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PRINTED IN CANADA W f 1964 Vol. 2 No.5 Authorized OS second closs mail by the Post Office Department, eek 0 Sept. 28, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. '·

" We've Got A Dance And ... . " the voice on the phone says. The requirements are layed out and the agency takes over to BOOlToronto. Roy Orbison, The Orlons, The Supremes, Twenty-two year old goateed Ron Scribner Bobby Goldsboro, and have built Canadian has had five years of experience in the ' acts around these people and sent the "hop" booking business and supplies acts show across Ontario. to the many teen dance promoters in On­ This is one of the largest agencies of tario as well as a cross Canada. His agency its kind in Canada, and employs four full organizes entire shows and arranges one time staffers. The staff are all familiar night stands throughout Ontario. with the music cbusiness and the compli­ Some Forty Acts avail themselves of RON SCRIBNER of the Scribner agency cated union r~-gulations that must be the services of the Scribner Agency, and seen with some of his clients at a recent followed. Scribner has taken many of his artists from " hop". rj obscuri ty and de".eloped them into stars. agency is v,ery record conscious. When­ Among these are Robbie Lane, The Counts, ever possible they will assist an up: anQ­ Bobby Raye, The Shays, ,ind many others. coming act in arranging a recording ses­ Established acts like· Ronnie Hawkins, Pat sion, and follbw thro'ugh to promote tire Hervey, Little Caesar and the Consuls, record after it's made . The entire success! Shi rley Matthews, Ritchie Knight, David of "If" by Little CaE;sar and the ConsuJ,.s Clayton Thomas and Sandy Sel sie are can be attributed to Scribner's imagination booked by Scribner. and hard work. Overnight this group be­ Beyond their normal function, the came the most sought after in Canada.

""I l COME HOME LITTLE GIRL Bobby Curtola 'CHART ACTION 2 JOLIE JACQUELINE Lucille Starr 3 UNLESS YOU CARE Terry Black' ~CROSS CANADA 4 FANNIE MAE Robbie Lane ~ LITTLE CEASAR & THE CONSULS. Scribner was behind their hit "If" for CKCK Regina COME HOME LITTLE GIRL Bobby Curtola Tartan 13 Columbia. Duff Roman of CK EY intros the 24 UNLESS YOU CARE Terry Black Arc group at the CNE in Toronto. 30 YOURS Lucille Starr Barry CKPT Peterboro 11 FANNIE MAE Robbie Lohe Hawk It all started when the record hops 1.6 * JOLIE JACQUELINE Lucille Starr Barry began to look for stars and live music and 24 UNLESS YOU CARE Terry Black Arc as a result the small bands who wanted to play the larger halls started to look for a 26 GOT MY MOJO WORKING Ronnie Hawkins Hawk booking agent. Sci:ibner started the agency CKSO Sudbury 4 * JOLIE JACQUELINE Lucille Starr Barry and immediately put all the bands into the 24 UNLESS YOU CARE Terry Black Arc union. 29 MANY MOONS GO Bobby Curtola Tartan Recently Scribner· was given the job CJME Regina 49 UNLESS YOU CARE Terry Black Arc of PR for the coming Dave Clark Five CHOW Wei land 10 dOLIE JACQUELINE Lucille Starr Barry Show at Maple Leaf Gardens which will 12 MANY MOONS AGO Bobby Curtola Tartan feature a lot of Canadian talent. 31 CAN'T WE GO SOMEWHERE Terry Black Arc Ron feels the future looks very promi­ 44 * BITTY BABY Howard Sisters Spart on sing and "someday we'll recreate the great CHNS Halifax 13 * COME HOME LITTLE GIRL Bobby Curtola Tartan success of the British with their groups and artists. This is like the great desire 58 FEEL SO PRETTY Shirley Matthews Tamarac o'f all of us, and will be a dream come CMN Ottawa 3 YOURS Lucille Starr Barry true''. ,. 28 I WILL Hughie Scott Tamarac As the music industry grows, the CKWS Kingston 33 * COME HOME LITTL!E GIRL · Bobby Curtola Tartan Scribner Agency will grow. Someday we J 48 BOOM BOOM David C. Thomas Atca will all be able to, look back at the strug­ 58 UNLESS YOU CARE T f!.rr y Black Arc gle waged and remember' the pioneer of the music business·in Canada. WHEN WE SAY RPM is read everywhere we mean every­ where. A letter this week from a penal institution gave RPM a strong vote and requested photos of the beatles. Arrange­ ' t . ~ ments were made to send the photos, and possibly RPM may be instrumental in steering a young confused mind back to w~ the path, and possibly into the music business. MANY OF OUR READERS just wrote to offer encourage­ ment, and to these people we would like to extend our heart­ ~·· felt gratitude for their vote of confidence. Many com.mented WE GET LETTERS from the sublime to the ridiculous. on the marked improvement of the new format. I must reflect One typical example is the