Hour One

1.   Freddy Cannon: Action (Boyce / Venet) – 1965
2.   Kyu Sakamoto: Sukiyaka (Ei-Nakamura) – 1963
3.   The Standells: Dirty Water (Ed Cobb) – 1966
4.   The Searchers: Sweets For My Sweet (Doc Pomus / Schuman) – 1963
5.   Bobby Darin: Golden Earings (Livingston / Evens / Young) – 1964
6.   Fontella Bass: Rescue Me (C Smith / B Miner - Fontella Bass) – 1965
7.   The Cycle: Gimme Some Time (Hambleton / Clinch) – 1971*
8.   The Outsiders: Lost In My World (Tom King / Chet Kelley) – 1966
9.   The Electric Prunes: Get Me To The World On Time (Tucker / Jones) – 1966
10. Mars Bonfire: Faster than The Speed of Life (Dennis Edmonton) – 1969*
11. The Byrds: I Knew I’d Want Her (Gene Clark) – 1965
12. BTB-4 (The Big Town Boys): Tell Me (T Graham / Collins) – 1967*
13. The Zombies: Tell Her No (Rod Argent) – 1964
14. Madrigal: Freedom (Peter Boynton) – 1971*
15. The Paupers: Copper Penny (Adam Mitchell / Skip Prokop) – 1966*
16. George Throrogood & The Destroyers: Goodbye Baby (Elmore James) – 1980
17. Teegarden & Vanwinkle: God, Love and Rock & Roll (Skip Knape / David Teegarden) – 1970

*CanCon = 29%

Hour Two

1.   Baron Stanley of Preson: Talk At Toronto’s Industrial Ex – 1888*
2.   The Canadian Headliners: Cab Driver (C. Carson Parks) – 1970*
3.   Paul Mills: This Land (Paul Mills) – 1970*
4.   Don Cochrane: Don’t Count Me Out (Don Cochrane / Doug Ballard) – 1979*
5.   Gordon Lightfoot: Steel Rail Blues (G Lightfoot) – 1969*
6.   Wally Babenek & Orchestra: Drunken Husband Polka (Wally Babenek) – circa 1966*
7.   M.J. Garriott & The Tyrolean Mountain Boys: Kimberley Yodel (MJ Garriott) – 197?*
8.   The Chalets: Von Den Blauen Bergen (Heinz Woezel) – 1968*
9.   Cutting & Henderson: The Little Cowpoke (Ron Henderson) – 1984*
10. John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers: Look In The Mirror (John Mayall) – 1969
11. Chris Houston & The Evelyn Dicks: Einstein’s Brain (Chris Houston) – 2006*
12. Cream: Anyone For Tennis (Savage Seven Theme) (Eric Clapton / Sharp) – 1968
13. Kishore Kumar: Yeh Dosti (Sad) (R.D. Burman / Anand Bakshi) – 1975
14. The Grateful Dead: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo (Hunter / Garcia) – 1973
15. Louis Armstrong: Cold, Cold Heart (Hank Williams) – 1951
16. Davey Gibbs & His Country Hoppers!: Old Vienna Special (Garry Watt) – 1962*

*CanCon = 69%

Total CanCon = 49%

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And Now for The Particulars:

Hour One

1.   Freddy Cannon: Action (Boyce / Venet)
45 single: bw Beachwood City: Warner Brothers – 5645
Tarzana, CA
Freddy Cannon: vocal
Glen Campbell: guitar
Leon Russell: piano
James Burton: guitar
David Gates: bass
Others unknown
Produced by Dick Glasser – 1965

Frederick Anthony Picariello Jr. (born December 4, 1936 Revere Mass)
Theme song of  Dick Clark's TV show Where the Action Is
made his recording debut as a singer in 1958, caught up in the rock n roll fever of the time. His third record,  "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans", became a huge hit. In 1962 he had a huge hit with Palisades Park. He’s still out there performing.

2.   Kyu Sakamoto: Sukiyaka (Rokusuke Ei / Hachidai Nakamura)
45 single bw Anoko Nu Namaewa Nantenkana: Capitol Records – 4945
Kawasaki, Japan
Kyu Sakamoto: vocal
Produced in Japan as Ue o muite aruk? – 1961
Produced in the U.S.A. by Dave Dexter, Jr – 1963
Recorded in Japan

Born Hisashi Oshima – b Kawasaki Japan, 10 December 1941 – d. Gunma Japan, 12 August 1985 – age 43
Sukiyaki was originally called Ue wo Muite Aruk? ("I Look Up As I Walk") in Japan, but the Capitol Records thought that no one in the USA would be able to pronounce that so they called it Sukiyaki, which means thin slices of cooked beef, which has nothing to do with the lyrics of the song. It sold over 13 million records world wide. Sakamoto was the first Asian artist to make the international pop music charts. He was one of the 520 people who died in the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123.

