Town Boys Cap 1 MOSTLY LOVE SONGS Malka and Joso 14 21 * .. BIRD OF PARADISE .• UP YOUR NOSE Jimmie Dickens Col Cap A 2 YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALON E Lettermen 15 25 I FOUND A GIRL Jan & Dean Lon Cap A 3 SWEETHEART TREE Johnny Math is 16 22 * BUTTERFLY Van McCoy Col Lon 4 MY NAME IS BARBRA, TWO Barbra Streisand 17 23 x C'EST UN SECRET Michel Louvain Com Col A 5 IN MY STYLE 18 29 TEARS Ken Dodd Cap Jane Morgan Col 6 THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS Tom Lehrer 19 31 HERE IT COMES AGAIN Fortunes Lon Com A 7 SONGS BY 20 36 x IT'S MY LIFE Animals Qua Allen-Ward T rio Mus 8 THE VOICE OF AN ANGEL 21 30 MESSAGE UNDERSTOOD Sandie Shaw All Catherine McKinnon Arc 9 SUMMER WIND Wayne Newton 22 34 *TAKE THE FIRST TRAIN HOME' Dee/ Yeomen Qua Cap 10 THE WORLD'S GREATEST . • • Petula Clark 23 39 * l'M A MAN Yard birds Cap Com 11 ROSES AND RAINBOWS 24 40 I HEAR A SYMPHONY Supremes Pho Johnny Mann Singers Lon 12 INTIMATELY YOURS 25 new * DON 'T THINK TWICE Wonder Whos Lon Arthur Prysock Col A 13 SONGS BY Wes Dakus 26 new x I WILL Dean Martin Com Cap 14 YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE Lettermen 27 38 * FORGET HER Bobby Curtola All 15 FAREWELL ANGELINA Joan Baez 28 26 MOVE TO CALIFORNIA Stoccatos Cap Col 16 HANK SINGS 29 new x I CAN NEVER GO HOME ANYMORE Shangilas Qua Dick Kallman Cop 17 TRY TO REMEMBER 30 new x LET ME BE Turtles Qua Brothers Four Col N 18 31 new * JUST A LITTLE BIT Roy Head Qua THINK YOUNG Camarata and Ork Lon 19 32 new *I WANT TO MEET HIM Royalettes Qua THERE GOES MY HEART Jerry Vale Col 20 33 new * SOMETHING ABOUT YOU Four Tops Pho REMINISCING Slim Whitman Lon 34 new DANCE WITH ME Mojo Men Qua A - Action N - New On Chart 36 new PUPPET ON A STRING Elvis Presley Rea 37 new HANG ON SLOOPY Ramsey Lewis Unk .. 38 new CRAWLING BACK Roy Orbison Qua Countr 39 new LET'S GET TOGETHER We Five Qua 40 new SO LONG BABE Nancy Sinatra Com 1 MARJOLAINA Jimmy James Arc * RPM Former Pick x RPM Former Extra 2 MY TENNESSEE BABY Danny Harrison Com 3 CADILLACIN' AROUND Angus Walker Lon 4 BORN TO LOSE Danny Coughl in Spa omers 1 s ISLE OF NEWFOUNDLAND Bert Cuff Arc EXTRA SEE SAW Don Covey Lon 6 LORELEI Donn Reynolds Arc 7 FRECKLES, FRECKLES Skip Evans EXTRA I GOT YOU James Brown Lon Qua 8 BREAK THE NEWS TO LIZA Gary Buck EJ I- I- a: z a: 0 .. Jt I- 0 ID :i: :i: I- z I- 0 0 z "' z "' .J z 0 .J 0 z 0 .. :i: a: a: 0 "' ~ 0 0 0 0 .. 0 z 0 ;:: g "'a: .. " ,. .. I- "' a: ID Ill .. ,. I- oz .... ;:; ,. ;:: "' ., ,.. 111 "' J o I.L "'O: .... : > could hit the charts within the next couple Head's "Apple of My Eye" ... Barry of weeks ... "If You've Goe A Heare" is The Jelly Beans had themselves a big hit Young's record of "One Has My Name" is very much alive ... Talking about "live" making plenty of noise for Bobby Golds with "Baby Be Mine" and are ready for the boro ... lr looks like RSVP Records could hit scene again with their new company Eskee records, "Hang On S!oopy'' by The Ram - have it's first chart contender w ich "Five Records out of New York. 'sey Lewis Trio shotdd put the song right Different Girls" by Patrick ... Sales are back in the No.I ·spot again ..."Buckaroo" Tin Pan Alley is talking about the de coming in for "Boy In The Raincoat" by cision of Phil Spector to buy the George by Buck Owens getting all kinds of "pop" Diana King. McCannon record of "Seven Million play ... Johnny Thunder has himself a Notes of Interest ... Jan. l 9ch is the dace People" so that it could enjoy the benefit smash with "Everybody Do The S loopy''. of Roger Miller's NBC special ... Tony of full distribution via his Phil-Dan label. Keep your eye on it as it jumps up the Bennett will scar in "The Anderson Trail" George had been all set ro do a new charts ... The Zombies record of "Just ... Nancy Sinatra will be seen in "The session. Our of Reach" , which they sing in the Last of the Secret Agents. • Waiting to break big on the charts are movie "Bunnie Lake is Missing" is "hot" "It's My Life" by The Animals, "llarlem on WMCA in N.Y .... Edd ie Rambeau's Nocturne" by The Viscounts and Roy "The Train" has broken in many areas and Trade advertising MAKES hits! 6 Peterboro: Pete Bennett vie made in 1929, featuring the Singing planned, sensibly arranged background, has news of the success Brakeman, Jimmie Rodgers, Appropriately for once applicable to the mood of the of another CKPT Cava 1- enough we were treated to Jimmie ' s ren show. COUITRY cade of Stars held a t dition of 'Waitin' For A Train". This must the Memorial Centre . - have been a nos talgic moment for the le RPM MUSIC WEEKLY The show starred Carl gion of Rodger's fa ns throughout Canada, Smith, Faron