CANADA S ONLY MUSIC WEEKLY15 CENTS

411)111T RPM THROWS A ....PARTY

AN EXCLUSIVE REPORT BY ELVIRA CAPREESE

WeeklY 3rd., RPM Publications threw what amounted to be the music industry BASH of theyear. With record men, artists, promoters, bookers, newspaper people, columnists,

To celebrate the new 12 by 11 format of RPM Music Weekly, on January

lawyers, printers, photographers, and many many others connected with the musicand radio business, the party which featured sparkling waters, and cheese, musicand the introduction and overwhelming acceptance of a new media that WILL EN-COMPASS THE TRADE AND THE CONSUMER FROM COAST TO COAST in Canada.

Week Ending Jan. 14th, 1961

Volume 7, No. 20

Truly those in attendance couldbe called the CREAM of the Canadianmusic industry. The party took placein the mezzanine overlooking the foun-tain of Toronto's POSH Thomcliffe

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Market Place, and amid flowers andwell wishing telegrams from RPM sup-porters from all over the world, hostWalt Grealis, editor and publisher ofRPM, greeted his guests and a fun -

PICTURED ABOVE are some of the celebrities who honoured RPM's new format. TOP (from left toright) Walter Honsberger of Wal-Dan Associates talks to Bert Mitford of Music & Artists Placement,Attorney Ken Smookler looks on. Bob Grey of the RCA Victor Toronto studios (arm in cast) talks toCorrine Petersen of Capitol Records, Dave Humphreys of Parr Printing partakes of the "sparklingwater" and chats with Lynne Karwelat of Capitol Records. The walls opened to disclose Dee andThe Yeomen who entertained the guests. MIDDLE PHOTOS (from left to right) Paul White, Capitol,Charlie Camilleri, Columbia; Harold Pounds and Bob Stone of Stone Records and Bob Martin of Col -

time was had by all.As the festivities came to a

close there was yet another surpriseas a whole wall slid open to revealDee and The Yeomen (one of,the Can-

adian talent bands that RPM writesabout) and the band went into fullswing to entertain the guests.

Truly accurate was the over-heard remark, "Old Ed: is becomingthe Truman Capote of Canada, as faras entertaining is concerned!'

Next week I'll feature some ofthe "Behind the scenes" news regard-ing the party, in my regular column.

umbio. Dee and the Yeomen play a current hit parade number. Emerson Mills, REM Records; RichardDinsmore, Arc; Don Brewer, promoter; Stan Klees, Tamarac and Ed Hubbard of Rothrran's join in themerriment. BOTTOM PHOTOS (from left to right) Graham (Dee) Dunnett and Len Lytwyn of the Yeo-men talk to Margarete Retsin of CTV's ''After Four". Dolores Hawkins and Harry Finegold of thefamous Village Night Owl Coffee House smile for the photog. Max Zimmerman of MacKay Recordsand Whitey Haines of BMI discuss the new format with Harold Pounds.

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by Francine Dnibick

Last week at the Village Cor-ner in Toronto's Village, I heard anew folk duo Peter and Sunny whostrive for a variety of styles andtypes of music to please all audi-ences. Their foreign songs and ad-libing is something to watch for. Iwas especially captivated by SunnyPeterson, the female member of theduo, whose personality seemed to bub-ble all over.

Peter Grey, the guitarist, wasborn in Scotland and two years agoteamed up with Sunny who was bornin Toronto. They have played clubsin both Toronto and Hamilton. Bothhave had a try at writing music andPeter has written a score for a docu-mentary called "The Villager" and isnow attempting to sell it to the CBC.

It was from Peter that I heardthe sad story of the Village Corner,which is noted as being "Too closeto Yorkville and yet too far". Appar-ently the club is about to go under.Owner Jack Devoretsky has taken agreat financial loss for the past twoyears in trying to keep the club go-ing. Unfortunately the club is too closeto the mainstem of the Village in thesense that the competition is toostrong, and yet too far as it is a fewblocks away from the main stream ofthe passing trade. The real shame ofit all is that it is not just any other,coffee house but a training centre fornew talent where they can try out newroutines and express their views. It isprobably the only folk music coffeehouse in Toronto where musicianscan have a stepping stone before join-ing the union. Last year, about 15 folkenthusiasts helped keep the club openon weekends but the financial losseswere so great that it looks like it willneed a miracle to save the club.

