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The company ART'S"' old alike. armed with his trademark rectangular guitar issued Art Garfunkel's "AllI Know" chart - and informed the audience that he was there His calculated use of obtuse logic, sharp climber for FM broadcast use. to "crawl in your mind and upset your political comments, a deadpan expression, The record can be played on FM stations as watchamacallit". questionable piano artistry, some traditional if it were a normal disc, since it is fully sight -gags, deliberate nonsensical muttering After asking the people if "they were ready compatible. Listeners with SQ type decoders and a certain young blonde soprano by the to pump a little bit", he began to pump out get the best four -channel effect, followed name of Ms. Marylyn Mulvey, achieves some of that funky, blues -oriented rock and closely by other matrix systems. Listeners remarkable success always. roll. A few riffs of "Bo Diddley" led right in FM mono or stereo will hear the song in STAMPEDERS into a lengthy version of "I'm A Man", which It is indeed a tribute to his talents that his the normal fashion. Rock Group itself gave way to an arrangement for the time -worn, albeit slightly embellished tricks There was no immediate indication from ladies in the audience called "Shut Up Woman" MWC Records (Quality) can keep an audience on the very edge of 'Columbia Canada as to whether the quad a blatantly chauvinistic number to be rather their seats, laughing all evening. His inexplic- single would be made available to Canadian Latest Single: modest. able magnetism draws those who have only FM stations. "Minstrel Gypsy" seen him occasionally on television to his Bo Diddley has been in the business 19 years LatestLP: concerts to see just what else he does besides and with his contemporaries, Howlin Wolf, make strange noises and abuse classical Muddy Waters et al gave rise to the rock & JOHN ALLAN CAMERON TO "Rubes Dudes & Rowdies" music at the piano. His loyal fans flock to roll craze that swept the fifties and in turn APPEAR IN NEW TV SERIES Gold Records, C.B.C. T.V. Special, each return engagement because he's bound helped to spawn the British phenomenon Columbia Recording Artist John Allan Edison Award, 2 tours of Europe, to do something new every time. Naturally, known as the Rolling Stones. The Stones owe National tour. he disappoints no one! a lot to Bo Diddley, not just for the musical Cameron has been signed to appear as a roots, but for the style. He was marketing regular performer on a new CBC Television Management: All listen attentively to his piano stylings, an image of raunchy sexuality while Mick Network series that debuts on Tuesday even- and even the musicians wonder whether he Mel Shaw Jagger was still in short pants. On stage he ing, October 23 at 10:00. The show, called played the last piece properly, or whether he 50 Rawlinson Ave. moves from one side to the other, dancing "Up Canada" is a half-hour weekly public slipped in some foreign notes. Some of the Toronto, Ont. here and pausing there to add a little facial affairs program that will offer a blend of audience could have used a seat -belt similar expression and body English to a particularly razor sharp humorous examinations of Cana- (416) 489-3742 to the one he had on his piano -bench to important note or heavy chord. His tough, dian current events with solid investigative prevent them from falling from their seats Booked by: gravelly voice adds extra weight and authorityreporting. in shock, when he feigned dozing off in the Concept 376 when he says, "they call me the nastiest cat midst of a soothing interpretation of "Moon- Each show Cameron will perform a song 57 Spadina Ave. that ever lived. Who wants to join my nasty light Sonata", striking, accidentally, I'm _based on news events of the previous week. Toronto, Ont. M5V 2S2 club?" From here he rolls out some nasty sure! a loud discord. "Up Canada" is produced by George Robert- (416) 366-8536 rock that has the dance floor jammed with -son, and along with Cameron the regulars The evening's highlights included the episode eager, gyrating, would-be members of The will be, Rob Parker (host), Rex Murphy, involving Ms. Mulvey, where his spirited and Bo Diddley International Nasty Club. Patrick McFadden and Valri Bromfield. ghastly accompaniment caused her no end of In his almost two decades in the music problems. She wasn't allowed two notes business, Bo Diddley has recorded numerous NEW LABEL PERCOLYR BOWS without falling prey to a remark, noise or albums, the most recent of which is "The other deliberate error on his part; she served Bo Diddley Sessions" on Chess Records, INITIAL COUNTRY RELEASE as a perfect straight -woman for his cut -ups. distributed in Canada by GRT. The first deck from newly formed Percolyr Everyone departed fulfilled after his encore - Peter Taylor of a lesson in the incredible art of phonetic Records is a country tune "Chinook" f/s punctuation. "Silver Spring" by artist Barbara West and is already garnering some interest with Victor Borge, an outstanding example of the LIBERACE TOURS MANY programmers across the country. The single word - entertainer. - Dan LaRoche MAJOR CANADIAN CENTRES is two parts Canadian having the lyrics Liberate, the first of the big-time, glitter and music written by Peggy Sherrin and PAUL ANKA TO APPEAR IN stars, brings his candelabra and immense the sessions produced in Nashville. Ms. talent to Canada for an extensive schedule Sherrin is also the owner of Percolyr which TWO UNICEF BENEFIT SHOWS of appearances which began in Winnipeg derives its name from the first letters of Singer -composer Paul Anka will headline a on October 9 playing the Manitoba Concert the words "Performers, Composers, Lyri- pair of gala benefit concerts for UNICEF Hall until the 16th. cists" and operates out of Langley, British Columbia. ill Europe towards the end of this month. The tour continues as follows: Place Des Arts, Montreal (18-22), Hamilton, Ontario The concerts, both all-star affairs starring (24-28), The Centennial Auditorium in YELLOW BRICK ROAD Anka, will take place in Munich, Germany Saskatoon (October 30 - November 2), TURNS SOLID GOLD on October 20 ansl in Milan, Italy on Centre of The Arts, Regina (3 & 4), The October 29. National Arts Centre, Ottawa (6-11) and October 4 was the shipping date for Elton The O'Keefe Centre in Toronto (12-17). John's much -heralded, long-awaited new Master of ceremonies on each occasion will album, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", and be Peter Ustinov with the shows featuring MCA Records announced that the two record such artists as Petula Clark and Buffy St. PRODUCTION FIGURES: set was automatically certified gold. Marie along with a list of European performers. According to MCA's (Canada) marketing vice- Both concerts are scheduled to be televised TAPES UP -RECORDS DOWN president, Richard Bibby, the set came very throughout Eastern and Western Europe via According to Statistics Canada, Canadian close to shipping platinum (100,000). A call Eurovision and Intervision. manufacturers produced 4.24 million SEND TO: to Los Angeles verified that the set, also RPM ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT phonograph records in August, down from shipped October 4 for U.S.