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UPPER CANADA: TheBelleville Intelligencer isthe latest newspaper to

W realize the potential ofthe teenage reader.Dave's Hideaway is a

comprehensive reporton teen activities andgives its writer, DaveCharles CJBQ's VoiceOf The Quinte Teen-ager, a chance to spoutof editorially about thepoor state of affairswhen it comes to Cana-dians recognizing Cana-dian talent. /// From

Fred White Promotions comes news thatDee and The Yeomen has set attendancerecords during their stay at the posh InnOn The Park. Another of the Whitegroups, Bobby Kris and The Imperials, arepacking them in at The Coq D'or in down-town Toronto. Lynda Layne moves nowwith the White Empire and one of her firstout of Province dates will be in Edmontonfor a one -niter. /// From Al Mair at Apexcomes a happy note that Gordon Light-foot will be headlining the FrederictonWinter Carnival in Feb. along with TheBrothers Four and Catherine McKinnon.Arrangements were made through DenysMillar at CFNB Fredericton. Leroy VanDyke debuts his Lightfoot tune of "I'm NotSayin'" and P.P.&M. record his "For Lovin'Me" in French.

EASTERN CANADA: Reader NancyHoey of Dorval keeps tabs on activitiesin La Belle Province. Her latest news is on"The greatest Canadian show to hit Mont-real". Dec. 29, Dave Boxer is sponsoringa "Bring Your Lunch Hopsville" at theForum. The show will last from 2 p.m. toMidnite and includes J.B. and The Play-boys, The Haunted, M.G. and The Escorts,The Atones, The Staccatos, D. C. Thomas,Liverpool Set, Bartholomew plus Three,Exit 4, Beat Boys, Les Mikels, The Strange,Creatures, Rable and Lloyd and the Vil-lage Squires.

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MELBOURNE: GeorgeTaylor looks for goodtidings with "ComeHome Newfound-lander" by Tom, Jimand Garth. EveryNewfie and his grand-mother will want thisdisc especially if theycan't get home duringthe year 1966 whichhas been set asideby the Newfoundlandgovernment as "Come

Home Year".COLUMBIA: Bobby Kris is off and runningwith his newest "Travellin' Bag". The flip"Walk On By" is also getting good ex-posure. Montrealer Ronnie Fraser makesthe record scene once again. This time

with "Glad I Got To Know You". The GenePitney release of "Princess In Rags" needsno boost to make it chart wise. Pitney alsoteams up with Melba Montgomery for"Baby Ain't That Fine" which could alsomake the charts. "Soldier Boy" by DebbieLori Kaye could be the big smash Cana-dian record of the year.

CARAVAN: "You Really Got A Hold OnMe" by Little Caesar and The Consuls,Red Leaf, has now been established as anational hit. Reports on sales are comingin from coast to coast. Jay Jackson alsoon Red Leaf is beginning to show actionwith his "Darling Don't You Go" and the

new release of Greg Hamon "Keep OnTellin' Me" is already an established hitin England and could go that way inCanada.

CAPITOL: Don't look now but out of leftfield comes another Capitol winner. "LikeA Dribbling Fram" by Race Marbles cannow be safely charted by those stationsafraid to list Canadian records. The USTrades and prophet says it's alright foryou to give this top novelty number of theyear a place on your playlist. Don't betoo surprised if you don't have to make ahabit of it. Capitol have a few more uptheir sleeves.

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MERRY MERRY and a VERY VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all, andsince it is that season when Joy To The Earth And Good Will to every-one and all that, I won't do my usual column of criticism this week.Except to mention that I was very disturbed to see a chart in a publi-cation recently labelled (and take my word for it, they did have thisaffrontry) "CANADIAN" with not one Canadian record listed. I wasappalled. I contacted the editor of RPM and in no uncertain termsasked who had been responsible for this .... this .... this Vancouverchart. I found out that a Tom Peacock who is with station CFUN inVancouver has arranged this gross misrepresentation (in my opinion),and had it published for all our good friends in the US to see. Well!!!Peacock, you aren't (in my opinion), a very good Canadian and youshould let your research go a little further east than the Rockies.I know Vancouver is practically a foreign land, but this is TOO much,and you should consider retracting this chart and arrange one thatis more representative . . . even if the Canadian top five are in the

bottom. Certainly records that have sold over 20,000 should be on your chart. I alsonoticed in your column that you don't have a financial interest in the Chessmen. I'm gladto hear that!!! You haven't heard the last from me, and you won't till this situationimproves .... quite a bit!!!!

