And Now for The Particulars:
Side A
1. Hank Smith & The Rodgers Bros Band: Snowshoes
(T Jackson)
Hank Smith & The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers: Banff 1161
Edmonton AB
Heinz Schmidt: guitar
Frankie Rodgers: fiddle
Hank Rodgers: banjo
Unknown: bass
Producer Unlisted: 1963
Originally from Germany, Smith emigrated to Edmonton in 1957.
A year later he formed The Rock-A-Tunes and founded Rock-A-Tune Records in
Edmonton. When the rest of the Rock-A-Tunes left in 1962 to be the touring
band for The Fendermen, Smith formed a new band called The Maddisons. He
changed from rockabilly to country music and began playing with the Rodgers
Brothers band.
2. Hank LaRiviere & The Country Kings: Stop, Look and Listen
(G London / WS Stevenson)
Canadian Country Artists: Banff Rodeo RBS 1050
Hawkesbury ON
Hank LaRiviere: guitar, vocal
Bob King: guitar
Ward Allen: fiddle
Others not listed
Compilation produced 1960
Henri Lariviere b. Hawkesbury ON Jan 23, 1917 / d. May 7, 1996 London ON
LaRiviere was also known as Hank Rivers, The Singing Soldier,
he first recorded back in the 1930s when he was still in the Canadian army:
‘Hooray For Camp Bordon’ bw ‘The Northern Cannonball.’ "Maple Sugar Sweetheart"
was Hank's top song which was also recorded by Mac Wiseman, Doc Williams,
and Ramblin' Lou. Ward Allen wrote the music and called it Maple Sugar, and
Hank wrote the words and called it Maple Sugar Sweetheart. He was inducted
into the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame 1984
3. Howard Vokes: The Polka From Outer Space
(H Vokes / W King)
Mountain Guitar and Other Favorites: Mountain Records - ML. 2002
Clairfield, PA USA
Bob Rose: bass
Skeets Martin
Johnny Drolz: steel
Sam Hummel
Tex Belin
George Frohnhoffer: accordion
Produced 1959
Made By Acadia Records Of Canada
Howard Vokes b. June 13, 1931 Clearfield, Pennsylvania
Cowboy Howard Vokes, Pennsylvania's King of Country Music, was
born, June 13,1931 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. At 15 years of age Howard
started singing at a lot of parties and working with different bands in places
he wouldn't think about working in these times. Some of the spots were plenty
tough and living and working around mining towns. Howard was barn-storming
all over the place, singing and playing for anyone that would listen as many
hillbilly singers were doing to make a go of it. He was a great favorite
at most local parties and other events. He was on the verge of forming a
band when tragedy struck. A hunting accident put Howard in the hospital for
6 weeks. He was shot in the right ankle by a high-powered rifle. After he
recovered, Cowboy Howard Vokes dug into his song-writings and formed his
now famous "Country Boys" band.
4. June Pasher: Your Cheatin’ Heart
(Hank Williams)
Your Cheating Heart: Arc Records 518
New Waterford NS
June Pasher: vocal
Others not listed
Produced by Dan Bass, 1962
June Pasher b. New Waterford, NS / d. Toronto May 24, 2002
She came a long, long way from New Waterford, Cape Breton Island,
to the big smoke of Toronto but she had been encouraged to make the move
because of her exceptional ability to sing a great song. She was billed as
Toronto’s “Queen of Country Music” in the 1950s. Got married to local country
music performer George Pasher; they later put out a duo album “George and
June Pasher”, Arc Records in 1964. She was a regular performer at a club
called OV’s Country Club in Toronto every Saturday afternoon till she died.
5. Bob King: Rockin’ Juke Box
(Ken Davidson)
45 single bw Josephine: RCA Victor 57-3285
Ottawa ON
Bob King: guitar, vocal
Others not listed
Produced 1958
Robert George King b. Joyceville ON Jan 6, 1934 / d. 1989 Ottawa (55)
King was a long time Ottawa Valley based performer who recorded
a dozen solo albums, was married to Marie King, also a well known Ottawa
Valley singer from the French side. When he was just 14 he decided to have
a career in music. His major influences were typical for his day: Hank Williams,
Hank Snow and Wilf Carter. At age 16 he became a solo artist, beating out
another Ottawa youngster named ‘Paul Anka’, in a talent show. Soon afterwards
Bob joined on as a member of "Mac Beattie & The Ottawa Valley Melodiers".
