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CAESAR AND CONSULS CUT

HALLMARK SESSION

Tor on to: Bruce Morsehead , Ken Pernoki s, Tom­my Wilson, Norm Sherrat , and Gary Wright , bet­ter kn own as Li ttle Caesar and The Consuls have broken the recording si le nee of Toronto.

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Hallmark studios was the scene of their la test big big session . B;g, because they included the services of five more musicians. Peter App leyard hand led the percussion section . Jim Pirie , one of the best known guitar its in the business he lped beef up this secti on. Jack Sazaza gave that ex tra big sound wi th his bar1 sax and included harmonica as an important filler . Fred Stone and Army Chycoski capped it off with trumpets and flugel horns. All in all the boys cut four band tracks and wil I over dub voices at a futu re date. The voices will also have a new twist. Al ong with this modern way of record mg went the services of Ben Mc Peek no stranger to the world of arranging. Columbia 's Bob Martin supervised the production with Roy Smith on the board and Duff Roman looking after the artists repertoire .

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Ottawa's Esquires Mobbed · · ·• Ottawa: About a year ago it was general ly accepted that Ottawa was a "dead" enterta inment market.

In fact, one group interviewed by the Ottawa Ci tizen called local teens "Unresponsive and unappre­ciative" . It was even said that " You could stand on your head and st i ll wouldn't get any reaction" . The scene has changed. On Saturday (12) Bri an Lewi s of The Esquires was singing thei r current chart topper " Love Hides A Multitude Of Sins" . when he came close to the edge of the stage and .

Brian Lewis of the Esquires got too close to the edge of the stage at a recent appearance at Ottawa' s Coliseum and was dragged Into the crowd (r ight). He was a li ttle ripped for wear.

was dragged into the crowd. Severa l security personnel were needed to extr icate Lewis from the screaming mob. When he final ly did get loose he was minus hi s microph one and most of his $175.00 su it. He played the rest of the set in a pair of jeans and the remnants of hi s sh irt.

Crowd reaction at recen t shows in the area has been descr ibed as "unbe lievable". Len Alexander, headman of Alexander Agency , cites good ground work promotion by managers as one reason for the change. He commended the work of John Pozer , Sandy Gardiner, Don Billows (Deuces) and Ken Birchall (Esqu ires). Another factor is cl oser liason between med ia and entertainers than in the past. ( Story by Ian Connerty of Dasanda Productions. Photos courtesy of Al Hewetson-Studio Image.)

WANNA BUY A USED LUNCH BAG????

Sudbury: Severa l weeks ago it was re por ted in RPM that radio station CHN O had instigated a " Be Kind To Lunch Bags'' contest. Students

were asked to send their used lunch bags to CHNO rather than throw them away . The school submitting the largest number would receive

records and John Loweth , popular CH NO per­sonal ity , to emcee their high school dance . The results, 45,114 used lunch bags that were mailed, carried and trucked in to the stati on and created a fire hazard that created somew ha t of of an ulcer for Sudbury &oadc asting president F. Baxter Ricard . Two high schools out of 17 tied for first place . Each having sent in 13,000.

ELLIE SAYS: In case you wonder what kind of a bu siness this is •••••• a Canadian record producer is hav-ing trouble with his business , and it looks like he may have to call it quits soon. I understand that a great number of people have rallied to his aid , in an effort to keep him going. It i s interesting to me to know that this Industry does have a "heart" and it isn't made of i ce. The people who have come to his aid are "the last people I ever thought would care". Maybe there is some hope for the mus i c industry yet!!!

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dealer Ted Johns , owner of Jerome' s in Fort William , Ontario, advises that June Hill, who is in charge of the record department is temporarily on a leave of absence having just become th e proud mother of a bouncing baby boy. "Lady Godiva" and " Stop Stop" a re big sellers in the lakehead. "Good Vibrations " and Donovan's "Yellow" are also moving well. The Arbors " Symphony" and Williams ' " Born Free' are keepin g pace with Simon & Garfunkle ' s " Winter" . Best s elling LP is The Monkees.

