The Buckside
1. Oscar Peterson & Bucky Pizzarelli: Eleanor Rigby – 1970 *
2. Reg Hill: Buck Fever Rag – 1965 *
3. Buck Owens: Who’s Gonna Mow Your Grass – 1969
4. Wally Zayonce & His Buckaroos: Ukrainian Kolomeyka – 196? *
5. Lord Buckley: The Raven – 1956
6. Pat Riccio: Buckaneer Blues – 1964 *
7. Buckwheat Zydeco: Zydeco Boogaloo – 1984
8. Baby Ruth: A Fistful of Dollars – 1975
9. Girls of the Golden West: Bucking Bronco – 1934
10. Joshua: Bow Down (To The Dollar) – 1971 *
11. Carter Wall: Thirteen Silver Dollars – 2017 *
12. Corb Lund: Five Dollar Bill – 2002 *
13. Big Bob and the Dollars: Big Jean Beliveau – 1963 *
14. The Men They Couldn’t Hang: Greenback Dollar – 1985
15. Buck Clayton: Blue Goose Special – 1963 *
16. Roy Payne: I Wouldn’t Take A Million Dollars For A Single Maple Leaf – 1993 *
17. Bill King: Buckle My Blues – 1973 *
18. Kim Beggs: Bucko – 2004 *
19. Gary Buck: Calgary Alberta – 1972 *
20. The Buckinghams: Lawdy Miss Claudy – 1967
21. Johnny & The Hurricanes: Buckeye – 1959
22. Stephen Sinnick: $20.00 and 50 Seconds – 2002 *
The Standings Side
23. Southern Exposure: Standing On A Rock –
24. The Standells: Dirty Water – 1966
25. Ten Years After: Standing At The Crossroads – 1972
26. The Tubes: Stand Up And Shout – 1977
27. Little Richard: I Saw Her Standing There – 1970
28. Henry Cuesta: Skyline Stomp – 1980 *
29. Tommy Danton and The Echoes: Where Do I Stand With You – 1957 *
30. Patty Duke: Don’t Just Stand There – 1965
31. The Nobles: Standing Alone – 1987 *
32. Headpins: Don’t Stand in The Line Of Fire – 1983 *
33. Modern Jazz Quartet: Animal Dance – 1962
34. Ted Hawkins: There Stands the Glass – 1994
35. Delbert McClinton: Standing On Shaky Ground – 1989
36. kd lang: Nowhere To Stand – 1989 *
37. The (English) Beat: Get A Job / Stand Down Margaret – 1983
38. Emmerson, Lake & Palmer: Barbarian – 1970
39. Sly & The Family Stone: Stand – 1969
CanCon* = 47%
The Buckside
1. Oscar Peterson w Bucky Pizzarelli: Eleanor Rigby
(Lennon / McCartney)
Motions and Emotions: MPS Records (US) MB 20713
Montreal QC / Paterson NJ
Oscar Peterson: piano
Bucky Pizzarelli: guitar
Bobby Durham: drums
Produced by Matthias Kunnecke, 1969
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson
b. August 15, 1925 Montreal / d. December 23, 2007 (82) Mississauga ON
John Paul ‘Bucky’ Pizzarelli
b. January 9, 1926 Paterson, NJ / d. April 1, 2020 (94) Saddle River, NJ
Bucky was the father of jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and double
bassist Martin Pizzarelli. He worked for NBC for Dick Cavett (1971)
and ABC with Bobby Rosengarden in (1952). Musicians he collaborated with
include Benny Goodman, George Barnes, Les Paul, Oscar Peterson and Stéphane
Grappelli
2. Reg Hill & The Ottawa Valley Melodiers: Buck Fever Rag
(R Hill)
Ottawa Valley Hoedown #2 - Banff / Rodeo RBS 1221
Arnprior, ON
Reg Hill: fiddle
Mac Beattie washboard
Jimmy Mayhew piano
Garnet Scheel guitar
Gaetan Fairfield bass
Producer not listed - 1965
Originally recorded on "
http://www.backtothesugarcamp.com/macbeattie.html
3. Buck Owens: Who’s Gonna Mow Your Grass
(Buck Owens)
Buck Owens 20 Greatest Hits: TeeVee Records SL 8068
Sherman Texas
Buck Owens: vocal, guitar
Don Rich: fuzz-tone guitar
Others not listed
Produced by Ken Nelson, 1969
Compilation album produced in 1972 by Capitol Records. Re-released by TeeVee Records 1977.
