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THE LIVERPOOL SETWhat's in a name? Notmuch if you don't havethe Moxie to go with it.But the Liverpool Set dohave the Moxie and theyalso have Moxie Whitney,Royal York Band Leaderand artist's agent look-ing after their affairs.Since the tie-in withWhitney The Liverpoolset have had successafter success which in-cluded starring on thelargest outdoor stage inthe world, the Canadian

National Exhibition. From here the door isopen. Coming up are tentative dates forThe Sullivan Show and Hollywood Palace.The story of the Liverpool Set goes back,almost a year when their real success storybegan. It was actually through the per-severance of Bob Martin, National Promo-tion Director of Columbia Records of Cana-da and his right hand man Charlie Camil-leri who insisted on the potential of thisnew Canadian group. It was just a matterof putting out a demo and getting Colum-bia's Nashville A&R man Frank Jones togive it a listen. Jones was knocked outand the next thing the boys knew they wereoff to Nashville for their first recordingsession. The Columbia folks were so ex-cited over the groups talent and enthusiasmthat they immediately booked them into theColumbia convention at Miami Floridawhere they shared the bill with The Byrdsand other great US artists.

Again we ask what's in a name? Thename the boys picked, Liverpool Setcaused them much trouble. Local doombeaters, newspapers and just plain jealouscompetitors rejoiced when it was foundthat the boys weren't from Liverpool, andset out to try and destroy their image. Butthe boys took it in their stride and theyhaven't looked back since.

The Liverpool Set is made up of ShaneSennet from Montreal who looks after thebass guitar. Garry Nelson, rhythm, fromTimmins, Ontario. Leader Dave Donnellis from London England. Kent Daubneyhails from Newark England and Evan Huntfrom Wales. Eve Lancing from Latvia givesthe group that continental flavouring.

Although they don't come from Liver-pool recent reports have it that theirColumbia release of "Must I Tell You"

has taken off all by itself in this famousmusic centre.

As Canada moves ahead in her attemptsto establish the Canadian music industryas a part of the world music industry itsgroups like The Liverpool Set who willmake this identity that much quicker andlasting.

So watch for this popular sixome ofmopheads to clear the way for other bud-ding young Canadian artists. They arenow old hands at television in Canada buthave the experience of their young livescoming when they make their appearanceson the big "shew" and other TVers fromNew York and Chicago to Los Angeles.

Hot News: It has just been reportedfrom London Ontario that a screamingcrowd of over 5000 teeners broke downbarricades and mobbed the Liverpool Setas they performed at the London Fair. Fourof the group required first aid treatment asdid many of the spectators including BobMartin, National Promotion Director ofColumbia Records. After a wild and frenziedbattle with the hysterical youngsters, thepolice managed to get the Liverpool Setinto one of the administration buildingsand called for reinforcements. The crowdsurrounded the building and kept the groupprisoner for over two hours.

Toronto: The BeachBoys, Sonny and Cher,

v4 J.B. and The Playboys,The Big Town Boys andLittle Caesar and TheConsuls thrilled an esti-mated 9800 representa-tives of a portion of thebuying public who con-tribute greatly to theeconomy of our country,namely the teenager. Asalways, when it comesto teen oriented shows,our local newspapersgave their usual non-

support and in one case attempted to ridi-cule the efforts of one very popular localband and resorted to the lowest of biasedreporting by drawing attention, not to thetalents displayed by this group but rathertheir personal hygiene. The patrons atMaple Leaf Gardens didn't buy it and per-haps they will exercise some reservationwhen it comes to supporting the news mediathat reports on events only to ridicule.There is an old saying "False in onething, false in everything." and todaysteenager is bright enough to comprehendthis slight. Toronto papers in particularhave a tendency to play up to their youngreaders from a "goo goo" position, ordown to their young readers from a "nowlisten here" position.

Possibly if responsible papers wouldtake the time to send someone qualifiedto review young music, perhaps the bald-ing "tired old men" who spend their eve-nings reviewing string quartets . . . mightspend their afternoons looking into themusic of the youth of our nation, whoevenutally might be readers. The responsi-bility is with the editor, and no matter whatlevel of music may be involved, good re-porting and good taste is of the essence.

