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IJlJ1':rM*r, . CANADA'S COUNTRY MUSIC II' ·s· : :, .. :, , . . :· In the May 2nd 1966 issue of RPM we headlined a story " CANADIAN COUNTRY SHAPES UP". What ~ : ·• • •.. ·· '. · · ·· we forgo.I to add was "OR SHIPS OUT": The impending explosion of Canadian country sounds fizzled : . · : ·: · . : • out. NOW, six months late r, we're getting ready for another try at cracking the Canadian sound bar-

.· .· ... rier . Th is ti me , however , we are much better prepared for the world market. New studios , new engin-.. . I . . . ·a; ····1; . . . eers and producers have combined to give us that refreshingly new canadian sound. George Taylor's

I • .·· I : · . ·· .,... ; · ~ontrea I based Rodeo firm has taken advantage. of the fantastic sound available at Stereo Sound Siu-. ·. · · ·· .· d1os through the production and eng1neer1ng skills of Maurice Bougu and Jack Raskin . The new Bob . · . · ·· .. · : King single "Wa lking On The Country Road" is a product of SSS. In Toronto there are three studios

.· · ·• · ·· capab le of supplying that much needed competitive sound . Phil Anderson , general manager of Bay

Volume 6, No. 11

CAN ADIAN COU NTRY RADIO PERSONALITIES

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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAN D JOHN P ERRY -CJRW-Summerside LOMAN McAUL A Y-CFCY-Charlottetown

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Music has acq ui red the services of Dave Leonard as studio co-ordinator and chief recording engineer for the Bay studios . Leonard was formerly with Bellone Studios in New York City . Bob Gray , manager of the RC A Victor studios , reports an increase in label work and the added interest of country artists , in the facili ties available at the RCA studios . It has been reported that a major indie of pop product wi II soon be recording Canadian country art ists at RCA Victor. Hallmark Studios have also been busy creating product for the big explosion. Bob Martin , advertising and promotion manager for Columbia Records, has turned his talents toward producing. His first successful country production was "Lov­ing You Again" by Johnny Burke . His follow-up , also produced by Martin "Loving Day" has already been aired by Ralph Emery of WSM in Nashvi I le . Martin productions were at Ha II mark.

Capi tol 's di rector of artists & repertoire , Paul White , has begun a giant push on their Can­adian artis ts , namely Diane Leigh with her single "Why Can't He Be You" and Gary Buck and his release of " The Weatherman " . Bruce Shaver introduced the country to his artist Odie Workman with his Bison production of " Jacka Bui lt A House " and has now released "Take This Heart Of Mine" on Sparton.

Columbia's Mercey Bros. have bounced onto the scene with their strong release of "Whistling On The River " . Country , MOT and GMP stations from coast to coast are leaning heavily on what could be the fi rst nationa l breakth rough for Canadian country artists.

Country mus ic ca n be a ve ry im portant export for canada , and with the winning combination of those mentioned above , it would look as though we are on the right track. This week we have set down in alphabetica l order, by artist , the country singles available. We will , each week, tabulate the na­tional popularity of these discs . We have also listed the radio country stations and their personalities.

Canad ian country productions and artists are greater than ever . There is no need to expose a Canadian disc out of sympathy . The better part of all releases have it in the grooves and are cap­able of competing wi th any imported product. SUPPORT YOUR CANADIAN COUNTRY SCENE -IT'S GOOD FOR YOU.

CURRENT COUNTRY SINGLES

JIM SCARR OW -CKBl - Prince A l bert HANK SE CORD-CKRM- Regino DEAN SU MM ER F IELD-CFQC-Sask otoon ART WAL LMAN-CKS W-Sw i ft Current AND Y STE WA RT-CFSL - We y burn BEN MIESNER-CFGX -Yorkton

ALBE RTA D' A RCEY SCOT T-CFCN -Co lgory CUR L EY GUR L OCK-CFCW-Com rose PAT O' CONNO R-CJD V- Drumhel le r TONY BIAMON TE -CF RN-Edmonton DICK T AY LOR-CHED-Edmon ton JACK T HYS-CHA T-Medicine Hot MEL MACK -CKYL -Peoce Ri ver

