Hour One

1.   Big Bob & The Dollars: Gordie How Song (Moe Chapman / Bob Davies) – 1963*
2.   Bobby Curtola: Sandy (T Fell) – 1966*
3.   Bobby Curtola: Hitchhiker (B Curtola) – 1961*
4.   Bobby Curtola: Donna (Ritchie Valens) – 1966*
5.   Bobby Curtola: Makin’ Love (Floyd Robinson) – 1965*
6.   Bobby Curtola: Midnight (Hurdon / Hurdon) – 1964*
7.   Bobby Curtola: Send Me The Pillow That Your Dream On (Hank Locklin) – 1966*
8.   Bobby Curtola: Three Rows Over (Casassa) – 1963*
9.  The Shangri-las: Leader of the Pack (Barry / Greenwich / Morian) - 1964
10. Freddy Cannon: June, July and August (Binnick / Mammarella / Picariello) - 1962
11. Every Mothers’ Son: Come On Down To My Boat (Farrell / Goldstein) – 1967
12. Bobby Darin: Baby Face (Bobby Darin) – 1962
13. Tommy Danton & The Echos: Where Do I Stand With You? (Ray Sonim) 1957*
14. Jackie DeShannon: Needles And Pins (Jack Nitzsche / Sonny Bono) - 1963
15. The Big Town Boys: Hey Girl Go It Alone (Goodin / Collins) – 1966*
16. The Fours Seasons: Stay (Maurice Williams) - 1964
17. Leslie Gore: Young Lover (Paul Anka) – 1963
18. Sam Cooke: Shake (Sam Cooke) - 1964
19. Bob King: The Saga of Gordie Howe (Bob King) – 1965*

CanCon = 58%

Hour Two

1.   Jackson Hawke: Falling In Space (Tim Ryan / Bob Yoemans) – 1977*
2.   Cat Mother & The All Night News Boys: Heebeejeebies
                    (Smith / Prichard / Michaels / Equine / Davidson) – 1972
3.   Bruce Moss: Islander (Bruce Moss) – 1982*
4.   Jesse Winchester: Let The Rough Side Drag (Jesse Winchester) – 1976 *
5.   Fred J Eaglesmith: Don’t You Try To Change My Mind (Fred J Eaglesmith) – 1983*
6.   Steve Goodman: Mind Over Matter – (Steve Goodman) – 1987
7.   Willie P Bennett: Lace And Pretty Flowers (Willie P Bennett) – 1977*
8.   David Bromberg: Bandit In A Bathing Suit (David Bromberg) – 1978
9.   Shawn Phillips: Lookin’ Up Lookin’ Down (Shawn Phillips) – 1970
10. Fearing & White: 8th Wonder of the World (Stephen Fearing / Andy White) – 2014*
11. Roadhouse: Get It On (All Over) (R Murphy) – 1973*
12. Doug Cameron: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (Doug Cameron) – 1985
13. Lonnie Donegan: Cumberland Gap (Trad) – 1957

CanCon = 54%

Total CanCon = 56%

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And Now for The Particulars:

Hour One

1.   Big Bob & The Dollars: Gordie How Song (Moe Chapman / Bob Davies)
45 Single bw You: Globe Records G 400
Verdun QC
Bob Davies: guitar, vocal
Dorothy Dodds on background vocal,
Danny Smith on drums,
Hugh Dixon on guitar
Norm Robertson on bass
Produced – 1963

RIP Gordie Howe: b. March 31, 1928 Floral, SK – d. June 10, 2016 (aged 88) Toledo, Ohio

Bob Davies Born 1937 in Verdun, Quebec, Canada. d. Stouffville ON Nov 29, 2011
Began playing publically in 1953 with The Down Yonder Boys and The Rhythm Jesters around Montreal. Played Toronto’s Brown Derby for four  years as The Bobsmiths.

A regular on The Hometown Jamboree (CFCF, Montreal, Que.).
Wrote the song in 1959, played it in Montreal nightclubs. Recorded it in 1960 for Trans-World Records but it was never released. He fixed it up with neighbour Moe Chapman & re-recorded it for Globe Records in 1963.

Davies recalls of first meeting Howe at the Red Wings’ Montreal hotel early in 1963. “I went up to his room with Moe, a 78 rpm demo, a fold-up record player and a neighbour to take a picture. Gordie was alone answering fan mail. He listened to it, shook my hand and said, ‘Well, if you like the idea, go ahead.’ ”

Montreal radio wouldn't touch the song at first, reluctant to incite Richard fans -- especially with Howe closing fast on the Rocket's NHL-record 544 goals. So Davies sent it up to CHUM radio in Toronto, where overnight deejay Bob Laine played it at 5 a.m. to huge audience reaction. It was aired again two hours later, flooding the station's switchboard, and became an instant hit. Montreal radio soon was playing the record into dust, and it soared on the charts in all six NHL cities. The record didn’t earn him a nickel when its label declared bankruptcy, management vanishing before a single royalty cheque was signed for what finally would be a sale thought to be 200,000 copies.

