Vo lume 3, No. 21 Week of July 19111, 1965

It was many months ago when we were first intro­ * duced to a very talented THE SPARROWS group of known as The Sparrows. They * have the distinction of being the first Canadian group to offer up a sound comparable to the fast­ moving English sound. It was for this reason that Beatle-eared Paul White of Capitol records hawked down on these Sparrows and confined their nesting grounds to the Capitol camp. The boys have contri­ buted a great deal to the task of making the average Canadian aware of the fact that we in Canada have a music industry to be proud of. The Sparrows are Canadian. Art Ayre is the lead. He is pianist, organist, melodicat, vocalist and composer. Art is a vigorously trained who stems from a jazz background. Besides looking after the busi­ ness end of the group and keeping track of the instruments, he also manages to crack up the boys with his quick wit. He has owned and raced several modified sports cars and at the drop of a cab fare will show you his collection of trophies, his pride and joy. Jerry Edmonton looks after the drums, blows a mean harmonica, is an important part of the harmony (vocal) of the group a nd also pens some mighty pretty tunes. Jerry hangs his hat in Oshawa (home) but has been so s uccessful as a musician he now shares a dorm with the rest of The Sparrows. When he's not way out listening to a blues recording, he's way out in space by way of his telescope. He is some­ what of an expert on space. He can give you the name of every constellation in the sky and has followed every blast-off so closely he knows the space ships by their first name. Dennis Edmonton, brother of Jerry, picks one of the prettiest sounding lead at being a s uccessfu l Sparrow (h e a lso guitars in the business. His voice " If I had my wa y l ives in the lap of luxury at the fa mous is the s trongest and keeps the other voices It would be s pring every day Sparrow dormitory) h e can sell h is paint­ well paced and in close harmony. Dennis A nd flowers would bloom along every ings a nd move home to Scarborough, a road way is also the master when it comes to setting suburb of Toronto. down a tune. His bush and specs (beard A nd I would bring s uns hine The group is a foursome of not a likes and glasses) give him that scholarly look Into eac h mind. ' ' which must be the reason they get along which in effect he is. He spent three years Nick St. Nicholas, the clown of the so well together. T hey have had a n inte r­ srudying psychology at university. Of the group, keeps tab on the bass, gets into th e esting trip through Music Can ada and four he is the most even-tempered. Never act of singing a nd has a knack of putting " Hard Times Wit h T he Law " is a n example angry, very patient, and always happy. His the right notes in the righ t places a nd com­ of the ir des ire to make th eir tale nts educational and musical achievements can ing up with some pretty listenable com­ acceptable a nd most importa nt - liste nable . best be described by one of his composi- pos itions. Nick is a s tudent of the Ontario Much more will be h eard from T HE tions: Col lege of Art , and if he can't make e nough SPARROWS. which will be the mode of transport for the tl Montreal: Las t week we Esquires to make a cross Canada tour link­ group. It is further reported that a ma jor US me ntione d that a very ing forces with other top Canadi an g roups . Nashville: Ray Griff will be re leas ing recording company has reserve d a dotted " VI big comp any and an line for the boys . ._ equally Jar ge advertis ing his first on the RCA Victor label the first part of August. The tune "I'll Follow Each agency had arranged a RPM would I ike to take this c ross country tour of top Rainbow" by the Blue Boys (RCA) was C.. Canadian recording