Syracuse: Carl Schmidt, prexy of Danco/Fonorama sends news that Michel and TheCanadians stopped off in Syracuse for aPA after a successful 8 week engagementin NYC. Reaction in Syracuse was as greatas that from Gotham. Says Carl "Thesekids will put Canada on the map for good."

Montreal: Pierre Lalonde has just re-turned home after a triumphant engagementat the Wildwood's Rainbow Club in AtlanticCity, N.J. He received rave reviews fromthe local dailies. Sonny Schwartz wrote"don't be surprised if Pierre Lalondedoesn't soon become Canada's hottestexport since Mr. Goulet and Seagrams V.0."

Hal Stanley of Ben Kaye Associatesnotes that two of their hottest groups, LesClassels and Les Baronets are now makingCanadian history. Les Baronets with theirVee-Jay outing of "That's The Way LoveHappens" which was given the nod by theUS trades and Les Classels are makinggood local noise with their Trans Canadahit "Please Wait For Me". Watch for thesegroups to make the major US TV networkshows by late Fall.

Regina: Barry Dreger notes that Thenew Loreen Church outing of "Put Down"is gaining in popularity in the Queen City.It's a long way off but apparently Barrycaught C -FUN in Regina and coincidentally

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heard the DJ mention RPM. Also big inRegina is the Big Town Boys' Coke com-mercial.

Loreen Church dropped a note advisingthat she will be off to Winnipeg Sept. 30to tape a show with The Guess Who groupfor the new TV series known as "CanadianTalent Showcase". "Put Down" and "IDon't Want Your Love" were discovered byLoreen on her recent tour with the DickClark Caravan. Starring with Loreen onthis package were Del Shannon The Zom-bies, Shangri-Las and Mel Carter.

Tennessee Ernie Ford headlined this yearsOttawa Exhibition drawing rave reviews. Capi-tol Records hosted a dealer -radio station recep-tion in honour of this great artist. (L to r)Frank Henry, Paul White, Jackie Lapointe, ErnieDick Reindeau, Pete La Pierre and PierreDu bard.

Ottawa: If Ottawans didn't know whoDave Britten was last week they sure donow. The Ottawa Journal went all out tofeature the story of this newest Canadiantalent. His first release "Falling Tears"and "But Then" (Capitol) will establishDave as a national find. With this first re-cord Dave also holds the distinction ofbeing the first Canadian to wax with theSupreme musicians at Tamla-Motown. TheBeach Boys didn't seem to draw muchenthusiasm this trip to By -Town. Perhapsthe wounds haven't healed from their lastvisit. From Sandy Gardiner comes newsthat "Hang On Sloopy" by the McCoys hasbeen released in the UK on the new AndrewOldham label.

One of Upper Canada's fastest rising groups,The Fiends seen being welcomed aboard theCHUM CNE Bandwagon by Bob McAdorey.

Eberhard Van Nuis, The German -Cana-dian Radio Programmer at CKLB-FM Osha-wa is bringing an all star European showto Toronto and Kitchener. The Toronto

dates at Massey Hall are Oct. 3rd and 4th,Kitchener Oct 2nd. Included in the line-upare Lolita, Ivo Robic, Martin Lauer, WalterBoehm and Lale Andersen. Looking afterthe musical end of things on this side ofthe ocean will be Capitol recording artistFrank Bogart. The tour will also covermajor US cities including Los Angeles,Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and Milwaukee.

Those interested in obtaining info onthe activities of Lynda Layne can do soby writing to Darra Enterprises, P.O. Box56, Station "D" Toronto 9, Canada or bytelephoning (416) 769-8811.