The Stitch In Tyme is a fiveman group striving for an original voc-al sound. Grant Fullerton is the smil-

STITCH IN TYME

ing lead guitarist, Bob Murphy the or-ganist and leader, John Yorke plays12 string and rhythm guitar, Pinky ison drums and Don Morris plays bass.The group hails from Nova Scotia andtheir ages range from 19 to 21. WhenI asked them how they would classifytheir music they told me "a little bitof everything". A recording companyheard them on "Music Hop" (CBC-TV)in Halifax and since then they havereleased a record on the Yorkvillelabel (Arc) called "I Got To Get YouInto My Life". The flip is "Dry YourEyes" and was written by Grant.

Michael Sherman played theMousehole last week. Mike's bag ismainly blues///Gordon Lightfoot isnow at the Riverboat and I hope tocatch him for an interview///Did youknow that the Lovin' Spoonful are ona six week holiday for the first timein two years? Zal Yanovsky took timeout to visit his mother in Toronto andpromised me an interview on his nexttime round.

ELEVENTH COMMANDMENTBOWS IN FEB. - CKLNDennis LaRochelle, of CKLN Nelson, predictsthat a local group, the Eleventh Commandment,"could be the biggest thing to happen in inter-national pop music". They have a completelydifferent sound, a blend of rhythm and blues,Indian music and jazz. They haven't playedpublicly as yet but from inside reports, whenthey do break out in February, they'll be a groupto watch. Also from Dennis comes the resultsof the "Battle Of Bands", a two day affair

which drew over two thousand fans. First prizewent to The Vibrants from Courdelaine, Idaho,with second prize going to Edmonton's Grahamand The Wafers. Third prize was picked up byThe Epics from Kimberley B.C. Dennis alsoreminds us to keep an ear out for The Epics'waxing of "Walk In The Rain". We don't haveany label or distrib info on this release. Trail'sChevelle '5' are back on the dance circuit oncemore, after a six month absence and The People,from West Kootenay, are one of the newestgroups showing promise. They'll be setting upa tour of the interior in the near future.

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richhazer

Life on the British music sce-ne is very seasonal these days. Al-most all the top stars are involved inthe British children's favourite sea-sonal past -time "Christmas Panto -mines". This is a very special showin which a star will costume like Cin-derella & Co. (ie: CLIFF RICHARDat the LONDON PALLADIUM) or Al-ladin (GERRY & PACEMAKERS atSouthampton) and sing their hit songsand songs especially written for theproduction. Most of these pantominescontinue until February but some goon until Easter. The shows are allover the country but most are in Lon-don. As a result there are very fewpersonal appearances going on aroundBritain these days.

BRIAN EPSTEIN has announ-ced that his SAVILLE THEATRE inLondon will become an exclusive"pop"artist theatre. In other words, Brianwill not stage anymore new musicalsbut rather will mount "pop" show-cases for the teen set which willchange from time to time. This is thevery first of London's theatre's totake this plunge. Already, Brian ismounting highly successful Sundaynight "pop" shows using the best inNEMS ENTERPRISES talent, otherthan the BEATLES, of course, andsome of the Epstein controlled Ameri-can stars.

Canadian star GREG HAMONseen lunching in London's PLAYBOYCLUB last week///Also seen lunch-ing in that same club AL SLAIGHT

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and TERRY BATE///Rumour reachesthis reporter that former giant in theOttawa music industry ROY CONNER-TY (brother of IAN, DASANDA PRO-DUCTIONS) considering a move toU.K. scene///Miss Canada, 1967,BARBARA KELLY expected in Lon-don any day for promotional work onbehalf of EXPO and Centennial Com-mission///Former Personal Managerto Miss Canada, JUNE DENNIS noweditor of Gift Magazine in Toronto///Former president of that same firm,now with MOXIE WHITNEY AGENCYin Toronto///TOM REYNOLDS recentvisitor to London town. -

"Happy Jack" by THE WHOclimbing fast on U.K. charts/// "Sin-gle Girl" by SANDY POSIE also des-tined for chart success///SUPREMESat number one with TOM JONES (GreenGreen Grass) and JIMMY RUFFIN atnumber two spot///Top London fashionmodel CINDY who also doubles asdisc girl at our GRANADA HOPS, inNew York for Christmas season///Lon-don stage revue has vastly polishedCILLA BLACK's performance.

