Side A

1.   Al Caiola Orchestra: The Magnificent Seven – 1961
2.   Thin Lizzy: The Boys Are Back In Town – 1976
3.   Lovin’ Spoonful: Let The Boy Rock And Roll – 1966
4.   The Who: I’m A Boy – 1966
5.   Harry Hibbs: Minstrel Boy – 1980  *
6.   James O’Neill: Ireland Boys, Hurrah! – circa 1957
7.   Stew Clayton: Life of a Poor Boy – 1987 *
8.   William Tagoona: A Boy Named Rack – 1981 *
9.   Earl Bostic: Flamingo – 1951
10. Millie Small: My Boy Lollipop – 1964
11. The Shirelles: Boys – 1960
12. The Swans: The Boy With The Beatle Haircut – 1963
13. The Beatles: This Boy – 1964
14. McHarg’s Metro Stompers w Lonnie Johnson: China Boy – 1965 *
15. Fred J Eaglesmith: The Boy That Just Went Wrong – 1983 *
16. The Cure: Boys Don’t Cry – 1980
17. Kay Turner: Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy – circa 1967 *
18. Ego: Storir strakar fa raflost – 1982
19. Figgy Duff: Lake St. John Reel / The Blackthorn Stick – 1983 *
20. Tom Cochrane & Red Rider: Boy Inside The Man – 1986 *
21. Frank Zappa: Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance – 1961
22. Roger Miller: Atta Boy, Girl – 1965

Side B

1.   Buffy St. Marie: Maple Sugar Boy – 1965 *
2.   Buffy St. Marie: Winter Boy – 1966 *
3.   The Seaway Singers: The Sunburned Boy – 1967 *
4.   Nat King Cole: Nature Boy – 1947
5.   George Thorogood & Destroyers: Homesick Boy – 1978
6.   Saints and Sinners: Someday (You’ll Be Sorry) – 1967 *
7.   Jim Doherty: When The Shanty Boy Comes Down – 1961 *
8.   Tex Konig: The Minstrel Boy – 1984 *
9.   Woody Guthrie: Pretty Boy Floyd – 1940
10. Bob King & Country Kings: The All Canadian Boy – 1958 *
11. Victor Holubowich & The Royal-Lites: Harvest Polka – 1970 *
12. Dick Nolan: Newfie Boy – 1972 *
13. We Free Kings: Death of the Wild Colonial Boy – 1986
14. Louise Lambert: Delivery Boy – 1979 *
15. Johnny Merenick & His String Jesters: Old Boy Polka – circa 1970 *
16. The Viletones: Danger Boy – 1977 *
17. Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Southern Boy – 1977 *
18. Muddy Waters: Mannish Boy – 1955
19. Steve Munro: Weenie Boy – 1990 *
20. The Barbarians: Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl – 1965
21. Lorne Lofsky & Ed Bickert: Bean And The Boys – 1985 *
22. The Beatles: Bad Boy – 1965

CanCon = 52%

Side A

1.   Al Caiola Orchestra: The Magnificent Seven
(Elma Bernstein)
45 single bw The Lonely Rebel: United Artists UA 261X
Jersey City, NJ
Al Caiola: guitar
Others not listed
Produced by John Costa, 1961

Alexander Emil Caiola b. Sept 7, 1920, Jersey City, NJ / d. Nov 9, 2016 (96) Allendale, NJ

He has been both a studio musician and stage performer. He has recorded over fifty albums and has worked with some of the biggest stars of the 20th century, including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Percy Faith, Buddy Holly, Petula Clark, Mitch Miller, and Tony Bennett.

2.   Thin Lizzy: The Boys Are Back In Town
(Phil Lynott)
Jailbreak:  Mercury Records SRM-1-1081
Dublin Ireland
Phil Lynott: Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Brian Robertson: Lead Guitar, Guitar
Brian Downey: Drums, Percussion
Scott Gorham: Lead Guitar, Guitar
Produced by John Alcock, 1976
Recorded At – Ramport Studios
Mixed At – Ramport Studios
Mastered at The Master Room

3.   The Lovin’ Spoonful:  Let The Boy Rock And Roll
(John Sebastian / Joe Butler)
Daydream: Kama Sutra Records KLP 8051 mono
NYC
Joe Butler: drums
Zal Yanovsky: lead guitar
John Sebastian: guitar
Steve Boone: bass, piano
Produced by Erik Jacobsen, 1966
Recorded by Val Valentin