groups. writte n by Ray a nd could make the ch a rts . opportunity to welcome the c::;. It turns o ut now we were The Country Mu s ic Assoc iation h as executive, members of the a little too premature. a nnounced plans to sell a n featuring HER 2 5 great country artists. Label a nd pub­ sales staff and distributors of The ve ry big company is not so big and th e tour lis hing companies i nvo lved have waived Capitol Records of Canada on has been called off. But the ir rights in order to make the album it didn't take long for possible. Artists featured on this LP the occasion of their annual someone to pick our "Origina l Hit P erforma nces" are Ha nk sales convention being held at TH~ Snow, Ray Price , Tex Ritter, Ma rty mu s ic indus try back up Robbins, Buck Owens, Hank Thomp son, the Inn On The Park in Toronto \ off the floor. We under- Me rle Travis , Ha nk Williams, Kitty Wells, stand arrangeme nts a re now unde r way to Ju Iy 19 I 20 I 21 . kick off this same s how in Montrea l through Ernest Tubb, J ohnny Bond, J ohnny Cash, On a muc h s maller scale, but of much the e fforts o f Lionel Pasen and Dave Patsy C line, Red Fole y, L e fty Frizzell, more importance to Cana dia ns, c omes a Boxer. This s how will have a complet e ly• Don Gibson, Pee Wee King, Roge r Miller, 212 minute film on Canada. The score is Canadian lineup a nd we can safely predict George Morgan, Bill Ande rson , Roy Acuff, writte n "Some thing To Sing About" by that when Dave Boxer (The Pied Piper of Bobby Bare, Eddy Arnold a nd Jim Reeves. Oscar Brand. Now, Torontonian, Oscar Montreal) gets behind a promotion it will Pressing will be done by Columbia with an Winn er (film e ditor-"Target For Tonight" ) be th e biggest s how ever to hit the bi-bi initia l order of 500,000 copi es. The LP Donald Ginsberg is looking for the appro­ town. A sponsor is standing by, we und er­ will sell for $2.00 but onl y through mail priate fi lm. He and his assistant, Toni s tand, a nd if sufficiently impressed will orde rs as arra nged on 200 TV Stations and Trow, a re busy examining ma ny thousands take the s h ow across Canada. This show up to 500 radio s tations . Los Vegas: The Personality Plugge r of fee t of film from various film- makers in will be a s uccess in hogtown despite the h as news that The Bits & Pieces, a s trong a n atte mpt to fi nd 90 feet. This is mu ch negative a ttitude of some o f the not so Cana dian comedy a nd s inging c heaper than raking a came ra crew from Canadia n minded citizens who would use trio now a t Isy's in Vancouver, a re s kedded Howe Sound to Dingle Beach. the ir influence to discourage a s how of to re- e nter the US for a six to twe lve week Jim Darra of Darra E nterprises advises this magnitude. The c hance in a lifetime s tay a t T he Gas li ght in Hollywood. Several that he has made arrangeme nts to produce fo r our floundering mus ic industry. singles a nd a n LP a re be ing readied fo r a recording sessio n for Lynda L a ne . We J. B. a nd the Playboys, who are re­ Dee Gee Records. It was a lso interes ting unders ta nd back up group w ill be The gard ed as Montreal's number one g roup, to note by way of The Persona lity P lugger Regents with voca l background by The wil l be appeari ng in a movie called "Mon­ that Ike Cole will be appearing on Art Cha rm a ines. tage". The boys have been busy gigg in g Linkle tte r's Tale nt Scout Show. According Record Jottings: Hot on the heels of in Upper Canada and are fast becoming to reports , the s imilarity between th e Di s ney land colossu s "Mary Poppins" one o f the most popul ar groups i n the a rea. voices of Ike and his late brother Nat a re comes ne ws fr om RCA that Di s ney land has Los Angeles: Walt Davis, ass is ta nt to almost unbe lievable . adopted th e favo urite of the 1930 ' s Bob Ma rcucci, sends