RCA Victor will be re-leasing the newest byLynda Layne on RCAVictor International. "IDon't Want To Go" and"I'm Your Pussycat "were both produced inToronto by Jim Darra.The new outing of"Don't Ever Change"by Jack London is get-ting fast acceptanceacross the country. Thebig item from RCA isElvis Presley with hisnew EP "Tickle Me"and his latest album

"Elvis For Everyone" Gale Garnett getsset for the charts as review after reviewwelcome her back. It's different but sowas her first hit. "Why Am I Standing AtThe Window" has that quality about itthat could make it a chart -topper. "Skate-board Craze" by Willie and The Wheels isa borrowed sound, but what isn't thesedays, and it's just strong enough to cap-ture the imagination of the sidewalksurfers. The John Gary LPs will no doubtget more sales action in Upper Canadawhen John appears at The Royal YorkHotel in Toronto Nov. 1 to 13. He willalso appear on the Juliette TVer Nov. 6.

Paul White arrived back from his tripto Los Angeles and Disneyland just intime to get the surprise of his life. "ActNaturally" by Ringo Starr is making it bigat the country stations. This could changethe whole concept of the country sound.But really ... country music is basicallyfolk and this type of entertainment startedback a few centuries in ... England. TheBig Town Boys get off to a good start withtheir latest "It was I" being given the"Pick" treatment across the country.Apparently Sonny and Cher were soknocked out with the musical backing theBTBoys gave them during their recentToronto visit that they took back an arm-ful of this new release. "Love's Made AFool Of You" the big smash by TheEsquires is to be released in the US byCapitol. In keeping with the trend of to-day (like, man tomorrows bomb day) GlenCampbell releases "Universal Soldier" areal protest mover. The Yardbirds debutwith their first Capitol LP' "Heart Fullof Soul"

The Quality folks must be very happywith the support they have been gettinglately from CFAC, Calgary. First it was

Richard Chamberlain now it Herman'sHermits. CFAC flipped the "Henry TheEighth" single and have come up withwhat could be the next big Canadian hitfor this group called "End Of The World""Everything's Wrong" by Chubby Checkershows good chart action across the coun-try.

Stan Klees Productions announcesthat negotiations have just been completedfor Larry Uttal of Amy -Mal to release "ItWas I" by The Big Town Boys and thefollow-up of Little Caesar and The Con-suls, in the US.

Gaye Galin is impressed over theinitial reaction of The Jury with theirLondon release of "Back In My World"."That's My Girl" by the Keatniks is stillgetting some action for the Melbournefolks, distributed by London.

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"Man In A Raincoat".The artist is Diana Kingand the label, ClaridgeRecords. I understandit is the kind of recordthe good music stationsshould go for in a big

way ... Wayne Newton's "Summer Wind"LP is being released this week ... Fred-die Cannon heads back to California thisweek to record a follow-up LP to his"Action" single ... Kate Smith recordsher first religious album next month ...Gordon Lightfoot will get the big build-upfrom United Artists Records. His firstsingle will be "Just Like Tom ThumbBlues" ... RCA Victor is going all out in

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their effort to prove their faith in MarilynMaye. This means you can expect to seeher LP on the charts very soon ... GeorgeMaharis' next single will be an old stand-ard... Johnny Mathis recorded three songsfrom the upcoming Broadway musical, "OnA Clear Day".

Guy Pastor could not hide his en-thusiasm when he told me about his firstAudio Fidelity release, "Weep" b/wMiracle". Bob Halley produced Guy'ssession for Ulsyra Productions ... Eigh-teen year old, Wendy Muber, took no timeat all to land a recording contract. Sheinformed me that she would be producedfor Mercury by Bob (Halley) and TedCooper of Shapiro -Bernstein ... LouChristie called to tell me about his firstMGM recording session, which was pro-duced by Charlie Calello. All four songsthat were recorded on the date werewritten by Lou. How 'about that?

Tin Pan Alley is talking about TheSupremes upcoming appearance at Lin-coln Center's Philharmonic Hall onOctover 15th. This could mean other"pop record acts" appearing at LincolnCenter in the future ... also Phil Spect-or's ABC special to take place on October22nd.

Waiting to break big on the charts are"Come Back To Me My Love" by RobertGoulet, "Cara-lin" by The Strangelovesand "Say Something Funny To Me" byPatty Duke ... Starting to happen big,after a slow start, is "1, 2, 3" by LenBarry ... The Palace Guard are gettinglots "All Night Long"record ... Keep your eye on the DollyParton record of Happy, Happy BirthdayBaby" as play has been strong in manyareas. This is a country record that couldeasily go "pop". Roger Miller's "KansasCity Star" is going up, up, up ... Manystations are trying to "break" the BobbyDarin record of "Gyp The Cat".