Davies played the Montreal Forum in October 1964, an opening act for the tour of the Dave Clark Five. He also wrote & recorded songs about Bobby Hull and Frank Mahovlich.

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RIP Bobby Curtola b. April 17, 1943, Port Arthur ON (Thunder Bay) – d. June 4, 2016, Edmonton

In the fall of 1959, sixteen-year-old high school student Bobby Curtola went from pumping gas at his father’s garage in Thunder Bay, Ontario, to the life of a Teen Idol. Who would have known that within a year he would go from playing in his basement band “Bobby and the Bobcats” to recording his first hit single “Hand In Hand With You”. After performing on the Bob Hope Show in 1960, the charismatic Bobby, with his handsome boy next door looks was quickly finding himself within a whirlwind that we now refer to as “Curtolamania.”

The hit “Fortune Teller” was released in 1962 and went Gold in Canada. The now Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame DJ, Red Robinson, was instrumental in Fortune Teller’s success. Seeing its potential internationally, he sent it to Seattle’s KJR and Hawaii’s KPOI radio. A major US record deal was signed and Fortune Teller went on to become a 2.5 million seller internationally! Bobby was invited to tour with Dick Clark and his Cavalcade of Stars. While on tour in England that same year, Bobby met The Beatles and appeared on the famous British TV variety show “Thank Your Lucky Stars.”

In June of 1964, Bobby became the first pop singer to record a jingle that sounded like a “Top 40 Hit Single,” the song was “Things Go Better with Coke.” He signed an exclusive contract with Coca-Cola to be their #1 Spokesman. Bobby, also co-wrote “The Real Thing” which was used for the commercial “Coke’s The Real Thing.”

2.   Bobby Curtola: Sandy (T Fell)
12 Golden Hits: Tartan Records – LPT 107
Thunder Bay, ON
Produced  – 1966
http://bobbycurtola.com/en/

3.   Bobby Curtola: Hitchhiker (B Curtola)
45 Single: Tartan  Records (Tartan 101) 1961
Thunder Bay, ON
Produced – 1961

4.   Bobby Curtola: Donna (Ritchie Valens)
12 Golden Hits: Tartan Records – LPT 107
Thunder Bay, ON
Produced  – 1966

5.   Bobby Curtola: Makin’ Love (Floyd Robinson)
12 Golden Hits: Tartan Records – LPT 107
Thunder Bay, ON
Produced – 1965

6.   Bobby Curtola: Midnight (Hurdon / Hurdon)
12 Tickets To Cloud 9: Tartan Records – LPTA-104
Thunder Bay, ON
Produced – 1964

7.   Bobby Curtola: Send Me The Pillow That Your Dream On (Hank Locklin)
12 Golden Hits: Tartan Records – LPT 107
Thunder Bay, ON
Produced – 1966

8.   Bobby Curtola: Three Rows Over (Casassa)
12 Tickets To Cloud 9: Tartan Records – LPTA-104
Thunder Bay, ON
Produced – 1963

9.   The Shangri-las: Leader of the Pack (Jeff Barry / Ellie Greenwich / George Morton)
45 Single bw What Is Love: Red Bird Records – B-3294X
NYC
Elizabeth "Betty" Weiss
Marguerite "Marge" Ganser
Mary Ann Ganser
Produced by George Morton – 1964

Red Bird Records was a record label founded by American pop music songwriters Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, and George Goldner in 1964.  Red Bird also scored a major hit with Chapel of Love by the Dixie Cups

10. Freddy Cannon: June, July and August (Binnick / Mammarella / Picariello)
45 Single bw Palisades Park: Quality Records (Canada) – 1411X
Tarzana, CA
Freddie Cannon: vocal
Produced –  1962

Was the A Side to Palisades Park, however Palisades was mistakenly played on radio by a Michigan DJ and went to no. 3 on the Billboard chart. Played Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on Jan 25, 1960 on a package tour that included Frankie Avalon

11. Every Mothers’ Son: Come On Down To My Boat (Wes Farrell / Larry Goldstein)
Every Mothers Son: MGM Records - E 4471
New York City
Bruce J Milner, keys
Dennis Larden, lead guitar
Larry Larden, lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Christopher Augustine, drums
Schuyler Larsen, bass
Produced by Wes Farrell - 1967
Recorded by Bruce Staple at Allegro Sound Studios, NYC