writer who chirps "You should to the old RPM and give credit to the original newsletter· for­ write about HITS. The records you list and talk about aren't mat which really made the present RPM possible. We have hits, and the artists are unknown" and we have to bow to grown with the industry and the industry has grown fast. This these profound observations, and a few more people who think present format is still not the RPM we expect to see in the this way and we would still be listening to Rudy Vallee. Con­ not too distant future. I make this prediction from a very trasting· this was a letter that said simply, "Many thanks for favorable vantage point in the industry. I only wish that each much! " and bore a signature. A very few words that made one of my readers could see the industry developing from this much more sense. Another letter (written on the back of a vantage point. If our country was not so geographically vast, scrap of paper said (in part) "Are we going to be subjected to I'm sure you would share my enthusiasm of many of the things a diet of the things being done by the stations catering to the to come from Canada. The people who believe in the industry 12-14 year age group? I can only answer that we are going to are a great inspiration to me, and a guarantee that we have report on the scene in proportion to the amount of product that something here, and many have set about to prove it. is being originated, and the amount of promotional material ONE OF THE MOST surprising and again encouraging we will receive from across Canada. Music, be it Country, acceptances of RPM was by the many record bars large and Rock and Roll, Rhythm and Blues, or Mantovani, The Toronto small from Yellowknife, Port Albemi, the prairies, south Symphony, or Cello Concerti, is music, and we report on central Ontario, Quebec, both English and French and Eastern music. Canada. We will therefore be devoting space to merchandising with photos of displays etc. RPM IS TRULY READ EVERY­ WHERE IN CANADA. - .. --· .. ·----. - · -.. --. -. ----·- ·- -='::-==~...... - - - .. --...... - . - ... -. -. ~a,,,/ Yk...

The. Bonney Sl1t1ra from Winnipeg have written a song Quality Custom Pressing also press many singles and LPs and released it on Canadian-American. It's called ''Ging for Canada's independent record companies. Gang Gooley". They will be appearing on a new CBC net­ Llttll 0Hllf Ind Thi OontUll have just released a work show Sept. 29, at which time they will do this number. new single on Bigland "Don't Make A Fool Of Me". Label It WI hid lhl room we would reprint an open letter to proudly boasts 100% Canadian content. Ringo S~arr by Jack Hutton of the Ottawa Journal entitled 11 11 D1tlnlll Now. Larry Lee's "Big Hoss' Man" is on "Ringo I Was Wrong". Very cleverly written by a newspaper Columbia. man who had been called "a tin-eared, lefthanded fuddy­ Miki Doyle of ROA Vlotor in town this week on his way duddy' " because he had dared to criticize the Beatles. The west found time to say hello and introduce us to Bob Gray . one point Jack hit on that I'm slll'e iir a cfonsensui" of:opi~" · ,.and fite. ,,CA .,~ ictP.r r~or~g. ~~udi.o~, wpere ..!ht ,~o~~ier~ ion is the fact that the Beatles "didn't care" what critics were dlscovered, by Bob, doing a Jingle. This could very were saying. They were enjoying themselves. I think this is well be a big discovery for Victor. Their LP release "From the reason many skeptics changed their minds when they Sea To Sea" is a folk singing masterpiece. An interesting finally met the four Britishers. side note from the Victor Sales Meeting; after the presenta­ Hu1hl1 Soott11 single "I Will" (Tamarac) has been re­ tion of the Fall Plan each salesman made long distance calls -leased and given good reviews in his home town, Ottawa. to their accounts and were able to secure 10% of the Fall Canadian Music News lists it as No.28. Plan quota. Thi 01pltol Folkl had a reception for Al Martino open­ Club 888 in Toronto is negotiating to bring The Animals ing nite at the Barclay. There was a good representation of to Toronto. They may need a larger hall. radio and the trades but very poor on the part of local news­ papers. Martino's very ea1y manner came across well but lack of publicity was probably the answer for poor crowds. John Dolan of CKEY guested Al on his mid-morning show. This is the type of old time exposure rarely used th~se days . .. too bad. Qu1llty RIOtrdl Custom Pressing Division, header Bob Haacke has introduced a new product that looks like a 7 x 7 greeting card. When opened you will find inside a paper thin ,:vinyl recording at 33-1/3 