Ritchie Knight and The Mid -Knightshave recorded two great sides withArc to be released the latter part ofSeptember.

The Starlights are playing everynight to a packed club in Chapeau,Quebec where Jeff and The Conti-nentals were equally successful inthe latter part of August.

Johnny and The Canadians, TheBig Town Boys, Jon and Lee and TheCheckmates, The Dukanes, BobbyKris and The Imperials, The LastWords, The Paupers, J.B. and ThePlayboys, The Rogues, David ClaytonThomas and The Shays, The Sparrowsand The Starlights have all made thecomplete jump and have left their jobsand schooling to make music their fulltime profession and are hard at workdeveloping themselves for inter-national tours. (They don't aim forsmall goals. They're from The Bigland)

The Beachboys and Sonny andCher performed at Toronto and OttawaSept. 4th and 5th. They were accom-panied by Little Caesar and The Con-suls, J.B. and The Playboys and TheBig Town Boys. Toronto's crowd of10,000 were the most enthusiastic ofthe Canadian tour.

The Mostoway Management firm hasplaced David Clayton Thomas with anew band and is featuring The Shayson their own. The Shays have backedDCT for over two years. Both newbands will issue new record releasessoon.

Fred White of Fred White Promo-tions will accompany Tommy Grahamof The Big Town Boys on a packedschedule tour of the US west coast toset up a booking and record promotioncircuit. This trip is part of Biglandsplanned expansion to the US during1966.

The show of the year should be onOctober 30 and 31st when The RollingStones return to London and Toronto.Seven or eight of Biglands top bandswill be chosen for co -billing honours.

Judging from the bookings pouringin from Colleges and High Schools the65/66 season will be the most profit-able ever for school activities. Lastyear all the school activities thatused professional live bands doubledand even tripled the amount of profitthat had been made in previous years.

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Saskatoon: From RayNickel of CKOM comesnews that as a tie-in forthe back to school acti-vities of Saskatoon teen-ers the station is broad-casting live from theHudson's Bay store.Hosting the special pro-motion is Ray, LesWilliam Tennant and BillStovin Jr. A recent teenfashion show put on byEaton's of Canada turn-ed out to be a giantsuccess. The hour long

show dubbed "Seventeen On Set" featuredthe latest back to school feminine fashionswith music supplied by the 125 Rivieras:(That's not the number of musicians in theband). Les. W. Tennant wrapped up theCKOM "Give away a Honda a month"contest from the Dog 'N' Suds Drive -In.This makes three happy winners of Hondasin Saskatoon where Honda jokes are nowpart of the scene. Says Ray "One Cannibalremarking to another after completing a mealof Honda rider. You eat the nicest peopleon a Honda". A Regina group name of TheCanadian Downbeats are sneaking up theCK Chart with "Surf Party" which wasrecorded locally. It looks like their outingis getting Province -wide recognition also.The boys got their start as the Club 62Downbeats. Loreen Church gets the nodfrom Bob Wood with her "Put Down" asdoes "Hey Ho" by the Guess Who.

Belleville: Dave Charles of CJBQjoined the excited fans of Dean Curtisand The Lively Set when the boys openedthe Crow's Nest for the Fall Season. Davealso gave them a guest shot on his Satur-day afternoon radio show. Expected to bea real Quince climber at CJBQ is "HeyHo" by The Guess Who, and following thisone right up the chart will probably be"It Was I" by The Big Town Boys. DaveCharles must be the busiest go-go radioman in eastern Ontario. Besides his look-ing after the Crow's Nest he hosts a recordhop Friday and Saturday afternoons.

Vancouver: The Pacific National Ex-hibition turned the spotlight on the teenagescene this year. Harry Ornest, Teen-ageFair organizer estimated that over 150,000persons crowded through the teen section.Both CFUN and CKLG played prominentparts in supplying the teeners with allthe excitement to make Top Forty radiomaintain its competitiveness in this westcoast city. CKLG broadcast from noon tomidnight daily in a uniquely constructedlion cage located just outside the hugeWoodward's tent.