He put his first group, The Country Kings, together in Ottawa in 1954. Later,
after an unsuccessful attempt to break into the US market, he formed The
Happy Wanderers (which included the talented fiddler Ward Allen). He eventually
got married to a popular Quebecois country music entertainer, Marie King,
and played in her band after his recording days were done. He died of lung
cancer at the age of 55. He left behind a legacy of about a dozen of his
own albums as well as several recorded by Marie.
6. Stan Hiltz Band: Moscow Medley
(Trad)
Kosher Style: World / Audat Custom Records WRC 251
Toronto ON
Stan Hiltz: keys, vocals
Leonard Shacter: trumpet, vocals
Arnie Wiskin: percussion, vocals
Lawrence Sereda: sax, flute, clarinet
Len Lytwyn: drums
Marty Hiltz: trumpet, trombone
Danny Colomby: guitar, bass
Produced by Stan Hiltz, 1976
In Toronto in the 1970s, if you had the money, you couldn’t lose
by hiring the best Bar Mitzvah band in the GTA. Really great players and
the album’s well produced – except for the cover maybe! It features the entire
band standing around a picnic table on Centre Island in their mustard beige
tuxedos in front of the brand new CN Tower with the flag of Isreal flying
proudly. It’s called Kosher Style. Fun album.
7. Johnny Horton: Honky Tonk Man
(Johnny Horton / Tillman Franks / Howard Hausey)
The Legend Of Johnny Horton: CBS – CDM2-023
Los Angeles CA
Johnny Horton: vocal
Grady Martin: guitar
Harold Bradley: lead guitar
Bill Black: bass
Album Produced, 1980
Song Recorded, 1956
John Gale Horton b. Los Angeles April 30, 1925 / d. Milano Texas, November 5, 1960 (35)
Johnny Horton began recording in 1950 but it wasn’t very well
known until the 1956 release of Honky Tonk Man. After that his career skyrocketed
with hits like Battle of New Orleans, Sink The Bismark, Springtime in Alaska
and North to Alaska crossing in to 1960. That was when he was killed by a
drunk 19 year old truck driver in a head on collision on a bridge
8. Rose Maddox: That’ll Learn Ya, Durn Ya
(Rose Maddox)
An Evening With Rose Maddox & Her Brothers: Arc International 803
Boaz, Alabama
Cliff Maddox (born 1912 Boaz, Alabama - died 1949)
Cal Maddox (born November 3, 1915 Boaz, Alabama - died 1968)
Fred Maddox (born July 3, 1919 Boaz, Alabama - died October 29, 1992)
Don Maddox (born December 7, 1922 Boaz, Alabama)
Rose Maddox (born August 15, 1925 Boaz, Alabama - died April 15, 1998)
Henry Maddox (born March 19, 1928 Boaz, Alabama - died 1974)
Produced by Ben Weatherby for Arc Records, 1962
The band came together in the 1930s and was briefly reduced to
a trio during the Second World War. After the war they billed themselves
as “America’s Most Colorful Hillbilly Band” were a wild party rockabilly
country band way before the advent of rock n’ roll. Rose Maddox was a no-nonsense,
take command woman which was quite unusual in the male-dominated music industry
at the time. She made sure that her band was recorded the way she wanted
them to sound, very raw and full of energy, utilizing laughing and off-handed
comments during the songs.
9. Ron Scott & The Rank Band: The White Rose
(R Scott)
45 Single: Sparton Records - 447-R
Halifax NS
Ron Scott: mandolin, vocal
Bobby Hill: guitar
Jean Carignan: fiddle
Produced 1957
Ronald D. Scott b. Amherst, Nova Scotia June 1, 1926
Ron Scott played his first shows with Harold King, The Cobequid
Mountain Boy from Springhill. In 1947 he got to tour with Hank Snow, playing
both fiddle and mandolin. He then moved to Kingston, Ontario where he attended
Queen's University and studied languages. While in Kingston he formed a group
called "The Riders of The Southern Trails". During this time they went on
the road with Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper. After university Ron moved to
Montreal.