BRIT ISH COLUMBIA T. O' NE IL-CFJC- Ko mloops ADR IAN PLACE -CKOV- Ke low no 6RIAN MI ES-CJJC- L ongley -K€N L UNDGR EN-CH US-Nonoimo JOHN THOMPSON-CJ AD-Port A lberni BILL GOOD-CHTK--Prince R"!'er t DON PRENTICE -CKCQ-Quesnel RALf'H .FiELOS-C-K XR-Solmon Arm J . WHtT.E- CF'f"K -.Terroce -CttU c~ 1>A'.YJS-C BC-VanCO\JYer GIL McCA LL-Ct<WL ·Wi11i<>ni s L ake

THE WEATHERMAN Gory Buck-Capitol

LOVING YOU AGAIN Johnny Burke-Capitol

THREE PLAYS FOR A QUARTER Rolph Carlson-Melbourne

MUDDY WATER Berl Cuff-Arc

NASHVILLE DREAM Jimmy Jomes-Arc

TRAVELLING FIDDLER Bob King-Melbourne

WORKING ON THE COUNTRY ROAD Bob King-Melbourne ·

ALONG WITH THE HURT Geno King-Arc

RORY GET YOUR DORY Eddie Legere-Arc

WHY CAN'T HE BE YOU Dione Leigh-Capitol

PLAY ME ONE MORE COUNTRY SONG Ron McMunn-Mel bourne WHISTLING ON THE RIVER Mercey Sro s-Columbio

GO flATTLER GO Irw in Prescott-Melbou rn e

'WATCH YOUR SJEP ··Rhythm Pols-Melboume

TAKE T H1S HEART -OF.,,,INE Odie Work m'1n -Sporlon

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Th is week, the second installment of my quiz to Old Ed:, I continue to ask him questions that readers want the an swers to . If you have any questions , please send them to me. EC: As ed itor of RPM, you have your finger on pulse of the industry in this country . How about a progress re por t. WG: I ' m going to be honest wi th you Ellie . In the past three years of publishing RPM, I have seen a great deal happen. The industry has grown , but there are two sore points. Program­mers still do not program with consis tency. I mean, the records that make it, don' t make it in enough markets. If a record gets acceptance in 10 areas , that can be it . The other 32 areas don't program it, the net total is a part of a hit. Perhaps legislation is the answer. I hope it can improve by itself . If it doesn't, the government will surely step in with Canad ian content re ­quirements. Whatever is necessary is alright with me. Secondly , the lack of production other than " pop" music , on the part of record com­panies. Good LPs aren't being recorded and possibly record companies should try to come up with a few CTL type of products that could be bought in stores. EC: Why doesn't RPM feature more news about GMP record ings and programming? WG : There is a general lack of interest on the part of the staid old broadcasters. There is a lack of interest on the part of record companies (as I have indicated in my last answer ) I th ink the answer is to FIRST build a solid " pop" mus ic industry and the good mus ic will follow . We rea lly haven't set the world on fi re with the " easy", and the " difficult" wi II have to wai t . EC: A reader wrote me sometime ago asking

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why RPM didn 't expose the problems in the mus ic indus try. Why don 't we name names? WG: I read the letter you are referring to. It is very easy for readers to ask us to stick our necks out , but at the word " payola " you can remember what happened. It isn' t easy to get the goods on these undercover dealings in the industry , and too often a story that will expose the gangster element in the industry will harm the people who are on the level and hurt the in­dustry. It usually works out that the industry takes care of these people , eventually. Mean­while, everyone is keeping an eye on the si t ­.uati on. Doesn 't it usually work itsel f ou t?

EC: How come we give the same value to a U.S. produced Canadian single as we do to a Canadian produced sing le? WG : We have to start somewhere, bu t once we have a good industry established, we won' t be so generous. Right now we are sti ll saying yes to pseudo Canadian discs , bu t not for much longer.

