"Up (The Charts) Went Nelson"

week of Nov. 14th. 1966 25 CENTS New four track for C anada Toronto : Soun d Canada is the new four trac k to battery power. ;YY; stud io now in opera tion at the old CKEY stu Art Snider , ownt::r of the new studios , >h> ios in Shoreacres Hou se. Te chni cal di rector has made the facilities available to produce rs ·'•!!•;·;/ Glen n Clarke, of CBC-TV and his colleagues , wi th their own audio men . The studios are also have use d many of the new concepts in the re ava ila ble for demo tapes . cord ing industry and come up with a compl ete ly transistorized board with 2 EMT's (echo ). They ha ve also installed banks of 4,3,2 and 1 pots THE PAUPERS having a total of 34 inputs fed by 20 mikes. They have complete flexib il ity for the use of ec ho equa lization , limi ting and compression. They have employed two different types of com pressors and four types of equa Iizers. In case Volume 6, No. 12 of powe r failure the wh ole operation switches "Up (the charts) went Nelson" Tor on to : With practically everyone in the record business concentrat ing on pu tt ing out th at hit ro ck and ro ll sou nd to conq uer th e world , no one paid too much attention to the two ga ls, who own ed the ir own re cord company , and who relea sed an Irish ditty " The Merr y Ploughboy' by the Car lton Show band. But after only two weeks on the ma rket and wi th pra cticall y eve ry radio station in Canada lean ing on this catchy little tune , the industry took a second look at this freshman record company known as Ca sl . Actu ally it's not a long story , unless you want to coun t the 6 years Christe lle Mac Kenzie and Arlene King saved thei r sheckles un til they got themse lves su fficient capitol to bu y some re co rd ing time. It was their intent ion to kic k the company off by recording Ar lene , but th ey decided to go on wha t the y conside red a sure thing Surr ou nd Arlene wi th 6 rebe l soundin g Irish me n, an d with a The popular Toronto based Paupers have set Nor th American population of over 30 million souls of the "auld sod " and those who would like to be , Nov 26 as the date for release of their first Verve / Folkways single "Copperpenny". The they fe lt they had a wi nne r An d the luc k of the Irish it was . New York's Larry Utta l of Bell Records band tracks for this session were cut in NYC. was aware of the potential of anything Irish and th rough Qual ity Record s, wh o dis tributed the Casl and the voice-over at RCA Victor in Toronto. sing le, rel eased th is little piece of dynamite to a wa iting U.S. market. CANADIAN COU NTRY SINGLES

THE WEA THE RMAN Gary Buck-Cap ito l LOVIN G YOU AGAIN Johnny Burke-Capito l THREE PLAYS FOR A QUARTER Ralph Carlson-M el bourne MUDDY WA TER Be rt Cuff-Arc NASHVILLE DREAM J imm y James-Arc TRAVELLING FIDDLER Bob King-Me lbourne WORKING ON THE COUNTRY ROAD Bob King-Melbourne ALONG WITH THE HURT Geno King-Arc RORY GET YOUR DORY Eddie Legere- Arc WHY CAN 'T HE BE YOU Diane Leigh-Capito l PLAY ME ONE MORE COUNTRY SONG -· Ron Mc Munn-Melbourn e Ne xt in lin e for Arle ne and Chr istelle was to release an al bum by th e Ca rlton Showba nd. It WHISTLING ON THE RIVER was almost as if the gals had an insi de line to the IRA . No soon er had the historic Ne lson monument Me rcey Bros -Colum bia GO RATTLER GO bee n blown up in Dublin , then the Carlton Sh owband were si ngin ga bout it on their new album . Reaction Irw in Prescott-Melbourne was sufficie nt to make " Up We nt Ne lson" the next single release by the now in ternational ly known WATCH YOUR STEP grou p. The rest is day by day history . GMP , Cou ntr y and MO T stations from coas t to coas t are giving Rhythm Pals-Melbourne ·' Ne lson" what for and giving Ar lene King and Chris MacKenzie the opportuni ty of becoming an im TAKE THIS HEART OF MINE Odie Workman-Spartan portant part of the Canadian rec ord industry. ST. MICHAEL'S BOYS CHOIR