"Winchester Cathedral' ' is still hanging on to top spot a t Sayer's in Islington , Onta rio . Joan Ziegle r a lso lists " 96 Tears", Ryder' s "Dres s " and " Psychoti c Reaction " up wi th the winners. "Yellow", Nancy Sina tra ' s " Suga r Town" and " Mame" a re show­ing good potential. The Stande lls ' a re also chalking up s ales with their " Why Pick On Me ' '. Top of the a lbum heap belongs to The Monkees . Sayer' s a re ope ning a new s tore in Don Mills next week.

P aul Misener reports good a ction on The Hollies ' " Stop" , Bea ch Boys " Vibra tions" and DCS's " 19 Days " . Ryde r's " Dress ' a nd "Win­cheste r Cathe dral'' a re a ls o sellin g well. Nancy' s "Su gar Town", Dee and The Yeomen and the Gues s Who a re movin g well . P aul notes that the Ugly Ducklings are really happening with thei r s in gle " J ust In Case" and adds " it is selling be tte r th an a lot of the records i n the top '50 ', which in dicates th e s ta rt of a hard co re of fa ns the same type tha t means every Bea tle and P resley record is a hit ." P au 1 wou ld als o like to see Capitol release the Duck ' s a lbum.

Vicki P aige 's Richmond Hill ba r i s listing " Godiva" and Ryder's " Dress" as top sell e rs. " 19 Days" and " Reaction " a re also s howin g well. Dors ey's " Holy Cow" and Sledge's " It Te ars Me Up " are keepi ng the R& B fans happy. " Pl ace In Th e Sun " and Sim on & Ga rfun kle's " Winte r" are be­gin nin g to happen . "Dr. Zhi vago'' . " The Monkees ' ', " Best Of P eter & Gordon", " Spin Out" and "The Ex­citing Wilson Picke tt " a re top sellin g a lbums . (Ed: It has been suggested by many of the re­cord store owners th at record salesmen should be all owed to contribute to the "Dealer" col­umn. So, i f any enterpr i singsalesman would like to drop a line to RPM, we would be most in­terested in his comments and opinions .)

KC Kent Chauvin, who is b.Jsy work ing on his the­sis on radio station advertis ing at the Un iver­sity of British Columbia , sends news from Van­cou ver that the bi gsonginh is town right now is "Winchester Cathedral " by the New Vaudeville

Band. The cover by Dana Rollins is also ex ­perienc ing qu ite a bit of ai r play . Kent notes that apparently the Fontana people in England were in a bit of a fi x when their version star ted to happen. Reports have it that they didn 't have a band name of New Vaudevi I le . The side was cut by a studio group. So they had to come up with a group , paste haste. Oth er discs making the charts are " Good Vibrations" by the Beach

Boys, " You Keep Me Hanging On" by The

Supremes and Janis Ian's " Society Child". Be­tween the two Vancouver top 40 stations (week of Nov. 20) there were only two Canadian discs listed. Lighttoot's " Spin " and " Bound To Fly " by 3' s A Crowd. CFUN is still playing its " All Canadian Top Ten" every Saturday morning from llAM to noon . Wel l .known newsman Alix

Young is quitting CJOR to do a bit of free lan­cing. South African Peter Star takes over the 6 to 9 PM slot at CKLG.

Chuck Benson leaves CF RN in Edmon­ton to take up duties as sales and promotion manager at his old haunt of CKYL in Peace River. Before leaving Edmonton , Chuck sent a long news on the latest efforts of CF RN and

· the Association of Canadian Traveller's to pro­mote their Twentieth Annual " Search For Ta l­ent". The proceeds from this increasingly pop­ular show go to the Northern Alberta Cripp led Chi ldren 's Fund. Because of the efforts of the ACT, Alberta now has a Council for Crippled Chi ldren and Adults. They were also instrumen­tal in br inging about the development of a pro­vince-wide Easter Seal structure and the con­struction of th e Cr ippled Ch ildren's Camp at Lake Isle.

