CANADA'S ONLY MUSIC WEEKLYVolume No 12 15 CENTS

RPMIntroducesNational

R&B ListingsAs the record buyers have

started leaning toward R&B records,RPM has experienced an increasingdemand for an R&B listing. This weekwill introduce this NEW feature. It ishoped that as R&B becomes evenmore popular, this listing will inducethe sales that will make many moresingles available which are now onlyimported at a premium price. In manycases the Canadian record numbersare not readily available. In the weeksto come (and with the cooperation ofrecord companies) this problem willsolve itself.

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I GROOVIN'Young Rascals -Atlantic -2401-M

2 SWEET SOUL MUSICArthur Con ley-Atco-6 463-M

3 RESPECTAretha Franklin -Atlantic -2403-M

4 CLOSE YOUR EYESPeaches & Herb -Date -1549-H

5 JIMMY MACKMartha & Vandellas-Gordy-7058-L

6 SHAKE A TAIL FEATHERJames & Bobby Purify -Be II -669-M

7 DEAD END STREETLou Rawls -Capitol -5869-F

8 OUT IN LEFT FIELDPerc Sled e -Atlantic -2396-M

9 NOTHING TAKES THE PLACE OF YOUToussaint McCall-Ronn 3-L

10 HIP -HUG -HERBooker T & The Mg's-Stax-411-M

11 ALL I NEED IS YOUTemptations -Gordy -7061-L

12 WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG & IN LOVEMarvelettes-Tamla-54150-L

13 OOGUM BOOGUMBrenton Wood -Double Shot -111-J

14 BAREFOOTIN`Larr Lee -Columbia -C4 -2740-H

15 1 M A MANSpencer Davis Group -Stone -705-0

16 SHOTGUNWes Dakus-Capitol-72457-F

17 THE TRAMPOtis & Carlo-Stax-216-M

18 HEY LOVEStevie Wonder-Tamla-54147-L

19 ONE HURT DESERVES ANOTHERRaelets-Tangerine-972

20 I NEVER LOVED A MANAretha Franklin -Atlantic -2386-M

21 LET YOURSELF GOJames Brown -K ing-6100-L

22 I'VE LOST YOUJackie Wilson -Brunswick -78017-J

23 WHO'S LOVING YOUBrenda/TabulatIons-Dionn-501-J

24 STAND UP STRAIGHT AND TALLJackie Shane -Modern -1031-G

25 OOH BABY BABY5 StaIrsteps-WIndy-C 609

P I DON'T WANT YOU CUTTIN' OFF YOUR HAIRB.B. KIn -Blueswa -61004

P YOU RE ALL I NEEDBobby Bland -Duke -416-K

P AM I GROOVING YOUFreddie Scott -Shout -212-L

P EIGHT MEN & FOUR WOMENO.V. Wright -Back Beot-580

P I STAND ACCUSEDInez & Charlie Foxx-Dynamo-104

Week Ending May 20th. 1961

mom ROYALISTSFun MOVEMENT

With the winning combination of publicist Helen Conway, Columbia Pictures (Canada) and RCA Victorpromotion dynamo, Ed Preston, plus the supporting talents of Odeon Carlton manager, Victor Nowe and CHUMradio personalities, the Columbia flick "Casino Royale" just had to be the best promoted film to hit Torontoin some time. Two days of wild and effective, on the street, in the stores and on the air promoting, kicked off

what could be one of the top box office draws of the year.

Ed Preston, newly appointedRCA Victor promotion man, took onthe giant task of promoting a moviewith the hopes that he could alsostimulate interest in the soundtrack.The movie, `Casino Royale" is awell put together spoof on the verypopular James Bond character andstars Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress,David Niven, Joanna Pettet, OrsonWelles, Daliah Lavi and Woody Allen,as well as many well known gueststars.

The determining factor inthe popularity of the soundtrack isthe fact that the theme "CasinoRoyale", which was written by BurtBacharach, is performed by HerbAlpert, who has made the theme achart topping single. What might bea hit out of left field is "The LookOf Love", written by Hal David andperformed by Dusty Springfield, nostranger to the hit scene.

Preston got together withColumbia Pictures publicist, HelenConway, and came up with a novelidea for promoting the movie, and thesoundtrack in record bars. They usedthe giant theatre posters, not_only inrecord bars but furniture store andphotographic store windows as well.A small jitney and trailer was usedto haul several beautiful models, andPreston, around the city. They werefortunate in having a ready madeaudience of over 18,000 being as oneof the promotion nights happened tobe a Stanley Cup playoff night andthe theatre is right next door to theGardens. Preston made sure he hadhis well decorated jitney and trailerparked in full view of the hockeyfans.

One of the big attractions wasa "paint -in". CHUM personalitiesjourneyed from the station to thetheatre on the trailer with the CasinoRoyales (beautiful models) who hadsuccessfully invaded CHUM and onarriving at the theatre the lucky dee-jays gave the gals a paint job, ala"Gol dfin ger".