along news that J ohn Sault Ste. Morie: J.B. a nd The Playboys "Winnie-th e-Pooh". Although th e f ilm is Andrea is in New York cutting a session a nd The Big Town Boys, two of Canada 's not yet fini s hed a nd s ti ll only a bout two­ for MGM. Walt a lso sent a long a copy of most popular recording groups, made th e ir third s ha nd painted the cartoon is n't the new r elease " Runaway" by Gail appearance at the Gardens in the Sault. skedded for re lease until next Thanks­ Ganley on 20th. Nino Tempo a nd April Report s had it that the advance sa les were g iving (US) b ut a lready the wh eels of pro­ Stevens , who are a lways big favourites in greate r for these Canadian groups tha n for motion have been put in motion. A la rge US Canada , have released "Think Of You" The Dave C lark Five. departme nt s tore has tied in w ith the pro­ on Atco. We prefer the flip "I'm Sweet On Toronto: Jack London releases his firs t motion fo r a line of youngsters' clothes. Yo u". Could be a noth er "Whispering". on the RCA Victor labe l July 26. "Don't l3 y the time the fi lm is re leased the p ublic New York: Negotiations are und e r way Ever Cha nge" and "Misery a nd Me " were will probably be so pre-conditioned to A.A. between Larry Uttal of Bell Records a nd both writte n a nd produced by J ack. The Milne 's loveable bear that th e re lease will Stan Kl ees Productions for the release of Las t Word s , a local Toronto group, h"ave no doubt be a cha in reaction of s uccess "Sloopy" in the US. Release skedded for been given a n assist by J ack a nd could b e throughout the "50" and will, of course, latter part o f July. p reparing to s ign with a maj or recording affect Canada as well . Blackpool : The on-again o ff- again Cana­ compa ny . Columbia record s re leases "You Don't dian Rodeo is o n again. We unde rs tand th e Fred Roy, prexy o f Acadia Records, is Want to See Me Crying" by Ross Campbe ll. s how is s la ted to run in conjunction with getting set to re lease the biggest new This s ingle has the right ingredients to the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Show to country s ing le ever to hit the mark et. The make it a c h art item. Ross is we ll backed comm ence Aug us t 1 for e leven weeks. The a rtis t is Aubrey Hanson, radio pe rsonality up by good expe rie nce with the Du-Kanes location is Stanley Park in downtown a t CFNB Fredericton. His firs t s ingl e i s a nd the La urie Bower Si ngers . Blackpool. T he BBC wi ll be doing a 30 "Green Hills a nd Blue Rive rs " (Sparton). minute te lecast of the s how and could An LP "Old Fashioned Country " is reach u s through the services of th e HAPPENING a lso be ing readied for re lease. Fred a lso "Early Bird" sat e llite. advises that new equipment is b eing set across the BI GLAND Regino: Barry Dreger, president of the up for Acadia Record s and the hunt is on Loreen Church fan club, send s RPM a n for new Canadian country ta le nt. Al I in­ honourary membe rship plus news that te rested parties contact F red Roy , Box 400, "HARD TI MES Loreen will have a new record o ut some Toronto 19, Ontario . time in August. According to a newspaper report, Jon WITH THE LAW" Ottawa: Pat Ha milton, president of the a nd Lee and The Checkmates have lande d Esquires Fan Club, has news that The a US TV deal which s hould ne t them some­ Esquires have just cut a recording session by the where in the neighbourhood of $150,000. for Capito l. T hey are presently playing the· The boys will b e leaving s hortly on a SPARROWS Ottawa House in Ottawa and will s hortly cross country tour boosting the city of move on to Brockville for a two week stint. Niagara Falls, Ontario. Special two-decker on CAPITOL Plans are apparently in the making for the buses have been brought in from E ng la nd 2 BIG THINGS ARE HAPPENING

