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Vane uver's "Let's Go" • U Ie 10 Week CENTS Volume 8 No. 15 Week Ending December 9th. 1967 SPRING THAI · IITIRS 1ST. 'IAR Toronto: SPRING THAW '68 will 'kick 15 to May 25. Other dates to follow. Coffee House. The revue surprised every dustry. He composes and arranges most off its 21st. edition at the newly erected , Ra Iph' Hicklin, at 45, is the fi 1m body and even received a not-sa-often ' of the singing commercials heard on radio Arts and Cu Iture Centre in St. John's, and ballet critic, as well as feature wri nod of the burliest of Toronto's critics, and TV, _and at one time or another, every Newfoundland (Jan 22 to 27). ter for Toronto's Globe & Mail, and a' Nathan Cohen, which possibly helped national advertiser in Canada has been a Robert Johnston, Thaw producer, regu lar writer-broadcaster for the CBC. further the Toronto run of the revue. client of Trail, British Columbia's most announced that th is year's satirica I look He began writing revue material when he Hicklin has contributed sketches famous son. He also composes scores for at Canada and its ~uaint native customs was an undergraduate at the Un ivers ity to past editions of Thaw, and to a special many fi Ims and now operates his own re was ' written by Ralph Hicklin, with of Toronto, where he collaborated fre revue edition of CBC-TV's liThe Public cording company, and was responsible mus ic by Ben Mc Peek. quently with Donald Harron, author of Eye". ' for the fame enjoyed by Canada's great After the Newfoundland opening, SPRING, THAW '67. Seven years ago, Thirty three year old Ben McPeek est selling single, "Canada" being that Thaw wi II begin a coast-to-coast tour, hewrot~ the greater part of the first is Canada's best known and perhaps most he arranged the Young Canada Sing'ers of Canada , which will see them playing VILLAGE REVUE which was produ'ced successful arranger, composer, and what Quality production. Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre April at the Bohemian Embassy, a Toronto have you, if it deals with the music in- McPeek has also done exception ally well with revues and was music di rector for the Crest Theatre, as well as Allied -C for the Canadian Players' successful Arc -0 CMS -E production of THE FANTASTICKS and Capitol -F MONSTER Caravan -G THAT HAMILTON WOMAN. He was also Columbia -H music director for t\A{o of the Dell Tavern * BOUNDER Compo -J London - -K revues, ACTUALLY TH IS AUTUMN and • BOTH SIDES Phonodisc -L Quality -M DING DONG AT TH EDELL. Rca Victor -N A yet, wraps are being kept on Sporton -0 WB17 Arts - P who the principles will be. and what the Compiled from Record company, record stores and radio personality reports revue will be about, however Hicklin will adm it that the theme will re late to the 1 4 10 LAZY DAY * '67 92 --- TOO MUCH OF NOTHING Span ky & Our Gang -Mercury -72732-M Peter Paul & Mary-WB-7092-P revue coming of age. 3538 41 OUT OF THE BLUE * 212 36 DAYDREAM BELIEVER Tommy James & The Shondells *68 83 85 FELICIDAD In view of the past successes of Monkees-Colgems -1 0 12-1'01 R ou lette -477 5-C Sally Field-Colgems-l008-N SPRING THAW, and the fact that the '68 3 , 3 PLEASE LOVE ME FOREVER 36 37 42 FLYIHG~OH THE GROUHD IS WROHG *69 94 --- SINCE YOU SHOWED ME Bobby Vinton-Epic-l0228-H Guess'lrrb-Quality-1890-M HOW TO BE HAPPY production wi II use the 'Icom ing of age" 4 7 13 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER 3739 43 BUSES Jackie Wilson-Brunsw ick-55354 -J theme, one might hope that, for posterity Dionne Warwick-Scepter-12203-M Hung Ju'ry-Calgems-l010-N 70 77 92 GOIN' BACK sake, SPRING THAW 168 might find its 5 2 1 RAIN PARK & OTHER THINGS 38 41 47 SUSAHHE Byrds -Co lum b ia -44362-H Cows ills -MGM -138 10 -M Noel Harrison-Reprise-0615-P 71 7487 WHEN YOU'RE GONE way onto a soundtrack aIbum. It cou Id 6 8 16 NEXT PLAHE TO LONDON 394046 WATCH THE FLOWERS GROW Brenda & The Tabulotions-Dion-504-J very well become a Cana,dian best seller. Rose Garden-Atco-65rO-M 4 Seasons-Philipl£-40490-K 72 79 --- BOOGALOO DOWN BROADWAY 7 5 2 SOUL MAH 4042 64 I SEC~HD THAt EMOTION Fantastic J6'ilnny C-Barry-3483-M Som & Dave-Stax-231-M Smokey Robinsoll & The Miracles *73 --- --- BEHIND EVERY MAH *8 17 35 STAGGER LEE Tomla-54159-L, Checkerlad s-R ca -3443-N Moffat Awards Wil son Pickett-Atlantic-2448-M *7481 93 FREEDOM BIRD 41 44 56 1:-1;; 911 20 PATA PATA ~t~~~~~S~~~200 Lewis & Clarke Expedition Miriam Makeba-Reprise-0606-P ' * 42 54 57 SUMMER RAIH