Bumper stickers and 5 typesof buttons were given away to manythousands of Torontonians whograbbed onto the opportunity to join"The Casino Royalists Fun Move-ment".

Vic Tanny even got into theact, giving away envelopes contain-.ing "007 orders" which entitled therecipient to a free workout at one ofhis gyms.

Album sales, and queuing"Casino Royale" movie-goers wasproof positive that the Conway -Preston team had succeeded in theirindividual projects.

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Top photo shows the Casino Royale bandwagonas it was parked outside the Odeon CarltonTheatre. Helen Conway and Ed Preston are onthe extreme right. Next photo shows CHUMmusic director, Bob McAdorey and afternoon manDick Hayes surrounded by a bevy of CasinoRoyalists, Night man Bob Laine, extreme right,and mid -morning man John Spragge, get set inthe next shot to paint up the models. Theatremanager, Victor Nowe seems to approve. Thebottom photo shows a small section of thecrowd who were attracted by the ''paint -in".

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R ADIOA.C.R.T.F. TROPHYAWARDED CKBCBathurst, N.B: Radio station CKBC has beenawarded the ACRTF Trophy, "FOR THE BESTCONTRIBUTION BY A CANADIAN ASSOCIA-TION OF BROADCASTER (C.A.B.) ENGLISHLANGUAGE RADIO STATION, TOWARDS ABETTER EXPOSURE OF FRENCH CULTUREAS A UNITY FACTOR IN CANADA". Theaward was presented by the Quebec Region ofBroadcasters (A.C.R.T.F.) L'AssociationCanadienne Des Radiodifuseurs at the annualmeeting of the C.A.B. which was held recentlyin Toronto. There are only two such awardspresented annually, one for radio and one fortelevision.

This is the second award CKBC hasreceived this year. Twenty-two year old DenisMenard was, earlier this year, picked "Canada'sTop Radio Personality" by the trade magazineRPM.

Pictured above are -Mr. MauriceDansereau (L), President of ACRTF and Man-aging Director of CHLN Three Rivers, present -the ACRTF Trophy to Mr. W.A. Winton, Man-ager of CKBC Radio.

CKBC are also celebrating their 12th.year of operation and now have a power of10,000 Watts.

CKDM INTRODUCES"CANADIANA TIME"Dauphin, Man: Ron Waddell, promotion manager,at CKDM, announces that because of the in-terest shown by listeners in Canadian talentCKDM has introduced a new Canada Talentfeature, "Canadiana Time", to be heard everySunday evening and Monday afternoon. Besidesthe spotlighting of Canadian disc talent, thehalf hour show will also feature interviews ofnational artists and live performances of localtalent.

DAVE CHARLES PRESENTS"PSYCHEDELIC LOLLIPOPBelleville, Ont: Dave Charles, CJBQ's "Voiceof the Quinte teens', presenteda "Psychedel-ic Lollipop" gig at Trenton's CommunityGardens, to raise funds for the Trenton CityCentennial Project. The big May 5th showfeatured The Staccatos, from Ottawa, and TheQuiet Jungle, from Toronto. Both these groupshave had hit singles on the "008 Twin TwentyFile", which accounted for the large turnout.

C -FUN "GOOD GUYS"ENTERTAIN TOP NAMESVancouver: The C -FUN (Sea Fun) "GoodGuys" have been instrumental in supplying

their listeners with the best possible enter-tainment available. When the top names makean appearance in this west coast city, whetherit be a one niter or a week long engagement,the C -FUN "Good Guys" are there for on thespot interviews. They have entertained PaulRevere and The Raiders, Martha and TheVandellas, The Four Tops, Chris Montez,Gene Chandler, The Artistics, Don Ho and hisentire show and The Kingston Trio as well asmany of the top local groups. When the famousMonkees dropped in at Vancouver's airportfor a brief stop -over, the C -FUN "Good

Guys" were there. Pictured above are JohnTanner (in suit) and Terry David Mulligan(standing in rear).

BERNIE BASARABAJOINS CKDMDauphin: Well known sports personality, BernieBasaraba joins the ranks of the DM GoodGuys. Bernie has taken over the All NightShow and will also look after the sports beat.

WHITNEY FRASERNORTH TO CFFBFrobisher Bay, NWT: E.R. Morris, manager ofof radio station CFFB announces the arrivalof Whitney Fraser from CJRW Summerside,P.E.I. Fraser will take on duties as an-

nouncer -operator.

STAFF CHANGESAT CKPRPort Arthur, Ont: John Murphy, now MusicDirector at CKPR announces that Dave Fore-man, formerly of CKWW, Windsor has assumedthe role of Program Director. Duane Charles,one of the most promising of Lakehead radiopersonalities, has left CKPR and will takeup on -air duties with CFOX in Montreal.

'PEG'S MONGRELSIN LAKEHEADPort Arthur, Ont: The popular Winnipeg group,The Mongrels, appeared with Tommy Jamesand The Shondels at a giant blast in thisLakehead city. CKPR Music Director, JohnMurphy, has programmed a tape dub of themaster of their about to be released single,"Somethin' You Got", which is also reportedto be getting air play on their hometown sta-tion of CKRC.