On the album cover the song is entitled: Come And Take A Ride In My Boat

12. Bobby Darin: Baby Face (Bobby Darin)
45 Single bw You Know How: Atco Records – 6236
New York City
Produced  – 1962

Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 December 20, 1973)
In 1990, singer Paul Anka made the speech inducting Darin into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

13.   Tommy Danton & The Echos: Where Do I Stand With You? (Ray Sonim)
45 Single bw Oh Yeah: Reo Records – 8174A
Toronto ON
Tommy Danton: vocal
Nick Bassel: bass
Bill Mulhall: sax
Tom Gilboe: drums
Produced – 1957

This song was written by the man who discovered Vera Lynn in London, 1930s. He emigrated to Canada in 1957 and began broadcasting, a year later, over CFRB 1010 with a show called "Calling All Britons." This went on for a few decades. He is acknowledged to have been the first DJ in North America to have played Love Me Do by The Beatles, probably on December 8, 1962, only two months after its release. See The Beatles In Canada by Piers Hemmingsen for more details.

14. Jackie DeShannon: Needles And Pins (Jack Nitzsche / Sonny Bono)
Lonely Girl: Sunset Records SUS 5225
Hazel KY
Produced 1963

(born Sharon Lee Myers, Hazel KY August 21, 1941) Opened for the Beatles North American tour 1964

15. The Big Town Boys: Hey Girl Go It Alone (Goodings / Collins)
45 Single bw The One For Me: Capitol Records – 72327
Toronto ON
John Collins: drums
Tommy Graham (Goodings): guitar, vocal
Brian Jackson: bass
Peter Sterbach: keys
Produced by Tommy Graham – 1966

16. The Four Seasons: Stay (Maurice Williams)
More Golden Hits by the Four Seasons: Vee-Jay Records VJLP 1088
Newark NJ
Frank Valli
Bob Gaudio
Nick Massi
Tommy De Vito
Produced – 1964

Song recorded by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. Written by Williams in 1954 when he was only 15. Performed by The Beatles, recorded by The Hollies 1963, Dave Clark 5 1964, Jan & Dean 1968.

17. Leslie Gore: Young Lover (Paul Anka)
Leslie Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts: Mercury Records MG20849
Tenafly, New Jersey
Orchestra conducted by Claus Ogerman
Produced by Quincy Jones - 1963

born Lesley Sue Goldstein, May 2, 1946  - February 16, 2015
Just 17 yrs old when she recorded this, her second album
Beginning in 2004, Gore hosted the PBS television series In the Life, which focused on LGBT issues. She stated in a 2005 interview that she was a lesbian. At the time of the interview, Gore had been living with her partner for more than 23 years.

18. Sam Cooke: Shake (Sam Cooke)
The Best of Sam Cooke Vol 2: RCA Victor LSP-3373
Clarksdale, MS
Produced by Al Schmitt – 1964

Samuel Cook (January 22, 1931 Clarksdale Miss – d. Los Angeles CA December 11, 1964),
Shot to death at the Hacienda Motel
 

19. Bob King And The Happy Wanderers: The Saga of Gordie Howe (Bob King)
A King In The Country: Banff - RBS-1237
Ottawa ON
Bob King: guitar, vocals
Graham Townsend: fiddle
Doug Trineer: lead guitar
Paul Menard: drums
Larry Douglas: steel
Angus Walker: bass
Produced - 1965

b. Joyceville
at 16 in Ottawa, entered a solo singing competition saw him win first place over another aspiring singer, Paul Anka. Played with Ward Allen who died in August of 65. Replaced by young Graham Townsend

Hour Two

RIP: Tim Ryan, of popular Canadian band Jackson Hawke, died following complications after heart surgery, in Toronto, on June 2. He was 67. A CBS Canada act, Jackson Hawke was co-founded in 1974 by Ryan and Bob Yeomans. The two had originally begun working together as professional musicians in 1963 and had earlier been managed for a short time by Bernie Finkelstein. Ryan and Yeomans, originally from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, had been in an early Canadian garage band, The Amen, with drummer Bucky Berger.

Jackson Hawke's first single, released in 1976, was a double-sided hit, featuring the original "You Can't Dance" and a version of Van Morrison's "Into The Mystic". "You Can't Dance" later became an international hit for England Dan and John Ford Coley. The band's 1977 single, "Set Me Free", peaked at number 54 in Canada, and went to number 11 on the CHUM Chart in Toronto.