Bill Opdahl , known on the air as Doug

Will iams notes that CJKL 's " Distri ct Club", hea rd o~ Sa turdays is getting more popu Jar by the year. This is the fourth year for the show, and the fi rs t year that membersh ips have been offe red. They receive an average of 300 letters per week and now boast a membership of over 1300. Bill Cote is president of the " Club" and begins his request show at 1:10 PM and be­cause of the enormity of requests, the show goes right through until 10 PM with Doug

Wi l l i ams hosting the end of the request show. Graham Wyll ie received a record from a

listener who wrote that it was a smash in the province of Quebec. Graham gave it a spin and because of the simple lyrics he was able to

put his high school French to work and found .he cou ld pick up the mean ing of the disc. The ·name of the disc was " La Poupee Qui Fait Non " by Les Sultans (RPM 80). He al so played it for his listeners and the response was en­couragi11g. Graham writes " Since Quebec has a local thriving industry and is turning out firs t class efforts (certainly better than th e major ity of English Canadian records) and si nce we are heading into our Centenn ial, celebrating 100 years of bi-cu ltural existence, it mi ght be an interesting project for Quebec based record outfits to supply all Canadian stations wi th their products . Th is might be a good way to bring the teens of the two cultures cl oser."

Wayne Barry of CKOK Penticton, was so excited over the New Syndrome single of Mike

Campbell's that he cou ld hardly wait to drop us a line to make sure we let the whole world know that "Remorse" and " One Girl" is one of the greatest sounds ever to come out of Can­ada . This Vancouver sess ion came about be­cause of the popular ity of Campbell when he appeared throughout the province with the " Music Hop Review". The Serendipity Singers

were in town for a show at the Peach Bowl and gathered quite an impressive audience about them . CKOK previewed their new disc of " Au· tumn Bound " which has great teen appeal and the flip " Born Free", a bluesy ballad . The March Of Di mes promotion has rolled around once agai n and CKOK are getting ready to top their efforts of last year when they won the rad io station awa rd for the largest amount co llected.

Scott Alexander writes from CKPT in Peterboro , that the newest thing to hit the area are the " Pussycat Commandos" . This is a type of fan clu b with the pu rpose of adopting a a needy chi Id through the foster parents plan. Scott is Genera I of the group.

Jonah Kell y , announcer operator with CFFB Frobisher Bay Nin, . became the first Eskimo language br ci~dc a ster to cover the ses­sion s of the Northwest Terri t or i al Counc il. The Council has three elected members wh o speak Eskimo, and one appointed member speaking the language. Until this year , all the news re­ports came out in English, leaving the I isten­ers who speak Eskimo on ly , out in the co ld. Reports were prepared In Resolute Bay, 500 miles north of the Arctic Circle, were flown to CFFB in Frobisher Bay , then sent south in edi­ted form for rebroadcast over the CBC's North­ern Shortwave Service . Jacques Bernier , form­erly of Ville de Laval , is spinning French lan­guage disques for a tr i-lingua l aud ience on Baff in Island. The big problem is build ing up a backlog of popular 45 's to fil l the expanded time being allo tted to French Music.

Les Mclaughlin signs in from CFWH , Whi tehorse in the Yukon , with news that Al

Oster Northern Balladeer , who has several si ng l~s and four LPs out on the Kl ondike labe l, and Hank Karr , loc al nigh t club entertainer, have

been boo ked with four other pieces to appear at Expo ' 67. Hank Karr and the Yukon Stars

have been performing in the Wh itehorse area for 18 months and along with Al Oster as spe­cial guest, appeared on a 13 week radio series produced at CFWH Whitehorse and was heard throughout Canada's north and overseas through the facilities of the CBC's Northern and Armed Forces Services. The show, "Northern Jam­boree" , was largely responsible for the Expo opportunity . Les suggests that if you're looking for Canadian talent, give a listen to Al Oster's "North Country Compositions" sung by him­se lf on the Klondike label.

Bob Bacon, of CFCB in Corner Brook. c ontinued on page 7

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'Knock On Wood'

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' It Tears Me Up' PERCY SLEDGE (ATLANTIC 2358)

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DAVE CHARLES-CJBQ-Belleville Hang On Ta Me- Lynda Layn e-Red Leaf " Thi s s ang is well recorded and ha s great pot­ential in all a rea's of programming. It wou ld be a s h ame to see another Canadian di s c as goo C: as thi s on e end up in the circul ar file cab inet, (ga rbage pail) . I will s p in it and let my l is ten ­e rs decide . Th e y 're never wrong . "

DOU G WILLIAMS-CJKL-Kirkland Lake Hang On To Me- Lynda Layn e- Red Leaf " Although the intro is a b it misleading, Lynda does her usual good job on the rest of th e re­cord . With exposure, shou ld go places . I'll ex­pose it here in KL country ."