'CENTENNIAL HYMN' 'WHEN THE MAPLE TU RN S' C4-2720

COLUMBIA RECORDS ~ just isn 't up to the Chicago and Detro it stan dards . The club , which boasts a membership of by 25,000 will likel y exper ien ce a sha rp dr op in rich the second year of their operation . DAVE CLARK has a newie at long la st. frazer " Nineteen Days ", written by Dave and his sax UK ist DENIS PAYTON has just been released here. The KCbig news from CKB W Bridgewater is the The FOUR TOPS sen t tha t magic Detroit or Wh ich Toronto ra dio station made head anticipated move to newer and more modern Tamla -Motown sound to the top of the Br itish lines in the British press by bann ing MA RTY qu arters. New personalities are Allan Mosher cha rts th is wee k with the ir ou ti ng of " Reach ROBBIN S' com position " Ain't It Rig ht" , for be and Bla in Hen shaw who will take over the te en Out I'll Be There". This disc has been getting ing too controversial? Speaking of Briti sh press, shows . "Lady Godiva", "All Strung Out" and an amazi ng vo lume of ai r pla y and so it reached MELODY MAKER this week de voted an ent ire The Monkees " Train" are all gra bbing for top the top in its second week on. two pages to the impending threa t of "psyc he of the chart action . Of somewhat spec iaI inte rest to readers delic ", the new " in " word which adds up to Gary Hart returns to CJOC after a 3 of this column is this little tidbit: Radio London the grea t American co me back. week holiday and an extra couple of weeks on (the pirate station ) aired the " can cu t" vers ion sick lea ve and finds that Gordon Llghtfoot's of " Let's Ru n Away" by Ottawa's STACCATOS, "Spin" tops the Leth br idge chart. Paul Preston last wee k and promptly go t a se le ct ion of letter s moves on from his afternoon sl ot to CFAC in from listeners who wanted to know if THE Calgary . Just Black, a local group , have been BEATLES had recorded the disc under a new stirring up much excitement at Henderson Lake, name . DJ KENNY EVERETT assured his lis where locals don't usually make it, but th is teners Iha t the disc was tru ly by a "new Can beef group has , apparently , been outdrawing some adian group " so he thought bu t he had to agree of the big names. Gary ha s recei ved the latest that there was a closeness in sound , writi ng We would like " Beef " to be a part of each single by Regi na's Mel west and the Meteors, and production to the fabulous four . That has week's issu e and it will be jus t as soon as we "The Seventh Saint" and " Marilyn". CJO C will to be a great compl imen t to the Staccatos , to can afford a larger issue . In the meant ime we 'll be going on the "Sai nt" si de . LES EMMERSON, who penned the side , and to squeeze the m in when space all ows. Glenn A. Frank Martina moves from CFSL Weyburn the Canadian producers of the disc . Meanwhile, Cooper from CKMP Midland has an interesting to CHAS radio and te levision in Moose Jaw. promotion cont inues r lead ing up to the forth bi t for us this week. "Re: Canadian Mu sic . The Frank Cameron send s news from CHNS com ing EMI re lease of the disc in th is country . fault with Canad ian mus ic is not with the lack that The Great Scots have made a name change , lncidenta lly , " Let's Run Away" and two other of talent. Canada has a boun tiful supply of talent , and much of it is in the record ing field. again , and are now known as the Free For All. DASANDA productions , "There 's Always Time They have just release d a single "Blue Monda y" For Love " by the CHARACTERS and "Hound But who is de ve lopi ng th is ta lent? There in seems to be the prob lem . Far too many of the Can on the Chancellor label. Denny Doherty , one of Dog " by the SCOUNDRELZ rece ived a great adian art ists sound like gifted amateurs, not the Mama 's and Papa ' s (a native of Hal ifax), reaction at my weekly " hops" the past few polished