1.   Jackson Hawke: Falling In Space (Tim Ryan / Bob Yoemans)
Jackson Hawke: Columbia PES 90417
Sault Ste Marie ON
Tim Ryan, guitar
Bob Yoemans, guitars, keys
Gene Falbo, bass
Gary Hyolt, guitars
Larrie Londin, drums
John Lissauer, piano, flute
Dwayne Ford, organ
Don Lorusso, guitar
Produced by Bob Gallo 1977
Recorded by Rick Capreol & John Naslen
Mixed by Andy Hermant & Hayward Parrott

2.   Cat Mother & The All Night News Boys: Heebeejeebies (Smith / Prichard / Michaels / Equine / Davidson)
Cat Mother: Polydor 2391 019
New York City
Roy Michaels, bass, vocals d. 2008
Michael Equine, drums
Bob Smith, keys
Charlie Prichard, guitar, banjo
Steve Davidson, guitar
Produced by Cat Mother – 1972

Were  house band at New York's Electric Circus 1968. A fav of Hendrix who went on to produce one of their albums (the only time he ever produced someone other than himself).

3.   Bruce Moss: Islander (Bruce Moss)
The Islander: Quay Records – CS-8072
Newfoundland
Bruce Moss: guitar, vocal
Other musicians not listed
Produced by Neil Bishop, Claude Caines & Bruce Moss – 1982

Has since turned  to God and continues writing and singing

4.   Jesse Winchester: Let The Rough Side Drag (Jesse Winchester)
Let The Rough Side Drag: Bearsville Records – BR 6964
Virginia USA / Montreal QC
Jesse Winchester: vocal, guitar, keys, flute
Marty Harris: bass
Chris Castle: drums
Bob Cohen: guitar
Christian St. Roch: drums
Maurice Beauchamp: keys
Ron Dann: pedal steel
Carlisle Miller: sax
Bruce Mukrchison: violin
Ken Pearson: piano
Don Habib: bass
Bob Lucier: steel
Lorel Zimmerman, Sharon Ryan: bg vocal
Paul Butterfield: harmonica
Produced by Jesse Winchester, Marty Harris & Chuck Gray – 1976
Recorded at Studio Six, Montreal by Chuck Gray

Not too sure exactly which of these musicians played on this particular cut

With a personal distaste for the US Government policies on the Vietnam War he moved to Montreal, Quebec in 1967 as a draft dodger. In a little over a month Winchester found himself playing guitar in the band Les Astronauts before going solo as a regular at coffeehouses around Montreal.

During one such foray in Toronto, he was spotted by Robbie Robertson of The Band and was enticed into recording an album that Robertson would produce. His self-titled debut on Ampex Records featured guest performances by David Rea, Al Cherney, Ken Pearson, Bob Boucher, David Lewis, Gary Black, and fellow The Band member Garth Hudson.

After releasing 1972's 'Third Down, 110 To Go' Winchester began getting noticed for his songwriting with hits such as "Isn't That So". He became a Canadian citizen in 1973

1st song he wrote was The Brand New Tennessee Waltz, covered by Patti Page, Joan Baez, Everly Bros, Ralph Stanley, Lyle Lovett etc. Other songs covered by Jimmy Buffett, Emmylou Harris, Claire Lynch, The Judds, Anne Murray, Jennifer Warnes, Elvis Costello, Doug Kershaw, Flying Burrito Brothers, John Denver, Jerry Jeff Walker, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Brenda Lee, Lucinda Williams, Jonathan Edwards, Don Williams, Waylon Jennings, Tom Rush, etc etc etc.

5.   Fred J Eaglesmith: Don’t You Try To Change My Mind (Fred J Eaglesmith)
The Boy That Just Went Wrong: New Woodshed Records NWS-017
Port Dover ON
Fred Eaglesmith: banjo, guitar, vocals
Ralph Schipper: bass, vocals
David Essig: guitar, mandolin, piano, vocals
John Allen: fiddle
Scott Merritt: dulcimer, guitar
Steve Beach: piano
Eric Rooker: harmonica
Produced by David Essig – 1983
Recorded by Steve Beach, Shotgun Studios, Brantford ON October 1983

6.   Steve Goodman: Mind Over Matter – (Steve Goodman)
Unfinished Business: Stony Plain Records – SPL 1111
Chicago ILL
Steve Goodman: guitar, vocal
Other musicians not listed
Produced by Al Bunetta and Dan Einstein – 1987