SANDY GARDINER-Ottawa Journal Hang On To Me-Lynda Layne- Red Leaf " One of Lyn da ' s best out ings to date . Wel l ar­r anged and delivered. However, commercially , I feel the flip h as what it takes for large sales ."

BOB BACON-CFCB-Corner Brook Hang On To Me- Lynda Layne- Red Leaf " Good s o lid be at . Not top ten material but will

·probably h it th e cha rts . "

DEN IS MENARD-CKBC-Bathurst Hang On To Me- Lynda Layn e- Red Leaf .. Ar e the gals ever gonno go for that one. It 's ve ry n ic e , and Lynda is very wel I supported by m ole chorus in th is good ' Tamoroc ' production ."

GRAHAM WYLLIE-CKCL-Truro Hang On To Me- Lynda Layn e- Red Leaf " Without a doubt, Lynda's finest e ffort to date . Eas y rocking n umber , with great vocal work on Lynda's part and good inst. backing make this a mu s t for our play I ist. "

MILT GUNN-CJRL-Kenora Hang On To Me-Lynda Lay ne-Red Leaf " A nice fresh sound . I feel that ii given a good amoun t of air play it should c limb the charts."

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Fran k Alamo- Riviera- 147 2 1 JE LES AIME TANT

Pierre Lal onde- DP- 470 5 3 3 MARIA PLEURAIT

Donald Lautrec- Jupi ter- 107 5 4 6 T U ME REVIENS

Adamo-Pathe-638 5 5 UN CHEMIN QUI NE MENE A RIEN

Dick Riv e rs - Pathe-630 6 9 GU ANTANAM ERA

Claude Sorel-Jupiter-1073 7 7 JE SUIS ANGLAIS

Herman' s Herm its-Solfegc- 1837 8 4 IL M' APPELAIT 'GOGUETTE'

Dany Au be- VD-3026 9 10 PAUVRE CHER IE

Petula Clark-Vogue-1 367 10 12 J' AI ENTENDU LAMER

Chr i stophe- AZ-4341 11 14 QUAND ON AIME POUR LA PREMIERE

Miche l Paje-Vogue-4252 12 11 MAIS OU S'EN VON T LES ETOILES

Genevieve Grad-Bar c I ay- 221 13 15 JE SERAI LA

Mich e le Richatd-TC-3190 14 --- APPRENDS-MOI A T ' OU BLIER

Herve Vil ard- Me rc - 154056 15 --- MA CASQUETTE

Dany Aube- VD- 3031

RON WADD ELL-CKDM-Daupin Hang On Ta Me- Lynd a Layne- Red L ea f "Lynda's best effort to da te . Th is re cord has a beautiful warm ap pe a l. Let's give Ly n da fu ll support on this one so s h e can c on t inu e t o tu rn

out more of th e same."

TOM FULTON-CKFH-Toronto Hang On T o Me-Lynda Layne- Red Le af "Although this is not a re d hot h it , it de s erves air play, and shou ld• pa7,e the way fo r a big mover on her n ext ou ti n g .

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HANG ONTO ME NOW BABY Lynda Layne-Red Leaf-627-G

GOING NOWHERE Los Bravos-Press-60003-K

PENELOPE'S COUNTRY CHART 1 WHISTLING ON THE RIVER

Mercey Bro s- Colu mbia 2 WORKING ON THE COUNTRY ROAD

Bob Kin g-Me lbourne 3 THE WEATHERMAN

Ga ry Buck-Cap ito l 4 LOVING YOU AGAIN

Johnn y Burke- Co lumb ia 5 WHY CAN 'T HE BE YOU

Dian e Leigh - Cap ito l 6 MUDDY WATER

Be rt Cu ff-Arc 7 THREE PLAYS FOR A QUARTER

Ra lph Car lson -Mel bou rne 8 PLAY ME ONE MORE COUNTRY SONG

Ron McMun n-Me l bourn e 9 CHEW TOBACCO ROAD

Irw in Pre scot t-Me lbourn e 10 TAKE THIS HEART OF MINE

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J Last Words-Columbia-2707- H 3 BOUN D TO FL Y