3.   The Standells: Dirty Water (Ed Cobb)
45 single bw Rari: Sparton RecordsP 1453
Los Angeles CA
Tony Valentino: guitar
Larry Tamblyn: vocal, keys
Gary Lane: bass
Dick Dodd: drums
Produced by Ed Cobb – 1966

Originally released on Tower Records 185 in the US
Tower Records producer Ed Cobb wrote the song after a visit to Boston, during which he was robbed on a bridge over the Charles River.

The bands name was created by Larry Tamblyn, derived from standing around booking agents' offices trying to get work. They were extremely popular between 1964-67.

4.   The Searchers: Sweets For My Sweet (Doc Pomus / Schuman) – 1963
The Searchers Vol. 2: The Pye History of British Pop Music: Pye Records – 508
Liverpool UK
Frank Allen: bass, lead vocals
John McNally: guitar, vocals
Mike Pender: lead vocals, guitar
Chris Curtis: drums, lead vocals
Produced by Tony Hatch – 1963
Compilation produced by Tony Hatch – 1975

First release by The Searchers, the song went to number 1 – the first time a British act accomplished that on their first record. It was originally recorded by The Drifters in 1961.

5.   Bobby Darin: Golden Earings (Jay Livingston / Ray Evans / Victor Young )
45 single bw Milord: Atco Records – 6297
New York City
Bobby Darin, vocals
Orchestra conducted by Bobby Scott
Produced by Ahmet Ertegun & Nesuhi Ertegun – 1964
Recorded by Tom Dowd at Atlantic Studio, New York City February 1-2, 1960

6.   Fontella Bass: Rescue Me (C Smith / B Miner)
45 single bw Sould Of The Man: Checker Records – CH 1120
St Louis MO
Fontella Bass: vocal
Minnie Riperton: bg vocal
Maurice White: drums
Louis Satterfield: bass
Pete Cosey and Gerald Sims: guitar
Leonard Caston on piano,
Sonny Thompson on organ
Charles Stepney on vibes
Produced by Billy Davis  – 1965
Recorded at Chess Studios, Chicago

Fontella Bass (b. St Louis MO July 3, 1940 – d. St Louis MO December 26, 2012)
Her first hit, a duet with singer Bobby McClure in 1965, their recording of "Don't Mess Up a Good Thing".  In 1979 the song was covered by Ry Cooder with Chaka Khan on Cooder's album Bop 'Til You Drop. Although Bass was acknowledged by Producer Billy Davis as a co-writer of the song, she was never credited.

Said Fontella: "I had the first million seller for Chess since Chuck Berry about 10 years before. Things were riding high for them, but when it came time to collect my first royalty check, I looked at it, saw how little it was, tore it up and threw it back across the desk."

7.   The Cycle: Gimme Some Time (Hambleton / Clinch)
45 single bw Sitting Where The Flowers Grow: Tamarac Records – TTM 643
Toronto ON
Paul Craig [aka Clinch] (guitar, vocals)
Kevin Barry (drums, vocals)
Peter Goodale (organ, vocals)
Joey Rome [aka Dinardo] (bass, vocals)
Stan Theriault (lead guitar, vocals)
Produced by Paul Clinch  – 1971

The Cycle evolved out of mid-60s act The Magic Cycle who had run their course following the failure of the single "Groovy Things" on the indie Fingerprints label

8.   The Outsiders: Lost In My World (Tom King / Chet Kelley)
45 single bw Respectable: Capitol Records – 5701
Cleveland OH
Tom King, guitarist, vocals
Sonny Geraci, lead vocals
Mert Madsen, bass, harmonica
Al Austin - lead guitar
Ronnie Harkai, drums
Mike Geraci - baritone saxophone
Tommy Baker - horns and strings arrangements
John Madrid - Scream Trumpet
Hank Geer-Saxophone
Produced by Tom King - 1966

9.   The Electric Prunes: Get Me To The World On Time (Annette Tucker / Jill Jones)
45 single bw Are You Lovin’ Me More: Reprise Records – 0564
Los Angeles CA
James Lowe - vocals, rhythm guitar, autoharp, tambourine
Mark Tulin - bass guitar, piano, organ
Ken Williams - lead guitar
James Spagnola - vocals, rhythm guitar
Preston Ritter - drums, percussion
Produced by Dave Hassinger – 1967
Recorded at American Recording Company, Power House – 1966

The opening to the track is actually Producer Dave Hassinger groaning through a mike, into the tremolo of a Fender amp. They went on to record 2 albums of psychedelic rock and basically broke up in 1968. However, Hassinger put out two more albums under the Prunes name: Mass in E Minor and Release of an Oath (Kol Nidre) using studio musicians.

