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Volume 7, No. 16 Week Ending June llth. 1967

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U BI NI INTORONTO CRADDOCK KIDS RECORD Toronto: Are the Everly Brothers still on top of the pop scene? Can they pu sh themselve s back up to the milli on seller BRUNER JOINS RPM record bracket? Will the new generation accept the Kines of Ille 1951 pop •a? - MATHIS TO O'KEEFE It doesn't really matter if the present generation of record buyer AIRPLANE #1 accepts the sound of t he Everly Brothers or not, but they will. Their STONE MEETS ISLAND current Warner Bros single "Bowling Green" took off in Canada before the MESSER TOURS CANADA major outlets in the U.S. realized the potentia l of this great disc. The disc, ELLIE VS MONTREAL wh ich is number one at both Toronto radio s tations, and number 39 on the PETTY IN CANADA RPM 100 (national standing) has brought out Toronto's young sophis PAUPERS TO MONTEREY ticates and c reated a whole new breed of singles buyer. George Offer, Gen RPM REVAMPING eral Manager of Apex Records, who distributes the Everlys disc was almost overwhelmed at the fantastic response that the release created. It has been difficult to keep the re SIR JOHNA cord in stock. When Monday J une 5th came AND RCA ,INK around it was evident to Embassy Montreal: RCA Victor announces th at mana er Claude Gilbert that he had they will be distributing the Sir John bargained well at $6500 for the week A label, throughout Canada. The engagement and perhaps the Everlys Sir John A Record Company is headed felt they accepted to readily. The up by the popular Ottawa a rea radio reason was the capacity house, which must be close to 500, and with booze The Everlys have• a very soft sidemen travelling with them. An and cover, the take must have been and subtle southern manner about electric guitar man, a bass man and .pretty cool and besides there must them and were in command of the a drummer. have been another 1000 lined up out situation from the beginning. They Are the Everly Brothe rs s till side waiting for the second show. didn't offend their grown-up audience on top of the pop scene? Can they When The Everlys hit the (the oldest must have been 30) with push themselves back up to the stage, it was like a madhouse. The the Beatles, Beach Boys, Byrds or million seller record bracket? Wi ll gals who were teenagers back in any of the preferred sounds of the the new generation acc~ pt the Kings 1957, had been off the screaming bit teenyboppers. They concentrated on of the 1957 pop era? The answers for a long time, and it took a little hits, mostly their own and many of all have to be YES, at least here in prac tice and a little nerve (booze) to the hits made famous by the giants of Toronto, and they've got six days of gargle out a welcome to the some ten years ago. But The Everlys solidly packed and screaming Embassy what surprised Southern, now,Gentle create those hits with the "in" crowds to prove it as well as the men. sounds of today. They have three hottest selling record in many a moon.

RCA Victor's Vice President and General MAMAS & PAPAS TO LEAD TH E HAMILTON'S Manager, George L. Harrison looks on as Sir John A' s John Pozer signs on the dotted line. PARADE OF STARS INTO TORONTO'S MAPLE LEAF GARDENS personality, John Pozer (CJET on Aug 23. Whether you're a hard NU-SOUL Smiths Falls). Pozer has had much Toronto: The Maple Leaf Gardens core rock and blues fan or just in are set for a summer-full of frantic Hamilton, Ont: In recent weeks the music in success with record releases of late .terested in intelligent dumb animals, and has several powerful and talented pop activity. Kicking the season off dustry has been hearing rumours of a new you can blow your mind at The Mos Ottawa groups readying material for will be the heavies of the pop record sound coming from this industrial city. Hamil cow Circus when it hits the Gardens release. Among them are Don Norman s cene, The Mamas and The Papas. ton is wel I known throughout Canada as the from Sept. 26 right through to prac Steel City and so it is fitting that this new and the Other Four and Those Naugh Showtim e for them is 8:30 PM July 1. tically ice time, Oct. 1. But just be sound is being hailed as the "Steel Sound Of ty Boys. Herman and His Hermits will take fore the sawdust show there'll be the Soul". Leading in the huUaballoo surrounding over at 1:00 PM on Au g 9 and The Second Annual Toronto Sound Show Tijuana Brass move in at 8:30 PM Reporter : How 'wou ld you best descr ibe your from 10 AM to Midnight on Sept. 16. Sound ? NU-SOUL: Man , it 's like they ca ll it, steel , hard ma n, har d. Reporter: Cou Id you compar e it to the Toronto Sound? NU-SOUL: What soun d? Reporter : Would you call it sou l, rock, or possibly the English Mod? NU -SOUL: Well it's like we say, steel , hard . Sort of a rough , very hard soul sound. It is ·soul from the heart and not from the book . Reporter : Wou Id you say Yorkvi I le has influ · enced the Steel Sound? Nu -s ou L: No but we have heard one boy from Yorkvill~ who could handle the Steel Sound efficiently. We don't know his name but th is "Steel Sound" is a. new group known as he plays drums with the Paupers. (This report the NU -S OUL . er checked and found the Paupers drummer hai Is To aid in better understanding this from Steel Town Hamilton .) new sound and its youthful musicians an in Rep orter: Do you expe ct to bring the Steel terview was set up with members of th e NU · Sound to Toronto? Photoirapher Pat Lacroix (L) talks to Denny Doherty of Th• llamas and · Papas In LA. SOUL, which follows . NU -SOUL: Why not?