rpm. This product lends itself to audio promQ~ion mailings. As well, the new Valri series is a records • promotion • music talking gr:eeting card featuring such peopl~ as Rich Little, PUal..llHEO WEEKLV llV WAl..T Gl'IEALIS, 428 MERTON STREET , Don Franc~s, The Allan Sisters singing and speaking ·happy TOl'IONTO 7, CANAOA 14\91 488·\979 111NOl..E COPV Pl'llCE .eo C'ENTS. SUllSCl'llPTIO'N P~ICES : $18 A VEAR birthda)' m~s· sages, directed by Art Sn.ider. Retail price, about · CANAOA ANO USA , $28 llV All'I . EUl'IOPE , $20 A VEAl'I , $30 6V AIR . SOf. H11&cke and Coke recently put out such a card with' the OTHEl'I COUNTl'llES, $20 A VEAl'I, $40 llV All'I , Coke jingle and Bobby Curtola singing "Fortune Teller" PEl'IMllSION 1'0111 l'IE·Pl'llNT 01' Al'ITICLES CONTAINED HEREIN MUST •E oaTAINEO l'l'IOM THE PUlll..ISHEl'I. which went out to . de'alers from coast to coast in Canada. AOVlll'ITISINO l'IATES ON l'IEQUEST. 3 ON THE AIR TV for T11ns: The ABC Network debuted its new teen show "Shin-Dig" on Wednesday, Sept. 16 an9 from this ob­ servers viewpoint it was a smash, but I am wondering how much the ABC network was influenced by our own CBC-TV show "Music Hop". There had been talk of this show being shown on the ABC network this fall but because of difficul­ ties with the number of commercials allowed in this country apparently the Americans cooled to the idea. " Shin-Dig" is a top notch teen draw and you will probably see the other US networks jump on the bandwagon. Our own producers could well learn a few pointers from this show with a view to appealing to the younger set. The bang, bang presenta­ tion of artists, the up-tempo excitement of the numbers and the fantastic camera shots were all a credit to the ingenuity The How1rd Sl1ter1, Isabel, Marie , Kathy, Doris, have been of Britisher Jack Good who produces the show. singing since they can remember. First radio show was from Chuck C1mrou1, PD at CHSJ Saint John dropped a note CHOK Samia where they sang regularly for a year. CKNX to inform us of the huge success of the Atlantic National offered the girls a steady job with the Barn Dance which they Exhibition, where the station and Pepsi Cola teemed up for accepted and travelled with this show for five years and an outside dance. They also carried the "Robbert Show" live when C KN X opened their TV station the girls became a fea­ from this " Teen Town" . CHSJ-TV "House Party" starts a tured act on the "Western Roundup" for two years. Three of new season this week and plans are being made for many the sisters are married to brothers. The youngest, Kathy goes artists especially Canadian to be featured. CHSJ is now fea­ to school in Samia. Isabel and Marie write much of their own turing Canadian discs from sign-on to 10 PM each weekday material although none of the girls have had any formal music and all day Saturday and Sunday with suitable introductory training. The biggest problem the girls seem to have is promos. picking the clothes they can all agree on. At present the girls John Pozer of CJOH-TV Ottawa has just returned from a are banking their hopes on two records to make it for them. trip to New York and Montreal where he interviewed top One on Columbia ' Tm Tired Of Your Lies" and a song writ­ names in the recording industry for use on his new TV show ten by Pat Bestall of London "Bitty Baby" on Sparton's "Saturday Date". Canadians lined up for live appearances Do Ra Me label. "Bitty Baby" has already been picked by are Hughie Scott, The Esquires, and Pierre Lalonde while RPM and is already showing up on charts across Canada. filmed interviews include the Beatles, Animals, Dusty Springfield, Shangri-las a:nd many others. CHUM in Toronto having gone 50,000 watts are getting close to this figure in increased mail. Al Slaight PD te Us me that one contest where they are giving away an hour of taped interviews etc. of the recent Beatie visit plus a tape recorder has drawn over 20,000 entries in just three days. A good percentage from out of town. A.n Auto Accident sent Glenn (Big G) Walters of CKEY to hospital with painful injuries this past week. Get well cards to Big G have literally swamped the station. Our best wishes for a speedy recovery. The SHI Sl1u1hter: From the number of telephone calls and letters received here on our recent mention of George Wilson's battle to inform the public of the inhumane manner of removing skins from young seals , it would appear that George has acquired a great deal of support. Let US know what's happening around your radio or TV station and send action photos. We would like to see what you look like ... IN RPM.