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3 Winn ipeg: C JOB led the It is hoped that other member stations 4 p .m. - F rank Todd 4-8 p.m. - Bob Stagg way in introducing Fre­ of this network will see the potential of 8-Midnight - Chuck Chandler Midoight- quency Mod u 1 at i o n taking this show for their own area. Miss 6 a .m. Bob Stagg looks after "Disc Derby broadcasting to western Whitton is far too entertaining and contro­ Battle " and "Juke Box Jury" so if record Canada and are now versia l to be confine d to a four city spread. promoters are looking for the right person to send their extra disc to it's obviously leading the rest of Leam ington: The new DJ line-up for Bob Stagg. Othe r news fr om the Edmonton Canada in a venture that C J SP includes - Johnnie Jay 6-10 a.m. - quite appropriately began Craig Cole 10 a .rr..-2 p.m. - Wayn e McLean area has it that Klondike Days turne d out to be one of the successful events of the on "Canada Day". 2-8 p.m. - Don Brown 2-8 p.m. (Sat). CJ SP year for CJ CA. The Guess Who appeared General Manager R.M. has been number 1 in Essex County for te n at the CJCA Teen T e nt during th e 6 day Ma cLennan advised that consecutive years and dominates with 6 13 show (] uly 12-17). Wes Dakus and The "It's a matter of record o f the a udience. Re bels were the added special feature that many Can adian com­ Truro: Graham Wyllie of C KCL sends attraction for the event. posers and perform ers news that Lynda Layne will be a ppearing CHED were also very active for the are recognized in the for a week at the Nova Scotia Provincial Klondyke Days Exhibition. The C HED fields of traditional Exhibition Septe mber l s t to 5th . Klondyke Discotheque Show turned out to western, e thnic, country and fo lk music. Edmont on : DJ line-up at C J CA boasts be a crowd gette r with gues t s tar E ddie Therefore, effective July lst, CJOB-FM Emperor Jim Hault 6-9 a .m. Scott Rambeau performing several times daily. will broadcast a format embracing these Cameron 9-Noon - George Payne Noon- four broad music fields." He went on, Eddie's newest is " My Name Is Mud". "This work requires and deserves recog­ nition just as the efforts of Canadian per­ formers in other areas of music a nd the arts." The Board of Broadcast Governors has given approval for the first major SPARTON RECORDING change in FM programming in Canada thus IU\l~I(>" O f ~ P ... RIO"" lllC IRONIC~ making CJOB-FM the first s tation to break with the accepted FM programme format to reach out to the largely neglected audience that prefers good traditiona 1 and popular pres ents music in the country field. Many thanks to Kirk Northcott for supplying us with the above information. Quebec: Bill Payton, PD at CFOM, has CANADA'S NEWEST good reason to be proud of his station. Every year, a good number of American wars hips make Quebec City one of their RECORDING GROUP ports of ca ll , and it's not because of the beauty of the Plains of Abraham o r the equally beautiful Chateau Frontenac. It has to do with beauty but La Femme. Each year CFOM have lent their air staff to the navy to run t heir radio stations on board ship . This year CFOM decided to make this the biggest effort yet. CFOM moved lock, stock and barre 1 to the destroyer USS Compton and proceeded to broadcast the ir regular s hows from space allotted by Commander T. Stuart. The s hows were comple te to regular commercial conte nt a nd music. The station's air personalities . - took aboard their mu sic and programmed ~DA• their s h ows direct from the s hip. In ter­ views with the s hip's personnel as we ll as EL\TETONES visitors gave the day's programming that touch of personal interest. Public re­ sponse was overwhelming and CFOM have been asked by both Canadian Navy offi­ cials a nd the American Cons ulate to do repeats on other s hips ma king the Quebec scene. This is a first in Canada, in the sense that two complete days of regular s tation progra mming origina ted on board a visiting warship. It also gives o ur some­ times