~fl . ,.. THE CRADDOCK KIDS CUT Now about those Craddock kids. They Craddock kids made the Como show almost chart (which is indicative of the national were on the Perry Como show a couple of every newspaper in the United States gave picture) they dug up a Spencer Davis Group weeks ago, you know, but you'd never glowing reviews of their performance , which version of "Somebody Help Me" and put it on know it by the Canadian newspapers. Anyway, has made the Craddocks one of the hottest their "Battle". You know what? Somehow, the Craddock kids where really the Young items in the entertainm ent business, but some The Spencer Davis Group won . I wonde r if Canada Singers, plus one other kid and two very important people in the Canadian music th is Canad ian radi o station would consider adults, who were featured on "Canada", the pitting the Canad ian disc against the Br iti sh industry realized the potential of this talented one? Seems kinda fair , doesn't it? largest selling single record in the history of Toronto fivesome and have just completed one the Canadian record busin~ss. After the There's been some Canad ian action over at the Phonodisc camp. That great group from Ottawa , The Townsmen , have another disc out on Regency . It's called "He's In Town". Jimmy Paris has a single going for him on Star Shot entitled "Toronto" . Danny Coughlin gathered himself 35 Stratford kids and cut one of his own tunes "This Is My Country" and "I Love My Country" .

of the most fantastic sounding record sessions Winn ipeg's Fifth came into Toronto ever cut in this country , and when their record the first part of the year and cut a sess ion . comes out , they'll be given full credit as the Then they seemed to drop out of sight unti I artists , they'll be paid a royality on each re just this week when they showed up wiih cord sold , not pieced off at $100 each , and maybe , just maybe , they' 11 be given the op portunity to appear on a Canadian television show and they may even make the Canadian dailies. Well, do we get letters, or do we get letters? After my remark about that other Toronto station not playing any Red Leaf records, I almost felt as important as EI lie. But listen , they don't care . They're a power house , you know. As a matter of fact , they're so big that they went out of their way to prove just how important they are. With The British Modbeat's Red Leaf single "Somebody Help Me" riding at No. 2 on the Canadian Hits

WINNIPH'S Fl"H what could be a big one for them. It's on London , and the title is "Yesterdays Today" , and the flip is "Something You've got". Hey , you know who called me long distance , the other day? No , silly , on the telephone , Jesse Young of that fabulous Rea Victor group , The Youngbloods . Do I dig their new single "Euphoria", and is it taking off. WOW, like right across the country. The guys played a smash gig at the Coliseum in Ottawa with 7 local bands and Jesse says these Ottawa cats are great , great , great. So after the Coliseum they moved into Le Hibou , where al I the great talent play when they go to Ottawa. Andy Nagy , he's a groovy cat who looks after the big stars for Rea Victor , sug RPM MUSIC WEEKLY gests that Jesse give Canada a cal I, and that takes us back to the front of the story. Jesse 1560 Bayview Avenue used to be a single-o , you know. He was a Suite lOl, Toronto ll, folk singer , and he 's played the Riverboat and Purple Onion , in Toronto and The Esta Ontario, Canada blishment in Winnipeg and even had an album Telephone: C416) 489-2166 out , on Capitol and one on Mercury. So , you · Established: February 24th., 1964 see when The Youngbloods got together, they

Editor and Publisher WALT GREALIS BUBBLE ON A KEY HOLDER Sales and Special Projects LORI BRUNER EXAC'T Art Director S\IE BILL ARMSTRONG SEND ANY PHOTO Layout and Design GROOVYART THIS SIZE Staff Photographer AND THIS INFO PAT LACROIX THE YOUNGBl,.OODS had experience. There's Jesse, on lead , Jerry RPM MUSIC WEEKLY is published Corbitt does his bit on harmonica and guitar , weekly by RPM , Records, Promotion , Joe Bauer is the drummer and Banana, that's Music, 1560 Bayview Avenue, Suite his name , he happens with the electric piano 107, Toronto 17 , Ontario , C:rnada. and also plays guitar. Their first big break Authorized as second class mail by through came with "Grizzly Bear" and then the Post Office Department, Ottawa came their album, which I'm not crazy about and for payment of postage in cash . their album cover, but in this case you can't GROOVYART. judge the music by its cover. Well, anyway, 1560 Bayvlew Avenue Single copy price 10 cents. they've got another one ready but they're ,.