THE CKY GOOD GUYS Interview the Beatles. In the foreground, Back Issues and Extra Copies of RPM are available white shirts Frank Roberts (left) and Mike Hopk ins (r ight). at 50~ per copy. Quantity prices on request. 4 CANADIAN *PICKED MAN of the BIG HOSS' MAN LARRY LEE & THE LEESURES CONTENT** COLUMBIA C4-2649 WEEK Ralph CURRENT** CANAD~~N CONTENT SINGLES UNLESS YOU CARE - Terry Black - Arc 1074 GOT MY MOJO WORKING - Ronnie Hawki ns - Hawk 002 Harding SHAKE HANDS - ~ockatones - Melbourne 3189 Ralph Harding has been in the record business since IF LOVING YOU DJD THIS 1949 and was one of the first record salesmen in Canada. TO ME - , Ruthie Maclean - London 17326 Ralph started out with Quality Records of Canada where he TAKE IT SLOW AND EASY - Fernwoad Trio - Spartan 4- 1279 BALLAD OF NOVA SCOTIA- Michael Stanbury- Maritime 1002 spent 6 years. He started as salesman and worked his way up I WILL - Hughie Scott - Tomarac TTM602 t o Ontario sales manager and finally National distribution BITTY BABY - Howard Sisters - Spartan 1443 manager. FEEL SO PRETTY - Shirley Matthews- Tamarac TTM608 Gaining many friends throughout his tenure with Quality WALK AWAY GIRL - Sandy Selsie - Columbia 4-43089 and a vast know ledge of the industry, Ralph was asked to AMELIA - Greg Hamon - Bigland BGL201 help form Raleigh Record Sales, and did so as their General SNEAKIN'AROUND - Strata-Tones - Hawk 003 Manager. MONSOON - Canadian VIP's - Aragon 401 Always looking for more ways and means of increasing FANNIE MAE - Robbie Lane - Hawk 001 his knowledge of the music industry, Ralph's next move was BIG HOSS' MAN - Larry Lee - Columbia C4-2649 to B.M.I. (Canada) as head of the Publication Department ~OUL BROTt:tERS - Moe Koffman - Jubilee 5485 whi ch he held for two years. While with B.M.I. Ralph came up with the first international hits to originate in Canada in CJ)RRENT CANADIAN CONTENT LP'S many years. They were " Steelmen" written by Dave Martins THE TRAVELLERS - The Travellers - London FL310 and s ung by Jimmy Dean, followed closely by " Our Winter BIG MUDDY'S - Larry Dubin - Capitol T6074 Love" written by Johnny Cowell and played by Bill Purcell. COUNTRY SOUND - Carl Ellis - Banff RBSl 198 Both records sold well over half a million copies. Ralph has THE ESQUIRES - The Esquires - Capital T6075 now formed his own label, CA:L records and a lso produces FROM SEA TO SEA - The Courriers - RCA LCP1079 and arranges for concerts and one-ni hters a cross Canada.

OTTAWA MONTR Ell L MONCTON JIMMY FLETCHER FREDERIC TON * SYDNEY . .. "Renowned Scottish comedian." SAIN T JOHN HALIFAX * DENNIS CLANCY Ntw GLASGO~i . . . "A man, - a voice, CORNWAL L - you will love and remember." PET ER BOROUGH BRO CK VILLE JOE GORDON ORILLIA * TORONTO FOLK FOUR KIT CHENER . .. "Popular recording stars · · · HAMIL TON gifted, professional, entertaining." LONDON NIAGARA FALLS WINDSOR lf- NICOL BROWN CHA THAM . . . " Brings the accordion to 'life' SAR NIA on record and radio ... now - in person!" SA UL T STE MARIE FORT WILLIAM WINNIPEG ¥SANDRA BALD REGINA CALGARY ··world cham pi on Highland dancer." EDMONTON VIC TORIA VA NCOUVER * KATHIE McBAIN . . . "World beloved soprano." ..