Ron Scott’s most productive years in music were in Montreal. In 1955 he played
with a band called the "Cinch Brothers" featuring Jean Carignan and and himself,
backing up Bobby Hill. This was the first Canadian bluegrass band to have
a regular radio show, which was called ‘The Hometown Jamboree’ heard over
CFCF in Montreal. In May of 1957, Ron is claimed to have recorded the first
bluegrass record in Canada on the Spartan label featuring "When the Bees
are in the Hive" and "The White Rose". It’s really hard to say who had the
first but Ron was certainly one of ‘em.
10. Jack Kingston: A Pickin’ And A Singin’
(Jack Kingston)
The Canadian Playboy: British Archive of Country Music – BACM D 296
St Catherines ON
Compilation produced by Lynn Russwurm – 2010
Originally recorded on Quality Records 1491 in 1956
Jack Kingston b. St. Catherines ON Oct 4, 1925 / d. May 18, 1996 (70) St Catherines
Another star of the CKNX Saturday Night Barn Dance, he was the
first Canadian recording artist signed to Capitol Records of Canada in 1950.
Kingston, known as The Yodeling Cowboy, was a very popular Canadian country
music performer in the 1950s. He joined the Wingham, Ontario-based CKNX “Traveling
Barn Dance”. He also recorded for the Sparton, Quality, Birchmount and Paragon
labels. He sang about distinctly Canadian things, like Marilyn Bell’s successful
swim across Lake Ontario; the cave-in at Springhill, Nova Scotia; and The
Noronic Disaster about the tragic Toronto harbour fire on the Noronic cruise
shipped docked at the foot of Yonge St which killed 118, September 1949.
Like Stompin’ Tom, he was a singing chronicler.
11. Hal Willis: My Pink Cadillac
(H Willis)
Atlantic 45—1114
Rouyn QC / Madison, TN
Produced 1956
Leonald Francis Guy Gauthier b. Rouyn QC July 15, 1933 / d. Sept 4, 2015, Nashville TN (82)
In 1956 when he and his wife, Ginger Willis, were hired by Colonel
Tom Parker to tour with Elvis Presley. At this time, Hal and Ginger were
rockabilly singers recording songs like "My Pink Cadillac" and "Bop a Dee
Bop a Doo." Hal and Ginger, along with Hank Snow, were the only Canadian
performers to ever tour with Elvis Presley. His unforgettable recording of
"The Lumberjack" was an international hit that sold over 1.5 million copies
in 1966. Hal and Ginger Willis were inducted into the Canadian Country Music
Hall of Fame in 2010.
12. The Ventures: James Bond Theme
(Monty Norman)
Gold: The Gold Label GLDCD8011
Tacoma WA
Bob Bogle: bass
Drums, Percussion: Mel Taylor
Lead Guitar: Gerry McGee
Rhythm Guitar: Don Wilson
Produced and Mixed By Neil Norman, 1965
CD Release 2000
The Original theme score for Dr. No was usually just called the James Bond
Theme. Portions of it were used in just about every Bond film ever made and
this is a great rocking version of it.
13. Frankie Lane: Rawhide
(Ned Washington / Dimitri Tiompkin)
High Noon: Harmony Records – H 30406
Chicago Ill
Jimmy Carroll and his orchestra
Producer not listed, 1965
Francesco Paolo LoVecchio b. Chicago March 30, 1913 / d. February 6, 2007 San Diego CA (93)
The Rawhide song was originally written for the movie High Noon 1952 and
when it was sung by Tex Ritter. It was later adopted as the theme to Rawhide,
the TV show, which featured a very young Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates. And
now from Clint Eastwood to Leonard Cohen: Leonard paid tribute to Frankie
Laine in his song "Memories", from the 1977 album Death of a Ladies' Man,
with the opening line "Frankie Lane, he was singing ‘Jezebel’”, a song Lane
recorded back in 1951. Leonard, by the way, was playing in a country and
western band in Montreal around that time.
BTW: Frankie Lane’s father, Giovanni, worked as the personal barber for gangster
Al Capone in Chicago. One of the few people who got away with holding a razor
to the gangster’s neck.