Zalman Yanovsky b. December 19, 1944 / d. December 13, 2002
Joe Butler born September 16, 1941 in Long Island, New York.
John Benson Sebastian b. March 17, 1944 New York City
Steve Boone b. September 23, 1943 Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

John Sebastian formed the Spoonful in late 1964 with Toronto born guitarist Zal Yanovsky after playing in a  bohemian folk group called The Mugwumps who mostly playing local coffee houses and small clubs. Two other members of The Mugwumps were Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty who later formed half of the Mamas & the Papas. The formation of the Lovin' Spoonful during this period was later described in the lyrics of the Mamas & the Papas' name dropping hit, "Creeque Alley".  Starting in 1965, the Lovin’ Spoonful produced a slew of hit songs including “Do You Believe in Magic”, “Daydream”, "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice," and their biggest hit "Summer in the City". By 1966 they were listed up there with The Beatles, The Byrds and The Stones. The band was inducted into the  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.

4.   The Who: I’m A Boy
(Pete Townsend)
45 Single: Decca Records 32058
London UK
Pete Townsend: guitar, vocals
Roger Daltry: vocals
John Entwistle: bass, french horn
Keith Moon: drums
Produced by Kit Lambert 1966
Recorded at IBC Studios in London, UK 31 July - 1 August 1966

The song was originally intended to be a part of a rock opera called 'Quads' which was to be set in the future where parents can choose the sex of their children. The idea was later scrapped, but this song survived and was later released as a single. The song is about a family who "order" four girls, but a mistake is made and three girls and one boy are delivered instead.

5.   Harry Hibbs: Minstrel Boy
(Trad)
45 Single: Tapestry Records – T 801
Bell Island, NL
Harry Hibbs: accordion
Reg Benoit: guitar
Paul Emms: steel
Roddy Lee: drums
Don Paveling: bass
Produced by Marty Hibbs, 1980

6.   James O’Neill: Ireland Boys, Hurrah!
(Timothy Daniel Sullivan)
Ireland Boys Hurrah! and other Irish Ballads: Copley - DWL 7-400
Ireland
John O'Neill's Orchestra
Producer not listed - circa 1957

Timothy Daniel Sullivan (29 May 1827 – 31 March 1914) was an Irish nationalist, journalist, politician and poet who wrote the Irish national hymn "God Save Ireland", in 1867. He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1886 to 1888 and a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1880 to 1900.

Written by nationalist politician and journalist Timothy Daniel Sullivan, the song is also known under the title “Dear Old Ireland”. It was first published in 1861 in Sullivan's collection “Songs of the Backwoods”, its nostalgic lyrics are about Irish emigrants living in Canada. This was an imagined setting, however, as Sullivan himself never set foot in Canada.

It’s also interesting to note that Canadian folk band, The Irish Rovers, recorded the song and changed the first line: “Deep in Canadian Woods we've met from one bright island flown”, replacing Canadian woods with Pennsylvanian woods

7.   Stew Clayton: Life of a Poor Boy
(Stew Clayton)
The Farmer – 16 Songs of the Earth Vol II: Sunshine Records SSLP 4075
Kaleida, MB
Stew Clayton: guitar, vocal
Ron Halldorson
Denis Encontre
Marge Clayton: keys
Produced by Stew Clayton, 1987
Recorded dby Chris Brett at Sunshine Sound Studios, Winnipeg

Stewart Clayton b. Manitou MB Feb 22, 1929

Stew grew up listening to Wilf Carter sing over the radio from his daddy’s farm in rural Manitoba and decided right then and there that he wanted to write songs and sing like his heroes: Vernon Dalhart, Wilf Carter and Hank Snow. Clayton remembers a day when he was 18, when the $9.95 Lone Ranger guitar – the first guitar he’d own – arrived in the mail from Eaton’s. He’d eventually become known as the “Canadian Balladeer,” composing over 300 songs about Canadian life.

8.   William Tagoona: A Boy Named Rack
(William Tagoona)
Northern Man: Boot Records / CBC Northern Services – NCB 500
Fort Chimo QC
William Tagoona: guitar, vocal
Dougie Trineer: bass
Paul Gurry: electric guitar
S Bougie: drums
Produced by Les McLaughlin, 1981
Recorded in Ottawa

William Tagoona b. Qamani’tuaq, (formerly Baker Lake), in Nunavut , 1952.