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2 3 4 LADY GODIVA Peter & Gordon-Capitol-5740-F

3 12 22 YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON Su premes-Motown- 1011-L

4 2 12 GOOD VIBRATIONS Beach Boys-Capi tol -5676-F

e 5 17 22 DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS Mi tc h Ryde r- Bell-817-M

6 16 33 STOP STOP STOP Ho 11 ies- Cap itol -7241 9- F

e 7 25 41 l' M READY FOR LOVE Ma rtha/ Vande l las-Gordy-7 056-L

e 8 26 48 BORN FR EE Roger Williom s-Kapp-767-L

e 9 29 47 HOLY COW Lee Dorsey-Be ll-965-M

10 5 11 LOOK THROUGH MY WI NDOW Memo's & Papa's- Dunh ill-4050-N

11 4 10 l'M YOUR PUPPET James & Bobby Purify- Bel l-648-M

12 13 17 RAIN ON THE ROOF Lovin' Spoonful-Kama Sutra-216-M

e 13 32 49 HAZY SHADE OF WINTER

e35 54 70 A PLACE IN THE SUN Stevie Wonder- Tamla- 54139-L

36 34 39 BOUND TO FLY 3' s A Crowd-Epic- 10073-H

e 37 48 55 l' M THE ONE YOU NEED Miracles-Tamla-54140-L

38 44 56 RUN RUN LOOK AND SEE Brian Hy lond-Ph i I ips-40405-K

39 49 65 WHEEL OF HURT Ma rgaret Whi ting-London-101 -K

e40 57 73 HELP ME GIRL Ou tsiders-Capital-57 59- F

e 41 53 52 SYMPHONY FOR SUSAN Arbars- Date-1529-H

e 42 60 72 IT ' S ONLY LOVE Jame s/ Shon de 11 s- Rou I ette- 4710-C

e 43 67 80 MAME Tij uana Bras s-A&M-823-M

44 45 50 ON THIS SIDE OF GOODBYE Righ teou s Bros- Verve- 10449-M

e 45 61 68 SOMEBODY NEEDS YOU Darr e l Banks-Quality- 1849-M

Simon & Garfunkl e- Colu mbia-43873- H e l 4 28 46 IT TEARS ME UP e 46 72

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Percy Sledge-Atlantic-2358-M e 1s 37 63 MELLOW YELLOW

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16 7 1 POOR SIDE OF TOWN Johnny Riv ers-lmperial-6620 5-K

17 6 2 HOORAY FOR HAZEL Tommy Roe- Sparton- 1521-0

18 11 13 COMING ON STRONG Brenda Lee-D ecco-32018- J

19 9 7 SP IN SPIN Go rdon L igh tloot-U A-50055-J

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Petula Clark-WB-5863- J 5 DANDY

Herman's Hermits-Qua lity-1849-M 61 l'VE GOT THE FEELING

Neil Diamond-Bang-536-C 6 LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVIL L E

Mon kees- Colg ems- 1001 -N 18 HAIR ON MY CHINNY CHIN

Sam Th e Sham -MGM-13581-M 8 IF I WERE A CARPENTER

Bobby Darin -Atlontic-23 50-M 9 PAIN.T ME A PICTURE

Gory Lewis-Liberty-55914-K 19 B- A- B-Y

Carlo Thomos-Stox- 195-M 26 NINETEEN DAYS

Dave Clark Fi ve -Ca pito l- 7242 2- F 16 GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL

Hop pen ing s- Borry-3445-M 15 96 TEARS

? And Th e Mysterians -Cam eo-4 28-M 45 TIME AFTER TIME

Chr is Montez-A&M-fl22-M

43 LOUIE LOUIE Sand p ipers- A& M-8 19-M

38 I SYM BOLIZE YOU Last Words -Columbia-42707-H

47 47 66 WHISPER S Jac kie Wi Ison-Brun sw ick-55300-J

48 50 51 NOBODY'S BABY AGAIN Dean Ma rtin- Rep ri se-0516-J

e 49 73 85 I NEED SOMEBODY

* ? And The My s terians-Cameo-441-M

2 ··-· MUSTANG SALLY Wil son P ickett-Atlont ic- 2365-M

51 55 60 DON'T ANSWER THE DOOR B. B. King-Sparton-1554- 0

e 52 78 93 SUGAR TOWN Nancy Sinatra -Reprise-527-J

e 53 81 --·- MONEY Jr . Wo lker- Soul -35026- L

54 64 74 ROSANNA Copreez-Sparton- 1518-0

55 58 71 WISH YOU WERE HERE BUDDY Pat Boone- Dot- 16933-M '