Alvis Edgar Owens Jr.
b. August 12, 1929 Sherman, TX / d. March 25, 2006 (76) Bakersfield CA
This is quite possibly the only time (that I can recall) that
I’ve heard a fuzz-tone guitar on a country and western song! Apparently,
Owen’s took a lot of criticism after he released this track in 1969. The
Beatles and, later, Ringo Starr recorded versions of Owen’s "Act Naturally".
The Beatles recorded the song in 1965, two years after Owens released it.
Starr recorded it as a duet with Owens which received a nomination for the
Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Collaboration in 1989.
4. Wally Zayonce & His Buckaroos: Ukrainian Kolomekya
(trad)
On The Bandstand: Buckaroo Records RXS 6913
Penticton BC
Wally Zayonce, cordovox accordion
Bruce Fazan, guitar, trumpet
Lyle Johnson, drums
Unknown others
Produced by Al Reusch at Aragon Recording Studios, Vancouver 196?
5. Lord Buckley: The Raven
(Edgar Alan Poe / arr by Richard Buckley)
A Most Immaculately Hip Aristocrat: Straight Records - STS-1054
New York City, NY
Richard Buckley: monologue
Produced and Edited by Frank Zappa, 1969
Recorded by Lyle Griffin – 1956
Richard Myrle Buckley
b. April 5, 1906 Tuolumne, CA / d. November 12, 1960 NYC (54)
Zappa loved jazz and off-beat poets, people who had original
ideas and thoughts. His love of composer Edgard Varese was well known as
Zappa often mis-quoted the composer on the covers of various albums: “The
present day composer refuses to die." Lord Buckley was a vaudevillian comedian
who was known for his wacky monologues, some of which made it to disc. He
was the Lord of the beatnik club scene and is quoted widely by many influential
artists, from Bob Dylan to Joan Baez on down. Zappa seized the opportunity
to release some as yet unreleased material on his own, brand new Straight
Records label. Other label mates of Buckley’s were Alice Cooper, The GTOs,
Captain Beefheart and Wild Man Fischer. The recordings Frank used on Hip
Aristocrat were probably recorded in 1956, most likely in an apartment. Someone
(maybe one of Buckley’s wives) asks him: “Do you want the fan on?” These
recordings are Lord Buckley at his very best.
6. Pat Riccio: Buccaneer’s Blues
(E Hopkin)
Let’s Dance To…: Arc Records – 630
Toronto
Pat Riccio: orchestra leader, alto sax
Produced 1964
Pat Riccio
b. Port Arthur (Thunder Bay) ON 3 Dec 1918 / d Toronto 23 Aug 1982 (64)
Joining the RCAF in 1941, he served as music director of the
RCAF Streamliners, a 15-piece dance band that performed in England for the
BBC and, alternating with Glenn Miller's (US) Army Air Force Band, at the
Queensbury Club in London. Returning to Toronto after World War II, Riccio
played in, or wrote arrangements for, the local dance bands of Bert Niosi,
Mart Kenney, Art Hallman, and others. As a saxophonist, Riccio won polls
conducted by CBC radio's 'Jazz Unlimited' in 1947 ('best alto') and 1949
('best baritone'). Riccio's son Pat Riccio Jr played piano in his teens with
Bobby Kris and the Imperials, worked during the 1960s in CBC Halifax pop
music shows, and was music director 1975-87 for Anne Murray.