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WE GET LETTERS"Dear Sir: What have you got against CKCQ,Quesnel? Why must you continue to slightthem issue after issue? I refer of course toyour listing of CKCQ (Heart of the ColourfulCariboo) as CKQC. Who is paying you off?What big money interests are in on this? In

the November 28th. issue you wrote that TomFulton at one time worked for CKQC. In theMay 6th. issue you wrote that Tom McLean,formerly with CKQC, etc.... You should beashamed. Besides the two men I've listed,many famous radio personalities have at onetime worked for CKCQ. Included among theseare Denny Carr, morning man on CFQC and

Fred Straw, a Vancouver radio newsman. So,there. (You can see Denny at Expo '67 onMay 15th.) Shape up Mr. Editor. Your paper isread cover to cover from coast to coast, soany skullduggery will be uncovered."

(signed) Tom Fult,y) - CKFH.(Ed: My apologies to the hard working starbuilding staff at the highly revered Quesnel,British Columbia radio station and manythanks for being the launching pad for thevery talented and now most popular radiopersonality in Toronto, Tom Fulton. Myproblem has been that the Q on my Varityperis too far away from my C and my K confusesthe issue when I reach for my Q. But I nowhave the problem solved. From now onCKQC your call letters will be correct, I hope.)

TERRY MU LLIGAN-CFUN-VANCOUVERHere Comes My Baby-Tremeloes, Groovin'-Young Rascals, Hey Girl -Preachers.WAYNE McLEAN-CJSP-LEAMINGTONSix O'Clock-Lovin' Spoonful, Love Me Forever -Roger Williams.DAN JAMESON-CJME-REGINAGroovin'-Young Rascals, Ding Dong The Is

Dead, I Know -Barry Allen.DOUG WILLIAMS-CJKL-KIRKLAND LAKEI Know -Barry Allen, Bowling Green-EverlyBrothers, Give And Take-MandalaLARRY DICKINSON-CJCJ-WOODSTOCK, N.B.Wings of A Dove -Millie Small, Lovin' Sound -Ianand Sylvia, Don't Make Promises -Susan Taylor.JIM STEEL-CKPC-BRANTFORDGive And Take -Jimmy Cliff, The Girls In Paris -Lee Hazelwood, See My Girl -Teak Wood

RON WADDELL-CKDM-DAUPHIN, MAN.That's Someone You Never Forget -ElvisPresley, Creeque Alley -Mamas & Papas, GiveAnd Take-MandalaDOUG MacLACHLAN-CHNO-SUDBURYHim Or Me, What's It Gonna Be -Paul Revere,& The Raiders, I Want You To Be My Baby -Ellie Greenwich, Give And Take-MandalaDENIS MENARD-CKBC-BATHURST, N.B.Do It Again A Little Bit Slower -Jon & Robin,Creeque Alley -Mamas & Papas, Peggy Sue -Dennis Paul.DAVE CHARLES-CJBQ-BELLEVILLEAnother Day, Another Heartache -5th DimensionShow Me -Joe Tex, Who Do You Think You Are-Jaybees.ROD CHARLES-CHOK-SARNIASunshine Girl -The Parade, Creeque Alley -Mamas & Papas.LARRY SHANNON-CHYM-KITCHENERHere Comes My Baby- fremeloes, Somebody HelpMe -British Modbeats, Give And I ake-Mandala.JOHN MURPHY-CKPR-LAKEHEADBowling Green-Everly Bros, She'd Rather BeWith Me -Turtles, I Know -Barry Allen

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"Hope you had a happy MOTHER'S day!"

From the Boardwalk to the Bay, they're buying, buying, buying...we're selling, selling, selling this topical,

tropical -type single that proves life is not always a bowl of cherries.

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There was a big sound show at theWelland Arena last week and I was there. Thiswas the first sound show I'd been to and it,won't be the last. There were Graeme and TheWafers, The Magic Circus, Ragged Edges,The Misfits and other great groups from theliagara Peninsula. One group that really:aused a small riot was The British Modbeats.These guys are a fantastic act to watch, withtheir weird mod clothes and stage movements.There was a New York booker at the show andhe was so excited over the Modbeats that I

thought he was gonna take off for New Yorkwithout his plane. You know the Modbeatshave their first album out and inside of ninedays they are reported to have sold over 2000copies. Their single "Somebody Help Me" isalso doing real well. CKFH in Toronto is giv-ing the Modbeats a boost but the other stationwon't touch it because it's a Red Leaf pro-duction, or so they say.

Now how about those Preachers. Nosooner do they hit Upper Canada and experi-ence success with their Barry single "HeyGirl" then they move into the Ottawa area forappearances and then open at the OntarioPavilion at Expo May 19 through the 27th.How's that for eastern hospitality? Wouldn'tit be nice to see a few CHED and CJCAchart listings for eastern Canadian records?They might give a listen to "Half Past Mid-night" by The Staccatos, "Looking At ABaby" by Vancouver's Collectors, Ian andSylvia's "Lovin' Sound", The Modbeat's"Somebody Help Me" and well there areso many great Canadian sounds that I justcan't understand what the problem is.