EC: Groups have always comp lained about how they are trea ted when they vis it a ra dio station with thei r new release. What is RPM 's attitude towards groups who visit? WG: Anyone in the industry is welc ome to the RPM offi ces . We like to have some advance warning that they are coming, but they are al­ways treated wi th respect and we like to meet them. Many many groups already know about our open door pol icy. Many groups come in to discuss the ir problems. We are most anxi ous to meet the people we write about. Just phone ahead to make sure we can accomodate one group at a t ime. (We have a very sma ll recep­ti on area.) EC: How is it that a re cord in the CCCA can be No. 17 and no sta tion list ings are ind ica ted? WG : Positi on i s determined by the points scor· ed on some 52 charts and pla yl ists that come into RPM, voluntarily , each week. A sampling of 15 charts is given each week . Sometimes the charts where the li stings appear aren't used , but rest assured ,this is an accurate tabulation.

EC: Can RPM hype a record ? WG: Many approac hes are made to us to hype a record , but the formula stands in all our com­putati ons. We ask disc j ockeys to review on Sounding Board , and CCCA is compiled from chart submis sions and the figures are not tam­pered with. We cannot hype anyone's record. Our theory is " Tell your story in an ad" and if the record has wha t it takes and the company promotes and advertises , it WILL be a hit . I have yet to have a direct answer to what record was ever " hyped" . Maybe someone in the in· dustry can tell US how we can hype anyone's produc t. The whole thing is silly . But, a good newsworthy press release can always be an as sist. A FEW people in the industry do make sure we get the ir stories, and usually they get printed . The record industry in Canada is very young. What initiat ive do you really need to

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dealer Jess Taylor , of Taylor's One Stop, has found good acceptance,by her dealers ,of the RPM 100. Most of the dealers are using the RPM 100 for the ir ordering . One complaint from Jess. Can· adi an product is hard to come by. It might be a good idea for record companies to look into the present set-up of availabili ty of Canadi an pro­duct , remembering that fi I ling the needs of the spontaneous buyer can mean the di fference be­tween great profit and none at al I.

Frank McMeekin, sa les manager at the Heaton Music Studio in Fonthill , reports good sales for " Hazel '', " Mr . Spaceman "and " Dandy" as well as " Lady Godiva" and " Born Free " . Moving well are " Born Free" and " Louie ' with " She Ain't No Use To Me" topping the sales for Canadian singles. " Revolver" and " Tijuana Brass" are sti 11 the best se 11 ing a I bums.

Ed Wilson repor ts from Wi Ison & Lee in Oshawa that "Whistle On The River " has been cha I king up good sa les for the Mercey Br os . The ta lented trio he lped boost record sales with their recent appearance at Harry s Hide­away, in the motor city. " Hazel" and "Godiva·· top the best sellers with "Renee " and the Stone's " Mother" moving into place . Keith' s " Lie" is also cons idered a part of the top ac ­tion . Mitch Ryder's "Blue Dress·· is starting to move along with the Lovin' Spoonful's " Rain" and Ben Colder 's "Almost Persuaded No . 2". "Symbolize" catches the Canad ian acti on. The Brothers In Law have been doing wel l with the ir "Strike Back" LP. The Buck Owens album " At Carnegie Hall" and Bert Kaempfert 's "Greates t Hits" are the top se 11 ing LPs, with the younger set gra bbing for the Monkees .

Louise Giroux is the new hit buyer at Sherman's Rack Sales in Ottawa. Louise has had six years experience in re cords and is well known among re cord people in the capital. Sa les of " Heartbreak Hotel'' by the local group, the Scoundrel z , have been very br isk as well as Lightfoot's "Spin" . The latter had appeared recently at Ottawa 's Le Hibou. " Psychotic Re­action" and "Renee" are among the top se llers. The Troggs ' "Control" and the " Picture"entry by Lewis are both running neck in neck with " Rain" and " Lou ie ". The Monkees cop top spot for a I bum sa les while the new entry by the Mama's and Papa 's moves off to a good start.