7. 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. 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
8. Baby Ruth: A Fistful of Dollars
(Morricone)
Baby Ruth: Harvest Records ST-11367
Hatfield UK
Alan shacklock: guitars, mellotron, moogs, percussion, vibes
Ed Spevock: drums
Dave Hewitt: bass
Steve Gurl: keys
Janita Haan: bells
Angelito: congas
Produced by Steve Rowland, 1975
Recorded by Ashley Howe and John Iles at Landsown & Chappell Studios, London
9. Girls Of The Golden West: Bucking Bronco
(Belle Starr or James Hatch)
Banjo Pickin’ Girl: Rounder Records 1029
Mount Carmel, IL
Mildred Good: vocals
Dorothy Good: vocals, guitar
Album Produced by Charles Wolfe and Patricia A Hall, 1978
Recorded in Chicago, October 31, 1934
Mildred Fern “Millie” Good (née Goad)
b. April 11, 1913 Mount Carmel, Illinois, / d. May 2, 1993 (80) Hamilton Ohio
Dorothy Laverne “Dolly” Good (née Goad)
December 11, 1915 Mount Carmel, Illinois / d. November 12, 1967 (52)
Sisters known for their yodelling harmonies and western songs. They
made their professional debut in 1930 appearing on a radio program out of
St. Louis, Missouri. They signed with Victor and went on to record more records
than any other women performers at that time. They remained an act and continued
to record until the death of Dorothy in 1967.
Bucking Broncho was a double-entendre country song was said to have been
written by the infamous female outlaw Belle Starr but folklorists have since
proven that it was a widely known song by then. In fact, they’ve dated it
back to a James Hatch, who claimed to have written it in Platte City, Newbraska
in 1882.
10. Joshua: Bow Down (To The Dollar)
(L Weiss)
45 single bw Peace of Mind: GRT Records 1230-15
Woodstock ON
Carl Burgess
Bill Broadhurst
Pat Gamble
Don Dunlop
Al Feth
Produced by Harry V. Hynde, 1972
An early seventies gospel/rock quintet from Woodstock, Ontario.
They enjoyed one hit (Poor Folks) in April 1972, which is also on their album.
Indeed all the above 45 cuts are save for Peace Of Mind. Much of their vocal
work comprises intricate three-part vocal harmonies and there's also a good
blend of raw rock'n'roll and funky rhythms with some pretty good guitar and
keyboard work
11. Colter Wall: Thirteen Silver Dollars
(Colter Wall)
Colter Wall: Young Mary’s Record Co. YMRC001-1
Swift Current SK
Colter Wall: acoustic guitar, vocal
Jason Simpson: bass
Dave Cobb: acoustic guitar
Produced by David Cobb, 2017
Recorded by Gena Johnson
Colter Wall
b. June 27, 1995, Swift Current, Saskatchewan
Son of ex-Premier of Saskatchewan Brad Wall, Colter sounds as
if he’s breathed in songs of the prairie since birth a hundred years ago!
And he was only 21 when he recorded this record album!
12. Corb Lund Band: Five Dollar Bill
(Corb Lund)
Five Dollar Bill: Stony Plain SPCD 1284
Taber AB
Corb Lund: guitar, vocals
Dan Dugmore: steel
Kurt Ciesla: double bass
Harry Stinson: drums
Produced by Harry Stinson, 2002
Recorded by Rusty McFarland at Sunset Studios, Calgary
Mastered by Dave Shipley at Fox Wood Mastering, Nashville
Corb Lund
b. January 29, 1969 Taber Alberta
Lund first broke into prominence as a member of the crash metal
band The Smalls before changing his style and starting the Corb Lund Band
in the mid 1990s. Since then the band has recorded some stellar albums, beginning
with Five Dollar Bill. Crisp songs that leap out of the speakers.
13. Big Bob & The Dollars: Big Jean Béliveau
(Bob Davies)
45 Single bw You: Click Records
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
Bob Davies
b. May 3, 1937, Montreal, QC / d. November 29, 2011, Stouffville, ON (74)
Davies often revisited sports in his songwriting. In 1963, following
Gordie Howe, he penned Big John Béliveau, dipped into football with
The Mighty Als of Montreal, then wrote Here’s To Bobby Hull. Next came Has
Anybody Here Seen Frank Mahovlich? None would enjoy the popularity of Gordie
Howe.