------...... , Toronto 17, Ontario ,' . '. Subscription prices: doing the album cover themselves. They're , . Canada and U.S.A. - $ 5.00 per year photographers as well, you know. Well, back : NAME ______Enclosed is a snapshot and $1.00 $10.00 first class to Ottawa , but not for long. After their en : PHONE ______(plus Provincial Sales Tax where Other countries - $15 .00 per year gagement at Le Hibou, they chartered a plane applicable) for my plastic key chain. $30 .00 by air for Cleveland where they were taping a bit I l CITY ______Advertising rates on request. for the "Up Beat" TVer, which is seen at ' , NAME------~ PRINTED IN CANADA 1 PM over Channel 2, WGR, for Upper Canada ' I viewers . Don't know when they'll be shown , .. ... ,, ADDRESS ______...... _~----" DEDICATED TO MUSIC but I' II pass it on as soon as I get the word. PLEASE PRINT MADE AND MUSIC "Up Beat" is produced by our old buddy , Don CITY ______Webster, who started the CHCH "Dance Party", PLAYED IN CANADA you know. Page 2 RPM Music Weekly Festival which has been dubbed as "The hippy centre for the world". Paupers At They'll be in good company. Included Messer To Tour Nationally in the line-up are The Mamas and Halifax: Don Messer and most of his Jubilee spec ial guest Buster Brown , a young stirp Papas, Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, gang kicked off their eighth consecutive summer dancer from Ottawa . Montery Fest. Beach Boys and many of the under tour of Canada. The sixty day Centennial tour other members of the party inclu de ground groups from San Francisco. will take the popular Apex record ing artist Cec McEachern , Waldo Munro , Warren MacRae, Toronto: Canada's famous Paupers Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger are through many cities and towns in ~ova Scotia , Vic Mui Jen and Duke Neilsen (Messer's ork), returned to Toronto for a few one Directors on the Board of the Monterey New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatche The Buchta Dancers (Gunter Buchta, Don King , niters but will be returning to San Festival. wan, Alberta , British Columbia and Quebec Marilyn Boyle, Lynn Sheehan , Gary Eisenhaure , Francisco this week for a 3 day bon- The Paupers next turn up at during the months of June, July and August. Gary Copp, Jane and Judy Edgett , and Hugh The Boston Tea Party, one of the The Messer troupe will also appear at Expo Ballen). most famous clubs on the U.S. Atlan and at Toronto's CN E. The coast to coast ITINERARY FOR DON MESSER'S JUBILEE tic Seaboard, for a 6 day engagement tour is beinR presented by Festival Canada, ~ENTENNIAL TOUR OF CANADA commencing June 19. Then into New µune 12 Truro, H.S. York where they'll open the newest 13 Moncton, H. B. a nd most exciting bar in the big town. 15 Ottawa, Ont. 16 P eterboro, Ont. The Electric Circus will be their 17 Oshawa, Ont. home from June 27 through to July 9. 19 Brantford, Ont. By this time their first album for 20 Dundas, Ont. 21 Sarnia, Ont. Verve/Folkways should be on the 22 London, Ont. market. The latter part of July they'll 23 Hanover, Ont. 24 Orillia, Ont. be appearing .in Las Vegas and will 26 Wowa, Ont. then go on a tour of major breakout 27 H ipigon, Ont. areas of the U.S. 28 Fort William, Ont. 29 Fort Francis, Ont. Aug 20 through the 26 will 30 Portage La Prairie, Man . see The Paupers at Expo and back July 1 Killarney, Man . into Toronto for The Bell Telephone Elkhorn, Man. 4 Y orkton, Sask. Hour which will be held at Maple 5 Regina, Sask. Leaf Gardens on Sept 18. 6 Swift Current, Sask. 7 Calgary, Alta. Their Verve/ Folkways single, 8 Calgary, Alta. "One Rainy Day", which is considered 10 Meadow Loke, Sask. 12 Edmonton, Alta. ·by many, as their best, has been re the Centennial Commission Performing Arts 13 Red Dear, Alta. leased in the U.S. but no release date program for 1967. 14 Vik in g, Alta. TORONTO'S PAUPERS has been set for Canada 15 Athabasca, Alta. Accompanying Messer bnthetourwillbe 18 Kam lo ops, B. C. ing up session prior to their appear Marg Osburne and Charlie Chamber lain , Johnny 19 Chilliwack, B.C. ance at the Monterey Festival June Forrest , a Sc ottish sin ger-instrumentalist from 20 Vancouver, B.C. 21 Port Alberni, B.C. 16 . The Paupers will be the only SUBSCRIBE TO R.P.M. Edmonton , announcer-i nstrumentalist Rae 22 Victoria, B.C. Canadian group perfonning at the Simmons , speciality dancer Joseph Wallin, and 24 Kelowna, B. C. 26 Trail, B.C. 27 Kimberley, B. C. 28 Lethbridge, Alta. 29 Hanno, Alta. 30 Banff, Alta. Aug 1 Medicine Hat, Alta. 2 Kerrobert, Sask. 3 Lloydminster, Sask. 4 Prince Albert, Sask. FROM COAST 5 Saskatoon, Sask. 6 Whitewood, Sask. 7 Brandon, Man . 8 Winnipeg, Man . 9 Kenora, Ont. 12 Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. TO COAST 14 Sudbury, Ont. 15 South River, Ont. 16 Campbellford, Ont. 17 Pembroke, Ont. 18 Chestervil le, Ont. RECORD 19 EXPO 20 EXPO 21 CHE 22 CHE BU 23 CNE PICK UP If you 're not convinced that THE -THE ESQUIRES