Rca-66-101l-N Prese'nted *10 19 38 PAPER CUP Johnny R ivers-lmperial-66267-K 757576 WHOLE LOTTA WOMAH Ottawa: Wednesday, Nov 29th, at 5:30 PM, Fifth D imens ion -Sou I C ity -76 O-K 43 53 65 YESTERDAY Arthur Conley-At co-6529-M one of the biggest events in the history 11 3 9 SHE IS STILL A MYSTERY Ray Charles-Sparton-1641-0 7657 37 ,NEXT TO HOWHERE Lovin' Spoonful-Kama 5utra-239-M 44 47 66 ITCHYCOO PARK M G & The Escorts-Reo-8998-M of the Canadian recording industry took 12 6 11 GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY , Small Faces-lmmediate-500-H 77 85 --- COVER ME place in the Chateau Laurier Hate I when Mamas & Papas-Dunhill-4107-N 45 46 51 MR DREAM MERCHAHT , Percy 5Iedge-Atl anti c-2453-M three Canadian record companies were 1310 5 YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE Jerry Butler-Mercury -727 51-K *7889 --- TE'LL MAMA Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrel * 61 73 CHATT AHOOGA CHOO CHOO Etta James-Codet-5578-L presented with the Lloyd E. Moffat Me Tomla-54256-L 46 Harpers Bizarre-WB-7090-P 79 86 --- POPCORH MAN morial Awards, representing the best *1429 40 \1EARQJJ TlfROUGHJ?RAPEY.I~E Lords Of Lond on -A pex-77068-J Gladys Knight-Soul-35039-L *475975 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE Canad ian-produced records of the year Kenny O' Dell-Barry-3486-M 8087 90 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE 151 3 6 EXPRESSWAY TO YOUR HEART Bobby Vee -L iberty -56009-K Tony Bennet-Columbia-44259-H in four separate categories. Soul Survivors-Crimson-l0l0-M 48 48 34 JEZEBEL 81 --- --- HIGH AHD MIGHTY On hand to present the awards 16 16 29 KENTUCKY WOMAH Witness Inc-Apex-77063-J , K ee psa ke-R ca-3442-N were a number of representatives of the Ne iI_ Diamond -B ang -551-C *4964 --- THE OTHER MAH'S GRASS 82 88 97 PAINT IT BLACK 17 14 7 HOLIDAY IS ALWAYS GREENER Chris Farlowe-lmmediate-5002-H Moffat Broadcasting stations, including The Bee Gees-Atco-6521-M Petula Clark-WB-7097-P 83 68 74 FOOTSTEPS Randall Moffat of CKY, Winnipeg, son 18 18 18 WAKE UP, WAKE UP *50 62 89 DIFFERENT DRUM Bobby Curtola-Tartan-l040-C of the late Lloyd Moffat; Jack Davidson , Grass Roots-Dunhill-4105-N Stone Poneys-Capito l-2004-F 84 91 --- WINDY , 19 9 4 I CAH SEE FOR MILES 51 55 59 BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX Wes Mongomery-A&M-883-M CJAY-TV, Winnipeg; Don M.E. Hamilton, Glen Campbell-Capitol-2015-F The Who-Decca-32206-J 85 100 -- OOH BABY CKLG, Vancouver; and James M. Pryor, 2030 44 KEEP THE BALL ROLLING 52 50 58 BACK ON THE STREET AGAIN Deon Jackson-Atco-2537-M Jr. and David F. Lyman of CKXL , Cal Jay & The Techniques-Smash-2124-M Sunshine Company-lmperial-66260-K 86 93 99 LOVE HAS HERE BEFORE THE STARS *21 32 54 IN AHD OUT OF LOVE 53 56 69 I'M SO PROUD Brian Foley-Kapp-861-L gary. Dianna Ross & The Supremes Ke ith -Merc ury-7 27 46-K 87 96 --- BABY YOU GOT IT "Canada" by The Young Canada Motown-1116-L 54 60 84 RED AHD BLUE Brenton Wood-Double Shot-12 1-J Dave Clark F ive-Capitol-72515:-F Singers picked up two awards ; Best Mid 22 23 23 BEG BORROW AHD STEAL 8890 95 REACH OUT FOR ME Ohio Express-Cameo-483-M 5563 99 PEACE OF MIND Burt Bachorach-A&M-888-M d Ie Of The Road and Best Example Of Paul- Revere & Raiders-Columb ia-44335 23 24 27 LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE 89 99 --- LOVE POWER Canadian Talent And Originality. Bobby Everly Bros -Warner Bros -7088-P 56 5868 HONEY CHILE" 5andpebbles-Trans World-1689-G Gimby, one of the artists and Quality Wayne Newtan -Cap ito l-20 16 -F Martha & The Vandellas -Gordy -7607-L 33 61 MASSACHUSETTS 90 --- --- SUSAN Record's Lee Farley were on hand to ~4 57 67 91 WHAT'S IT GONNA BE B u c k ingh ams -Co lum bia-44378-H The Bee Gees-Atco-6532-M Dusty Springfield-Philips-40498-K receive the award, 25 31 48 YOU BETTER SIT DOWH KIDS 91 97 --: I' LL BE SWE ETER TOMORROW *58 6994 WOMAN WOMAN O'Joys -El ell -69 1-M Catharine Mc K inn on's Arc re lease Cher-Im peria 1-66261-K Union Gap-Col um bia-44297-H 92 --- --- WHO WILL ANSWER of IICome Sllare The Good Times With Me" 26 28 32 EVERLASTING LOVE 59 82 --- BABY NOW THAT I'VE FOUHD YOU Ed Ames -Rca-9400 -N Robert Knight-Monument-117-K F oundations-pye-827-C 93 --- --- LOVE ME TWO TIMES was awarded the honour of Best Beat 15 '81T MUST BE HIM 1/ 60 66 86 TEN LITTLE INDIAHS Doors-E lektra-45624-C Vikki Carr-Liberty-55986-K Y ardb ird s -Ca p ito 1-72518-F Record_ Arc's Phil Anderson accepted 94 98 --- PEOPLE IN ME 35 57 NEON RAINBOW for Miss McKinnon.