14. The Canadian Sweethearts: Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Moe
(B Regan)
45 Single: Ditto Records - DT 121
Dawson Creek, BC / St Boniface, MB
Bob Regan: guitar, vocals
Lucille Starr: vocals
Produced 1958
The Canadian Sweethearts were the super tandem of Lucille Starr
and her rockabilly guitar playing husband, Bob Regan. Regan was born on March
13, 1931 in Dawson Creek, BC and died on March 5, 1990. Lucille Marie Raymonde
Savoie was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba May 13, 1938 and d. Sept 4, 2020
(82), Las Vegas, Nevada. On ‘Eeny-Meeny’ she shows some cool moves with her
voice, slipping into some high notes. And she was a great yodeler! In fact,
she did the yodeling for Cousin Pearl on the Beverly Hillbillies. She was
a favourite of Herb Alpert to produced her biggest selling hit recording
of The French Song.
15. Ted Daigle & His Westernaires: In The Pines
(Leadbelly)
It’s Me T.D.: Masterseal MS-160
Ottawa ON
Ted Daigle: guitar, vocals
Produced - 1969
b. Jacquet River, NB, 1937
Ted Daigle became a very popular broadcaster and musician in
the nation’s capital. He began his music career on radio in Bathurst NB in
1956, moved around a bit and even had a show on Toronto’s only country music
radio station CFGM for a while. Eventually he moved to Ottawa where he stayed
put. He was a proficient singer/songwriter and played guitar on many recording
sessions in the Ottawa region. He founded the first full-time country radio
station in Ottawa (1972).
Ted Daigle was inducted into the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame
in 1988, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1993 and the New Brunswick
Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006.
16. Hank Williams: The Blues Come Around
(Hank Williams)
14 More Of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits Vol. III: MGM Records – E 4140
Butler Co, AL
Hank Williams: guitar, vocal
Jerry Byrd (steel guitar)
Robert "Chubby" Wise (fiddle)
Zeke Turner (lead guitar)
Louis Innis (bass) probably
Owen Bradley or Fred Rose on piano
Produced by Fred Rose – 1948
Recorded November 7, 1947, Castle Studio, Nashville
Album released – 1963
The song was released as the B-side to the single "I'm a Long Gone Daddy"
17. Buckwheat Zydeco: Zydeco Boogaloo
(Stanley Dural Jr)
Turning Point: Rounder Records 2045
Lafayette, LA
Stanley Dural: accordion, organ, piano, vocals
Selwyn Cooper: guitar
Calvin Landry: trumpet
Lee Allen Zeno: bass
Elijah Cudges: frottoir
Nathaniel Jolivette: drums
Produced by Scott Billington, 1984
Recorded by Blenn Berger and Ed Goodreau at Blue Jay Studio, Carlisle, Mass. April 1983
Mastered by Tom Coyne at Frankford / Wayne, New York City
Stanley Dural, Jr. b. Nov 14, 1947 Lafayette, Louisiana / d. Sept 24, 2016 (68) Lafayette
18. Joyce Seamone: Testing 1-2-3
(Jack Hosier)
Testing 1-2-3: Marathon Records ALS 343
Maplewood NS / New Germany NS
Joyce Seamone: vocals
Produced by Jack Boswell 1972
Joyce Seamone is another country music performer who had to move
up to Toronto from the Maritimes. After being discovered playing the cities
better clubs, she recorded her first record Testing 1-2-3and it shot up to
# 1 on the Canadian Country music charts. She received a Gold Record for
record sales in excess of 80,000 albums and 10,000 eight tracks. Little did
she know when she signed with Stompin’ Tom’s Boot Records label, that in
2009 she would be the recipient of the Stompin’ Tom ECMA award, representing
Mainland Nova Scotia.
19. Geri O’Brien: Out Behind The Barn
(Jimmy Dickens)
Out Behind The Barn: Arc 632
Gaspesie QC & Cornwall ON
Artie McLaren – rhythm
Dusty King – rhythm
Geri Obrien - Drums
Mickey McGivern Lead guitar,
Donnie Sailor bass
Producer Not Listed, 1964
b. Gaspesie QC 1938
Geri's TV career began in Corwall in 1960, followed a stint on Sherbrooke's
Channel 7 -- CHLT-TV. This led to a contract with Dusty King's group The
Country Cats, resulting in appearances around Canada and the U.S.A. Although
Geri played guitar, she mostly seen playing a snare drum.