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GETTYSBYRG ADDRESS TOP HAS BEENS & NEVER WILL BEs CFRA CLEANS UP IN OTTAW l'~ "'rg BANANA AT CJME TIE WITH CUDDLY CUTIES 1 5 THE WAY I FEEL Regina, Sask: The new Franklin single by Dawson Creek, B.C: On Sunday May 28th . Ottawa: A CFRA Personal ity Motorcade of Gardon L ightfaat-U A-50152-J Winnipeg's Gettysbyrg Address, "Love Is A members of the RCMP and CJDC Rad io and convertab les complete with a Dixieland Band , 2 3 SOMEBODY HELP ME Televi sion, assembled at Mi le Zero Stadium a Galaxy of Beauty Queens lead by Ottawa's British Modbeats-Red Leaf-632-G Beautiful Thing" is getting the red carpet 3 4 DIAMONDS & GOLD treatment at rad io station CJME . The Address for a softbal I game. The game was CJ DC's Mayor , driving a street-sweeper off icially Wi 1lie / Walkers-Capitol-72456-F have played the Queen City many times and first Centennial project of the year and proved opened Ottawa's all-out Clean -Up Ca mpai gn 4 1 LOVIN' SOUND are conside red the most popular out-of-town to be an overwhelming success. to prepare the Capi tal for the millions of Ian & Sylvia-MGM-13686-M groups to play here. Needles s to say when Approximately 16 RCMP officers from Centennial visitors expected this summer. 5 2 LOOKING AT A BABY the local detachment took part. The RCMP , The action a11 took place at noon hour The Cal lectors-New Syndrome-16-G the word got out that there had been a record 6 6 GIVE AND TAKE release, local record bars were deluged with billed as the Cuddly Cuties, were attired in on May lst. in the downtown area and wound Mandala-K R-0121-L orders for the disc. Says CJME's Dan Jameson dresses, wigs, hats, purses and sa on . Their up with a clean-up bl itz in front of the Centen 7 11 PRETTY BLUE EYES "It's great". coach, John "Maddy Fr icke!" Johoson , made nial Centre with the Mayor leading the broom Guess Who-Qua I ity-1876-M daily reports for a week on their progress , in pushing CFRA personalities. 812 I KNOW preparation for the big game. In the grand exit , the Mayor was par Barry Allen-Capital-72468-F 9 14 I'll FORGET HER TOMORROW CFCB TAKES PART IN ANNUAL CJDC , billed as Has Beens and Never aded by CFRA's Hon our Guard , lead by Gen Witness lnc-Apex-77044-J CLEAN-UP WEEK Will Bes , were coached by CJDC's own, eral Grant , CFRA's morning man , and the 10 10 SILLY JILLY Corner Brook, Nfld: Th e Annu al "Clean-Up" Honourable Director of Physical Educat ion, Dixieland Band , to the Chateau Laurier . Art Sn ider-President-1006-C week recently took place in this city with air Ludwig Von Underbaum , "Omar Blonde!" , 11 7 HALF PAST MIDNIGHT personaliti es of CFCB taking an active part who as well made da ily report s on the team . . Staccatos-Capita 1-72453-F 12 9 LET'S RUN AWAY with the CFCB mobile unit. The gang visited The game was held in an effort to Magic Cycle-Red Leaf-633-G many areas of the city each afternoon and raise funds for the Dawson Creek Centenn ia I 13 13 HEY GIRL . evening giving away small household items Project, which is an indoor swimming pool . The Preachers-Barry-3469-M (rakes , garden hoses, paint brushes etc.) to Approximately 700 people attended th e game , 14 8 SHOTGUN everyone caught in the act of cleaning-up and donated a tota l of $250.00 in a silver Wes Dakus-Cap ito l-72457-F around the house or place of business. collection. TERRY MANN-CKLB-O shawa, Ont. 15 16 OUTSIDE THE CITY " Green Door" - Wynder K. Frogg , " Society's Willaws-MGM -1 3714-M Umpires for the game were, Mayor Bob 16 17 SEE MY GIRL Trail and MLA Don Philips. Ch ild" -·Jan is Ian Teak Waod -Arc-1166-D CJDC's team consisted of, production DAN JAME50N-CJME-Regina, Sask. 17 15 BAREFOOTIN' manager, Bas "Stretch" Jamieson , Don "The "Sound Of Love" -· Five Americans , ' ~Little Larry Lee-Columbia-C4-2740-H WESTERN Bit O' Soul" - Music Explosion, " Love Is A 18 20 DO IT TO EM Czar" Kasakov , Al "Side Arm" Kelly , Bob BTB4-Yorkv ille-45007-D "The Kid" Lumsden , Larry "Beanpole" Ross , Beaut iful Thing" - Gettysbyrg Address MARTY ADLER-CKNX-Wingham, Ont. 19 19 CANADA and members of the production , continuity, Young Conoda Singers-Ouol ity-1967-M " Duncan & Brady" - Woo lies , "Little Bit O' ,.. UNION engineering and admini stration departments. 20 --- THIS TIME LONG AGO Soul" -Music Explosion , "See My Girl" - Teak Guess Who-Quality-187 4-M FROM CALIFORNI A Final score ended in a disputed 7-7 Wood tie, but because of the crowd reaction it was By Frank Banyai BRIAN GOFF-CFCB-Corner B~ook , Nfld. decided to hold the game on an annual basis , "Portrait Of My Love" - Tokens , "The Girls with the proceeds go ing to the most sign ificant In Paris" - Lee Hazelwood , "The French WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? local project. Twen ty -nine acts will make up the Girl" - Da ily Flash R&B WM. X-CKCK·Reglna, Sask. largest gathering of recording artists ever NEIL SOPER NEW MUSICAL held. The event wi 11 take place June 16 thru "No More Running Around" - Lamp Of Child-· June 18 in Monterey , Ca lifornia. People per DIRECTOR ATC-FUN hood , "This Time Long Ago'' - Guess Who , LIST "I'll Forget Her Tomorrow" - Witness Inc . fo rming include The Mamas and Papas, The Vancouver, B.C: Ne il Soper has been appo int Beach Boys, The Paupers, The Assoc i ation, ed musical director at C-FUN and wi II be C-FUN's