10. Mars Bonfire: Faster than The Speed of Life (Dennis Edmonton)
45 single bw She: Columbia Records – 4-44772
Oshawa ON
Produced by Ted Glasser – 1969

Born Dennis Eugene McCrohan, he and his brother Jerry changed their surnames to Edmonton in the early 1960s. The brothers were part of a band calledThe Sparrows which later evolved into Steppenwolf. Another member of The Sparrows was Bruce Palmer, who later became a member of Buffalo Springfield.

Writer of the hit Born To Be Wild for Steppenwolf. Later he often collaborated with Kim Fowley.  Mars Bonfire’s music has been covered by Alice Cooper, Wilson Pickett, Etta James, The Cult, Crowded House, INXS, U2, Bruce Springsteen

11. The Byrds: I Knew I’d Want Her (Gene Clark)
45 single bw Mr. Tambourine Man: Columbia Records – 4-43271
Los Angeles CA
Jim (Roger) McGuinn, guitar, vocals
Chris Hillman, bass
David Crosby, guitar vocals
Michael Clarke, drums
Gene Clark: tambourine, vocals
Produced by Terry Melcher – 1965
Recorded at Columbia Studios, Hollywood CA

Terry Melcher was born Terrence P. Jorden in New York City to trombonist Al Jorden and his wife, Doris Day. Got his surname from Day’s 3rd husband, Martin Melcher.

Melcher joined up with Bruce Johnson (who would later join the Beachboys) and formed the duo Bruce & Terry before forming The Ripcords who recorded a hit Hey, Little Cobra. Soon after he became a house producer for Columbia Records in Los Angeles. His first production was Mr Tambourine Man by The Byrds. He had doubts about the band’s ability to play well enough to record so he used The Wrecking Crew on Tambourine Man but allowed them to play their instruments on the B side, Gene Clark’s I Knew I’d Want Her.
 

 

12. BTB-4 (The Big Town Boys): Tell Me (T Graham / Collins)
45 single bw Jack Rabbit: Yorkville Records – YV45010
Toronto ON
Tommy Graham: guitar, vocals
John Collins: drums
Tommy Goodings:
Brian Jackson:
Peter Sterbach: keys
Produced by Tommy Graham – 1967

13. The Zombies: Tell Her No (Rod Argent)
45 single bw Leave Me Be: Parrot Records – PAR 9723
St. Albans, UK
Colin Blunstone - lead vocals
Rod Argent - organ, vocals
Paul Atkinson - guitar, vocals
Chris White - bass, vocals
Hugh Grundy - drums
Produced by Ken Jones – 1964

The band, formed in 1962 and lasted till 1967. Rod Argent formed the band called Argent in 1969

14. Madrigal: Freedom (Peter Boynton)
45 single bw Hallelujah: Tuesday Records – GH 111X
North York, Ontario
John Swainson (guitar, bass, vocals)
Rick Henderson (guitar, vocals)
Peter Boynton (piano, organ, bass, keys, vocals)
Don Simpson (drums, vocals)
Produced by Greg Hambleton – 1971

15. The Paupers: Copper Penny (Adam Mitchell / Skip Prokop)
45 single bw If I Call You By Some Name: Verve Folkways – KF 5033
Toronto ON
Adam Mitchell, guitar, vocals
Skip Prokop, drums, vocals
Dennis Gerrard, bass
Chuck Beal, guitar
Produced by Rick Shorter – 1966

The Band Copperpenny changed their name from Penny Farthing in 1966 because they liked this song.

16. George Throrogood & The Destroyers: Goodbye Baby (Elmore James)
45 single bw Bottom Of The Sea: Attic Records – AT 235
Wilmington, Delaware
George Thorogood – lead vocals and lead guitar
Jeff Simon – drums, percussion
Billy Blough – bass guitar
Hank "Hurricane" Carter – saxophone
Produced by George Thorogood, Ken Irwin and John Nagy – 1980

George Thorogood (born February 24, 1950)
Influenced by early blues musicians, like Robert Johnson & Elmore James. Worked as a roadie for Hound Dog Taylor in the early 70s. Formed the Delaware Destroyers and recorded their first album in 1976. Had their first mainstream exposure as a support act for The Rolling Stones during their 1981 U.S. tour

17. Teegarden & Vanwinkle: God, Love and Rock & Roll (Skip Knape / David Teegarden)
45 single bw Work Me Tomorrow: Westbouind Records – W 170
Tulsa OK
Skip Knape: keys, vocals
David Teegarden: drums, vocals
Other players not mentioned
Produced by J Cassily – 1970

Used to play a lot at Toronto’s Rockpile as a keyboard & drums duo. Recorded albums between 1968-73 before joining the Bob Seager band.