professionals. Give me a smooth, con recently visited his home and told Frank that days . Could be a sign of the times to come. fident , express ive Canadian sound , and I'll there was no truth to the rumour of a sp lit in A lady in London wa lked into a record pla y it Ii II the mat wears through the record." the group . Michelle apparently left for a cou ple store and as ked for " I Can't Control Mysel f" (sign ed ) Glenn A.Cooper of months due to pres su re , bu t she's back now, by the FROG GS///HELEN SHAPIRO'S current (Ed: Finesse and professionalism comes with and the group is setting records whe rever they tour of " down under" in AustraI ia has resu lied acceptance. If you were to wear that mat through on many of the Canadian productions you would appear . in a TV series for her /// The FORTUNES have begin to believe that Canadian productions do Wayne Mclean has news of a new pace bee n signed todo the Bri tish COK E co mm erc ia ls have that smooth, confi dent, expressive Can setter for Canadian top 40 radio . CJSP will in adian sound. If Canadian br oadca sters woul d beginning in January /I/SONNY and CHER will crease their power to 10,000 watts an d will .return to the U.K. in ear ly Decem be r for pre accept Canadian productions as enthusiastically as they do those from out of the country we also be on the air around the clock featuring miere of fi lm "Good Time s" / / / LEN NON and wou Id soon begin to rea I ize that we really do the non-stop music team of Craig Co le, George McCARTNEY to pen music for HAYLEY MILL'S have it in the grooves '! nd that we do have artists, not just performers.) Thom as , and Wayne Mclean , plus the addition new film " All In Good Ti me " ///BRIAN of 3 new on-air personalities . CJSP will con EPSTEIN and GEORGIE FAME fl ew to Ne w tinue to expose new records and they wi 11 em York thi s pa st we ek , on business. WANTED ploy the totally new concepts of non-stop mus ic, JER RY LEE LEWIS is ba ck in Br itai n Record jacke ts fea tur ing Cana dian performers , a tight play list and demand radi o. Says Wayne, on a concert tour. This brings to mi nd the fact to be used in a Ca nadian cultural exhibition "The music Canada wants most to hear will be that Radio Eng land (another pirate station ) has display in the Union Carbide Building in New on CJSP in 66 and 67 , and whenever a hit will started a "rock 'n rol l re vival hour", weekly. on York City nex t March and April. This will run happen , chances are it will happen here , firs t. " Sundays in the aftern oon. Hoste d by MARK concurrently with a Ca nada Week in NYC . CJRL-CKDR Kenora-Dryden , Ont. have STEVENS, the show has been getting hu ndreds Send Canad ian French and English a few new on-air personalities including Milt of letters from people of the olde r gene ration album jackets to: Gunn, Gus Nanton, Johnny Ka y, Brian Jensen, who "dig" the memory museum show. Mark G.E. Strank s and Rick Hamilton . Program Director is Gus teI ls us that he is having trou bl e ge tt ing th e Chie f Des igner Nanton , business manager is Den is Belleville. background ma terial for the show and also the Special Projects Division Dept. of Trade & Commerce The twin stations are pushing as mu ch Can or iginal discs or tapes of same . He asks any 2487 Kaladar Avenu e adian talent as possible . The big favou rite one that can help out to contact him c/ o Swing Ottawa 8, Ontario among listeners is "And She's Mine" by the ing Radio England , 32 Curzan St. London W 1. Guess Who. Mi It Gunn recently experimen ted BUN NIES in London's new PLAY BOY with a "Teen Forum" show which included club are "rude, cold , and most unsociable" a couple of high school students for a ha If hour says London "man about town " PETER show once a week . The show was a great suc PALMER . We can't help but agree. The club SUBSCRIBE TD R.P.M. cess and is now a weekly feature . We PICK ...