Tagoona  attended residential school in Churchill, Manitoba and completed high school in Ottawa.  Before he was taken away from his family, he fronted the first Inuit rock band in the Northwest Territories when he was 12, back in 1964, called ‘The Harpoons’. From an early age he wrote all his songs in Inuktitut. He released two LPs (in the early 80s) produced by CBC Northern Services and currently works for CBC News in Nunavut, hosting a program called Tuttavik.

9.   Earl Bostic: Flamingo
(Theodor Grouya / Edmund Anderson)
45 EP: King Records EP200
Tulsa Oklahoma
Earl Bostic: alto sax
Others not listed
EP Produced 1954
Originally Produced as a single, 1951

Eugene Earl Bostic b. Tulsa OK April 25, 1913 / d. Rochester NY October 28, 1965 (52)

He turned professional at the age of 18. Bostic made his first recording with Lionel Hampton in October 1939, He formed his own band in 1945 and made the first recordings under his own name for the Majestic label.[3] He turned to rhythm and blues in the late 1940s. His biggest hits were "Temptation", "Sleep", "Flamingo" Charted number 1, R&B Charts. Bostic died on October 28, 1965 from a heart attack in Rochester, New York, while performing with his band. 

10. Millie Small: My Boy Lollipop
(Johnny Roberts / Robert Spencer)
45 single bw Something’s Gotta Be Done: Mercury Records  S-1893X
Gibraltar, Jamaica
Millie Small: vocal
Ernest Ranglin: music director
Produced by Chris Blackwell, 1964

Millicent Dolly May Small 6 October 1946 Gibraltar, Clarendon, Jamaica / d. May 5, 2020, London (72)

Won the Verve Johns Opportunity Hour talent contest at the age of twelve. Began recording in Jamaica 1962 which brought her to the attention of Chris Blackwell who became her manager and legal guardian, who in late 1963 took her to  London, where she was given intensive training in dancing and diction. There she made her fourth recording, an Ernest Ranglin rearrangement of "My Boy Lollipop" It was the first major hit for Island Records (although it was actually released on the Fontana label because Chris Blackwell, Island's owner, did not want to overextend his then-meager resources).

11. The Shirelles: Boys
(Luther Dixon / Wes Farrell)
Beatle Originals: Rhino Records RNLP 70071
Passaic NJ
Addie "Micki" Harris
Shirley Owens
Beverly Lee
Doris Coley
King Curtis: sax
Paul Griffin: piano
Gary Chester: drums
Produced 1960
Compilation Producer: Richard Foos & Gary Stewart 1986
Audio Remastering: Bill Inglot

Boys was the ‘B Side’ of The Shirelles no. 1 hit ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow’, which was partially banned by many radio stations because they had felt the lyrics were too sexually charged. The Shirelles almost decided not to record it because they felt that the lyrics were too Country.  However, their version of the song was ranked as the 162nd greatest song of all time, as well as the best song of 1960, by Acclaimed Music. It was ranked at No. 126 among Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The Beatles' version of ‘Boys’ was recorded at Abbey Road Studios on February 11, 1963, in a single take. It was Ringo's first recorded lead vocal with the band.

12. The Swans: The Boy With The Beatle Hair
(Jackson / Ross / Renzetti / Gamble)
45 single bw Please Hurry Home: Cameo Records C-302X
Philadelphia, PA.
Jeanne and Tina Thomas: vocals
Produced 1963
Released January 1964

A one hit wonder Girl Group consisting of sisters Jeanne and Tina Thomas from Philadelphia.  A number of songs about loving The Beatles were released just after the band played the Ed Sullivan Shows in February, 1964 including My Boyfriend’s Got A Beatle Haircut by Donna Lynn and The Twiliters release on Roulette Records of ‘My Beatle Haircut’.

13. The Beatles: This Boy
(Lennon & McCartney)
Long Tall Sally: Capitol Records T6063
Liverpool
John Lennon – double-tracked lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney – harmony vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison – harmony vocal, lead guitar
Ringo Starr – drums
Produced by George Martin, 1963
Recorded at Abby Road Studios, 17 October 1963
Produced for LP release in Canada by Paul White, May 1964

The song was on the B side of Canadian Capitol Records single release of All My Lovin’. Of course, here in Canada we had a special release of our third Beatles album, ‘Long Tall Sally’ which included ‘This Boy’ which was only released only on the single for the rest of the world. This is the album version of the song. An orchestra instrumental version of the song was put together by George Martin for the soundtrack to A Hard Day’s Night and re-titled ‘Ringo’s Theme’.