While the on -air announcer conducted hisshow, the other deejays interviewed visitors,annouriced prize winners and worked with abevy of lionesses who handed out MatchYour Mate decals and souvenir copies ofthe CKLG Silver Dollar Survey. There wasmuch to do at the Teen-age Fair. Fromriding a Honda to plunking a few notes ona Fender guitar. Three daily fashion showspresented by Woodwards gave the femininetouch to the activities. Top excitementwas an enthusiastic musical war as top

professional and amateur bands from allover British Columbiaand the western USparticipated in the Battle Of The Bandsfor 12 continuous hours daily. CKLG pre-sented, as an added teen drawer, DelShannon and the Vancouver Playboys forthe first weekend and Sal Mineo for thesecond. Sal also crowned the Miss TeenWestern Canada Queen. Thanks to PeggyKeenan, Promotion Manager at CKLG, forthe above bundle of news.

C -FUN also invaded the P.N.E. andpresented top acts at the C -FUN DanceParty nitely during the Fair. Featuredartists included The Coasters (CharlieBrown), Glen Campbell and The Nocturnals.These acts were given a big assist by MadMel and Fred Latrimo along with otherC -FUN Good Guys.

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XESEREISISEREIREEVEARREEE An avalanche of mailgreeted me when I gotback from my vacation.While I was away, I waskept very abreast of themusic scene, and here Iam to report all the hap-penings in the musicbusiness. Refreshed andeager.(Ed: Oh Boy!!!!!)Thanks to the people ofthe Nocturnal OfficialFan Club for making mean honourary member. The

xakaalaaaaataaikaaax Nocturnals had a goodrecord in their last release of "BecauseYou're Gone". Possibly your teen listen-ers are interested in this club and my disc -jockey readers might mention the addresson the air. The president is Linda Fink,and her address is 4795 Joyce Road, Van-couver 16, B.C. Good luck boys with yournext single.

Watch for . . . a top name top stationdisc jockey to exit for greener pasturesSouth. This could break up the Big Six.Also . . . good luck to J.P. Finnigan whorecently left CKEY in Toronto for pointssouth and west.

Recording studios in Toronto have ex-perienced a great deal of business fromrecord sessions. Only a few months ago,the advertising agencies dominated theirfacilities. Hallmark, RCA Victor, and Arc'snew studios are all working to turn outCanadian hits. Rumour had it that anotherstudio was to expand and make furtherfacilities available, but last reports indi-cate that this has been shelved. Many ofthe artists that chose Nashville as a jump-ing-off point, have stayed behind to cuttheir sides in Canada.

Rumour has it . .. that a New Canadiancontent label is about to spring onto themarket. Initial release has already provenitself to be a SMASH in a remote "testarea". There is talk that . . . three newproducers will appear on the scene soon.Could their initials be TG, WC and JaysonKing. I've already had reports that Jayson'stracks are a Gas!!! Hope Jay isn't takingthis new bag in lieu of singing. He's stillone of the top R&B sounds around.

Improve your English . . . Boondocks isthe slum side of town. "Bag" is what youdo for a living. (like my "bag" is reportingthe news accurately).(Ed: That's a prime example of an in-accuracy . . . if I ever heard one)

As I write . . . speculation is high thatthe Fowler Committee's report will makesweeping changes in Canadian contentprogramming in Canadian radio. The re-ports are from people . . . in the know. Injust a few days . . . we'll all know.

I understand that Canadian groups arebecoming extremely "original material"minded. You'll see more and more Cana-dian singles coming out with Canadiansongs, published in Canada. HURRAH!!!!!!

Our promotion to bring the East and Westcloser together has had great results withstations defending their actions with action. . . and this is Canada . . . Where theaction is . . . Beginning.