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' --= The Club Kingsway will again this year run Country shows but this year we understand they will be using more if not all Canadian talent. More Downtown Niteries are using Country talent. The Edison in Toronto was so satisfied with the crowds Orville IProphet drew they asked him to stay on for a longer engage­ ment. Also slated for appearances at the Edison are Dusty King and Gary Buck. Chuck Camroux , PD at CHS} informs us that they will be starting a Country program very shortly and requests that all discs and LPs be sent to his attention.

TOP FIVE COUNTRY 1 I Don't Love You Any More - Charlie Louvin 2 I Guess I'm Crazy Jim Reeves 3 Dang Me Roger Miller 4 Sam Hill Claude King 5 Bad News Johnny Cash Ronnie Ryder who writes "Roundup" for the Ottawa Journal, tags as watchable " Give Me 40 Acres" by the Willis Brothers and "Tears and·: Roses" by George Morgan. THE CANADIAN V. l.P . 's - a very popular Vancouver based group who hove just released their single on Aragon "Monsoon". Ronnie also recommends the new Marty Robbins LP" R.F .D.". 6 the nice people at CHUM-FM is Helen Hatten who looks i~~~~~~~~j~I after the library and has a wealth of knowledge of classical 1. i\ llil " r' " : music and spoken word . .1~, fj p: F P: Another of the Hot Rockers joins the better Fstening I 91Jt'P 1 group (the songs they sang, that is) "The Beach Boys Song Book" by The Hollyridge Strings on Capitol. You will prob­ DIYI Amer of CHFI Toronto reports good listener re­ ably see more of this type of LP. I wouldn't be too surprised action to the sound track of "Fade In Fade Out" (ABC-Para­ to see a Four Seasons Song Book. Orchestras such as the mount) with Carol Burnette also the new Columbia release Boston Pops have been known to make even "Three Blind "Amore" with Eydie Gorme and the Trio Los Tanchos. Hav­ Mice" listenable. Al Hirt has teemed up with the Boston ing good possibilities are "Touch of Latin" with Aker Bilk Pops on RCA and comes out with a winner "Pops Goes and the new Allan Sherman single on Victor "End of a Sym­ The Trumpet". phony" Classical-wise Dave recommends an LP that has Johnny M1thl1 never misses and his new LP is no ex­ been around for sometime and one they get very good re­ ception "This Is Love" is another fine collection of ballads sponse with " Grand Tara~telle For . Pia~o and. Orc~estra" that should keep stations "Mathis happy" until his next re­ (Vanguard) a very lively light Classic w1th Re1d N~bley at le!lse. the piano, and the Utah Symphony Orchestra. Written by PIUI Brodie, now an established name in the classical Louis Gottschalk. recording field and still climbing has been asked to write for CHUM-FM celebrated its first anniversary this week. several music periodicals. The second year, all programming will be in stereo and they Thi Courrlera, don't forget them. They are Canadian will issue a monthly listeners guide. Subscriptions for this and I think you may see their LP "From Sea To Sea" (RCA) guide at $3 per year are already very promi~ing. The .FM out­ released for the US market. One of the best cuts is a song let of CHUM is in complete contrast to their AM policy. Ad­ written by Russel Kronick, one of the Courriers ''Cherry vertisers are urged to take yearly c?ntracts and they .m~st Bough,,. Give it a listen. also adhere to rules against commercials that could be irrita­ Thi French C1n1dl1n M1rk1t has many great and won­ ting. What they are trying to end up with is "restrained voice derful L·Ps but unfortunately the liner notes are written in only messages throughout. No jingles or gimmicks,,. One of French only.

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THIS LAST DO YOU WAN NA DANCE - Dtl Sh1nnon WE[K WEEK guile ...