Mrs. Boyd , who looks after the bar at Morgan's in the Eglinton Square Plaza , lists " Dandy", "Renee" , River 's " Town ", " Nine­teen Days '' and " Good Vibrat ions " as being on top of their best sellers list. " Godiva " and "Rain" are also experiencing action . "Sym bol ize You " takes the action for Canadian entry. The Monkees steal the ac tion on LPs here as we ll.

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Wilson Pickett has captured a good portion of album sa les with the newie " Lil' Red Riding

· Hood" getting an acti on start. Arnold Tiegs' record department at Carl

Heintzman's in Kitchener , has had good sales action for ' Posey's "Woman" , Roe's "Hazel'' and Darin's "Carpenter". "Picture" and "96 Tears" are also capturing good sales. The Happenings are making it with their "Girl'' along with Hebb's "Satisfied Mind" . Martino's " Wheel Of Hurt" looks like a winner.

Vicki Paige gives top action to " Renee" at her Richmond Hi 11 Music Centre but "Spin ·· Out" and "Nineteen Days" are running close behind. "Godiva" and "Hazel" are sti II mak­ing the sales scene. Ryder's " Dress" anj "Picture" are selling steadily as well as tbe Canadian entry "Symbolize ". New se I lers on the move include "Winchester Cathedral" and "G ood Vibrations" . The Monkees take the top of the album heap but Dylan's double pack is the big surprise seller . Sales are being made , sight unseen , the numbers aren't listed on tne ·ou tside of the album . The Abbey Tavern Sing­ers are grabbing some early Christmas action with their new album release . Tijuana Brass are constant sellers as wel l as the soundtrack fr om "Dr .Zhivago" .

KC From The Lakehead, Ri ck Honey sends news of a lineup change at CKPR. Don Burns is the new voice of the night (MN to 6 AM) and has already been affectionately tabbed D.J. Burns . Don was formerly with CKDM in Dauphin .

Ron Waddell would like to let the nation know that one big Canadian record to keep an ear on is " In A Minute Or Two" by Dee and

The Yeomen. Says Ron "The bes t Canadian re­lease to come along in a long time" . The first week on CKDM's "Super 73 Fall Fun Survey" ra tes it at No. 49 for the Dauphin listeners .

From "The Capital Of Canadian Music" , Be lleville , CJBQ's Dave Cha rl es sends news that he has just comple ted four successful weeks on the CBC " Act ion Set" show and used his knowledge of Canadian product and his pro­Canadian feeling to good advantage . The latest Dave's Gig turned out to be a huge success. Helping to bring out the crowds were Ottawa's Stac catos, Montreal 's M-G- and The Escorts ,

and an exciting group from Hamilton known as The Sleepers_

Denis Menard 's CKBC listeners in the Bathurst area have swung ri ght behind him in his pi cking of " La Poupee Qui Fait Non" by Les Su ltans . The reaction hasn 't been restri ct­ed to his French listeners but has captured the at tention of his English listeners as well. Even local groups have inc luded the tune in their re­per toire.

SANDY GARDINER-Ottawa Journal Shoke Yourse If Down-Checkerl od s-Rca "It's a so lid sound from out west that should wi nd up on several charts . Musicianship is weak in ports but it has a commerc ial beat."

RON WADDE L L·CKDM·Dauphin Run Hully Gully Boy-Ardels -Cancut "Good funky , bluesy sound thot deserves a lot of plays . You can be sure it wi ll get them on the Ron Weddell show ."

RIC K HONEY·CKPR·The Lakehead Run Hully Gully Boy-Ardels -Cancut "Good improvisation on the Hully Gully . May even bring bock the Hully Gully tre nd in music. A very good s low ond hord beot . "

CHUCK CAMROUX· CJCA·Edmonton Shoke Yourself Down-Rco ulf enough stations get on disc could be another 96 Tears - infectious . "

SANDY GARDINER-Ottawa Journal With The Down town Crowd-A l I on Sisters-Quali ty "The pily o f this record is its title . Right off th e bat the re's going to be a compori son and although they are exceptionally good th is pair can 't quite fill Petula Clark 's shoes . "

CHUCK CAMROUX·CJCA·Edmonton With The Downtown Crowd-Allan Sisters-Qu a lity 11 Someho w voices don't seem to be strong e nough to put that finol pu s h on disc, but is catchy ala Pet Clark ."