LOVE' S JUST A BROKEN HEART Modbeats -Red Leaf-625-G VERNON-Jim Yount-CJIB Winchester Cathedral- Vou devi I le Band-London FRANK MARTINA·CFSL·Weyburn Hongin' On·Supremes·Mo town IT'S NOT FU NNY HONEY Run Hully Gu lly Boy-Ardel s-Concut Bo bby Curt ola-Tartan-1034-C " I th ink it will make the top twenty os it hos VANCOUVER-Daryl B-CFUN the popular s ound that is 'in ' ." Mellow Ye !low- Donovan- Epic Why Pick On Me-Stan del ls-Sparton I Symbolize You - Last Words-Columbia WHERE DID RO BINSON CRUSO E GQ. ••• PHIL REED-CKLN-Nelson Ian Whitcomb- Capitol-72429- F Run Hully Gully Bo y- Ardels-Concut BELLEVILLE-Dave Charles-CJ BQ "Of the teenage rs who called and comm ented Why Should I Care-Esquire s-Co lumbia on this record s ome reactions were: 'fabul o u s, Midnight Hour- Fug itives-Rea just fabul ou s: and 'shades of Sloo py , but good ' . MY YESTERDAY Give It Up Girl-Allan Sisters We feel this wi ll be o Canad ian hit" New beats -H ickory-1422-M

GARY HART·CJOC-Lethbridge BATHURST-Denis Menard-CKBC Mind Of A Young Girl-Changin ' Times- Philips Run Hully Gully Boy-Ardels-Cancut "Ni ce arrangeme n t. Both sides show promise." Run Look & See-Brian Hyland-Philips Multitude of Sins- Esquires-Columbia PHIL REED-CKLN-Nelson SUMMERSIDE PEI-John Perry-CJRW sua~..,.L. Me rcy Mr Percy-Col umbi a ,.Hod a good reaction with lis teners but several H angin' On-Supremes-Motown H1 Hi Hazel-Gary & th e Hornets fel t it had the sound of re cords released s e v ~ Minute Or Two-Dee & the Yeomen-Rea TO~a e ra I ye ars ago.' ' LINDSAY-Dick Alberts-CKLY GARY HART-CJOC-Lethbridge ~: o ngin' On- Supremes-Motown Downtown Crowd-Allan Sisters-Quality Got To Be a Word-Innocence-Kama Sutra " Very ful l soun d. Well produced. Well perfo rmed." Magic- Fugiti ves-Rca GARY HART-CJOC-Lethbridge THE SOO-Norm Blakely·CJIC ---" Shake Yourself Down-Checkerlads-Rca Love Gone Bad-Chris Clark •SI£ "Good sound . Slight repetitious for its length Wh y Don 't They Accept Us-Will 0 Bees but it's probabl y what th ey' 11 buy if given pro Not Funny Honey-Bobby Cu rtola-Tartan pe r e xposure." BRIDGEWATER-Allan Mosher-CKBW Look Through My Win dow-Mama's & Papa's-Rea w11klJ GARY HART-CJOC-Lethbridge All Strung Out-Tempo & Stevens- Barry J u st A Broken Heart-Modbeats - Red Leaf 1 1 F oir ly run of the mi ll , bu t at the s ame ti me, ve ry well done. Have record , wi ll spin."

CROSS CANADA SUBSCRIBETO R.P.M. CHART ACTION

2 3tfOUHD TO FLY 18 -- 38 - - 41 37 - -48-26- RPM MUSIC WEEKLY I- ..J.' sMrowd-Qi c.:..5:liillU:Ji 3 4 I SYMBOLIZE YOU - 40 - 22 - 28 - 25 - 35 - Last Words-Columbia-2707-H x 1560 Bayview Avenue 4 TLEi'rlfUH AWAY - 63 - 51 - SUite 107, 6 6 AHO SHE'S MINE Toronto 11, Ontario _G_uessii_ho~Qual i.!Y.-J..a32-M 6 7 5 SHE AIN T NO USE T O ME IJ.gJ_y Duckli'l!

1 2 5 DANDY e61 77 91 TELL ME Herman's Hermits-Quality-1849-M Characters-Red Leaf-624-G 2 1 2 LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE Monkees-Colgems-1001-N e 68 ------l'M THE ONE YOU NEED 35 37 42 CHANGES Miracles-Tamla-54140-L 3 5 12 HOORAY FOR HAZEL Crispian St. Peters-London-2514-K 69 71 92 RUN RUN LOOK AND SEE • Tommy Roe-Sparton-1521 -0 Brion Hyland-Philips-40405-K 36 38 42 I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO 4 6 7 POOR SIDE OF TOWN Dionne Warwick -Scepter-12167-M Johnny Rivers-lmperial-66205-K • 70 85 95 WRITING ON THE WALL 37 42 48 DEVIL WITH BLUE DRESS Five Canadians-Stone-701 -0 5 3 1 96 TEARS 71 80 99 DON'T ANSWER THE DOOR ? And Mysterians-Cameo-428-M Mitch Ryder-Bell-817-M *3 ---- WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL B. B. King-Sparton - 1544-0 6 9 10 WALK AWAY RENEE New Vaudeville Band-Fontana-1562-K 72 68 69 LOVE THAT'S TRUE Left Banke-Smash-2041-K Dana Roll ins-Capitol-72425-F Wh ite Knights-Gaiety-1 17-N 1 7 13 23 SPIN SPIN 39 43 55 BOUND TO FLY en 83 ---- WISH YOU WERE HERE,BUDDY • Gordon Lightfaat-UA-50055-J 3's A Crawd-Epic-10073-H Pat Boone-Dot-16933-M 8 19 27 IF I WERE A CARPENTER . 