If you had shot a cannon into Canada's music in Editorial dustry a year ago, you might have ruffled a Viewpoint couple of s habby mis- guided, mismanaged art ists, but the toll wouldn't ' have been too heavy. Today, the Canadian music industry has come Lucille Star r of age. Many feel that the sound of Canada's mus1c h as improved. Their are al so many who feel that RPMMusic Weekly h as made a signi ficant contribution ro exciting the Cana dian broadcasters into exposing more domestic product. Record companies today look at Cana dian-m ade masters as sound investments ALL OVER in the future. Fewer artists are sojourning to the production centres of the US and UK to find "the sound " . In many cases, the domestic productions have won over the imported sound . This wouldn 't h ave Caesar & the been the case only a few s hort months Little ago. As o ne US record man put it, " Cana dian productions have a sound of their own, and the fresh new approach of your people should have no trouble in capturing the imagination of the world. Just one o r two top ten discs from Canada a nd the attention of the world music industry wil l turn to Canada. fact, has taken mu ch of the action away released in Canada should be judged by The attention of the industry through from the Little Caesar version. According the sound in the grooves, not by the origin out the world did turn to Canada when to the US trades The McCoys version on of the artists or production. Terry Black (then a Vancouver resident) Bang is a runaway hit for this new group Meanwhile , the industry is in growing entered the US top 100 charts with "Unless (with the rather dubious handle.) The pains, and a number of recent productions YouCare" . Lucille Starr' s "French Song" excitement and atterrion and mixed emo are s kedded for immediate US rel ease. was another chart entry for a Canadian tions in the trade th a t this rapid fire The Beavers have just released a new arust. ''cover" has caused in th e indus try is side with Epic and are now called the More recently the Winnipeg-cut "Sha considered by many in Canada and th e Great Scots. The Big Town Boys and kin' All Over" by The Guess Who entered US as a genuine tribute to the Cana Staccatos are soon to be released in the and climbed the charts in the US. Their dian group and th e Canadian productions. US. New York bookers are inte rested in follow-up, "Hey Ho", is also making an Stations lis ting t:ie Mc Coy version in th e "action" in Canada. Record men have impressive climb up the popularity charts. Canada have been severe ly criticised by found a new hunting ground for new re Possibly one of the best indications of both the music industry and the radio freshing masters that may bring the atten the acceptance of Canadian product is the industry. Ma ny s tations still maintain that tion of the music indus try back to No rth current story of "Sloopy". This was a the Canadian produc~ i on did not meet with Am eri ca. Canada has the talent, th e Canadian produced record and entered the their hit s tandards a nd feel th at Cana musicians , and NOW •. . THE SOUND. Canadian charts in May. Slowly it climbed dians should h ear the McCoys vers ion One record man put it very plainly to the top of the heap of Canadian re since it is "what th e people want". RPM when he said recently, "The las t two leases. So infectuous was the sound of is in complete agreement with this philo months aren't to be believed!". Next time Little Caesar and The Consul s that rumour sophy. The industry s hould be careful to a CanCut single comes your way ... listen had it that up to four "covers " (copies of follow any tre nds anc' s uch strong reaction very closely .. . you may hear the BOOM ... the hit) would be released to fight the to a record (as has been attributed to the that nobody heard. The explosion of the Canadian production. One of these, in McCoys) cannot be ignored. Every record Canadian music industry. Montreol: Vincent Cri Je Su is Fou - Baronets - ! ra ns