14. The Men They Couldn’t Hang: Greenback Dollar
(Hoyte Axton)
Greenback Dollar 45 rpm 12 Inch EP: Demon Records G 1040
Portsmouth & Southhampton UK
Stefan Cush — vocals, guitar
Philip “Swill” Odgers — vocals, guitar, tin whistle, melodica
Paul Simmonds — guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, keyboards
Jon Odgers — drums, percussion
Shanne Bradley — bass, flute
Produced by Nick Lowe, 1985
The group formed in 1984 and this was their lineup through 1985–86.
Shanne Bradley didn't leave until 1987, when Ricky McGuire replaced her on
bass. There's an interesting bit of discographical confusion here. “Greenback
Dollar” was released as a single in 1985, on Demon Records (D 1039), with
“Night to Remember” on the B-side. It was a cover of the Hoyt Axton song
made famous by the Kingston Trio, and was produced by Nick Lowe. It was later
released as an Extended Play 45 with the addition of three other songs: The
Bells, Night To Remember and Hell of England.
15. Buck Clayton & Count Basie All-Stars: Blue Goose Special
(Jack Hutton)
Buck Clayton's Canadian Caper: Vibra Records D5-MM-63/2
Los Angeles CA
Buck Clayton: trumpet
Earle Warren: sax
Jackie Williams: drums
Sir Charles Thompson: piano
Tommy Potter: bass
Produced by Fred Edge, Mike Cassidy and Ewd Ingraham, 1963
Recorded by Bill Dowding live at the Colonial Tavern, Toronto, July 1963
Wilbur Dorsey "Buck" Clayton
b. November 12, 1911 Parsons, Kansas / d. December 8, 1991 NYC (80)
Trumpeter Buck Clayton played briefly in Basie's band before
going to Shanghai in the 1930s to play jazz. The Chinese influence on his
music never left him! He came back to the States at the beginning of the
Sino-Japanese war (1937) and worked as an arranger for numerous jazz outfits.
He then toured Europe with Mezz Mezzrow. In the 1950s he recorded the bulk
of his output before somehow bringing his band to Toronto where they were
recorded this "Canadian themed" album live at the Colonial Tavern in Toronto.
Songs included Squid Jiggin' Ground, Allouette, North Atlantic Squadron,
Canadian Sunset, Thousand Islands Song, Saskatchewan and Canadian Capers.
The Colonial Tavern on Yonge St. in Toronto had an amazing history. Artists
from Gene Krupa to Jeff Healey, Thelonius Monk to BB King, Earl Hines to
Oscar Peterson, Big Mama Thornton to Bo Diddley and literally hundreds of
others performed there. It operated as a jazz and blues venue from the 1950s
through the 70s when it was ripped down. A vacant lot is all that's left.
16. Roy Payne: I Wouldn’t Tale A Million Dollars For A Single Maple Leaf
(Roy Payne)
Live at The Great North Wind: CIUT
Trout River NL
Roy Payne: guitar, vocals
Rick Fielding: lead guitar
Produced by Steve Fruitman, , March 1993
Roy Absalom Payne
b. April 3, 1939 Trout River, Newfoundland
Live on air, in studio recording. This song was originally for the Goofy Newfie album released on Marathon Records around 1972
17. Bill King: Buckle My Blues
(Bill King)
Goodbye Superdad: Capitol Records of Canada ST 6398
Toronto
Bill King: keys, lead vocal
Danny McBride: electric guitar
Chris Vickery: bass
Bill Usher: congas, bongos, percussion
Ian Guenther: violin
Bruce Pennycook: sax
Malcolm Thomlinson: drums, acoustic guitar
Produced by Paul Hoffert, 1973
Recorded by Bill Sedden at Thunder Sound, Toronto
Mastered by Doug Sax at Mastering Lab, Los Angeles
Bill King
b. July 28, 1944, Jeffersonville, Indiana
CIUT’s Bill King (of the Bill King Show) has been living and
working out of Toronto since 1969 when he left the US. He recorded this album
in 1973 and has had a prolific recording career ever since. Catch him live
Saturdays at 10 a.m. on www.ciut.fm.