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Well Christmas and all thehustle and bustle is over and we canget back on the hit making track again.One thing that disturbs me is that con-niving old witch Bebe Gee get-ting Elvira Capreese to go along withher in trying to scuttle my contest. Itmakes me want to tie her long hatin a knot.

Did you know there was a Can-adian National Fan Club for the Mon-kees? Yep there is and you can getmore information from Pat Guthrie atBox 1015, Station "B" in Ottawa. Youknow what? I've been made an honour-ary member.

The Kitchen Cinq are havingkind of a tough battle making it on thecharts with their record of "You'll BeSorry Someday". I guess maybe allthose pauses don't go over too well.

Remember me telling you aboutthat big NYC operator who offered theBeatles $500.000 a show for two bigones at Sheas Stadium? Well it couldbe that he'll get a big fat NO fromBeatles manager Brian Epstein.

Now here's some news straightfrom Hollywood. Keep your eye on TheBuffalo Springfield. They've got a nemsingle on the way called "For WhhtIt's Worth". If you listen to lyrics thenyou'll like this one. They're singingabout the teenage scene and it includesa bit about protesting.

A big WELCOME BACK toToronto to Glenn Walters. He sure hasadded life to the nite time Torontoscene. All we have to do now is get

hi:,1 on earlier. I would prefer "BackTo Life" than what they have on now.

There's a group from Reginaknown as Mel West and The Meteorsand they have just released a gas of a

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record called "Seventh Saint". Iaged to get a photo of the group, andhere they are. Now all you Meteor fanscan let your pens cool down.

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fromKonBelleville. When I saw them, Kim wastrying to beat their big Cadillac todeath with a 2 by 4. Seems the old busdropped its innards on the way home.

You know, if the groups acrossthe nation were really interested ingetting known, they'd really flood thisoffice with photos and news aboutthemselves. The biggest complainersseem to come from British Columbia.I receive a lot of mail from our Pacificprovince and most of them want toknow why there isn't more news andpictures on B.C. groups and artists.I did receive one photo of a groupcalled The Painted Ship. That's all.No story. Nothing. I don't think Bebe'scrystal ball could pickup that message.

Watch out for "His Girl" byThe Guess Who. This group could justhappen internationally again. They'rea groovy group.

The Stampeders just got backa smashing engagement at the

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A -MEN - NUMBER ONEIN SODNorm Blakely notes that "Cotton Candy AndCarnivals" by localites,the A-Men,reached thenumber one spot on the CJIC chart because ithad sold over 1000 copies in just four days ofrelease. Besides this there is an additional500 on the way. The session was produced byCJIC-TV employee John Holt who travelled toToronto with the boys for the session. Thegroup is made up of Ed Schryer on lead, DaveWilson looks after the bass, rhythm is NickScali, Bob Clarke is on drums and Tim Ryan islead vocalist. They've been playing for sometime at the Teen Centre on Fridays and Satur-days and have acquired a pretty fantastic follow-ing. They specialize in soul and rhythm andblues but this first attempt came out a straightcommercial bit. Both sides are original andwere written by the group. It's on the Algomalabel which is handled by Arc. Anyone wishinga copy should write to Algoma Productions,

Case Road, Sault Ste. Marie. Norm also has

news of the apparent success of the newlyopened Sundown Club which features top localbands and dancing to the small hours.

"SILLY SURVEY" CONTESTGIANT SUCCESS - CJIBJim Yount reports from CJIB ternon, that their"Silly Survey" contest grabbed a great deal ofattention from listeners. The CJIB Survey was

sent out, loaded with mistakes, e.g. "Jerry

Lewis and The Playboys". Vernonites who

found the most mistakes won top albums.

NEW STAFF CHANGES ATCKOX WOODSTOCKDoug Hobbs, who looks after the 7 to 9 PM

rock slot at CKOX advises that Ron Fitzpatrickhas moved to the Woodstock station from CFTJin Galt and is looking after the "Supperclub"5 to 7 PM and the sign off show 9 to MN. GordButler has left CKOX for the all night show atCKTB in St. Catharines.