If you picked up that Rca Victor album"Casino Royale" (RPM Album Pick May 13)give another listen to "Look Of Love" byDusty Springfield. It could be a big one.

The British group, The Move, has ap-parently been pulled out of their Expo date

because of a U.S. tour that came up. I guessthey'll be replaced by a Montreal group. Whoelse?

Here's another Western Canadian groupthat wasn't considered for Expo. They're oneof the most popular groups in Saskatchewan.So let's meet them. Ed Clynton, he's 20 andplays lead and rhythm guitar and also doesthe vocal bit. Les Bateman is the youngest ofthe group at 17. Les plays organ and electricpiano. Dave Tupper is the old man. He's 23but bounces the drums and crowd like he wassweet sixteen. Dave also sings harmony. AllanAyers, better known as Skip, is 21 and playsbass, does harmony and also the occasionallead. Kenny Shields is the lead vocalist.He's 20, he's blonde and he loves everyone.There I go again. I forgot to mention who

they were. They're WITNESS INC. silly, andthey have a record release on Apex and it'sa great sound. I like both sides but I guess

they'll be pushing "I'll Forget Her Tomorrow".Give the flipa listen. Kenny's bit is just toomuch. It's called "Girl Before You Go".

Here's some bad news. Skip Prokop, ofThe Paupers, collapsed while on stage at thePhilmore Auditorium, in San Francisco andthey had to rush him to the hospital. Well, asit turned out it wasn't too serious. He apparent-ly picked up a Bay virus and is confined tohis room for a couple of weeks. It's bad enoughbeing 2000 miles from home but when you getyourself a little hammered it's really bad. Solet's all send him a get -well card. His addressis Skip Prokop, cio Seal Rock Inn, Room 301,545 Point Lobos Avenue, San Francisco,California, 94121. Be sure you include thatZip Code. Americans are touchy about it.

Dino, Desi and Billy are to appear atToronto's Massey Hall sometime in June.

There are ever increasing rumours

that The Monkees may be in for some difficulty.Seems that now Don Kirshner has got the axe,he started it all, you know, the group havetaken sides. Davy's the only one who remainedloyal to Kirshner and you know what that couldmean, being as he is the most popular of TheMonkees.

Have you heard The Nobody? I didn'tbelieve it, and guess what, they're anotherOttawa group. The record is "To A LovelyLady". Don't know what label but it's anotherDasanda production.

Don Norman and the Other Four, fromOttawa have made the record scene onceagain. This time it's "Your Place In MyHeart" with John Matthews singing lead. Theflip is "Trae Hymn IECA LP ROUY". If thatseems like a mouthful, it is because if youlisten carefully you'll find that it's the "A"side, played backwards, with the label copythe same. I hope John Pozer wasn't going torun a contest on it. You see, Sandy.Gardiner,I do read your column in the Ottawa Journal.

In the May 6 issue of RPM it wasmentioned that the single "Been Burnt" by

--tuke and the Apostles was doing exceptionallywell at the Crossroads Record Bar, in Willow -dale but there was no info available on thelabel or distrib. Gail Hemingway, manager ofthe bar advises that the label is Elektra andthe distrib, Allied. You might also be interest-ed in knowing that Luke and The Apostles arecurrently playing the Cafe Au Go Go in NYC.The Young Rascals and Eric aural are topsingle sellers at Crossroads but the Happen-ings, Byrds and Collectors are right behindthem. "Creeque Alley", "Him Or Me", "SixO'Clock", "Little James" and "If You'reThinkin" are newcomers that are moving well.The British Modbeats album is a top selleralong with "Gimme Some Lovin" by TheSpencer Davis Group and "Happy Jack" byThe Who. No word yet on the next single byThe Stitch In Tyme.

Mabel Fleming, manager of Fleming'sMusic House, in Medicine Hat, Alberta, reportsgood action on the DC5's "Got What It Takes"and Roger Miller's "Sunshine". The YellowBalloon, Electric Prunes and Byrds are alsoup with the winners. Herb Alpert is making astrong bid for the top with his "CasinoRoyale" as are The Tremeloes with their"Here Comes My Baby". "Release Me" byBritisher Humperdinck and his countrymanWhistling Jack Smith and his "Kaiser Bill'sBatman" are pacing one another. Top Albumitems at Flemings are all the Herb Alpert re-leases, "Dr.Zhivago","Sound Of Music" andMonkees albums.

From Columbia's Bob Martin comesnews that The Buckingham's"Don't You Care"is topping the list of best sellers. The Byrdsand their "My Back Pages" are running aclose second. Simon and Garfunkel, Peaches

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and Herb. Andy Williams and Thelremeloesfollow, in that order. "Hey Joe" by Tim Roseis still bubbling under in many areas acrossCanada. On the Canadian scene "Barefootin"by Larry Lee, "My Love For You" by LittleCaesar and The Consuls and The Jaybees'"Who Do You Think You Are" are showingin certain areas. The country picture looksgood for Canadian talent. "Uncle Tom" byThe Mercey Bros. and Johnny Burke's "I Can'tEven Do Wrong Right" are showing up onmany of the charts across the nation. A verystrong single "Cup Of Disgrace" by Tommy

Hunter is also receiving national interest.Columbia has acquired the label JacquesCanetti Presents. Releases to be announced.