strained relations a chance to relax. O ttawa: "Hush Hush Sweet C harlotte " would never get a second reading with our "TAKE AWAY" "Dear Cha rlotte " . It only happens for 15 minutes a day, five days a week, but f/s Charlotte Whitton is e njoying more popu­ larity now as a personality than "MUSTANG" s he did as "the fighting Commander" of Avai lability: the Ottawa City Counci l. Originating from Grey Electronic, Elizabeth Street, C JOH-TV, viewers in Ottawa, Kitchener, Guelph, Ontario. Montreal a nd Toronto have gra nted her Phone: (519) 822-9631 Another Bob Vol lum Production s how una nim ous accepta nce. 4 Sure!! UNCHAINED MELODY - Righteous Bros - Lon 1w lw lrom . Should! 2 x THE SEVENTH SON Johnny Rivers Lon BUTTERMILK - Sly - Qua 2 4 •WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW Jackie De Shannon Lon 3 8 SATISFACTION Rolling Stones Lon 4 13 EASY QUESTION Elvis Presley Rea · Could s 14 xSET ME FREE Kinks All YOU BETTER GO - Derek Martin - All 6 16 SUNSHINE LOLLIPOPS & RAINBOWS Lesley Gore Qua 7 17 • DOWN IN THE BOONDOCKS' Billy Joe Roya I Col Maye? 8 15 WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCA T Tom Jones Lon 9 10 * SLOOPY Ca esar/ Consu Is Ral I DON'T BELIEVE - Guilloteens - Unk 10 9 WHERE ARE YOU NOW Jackie Trent All 11 11 xA LITTLE BIT TOO LATE Wayne Fontana Qua 12 12 YES l'M READY Barbara Masan Qua GMP Guide 13 18 I LIKE IT LIKE THAT Dave Clark 5 Cap 14 20 OPERATOR Brenda Holloway Pho SOUND OF MUSIC Film Track Rea A 15 22 •LITTLE LIAR Terry Black Arc 2 EARLY MORNING RAIN Ian and Sy I via Mus A 16 21 WATERMELON MAN Gloria Lynn Qua 3 ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT Film Track Rea 17 24 MARIE Bachelors Lon 4 BY POPULAR DEMAND Ferrante & Teicher Com 18 25 HARD TIMES WITH THE LAW Sparrows Cap 5 CATHERINE McKINNON Arc A 19 28 •MEETING OVER YONDER Impressions Spa 6 TODAY-MY WAY Nancy Wi Ison Cap A 20 29 HOLD ME THRILL ME KISS ME Mel Carter Lon 7 RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY Wayne Newton Cap 21 32 •SUMMER PLACE Lettermen Cap 8 THE SEEKERS Lon 22 36 x I WANT CANDY Strange loves Unk 9 LOST AND ALONE Don Francks Pho 23 27 xOOWEEBABY Fred Hughes Qua 10 BALLADS TO BARRELHOUSE Ralph Richards Rea 24 30 HERE COMES THE NIGHT Them Lon 11 SINATRA '65 Frank Sinatra Com 25 26 SMALL TOWN GIRL Staccatos Cap 12 CAT BALLOU Nat King Cole Cap A 26 34 IT'S ALRIGHT WITH ME NOW Barry Allen Cap 13 THREE O' CLOCK IN THE MORNING Bert Kaempfert Com A 27 38 xDON' T JUST STAND THERE Patty Duke Com 14 CHIM CHIM CHEREE New Christy Minstrels Col A 28 39 •TO KNOW YOU IS TO LOVE ••• Peter & Gordon Cap 15 PETER PAUL & MARY/ Concert Com A 29 35 x NO BODY KNOWS WHAT' S GOIN' ON Chiffons Qua 16 CANADIAN SUNSET Andy Williams Col 30 37 x RIDE YOUR PONY Lee Dorsey Qua 17 CAST YOUR FATE TO THE WIND Sounds Orchestral All 31 40 •YOU'VE NEVER BEEN IN LOVE ••• Unit 4 Plus 2 Lon 18 SCORED FOR BALLET Toronto Philharmonia Ork Col 32 new xALL I REALLY WANT TO DO Byrds Col 19 BEGIN TO LOVE Robert Gou let Col 33 new x TAKE MF. BACK Little Anthony/ Imp. Lon 20 IF I LOVED YOU Johnny Mann Singers Lon N 34 new xSAVE YOUR HEART FOR ME Gary Lewis / Playboy Lon 35 new • YOU'D BETTER COME HOME Petula Clark Com 36 new •MY NAME IS MUC" Eddie Rambeau Qua 37 new xJUSTINE Righteous Bros Qua Countr 38 new *YOU'RE MY GIRL Ro y Orbison Lon 39 new LONELY GIRL Bobby Vinton Col l PICKING UP MY HAT Debbie Lori Kaye Col 40 new WON ' T BE A LONELY SUMMER Diane Leigh Cap 2 EVERYBODY' S LAUGHIN AT MY •• Jimmy James Arc • RPM FORMER PICK x RPM FORMER EXTRA 3 LOOKING BACK TO SEE Cdn. Sweethearts Qua 4 I CAN'T LIVE WITH HIM Myrna Lorie Spa Comers 5 LITTLE TOT Art Young Ral EXTRA BECAUSE YOU'RE GONE Nocturnals Pho 6 SITTIN AND THINKIN Jerry Hatton Lon EXTRA HERE I AM Dionne Warw i ck Qua 7 l ' M NOT SAYIN Gordon Lightfoot Com EXTRA I GOT YOU BABE Sonny & Cher Lon 8 NOPPER THE TOPPER Hal Willis Qua EXTRA YOU TELL ME WHY Beau Brummels Qua 9 COME ON IN MR. HEARTACHES Lennie Siebert Spa EXTRA AROUND THE CORNER Duprees Col 10 THAT'S THE WAY IT HAPPENS Sandy Selsie Col