20. Shirley Field: He Taught Me To Yodel
(Patsy Montana)
Two Sides of Shirley Field: Banff Rodeo - RBS 1168
Armstrong, BC
Produced circa 1963
The two sides of Shirley Field were hurtin’ country songs and
yodeling western songs. Shirley went on to become a renowned country yodeler,
gaining recognition across both Canada and the US. She was once the star
of the CFJC Kamloops radio show, The Cowboys Sweetheart from 1948, she’s
performed on the Grand Ole Opry, and toured extensively with the Shirley
Field Show. She was first honored as Canada’s Female Yodeling Champion in
1950 and was given an international yodeling award in 1993. In 1998 she received
a special award for performing more than 50 years. Shirley now resides in
Gwynne, Alberta and can still yodel in top form.
21. Moe Koffman: Overture To Spring
(Moe Koffman / Doug Riley)
The Four Seasons: GRT Records 9230-1022
Toronto ON
Moe Koffman: flute
Terry Clark: drums
Don Thompson: bass
Doug Riley: keys
Bobby Edwards: guitar
Albert Pratz: Violin Concert Master
Bill Richards, Maurice Solway, Isdore Desser, Victoria Prolly, Adel Armin: violins
Peter Schenkman, Dave Heatheringto: cellos
Dick Smith: congas
Michael Crade: percussion
Produced by Doug Riley, 1972
Recorded at Toronto Sound Studios by Terry Bowne
Vintage Voices – Segment 2 by Laura Gillis
Guest DJ this week: Augustina
22. Perry Como: Chi Baba Chi Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep)
(Mack David / Al Hoffman / Jerry Livingstone)
78 single bw When You Were Sweet Sixteen RCA Victor – 20-2259
Canonsburg PA
Lloyd Shaffer & Orch
Produced 1947
Pierino Rnald Como b. Canonsburg PA May 18, 1912 / d. May 12, 2001 Jupiter Inlet FL (92)
This is the second segment produced by a Long Term Care Home
worker, Laura Gillis with some of the residents that she has befriended.
This week’s guest DJ is Augusta who loves the music of Perry Como. This song
always makes her happy.
Side B
1. The Busters: Bust Out
(Dave Benjamin)
45 Single bw Astronaut’s: Reo Records – 8733X
Greenfield, Mass
Fran Parda, drums
Alan Orkins, lead guitar
John Chappel, rhythm guitar
Freddie Cole, 2nd guitar
Al Marczyk, tenor sax
Jack Baker, bass
Produced 1963
Actually a band called Northern Lights from the Boston area.
For contractual reasons they used The Busters name for this release only.
The song, originally called Typhoid, came from an earlier incarnation
of the band when they were known as The Sapphires.
2. The Blue Tones featuring Fred Coupland: Shake, Shake
(Arthur Lock)
Single bw Oh Yeah: King Records - 45-5088
Hamilton ON
Fred Coupland: vocal
Jim Malone
Gary Jenkins
Ernie McCleod
Produced 1957
Recorded at Regency Records of Toronto
Fred Coupland b 1935 Toronto / d. 2000
This was released on the King label out of Cincinnati. It was
originally released on the small Regency label out of Toronto as a 78.
3. The Beau Brummels: Don’t Talk To Strangers
(Ron Elliott / Bob Durand)
Greatest Hits of the Beau Brummels: Rhino Records
San Francisco CA
Sal Valentino lead vocals, tambourine
Ron Elliott lead guitar, vocals
Ron Meagher bass guitar, vocals
Declan Mulligan rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals
John Petersen drums
Produced by Sylvester (Sly Stone) Stewart, 1965
Leo de Gar Kulka engineer
The band's first full-length album, Introducing the Beau Brummels, released
in April 1965. They were included in a 1965 episode of 'The Flintstones'
in which the band gave an animated performance as the “Beau Brummelstones”.