Riva Karajaoja, manager of the recordDept. for the Prince George Electric, hasRoger Miller's "Sunshine" as top seller. Ian

.and Sylvia follow with "Lovin' Sound" andthe DC5's "Got What It Takes" is moving upfast. Buck Owens is getting good sales withhis "Buckaroo". Other singles showing well

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are "Kaiser Bill's Batman", "Danny Boy","Release Me" and "Casino Royale".

John Irvine sends news from Caravanthat they are finding it difficult to keep theBritish Modbeats album in stock. Their single"Somebody Help Me" is also moving like ahit. Jim McHarg's "Canada" is still listed asa strong mover as is "Looking At A Baby"by Vancouver's Collectors. Jackie Shane's"Stand Up Straight And Tall" has caught onin Toronto and could make a noise nationally.Potent new singles are "Midnight Hour" byBilly Lee Riley on Mojo and "Detroit" by TheNocturnals on Embassy.

With The Righteous Bros. and FourTops making appearances in Vancouver,

Carole Johl, singles buyer for Kelly's sevenexpects a heavy run on their releases. TheArrows are top sellers with their "BluesTheme" but the Four Tops are pushing tothe top with "Bernadette". The Miracles',Yellow Balloon and Jefferson Airplane makeup the rest of Tre Top Five Sellers.

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1 1 LOOKING AT A BABYCollectors -New Syndrome -16-G

2 1 HALF PAST MIDNIGHTStaccatos-Copito1-72453-F

3 3 LOVIN' SOUNDIan & Sylvia -MGM -13686-M

4 6 SOMEBODY HELP MEModbeats-Red Leaf -632-G

5 5 DON'T MAKE PROMISESSusan Taylor -Yorkville -45002-D

6 4 SIMPLE DEEDPaupers-Verve/Folkways-5043-G

7 8 DIAMONDS& GOLDWillie & Walkers -Capitol -72456-F

8 10 BAREFOOTIN'Larry Lee -Columbia -C4.2740 -H

9 7 CANADAYoung Canada Singers -Quality -1967-M

10 13 LET'S RUN AWAYMagic Cycle -Red Leaf -633-G

11 12 SHOTGUNWes Dakus-Capitol-72457-F

12 15 THE WAY I FEELGordon Lightfoot-UA-50152-J

13 17 SILLY JILLYArt Snider Ensemble -President -1006-C

14 16 MY LOVE FOR YOUCaesar/Consuls-Columbia-C4-2747-H

15 --- GIVE AND TAKEMandala-KR-0121-L

16 --- SEE MY GIRLTeak Wood -Arc -1166-D

17 14 PLAYGROUNDDebbie Lori Kaye -Columbia -C4 -43999-H

18 19 OUTSIDE THE CITYWillows -MGM -13714-M

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1 1 THE MAMAS & PAPAS DELIVERMamas & Papas -DunhillD 50014 DS 50014

2 2 MORE OF THE MONKEESThe Monkees-ColgemsCOM 102 COS 102

3 5 MY CUP RUNNETH OVEREd Ames-Rca VictorLPM 3774 LSP 3774

4 3 TH E BEST OF TH E LOV IN' SPOONFULLovin' Spoonful -Kama SutraKLP 8056 KLPS 8056

5 4 BETWEEN THE BUTTONSRolling Stones -LondonLL 3499 PS 499

6 11 YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAYByrds-ColumblaCL 2642 CS 9422

7 13 SOCK IT TO MEMitch Ryder/Detroit Wheels -New VoiceNV 2003 NVS 2003

8 9 DR. ZHIVAGOSoundtrack -MGM1E6ST

9 7 GEORGY GIRLSeekers -CapitolT 2431

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10 16 I NEVER LOVED A MANAretha Franklin -Atlantic8139 SD 8139

11 6 THERE'S A KIND OF HUSH ALL OVER...Herman's Hermits -MGME 4438 SE 4438

12 18 HOW GREAT THOU ARTElvis Presley-Rca VictorLPM 3758 LSP 3758

13 17 FRANCIS ALBERTSINATRA &ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIMRepriseR 1021 RS 1021