Steven Benjamin Goodman – b. July 25, 1948 Chicago – d. September 20, 1984 (aged 36) Seattle WA
died of leukemia. In April 1988, some of Goodman's ashes were scattered at Wrigley Field, the home of the Chicago Cubs. This is an album of unreleased material that came out after Steve’s death.
This album won a Grammy Award

7.   Willie P Bennett: Lace And Pretty Flowers (Willie P Bennett)
Hobo’s Taunt  Woodshed Records WS007
Peterborough ON
Willie P Bennett: vocal, guitar, harmonica
Steve Taylor, drums
Ken Whiteley, piano
Michael Gardner: Fender bass
Rick Taylor, high stringed guitar
Produced by David Essig & Willie P Bennett, 1977
Recorded by Dan & Bob Lanois at Grant Avenue Studios, Hamilton

William Patrick "Willie P." Bennett (b. Toronto 26 October 1951 – d. Peterborough ON15 February 2008)

8.   David Bromberg: Bandit In A Bathing Suit (David Bromberg)
Bandit In A Bathing Suit: Fantasy Records – F-9555
Tarrytown NY
David Bromberg: guitar, slide, vocal
Dick Fegy: guitars
Produced by David Bromberg & Hugh McDonald – 1978
Recorded & Mixed by Phil Kaffel at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley CA
Mastered by John Golden at Kendun Recorders, Burbank CA

born September 19, 1945 Philadelphia
Back up guitarist on Mr Bojangles by Kris Kristopherson
Co-wrote The Holdup with George Harrison who played on Bromberg’s first album
Studied guitar with Reverend Gary Davis

9.   Shawn Phillips: Lookin’ Up Lookin’ Down (Shawn Phillips)
Second Contribution: A&M Records – SP 4282
Fort Worth TX
Shawn Phillips: guitar, 12 string guitar, vocals
Various other musicians
Produced by Jonathan Weston – 1970
Recorded by Robin Cable at Trident Studios, London

b. February 3, 1943 (age 73)
1960s worked as a session player on several Donovan albums
Had once been described as "The best kept secret in the music business" by the late rock impresario Bill Graham. Today lives in Port Elizabeth, South Africa

“I'm not that interested in the fame, and popularity, but I would like to have the money that comes with it. I suppose the two have to go hand in hand. My "secrecy", is simply because none of the companies I have ever been affiliated with have cared enough to hire a national PR firm on an annual basis as part of the machine that creates the fame and popularity. Also, if you use a word like xenophobia in a song, or any word that the general public has to look up, they tend to shy away from any semblance of intelligence in popular music.”

10. Fearing & White: 8th Wonder of the World (Stephen Fearing / Andy White)
Tea & Confidences: LP Version - limited edition of 3 copies in the whole wide world
Halifax NS / Melbourne, Aust
Stephen Fearing: vocals, guitars
Andy White: vocals, guitars, bass, mandolin
Gary Craig: drums
Produced by Fearing & White - 2014
Recorded by Scott Merritt at The Cottage, Guelph ON
Mixed and Mastered by John Whynot at The Palm Door, Los Angeles
Vinyl manufactured at DAS Record Automat152 Johnston St., Fitzroy, Australia
http://www.fearingandwhite.com

This album was never released on vinyl. Only 3 copies were ever made: one for Stephen, one for Andy and one for me. It only contains 8 tracks from the CD and wasn’t actually mastered for vinyl.
 

11. Roadhouse: Get It On (All Over) (R Murphy)
Roadhouse: Double M Records DMR 1002
Wallaceburg ON
Ralph Murphy: vocal
Elliot Randall: lead guitar
Jimmy Young: drums
Tony Levin: bass
Produced by Ralph Murphy 1973

Ralph Murphy b. in 1944 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England
Raised in Wallaceburg ON
Produced two albums for April Wine
Currently lives in Nashville TN

12. Doug Cameron: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (Doug Cameron)
45 Single bw Mona With The Children: True North Records – TN 4 201
Midland ON
Doug Cameron: guitar, vocal
Produced by Jack Lenz – 1985

b. 1955
In the late 70s and early 80s Douglas played in The CeeDees and The Maja Bannerman Band, part of the nascent ‘New Wave’ scene in Toronto.
lives in Toronto and when not performing for children, plays regularly with Toronto Celtic group Joyce’s Folly, country/blues/jazz combo The Louisiana Snowblowers, and blues-R n’B band Three-Chord Johnny.

13. Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group: Cumberland Gap (Trad) - 1957
The File Series: Pye Records – FILD 011
Glasgow SL
Produced – 1977
Song originally recorded – 1957 Pye Nixa – N.15087

Anthony James Donegan MBE (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002)
 

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