Beau Brummels had taken their name from a term for an excessively well-dressed
person. The group liked that the name sounded British, and knew that following
the Beatles so closely in the alphabet would likely result in the bands'
records being placed next to each other on record store shelves. The song
has been criticized, however, for sounding too similar to The Byrds in regards
to the harmonies and twelve-string guitar licks
4. The Sparrow: Hard Times With The Law
(J Edmonton / D Edmonton)
45 single: Capitol Records Canada 72257
Toronto ON
Dennis Edmonton: guitar
Jerry Edmonton: drums
Golden McJohn, keys
John Kay, guitar: vocals
Rushton Moreve: bass
Produced 1965
The pre-Steppenwolf band when they lived in Toronto and thought
that they were having a hard time with the law. And perhaps they were! After
breaking with singer Jack London in 1965, The Sparrow(s) recorded 4 singles
and an album before packing up and heading for Los Angeles to become one
of the most successful groups of the late 1960s as Steppenwolf.
5. The Animals: Gonna Send You Back To Walker
(Johnny Mae Mathews / John Hammond Jr)
The House of The Rising Sun: Capitol Records of Canada 6000 Series T 6092
Newcastle-On-Tyne, UK
John Steel, drums
Eric Burdon, vocals
Chas Chandler, bass
Alan Price, keys
Hilton Valentine, guitar
Produced by Mickey Most 1964
Recorded by Val Valentin
First Published in Canada September 24, 1964
‘Val’ Valentin, Recording Engineer
Luis Pastor Valentin b. 6 Jan 1920 in Puerto Rico / d. 24 Mar 1999 Reno NV (79)
Val Valentin was the engineer who recorded many Nat King Cole records. He
would later record the Lovin’ Spoonful, Oscar Peterson, Wes Montgomery, The
Animals, Big Steve & His Polka Band; Hank Locklin, Pete Seeger, Sam The
Sham, Roy Orbison, Herman’s Hermits; Roy Acuff, The Righteous Brothers, Blues
Project, the Mothers of Invention and the Velvet Underground, and literally
hundreds of other albums in so many different genres and styles!
6. Olaf Sveen: Ingrid’s Polka
(Olaf Sveen)
Olaf Sveen and His Accordion: Banff Rodeo Records RBS 1079
Saskatchewan
Olaf Sveen: accordion (maybe a Cordovox)
Produced 1962
Olaf Sveen b Surndal, Norway, l8 Apr l9l9 / d. Nov 30, 2007 Edmonton AB (88)
Sveen moved to Canada in l949 and settled in rural Saskatchewan.
He began touring the province's dance halls with Eddie Mehler's Southern
Playboys (who were heard also on CKRM radio, Regina), the Western Five Orchestra
and, l955-62, his own group, Olle and His Playmates. In 1962 he relocated
to Edmonton. He hosted music programs of Scandinavian 1965-71 CKUA radio.
After his first recordings for Aragon Records in l954, Sveen made over 25
LPs for Rodeo, Point and London.
7. The Keatniks: Memphis
(Chuck Berry)
The Keatnicks, Melbourne, AMLP 4011
Labrador City NL
William Keating (lead guitar)
Pierre LaJeuness (piano)
Maurice Caines (Vocals, rhythm guitar)
Basil Haire (drums)
Produced in Montreal, 1965
This was the very first rock album recorded by a band from Newfoundland
and Labrador in 1965. In fact, they were based in Labrador City where all
four members worked for Iron Ore of Canada. The band would play in the company’s
Ashuanipi Social Club. Being the only rock band in town, they became quite
popular and had to travel down to Montreal to record their only album. A
Canadian classic!
8. The Blues Magoos: Pipe Dream
(Ron Gilbert / Ralph Scala)
Electric Comic Book: Mercury Records - 5301
New York City
Ralph Scala - keyboards, vocals
Emil Peppy Theilhelm guitar, vocals
Ron Gilbert bass, vocals
Mike Esposito guitar
Geoff Daking drums, percussion
Produced by Bob Wyld and Art Polhemus, April 1967
The band got to perform this song (which was considered to be
a drug song) on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour broadcast nationally on
CBS. This was when TV and Radio networks realized that getting high was becoming
a popular subject for songwriting. The Byrds had Eight Miles High and 5D
banned; Lucy In The Sky was a hot topic. But it seems as though The Blues
Magoos got away with it.