18. Kim Beggs: Bucko
(Kim Beggs)
Streetcar Heart: Caribou Records - CRCD019
Whitehorse, YT
Kim Beggs: guitar, vocals
Bob Hamilton: upright bass
Moritz Behm: violin
Tony Scott Pearce
Anne Louise Genest: bg vocals
Lonnie Powell
Produced by Bob Hamilton, 2004
Mastered by Bob Hamilton at Old Crow Recording, Whitehorse
19. Gary Buck: Calgary Alberta
(Ray Griff)
Tomorrow Today: Capitol Records of Canada – ST 6283
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario,
Gary Buck: vocals
Others not listed
Produced by Kelso Herston, 1969
Gary Ralph Buck
b. March 21, 1940 Thessalon, ON / d. October 14, 2003, Didsbury, Alberta
Buck grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, where he became involved
in music as a teenager. He played guitar and bass and formed a rockabilly
group called The Rock-A-Billies. During the 1970s, while based in Kitchener,
Ontario, Buck hosted his own television series on CKCO-TV and remained a
familiar figure on Canadian country radio and television. Founder of Broadland
Records and Grand Slam Records, which released recordings by Canadian artists.
A founding figure in what became the Canadian Country Music Association.
He was also Founder of the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and served
as an international director of the Country Music Association. He was inducted
into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001.
20. The Buckinghams: Lawdy Miss Claudy
(L Price)
Greatest Hits: Columbia CS 9812
Chicago
Chicago Ill
Dennis Tufano, vocal
Carl Giammarese, guitar
Nick Fortuna, bass
John Poulos, drums
Marty Greeb, organ
Produced by Dan Belloc, 1967
Compilation Produced by Bil Keane
21. Johnny & The Hurricanes: Buckeye
(Conaster / King)
45 single bw Red River rock: London Records HL 8948
Toledo OH
Dave Yorko: guitar
Johnny Paris: sax
Paul Tesluk: organ
Lionel "Butch" Mattice: bass
Bill "Little Bo" Savich: drums
Produced by T King and I Mack, July 1959
Recorded at Warwick Studios, NYC
Mastered at Columbia Recording Studios, Bridgeport
Johnny & The Hurricans began as the Orbits in Toledo, Ohio in 1957.
They toured the Midwest, around the United States and internationally, and
appeared on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand several times. Yorko was among
the first to leave the Hurricanes, claiming “He got tired of being on the
road and wanted a normal life.” The people credited with having written this
song were actually Harry Balk and Irving Micahnik, the band’s managers. In
1962, the band played at the Star-Club in Hamburg, where the Beatles, then
a little-known band, served as an opening act.
22. Stephen Sinnick: $20.00 and 50 Seconds
(Stephen Sinnick)
88 Sixty Second Songs: DROG 100
Guelph ON
Stephen Sinnick: guitar, vocals
Produced by Lewis Melville, 2002
The Standings Side
23. Southern Exposure: Standing On A Rock
(Unknown)
45 single bw I Can’t Help It: B&K Records BK 4502
Toronto
Debbie Cathey (vocals)
Jimmie Jamison (vocals)
Carl Marsh (keyboards, synths)
Brian Russell (guitar)
Michael Toles (guitar)
Errol Thomas (bass)
Barry Keane (drums)
Dick Smith (percussion)
Produced by Bill Smith, 1981
Recorded and mixed at Phase One/RCA Studios by George Semkiw
This is a very unique record that nobody seems to know about. They were
definitely Canadian and seem to have been somewhat associated with Toronto
disco guys Ian Guenther and Willi Morrison but that is unconfirmed. They
released a four song EP as well as this single.
24. The Standells: Dirty Water
(Ed Cobb)
45 single bw Rari: Sparton Records P 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 in the US, 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.
dirty Water was the band’s only real hit song. Although none of the Standells
had been to Boston before the song was released, the city adopted the song
as its own. In 1997, "Dirty Water" was decreed the "official victory anthem"
of the Red Sox, and is played after every home victory won by the Boston
Red Sox. Although it’s played at Fenway Park regularly, the band make no
royalties from it since it was written by Cobb. Still, it’s a song that The
Standells are extremely proud of.