CFFB REVAMPS THEIRHIT PARADEMike lAar.Eadwaa.seads -Hews- that, .the-CFF B

"rill Parade" will now be based on the RPM100 with adjustments to suit Frobisher Bay

tastes. This way it will give them a chance toknow and program the top Canadian discs.

CANADIAN TALENT"LIVE" ON CKRCCKRC's Doc Steen, has news that the stationhas begun a series of live broadcasting of tal-ent from community clubs in the metropolitanarea of Winnipeg. The broadcasts are 30 min-utes in length and are aired on the weekend,Friday and Saturday nights. This station promo-tion will allow many teen bands a chance to beheard by their faithful followers. The stationplans to cover as many of the community clubsas possible. Groups, besides receiving air timefrom the station, will also be financially reim-bursed. Doc also has a tid-bit for Elvira. RonLegge, better known as the "Mad Elmer Fudd",has had a project going for the past monthwhere he and The Action, a local band, spend30 minutes during the noon hour lunch break atlocal high schools, kind of a mid -day sock hop.All proceeds received go to local charities.

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We PICK...

BRING IT UPJames Brown -King -6071-L

I GOT TO GO BACKMcCoys -Bang -538-C

GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFEStitch In Tyme-Yorkville-45001

WHAT WOULD I BEVal Doonican-Press-5008-K

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THE MONKEESMonkees-ColgemsCOM 101 COS 101

S.R.O.Herb Alpert-A&MLP 119 SP 4119

DR. ZHIVAGOSoundtrack -MGM1E-6ST 1SE-6ST

JE M'APPELE BARBRABarbra Streisand-ColumbiaCL 2547 CS 9347

SOUND OF MUSICSoundtrack-Rca VictorLOCD 2005 LSOD 2005

GOT LIVE IF YOU WANT ITRolling Stones -LondonLL 3493 PS 493

7 9 WINCHESTER CATHEDRALNew Vaudeville Bond -FontanaMGF 27560 SRF 67560

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BORN FREERoger Williams -KappKL 1502 KS 3501

GOING PLACESHerb Alpert-A&MLP 112 SP 4112

WHAT NOW MY LOVEHerb Alpert-A&MLP 114 SP 4114

11 11 SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL '66A&MLP 116 SP 4116

12 8 PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY & THYMESimon & Garfunkle-ColumbiaCL 2563 CS 9363

13 15 HUMS OF THE LOVIN' SPOONFULKama SutraKLP 8054 KLPS 8054

14 13 SOMEWHERE MY LOVERoy Coniff Singers -ColumbiaCL 2519 CS 9319

15 14 THE MAMA'S & PAPA'SDunhillD 50010 DS 50010

16 12 SUPREMES A GO-GOMotownM 649 S 649

17 17 THE BEST OF HERMAN'S HERMITS 2MGME 4315 SE 4315

18 19 WHIPPED CREAM AND OTHERHerb Alpert-A&MLP 110 SP 110

19 --- THE BEST OF THE LETTERMENCapitolT 2554 ST 2554

20 22 GUANTANAMERASaPndpipers-A&ML 17

21 18 REVO7LVERBeatles -CapitolT 2576

22 24 96 TEARS? And Mysterians-CameoC 2004 CS 2004

23 23 LOU RAWLS SOULIN'CapitolT 2566 ST 2566

24 21 SPINOUTElvis Presley-Rca VictorL PM 3702 LSP 3702

25 20 GOLDEN GREATS OF GARY LEWISLibertyLRP 3468 LST 7468

SP 4177

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Penelope'sCountry Chart

1 1 WHISTLING ON THE RIVERMercey Bros -Columbia

2 3 THE WEATHERMANGory Buck -Capitol

3 2 CHEW TOBACCO ROADIrwin Prescott -Melbourne

4 4 WHY CAN'T HE BE YOUDiane Leigh -Capitol

5 5 YOUR SPECIAL DAYMyrna Lorrie-Sparton

6 7 TAKE THIS HEART OF MINEOdie Workman -Spar ton

7 6 THREE PLAYS FOR A QUARTERRalph Carlson -Melbourne

8 8 WORKING ON THE COUNTRY ROADBob King -Melbourne

9 10 LOVING DAYJohnny Burke -Columbia

10 9 MUDDY WATERBert Cuff -Arc

CANADA'S ONLY

OFFICIAL 100

SINGLE SURVEY

Compiled from Record Company,

Record Store and Disc Jockey reports.