• 56 80 97 (I KNOW) l'M LOSING YOU T em ptotions-Gordy-7057-L

57 56 59 LET' S RUN AWAY Staccoto s- Capitol-7 239 5-F

58 42 57 AND SHE'S MINE Guess Who-Qual ity-1832-M

59 66 69 IN A MINUTE OR TWO Dee/ Y eom en- Reo-8966.-M

e 60 92 ---· TALK TALK Music Machine- Reo-897 1-M

61 63 64 MERCY MR. PERCY Caes ar/Con suls-Co lum bia-2603-H

62 68 83 GAMES THAT LOVERS PLAY Edd ie F ishe r-Rco-8956-N

e63 76 86 HAVE YOU . .. LOVED SOMEBODY Search ers-Py e-811 -C

64 70 81 WHY PICK ON ME Stande lls- Sporton-1541 -0

e 65 93 100 SINGLE GIRL Sandy Po sey-MGM- 13612-M

e 66 86 88 PLEASE DON'T EVER LEAVE ME Cyrkle -Co lumbia-43871-H

67 71 82 BABY WHAT YOU DO TO ME Barbara Lewis-Atlantic-2361 -M

68 75 79 PLEASE SAY YOU'RE FOOLING Ray Charles-Sparton-1548-0

e69 88 --·· PANDORA'S GOLDEN HEE BI E ..• Association-Val iant-7 55-J

70 79 98 HEARTBREAK HOTEL Scoundrel z-Red Leaf-6 26- G

71 62 62 CAN ONLY GIVE .. EVERYTHING The Haunted-Quality-1840-M

72 65 67 WRITING ON THE WALL Five Canadians-Stone-701-0

73 69 77 TELL ME Characters- Red Leaf-624-G

74 77 94 LOVE'S JUST A BROKEN HEART Modbeats-Red Leaf-625-G

e 75 --- •••• HELP ME GIRL Eric Burton -MGM-13636-M

76 59 53 UP WENT NELSON Carlton Showband-Casl-2107-M

77 75 85 I WANNA MEET YOU Cryan Shames-Columbia-43836-H

78 87 96 WE GOT A THING ... THE GROOVE Capitols-Karen- 1526-M

e 79 -··· ---- CRY Ronn ie Dove-Apex-77021 -J

80 84 87 LA POUPEE QUI FAIT NON Les Sultans-Te ledisc-24

e81100 ·--· PROUD ONE Frank Valli-Philips-40407-K

e 82 99 ··-- SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU Lou Christ ie-MGM-13623-M

e83 ---- ···- SHE COMES TO ME Chicago Loop-Dynavoice-226-M

84 96 •••• MAGIC J eff Hew itson / Fugitives -Rca-3406-N

85 89 90 LOVE IS A BIRD Kn ick erbockers-Apex-77012-J

86 ·--- ·--- KNOCK ON WOOD Eddie Floyd-Stax- 194-K

87 91 92 THERE' S GOT TO BE A WORD Innocence-Kama Sutra-214-M

88 •••• · ··- IT'S NOT FUNNY HONEY Bobby Curtola-Tartan-1034-C

89 90 92 MAGIC IN THE AIR Cher- lmperial-66 217-K

90 94 ·--· LIVING FOR YOU Sonny & Cher-Atco-6449-M

91 97 ·••• I FOOLED YOU THIS TIME Gene Chandl er-Checker- 1155-L

92 95 99 COMING HOME SOLDIER Bobby Vinton-Epic-10090-H

93 ··-· -··- GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY Baja Marimba-A&M-824-M