14 22 HAPPY TOGETHERTurtles -White WhaleWW 114 7714

15 8 COLLECTIONSYoung Rascals -AtlanticM 8134 S 8134

16 12 THE MONKEESThe Monkees-ColgemsCOM 101 COS 101

17 14 S.R.O.Herb Alpert-A&MLP 112 SP 4119

18 24 ELECTRIC COMIC BOOKBlues Magoos-MercuryMG 21104 SR 61104

19 21 GIMME SOME LOVIN'Spencer Davis Group -StoneSX 3701 SXS 3701

20 20 TEMPTATIONS LIVETemptations -GordyM 921 S 921

21 23 SURREALISTIC PILLOWJefferson Airplane-Rca VictorLPM 3766 LSP 3766

22 15 HOLLAND DOZIER HOLLANDSupremes-MotownM 650 S 650

23 25 BOB DYLAN'S GREATEST HITSBob Dylan -ColumbiaKCL 2663 KCS 9463

24 --- PAUL REVERE & RAIDERSGREATEST HITSColumbiaKCL 2662 KCS 9469

- 25 --- YARDBIRDS' GREATEST HITSYerdbirds-Copitol

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1 1 UNCLE TOMMercey Bros -Columbia

2 3 I CAN'T EVEN DO WRONG RIGHTJohnny Burke -Columbia

3 2 IRENA CHEYENNEJimmy Ordge-Apex

4 6 IT'S JUST ABOUT OVERJohnny Clark-JC

5 4 WHIRLPOOLBambi Lynn -Melbourne

6 5 I DID ITWhippoorwills -Mustang

7 10 THE JOHNSON FAMILYRalph Carlson - Melbourne

8 7 DON'T SPEAK TO ME OF LONELINESSDougle Trineer-Apex

9 ---I GOT WHAT I WANTEDRainvilles-Red Leaf

10 8 BLUE IS THE COLOURBilly Stoltz -Melbourne

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1 2 4 HAPPY JACKThe Wh o-Decca -32114-J 2 9 10 THE HAPPENINGSupremes-Motown-1107-L

3 1 2 I'M A MANSpencer Davis Group -Stone -705-0 4 6 6 DON'T YOU CAREBuckinghams-Columbia-C-4-44053

5 4 3 CANADAYoung Canada Singers -Quality -1967-M 6 12 19 CLOSE YOUR EYESPeaches & Herb -Date -1549-H

7 8 12 ON A CAROUSELThe Hol lies -Capitol -72450-F 8 25 49 GROOVIN'Young Rascals -Atlantic -2401.A

5 7 SWEET SOUL MUSICArthur Con ley-Atco-6463-M

24 38 I GOT RHYTHMHappenings-B.T.Puppy-527-M

3 1 SOMETHIN' STUPIDNancy & Frank -Reprise -0561-J

7 9 YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKESDave Clark Five -Capitol -72458-F

13 26 44 WHEN I WAS YOUNGEric Burdon-MGM-13712-M

14 16 35 GIRLYOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOONNell Diamond -Bang -542-C

15 15 15 GETME TOTHE WORLD ON TIMEElectric Prunes -Reprise -0564-J

16 17 31 YELLOW BALLOONYellow Balloon -Canterbury -508-G

17 34 40 RELEASE MEEngelbert Humperd Inck-Parrot-40011-K

18 33 37 MY BACK PAGESByrds-Columbia-C-4-44054-H

19 20 34 FRIDAY ON MY MINDEasybeats-UA-50106-1

20 35 43 HERE COMES MY BABYTremeloes-Epic-10139-H

21 10 8 HALF PAST MIDNIGHTStaccatos -Capitol -72453-F

22 11 11 AT THE ZOOSimon & Garfunkel -Columbia -C4-44046

23 46 48 PORTRAIT OF MY LOVEToken s-WB-5900-J

24 14 5 JIMMY MACKMartha/Vandel las-Gordy-7058-L

25 18 17 LOVE EYESNancy Sinatra -Reprise -0559-J

26 38 39 SOMEBODY TO LOVEJefferson Airplane-Rca-9140-N

27 47 50 I WAS KAISER BILL'S BATMANWhistling Jock 5m ith -Deram-112-K

28 31 41 LOOKING AT A BABYCollectors -New Syndrome -16-G

29 45 56 SHAKE A TAIL FEATHERJames & Bobby Purify -Bell -669-M

30 36 42 CASINO ROYALEHerb Alpert-A&M-850-M

31 55 63 HIM OR ME WHAT'S IT GONNA BEPaul Revere -Columbia -C4 -44094-H

32 23 14 LITTLE BIT ME..LITTLE BIT YOUThe Monkees-Colgems-1003-N

33 58 91 CREEQUE ALLEYMamas & Papas -Dunhill -4083-N

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43 53 61 MELANCHOLY MUSIC MANRighteous Bros -Verve -10507-M

44 48 60 OUT OF LEFT FIELDPercy Sledge -Atlantic -2396-M

45 49 64 ALFIEDionne Warwick -Scepter -12187-M

46 51 65 SOMEBODY HELP MEModbeats-Red Leof-632-G

47 57 57 SUNSHINE GIRLParade-A&M-841-M

48 65 97 SIX O'CLOCKLovin' Spoonful -Kama Sutra -225-M

49 50 66 NOTHING TAKESTHE PLACE OF..Toussaint McCall-Ronn-3-L

50 52 55 HIP -HUG -HERBooker T & MG-Stax-211-M

51 43 47 DON'T MAKE PROMISESSusan Taylor -Yorkville -45005-D

52 60 62 MY GIRL JOSEPHINEJerry Jaye -Hi -2120-K

53 39 21 SIMPLE DEEDPaupers-Verve/Folkways-5043-G

54 67 100 ALL I NEED IS YOUTemptation s -Gordy -7061-L

55 69 99 DIAMONDS & GOLDWillie/Walkers-Capitol-72456-F

56 68 77 WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG ANDMarvelettes-Tamla-54150-L