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1- Got to Start Off With a record companies. Right Here and Now ... Big item that will keep (Never mind!!! It would jus t ge t edited!) them talking. Elvira I've made my point! P redicts •.. There'll People Are Talking About ... T he be a very HOT Canadian apparent BIG breakthrough of J on a nd Lee production on the US a nd the C heckma tes into the BIG BIG charts at all times from ma rket sou th. Good luck J & L a nd th e Cs. now on. Call this Ste p Another Canadian group missed being first One in the breakthrough. by a couple of weeks . More detail s whe n . . Next Item . . . A top We Won ' t Betray A Trust!!! (Ed: Oh! exec with a NOT SO top Really???) company has been wav­ The Tour??? Yo u haven't heard the last ing a flag and telling of this hot little item. It gets hotter . . . people "We 're doing all a nd hotter!!! R umour s of a big big group we can for Canadian coming to t his neck of th e woods are talent." Elvira Says: false!!! It's All Off!!! But ... Why??????? "That's very little!!!" What would happen Now t he fight is on to establish a tour if DJs went on strike against un-Canadian circuit across Canada, a nd we admire t he guts of the people behind this project. They'll Never Say Die!!! Watch For A Change in address a nd Frank Todd, teen personality of the 'Tiger THE format of a very inf luential Canadian trade crew at CJCA Edmonton, reviews new Canadian mag dealing with the music industry. T he records for Sounding Board. new premises are rum oured to be a Cana­ Bill Payton CFOM Quebec BIGLAND AGENCY dian mu sic h eadquarters . T he na me I'm Pickin Up My Hat Debbie Lori Kaye hearing circula ted is "MUSICLAND, BOOKING: "This is like a gigantic birthday cake, CANADA". T he building wou ld house that is to s ay everythink is there to make many ma ny companies , a nd one of them Little Caesar & the Consuls it good. One of the best outings we ' ve could be the afore me ntioned trade pa per. The Big Town Boys heard in a long time. Should make it big It's What We Need • • . for our new indus try. across the ten, and for that matte r, could Jon & Lee & the Checkmates (Correction: "Floundering" new indus try . ) eas ily have the big ear put on it by our Terry Block's appearances on TV are J.B. & the Playboys A merican counter parts . Without ques tion, building th is boy's s tar image immensely. a big thing. SURE." Dee & the Yeomen He's fo llowing the foots t eps of Anka . .. 1 "Kege" Legge CHEC Lethbridge The Rogues to a "T ' . "Sloopy" by L ittle Caesar a nd the Hard Times With The Law Sparrows Jaye's Raiders Cons uls is rumoured to be ready for re­ "It has the NB ingredient 'The Britis h Little Diane & the Starl ights lease in the US by La rry Uta h 's Amy-Ma ia Sound'. A good contender on Battle of the New Sounds . COULD." Ronnie Hawkins labe l. Is Elvira Ever Wrong??? (T ogether now) . .. N·E-V-E-R!!! Move over "Shakin' Fronk Todd CJCA Edmonton The Guess Whos All Over". Hard Times With The Law Sparraws The Du Kanes Sextet Look To One Of Canada's Leading "Mediocre, would need an awful lot of Studios to come up w ith a New Great he lp. COULD." The Sikusis sound. T he busy little bees have been COUNTRY b usy rearra nging the ta pes, the wa lls, the The Vendettas Bill Payton baffles a nd the e quipment to c om e up with CFOM Quebec The Ardels t he winning sound. T he genii be hind this Sittin and Thinkin Jerry Hatton "Could be a s leeper on the country s ta­ The Canadian Dell-Tones Giant ste p forward a re the peopl e that w ill some day be re fe rred to as the p ioneers of tions, the lyric is good, and Je rr y has put Richie Knight & the Midnights the "SOUND" FROM CANADA. forth a good vocal effort. We 'd l ike to see it move, but honestly feel the c ountry The Esquires The Governor Of Tennessee ta kes a flav our is a little too s trong for those The Staccattos great interest in Nas hv ille. Wh y not??? It p ut Tennessee on the map. Some day we 'll s tations that include country in the ir re­ The Countdowns with Phil Wright breakdown the E AST-W EST conflict of h its gular format. COULD. " The Twilights a nd we'll e nd up with a n ind us try. RPM MUSIC WEEKLY is published weekly by Hype Of The Week a nd Plot Of The Walt Grealis ·, 426 Merton Street, Toronto 7 , C anada. Printed i n C anada. Authorized as se­ Shirley Matthews Week. Find a record called " C OM E ON cond cl as s mail by the Pos t O!!ice Department. DOW N" by Wes Da kus on Ca pito l a nd pro­ Ottawa, and for payment of postage in c a s h . The Allan Sisters Single c opy price 30 c en ts, Subscrip tion pri ces: gra mme it. E AST ERN C ANADA! Play thi s $15 per year, $25 by ai r, USA and Canada $ 20 The Regents with Dune & Judy o ne like instrume ntals were going out of per y e ar, $40 by a ir, other