new contact man for record promo Johnny Rivers, The Byrds, Simon and Garfun CHECK THE RPM 100 1 RESPECT kel, The Buffalo Springfield, Dionne Warwick, tions and plays. All correspondence and new Aretha Franklin-Atlantic-2403-M 1 The Who record releases shoul d be directed to Nei I. 2 GROOVIN (from England) and many , many other Young Rascals-Atlantic-2401-M fine acts. 3 ALL I NEED IS YOU I hope The Beach Boy 's suit against Temptations-Gordy-7061- L Capitol Records is settled soon. The group 4 WHENYOU'REYOUNGANDINLOVE apparently charges that the company has not Marvel lettes-Tamla-54150-L 5 SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER paid all the royalties from thei r past records. FROM THE ULTRA-HIP James & Bobby Purify-Bell-669-M Until the courts decide , new releases by The 6 ALFIE Beach Boys are being he ld back . Dionne Warw ick-Scepter-12187-M LOVE , a Hollywood group that made a SAN FRANCISCO 7 LET YOURSELF GO lot of noise a year ago with " My Little Red James Brown-K ing-6100-L 8 SEVEN ROOMS OF GLOOM Book" and "7 And 7 Is" is now made up of . Four Tops-Motown-1110-L seven talen ted mu sician s. I wonder how they SCENE 9 OOGUM BOOGUM SONG make money? Brenton Wood-Double Shot-111-J The knack, Capitol recording artists 10 AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH are the United States' answer to Toronto's Gaye & Terrell-Tamla-54149-L 11 HERE WE GO AGAIN Counts . In their act they imi tate and reproduce Ray Charles-Sparton-1604-0 the sounds of many bi g stars in the music 12 SHAKE world . Otis Redding-Volt-149-M Psychedelic posters are the "in" way 13 TRAMP of advertising dances . You have to look twice Ot is & Carla-Stax-216-M 14 FOR YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE to be able to make out the lettering on these Oscar Toney Jr-Bell-672-M eye-catching signs./There is no official re 15 TOGETHER cord chart in California. Each music store lntruders-Apex-77052-J has their own listings as well as most radio 16 AM I GROOVING YOU stations ./Stereo tape cartridges for cars are Freddie Scott-Shout-212-C 17 YOU CAN'T STAND ALONE very big here. Many new tracks are released Wilson P ickett-Atlantic-2412-M on tapes at the same time as the albums . 18 JUMP BACK Also, more and more of the golden albums King Curtis-Atco-6476-M are being issued as tape cartridges ./45 RPM 19 WHY (Am I Treated So Badly) Sweet lnspirations-Atlantic-241 0-M discs will soon be released in stereo. A&M 20 I WAS MADE TO LOVE YOU Records (as reported in RPM ) will start off Stevie Wonder-Tamla-54151-L the experimen t./Single records cost $1 .00 but 21 STAND UP STRAIGHT AND TALL you get a good deal on albums. Each week a Jackie Shane-Modern-1031-G large department store chain puts five newly 22 SHAKE RATTLE & ROLL relea sed albums on sale . These cost $1.99 for Arthur Con ley-Atco-6494-M 23 STAY TOGETHER YOUNG LOVERS mono and $2.79 for stereo. Eaton's or Simp Brenda/IT abu lotion s-Apex-77048-J son's sh ou Id try to match this offer./Canadian 24 OOH BABY BABY bands - con sider yourselves lucky . Bands per Five Sta lrsteps-Windy-607 forming here get the undesired assistance of 25 SOUL FINGER the audience who bring along their tambourines Bar-Kays-Volt-148-M X TESTIFY to try to help out. You can hardly hear the Porl iaments-Revi lot-207 song when this happens ./Cariadian laws re X CHITLIN' SALAD garding teenagers are not that strict. In Los Sou I Runers-MoSou 1-101 Angeles , teens under 18 aren't all owed to X MORE LOVE .dance in a club and the 10 PM curfew makes Miracles-Tamla-54152-L X DADDY1S HOME it illegal for them to "Hang around" after Jackson & Brown-Wand-1155-M that time. ON X COME ON SOCK IT TO ME San Francisco is becoming a booming Syl Johnson-Twilight-100 base of the recording industry. New sounds exploding come from groups such as Country COLUMBIA Joe and The Fish, Moby' Grape , Big Brother ., SUBSCRIBE TO RP.M and The Holding Company and Quick Messenger RECORDS~ Service. How can you forget those names? Page 4 RPM Music Weekly We PICK ... Allied -C CANADA'S ONLY DISTRIBUTOR CODES Arc -0 C.M.S. -E THEY'RE HERE Capital -F Boots Walker-Reo-8992-M OFFICIAL 100 Caravan -G Columbia -H • Compo -J SINGLE SURVEY • • BOTH SIDES London -K 0 Phonodisc -L STEP OUT OF YOUR MIND 0 . . *MONSTER Quality ·M American Breed-Atca-804-M ~ ~ Compiled from Record Company , Rea Victor -H i .; Record Store and Disc Jockey reports. e- BIG MOVER Spartan -0 N