1 3 32 SNOOPY VS THE RED BARONRoyal Guardsmen -Laurie -3366-M

2 1 1 I'M A BELIEVERMonkees-Colgems-1002-N

3 2 2 MELLOW YELLOWDonovan -Epic -10098-H

4 4 8 MUSTANG SALLYWilson Pickett -Atlantic -2365-M

5 6 13 SUGAR TOWNNancy Sinatra -Reprise -527-J

6 22 29 WORDS OF LOVEMama's & Papa's -Dunhill -4057-N 39

7 5 6 A PLACE IN THE SUNStevie Wonder-Tamla-54139-L

8 8 22 TALK TALKMusic Machine-Reo-8971-M

9 11 24 SINGLE GIRLSandy Posey -MGM -13612-M

10 9 3 THAT'S LIFEFrank Sinatra -Reprise -531-J

11 15 25 CRYRonnie Dove -Apex -77021-J

12 7 14 MAMETijuana Brass-A&M-832-M

13 13 7 I'VE GOT THE FEELINGNeil Diamond -Bang -536-C

14 18 18 I NEED SOMEBODY? And The My sterions-Cameo-441-M 47

15 19 12 I'M THE ONE YOU NEEDMiracles-Tamla-54140-L

16 10 4 STOP STOP STOPHollies-Capitol-72419-F

17 12 5 I'M READY FOR LOVEMartha/Vandellas-Gordy-7056-L

18 14 11 WINCHESTER CATHEDRALNew Vaudeville Bond -Fontana -1562-K 51Dana Rollins -Capitol -72425-F

19 16 10 IT'S ONLY LOVEJames/ Shondel 1 s- Rou lette-4710-C

20 20 15 COMING ON STRONGBrenda Lee-Decca-32018-J

21 24 21 I KNOW I'M LOSING YOUTemptations -Gordy -7057-L

22 35 48 GOOD THINGRevere/Raiders-Columbia-43907-H

23 36 49 EAST WESTHerman's Hermits -Quality -1854-M

24 26 28 WHISPERSJackie Wilson -Brunswick -55300-J

25 25 19 BORN FREERoger Williams -Kapp -767-L

26 27 33 HELP ME GIRLOutsiders -Capitol -5759-FEric Sul-dor-MGM-13636-M

27 28 39 PANDORA'S GOLDEN...JEEBIESAssociation -Valiant -755-J

28 32 42 YO-YOBilly Joe Royal -Columbia -43883-H

29 40 51 I'VE PASSED THIS WAY BEFOREJimmy Ruffin -Soul -35027-L

30 47 60 TELL IT TO THE RAIN4 Seasons -Philips -40412-K

31 37 45 HAPPENINGS TEN YEARS TIMEYardbirds-Capitol-72423-F

32 46 59 TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESSOtis Redding -Volt -141-M

33 48 65 WHERE WILL...WORDS COME FROMGary Lewis -Liberty -55933-K

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34 53 56 GEORGY GIRLSeekers -Capitol -5756-F

35 33 44 THERE'S GOT TO BE A WORDInnocence -Kama Sutra -214-M

36 34 41 WHY PICK ON MEStondells-Sparton-1541-0

37 49 68 NASHVILLE CATSLovin Spoonful -Kama Sutra -219-M

38 51 69 WE AIN'T GOT NOTHING YETBlues Magoos-Mercury-72622-K

44 57 IT'S NOT FUNNY HONEYBobby Curtolo-Tartan-1034-C

40 42 43 SHE COMES TO MEChicago Loop-Dynovoice-226-M

41 41 38 MERCY MR PERCYCaesar Consuls -Columbia -2603-H

42 43 46 I FOOLED YOU THIS TIMEGene Chandler -Checker -1155-1.