1 6 PRETTY WOMAN - - Roy Orbison ghouQd. •COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER- JIJ 2 13 *REMEMBER - Shongrl-los a AmtrlCIRI 3 1 •SAVE IT FOR ME - · Four Seasons /) 4 3 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUH - Animals 5 5 SELFISH ONE - Jackie Ross COU~Q THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS MADE OF -MlraclH 6 2 BREAD AND BUTTER - Hewbeots 7 17 G.T.O. - Ronnie & Doytonos 8 7 BABY I HEED YOUR LIVIH' - Four Tqps Maybe .. SCRATCHY -TllYI• w... ""'.k 9 8 IT HURTS TO BE IH LOVE - Gene Pitney 10 25 DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY - Manfred Monn 11 4 C'MOH AND SWIM - Bobby Freemon INTERNATIONAL REPORT 12 29 * DANCING IH THE STREET - Marth & The Vandell as An Open Lttttr to tht AmtrlCln lnduatr1 13 23 WE'LL SING IH THE SUNSHINE - Gale Garnett 14 9 MAYBELLIHE - Johnny Rivers 15 11 CLINGING VINE - Bobby Vinton WE HAVE EMPHASIZED In RPM that this weekly Is dedicated 16 14 YOU NEVER CAN TELL - C: huck Berry to the Canadian Industry. In RPM we try also to report on the Inter­ 17 10 EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY Dean Mortin national scene, and keep our stoteside readers Informed on the 18 24 * l'M OH THE OUTSIDE LOOKING movement of Canadian releases of US product. We do not In anywciy IH - Little Anthony try to take the place of the American trades and In fact ore ardent 19 20 HAUNTED HOUSE - Gene Simmons readers of all five US music trade mogs. It Is our hope at RPM that · 20 28 HOLD ME - P.J. Proby we ore being of service to the American companies, and that our 21 22 HEY GIRL DON'T BOTHER ME - Toms editorial content doH not give the Impression that we advocate a 22 33 x HE'S IH TOWN - Tokens "Canada first" policy. Our chief aim Is to report on Canada from 23 27 x SOMEDAY WE'RE GOHHA Canada, and to develop a "Canada ALSO" feeling among Cono­ LOVE AGAIN - Searchers d Ions. We con as well bring a great deal of attention to the indu11- 24 30 x RHYTHM - Major Lance try as a whole, and Increase the Canadian soles volume of records 25 35 *MATCHBOX - BeotlH regardless of origin. Any thinking American know that our sole,s 26 new UNLESS YOU CARE - Terry Block volume of US product Is muchly dependent on the economic status 27 31 * JOLIE JACQUELINE - Lucille Starr of our country In the world picture. As we become bigger and 28 new LET IT BE ME - Everett & Butler wealthier our volume of US product will Increase, GS will royoltie• to you. Canada Is a young country on the world scene and In ma ny 29 26 * COME HOME LITTLE GIRL - Bobby Curtolo ways not OS professional In our artistic approach as our neighbours YOU'LL NEVER GET TO 30 36 to the south. If anything, It would be to the GREAT advantage of HEAVEN - Dionne Warwick the US to help and encourage Canada 'in any way they con to enter 31 32 * FU.HHY - Joe Hinton the International music picture. 32 37 * HO TIME TO LOSI - Carlo Thomas TODAY THE , WO~l-D IS SMALLER. As the world gets even 33 new x WHEN I GROW UP TO BE A MAH- Beach Boys smaller, the music picture must change. With the exceptonce of 34 new YOU MUST BELIEVE ME - Impressions US product, and the volume Increase will hove to come an Inter­ 35 34 *IT'S FOR YOU - Cillo Black national hit parade representing all the countries that ore buyers . 36 39 x SOCIETY GIRL - Rog Dolls Each one Is then potentially a seller. The US alone is rHponsible 37 38 * GATOR TAILS AND MONKEY for exciting the world obou' "pop" music. The by-product of this RIBS - Spots excitement that hos created universal acceptance will now create 38 40 * KNOCK KNOCK - Orlons universal competition. This cannot be anything but the HEAL TH. 39 new TOBACCO ROAD - Nashville THns I EST s ltuotion. 40 new * 20-75 - WI II le Mitchell MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR with the position of the Cana­ dian music Industry, and I feel sure that many of you ore reading between my lines. While other countries solve their cultural prob­ lems In many strange and novel ways, it is the hope of RPM that ., Canada will solve Its problem in a sensible way that will endear strong competition from the south, while strong cooperation exists between our two industries. It Is time for a meeting of minds. And If we con In the next six months or year create a condition tho1 w ii I make the border between our two countries seem to vanish, plus 5... we will hove created one of the strongest continental unions o-f music ever in the history of the world. Look not to Canada to see what your record is doing. Look to Canada to see what a Canadian record con do for you. EXTRA WHY YOU WAHHA MAKE lnternatlona ll y, ME BLUE - Temptations EXTRA HENPECKED GUY - Reflections EXTRA BABY BE MINE - Jelly 'aeons EXTRA GOHHA SEND YOU BACK TO WALKER - Animals EXTRA HAVE I THE RIGHT - Honeycombs ,.

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