14. Jim McHarg’s Metro Stompers: China Boy
(Phil Boutelje / Rich Winfree)
Stompin’ At The Penny: Columbia Records EL 110 mono
Toronto ON
Jim McHarg: bass
Lonnie Johnson: lead guitar, vocals
Charles Gall: coronet
Eric Neilson: clarinet
Jim Galoway: sax
Produced by P.S. Westwood, 1965
Recorded by P Houston, Toronto, November 1965

The original LP only sold 1,000 copies; this was Lonnie Johnson's last regular recording, although he did cut a series of numbers for Smithsonian in 1967. Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1899 June 16, 1970) New Orleans. James (JIM) McHARG was born in 1927 in Glasgow, Scotland. He passed away in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on September 27, 2003. Stompers recorded LPs for Columbia, Arc & RCA

15. Fred J Eaglesmith: The Boy That Just Went Wrong
(F Eaglesmith)
The Boy That Just Went Wrong: Sweetwater Records NWS 017
Port Dover ON
Fred Eaglesmith: banjo, guitar, vocals
Ralph Schipper: bass, vocals
David Essig: guitars, mandolin, piano, vocals
John Allen: fiddle
Scott Merritt: dulcimer, guitar
Steve Beach: piano
Eric Rooker: harmonium
Produced by David Essig, 1983
Recorded by Steve Beach at Shotgun Studios, Brantford ON Oct 1983

Frederick John Elgersma b. July 9, 1957 Caistor Centre, ON

As a teenager Eaglesmith hopped a freight train to Western Canada and began writing songs and performing. He recorded 3 lps in the 1980s before moving into the cassette and CD era. He was associated with Scott Merritt who has produced many of Eaglesmith’s albums. This links Eaglesmith back, through Merritt to Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno.

16. The Cure: Boys Don’t Cry
(The Cure)
Boys Don’t Cry: Passport Records – NA 024
Crawley West Sussex UK
Michael Dempsey: Bass,  vocals
Lol Tolhurst: drums
Robert Smith: vocals, guitar
Produced by Chris Parry, 1980
Recorded by Mike Hedges at Morgan Studios, London, England.
Mastered at The Lacquer Channel Limited, Toronto

17. Kay Turner: Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy
(C.W. Murphy & Worton David)
A Night Out At The Pig & Whistle: Arc Records - ACS 5020
Richvale ON
Kay Turner: vocals
The Carlton Showband:
Chris O'Toole: drums, band leader
Christy McLaughlin: accordion
Mike Feeney: percussion
Seamus Grew: accordion
Sean McManus: guitar
Fred White: banjo, guitar
Johnny Patterson: bass
Bob Lewis: guitar
Produced by Ken Warringer, circa 1967
Recorded by Don Gooch at Bay Studios, Toronto

This was from the first Pig ‘N Whistle album featuring the cast of the popular TV series. It takes place in the pub set up in CTV’s Agincourt studios to look like a proper English pub. They even served non-alcohol beer to make it look real. Kay Turner played the bar maid who was coerced to sing. The music was very popular British dance hall stuff. But the band! The Carlton Showband who were amazing. They could play just about anything and do it well. They went on to release around thirty albums and performed around the world for fifty years. Their first big hit was ‘The Merry Ploughboy’ which went to No 2 on the CHUM Chart only to be blocked from the top spot by The Beatles with Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine.

18. Ego: Storir strakar fa raflost (Big Boys Get An Electric Shock)
(Bubbi Morthens / Ego)
Breyttir Timar: Steinar Records ST 056
Reykjavik, Iceland
Bubbi Morthens: vocals
þorleifur Guojónsson: bass
Bergþór Morthens: guitar
Maggi Stef: drums
Tómas M. Tómasson: keys.
Produced by Ego and Tomas Tómasson, 1982
Recorded by Gunnar Smari Helgason, February 1982

Bubbi Morthens b.6 June 1956 Reykjavik, Iceland

A real interesting character. His first important band was Utangarðsmenn (The Outsiders), a punk band that led the new wave movement in Iceland. They became one of Iceland’s most popular new bands and got to open for The Clash. Morthens left after their second album when the other members complained about his big ego. He went out and formed a new band and called it Ego. They recorded three albums before splintering. After trying things out with different bands, Bubbi went solo, recording 48 albums between 1979 and 2017.