43 56 77 STANDING...SHADOW OF LOVEFour Tops -Motown -1102-L

44 35 39 IN A MINUTE OR TWODee Yeomen-Reo-8966-M

45 52 54 GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKYBaja Marimba-A&M-824-M

46 39 34 AND SHE'S MINEGuess Who -Quality -1832-M

57 63 98.6Keith -Mercury -72639-K

48 67 90 KNIGHT IN RUSTY ARMOURPeter & Gordon -Capitol -5808-F

49 70 94 DEADEND STREETKinks-Pye-813-C

50 78 92 COLOUR MY WORLDPetula Clark-WB-5882-J

66 71 BLUE AUTUMNBobby Goldsboro-UA-50087-J

52 62 70 GOODNIGHT MY LOVEHappenings -Barry -3455-M

53 77 88 STAND BY MESpider Turner -MGM -13617-M

54 55 55 GOING NOWHERELos Bravos -Press -60003-K

55 61 76 I THINK OF HERJay bees-Rca-9001-N

56 65 78 MULTITUDE OF SINSEsquires -Columbia -2705-H

57 68 80 I (Who have nothing)Terry Knight -Barry -3448-M

---- ---- TELL IT AS IT IS*Aaron Neville-Parlow-101-G

59 58 53 LET'S RUN AWAYStaccatos -Cap ito1-72395-F

60 59 67 KNOCK ON WOODEddie Floyd-Stax-194-K

61 54 41 I SYMBOLIZE YOULast Words -Columbia -42707-H

62 75 83 IF I CALL YOU BY SOME NAMEThe Paupers -Verve Flkwys-5033-G

63 64 64 YOU CAN BRING ME HEARTACHESLou Rowls-Capitol-5790-F

64 92 ---- IT'S NOW WINTER'S DAYTommy Roe-Sporton-

65 91 ---- HOW DO YOU CATCH A GIRLSam The Shom-MGM-3649-M

66 72 91 LET THE GOOD TIMES INDean Martin -Reprise -538-J

Allied -CArc -DC.M.S. -ECapitol -FCaravan -GColumbia -HCompo -JLondon -KPhonodisc -LQuality -MRco Victor -NSpartan -0

67 69 74 GIRL THAT STOOD BESIDE MEBobby Darin -Atlantic -2367-M

68 86 99 HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAMElectric Prunes -Reprise -532-J

*69 97 ---- WACK WACKYoung Holt -Tr io- Brunswick -55305-J

70 73 73 BABY WHAT I MEANDrifters -Atlantic -2366-M

71 84 96 LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONEPozo Seco Singers -Columbia -43927

72 98 ---- GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOMETom Jones-Porrot-40009-K

73 74 75 COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWNRoy Orbison-MGM-13634-M

74 80 87 KARATEEmperors-Mola-534-M

75 79 98 ARE YOU LONELY FOR MEFreddie Scott -Shout -207-C

76 96 ---- BUT IT'S ALRIGHTJ.J.Jackson-Allied-6347-C

77 81 85 BAD MISUNDERSTANDINGCritters -Kapp -793-L

78 82 86 POOR OLD WORLDPaul Anko-Rca-9032-N

ANOTHER NIGHTDionne Warwick -Scepter -1218-M

80 88 100 I'M GONNA MISS YOUArtistics-Brunswick-55301-JYOU GOT ME HUMMIN'Sam & Dave -Sfax -204-M

MUSIC TO WATCH GIRLS BYAl Hirt-Rca-9060-NPAPA WAS TOOJoe Tex -Dial -4051-K

84 94 ---- JUST ONE SMILEGene Pitney-Musicor-1219-H

85 90 95 ANY OTHER WAYJackie Shane -Sue -776-G

86 89 93 A LITTLE BIT OF OH YEAHMartin Martin-Rca-3407-NHELLO HELLOSopwith Camel -Kama Sutra -217-M

PRETTY BALLERINALeft Banke-Smosh-2074-K

89 93 ---- GREEN PLEASURE MACHINEGerry Pacemakers -Capitol -72439-F

90 95 97 I WANNA BE FREEJean Paul Vignon-MGM-13652-M

91 100 ---- GALLANT MENSenator Dirksen-Capitol-5085-F

92 99 ---- DAYTRIPPERRamsey Lewis -Cadet -13477-LI DIG GIRLSJ.J.Jackson-Allied-6348-CGRIZZLY BEARYoungbloods-Rca-9015-NWISH ME A RAINBOWGunther Kallman Chorus -4 Crnrs-138KIND OF A DRAGBuckinghams-USA-860-M