40 70 ---- YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON 74 76 80 WHEEL OF HURT • Bobby Darin-Atlantic-2350-M Supremes-Motown-1011-L Margaret Whiting-London -101- K 9 21 31 PAINT ME A PICTURE 41 48 60 SECRET LOVE e15 96 ---- MERCY MR PERCY ·1 • Gary Lewis-Li berty-55914-K Billy Stewart-Chess- 1978-L Caesar/ Consu Is-Co lum bi a-2703-H e 10 20 30 GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL 42 47 68 DON'T BE A DROPOUT e16 86 96 SOMEBODY NEEDS YOU I Happenings- Barry-3445-M James Brown-King-6056-L Darrel Banks-Qual ity-1849-M •11 25 43 LADY GODIVA 43 45 60 FA-FA-FA-FA- 94 ---- l'VE GOT THE FEELING Peter & Gordon-Capitol -5740-F Otis Redd ing-Atco-138-M •11 Ne il Diamond-Bang-536-C 12 4 3 PSYCHOTIC REACTION 56 67 WHO AM I 78 79 81 RESPECT Count Five-Apex-77010-J .44 Petula Clark-W B-5863-J Rationa ls-Cameo-437-M 13 16 24 HAIR ON MY CHINNY CHIN 45 46 66 I CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF e19 99 ···- ROSANNA Sam The Sham-MGM-13581-M Troggs-Fontana-1557-K Capreez-Sparton-1 518-0 14 7 4 SEE SEE RIDER 46 49 84 I SYMBOLIZE YOU • 80 98 ---- IN A MINUTE OR TWO Eric Burdon/ Animals-MGM-13582-M Last Words-Columbia-42707-H Dee/ Yeomen- Reo-8966-M 15 8 9 ALL STRUNG OUT 47 40 47 LET'S RUN AWAY 81 ---· •••• YELLOW YELLOW Tempo/ Stevens· Barry· 3444-M Staccatos-Cap itol-7 239 5- F Donovan-Epic-10098-H 16 10 11 B-A-B-Y . 48 67 78 LOUIE LOUIE 82 89 98 HELP ME GIRL Carla Thomas-Stax-19 5-M Sandpipers-A&M-819-M Outs iders-Capitol-57 59-F 17 18 28 GREAT AIRPLANE STRIKE .49 72 83 STOP STOP STOP 83 88 86 MY BABE Revere/ Raiders-Columbia-43810-H Hol Iies-Capitol-72419-F Big Town Boys-Capitol-72398-F 18 11 6 REACH OUT I'll BE THERE 50 53 64 NOBODY'S BABY AGAIN 84 90 •••• BABY WHAT YOU DO TO ME Four Tops ·Motown-1098-L Dean Martin-Reprise-0516-J Barbara Lewis-Atlantic-2361-M 19 14 19 LITTLE MAN 51 51 61 BORN FREE 85 95 ···- I WANNA MEET YOU Sonny & Cher-Atco-6440-M Roger Williams-Kapp-767-L Cryan Shames-Columbia-438 36 -H 20 15 20 ALL I SEE IS YOU • 52 75 ---- TIME AFTER TIME 86 87 97 WHISPER Dusty Springfield-Phi Iips-40396 -K Chris Montez-A&M-822-M Jackie Wilson-Brunswick-55300-J 21 26 40 l'M YOUR PUPPET 53 55 57 ALMOST PERSUADED No.2 87 73 73 PLEASE FORGET HER James & Bobby Purify-Bell-648-M Ben Colder-MGM-13590-M The Jury-Qua I ity -1828-M 22 12 8 HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR MOTHER .•. e54 65 76 UP WENT NELSON 88 92 93 LA POU PEE QUI FAIT NON Rol Iing Stones-London-903-K Carlton Showband-Casl-2107-M Les Sultans-Teledisc-24 23 17 22 LOVE IS A HURTIN' THING 55 64 77 SYMPHONY FOR SUSAN 89 91 100 DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FOOL Lou Rawls-Capitol-5709-F Arbors·Date-1529-H Jack Jones-Kapp-781 -L 24 32 38 COMING ON STRONG 56 50 53 UPTIGHT 90 100 ·--· LOVE IS A BIRD Brenda Lee-Decca-32018-J Ramsey Lewis-Cadet-5547-L Kn ickerbockers-Apex-770 12-J 25 33 45 A SATISFIED MIND 57 60 70 SOMEBODY LIKE ME 91 93 94 LOOKIN' FOR LOVE Bobby Hebb-Philips-40400-K Eddy Arnold-Rca-896 5-N Ray Conniff-Columbia-43814- H 26 30 44 RAIN ON THE ROOF • 58 69 89 IT TEARS ME UP 92 97 ·--- THERE'S GOT TO BE A, WORD Lovin Spoonful-Kama Sutra -216-M Percy Sledge-Atlantic-2358-M lnnonence-Kama Sutra-214-M e21 44 65 LOOK THROUGH MY WINDOW • 59 74 90 l' M READY FOR LOVE 93 -··· ---- WHY PICK ON ME Mama's & Papa's-Dunhill-4050-N Martha/ Vandel