9. The Stonefield: Deep Shades of Blue
(Joe Verheydon)
45 single bw Morning Hours: Luck Records CP 6158
Rycroft AB
Joe Verheydon: vocal
Others not listed
Produced 1966
Singer Joe Verheyden has stated that he had a flu the day they
recorded this. They recorded in Edmonton and released one more single in
1966 after renaming themselves The Exits.
10. Striped Bananas: Ghost World
(Chantelle Shepard / Duncan Shepard)
Stone of Madness: #125/200: Cosmic Sunshine Records 88295-57817
Danbury CT
Duncan Shepard: guitars, bass, mellotron, sitar, mandolin, vocal
Chantelle Shepard: keys, bass, lead vocal
Andrew Lowden: drums, vocal
Produced by Duncan Shepard, 2017
Recorded in Michigan and New York
Mastered by AudioBay Mastering, Grand Rapids, Michigan
11. Suckerpunch: One Dog’s Gonna Die
(Suckerpunch)
Carols From The Canyon: Chemical Sound Recordings CHEMLP1
Toronto
Christopher Dignan: guitar, vocals
Cindy Beattie: bass
Sean Dignan: drums
Produced by Suckerpunch, 1994
Recorded and mixed by Daryl Smith and Alistair Miller at Chemical Sound recordings, Toronto
Mastered by Brett Zilahi at F-X Studios, Toronto
There have been numerous bands who’ve called themselves Suckerpunch:
in the UK, San Antonio, Texas, Michigan, Chicago and Florida, but the one
we played today was the punk band from Toronto.
Still in high-school in the late 80’s, guitarist Christopher Dignan formed
Suckerpunch with older brother Sean on drums and ex-Heatseekers bass player
Cindy Beattie. With Christopher as the gyrating guitar swinging front man,
Suckerpunch quickly became the must see band in town. They broke up in 1995
with the Dignan brothers joining Dodge Fiasco and later The Kensington Hillbillies.
12. Al Bruno: Arkansas Traveller / Old Joe Clark / Guitar Breakdown
(Traditional)
Town & Country Guitar: Arc Records - 507
Sudbury ON
Al Bruno: lead guitar
Producer not listed - circa 1958
Al Bruneau b. Sudbury ON January 22, 1937 / d. August 21, 2015 in Florida
13. César et Les Romains: Money
(Berry Gordy / Janie Bradford)
45 single bw Dans Ton Miroir: Citation Records CN 9033
Montreal QC
Maurice Bélanger: bass
Jacques Moisan: drums
Daniel Lachance: guitar
Donald Seward: organ
Dino L’Espérance: vocals
Produced by George Lagois, 1968
Originally called Les Questions, the band got together in 1964
but soon changed to the name to The Romains. They wore togas and sandals
on stage to attract attention but ended up burning those costumes on stage
in 1967 and broke up the following year.
14. Les Hou-Lops: Tout ira très bien (It’s Gonna Be Alright)
(Gerry Marsden)
45 single bw Quand Les Roses: Apex Records 13424
Montreal
Yvan Côté: guitar
Jean-Claude Bernard: bass
Jean-Claude Domingue: guitar
Gilles Rousseau: vocalist
Produced 1965
They won the yé-yé group's trophy at the 1965 Record
Festival with the album "C'est chip". In 1966, they were one of the bands
that got to open for the Rolling Stones at the Paris Olympia.
15. Les Baronets: Ça recommence (It Won’t Be Long)
(Lennon / McCartney)
45 single bw Est-Ce Que Tu M'Aimes: Franco 9347
Montreal QC
Jean Beaulne
Pierre Labelle
René Angélil
Claude Menard Orchestra
Produced 1964
16. The Esquires: Rave
(Blackwell)
Introducing The Esquires: Capitol Records - T-6075
Ottawa ON
Gary Comeau: lead guitar
Clint Hierlihy: bass
Paul Huot: guitar
Richie Patterson, drums
Produced by Clint Hierlihy, 1964
Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Montreal
First Published in Canada August, 1964
17. 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 (72)
Her first hit was a duet with singer Bobby McClure in 1965, their
recordingof "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.