57 80 98 LAY SOME HAPPINESS ON MEDean Martin -Reprise -0571-J

58 63 70 HOLIDAY FOR CLOWNSBrian Hyland -Philips -4044-K*84 ---- A BEAUTIFUL STORYSonny & Cher-Atco-6480-M

60 71 96 CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE YOU MINESeeds -GNP -354-J

61 83 92 ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER5th Dimension -Soul City -755-K

62 72 73 BAREFOOTIN'Lorry Lee -Columbia -C4 -2747-H

63 74 83 LET'S RUN AWAYMagic Cycle -Red Leaf -633-G

64 82 89 OOGUM BOOGUM SONGBrenton Wood -Double Shot -111-J

65 85 ---- COME ON DOWN TO MY BOATEvery Mothers' Son -MGM -13733-M

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70 91 ---- DO IT AGAIN A LITTLE BITJon & Robin-Abnok-119-.1

71 94 ---- THE WAY I FEELGordon Lightfoot-UA-50152-J

72 92 ---- TIME TIMEEd Ames-Rca-9178-N

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74 79 85 PRECIOUS MEMORIESRomeos-Mark II -I

75 75 59 PLAYGROUNDDebbie Lori Kaye -Columbia -43999-H

76 ---- LET'S LIVE FOR TODAYGrass Roots -Dunhill -4084-N

77 90 90 JUST LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONEBrenda Holloway-Tamla-54148-L

78 76 82 I'M INDESTRUCTIBLEJack Jones -Kapp -818-L

79 100 ---- LET YOURSELF GOJames Brown -King -6100-L

80 88 ---- BOWLING GREENEverly Bros-WB-7020-J

81 93 ---- IT'S ALL OVERCasinos -Fraternity -985-M

82 GIRLS IN LOVEGary Lewis -Liberty -55971-K

83 87 94 YOU'RE ALL I NEEDBobby Bland -Duke -416-K

84 ---- ---- LONG LEGGED GIRLElvis Presley-Rca-9115-N

85 95 ---- ONE HURT DESERVES ANOTHERRaelets-Tangerine-296

86 97 ---- IF YOU'RE THINKIN'Dino,Desi,Billy-Reprise-0544-J

87 96 ---- MISTY BLUEEddy Arnold-Rca-9182-N

88 ---- MY LOVE FOR YOUCaesar/Consuls-Columbia-C4-2747-1

89 99 ---- GOT TO HAVE YOU BACKIsley Bros-Tamla-54146-L

90 98 ---- I'VE BEEN A BAD BAD BOYTom Jones -Capitol -5857-F

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92 ---- I WANT YOU TO BE MY BABYEllie Greenwich-UA-50151-J

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97 ---- AM I GROOVING YOUFreddie Scott -Shout -212

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Take a Canadian country "gittar"picker, put him in a Toronto Cof-fee House where he can meet upwith a beautiful and talented auto -harpist, if that's what they calla pretty gal who plays a meanautoharp, and you have the Ianand Sylvia story. What's that gotto do with this album? Nothing,but ain't it a cute story? I had towrite something while I waslistening to twelve of the greatestmusical stories to happen alongin some time. Besides their hitsingle "Lovin' Sound" they offerother great originals including"Windy Weather" and "NationalHotel" and the Sylvia "Sunday"which helped make her bear -pithubby a national TV celebrity.

Hey, you ever been approachedby a sharpie who tells you to latchonto a certain stock `cuz it'sgonna be a gusher? Course youhaven't, silly, you're only ten.But here's a hot hot tip. Psyche-delic music won't be around for-ever so enjoy it while you can,and you might as well have thebest. This is kinda protest -like,KINDA?? IT IS PROTEST, but ifyou listen past the words you'lldiscover the greatest psychedelicsound that's been waxed today.Even if you don't like the freak -out scene, you'll be amazed atthe fantastic quality maintainedthroughout the rather beautifuldistortion bits. If you dig theprotest scene then you really gotyourself a bargain here.

The Youngbloods sure prove itwith this album. That they haveyoungblood, that is. Oh what theydo to the present trend in music.They kinda untrend it. Remembertheir big hit "Grizzly Bear"?It's here and you know some-thing, it sounds even better onthe album `cuz it's followed byten of the strangest and most earpleasin' and youngbloodinestcuts you'd want to own. Theseguys ain't foolin' around whenthey waltz up "Foolin' Around".They got a cellist yet. I knowyou'll dig "C.C. Rider" and"Four In The Morning" and "GetTogether" is 4:39 long whichisn't very long to be together.