"Dirty Water" is listed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll."
25. Ten Years After: Standing at the Crossroads
(Elmore James / Robert Johnson)
Alvin Lee & Company: Derem (London) Records XDES 18064
London UK
Alvin Lee: guitar
Chick Churchill: keys
Leo Lyons: bass
Rick Lee: drums
Produced by Mike Vernon 1972
Recorded by Rob Baker at Klooks Kleek, Railway Hotel, West Hampstead, London
Formed in 1962 as the Jaybirds and later as Ivan Jay and the Jaymen,
Alvin Lee and Leo Lyons re-christened them as Ten Years After to honour Elvis
Presley's 10th year as a pop icon in 1966. Mostly active between 1968
and 1973, they hit it big with I'm Goin' Home at Woodstock. This album, Alvin
Lee & Company, was released on Derem after they left for Columbia. It
consists of earlier material. Crossroads was probably recorded May 14, 1968
by Rob Baker at Klooks Kleek, Railway Hotel, West Hampstead, London for their
second LP "Undead" but didn't make the album.
Performed at The Rock Pile, Toronto, 1969, opened by Howlin Wolf. In August
1970, they played the Strawberry Fields Festival at Mosport Raceway, near
Toronto, & Isle of Wight Festival in September. The band broke up around
1975.
26. The Tubes: Stand Up And Shout
(The Tubes)
What Do You Want From Live: A&M Records SP 96003
San Francisco CA
Sputnik Spooner: guitar, vocals
Roger Steen: guitar, vocals
Prairie Prince: drums
Mingo Lewis: drums, percussion, vocals
Vince Welnick: keys, vocals
Michael Cotton: synths
Rick Anderson: bass, vocals
Fee Waybill: lead vocals
Produced by Pete Henderson and Rikki Farr, 1978
Recorded by Pete Henderson and Bob Bullock at Hammersmith Odeon, London UK, Nov 1977
Mixed and Mastered by Pete Henderson and Rikki Farr at Kendun Recorders, Burbank
27. Little Richard: I Saw Her Standing There
(Lennon / McCartney)
The Rill Thing: Reprise Records RS 6406
Macon GA
Little Richard: keys, vocals
Harrison Callay: trumpet
Ronnie Eader: baritone saxophone
Harry Thompson: tenor saxophone
Charles Rose: trombone
Clayton Ivey: piano
Jerry Masters: bass
Travis Wammack: guitar
Albert Lowe: guitar
Roger Hawkins: drums
Eddie Fletcher: bass
Jesse Boyce: electric bass
Wade Jackson: tenor saxophone
Produced by Little Richard, 1970
Recorded at FAME Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
"I Saw Her Standing There", a song Richard considered to have been inspired
by his music. Richard's version is played at a slower tempo to the original
and features a horn section. Little Richard met the Beatles when they supported
him on a 1962 European tour, and considered the band "some of the greatest
songwriters ever been".
28. Henry Cuesta: Skyline Stomp
(Johnny Burt)
Henry Cuesta Plays Favourites: Pickwick / Canadian Talent Library PC-44017 / CTL S-5147
Toronto ON
Henry Cuesta: clarinet, sax
Peter Appleyard: vibes, percussion
Jimmy Coixon: keys
Bobby Edwards: guitar
Kenny Gil: guitar
Hank Monis: guitar
Bob Price: bass
Ron Vickery: drums
Produced by Johnny Burt, 1980
Recorded by Peter Houston at Toronto Sound Studios
Henry Falcon Cuesta, Sr.