But her biggest hit by far was Rescue Me. Although Bass was acknowledged
by Producer Billy Davis as a co-writer of the song, she was never actually
credited and never received production royalty credits.
She said: "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."
18. Bearfoot: Passing Time
(Dwayne Ford)
45 single bw She Comes To Me: Columbia Records Canada – C4-4065
Toronto ON
Dwayne Ford (keyboards, flute, guitar, vocals)
Hugh Brockie (lead and rhythm guitar, banjo)
Chris Vickery (bass)
Malcolm Tomlinson (vocals, guitar)
Brian Hilton (drums)
Produced by Bob Gallo 1974
Initially going by the name "Atkinson, Danko and Ford", they
changed their name out of practicality and because they didn't want to sound
as though they were a law-firm. Terry Danko was the brother of The Band’s
Rick Danko. The founding members came together as part of Ronnie Hawkins'
Rock and Roll Revival and Travelling Medicine Show. As with other Hawkins
bands, Bearfoot eventually formed in 1969 and signed with Columbia. Danko
and Atkinson left in 1973 to pursue work as musicians in California.
19. Black Heat: Drive My Car
(Lennon / McCartney)
Glass Onion: Songs of the Beatles: Warner Jazz – 5050466149626
USA
Johnell Gray - Keyboards, vocals
Naamon Jones - Bass, lead vocals
James Duval - Lead guitar, rhythm guitar
Esco Cromer - Drums
Rodney Edwards - Trumpet, flugelhorn
Ray Thompson - Saxophone, flute
Raymond Green - Congas
Jimmy Douglass, Rodney Edwards - Bass
Randy Brecker - Tenor saxophone
Michael Brecker - Horn
Tom Malone - Trombone
Ken Bichel - Synthesizer
Produced by Joel Dorn and Jimmy Douglass, 1975
Compilation produced 2003
Originally recorded on Keep On Runnin' , the band’s third and final album released in 1975.
20. The Beatles: If I Fell
(Lennon / McCartney)
Something New: Capitol Records Canada T 2108
Liverpool
John Lennon: lead and backing vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney: lead vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison: 12-string lead guitar
Ringo Starr: drums
Produced by George Martin, 1964
Recorded at EMI Studios, London 27 February 1964
21. Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper: Stop
(Jerry Ragovoy / Mort Shuman)
Mike Bloomfield / Al Kooper / Steve Stills – Super Session: Columbia Records CS 9701
New York City / Chicago
Al Kooper – vocals, piano, Hammond organ, Ondioline, electric guitar, twelve-string guitar
Mike Bloomfield – electric guitar
Barry Goldberg – electric piano
Harvey Brooks – bass guitar
Eddie Hoh – drums, percussion
Produced by Al Kooper, 1968
This was really an Al Kooper project. Kooper booked two days
of studio time at CBS Columbia Square in May 1968, and recruited keyboardist
Barry Goldberg and bassist Harvey Brooks, both members of the Electric Flag,
along with well-known session drummer "Fast" Eddie Hoh. On the first day,
the quintet recorded a group of mostly blues-based instrumental tracks. On
the second day, with the tapes ready to roll, Bloomfield decided to leave,
returning to his home in California, alleging that he had been unable to
sleep. Needing to have something to show for the second day of sessions,
Kooper hastily called Stephen Stills, who was in the process of leaving Buffalo
Springfield. The success of the album opened the door for the "supergroup"
concept of the late 1960s and 1970s, as exemplified by the likes of Blind
Faith and Crosby, Stills & Nash.
This Week’s Going Out Song:
22. Bonzo Dog Band: Mr Slater’s Parrot
(Viv Stanshall)
The History of the Bonzos: United Artists Records UA-LA321
London UK
Viv Stanshall: banjo, vocals
Neil Innis: guitar, vocals
Rodney Slater: sax
Cornet, Fish 'n' Chips: Gerry Salisbury
Functions Of The Body arranged by: R. Slater
Perfumed Parlour Snake: "Legs" Larry Smith: drums
Sam Spoons: piano
Theremin (Leg): Roger Ruskin Spear sousaphone, sax
Narrator: Dennis Cowan, Vivian Stanshall
Compilation Produced 1974
Original song produced by Viv Stanshall and Neil Innis, 1970
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