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WELL.. .. . IT WAS INEVITA BLE .. .. people are saying that Ell ie is slipping. They are saying that I don't know. They are saying that I have lost the touch . STOP ..... saying those things because they are not truell!! I know as much to­day as I knew when I started this column .. BUT, I have been cautioned not to say to much and I must ILve by my word. (Ed : Now she'll make re ference to the things she's not supposed to make re ference to.) I expect that you think I will now tell you what I am sworn not to men-ti on . Well. .... this news is so volatile, so ex· pl os ive, so ..... so ... .. NEwsy111 ! that I won't brea the a word. I might just gi ve you a small cl ue and let you know that the music industry will soon be national news and a few pe ople are worr ied about the scanda I and the reflection on the business we are in . I can say no more. (Ed: I can see that you were sworn to comp lete secrecy .)

What is wrong with the music industry in Canada??? (Ed: Practically everyth ing.) I am often asked this quest ion . I ca n onl y tell you that I feel personally that the whole key to the problem is that a I though there is a grea t dea I of progra mming, there isn't enough concentration on the top five records in Ca nada. I th ink we wou ld be able to accomplish much more if sta­ti ons would really put on a push to crea te NATIONAL hi ts1111 (Ed : Tha t sounds like some­th ing some Amer ican record man said to you.) That is what I think , and I know a great many people wi II agree wi th me . I feel that the top 5 record s on the CCCA chart are worthy of being progra mmed by every stati on in the na tion and CHARTED as well. If we really want a music industry , we will have to seperate the men from

. the boys and dec ide who the programmers are , and who the " SHEEP" are. I have put it to you strongly and I will be ge tt ing some mail from the "SHE EP" . Confession time is here . DEFEND YOUR SELVESll ll I have asked for cop ies of all the charts from across Canada to be forwarded to me , and I have asked tha t a II letters of com­plaint be directed to me. I wil l emba rk on a na­ti ona l crusade in Canada to improve the STATUS OF PR OGRAMMING CANADIAN as my cen ­tenn ia I project.

Di sc jockeys and record men have as ked me to be more spe ci fic abou t the peop le I write abou t and name names . Well. ... we are go ing .to have to start to do just that. We are going to to ha ve to dig deeper and expose some of the peop le wh o aren't chart ing Canad ian , pe ople who are taking advan tage of the indus try, record companies Iha t aren 't pu l I 1ng their load and une th ica l opera tions that aren't what they seem to be. WATCH THIS COLUMN! (Ed: I will. .. . VERY CAREFU LLY.) 6

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LEFTY FRIZZELL-Toronto-Nov 5 JU STIN TUBB-Toronto-Nov 7-12 BILLY WALKER-Toronto-Nov 5 USA PROPHETS SIGN WITH MONUMENT CARL & PEARL BUTLER-Toronto-Nov 14-19 JOHNNY WRIGHT & KITIY WELLS Vancouver-Nov 20

BUZ WILBURN , personal manager of THE PROPHETS, sends news that his famous quin­tet have just completed negotiations for their signing with MONUMENT. Canadians will now have the opportunity to program and buy this non-offensive " hip" gospel rock sound that is fast becoming an important part of the music industry in America.

BOB HARRIS, promotion director for WFUN Miami , notes that the FCC have granted a r.onstruction permit to WFUN for the installing of a second 5000 watt transmitter which will serve as an alternate main transmitter in the event of ma in transmitter failure . Work has just been completed on a heavy duty power genera­tor which wi II enable the station to stay on the ai r indefinitely in case of power fai lure. A 1967 Cessna is another newly purchased item for this important Miami out let. The aircraft is used daily to report the station's exclusi ve " Eye In The Sky" traffic reports which are broadcast 11 t imes daily dur ing rush hours .