b. December 23, 1931 McAllen, Texas / d. December 17, 2003 (aged 71) Sherman Oaks, CA
Played in Lawrence Welk’s band as a clarinetist. His only son,
Henry, Jr., was shot and killed in a robbery at the age of seventeen while
he was working in 1987 at a movie theater on Wilshire Boulevard in Santa
Monica, California. Cuesta lived in Toronto for several years, fronting his
own band
29. 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
Ray Sonim was a British ex-pat who relocated to Toronto in the 1959s
(after winning a UK lottery) and began a Canadian music magazine which was
too far before it’s time and didn’t catch on. From there he got involved
with a couple of CFRB radio programs: Calling All Britains (where Sonim became
the first dj to play Love Me Do in North America in December ’62 before it
was actually released here. He also produced a weekly World Music show called
Sonim’s Music World. He was also the guy who discovered and broke Vera Lynn
internationally back in the 1930s
30. Patty Duke: Don’t Just Stand There
(B Ross / L Crane)
45 single bw Everything But Love: United Artists UA 875
Elmhurst NY
Patty Duke: vocal
Arnold Goland: conductor, arranger
Produced by Jack Gold 1965
Anna Marie Duke
b. NYC December 14, 1946 / d. March 29, 2016 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
She first became known as a teen star, winning an Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actress at age 16 for her role as Helen Keller in The
Miracle Worker (1962). The following year she was given her own show, The
Patty Duke Show, in which she portrayed "identical cousins". Duke had a short
but successful singing career which included two Top 40 hits. She was diagnosed
as bipolar in 1982, becoming one of the first public figures to speak out
about personal experience of mental health.
31. The Nobles: Standing Alone
(A Jacobs / E Snyder)
45 single bw Till the End of Time: ABC-Paramount 9984
Toronto
Harry Harding
Ivor McIvor
Al Higgins
Al Sterino
Don Costa Orchestra
Produced by Don Costa, 1958
The band began – as so many vocal groups did re The Crewcuts
and Diamonds et al – in Toronto in the early 1950s mostly out of school choirs.
The Nobles began as the EmCees who appeared on US National Television on
the Arthur Godfrey Talent Show and CBC’s Cross-Canada Hit Parade. After this,
personnel changes saw the band briefly change their name to The Stereos before
becoming The Nobles. Check out my Ken McRae (EmCees) on my Back To The Sugar
Camp website www.backtothesugarcamp.com/campstreams.html page to hear the
show.
32. The Headpins: Don’t Stand In The Line Of Fire
(MacLeod / Mills)
Line of Fire: Solid Gold Records SGR-1017
Vancouver BC
Darby Mills: vocals
Brian MacLeod: guitars, keys, drums
Ab Bryant: bass
Bernie Aubin: drums
Produced by Brian MacLeod, 1983
Recorded and Mixed by David Slagter at Little Mountain & Ocean Studios, Vancouver
Mastered by Masterdisk, NYC
The band was founded as a side project in the late 1970s by then Chilliwack
members Ab Bryant and Brian MacLeod. The Headpins began gigging around
the Vancouver area throughout 1981, quickly building a fan base. Their debut
album Turn It Loud, released in 1982, quickly reached platinum status as
it topped the charts for six weeks, The band was in middle of recording their
third album, Head Over Heels, when their record company went bust. They still
gig.
33. Modern Jazz Quartet: Animal Dance
(John Lewis)
Lonely Woman: Atlantic 1381
NYC
Percy Heath: bass
Connie Kay: drums
John Lewis: piano
Milt Jackson: vibes
Produced by Nesuhi Ertegun, 1962
Recorded by Phil Iehle, Tom Dowd NYC
34. Ted Hawkins: There Stands The Glass
(Russ Hull / Mary Jean Shurtz / Audrey Greisham)
The Next Hundred Years: Geffin Records DGCD 24627
Biloxi Miss
Ted Hawkins – guitar, vocals
Chris Bruce – guitar
Guy Pratt, John Pierce, Kevin McCormick – bass
Tony Berg – keyboards, guitar
Billy Payne, Patrick Warren – keyboards
Greg Wells, Jim Keltner, Pat Mastelotto – drums, percussion
Greg Leisz – steel guitar
Martin Tillman – cello
Produced by Tony Berg, 1986
Compilation album Produced in 1994
Theodore Hawkins Jr.
b. October 28, 1936 Biloxi, Miss / d. January 1, 1995 (58) Los Angeles
Ted Hawkins covered the song on his 1986 album On the Boardwalk.