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JOUIlding L.56oardDoug Perry CFGP Grande PrairieBack In My World The Jury"Unlike many of the new sounds out todayit has a professional ring and has an uniquebeat."Mike Jaycock CKOC HamiltonI Don't Love You Just Us"This disc sounds much like the Animals,and of course the Animals are still hotstuff, s0000 Just Us might make it on thisbluesy sound. They do a good job, vocallyand instrumentally. Listen to it . . . youmight like it too."Dave Charles CJBQ BellevilleThe Laughs On Me Last Words"It's well recorded, has a great beat. Theteens will really like this sound. This isthe type of material that should be recorded -This record deserves lots of airplays."Wayne Barry CKOK PentictonLeaning On A Lamp Post Bradfords"It's a hit because of its obviously Britishcorn. Cute . . . could be a real charttopper in Canada."Bob Wood CKCK ReginaLeaning On A Lamp Post Bradfords"Sounds like they've had lessons fromHerman's Hermits. If this type gimmickhasn't been worked to death yet, the tunecould grab some change."Bill Seguin CJRW SummersideLove's Made A Fool Of You Esquires"The Esquires have got it in this one. I'veheard these guys in Ottawa quite a fewtimes. I'm going all out on this one forthem."Ed Morrell CKEK CranbrookLove's Made A Fool Of You Esquires"It has a nice lilt, and the Esquires comethrough with that 'group' sound that is verypopular at this time. It could go!!!"Johnny Onn CJME ReginaShake A Tail Feather Shondels"The thought is there. It's a great recordto dance to, but it's not different enoughto attract attentions. Consequently, thisone will have trouble breaking out in mostmarkets."

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Ray Nickel CKOM SaskatoonLeaning On A Lamp Post Bradfords"I tho't the vocal and the instrumentalaccompaniment both a little weak but it hasa catchy way about it and that Englishflavouring that seems to be 'in' these days.So for these two reasons I felt it couldmake it."Jim Morrison VOCM St. John'sShake A Tail Feather Shondels"It's got a real good sound, typical Mer-sey beat sound and there is no reason whyit shouldn't go. Everyone around herelikes it."Bill Seguin CJRW SummersideShake A Toil Feather Shondels

"Good dance beat. Shondels have a wildsound on this one. I think it could hit thecharts in Canada."Bob Wood CKCK ReginaStory Of Our Love Derek and Ed"The story is told well and prettily butit's the same old story. I'd love to seegood ole love songs do well, but such isnot the trend."Dave Charles CJBQ BellevilleA Million Tears Ago Johnny/The Canadians"Has a driving beat. The melody is un-usual but very catchy. This is anothergreat Canadian record, and should receiveequal airplays in big and small markets allacross the Bigland."

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Tillsonburg:Paul Hunter,Production Manager atCKOT is still gettinggood reaction to theCanadian Produced wax-ing of "Can't Live WithHim" by Myrna Lorrieon Sparton. The MelTellis outing of "Wine"is grabbing for top chartaction as is Dave Dud-ley's "Truck DrivingSon- Of -A - Gun. HarryBurkman hosts the CKOTCountry Wide Music Jam-boree each week Monday

through Saturday at 3:05 PM with GeorgeD'Ambrose looking after the early morningedition of Country Wide Music Jamboree.

Live country and western groups arefeatured each Saturday on Weekend '65.Larry Donald and The Country RythmnPals from 4:05 PM to 4:30 PM and LeighSchott and The Westernairs from 7:05 PMto 7:30 PM. Larry Donald and the CountryRythmn Pals have been quite active in theTillsonburg area having played the FormosaPalace Gardens, The Parkhill Dance forthe Diamond "D" Riders of Strathroy andthe Shellela Motor Hotel in Lucan. Theywere also featured on the Grand Ole OpryShow at Hensall. If you want to catchLeigh Schott's Westernaires you can jointhe happy crowd every Saturday at theRoosevelt Dance Hall.(ED: You country folk watch for an in-flux of country oriented pop tunes andyou can blame it all on the Beatles.Actually it should be a boon to countrymusic. It has always been our contentionthat country music is enjoyed by most butthis enjoyment only admitted by a few. Ifthe new Ringo Starr "Act Naturally" isany indication of the teen sound to come,we could have a lot more country stationsacross the country).