19. Figgy Duff: Lake St. John Reel / The Blackthorn Stick
(Trad)
After The Tempest: Boot Records BOS 7243
St. Johns NL
Pamela Morgan: guitar, vocals
Dave Panting: mandolin
Geoff Butler: Accordion
Derek Pelley: bass
Noel Dinn: drums d 1993
Produced by Tom Trecumuth, 1983
Recorded Dan Kuntz at Studio 306, Toronto
Mixed by Mark Wright & Lenny DeRose at Phase One Studios, Toronto
Mastered by George Graves at The Lacquer Channel, Toronto
Cover by Ian Bell

Figgy Duff were Newfoundland’s answer to rockin’ Celtic driven music long before the Pogues came along to claim that crown. It was the invention of drummer / Percussionist Noel Dinn and singer Pamela Morgan. After The Tempest was the group’s second full-length album,

20. Tom Cochrane & Red Rider: Boy Inside The Man
(Tom Cochrane)
45 RPM Single bw Lasting Song: Capitol Records – 72301
Lynn Lake, MB
John Webster - keyboards, synthesizers
Ken Greer: guitar, keys
Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve - bass
Graham Broad: drums
Tom Cochrane: vocal, guitar
Produced by Patrick Moran, 1986

This song has gone on to become the Tom Cochrane and Red Rider signature song. Claimed Cochrane: “We've tried this song everywhere else in the live set and we've learned that it just has to end the show. Leaving it out of a live show is like walking on stage without one arm.  The  song dissects the rites of passage I think most men go through from 17 to our 30s.

21. Frank Zappa: Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
(Frank Zappa)   
The Lost Episodes: Rykodisc RCD 40573
Los Angeles CA
Frank Zappa: guitar
Chuck Grove: drums   
Caronga Ward: bass
Tony Rodriguez: alto sax
Chuck Foster: trumpet
Danny Helferin: piano
Produced by Frank Zappa, 1961
Recorded by Paul Buff at Buff Studios, Cucamonga

This is the first of 3 different versions of the song Zappa recorded. He used hired jazz musicians. At the time, Zappa was playing in a jazz band, playing cocktail lounges performing standard jazz tunes and going crazy. The band was called Joe Perrino and The Mellotones. The owner of Pal Records and studio, Paul Buff, sold his lease to young Frank who got totally absorbed into production, renaming the place Studio Z. Police were skeptical about the place and sent an undercover cop in to commission a party tape which Zappa was able to provide (coz he was starving). The tape contained women having orgasms although there were no actual sex acts happening. But Zappa got busted for conspiracy to manufacture pornographic material and suspicion of sex perversion and spent ten days in jail and Studio Z was closed down. Frank later used the orgasm tape behind the last song on The Mothers’ second album, Absolutely Free, in a song called America Drinks And Goes Home, probably a satirical homage to Joe Perrino and The Mellotones.

His brief imprisonment left a permanent mark, and was central to the formation of his anti-authoritarian stance. Zappa lost several recordings made at Studio Z in the process, as the police only returned 30 out of 80 hours of tape seized. Eventually, he could no longer afford to pay the rent on the studio and was evicted. Zappa managed to recover some of his possessions before the studio was torn down in 1966.

22. Roger Miller: Atta Boy, Girl
(Roger Miller)
Golden Hits: Smash Records SRS 67073
Fort Worth TX
Roger Miller: guitar, vocals
Others not listed
Produced by Jerry Kennedy, 1965
   
Side B

1.   Buffy St. Marie: Maple Sugar Boy
(B Saint-Marie)
Many A Mile: Vanguard Records Stereolab VSD 79171
Piapot Cree First Nations Reserve, SK
Buffy St. Marie: vocal, guitar, mouthbow
Russ Savukus: string bass
Produced by Maynard Solomon - 1965

2.   Buffy St. Marie: Winter Boy
(Buffy St. Marie)
Little Wheel Spin And Spin: Vanguard Stereolab VSD 79211
Piapot Cree First Nations Reserve, SK
Buffy Sainte-Marie: vocal, guitar
Russ Savakus: bass
Produced by Maynard Solomon, 1966

This was the third album by Buffy.