YESTERDAYS TODAY 1 3 9 SOME BODY TO LOVE The Flfth-London-17355-K • Jefferson Airplane-Rea Vlctor-9140-H 35 44 66 AIN'TNOMOUNTAINHIGH ENOUGH 91 I KNOW 2 2 4 HIMORMEWHAT'SITGONNABE Gaye & Terrell -Tamla-S4149-L e68 80 Revere/ Raiders-Co lumbia -C4-44094-H Barry All en-Capitol-72468-F.. WHEN THE GOOD SUN SHINES e36 51 52 THE WAY I FEEL 69 76 WE HADA GOOD THING GOIN' • 3 7 12 RESPECT Gordon L ig htfoot-U A-50152-J 71 Elmo & Almo-Daddy Best Presents-2601 Aretha Franklin-Atlantic-2403-M Cyrkle-Columbio-C4-44108-H e37 57 84 NEW YORK MINING DISASTER 70 89 ME ABOUT YOU 4 1 5 CREEQUE ALLEY Bee Gees-Atco-6487-M 76 Momos & Papas-Dunh ill-4083-N Moio Men-Reprise-OS80-J e 38 58 •••• SAN FRANCISCO (Flowers) 5 4 1 GROOVIN' Scott McK enzie-Columbia-C4-27S7-H •71 82 87 JUMP BACK Young Roscals-Atlanti ~- 2401-M King Curtis-Atco-6476-M 39 45 62 BOWLING GREEN TOP • 6 10 11 MIRAGE Everly Bros-WB-7020-J 87 •••• I'll FORGET HER TOMORROW Tommy Jomes-Roulette-4736-C •12 Witness lnc-Apex-77044-J e4o 59 90 SOUND OF LOVE 7 5 2 RELEASE ME Five Americans-Abnak-120-J 88 •••• BEAUTIFUL BABY En gelbert Humperdinck-Parrot-4001 .1-K • •73 Dove Clark 5-Capitol-72488-F LPs 41 62 72 HERE WE GO AGAIN • 8 22 43 SHE'D RATHER BE WITH ME Ray Chorl es-Sporton-1604-0 74 75 77 SILLY JILLY T urtles-Qual ity-1882-M Art Snider En -President-1006-C •42 53 79 WINDY 9 9 7 HERE CClt'IES MY BABY Association-WB-7041-J e1s 98 ---- PUPPET ON A STRING Tremeloes-Epic-101 39-H Sandi Shaw-Pye-819 -C 1 1 MORE OF THE MONKEES 43 43 65 MISTY BLUE The Monkees-Colgems 10 16 31 ALL I NEED IS YOU Eddy Arnold-Rea Victor-9182-N 76 68 55 LET'S RUN AWAY COM102 COS102 Temptations-Gardy-7061-L Magic Cycle-Red Leaf-633-G 54 73 FUNNY FAMILIAR FORGOTTEN ... 2 3 THE MAMAS & PAPAS DELIVER 11 6 3 I GOT RHYTHM •44 Tom Jones-Porrot-40014-K 91 ---- WHY (Am I Treated So Badly) Mamas & Papas-Dunh i 11 Happenings-B. 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COUNTRY Well, I thought I had a scoop, but CHART Don't you just hate when some now I find that everybody an d his Now whoever heard of a name guy pretending to know all about disc jockey is picking this album . like Engelbert Humperdinck? Well, the record business tells you You got your first taste of Jerry try a couple of million on for how great a record is and you with the release of the single, size. That's just about how many 1 2 UNCLE TOM buy it and hate every groove on "My Girl Josephine" and boy you singles Hump sold of ''Release Mercey Bras • Columb ia the dam thing? Well don't go and got a whole lotta talent going on Me", and whatta ya know here it 2 l 1 CAN 1T EVEN DO WRONG RIGHT Johnny Burke - Columbia hang out the crepe dearies, just with this package. Besides, you is on this album. That's the title 3 3 IT'S J UST ABOUT OVER because the Grateful Dead are get twelve cuts. If you dig Fats of this album so that's why " Re Johnny Clark - JC here. I dig their sound, but if Domino, you'll eat up every lease Me" is on the album . What 4 4 THE JOH NSON FAMI LY Ralph Carlson - Melbourne you don't like the weird psyche groove on this album. Remember do you expect, eleven other hits? 5 5 THE ALCAN RUN delic sounds, then just look at " When My Dreamboat Comes Come to listen to it, that's what Bud Roberts - Apex the cover and eat your heart out. you got. I guess the British aren't 6 8 I GOT WHAT I WANTED Home"? "Let The Four Winds Roinvi lies - Red Leaf Just for that I'm not even gonna Blow" and Marty Robbins big " hip " to the cut-back in sides 11 7 9 YOU'RE THE LEASTOFMYWORRIES tell you what's on the album, but hit " Singing The Blues • Re per album yet. Imagine, twelve Hugh Scott • Melbourne there's a cut that's almost six cuts, and they 're all great, great, 8 6 IRENA CHEYENNE member a guy name of Elvis Jimmy Ord ge - Apex minutes long and one just over Presley? Got married didn't he? great, and I can't think of any 9 7 WHIRLPOOL ten minutes. Interested?? Oh, thing more to say. Besides it's Bambi Lynn - Melbourne He did " Don't Be Cruel" and so 10 ··· WHY DID YOU HURT ME what you 're missing. does Jerry. late. Merv Smith • Melbourne WARNER BROS. - 1689 HI - 12038 PARROT - 61012 RPM Music Weekl)'. Page S 0 Bruner Joins RPM Music Weekly To Be Revamped RPM Music Weekly is to undergo a RPM Staff complete revamping over the next change will be gradual, but is being An increased interest in RPM Last week, Miss Lori Bruner, four weeks. This week, the firm done with a look toward the future by Canadian film and theatre people well known young lady about the Groovyart, started on a project to and the possible expansion to a 16 has caused us to look into the inclu record business, joined the staff of redesign and modernize the entire page weekly. Included in the pl ans is sion of news in these a reas as well. PM Publications. Miss Bruner will "look" of RPM Music Weekly. From a feature that would list all new re In the three years that RPM head up the sales and special pro the heading and logo design to the leases by record companies, each has been published, the interest in jects department of RPM. For a num type and column design, RPM will week, and a full page of LP reproduc the magazine has grown to such an ber of years Miss Bruner has been in have a facelifting. tions. The current radio page would extent that today RPM is not only the volved with many aspects of the re For the past three years, be enlarged to two pages and would oldest con sis tent music weekly in cord business. From retail selling to Groovyart, have been behind the featu re more photographs of radio Canada but also the most widely 'cir wholesale buying and record company appearance of RPM and the RPM 100. 