c o u ntrie s . Advertis­ The Rising Sons sty le. Let's s how t he west that we don't ing rates on reques t. d iscrim in ate between EAST a nd WEST!!! The Silhouette Revue Why?? has n't a Frenc h-Canad ia n s in gle Bobby Kris & the Imperials ever cracked the Eng lis h-Canadia n hit "MY GIRL SLOOPY" The Tee Jays parade in Canada. It might just break dow n the bi-cultural barr ie rs . In a ll the Fre nc h­ Little Caesar & the Consuls The Val iants Canadia n produc tions the re mu st be One The Apostles great record that we can Prod onto the IS A charts ... or is a JI th e Prodding goin g to Jeff & the Continentals be done south of the border. A Reader Writes: " I ca n't unde rstand a SMASH!!! "THE FRIENDLY GIANT" g reat deal of wha t you wr ite ." We ll, dearie, Elvira is very inside a nd IN THE BIGLAND fra nkly I don 't understand a great deal of what I write!!! on RED LEAF (ED: We s hould s tart a c lub.) 6 The country s ound is The Hollies take off ... Tony Bennett is like Pierre Lalonde, Donald Lautrec, becoming more and more proving a good can make it again and Michel Louvain, Michele Richard, Robert the "se lling " sound a gain. His record of "Fly Me to the Moon" Demontigny, Joel Denis, Jenny Rock and these days. Jerry Yale is doing beautifully . .. Listen to Tutti folk singers like Les Cailloux, Les Quatre has captured the right Camorotto's version of "What's New Vingt etc. This show was presented by feeling with h is record­ Pussyca t" from his "Think Young" LP. radio station CJMS (French). It was held ing of "Whe re We re You on an open air stage at Jarry Park which Wh e n I Needed You?" ... was surrounded by a fence for this oc­ Tha nks to the boys at We in Upper Canada casion. Now tell me, where in Canada, F GG Productions , Bang have always been en­ where even in the world would so many Records might ha ve its vious of the French-Can­ people go and support their own nation's second hit within a adian market and lately talent? Why not put this information in one couple o f months . "Out the English-Canadian of your books and use it as a lesson to the In T h e Sun (Hey-o)" by market in French Can­ English-Canadian. The French-Canadian Wasser The Beach-Nuts could ada. From all reports go and support their artists bur the Eng­ break through big . . . it is quite obvious that lish- Canadians don't support their artists Fats Domino's ne xt single will be "I Left if and when the Canadian in the same way. Then those who read your My Heart In Sa n F rancisco" , done in Fats ' industry becomes a pow­ magazine will say to themselves 'What do own inimita ble sty le ... The boys a t er in this country, the French-Canadian have that we don't have?" Kama-Sutra have done it again. The ir pro­ action will happen first and they may accept this as a challenge ducti on o f " Around the Corn er " by The in LaBelle Province. and start supporting English-Canadian Duprees has taken o ff big ... Adam Wade The following letter is talent. has jus t s igned w ith Atl a ntic Record s . evidence of the interest I have found one thing wrong with your Jus t be fore ta king off for Cana da, generated by the general° magazine. Most of the groups and artists Kenny Chandler told me his n ew record public in Quebec. you show are from the Toronto area. I have w ill be o ut in a bout t hree weeks . "Dear Sir: I would like to tell you about not seen a picture of the Rockatones with Eddie Rambeau leaves fo r Edmonton next something that happened in Montreal yes­ their record 'I'm A Man ' or Bartholomew week fo r some persona l appearances. In terday, June 25. There was a big show of Plus Three or the Mersey Makers. The the meantim e, h e tells me hi s record of French-Canadian talent here and 225,000 The Classels, The Haunted, M.G. and The "My Na me ls Mud" is getting "picks " all people paid a dollar to see this show. The Escorts or Chuck Dorne!. They all have ovet the place . .. I found Ion Crowford a top Canadian, French-Canadian that is, records on the market. Also, for 30

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SINGLES ARE WORKING FOR YOU Ill DEBBIE LORI KAYE "PICKING UP MY HAT" 4-43295

ROSS CAMPBELL "YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE ME CRY 4-42663

THE BYRDS "ALL I REALLY WANT TO DO" 4-4332

THE BYRDS "ALL I REALLY WANT TO DO" 4-43332

BILLY JOE ROYAL "DOWN IN THE BOONDOCKS" 4-43305

BARBRA STREISAND "MY MAN" 4-43323

JIMMY DEAN "THE FIRST THING EV'RY MORNING" 4-43263

ROBERT GOULET "SUMMER SOUNDS" 4-43301

CHAD AND JEREMY "BEFORE AND AFTER" 4-43227

PATTI PAGE "HUSH HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE" 4-43251

THE BYRDS "MR. TAMBOURINE MAN" 4-43271

THE BROTHERS FOUR "COME KISS ME LOVE" 4-43317 . commg soon THE LIVERPOOL SET

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