3.   The Seaway Singers: The Sunburned Boy
(W Webster)
The Seaway Singers: Point Records P) 299
London ON
Bruce Anthony: guitar, bass
Bill Salter: banjo
Tom Salter: guitar
Jim Francom: vocals
Dierdre ‘Dee’ Higgins: vocals
Produced 1967

I don’t know much about the Seaway Singers, except that their blonde bombshell lead vocalist, Dee Higgins, left the group a year after this album was made and had quite a successful solo career. She was the official hostess at the Ontario Pavilion for Expo ’67 in Montreal. They got together around 1963, singing folk songs in and around London Ontario where the various members were attending Western University. Higgins lives in Toronto and occasionally sings with Keith McKie (Kensington Market).

4.   Nat King Cole: Nature Boy
(Eden Ahbez)
The Nat King Cole Story Vol 1: Capitol SW1926
Montgomery Alabama
Nat King Cole: piano, vocals
Oscar Moore: guitar
Johnny Miller: double bass
Song first produced, 1947
Album Produced by Lee Gillette, 1961
Recorded at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles 1947

5.   George Thorogood & The Destroyers: Homesick Boy
(G Thorogood)
George Thorogood & Destroyers: Attic Records LAT 1159
Wilmington, Delaware
George Thorogood: guitars, lead vocal
Jeff Simon: drums
Billy Blough: bass
Ron Smith: 2nd guitar
Produced by George Thorogood, 1978
Recorded at Dimension Sound, Boston b y John Nagy
Mixed at the Mixing Lab, Newton Mass.

George Lawrence Thorogood b. Wilmington, Delaware, February 24, 1950

With his band, the Delaware Destroyers, Thorogood has released over 20 albums, of which two have been certified Platinum and six have been certified Gold. He has sold 15 million albums worldwide. Thorogood and band continue to tour extensively and in 2014, celebrated their 40th anniversary of performing.

6.   Saints & Sinners: Someday (You’ll Be Sorry)
(Louis Armstrong)
In Canada: Cav-a Bob Records ST 55720
USA
Red Richards: piano
Vic Dickenson: trombone
Herman Autrey: trumpet
Rudy Powell: clarinet, alto & tenor sax
Dan Mastri: bass
George Reed: drums
Produced by Roy Irlam, 1967
Recorded by Phil Sheridan

It’s hard to comprehend what Afro-American had to contend with performing in their own country. Even in the North, they would be refused accommodations and treated poorly. But up in Toronto, in the mid-1960s, things were different.

The Saints and Sinners were a band of American jazz musicians who loved playing in Toronto. Their reed player, Rudy Powell, told a newspaper interviewer: “The people I’ve met….you wouldn’t believe it….the friends I’ve made. This city is ‘The End’. Great!”

My copy, picked up second hand, was once the proud property of Toronto jazz singer Jody Drake as it’s signed to her by members of the band on the back cover.

7.   Jim Doherty: When The Shanty Boy Comes Down
(trad)
A Folksong Portrait of Canada: Mercury 769748000-2
Peterborough, ON
Jim Doherty: vocals
Produced by Samuel Gesser, 1961
Recorded by Edith Fowke
Released on CD 1994

8.   Tex König: The Minstrel Boy
(Traditional)
Königsblende: Music Cellar Records – MC-01
Brooklyn NY / Toronto
Tex Konig: guitar, vocals
Produced by Bill Garrett, 1984
Recorded by Chad Irschik at Inception Sound, Toronto, Spring 1984

b. NYC September 10, 1940 / d. July 3, 1999, Toronto

Tex was one of the first to introduce a young Bob Dylan to hoot-night audiences in Greenwich Village. He has been a cooper, gunsmith, photographer, coffee house manager and actor. But has always been folksinger and storyteller. Good friends with Phil Oches, Ritchie Havens, Fred Neil. He moved to Montreal in the late 1960s and eventually to Toronto. He was influenced greatly by voices of Lord Buckley and Ken Nordine.

This song (The Minstrel Boy) goes back as far as the 2nd crusade in 1147 by the Irish since Britain didn’t get involved with the crusades until the 3rd one 1172.
   