HANG ON TO ME NOW BABYLynda Layne -Red Leaf -627-G

98 87 84 JUST IN CASEUgly Ducklings -Yorktown -45003-FLEROY YOUR MAMA'S CALLING...Jimmy Castor -Smash -2069-K

I TAKE IT BACKShondels-Columbia-2717-H

DANNY HARRISONPLAYS UPPER CANADAToronto: Coral recording artist, Danny Harrison,has just completed a successful round of Nel-son and Vancouver coffee houses and night-clubs and has been signed by the Bud MattonAgency for appearances in and around Toronto.He is currently appearing in St. Catherines andwill then move on to Barrie. Tentative planshave been arranged for his appearance on theCTV "It's Happening" show, priOr to his tak-ing off to NYC for another Coral recording ses-sion in Feb. His "Water Boy" has been re-leased in Japan.

CUSTOM TAILORED PRODUCTIONPACKAGE AVAILABLE -CJSPWayne McLean, chief announcer at CJSP inLeamington, has a custom tailored productionpackage available for disc jockies who are in-terested. This is a voice over music production,and Wayne will supply the necessaries if yougive him a call at Leamington, Ont. 326171.

POZER BOWSJOHN "A' LABEL

Ottawa: John Pozer, well knownOttawa personality, bows his new label,Sir John A with the release of "You'veGotta Try" and "Hung Up On You" byThee Deuces and Don Norman and TheOther Four with "Low Man" and "Mus-tang Sally". Other groups signed tothe Ottawa company include The FifthDimension and The Eyes Of Dawn.Norman Green, promotion director forthe new firm is of the opinion that

established record companies are notgiving Canadian artists a fair shakeand that with Sir John A product, theyare prepared to distribute on consign-ment in an effort to boost the talentthey have acquired.

RADIO ATLANTIC & LIGHTFOOTSMASHING SUCCESSWee Willie of CFNB Fredericton, New Bruns-wick (Radio Atlantic) reports two full housesfor Gordon Lightfoot's appearance at the Play-house. This was part of a busy schedule thattook Lightfoot on a trip through Canada's Mari-time provinces. So tight was the schedulingthat Gordon apparently had very little time tomeet all the radio and television people he hadhoped to.

CFTO-TV RECEIVESNHK AWARD

Toronto: Baton Broadcasting Ltd. (CFTO-TV)has been awarded an "Honourable Mention"by NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) fortheir two programs "Introduction To The 4th.Dimension" from the META Mathematics series.The programs were the only entry by a NorthAmerican Education or Network television out-let to receive an award. 89 organizations from54 countries participated in the competitionwhich was organized to further World EducationBroadcasting. The teacher in the Award winningprogram was Peter Colgrove. a math teacher atToronto's Forest Hill Collegiate. Bryn Mathewsof CFTO was in charge of producing and direct-ing. The series will be repeated on CFTO onFebruary 10 and 24.

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Arthur. Rick Honey, of CKPR, notes that their"John Lennon Christmas Card" promotion turn-out to be a smashing success. The station ap-parently had John Lennon design a series ofChristmas cards. Listeners were asked to sendin a crazy Christmas card and in return theywould receive a card designed by the wellknown Britisher. It only took two days of pro-motion to get rid of all the cards. Everybody'sfavourite Christmas Santa at CKPR was newlyappointed sports director "Friar Nick", KenNicolson.

TOP TEN JOINS WITH RAYALFOR CENTENNIAL PAGEANTToronto: Sam Romanoff, president ofthe newly formed Top Ten BookingAgency, announces a joint plan by hisagency and Rayal Enterprises of Rich-mond B.C. for a Centennial Pageantwhich will take place at many centresacross the nation and the north west-ern states of the U.S. Eight groupswill be involved in the three hour pre-sentation which will be hosted byCFUN's Tom Peacock. The show willbe headlined "Stars Of '67" and attime of writing two groups from Tor-onto have been selected. These areThe Other Side and Mr. Paul and BluesCouncil. British Columbia areas to becovered include Nanaimo, Victoria,Prince George and Vancouver. Ten-tative plans have apparently been setfor a showing in Seattle, Washington.