94 ·••• ---- YO-YO Billy Joe Royal -Columbia-43883-H

95 98 •••• IN A DUSTY ROOM Noel Harrison-London-20017-K

96 --·· ·--- BEHIND THE DOOR Ch er-Im peria 1-66 217-K

97 ···- --·· SCHOOL DAY Jan & Dean-Liberty - 55923-K

98 ••·• ---- ANNIE Rising Sons-Columbia-2709-H

99 •••• ---- YOU CAN BRING ME HEARTACHES Lou Rawls-Capitol-5790-F

100 --·- ·-·· I LOVE MY DOG Cat Stevens-Deram-7501-K

BS by elvira capreese

Ed : tells me there has been quite a bit of criti­cism of my column from the western part of Canada. I would like to state right now, that I have practically forgotten the terrible letters I used to get from B.C., and I feel that presently there is a great deal that can be said about the move ahead action in Vancouver . I must quickly add that there is a sl ight lack of public rela­tions between the far west and eastern Canada, bu t I guess they can afford to be a I ittle bit independent since they are setting this country on fi re with thei r Canadian enthusiasm. It's too bad Peggy Keenan has left the west coast. At least she dropped a I ine to RPM about the ac­tiv ities of Vancouver and even included news events of the competitive station .

It has been brought to my attention that an eastern Ontario disc jockey's chart is rig­ged to I ist acts that are going to play the area, and guess who the dance promoter is???nJ

People are talking ..... about the very 1e rvous personal manager who is fussing like a 1other .... hen about his groups latest release 1hen the re is nothing to worry about. The re­ord was assured of a lot of airplay before it 1as released and you can take my word tha t it ti ll be a HIT!l111

Practically the same people are talk ing ,bout the "tortoise chart " that has become a 'callous hare" and why they are suddenly rac­ng with the hits. Whatever happened to the 'ti ght Ii st theory" that everybody trea ts as a el ig ion . "Loose list" is an i lliteration. I like t better .

Disc jockeys and visitors to Hogtown ie tter make it a poin t to get a two sided story in what is happening in HT before they leave. fhey may find out someday that their names ire being tossed around Toronto like a very .-iOT football , and none of this will be to thei r 3dvantage. (Ed : You're in good shape today, Miss. C.)

There is a very popular rumour around that Canada's "busiest" production house will cal l it "quits" at the end of th is year. (I only

•prin t what I hear.) I broke this story in this col umn some weeks ago , and I intend to be the firs t with the official news on this event.

PENELOPE PENTELOPE???? C" mon now, who are you kidd ing? This is a phony na me if I ever heard one. Th is "cowlady' · is goi ng to be writ ing the "cowboy " column??? I can le 11 you if she keeps using those "cow' · express ions, she won't be very popu lar wi th the '" country·· crowd. (Ed: Take a look at you r first column my dear . You weren't exact ly UN SQUARE11111)

Wh ile the grapevine migh t have buzzed in TO town about two weeks ago, it SHUT tight 6

as a clam . Wha' 'appen? ??? Even my best spies are a little confused and we may have to resort to wire tapp ing (or somethingl!ll! )

The group scene in Toronto is turn ing out to be a game of " MUSI CAL (tee hee hee) CHAIRS" (Ed: How clever'! !) and you just don't know where some groups are, these days. There is talk of a coup le of the better known groups just about ready to ..... FO RGET !TI 111

The " SCENE" in a bookers office a couple of weeks ago was someth ing for the films (accord ing to my spies) and the results looked damaging, but here we go again .

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·Newfoundland ,would like radio stations to send them Merry Christmas Kudos. CFCB will re-spond in kind. . .

"The World At 6" is CBC radio's first half-hour news program on a daily basis. The show made its debut on the CBC radio network October 31 (Monday) at 6:00 PM. It is aired five times each night (Monday to Friday) with the use of closed-circuit broadcast lines. " The World At 6" is heard live in all of Canada 's time zones at 6 to 6:30 PM regional time. Ex­ecutive producer is Angus Mclellan. Bill Murphy is the supervising editor and ass1g~­ment editor is Lloyd Bulmer. Regular on-air reporters include Michael Maclear (London), James M. Minifie and Knowlton Nash (Washing­ton), Tom Leach (Ottawa), Tim Ralfe (Saigon), David Levy (Moscow), David Halton (Paris), and newly appointed national reporters, Paddy Gregg (Halifax), Alan Yates (Montreal ), Ron Chester (Winnipeg), Stan Rantin (Toronto), and Sheldon Turcotte (Vancouver). Four well known C BC announcers are assigned to the program. John O'Leary, Bruce Rogers, Bob Willson and Jim Chorley. Two of these announcers are used in each of the ha If hours. One as news an noun-

. cer the other as host. The program maintains the usual high level of reporting of the CBC but in addition the reporters do go into the news in depth a~d report on more of the interesting happenings of a news report.