9.   Woody Guthrie: Pretty Boy Floyd
(Woody Guthrie)
Original Recordings Made By Woody Guthrie 1940-1946: Warner Bros. Records ‎– BS 2999
NYC
Woody Guthrie: vocals, guitar
Produced by Harold Leventhal, 1977
Recorded for the Library of Congress, 1940

Woodrow Wilson Guthrie b. Okemah, Oklahoma July 14, 1912 / d. October 3, 1967 (55) NYC

10. Bob King & Country Kings: The All Canadian Boy
(Bob King)
Sing With Bob King & The Country Kings: Banff Rodeo RBS 1049
Joyceville / Ottawa ON
Bob King: guitar, vocal
Ward Allen: fiddle
Others not listed
Produced by George Taylor, 1958

11. Victor Holubowich & The Royal-Lites: The Harvest Polka
(Victor Hulobowich)
Their Instrumental Favourites: Heritage Records – HR-20
Edmonton AB
Victor Holubowich: accordion, Cord-O-Vox
Bill Rudkowski: dulcimer, bass
Joe Wasylenchuk: sax
Panko Chrunik: guitar, bass
Dan Martyniuk: drums
Produced by Victor Holubowich, circa 1970
Recorded by Joe Kozak at Recording Services, Edmonton
   
Victor Holubowich b. Myrnam, AB November 30, 1943

Victor first got interested in playing thte accordion when he was twelve, and once he started playing it he knew that he was destined to be a musician.  In 1970, he  formed his own group which he called “Victor Holubowich and the Royal-Lites”.  Within a very short period of time they became quite popular and performed throughout Western Canada. Their popularity led them to the recording studio to record a number of albums of Ukrainian Music. Victor was most proud that his own tune, The “Feature Waltz” has gone around the world being played by many other excellent musicians. Holubowich ran The Royal-Lites polka band for decades out of Edmonton. He recorded Dylan’s ‘Blowin’ In the Wind’ as a polka!

12. Dick Nolan: Newfie Boy
(Roy Payne)
Home Again This Year: RCA Camden – CASX 2603
Corner Brook NL
Dick Nolan: vocal, guitar
Others not listed
Produced by Jack Feeney, 1972
Recorded at Audio Atlantic Studios, Halifax by Al Feeney
Mixed by Hayward Parrott at RCA Studios, Toronto

13. We Free Kings: Death of the Wild Colonial Boy
(We Free Kings)
The Cutting Edge (compilation): Cooking Vinyl Records GRILL-001
Edinburgh SL
Joe Kingman - vocals,
Deb Holbrook - guitar,
Geoff Pagan - fiddle,
Phil Bull - cello,
Pam Dobson - melodeon,
Colin Blakey - reeds,
Kenny Welsh - drums.
Produced by Paddy O'Connell, 1986
LP Compiled by Pete Lawrence, 1988
 
Only released as a single bw Love Is In The Air on Howl! Records ?– WOOF 1. These guys were friends of The Pogues and were trying to be the Scottish equivalent. They were labelled as ‘barnstorming punk thrash from Edinburgh. They only released one album.

14. Louise Lambert: Delivery Boy
(Louise Lambert)
Road Song: CBC Records LM469A
(Note: Side 2 is by a band called Ravin’)
Toronto ON
Louise Lambert: vocal, piano, tambourine
Garth Vogan: bass
Lance Vaughan: drums
Bob Mann: guitar
Ron Dann: steel guitar
Ray Parker: piano, synth
Bob Brough: sax
Scott Irvine: tuba
David Caldwell: clarinet
Produced by Keith Duncan 1979
Recorded by Mick Walsh at Phase One, Toronto

15. Johnny Merenick & His String Jesters: Old Boy Polka
(Unknown)
Sing & Play Ukrainian Songs: Ukrainian Book Store DSLP-10
Edmonton AB
Johnny Merenick, dulcimer
Willie Merenick, violin
Allen Merenick, guitar, clarinet
Ted Merenick, bass
Danny Meremick, accordion, drums
Fred Demchuk, vocals
Produced circa 1970
Recorded at Krol Sound Enterprises, Edmonton

16. The Viletones: Danger Boy
(Steve Leckie)
A Taste of Honey: Other Peoples Music OPM-2104
Toronto ON
Steve Leckie: lead vocal
Freddie Pompeii: guitar
Chris Haight: bass
Motor X: drums
Produced by The Viletones and Jan Haust
Compilation Produced 1994
Recorded by Tibor Takacs, 1977
Mastered by Peter E Moore at the E-Room, Toronto

One of the first punk bands in Canada, they formed around 1975. They laid down a bunch of tracks, including The Screaming Fist (their first single) in 1977, most of it unreleased until the compilation album, A Taste of Honey was released in 1994 on CD. (They did record and release one album during their years of operation: 1983s Saturday Night / Sunday Morning which was recorded live at Larry’s Hideaway in Toronto.

17. Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Southern Boy
(Kate McGarrigle)
Dancer With Bruised Knees: Warner Bros BS 3014
Montreal QC
Kate McGarrigle: vocal, piano
Tommy Morgan: harmonica
Richard Davis: bass
Produced by Joe Boyd, 1977
Recorded by Glen Berger at A&R Studios, New York City; Tim Hewlings at San Quebec, Montreal; Steve Ham at Le Studio, Morin Heights QC
Mixed by John Wood and Dennis Dragon

This Montreal based duo put out some fantastic albums and this one, their second album, was produced by the legendary Joe Boyd (First guy to produce Pink Floyd – Arnold Layne). And the album is great from start to finish.

18. Muddy Waters: Mannish Boy
(E. McDaniel / M. Morganfield / M. London)
45 single Chess Records 1602
Chicago
Muddy Waters: slide guitar, lead vocals
Junior Wells: harmonica
Jimmy Rogers: guitar
Fred Below: drums,
Produced by Phil & Leonard Chess, 1955
Recorded at Chess Studios in Chicago on May 24, 1955.

McKinley Morganfield b. April 4, 1913 Issaquena County, Miss / d. April 30, 1983 (70)
Westmont, Illinois

The song was written as an "answer song" to Bo Diddley's "I'm a Man", which was in turn inspired by Waters' and Willie Dixon's classic song, "Hoochie Coochie Man". 

Waters recorded several versions of "Mannish Boy" during his career. In 1968, he recorded it for the Electric Mud album. He recorded it again for the 1977 release of the ‘Hard Again’ album which was produced by Johnny Winter. A live version with Winter appears on Muddy "Mississippi" Waters - Live (1979). Waters also performed it at the Band's farewell concert The Last Waltz.

19. Steve Munro: Weenie Boy
(C Brunton)
Road Kill Sountrack: Denon - CAN 9006
ON
Produced by Peter McFadzean - 1990

20. The Barbarians: Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl
(Geoffry Morris)
45 single bw Take It Or Leave It: Laurie Records L-3308
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Jerry Causi: lead vocal
Victor Moulton: drums
Bruce Benson: bass
Geoffry Morris: guitar
Produced by Doug Morris, 1965

Active between 1964 and 1967, were known for drummer Victor "Moulty" Molton's prosthetic hook used in place of his missing left hand to hold his drumstick. They also wore pirate outfits to fit Molton’s image. They received their biggest break when featured on Pan USA The T.A.M.I. tour in 1965 alongside other artists such as The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, Lesley Gore, Chuck Berry, James Brown & The Famous Flames, The Miracles, and Marvin Gaye. A later, minor hit, entitled "Moulty", was a humorous autobiographical song about the drummer's life and losing his hand when he was 14. Moulton sang lead on the track, but instead of the original members, he was backed by Levon & the Hawks, later to be known as The Band.

21. Lorne Lofsky & Ed Bickert: Bean And The Boys
(Coleman Hawkins)
The Quartet of Lorne Lofsky and Ed Bickert and Friends: Unisson Records DDA-1002
Toronto ON / Hochfeld, Manitoba
Lorne Lofsky, guitar (left channel)
Ed Bickert, guitar (right channel)
Neil Swainson, bass
Jerry Fuller, drums
Produced by Bill Hemmerick and Ted Oreilly, 1985
Recorded by Ted OReilly, Phil Sheridan and Joe Finlan at McClear Place Studios, Toronto

22. The Beatles: Bad Boy
(Larry Williams)
Beatles VI: Capitol Records Canada – T 2358
Liverpool UK
John Lennon: vocal, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney: bass, electric piano
George Harrison: double-tracked lead guitar
Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine
Produced by George Martin, 1965
Recorded by Norman Smith at EMI Abby Road Studios,  May 10, 1965

The Beatles recorded two Larry Williams songs during a single 10 May 1965 session:  Bad Boy and Dizzy Miss Lizzy, both sung by John Lennon.

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