Young, who, probably for the firs t time, saw their Editor and Publisher Diane Leigh and Red ido l perform. WALT GREALIS Sovine. Snow was 1n fine form with such num RPM MUSIC WEEKLY is publis hed weekly Smith Falls: Stew Pater bers as; 'I'm movin ' On', 'The Golden by RPM, Records Promotion Mu sic, 1940 son sends word of the Rocke t', 'Music Makin' Mama', 'A Fool Yonge Street, Toronto 7 , Canada. apparent success of the Such As l' 'My Moth er', 'My Nova Scotia Authorized as second class mail by the Po s t Office Department, Ottawa, and for Ward All en Memorial Home', ' Ni ne ty Miles An Hour', ' The Go ld Show at Glebe Colle payment of postage in cash. Single copy Rush ls Over', 'Ben Dewberry's Final giate tn Ottawa. All price 30 cents, Subscription prices SlO per MUSIC Run', 'Wreck Of The Old '97', and 'I've year, $15 by air USA and Canada. $20 per proceeds were turned been Everywhe re'. year, $40 by air, other c ountries. Advertis over to the Allan fam- Stu Davis gave viewers a taste of th e ing rates on reques t. lleadl ining the show were Ron Mc Munn PRINTED IN CANADA. ' western' s ide of country music with his and the C J ET Country Cousins, Mac versions of ' Cimm a ron' a nd 'What A Fool Beattie and The Ottawa Valley Melodeers, I Was', whilst Charlie Chambe rla in and Join the Majority - Subscribe to RPM Ted Daigle and The Musicmen, Th e C JOB Co us in Cle m presented th e ir tongue- in TV Happy Wanderers and CBC's Tommy r----SUBSCRIPTION BLANK-----, cheek 'Freight Train Blues' and a brief Hunter. dance, shuffle routine. I RPM Music Weekly, I Calgary: Russ Vernon 's " Town & Cha mpi on fiddle player Johnny Mooring I 1940 Yonge St., Toronto 7, Ont. I Country Jubilee" on C KXL has been draw and a host of squa re dancers and callers ing listene rs from as far away as Yel low IEnclosed find my cheque (or cash) for I illustrated yet a nothe r facet of country knife. A complaint from Russ is that he 1$5. for one years subscription to RPM i and western mu s ic, the Ho edown. doesn ' t receive many of the Canadia:. re 1Music Weekly. I After the recent Tommy Hunter A- Go - Go leases. I I Show, it was a welcome re lief to see th e Lindsay: The Fabulous down to earth !Name dancers we ll in th e background. You see, I true- life adventures of ebulous Hardly,all I I 1t can be done, can't it ? The e mphas is I I anadian hero can be heard on the Tex was on country mu sic and country 1Address 1 Bagshaw morning show beginning Nov.8. I I music we sure did get - congra tul ations, Says Tex "lt'll probably set radio back I I C. B.C., fo r a splendid s how. My congra tu a good 15 years." ICity Zone I lations too, to the set designe r - a well Toronto: Fred Roy, Acadia Records, L------1 passes on the news that Lynn Russworm from Waterloo had just signed an exclu sive writer 's contract with Central Songs Inc. of llollywood and Nashv ille . His ma terial has been used by llank Thompson, Carl Smith, Jack Kings ton, The Mercey '\. \ ~ I f',,,...;,, ? : ~' l VI Brothers and others. Fred also notes that llank ecord spins country from MN to 6AM * ' '.. '_ at CKRM Regina and would like to be put I ;>.·- ~i(:j: HE~E : on the mailing list for Canadian producr. St. Catharines: The Rainvilles t ' I • ;_ • : ' THEJ{f t taking a couple of weeks off from their the gift that will give 52 times a year home base at The Embassy and will be I t appear ing at the Station Hotel in Welland. MEW --- THE HANK SNOW TV SPECTACULAR ' tOUnil ~o~ a subscription to RPM A ~:tf<- t "SHOW OF THE WEEK" t fifi;f ...... , t by Brian Chalker t 'It $5 for a one year subscription ~ , t C. £3 . C. 's Show of the Week presenta t l (Speciol prices for quantitie s over 50) ~ ·· t tion, ' The Hank now Spectacular', must surely have been the finest country music iU~\C (Contact RPM) .--· television production to be seen in many a year. The harsh criticisms aimed at current .B.C ., country music policies, in tL------~ t Xmas Subscriptions, t a recent issue of RPM, must the ref ore be partly relinquished. I withdraw my state ', ~ tt ~~~YMo~:~~t~e~t~KLY tt ment - ' if they don't understand it, leave ., Toronto 7, Ontario alone ', for it would appear that deep down in the dungeons of .. Ll.C., there arc Please send RPM to the following people in my name wr iters and producers who arc capable of t t t at $5 per subscription. My cheque is enclosed (or bill creating a fast, moving intelligent country ' t t and western show. t t me). t Nova Scotia born !l ank Snow, together with The Rainbow Ranch lloys, Stu Davis, t t Nome t Cousin ( lc:m (GorJic Tapp), ( harlic Cham berlain and Johnny .\looring presented t - t Address t LOuntry music f.rns with fifty minutes of spark I ing, down to e