las-Gordy -7056-L Stan de I Is-Sparton -1541 -0 e28 41 56 NINETEEN DAYS 60 61 34 AND SHE'S MINE 94 -·-· •• •• A PLACE IN THE SUN Dave Clark Five-Capitol-72422-F Guess Who ·Quality- 1832-M Stevie Wonder-Tamla-541 39-L e29 58 76 GOOD VIBRATIONS • 61 81 ---- ON THIS SIDE OF GOODBYE 95 ---· •••• MAME Beach Boys-Capitol-5676-F Righteous Bros-Verve- 10449-M Ti juana Brass-A&M-823 -M 30 31 35 SPINOUT 62 62 72 STAY WITH ME 96 ·-·- ---- MAGIC IN THE AIR Elvis Presley-Rca-8941-N Lorraine Ellison-WB-5850-J Cher-lmperial-66217-K 31 34 41 AIN'T GONNA LIE 63 59 61 SHE AIN ' T NO USE TO ME 97 --·· •••• IT'S ONLY LOVE Ke i th -Mercury -7 2596-K Ugly Duck I ings-Yorktown-45002- F James/ Shon de 11 s-Rou lette-4710-C 32 24 25 OUT OF TIME . 64 82 --·- HOLY COW 98 ---- •••• PLEASE DON'T EVER LEAVE ME Chris Farlowe-MGM-13567-M Lee Dorsey- Bel l-965-M Cyr kl e-Co lum bi a-43871-H 33 23 14 GIRL ON A SWING . 65 84 -·-· A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER 99 ------PLEASE SAY YOU'RE FOOLING Gerry / Pacemakers-Ca pi tol -72407-F Simon & Garfunkle-Columbia-43873-H Ray Chari es-Spartan 34 29 33 MR SPACEMAN 66 66 63 CAN ONLY GIVE •.. EVERYTHING 100 ·------LOVE'S GONE BAD Byrds-Colum bia-43766-H The Haun ted-Qual ity - 1840-M Chris Clark-VI P-2 5038-L by elvira Lynda BS capreese IF YOU ARE QUEEZY , if you have a weak · Layne's stomach, if you fr ighten easily ..... DON 'T READ ·0N 111 Thi s will not be one of my usual rambl NEW SINGLE ing columns . This will be a VERY ANGRY COLUMN... .. that will as k ques ti ons that some one will have to answer. I intend to OFFEND a gre at numbe r of people . I intend to be blunt. I inten d to put a few peop le on the spot. My ope ning rema rk will be , " BOBBY CURTO LA IS ONE OF THE FINEST TALENTS IN THE WO RLD" (you can quote me .) Th is ve ry per so na ble young Canadian singer is possibly one of the most pol ished performers in the wor ld. Wh at Bobby does on records and on stage CAN BE A SMASH NO T and SHOULD NOT be ignored by ONE . ra dio sta tion in Canada . The boy has a fo llow "HANG ON TO ing greater than any living Canadian entertainer ME NOW BABY" (that has STAYED in Canada ) BUT.. ... certa in stat ions are ignor ing Bobby. Is the reason be ca use Bobby IS a Canadian . Is it the story of ON RED LEAF "you can't make it in your own country"? The Hurdons don't need any BOOST from me . The ir star does very _very well. I am not trying to IT'S HIT BOUND he lp the Hurdons (who don't need my help) nor Bobby . I am just ask ing EVERY Canadian pro grammer WHY ? Yes , WHY? IS PROGRAMMING OF CURTOLA SINGLES ..... SUPPRESSED .... by ce rtain stations. Now .. ... Bobby's singles are turned by popular demand to The Pig's I, in pl ay ed by radio stat ions from coast to coast Calgary. The popular quintet then moved on to and charted . Each of his rele ases wil l carry it Regina where tiley were scheduled for a two se lf to the TOP of the Canadian hit lists . My week stint at the 4th Dimension" . Toronto will re marks are not directed to the stat ions that be the next stop for these " way-outs, who play PLAY and LIST the Curtola releases . I am an assortment of jugs and washboards (they do ta Ik ing about the stat ions that REFUSE to pro their own laundry), and just about anything that gram a Curtola single and are even QUITE EM Len Moss , Toronto writer and arranger , who squeaks or clunks. They're a riot to watch" PHATIC about thei r actions . IS THERE ANY · has been having a good deal of success south writes Snoopy . Wal ly Grieve , well known com REASON WHY THESE OR ANY STATION THAT of the border, has just been informed that the poser about Calgary , confided in Snoopy , that ISN' T PROGRAMMING CURTOLA SHOULDN 'T Lloyd Burry Trio have recorded his "Walkin' with nearly all the group gimmicks exploited , BE ASKED ..... EXACTLY ..... WHY ???? If they On Air" and "Fanny Hill". The disc will not suggests one remaining rage might be a group are respons ible programmers opera ting in the be available to the buying public, however . It called the "Nudists" which could tie in with pu blic interest , SHOULD they be allowed to was recorded for the Canadian Talent Library. the new trend in teenage fashion. Burl Ives will OVERLOOK this talent. Should they be al lowed Arts / Canada , the montly mag on Can be singing some of Grieve's songs in the Al to WAIT for something ..... YES , SOMETHING . ad ia n artists (visual) will include in its forth berta Cen tennial movie to be released in May 67. WHA T is that something the y are wa itin g fo r? ' comi ng edition , a plast ic tear-out disc by Greg The Skept ics , one of the " plus A" groups , took CURTOLA 'S RECORD S ARE BETTER Curnoe's London , Ontario based Nikilist Spasm a trip up to Edmonton for a one night stand and THAN EVER. This is the opi ni on of many of Band . The disc , at 33 1/3 is 13 minutes long , apparently gathered a few more hundred fans. THE AUTHORI TIES. His popula rity must have and is uniq ue in that the group uses ampl ified Janice Kruk , Miss Calgary 1966 had half the increased because of his con tinued nati ona l Ka zo os . The tie-in is that Curnoe is a painter. · town out to wish her luck on her trip to Toronto exposure on te levis ion . The publi c WOULD An up and com ing writer on the young for the Miss Canada Pageant which was he Id LIKE to hear the newest Curtola record . WH Y Can ad ian scene is Upper Canada based Larry Nov 7. D' Arey Scott Attractions have been busy is n' t it be ing played by EVERY top forty radi o Le Blan c. Larry writes a weekly column for the booking in the big names . Eddy Arnold packed stat ion in the nat ion? TH IS ONE ISOLA TED Aja x News Advertiser and has written several them in at The Corral (Nov 4) as did the Ser INC ID ENT ref lects on the verasity of the entire articles for the After Four supplement of the endipity Singers (Oct 29 ) at the Jubilee Audi industry. Th is one incident is su ffic ie nt rea son Toronto Telegram. Those interested in supply torium . Next in sight is Roy Orbison who will to START ASKIN G WHY ???? .... WHY ???? WHY ? ing info to LeBlanc should write to hi m at 7 appear atThe Corral (Nov 12) with the Newbeats , til l there are some an swers . LET'S STA RT Brycemoore Rd . West Hill , Ont. The Candymen and the Newbeats Band . There's HER E and pos sib ly th is wi ll le ad to other " Snoopy Snails " sends news from Cal a new teenybopper band making the rounds of answers . gary that the Brute Force Jug Band were re - Calgary , name of the Electric Train . 6 happenings for mus ic, fash ions and auto news. GROUPS & PERSONAL MANAGERS ..... Enqu iries should be made to Editor Me l Gord on, we would like you to replenish our photos of your group or groups. The c/ o Teen Sce ne , Box 4374, Stn . "D " Van couve r. Photo Album has exhausted many of our photos. We want your most recent Ottawa's Sandy Gardiner ha s news tha t pix and a bio, if possible. - RPM Mu si c Weekly CJ ET's freelance personal ity , John Pozer, ha s undertaken plans to debut his own rec ord la be l. Group signings in clude the Tripper s and th e Quality 's Ed Lawon has good reason to Bobby Curtola's. new Tartan single , Fifth Dimension . Don Nor ma n and th e Other believe that rhythm and blues is on the in cr ease " It's Not Funny Honey " is -a completely new Four , another Pozer group have cut their foll ow .bag for him and from reports al ready filtering in , in Canada . What 's more , he ha s figur es to prove up single to " Al l Of My Life " . The sessions cou Id be a very strong side for Canada's Top his po in t. Sam & Dave 's "Hol d On I'm Com ing " (they used tw o stud ios) were cut in Montrea l. Male Vocalist (RP M Awards ). The tune was was re leased back in Apr il and the reaction Sand y also reminds us tha t we may ha ve a big writte n by Bo bby and Ba sil and Oyer Hurdon . was just fair. Now ,fivemonths later , the single battle on ou r hands with the release of " Hear t· George Krytiuk is the ne w Saskatchewa n and al bum are sel ling like nati ona l smashes , brea k HoleI" by the Ottawa based Scou ndrel z sales manager for the Kensi ngton Distributors pa rticu larly in the Toronto area where deale rs and the cover by the well know n Roger Mi ller. division of EMI Canada Ltd . Ge orge has been are orde ring it as if it were a Top 40 I isting. Canadian broadcas ters have , so far , picked the keeping an eye on the progress Canadian ta lent Sales on the national scene for R&B have really Canad ian version. Some have picked the foreign has been making in the prairie provinces and made a surprising jump. Frum f~ewfoundla nd to version , mainly beca use they are an ti-Canadian will be dropp ing us the odd line on groups and British Columbia.artists like Otis Redding , the to begin with and still other s refuse to pick artist activities . The big news from the Queen Capitols , Carla Thoma s, Eddie r 10yd , Shadows either version , ma inly because they are anti City is the im pending appea rances of Upper of Knight , Joe Tex , Deon Ja cks on , Wilson Canadian . It could be the Scoundrelz all the Canada favourite , Greg Ha mon . Greg has been Pic kett and Percy Sled ge are all selling a bun way on the English sce ne . Reports from ove r having nationwide success with his Red Leaf dle of singles. For the most part they are sell there already indicate a push for the Canadians. single " Here There and Everywhere ". His ing without the assistance of local radio sta· If you're comi ng into the Toronto area fi rst western appea rance was scheduled fo r tions which proves that the li steners are tu rn in the next little while you may be intereste d Saskatoon (10 ), Estevan ( 11), Regina (12), Swa n ing to out-of-town stations for more variety lis in what's happening at The O'Keefe Centre. Lake (16), The Pas (17), Dauphin ( 18), Pri nce tening . CKFH , in Tor onto , re garded as a GMP Nov 7 to 19 Fidd ler On The Roof sta rr ing Lu ther Albert (19), Hudson Bay , Sask ( 23), Yor kton (2 5), station has been fea turing R&B on their late Ad ler , Nov 21 to 26 Royal Hun t of the Sun, star and Moose Ja w on Nov . 26. Back up group fo r night " Whole Bag" show , hosted by Tom Fu lton, ring W. B. Brydon and Clayton Corbin . Nov 28 Hamon is a band that's becoming increasingly and listener reaction has been fantastic. to Dec 10 at The Drop of Another Hat , sta rr ing popu lar throughout the wes t, know n as Thre e Teen Beat , out of Vanc ouver, is a very Michael Flanders and Don ald Swann. The Met ·Ha irs and a Hat. wel I put together mont ly tabloid on west coast ropolitan Opera National Company takes over from Dec 12 through the 17 and wi 11 present La Boheme (12,13, 16), La Traviata (14), The Marriage of Figaro (1 5,17 ) and Britten's, The Rape of Lucretia (17). The National Ballet of Canada presents its annual Christmas offe ring of The Nutcracker , Dec 25 through 31.

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