35. Delbert McClinton: Standing on Shaky Ground
(Bowen / Boyd / Hasel)
Live From Austin: Alligator Records - ALC 4773
Lubbock TX
Vocals, Harmonica – Delbert McClinton
Baritone Saxophone – Mark Kazanoff
Bass, Backing Vocals – Tim Loftin
Drums – Harrell Bosarge
Guitar – Dave Millsap, Stephen Bruton
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Nick Connolly
Tenor Saxophone – Don Wise
Trombone – Jon Blondell
Trumpet – Marc Breithaupt, Steven Herrman
Produced by Bruce Iglauer, Delbert McClinton, Don Wise, 1989
Recorded by Billy Myers & David Hough at KLRU-TV, Austin, TX For "Austin City Limits"
Mastered By – Tom Coyne
Mixed By – Jay Shilliday
Delbert McClinton
b. November 4, 1940 Lubbock, TX
Talk about most underated artists, I don’t know of many who would claimed
that Delbert McClinton is one of the most original singers, great harp player
and tasty guitarist. He always has great bands and he puts everything into
every song.
36. kd lang: Nowhere To Stand
(kd lang)
Absolute Torch and Twang: Sire Records 92-58771
Consort AB
Kd lang: guitar, vocal
Ben Mink: strings, organ
Produced by Greg Penny, Ben Mink & kd lang - 1989
Recorded by Joe Seta & Greg Penny & Marc Ramaer at Vancouver Studios, BC
37. The (English) Beat: Get A Job / Stand Down Margaret
(The Beat)
What Is: IRS Records – SP 70040
Birmingham UK
Ranking Roger: vocal, toasting, percussion
Dave Wakeling: vocal, guitar
David Steele: bass
Andy Cox: guitar
Everett Morton: drums
Wesley Magoogan: sax
Saxa (Lionel Augustus Martin): sax
David Blockhead: keys
Produced by English Beat with David Peters, 1983
Compilation Produced by John Guarnieri – 1983
Recorded live at Opera House, Boston, November 10, 1982
In UK were just known as The Beat; in Australia as British Beat and
in America The English Beat. The Beat toured the world with well-known artists
such as David Bowie, The Clash, The Police, The Pretenders, R.E.M., The Specials
and Talking Heads. After the break-up of The Beat in 1983, Dave Wakeling
and Ranking Roger went on to form General Public and had a couple of hit
singles in North America, while Andy Cox and David Steele formed Fine Young
Cannibals
38. Emmerson Lake & Palmer: Barbarian
(Emmerson / Lake / Palmer)
Emmerson Lake & Palmer: Cotillion SD 9040
London UK
Carl Palmer: drums, percussion
Greg Lake: bass, guitar, vocals
Keith Emmerson: piano, clavinet, Pipe organ, Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer
Produced by Greg Lake, 1970
Recorded by Eddie Offord at Advision Studios, London
39. Sly & The Family Stone: Stand
(Sylvester Stewart)
Greatest Hits: Epic Records AL 30325
San Francisco CA
Sly Stone: vocals, keys, guitars, harmonica, vocoder
Rose Stone: vocals, keys
Freddie Stone: vocals, guitar
Larry Graham: vocals, bass
Greg Errico: drums
Cynthia Robinson: trumpet
Jerry Martini: sax
Vet Stone, Mary McCreary, Elva Mouton (Little Sister): bg vocals
Produced by Sly Stone, 1969
Recorded by Don Puluse, Brian Ross-Myring and Phil Macey at Pacific High Recording, San Francisco
Sylvester Stewart
b. Denton TX Mar 15, 1943
The Family Stone was the first major American rock group
to have a racially integrated, male and female lineup. Formed in 1966, the
group's music synthesized a variety of disparate musical styles to help pioneer
the "psychedelic soul" sound like the Chambers Brothers before them. They
released a series of top ten hits such as "Dance to the Music" (1968), "Everyday
People" (1968), and "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (1969), as
well as critically acclaimed albums such as Stand! (1969), which combined
pop sensibility with social commentary. I got to see them at the Toronto
Pop Festival, June 1969.
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