'activities. Additional features wo uld culated national hornblower for the administration. This week you will see new features cover the Canadian TV music scene Canadian music industry throughout and a new concept in RPM. The and ad agency production news. the world. Mathis' Return Stone And Toronto: Johnny Mathis will open at WARNER BROS TO FORM The O'Keefe Centre June 19 for a one DIST. CEN . IN CANADA Island Meet week engagement. He will be bring London, England: Rob Stone, prexy ing with him a brand new show, fea Burbank, Calif: Warner Bros. announced that of Robt. J. Stone Associates has just turing a vocal group known as Our they will form their own company in Canada completed a series of meetings with Young Generation. This talented to distribute the Warner Bros ., Reprise and the principa ls of Island t ecords Ltd. young group of performers accompany Loma labels. The operation, which will be Chris Blackwell, managing Johnny throughout his entire show and 100% owned by Warner Bros. Records, Inc., director of Is land, and Stone, co-or supply him with superb backing on is expected to be operational by October of dinated promotional plans for the ini his popular numbers including"Maria" this year. Phil Rose, one time National Promo · ti a l release of Traffic, the hot new and "The Sweetheart Tree". They lion Manager for The Compo Co., present group headed by Stevie Winwood. The also take 20 to spotlight themselves distributors for Warner Bros., and now Inter· Spencer Davis Group was similarly One of Miss Bruner's first ancf to give a breather to the star, nationa l Director of Warner Bros. will direct singled out for strong promotional chores will be to co-ordinate the who is known to work himself into the activities of the new Canadian distribution action with their upcoming releases. advertising and editorial listings of near exhaustion with every performance but is expected to maintain his present post Island's head producer, Jimmy the Canadian Music Industry Directory at the company's headquarters in Burbank . Miller, along with sales execs, Chris to be published in mid-September. Preachers, in action at The Sh arke Peers and David Betteridge a lso con She will also be working closely with Barre in The Dardanella Resort Inn. ferred with Stone on matters related record companies and will gather ' Mr. Petty also found time to to the global expansion plans of the news from the record industry for drop into the RPM offices to meet company. RPM Music Weekly. MORTON DA COSTA DIRECTS the staff. Plans have also been set HERMITS FIRST FLICK The new Spencer Davis Group for Mr. Petty to sit in on a session single "Every Little Bit Hurts" hit NORMAN PETTY INCLUDES at RCA Victor studios. The session, Executive Producer Allen Klein has the Canadian market last week and ONTARIO ON EASTERN TOUR a commercial, will be produced by announced the signing of Morton Da is a lready being well charted across Canada's top record producer, Stan Costa to direct the first major film by the country . First release of Traffic Toronto: Norman Petty, one of Ameri Klees, along with the country's lead ca's top record producers, included Britain's Herman's Hermits, "Mrs. is expected by mid-June. ing arranger, Ben McPeek and will Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter". Toronto and the holiday country of feature one of Toronto's top groups, Wasaga Beach, Ontario, on his busy The film, which began to take shape ness in Engl and. Herman 's Hermits The Yeomen. schedule which took him from his May lst. at MGM's 13ritish Studios, •1.> ill have double duties in the film, Stu Mitchell, one of The is described as a "hip, Walt Disney with acting roles for each member of home in Clovis, New Mexico to New Preachers, has just had his latest York City. The purpose of Petty' s type of comedy-drama with music" the group as well as opportunities Norman Petty Production "Casting and deals with the dog-racing bu si- for introducing a numbe r of new songs trip into Wasaga Beach was to catch My Spell'' and ''Acid'', released in his latest hot Canadian find, The the U.S. on Kapp. No release date has been set for Canada. Remanber the fat wonderful world of French Canadians , frogs, and they loved him . Joey Reynolds? Well forget it, he ain't fat no When he left WKBW he apparently na iled a NEWBANFF ALBUMS more . Joey was one of Canada's favourite . pair of his size 14 shoes to the door of the radio personaliti es , even though he wasn't station manager's office with a note that read, with a Canadian radio station. He was with "fi II these baby". Joey's dowri in Hartford WKBW , in Buffalc, which had a fifty thousand and he's coming up this weekend to visit RBS 1277 - HUBE"