Hour Two

1.   Baron Stanley of Preson: Talk At Toronto’s Industrial Ex – 1888
100 Years of Recorded Sound: Canadian Recording Industry Association – C 100
Toronto ON
Produced by Eleanor Sniderman & Edward Moogk - 1977

Eleanor Sniderman (nee Koldofsky), wife of Canadian music pioneer, Sam (The Record Man) Sniderman, was born in Toronto 1920. She founded the Sound Recording Archives at the University of Toronto in 1963. She collected various old recordings, mostly from cylander disks and Berliner type records. She was also one of the first female record producers in Canada, having worked with Canadian Brass and Liona Boyd. She still lives in Toronto.

2.   The Canadian Headliners: Cab Driver (C. Carson Parks)
The Canadian Headliners: Counterpoint Sound Corporation – ACS 100LP
Brantford ON
Sonn Sinclair: guitar
Dale Page: drums
Peter Arthur: bass
Produced by Gerry Risser – 1970

3.   Paul Mills: This Land (Paul Mills)
EP: CBC – STEREO-001
Toronto ON
Paul Mills: guitar
Produced by CBC Television – 1970

I emailed Paul Mills (aka Curly Boy Stubbs) who worked, mostly in radio production, for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for a quarter of a century. (He was also a founder of Borealis Records label). I picked an EP recently at Value Village in Kingston ON and wanted to know a few things about it:

Hi Steve...

Yes that was indeed me.  It was the theme song for the CBC television series
`This Land`` which I wrote.  As I recall, the recording included just me on
guitars with Mary (Chapman) on vocals.  Mary ended up being the co-host of the
program.  The recording also included a couple of instrumental versions of
the song one of which featured Brent Titcombe on harmonica.

I think it would have been recorded around 1966/67.

Where did you find it?

Paul

The Answer:

Ahh, knew it had to be you!

I found it at a Value Village in Kingston yesterday. Cost me $1. I listened
to Mary's side but not the instrumentals yet. So it was recorded that early?
Wow!

Steve

And here's the follow up I received today from Paul:

Hi Steve...

Upon further thought and research, I think the recording was actually done
in 1970 or 71.  I was off by a couple of years.

By the way, I saw a listing for that record on line and they were asking
$40.  Yikes!

Paul

4.   Don Cochrane: Don’t Count Me Out (Don Cochrane / Doug Ballard)
45 single bw Water To Wine: Canuck Records C76-6
Kingston ON
Produced by Dave Todd 1979

5.   Gordon Lightfoot: Steel Rail Blues (G Lightfoot)
Movin' – CN Freight Soundtrack: CN PRG 5000
Toronto ON
Gordon Lightfoot - Guitar, Piano, Vocals
David Rea
Bill Lee - Bass
Originally released on Lightfoot’s first album Lightfoot! – 1966
Produced by John Court – 1964
EP Produced by Canadian National Railways for the film Movin' – 1969

6.   Wally Bebenek & Orch: Drunken Husband Polka (Wally Babenek)
Ukrainian Dance Party: International Artists IA 3021
Toronto ON
Wally Bebenek: accordion
Mitch Nizinski: trumpet
Henry Krul: trumpet
Nick Lelyk: tenor sax, vocal
Ray Koss: clarinet
Hans Krause: piano
Wally Wyshniowsky: bass
John Rorhal: drums
Produced circa 1966

Bebenek died March 2011 Toronto

7.   M.J. Garriott & The Tyrolean Mountain Boys: Kimberley Yodel (MJ Garriott)
45 single bw Willkommen Zu Kimberley: Kimberley Records – no serial
White Rock BC
M.J. Garriott: vocals
Karl Mettel: accordion, vocal
Max Kunkel: bass, clarinet
Adi Unterberger: guitar, yodelling
Sebastian Fichtl: zither
Produced by M.M. Garriott – no date
Recorded at Pinewood Studios

8.   The Chalets: Von Den Blauen Bergen (German Cowboy Song) (Heinz Woezel) *
Dieter And Gunter: Polydor CDP 5006
Montreal QC
Dieter Kohlrusch
Gunter Franke
Produced – 1968

Came to Canada from Germany in 1963. Performed at German pav at Montreal’s ‘Man And His World’ Expo 67.