Anyway . . . . MERRY CHRISTMAS to my readers. Bless you all!!!!

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Greetings! The time is herewhen all of us in the musicindustry, Canadian andotherwise, take time outfrom our busy schedules tomake a merry and memor-ial event of this once -a -year time called Christmas.It is the time when all of uspause and look back withpride on our accomplish-ments in the year passed,

and anticipate successes to come.At this time of the year too, we normallyforget about the competition we havedealt with for 365 days and greet ourrivals with the warm, sincere friendshipthat this season has a way of bringing tothe surface. And why not? We are, all of

us, working for one common goal - thepromotion of home-grown musical talent,regardless of what field of music thattalent may specialize in. As Canadians, wehave a common pride in our accomplish-ments during 1965 in making this the big-gest year Canada has ever known in hermusic industry. With a little more effortfrom all of us we can make 1966 evenbigger.

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We Can Work It Out (f/s) - Beatles - CapitolREGINA - Bob Wood - CKCKPICKSLies - Knickerbockers - ChallengeWell Respected Man - Kinks - RepriseDUNCAN - Will Mackenzie - CKAYPICKSSounds Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel -

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TRURO - Graham Wyllie - CKCLPICKSShe's Just My Style - Gary Lewis - LibertyBlue Lipstick - Patrician -Anne - ArcSUDBURY - John Loweth - CHNOPICKSMy Generation - The Who - DeccaBlue Lipstick - Patrician -Anne - ArcPETERBOROUGH - Pete Bennett - CKPTPICKSLies - Knickerbockers - ChallengeFu Manchu - Rockin Ramrods - OualityNELSON - Glen A. Wright - CKLNPICKSHey Little Girl - Jimmie Cross - OualityBut I Love You - Ardels - CancutSARNIA - Frank McBride - CHOKPICKSNo Matter What Shape - T/Bones - LibertySounds Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel -

ColumbiaCORNWALL - Tom Iley - CJSSPICKSThis Precious Time - Barry McGuire - RcaKiss Away - Ronnie Dove - Apex

Setaftdept9 Eaald-SOUNDING BOARDMike Jaycock CKOC HamiltonTravellin' Bag Bobby Kris"I like Bobby Kris. He's got a good strong voiceand carries the record pretty well all the way.A good dancin' beat along with a hunky har-monica put this disc in a 'could be.."Tex Bagshaw CKLY LindsayTravellin' Bag Bobby Kris"This side warrants lots of airplay and withenough of it could go onto the charts."Johnny Onn CJME ReginaTravellin' Bag Bobby Kris"Every bit as good as what we get from southof the border. Give it a few plays . .. it shouldsell itself to the listeners."Sandy Gardiner Ottawa JournalYou Lost Your Game Chessmen"Good sound going for them in this release.It's unfortunate that the material isn't a shadestronger. Should rate good sales in the West."

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Singers. The latter are readying them-selves for the nicks to start shooting inJanuary. Album sessions are also on tap.Manager of the Bitter End Singers is FredWeintraub, who also owns the famousGreenwich Village club, The Bitter End.The Platters are also skedded for a singleand LP release the first of the year.

I had the pleasure ofmeeting TOMMY GRA-HAM of THE BIGTOWN BOYS this pastweek. The Boys werein town with their pro-motion man FREDWHITE in an effort toget booked at a roomin NYC. Word now isthat the group will beworking here the sec-ond week in January

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BOB HALEY is all set to arrange TONYCONIGLIARO'S upcoming RCA session ...Epic Records will record GEORGEMAHARIS' Persian Room act . . . Tin PanAlley is talking about the tremendous suc-cess of SHAWN ELLICOTT'S record of"Shame and Scandal In The Family" inFrance and South America. Shawn flewhome from Paris for a few days before

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now No. 1. Waiting to break big on thecharts are "Second Hand Rose" byBARBRA STREISAND and "Hole In TheWall" by THE PACKERS . . . "Jenny TakeA Ride" by MITCH RYDER AND THEDETROIT WHEELS should move right intothe Top 5 circle by the time the 1st of thenew year rolls around . . . Christmasrecords are now beginning to get the bigplay. WMCA in NYC went on the VANTREVOR record of "Christmas In Washing-ton Square" this past week. Van might beresponsible for the next big Christmasstandard what with all the spins this recordis getting.

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