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I'm very excited about the Can-ada Bill Record Library Contest. Lastweek Bebe Gee and I sat on the phonefor two hours, and Bebe Gee says shehas figured out the answer. Unfortun-ately the staff and families of RPMare not eligible, but Bebe said weshould help the readers along a bit bysneaking some clues into our columns.Her clue was: Bill Will Tell. I haveone for you but don't tell CB....I toldyou. Here it is: Drum and Bugle.

I'VE LOST most of my us-ual readers by now, so I can get intothe meat of my column. Old BusinessDept: I see by last weeks RPM thatRoy Smith of Compo Records in Mon-treal, tells Old Ed: that he hopes OldEd: is "still plugging Canadian tal-ent". Well I WILL ANSWER!!!!YesRoy, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS!We at RPM feel that we are great pri-' _viledge1 to be operating in Canada andand making our business on Canadians.We are therefore anxious to affordevery opportunity to Canadians to

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A TORONTO RECORD MAN...has d very guilty look on his face,and the industry is waiting for a "guiltreaction". You'll read a descriptionof this reaction in this column. You'llalso see the results. YOU KNOW IKNOW DON'T YOU????

THERE WILL BE many shake-ups in the record business in the nextmonth or two. You'll see a lot of move-ment. Is is possible that record com-panies are looking to a new era of re-cord selling? Is there a "MadisonAvenue Approach" coming to the re-cord business. I am tellingyou there IS.

WHEN I WROTE UP.... The big"SOUND" show in Toronto, there wasa nice little gossipy bit at the endthat was edited. I just wonder if I re-worded the item, I might get it pastOld Ed: Apparently the groups on stagedidn't know that they were up stagedby a performance later in a knownspaghetti house when two of the "fair-er sex" had an argument about WHATthe fairer sex was. Red isn't my fav-ourite colour either. Oleum

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We have a lot of country -likereleases to talk about in this columnso I think I should get right down toit, and give you all the news.

I say country -like because Ireally don't know where to put the newMelbourne release of "Whirlpool" byBambi Lynn. I guess you have to sayit's pop -country. It was written byMontreal's Art Samuels who wrote"Faded Blue Ribbon" and "CrushedRed Rose". That was some time ago,but I'll bet many of you remember therecord. Anyway back to Monti-eal andBambi. The session was cut at StereoSound Studios and George tells me itso happened that Newfoundland's fam-ous trio, Tom, Jim and Garth were intown and they provided the voice back-ground on the record. Well the ses-sion turned out so well that ClaudeSorel has decided to cut it in Frenchto be released on Jupiter.

Speaking of Tom, Jim and Garthwhile in Montreal they cut an old StuPhillips tune "Champlain and St.Lawrence Lines". This is a songabout the first railroad in Canada, theSt. John's to La Prairie Line. LaPrairie is the Expo site. George as-sures me that Tom, Jim and Gartharen't in the race for the Montrealsong.

The Celtic line has been re-duced to $1.98.

Nice to hear from Donn andCindy Reynolds. They've just comeback home after a successful run ofengagements in Ontario's Lakehead.They played the Imperial Holiday Innin Port Arthur and the Blue Swan Innin Fort William. Besides this they ap-peared 6 times on CKPR-TV withGraham andMarian on their "At Home"show as well as "Spectrum 2".

From Hank's House on CKRMin Regina, Hank Secord is holdingdown the midnight to 6 spot with goodcountry music. Hank tells how suc-cessful country artists have been inRegina. The one artist that bombedwas not a Canadian. Well how do youlike that? It certainly puts a feather inthe cap of Canadian country talent.Hank has a lot of words in praise ofCanadian country artists. ThanksCousin Hank. Keep us informed.

I have just got to answer D.D.who wrote me and criticized my friend-liness and rambling style. Well D.D.I really feel that if the new countryfolk are trying to add dignity to coun-try music, they have my support. I canreally hardly picture a chic lady likeMiss Ellie Capreese writing this col-umn (Ed: The plain country folk don'tknow how lucky they are) and talkingup them expose's and jabbering onthat high class plain. I think the sim-ple facts stated in a friendly way arethe best way to get across what ishappening. I always say, "You canlead a horse to water, but you can onlykeep him from drinking for two days".(Ed: I must remember thatil In)

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