9.   Meredith Cutting & Ron Henderson: The Little Cowpoke (Ron Henderson)
Singing Policemen: Red Sun Records RS 3
Toronto ON
Meredith Cutting: guitar, vocals
Ron Henderson: guitar, vocals, mandolin, synths
Marty Morin: drums
Jim Pecchia, bass
Robert Steele, keys
Brian Ainsworth, Rosanne Baker, Eric Petty: bg vocals
Produced by Brian Ainsworth 1984
Recorded by Peter Willis at Wexford Studios, Toronto

Originally called The Copper Tones - 54 Division
 

10. John Mayall’s Blues Breakers: Look In The Mirror (John Mayall)
Bare Wires: London Records PS 537
London UK
John Mayall: harmonica, keys, guitars
Chris Mercer: saxes
Dick Heckstall-Smith: saxes
Jon Hiseman: drums
Henry Lowther: cornet, violin
Mick Taylor: guitar
Tony Reeves: string bass, bass
Produced by Mike Vernon & John Mayall 1968
Recorded by Derek Varnals at Decca West Hampstead Studios, London

11. Chris Houston & The Evelyn Dicks: Einsteins Brain (Chris Houston)
45 Single bw Desadist Au GoGo’s ‘Shit For Brains’: Schizo Phrenic Records SCHIZ #71
Hamilton ON
Chris Houston: vocals, bass
Mickey Dasadist: guitar, vocals
Lori Yates: vocals
Buckshot Bebe: vocals
Cleave Anderson: drums
Michael Fonfara: keys
Produced by Houston Standard Publishing – 2013
Recorded by Ryan Cannon – 2006
Mixed by Paul Reimans at Grant Avenue Studio, Hamilton

12. Cream: Anyone For Tennis (Savage Seven Theme) (Eric Clapton / Martin Sharp)
45 single bw Pressed Rat & Warthog: Polydor Records – 541 009
London UK
Eric Clapton - Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, slide guitar
Jack Bruce - Bass guitar, recorder
Ginger Baker - bongos, percussion
Felix Pappalardi - Viola
Produced by Felix Pappalardi –1968

This song was written for and featured in the 1968 movie “The Savage Seven”
Also featured in the film was "Traffic Jam" performed by Johnny and the Hurricanes

13. Kishore Kumar: Yeh Dosti (Sad) (R.D. Burman / Anand Bakshi)
Sholay Soundtrack: Polydor 2392070
India
Kishore Kumar: vocals
Produced by G.P. Sippy 1975
Recorded at Rajkamal Studios, Bombay by Mangesh Desai

Kishore Kumar (4 August 1929 13 October 1987)
On the cover it indicates the Recommended Retail in India is Rs 50 (inclusive of all taxes)

14. The Grateful Dead: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo (Hunter / Garcia)
Wake of the Flood: Grateful Dead Records – GD-01
San Francisco CA
Jerry Garcia – guitar, pedal steel guitar, vocals,
Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
Keith Godchaux – keyboards, vocals,
Phil Lesh – bass guitar,
Bill Kreutzmann – drums,
Bob Weir – guitar, vocals,
Vassar Clements – violin
Produced by The Grateful Dead – 1973
Recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles – August 1973 by Dan Healy and Tom Flye
Mixed at Lacquer Channel in Sausalito,

1st Dead album in 3 yrs (since American Beauty) & 1st after the death of Ron "Pigpen" McKernan

15. Louis Armstrong: Cold, Cold Heart (Hank Williams)
45 single bw Because Of You: Decca Records – 9-27816
New Orleans LA
Louis Armstrong: trumpet, vocal
Sy Oliver: Orchestra leader
Produced  – 1951

(August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971, NYC)

Originally recorded by Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys in 1950, the song crossed cultural and racial divides and was covered by dozens of artists. Tony Bennett had to be conviced into recording it and it became a huge hit for him. It was also covered by Perry Como, Dinah Washington among others.

16. Davey Gibbs & His Country Hoppers!: Old Vienna Special (Garry Watt)
The Country Kid: RCA Camden – CAL-704
Kingston ON
Davey Gibbs: guitar
Garry “Gizz” Watt: fiddle
Fred Ryan: steel
Paul Gurry: acoustic guitar
Larry Protheroe: bass
Smokey: faithful canine mascot
Produced by Marcel LeBlanc – 1962
Recorded by Harry Bragg

Band originated in 1948 as ‘Riders of the Southern Trails’
Were on Kingston radio and TV for many years.
Garry ‘Gizz’ Watt went on to have his own career
Old Vienna was a popular beer brewed by the O’Keefe Brewery in Ontario

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