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Spot Commercial Slide Film winner on the A&M label . Deck is ea I led "Out Radio transcription & spot Aud io I guess I should start by telling you commercial O isplay about Ellie Greenwich. She's getting so much And About" (wh ich Canadians wi 11 pronounce , Theatrical & No n·theatrlcal film Videotape "Oot And Aboot" ). GONDOLA MUSIC CO.RP. Bubblegummer Cards attention lately. Her latest (or is it first) Ralph Harding, Box 85 , Clarkson, Onl. single was produced by genius producer Bob Jefferson Airplane have a number one 416 • 822-1271 from GROOVY ART Crewe and the record company is promoting hit and I thought you might like to know some $15. per 1000 and publicizing the record to such an extent thing aboot them. The re are six of them. M ~r ty that Ellie will surely crop up with a hit. Balin is the lead singer; Paul Kantner is on Ellie herself is already well established as a lead guitar; Jo rm a Ludwick Kaukonen plays songwriter and has put her hand to such tunes solo guitar; Jack Casaday is on bass; Grace as "Leader Of The Pack'' , "Hanky Panky", Slick is second lead singer ; Spencer Dryden THE EVIL is on drums. When they were appearing at the NU-SOUL and "Chapel Of Love". Bookings - Contact Matrix, in San Francis co , they became so Telephone Engelbert Humperdinck was around for Dennie Tourbin a long time in England before "Release Me" popular that it lead to an RCA Victor record (416) 547-0822 922-5610 923-0438 shot to the top of the charts. A name change ing contract. The rest is history . Now they Hamilton, Ont. is what did it. The new name made Engelbert have a num ber one single and their album of Toronto a talking point, and his great record began to "Surrealistic Pillow" is number six on th is be noticed. His LP of "Release Me" has just weeks RPM album chart. A new single is on been re leased. the way . The new single by the Buckinghams is PREDICT-A-H IT WINNERS (2 Weeks) "Mercy Mercy Mercy" and should be getting Gerald Murphy ·Corner Brook, Nfld. airplay just as you read this. Dianna Lynne Balog - Klpllng, Sask. A new group called the Moby Grape is Rosemary Gonyou - St. Catharlnes , Ont . Susre Sussman - Bronx , New York. getting the star treatment and could be the Eugene Zielinski - Smiths Falls, Ont. big group out of the San Francisco Hippy Gary Fleming - Regina , Sask. 11111 vs. MDNTRIAl scene. They' re releasing an album and five John Forsythe - Dorva l, P.Q. singles , all at the same time. Pat Lock - N. Burnaby, B.C. Scott MacDonald · Alliston, Ont. you noticed that the groups who have REALLY The Hollies new single is "Carrie Wayne Little - Saint John, N.B. made it with their record releases haven't tied in with disc jockeys or radio stations? Frankly , I can't see how a group or artist can BEBE GEE I make it, tied to the apron strings of one radio p•·------BOX 3& , Sin. "------·R" I Tar111to 11, Ontario station, because th e other stations won't give : ~· ~RIDICT ·A-HIT I it a listen let alone a play . It's been tried in My favourite records Uietweea 51 I ' ', ,,. ~ ·, BURVIY •• 1001 • the cllTHt clurt ••: I Toronto, Edmonton , Montreal and Vancouver, I w· p. and it just doesn't work .I// Rumour has it that 1 1n razes the union is moving to clear up some of the 1: ~------.! i messes their musicians have gotten themselves I A New Contest Just as you were all breath ing a sigh in to with personal ma nagers and bookers. I Every, Week They don't have to look too far from home for I ~N-AM-E------'I of relief, here I am again with my usual gos Help us compile the hits on the RPM sipy column and a fantastic backlog of gossip ONE of the problems, and I'll bet they're I Tell us your favourites •e. ------I pretending to be "the last to know" .///It's 100. whit ADDRESS I that wi 11 probably cause a few people to Each -ek, I wlll send ou~ 5 LPs to seriously consider leaving the country .// /My a pity that CKFH doesn't have a chart. Toron ·• Predict-A-Hitters. Wateh my column for CITY ______I to's Canadian chart action really coun ts as I your name. spies in Montreal te ll ~e about a disc jockey I I who seems to want to control all the music NIL in the national scene because the oth er that is played in Canada. Unfortunately that station doesn't submit th eir chart for my position is already taken by a group in Toronto , scrutiny. This unfort,unately puts Toronto at ·------~------·---' so he'll have to be happy with second rate. the bottom of th e barrel .///l'm coll ec tin g GO With his NON -UNION (and union agency) magazines and so far I have a copy fro 111 which looks like the next big thing for Mon WMEX , WKBW , WFUN and a Toronto station . treal , unless they have a bi ·bi Gurney in All the editions are the same except the mid the local to keep things clean, he may be dle spread . Keeping that station newsy and starting something new , but his percentage those pix coming will be quite a chore for grab (40% and more) isn't new. The Toronto ra dio stations th at are anxious to sel I space .... parasites are old hands at that game .I// Have on the air .....to stay in business .

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