BILL COSBY made R.l.A .A. history re­cently when he simul taneously earned four gold record awards for each of his best se 11 i ng a I bums . The Record Industry Associat ion of America announced the certificat ion, the first time that any comedian has earned as many Gold Record Awards. (On ly those al bums selling in eY£ess of one mi l lion dol lars worth of LP's are eligib le). The WARNER BROScomed ianmade it with "Why Is There Air " , "Wonderfu lness" , " I Started Out As A Chi ld" and " Bill Cosby Is A Very Funny Fel low , Right?"

HARRIET WASSER sends news from New York that prior to thei r mov ing out on a tw o month tour the SERENDIPITY SINGERS ea I led on HERB BERNSTEIN to produce their ne xt record re lease . Harriet also adv ises that the famous singers are moving into the MAMA'S AND PAPA'S bag which will give a very dif­fe rent sound to this group. Also from Ha rriet , GEORGE McC ANN ON is apparentl y off on an extensive trip with al l expenses being looked after by DYNOVOICE. His next re lease is " Love Love" .

DICK HEARD, bossing his own NYC Ar tist Management firm , has news tha t JOHN NY DOLLAR had a smash engagement at the COUNTRY PALACE in Montreal and an equal ly good p.a . at Toronto's HORSESHOE. Johnny was fo llowed in Montreal by VAN TREVORwho is currently doing we ll with his lates t BAND BOX single ·•our Side ' '. Both Dol lar and Trevor are regu lars on the WWVA Jam boree and have been ga ining many new Canadian fans.

The TANDY RI CE peop le, out of Nash­vi lle, have news tha t MO NUMENT'S BILLY WALKER has rele ased " It's Begi nning To Hurt" and " Bea r With Me A Li tt le Longer" from

his album " A Million And One " . TR also has news of the success of LAMAR MORRIS' MGM debut, "Send Me A Box Of Kleenex" which has been picked in Boston , NYC, Buffalo, At lanta , and Akron . More news from TR. The Voi ce Of America has announced its interview schedule featuring Country Music personalities for the remainder of 1966 and spring of 1967. The " Breakfast Club" is heard daily , worldw ide , from 8 PM through to 1 AM (Nashville time ) and maintains an international flavour , present ing a vast variety of mus ica I and cultura l offer ings which makes it the " most I istened to " show in international radio . Hosts of th is show are PHILLIP IRWIN , PAT GATES, and ALBERT JOHNSON . The country music port ion , which began Nov 3) is hea rd as 15 minu te specials at 8:15 PM , 10:15 PM and 12:15 AM. Nashv ille personalities to be interviewed include CHET ATKINS TEX RITTER HANK WIL LIAMS JR., JOHNNY' CASH , MARTY ROBBINS, JIMMY DEAN and BOBBY LORD. TANDY RI CE, BILL DENNY, and JACK STAPP will be the non-per­formers of Record Row to be interviewed . TR sends along some dates of in terest to Canadians. OUKE OF PADUCAH-Toronto-N ov 5 .

Calgary-Nov 21 Edmonton-Nov 22 Red Deer, Alta-Nov 23 Fort McMurray, Alta-Nov 24 Lloydmi nster ,Alta-Nov 25 Regina- Nov 26 Winnipeg-Nov 28 CLAUDE KING-Ki tchener , Ont. -Nov 30 PO RTER WAGON ER-Kitchener-Nov 30

ELLIE SAYS ....... Many months ago, I warned the Canadian music industry that we were being WATCH­ED. Well , we are still being watched, and we ' re not doing ANYTHING! !!! Apparently everyone is expecting something to hap­pen in Canada ..•• EXCEPT CANADIANS. The record men of the wor ld are hoping that Canada gets off its behind and does something for i tself. I hope we aren' t wait­ing for the U.S. to spoonfeed us a music industry. It isn' t going to happen. Right now the ti me i s ri pe. Let ' s face it •.••. .. in a couple of months this w i II be the •.•.. .. " COUNTRY OF THE YEAR" . Throughout the world they will all be looking at Can­ada. What a t ime for a unified effort to play the records that will be Canadian hits t.oday and international hits tomorrow.

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