Canada onto at the Royal York Hotel and at the vello sends a package De couroge - Bel Canto - Trans Canada CNE. He had been residing lately 10 of news on the activities Vivre So Vie- Les Su ltans - Trans Canada Mo ntreal and appeared on many of the of the F rench Canadia n Tu Mets Le Feu - Les Rats - Laval Records CBC- TV network mu sical show5 . music industry. J eunes Miss Boney Moronie- Habits Jaunes - Laval Ottawa : Sandy Gardiner got an ins ide se 65 is the popular Records tip on "Where The Action Is" by Freddie French Canadia n fan ma g Spl ish Splash - Cesar/Re mains - Laval Cannon . Th e tip came about two months keeping tab o n activities Records before the release and it was from Cannon in the Bi-Bi province. Pour Toute Lo Vie- Houlops - Apex himself. Says Sandy "Conceit, no, Confi They recently ran a con Lucille -Guy Ferrel - Apex dence, yes". Gardiner approval is given test t o select the most to "Summer Winds" by Wayne Newton and popular group in LaBe lle "Jealous Feeling" by a new balladeer, Province a nd wt of Bobby Ha rt. And from Sandy come s news 55 , 000 people who re that Ottawan Dave Britten will re lease turned ballot s , The Clas h is long awaited single next week. sels wound up with Moncton : Bob Mill er of The Moncton 10,987 a nd the Houlops wi th 10,224 votes. Daily Times sends ne ws that The Bruns It is also reported by Vince that the latest wick Playboys will be making the record Trans Canada outing by the C lassels scene again before the end of the mo nth. "Ton Amour A Change Ma Vie" sold an They will be appearing o n a local TV estimated l 50,000 copies in Quebec alone. s how and are in the preparation s tages of Their English waxing of "Please Wait For building their own pre-recording studio fo r Me" has not as yet been picked up for th e s how . distribution for the rest of Canada. The St. Cothorines: Maurice Rainville of Baronets have also released "Mine All Lowill Promotions, 401 Carlton St. notes Mine" done in English and produced by Al that Dave Dee and The Dynamics have Kasha with arrangements by Charlie Cale I lo returned to St. Kitts after a s mash s uccess out of New York on the Vee Jay label but at T he Wood la nd Hotel in Sudbury. They again no report of distribution for English will be making the circuit of the Niagara Canada. Vince also notes that The Baro French Canadian recording artists Les Baro Peninsula with appearances at the Castle nets have been tentatively s kedded for a nets hove just released "Mine All Mine" in St. Kitts a nd the Niagara Falls area. Jack Parr show in mid-November with a (Vee Joy) and ore sbdded for top NYC TV They have been booked back into Sudbury Sul Ii van appearance to follow. Anothe r shows. the latter part of September. Lynn Jones popular group Cesar and The Romains, and The Country Pacers are a new country who are curre ntly making it with "Splish Nashville: Ray Griff will be switching group who have been playing to capaci ty Splash", have been picked to appear in a his sound from country and pop-country to crowds throughout Northern Ontario. The forthcoming Walt Disney movie. The flair rhythm and blues which should be almost a Rainvi lies have just compl eted a success and imagination of the French Canadia n first for Music City. "Weepin' Willow Tree" ful stint at The Klondike Hote l in Niagara groups have added to their popularity was a s trong entry hy Ray into the pop Falls a nd move over to the Embassy for a From being garbed in authentic Julius country field but unfortunately didn't coup! e of weeks. Caesar toggery to uniforms in pink includ catch the ear of the right people. "Golden Noponee: The Napanee Beaver gives ing hair they have gain ed the s upport of Years" gave him a good strong country good coverage to the Deltones who have the 5 million inhabitants of o ur French image . Now, we un,l erstand, Rea Victor become a popular mu s 1c,1 I i 11•m for this province. have acquired the services of a top notc h Eastern Ontario community . The boys have (Ed: If the English Canadians would only r&b producer (formerly with A BC Para a great deal of determination and write offer half thi"' support our music industry mount) and will be releasing a self-pe nned most of their material themse lves . Any would then begin to look like an industry). Gri ff tune in mid-September. interested parties can contac t the group Also from Nashville comes a note from through John Burkitt of Burkitts Radio Leroy Van Dyke advising that his newest Service, Napanee, Ont. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" has just Toronto: The new Debbie Lori Kaye been released in Can .~ da. This is his debut Columbia single "I Wanna Hear That New on W. Bros. Sound" is fast becoming a big item at all London, Canada: Good news for Gary radio stations across Canada. Stan Daniels, Ruck is the nod given by the US trades to who wrote both sides, was assigned to hi s latestSparton release "Break The News create special material for the CNE Grand To Liza". Country stations throughout stand Show "The Sights & Sounds of The C .. 1n t...L t ~ ln. ~d... ivin g goo 8iu~B. Play Sheet I KNEW YOU WHEN - Billy Joe Roy al - Co l 1w lw lrom .. Should! 1 15 EVE OF DESTRUCTION Barry McGu i re Rea MAKE ME Y OUR BABY - Barbara L ewis - Lon 2 6 YOU'VE GOT YOUR TROUBLES Fortunes Lon 3 7 * LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES ••• Gene Pitney Col 4 14 x IT AIN'T ME BABE Turtles Qu a Could 5 8 x WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS ••••• An imals Qua GI RL FROM PEYTON PLACE - Dickie L ee -Com 6 9 x PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG James Brown Qua 7 10 l ' L L ALWAYS LOVE YOU Sp inners P ho Maye? 8 12 x LITTLE YOU Freddie/ Dreamers Cap 9 16 * HEY HO Guess Who Qua THESE HANDS - Bobby Bland - Lon 10 25 x CATCH US IF YOU CAN Dave Clark 5 Cap 11 29 ACTION Freddy Cannon Com 12 24 l 'M A HAPPY MAN Ji ve 5 Com GMP Guide 13 13 x I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU BABY Chad & Jeremy Cap 14 17 x HEARTFUL OF SOU L Yard bi rd s Cap 1 FEELS LIKE LOVIN' Stu Phillips Ork Cap A 15 21 PR ETTY L ITTLE BABY Ma rvin Gay e Pho 2 SCORED FOR BALLET Toronto Philharmonic Ork Col A 16 18 I LIVE F OR THE SUN Su nroy s Cap 3 EARLY MORNING RAIN Ion and Sylvia Mus 17 19 *HE'S GOT NO L OVE Search ers All 4 LOVE IS EVERYTHING Johnny Math is Lon 18 22 ON L Y SIXTEEN Terry Black Arc 5 ALLEN-WARD TRIO Mus A 19 20 ANNIE FANNY Kings men Qua 6 HIT SOUNDS OF LETTERMEN Cap A 20 26 WITH THESE HANDS Tom Jones Lon 7 CATHERINE McKINNON Arc 21 28 THE IN CR OWD Ramsay Lewis Qua 8 CANADIAN SUNSET Andy Williams Col 22 27 SUMMER WIND Wayne Newton Cop 9 THE NEW SEEKERS Cap A 23 23 *GIVE ALL YOUR LOVE T O ME Gerry/ Pacemakers Cop 10 SEPTEMBER OF MY YEARS Fronk Sinatra Com A 24 30 x N-E·R·V·O·U-S Ion Whitcomb Cop 11 DANCE THE LETKISS Roberto Del Grado Ral A 25 33 x BABY DON'T GO Sonny & Cher Co m 12 THE NEARNESS OF YOU John Gary Rea A 26 35 *RIDE AWAY Roy Orbison Qua 13 KING FAMILY ALBUM Com A 27 34 x DON'T YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC Lovin' Spoonful Qua 14 JOHNNY CASH SINGS BALLADS Col A 28 38 LAUGH AT ME Sonny L on 15 LA BAMBA Mongo Santamari a Col A 29 40 NEW ORLEANS Eddie Hod ges Qua 16 THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG Henri Rene and Ork Com 30 31 SEVEN MILLION PEOPLE George Mc Co nn on I ll Un k 17 SUMMER SOUNDS Robert Goulet Col 31 37 x YOU'VE BEEN IN LOVE TOO LONG Mortho/ Vondellos Pho 18 LOOKING BACK Not King Cole Cap 32 32 x JU JU HAND Som The Sha m Qua 19 IN MY STYLE Jane Morgon Col N 33 36 xWH O'LL BE THE NEXT IN LINE Kinks A ll 20 IT' S TIME FOR MIKE DOUGLAS Mike Douglas Co l N 34 new x JUST YOU Sonny & Cher L on 35 new x HE A RTACHES BY THE NUMBER Johnny Tillotson Qua A ACTION N NEW ON CHART 36 new * A RE YO U A BOY OR GIRL Barbari an s Qua 37 new * l'M YOU RS Elvis Presley Rea 38 new * FIRST I L OOK AT THE PU RS E Contours Pho Countr 39 new *I NEE D YOU Impression s Spa 40 new x OUT OF THE SUNSHI NE D. 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