Keith Elshaw, host of the CFOR "A­Go-Go" show , sends news that the Great Lakes Broadcasting System (CFOR-Orilli a, CHYM­Kitchener and CFCO-Chatham) and Toronto's Stitch In Tyme are attempting to have the down side of "I Hear Trumpets Blow" by The Tokens, " Don 't Cry , Sing Along With The Music", re­leased as a single. They feel it could become a bi ggy. Listener response has been very en­couraging.

Bob Capp , formerly with CKSL Lond on, Ontar io, makes the giant move to VO CM, Chan­nel 69, in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Den is Menard notes that CKBC is cele­brating the first anniversary of their "Top 40 . Playlist". With their increase to 10,000 watts and with a fairly heavy populated area, they decided one year ago, that as an added ser­vice to' the trade, listeners and distributors, they wou Id instigate their now popular chart which is compi led from requests and sales re­ported to the station.

The folks from Brockvi I le, who have had much success with their Tiki Club, are now moving into the Bellev i lle area and already have under construction , a forty thousand dol­lar teen night club on the same lines as th_e1r Brockvi lle operati on. Dave Char les, the voice of the Quinte Teens , advises that this club wi ll maintain a policy of spotlighting only the best in Canadian talent. It will be a six day operation. There wi ll be a room for those over 18 and one for the teeny boppers . Snack bar, cosy chairs and tables plus a penny ar­cade with pool tables and slot games .

CM by penelope pentelope

Howdy, Howdy, Howdy. A rather nice memo from Cousin Ed : came to me this week, and with a lot of tact he tried to tell me that I shouldn't use the words cowboy ; and any of the range terms in my column. He says he would prefer that I call cowboy music "COUN~RY MUSIC" which is the new fangled term for 1ust plain folk music. I don't think it matters none as long as the music we are talking about is done well.

Miss Ellie Capreese sends along a note that said , "Welcome my dear to the fo Id of RPM writers. I hope you have a very hard shell. You will be called practically everything in the world now that you have entered the REAL old­est profession in the world." (Ed: I think Miss. C.

.meant journalism.) But I'll do my best to be­come as well known and respected as Ellie. (Ed: At least as well known!l ll)

Big Slim , The Lone Cowboy was an all time favour ite of WWVA " Jamboree" and was a popular country figure in Canada. Scotty Gibbs , of Frontier Records in Water loo , Quebec , ad­vises of the sad passing of this 65 year old country great who was responsib le for getting many of the country stars on their way to sue-

cess. Among these were Hank Snow , who was .brought from Canada by Big SI im , to perform on WWVA and the late Hawkshaw Hawkins. Big Sl im u'sed to come into Canada quite regul ar ly playing dates for Gibbs and Jimmy James and made several appearances on CH LT-TV in Sherbrooke . The last time he was in Canada was early this year and always be ing on the lookout to give a helping hand to country hope­fu ls, teleph oned Scotty and to ld him that he had just discovered a female country singer and songwriter who could write the best c_ountry material of any female writer he new. Big Sl im started in radio in 1919. He recorded for Decca Records . His name was Harry C. Al iff and he leaves 3 sons and a daughter. He was bu ried in Wheeling, West Virginia. .

Cousin Hal Sproule , the country spinner for CFAB-CKEN-CKAD in the Maritimes repor ts that I ive country music shows of Annapol is Valley Radio, Kentv ille, have been making sev­eral appearances on the road in the Annapol 1s Valley area. Each Friday the "Midday Hoe­down" "Country Matinee" and "Hal 's Cor­ral" ~riginate live from the Zellers store in Kentville. Before this , " Bob's Bandwagon " a Saturday morning feature originated from the popular auto centre of McCarthy Motors in Windsor . When the new Rodeo Room at Green­wood opened for business , Hal Sproule emce_ed a two hour program of live and recorded music, Carol Isaac, Rodeo recording artist , was his guest star.

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