London Ontario: They say if you'regoing to make it big in this country it helpsif the important people in the US recognizeyou first. For Gary Buck, presently playingin London, this is an old story. His releas-es have almost always been given approvalby the US trades but reaction in his owncountry has been somewhat lacking. Now"Break The News To Liza" (Sparton) hasbeen picked by those important below theborder people and now that Canada has itsown Music Weekly perhaps Gary Buck willget the attention of Canadian countrybroadcasters.

Montreal: Johnny Clark of JC Enter-prises 2420 Benny Cres. Suite 401, Mon-treal 28 sends along a bundle of LaBelleProvince country news. Arc recordingartist Dusty King and his Country Cats arenow appearing nightly at the newly renovat-ed Candlelight Room of the Monterey Lounge.Appearing with this group is Johnny Clarkwho will be releasing an Arc album thelatter part of September. Doug Trinneer andthe Hackamores are still going strong atThe Time Square Cafe where they havebeen for many months. Doug will be re-leasing his new LP on the Point label.Wayne King and The Blue Cats are appear-ing at the Wagon -Wheel, Montreal's newest

"The Kings of Country Music"by Brian Chalker

(CANADA'S COUNTRY COUSIN'S)

** GORDIE TAPP **

Gordie has worked a great deal as anemcee on CBC's "Country Hoedown" ser-ies. Occasionally he shows his singingability. He is host and star of his ownradio show "What's On Tapp". Besidesbeing a talented singer Tapp is an accom-plished comedian and uses this ability toits best effect on "Main Street Jamboree"on CHCH-TV. He has also appeared on thefollowing shows - "The Tommy HunterShow" "P.M. Party", "The Tommy Am-brose Show" and "Cross Canada Hit -Parade". He is the creator of "CousinClem" and "Gaylord".

country music nightspot. Ken Murray re-cently opened at the La Cave lounge ofthe Bar X Hotel in Granville. The BlueAngel Cafe is now featuring a brand newband headed by Slim Mason and WallyDean and Quebec's Earl Martin who has anew album release skedded for mid -Septem-ber on the London label. Dez King providesthe solo entertainment at the BA where hehas been for five months. CFOX the Bi-Bi towns country station is now off the airbetween 1 AM and 5 AM and is now featur-ing rock and pop hits between 3 PM and8 PM daily.

Nashville: Bill Anderson's newestDecca release "Bright Lights and CountryMusic" has quite a Canadian background.Bill notes that while he was appearing inToronto at the Horseshoe Tavern he receiv-ed a letter from Mrs. Norma Tanner ofLondon, Ontario informing Bill that she

would be attending one of the night showsrather than a matinee because she likedbright lights with her country music. Billand Jimmy Gately, one of the Po' Boys satdown in the dressing room and came upwith what could be the next big Andersonhit.

The Maritimes: Aubrey Hanson's "GreenHills and Blue Rivers" (Sparton) is takingthe east coast by storm and has the artisthopping with personal appearances andradio interviews. Three district news-papers have printed feature stories on hissuccess and Country Song Roundup willalso do a feature story on the successAubrey is enjoying. His new album isbeing readied for release.

Windsor: Earl Roach has cut "To Love,Honour and Obey" which was written byToronto's Donald Marsh, published byFrontier Music Co. This single will bereleased on Sparton in Canada and Soundin the US.

Tottenham, Ontario: Russ Wheeler,another Sparton recording artist, will havehis new single on the market shortly. Heappears in the Blarney Room of the Totten-ham Inn Sept. 24. Back-up group for Russare The Settlers with female vocalist -yodeller Mary Ann Thompson.(The preceding three items were suppliedby Fred Roy, Associated Country MusicArtists, 2423 Bathurst St. Toronto.)

COUNTRY SOUNDING BOARD

Tex Bagshaw CKLY LindsayGreen Hills and Blue Rivers -Aubrey Hanson"This record is worth some airplay, but Ithink it lacks that hit sound sell. I couldbe wrong, and I hope I am."Paul Dorozio CHIC BramptonBreak The News To Liza Gary Buck"To the contrary I feel the flip side is thehit. I would say it has a more appealingsound to the new group of country listeners."Paul Dorazio CHIC BramptonMy Good Life Cy Anders"The biggest thing out here. Can't lose."

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