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REPORTSLet's talk a little bit about....WHAT'S

HAPPENING. The Who have been a very biggroup in the British Isles for a long long time,and if their single of "Happy Jack" is yourfirst introduction to them, than you shouldlook into their LPs. The Who have a soundyou will like. It is unlike "Happy Jack" andradio stations hesitated to program this verytalented group. You will like them even morewhen you hear their REAL sound.

Again from Britain comes an artistwho has been a BIG item in the UK but hasnever had a big one on this side of the water.Vince Hill has just released "Edelweiss" andthis single has been a chart item in the UKfor quite awhile. Because it is a British re-lease and because of the record company(Capitol), this single will probably be a hit inCanada whether it makes it in the U.S. at all.

Early action on on Everly Brothershit (in Canada) is now being experienced inthe U.S. It's called "Bowling Green" and thesound is the current accepted sound. Re-sembles the Mamas and Papas.

A neat idea that might catch on isElmo & Almo. The artists are cartoon char-acters and they have voices (obviously) sothey have a single out (obviously) and itcould be a hit. The title is "When The GoodSun Shines" and stations will be putting thisone to the test soon.

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CENTENNIAL COOL -OUT 'HOTS -IN'FOR PROJECT SUNSHINE(Press Release - To RPM)Toronto: A burning ambition to give teenagerssomething to do, and at the same time lend ahelping hand, while showcasing Canadiantalent has burgeoned into a full-time Centen-nial project for Hugh Brennan, 22 year oldOttawa student. The result is CENTENNIALCOOL -OUT, a vehicle which runs in KitcheneiMay 19th, Kingston May 20th, London May 21stand Toronto May 22nd. "Blow Your COOL atthe COOL -OUT" is fast becoming a sloganafflong hip teens in all centres. Toronto willblow its cool to help "Project Sunshine", inwhich University students donate their freetime in an attempt to rehabilitate and re -orien-tate patients at The Ontario Hospital. Themonies derived from the CENTENNIAL COOL -OUT in Toronto will be directed towards theerection of a Half -Way house for these patients.The students are dedicated, and it is a toughjcb....but they are holding their own. The

only problem is money. "Project Sunshine"will attempt to provide some of that money.

Brennan's Centennial Project is there-fore a combination of three things. Give thekids a good show, showcase Canadian talentand help "Project Sunshine". In Toronto, twoU.S. bands will appear as guests - The Hap-penings, and Tommy James and The Shon-dells, while in other centers, The Happenings

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will guest exclusively. The lineup of goodCanadian talent supported by these U.S.bands is about the best Canada provides.The Staccatos, who are Canada's top band,will appear in Toronto, as will The GuessWho, M.G. & The Escorts, and Grant Smithand The Power. In other centres, The Staccatoswill not appear, but the lineup of talent isequally exciting.

Brennan's tentative plans, (after thefour -city COOL -OUT), are to take a packagetour of bands across Canada, putting theHalf -Way house clearly in perspective for thededicated students.

The Staccatos pose in front of Toronto'sfamous Archer with members of "ProjectSunshine". They are (L to R) Vern Craig andMike Bell of The Staccatos, students NoelSimpson, lan Birnie, Ann Broadhead, RickBell, Brian Rading and Les Emmerson of TheStaccatos and student Gordon Spear.

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WATCH FOR a new artist namedScott McKenzie. Get this title: "If You'reGoing To San Francisco, Wear Some FlowersIn Your Hair". This record might make it.

Heard a very interesting story about agroup called Nobody. The record, 'To ALovely Lady" has a great deal of potential.This production is from the same people whoput out those excellent Staccatos records.This disc has a sound you can't ignore, andmight "make the Nobody a somebody".

Well my R&B fans will be happy toknow that James Brown has a new single. Thetitle is "Let Yourself Go" and his new album,"Raw Soul" should be in the stores justabout now.

Do you remember "Dear Mrs. Applebee"?She's making a comeback and this is theTHIRD record of this tune. The group thistime is The Guilloteens. Might finally becomea hit.

I see where "Ding Dong....etc" is onthe RPM 100 chart. I have NO COMMENT.PREDICT -A -HIT WINNERSDoreen Cavanagh-Thorold, Ont.Mimi Kent -Toronto, Ont.Marl -Lynn Dyck -Leader, Sask.Ray Oickson-Winnipeg, Man.Rick Doucette -Port Arthur, Ont.

PAUPER COLLAPSESAT PHILMORESan Francisco: Skip Prokop, drummer of

Canada's famous Paupers, collapsed on thestage of the Philmore Auditorium and had tobe rushed to the hospital. Doctors report thatProkop suffered a mild attack probably broughton by the change in climate and released himbut confined him to his motel room for severaldays.

The group is skedded for a 3 week en-gagement at the Kalidescope Club in LosAngeles and several one -niters before open-ing the new Electric Circus in New York City.

Their next single release is being

readied for the end of school term and reportshave it as being "One Rainy Day". Their al.bum will follow shortly after.

GUESS WHO GETSET FOR CHARTSWinnipeg: Canada's famous four, The GuessWho have released a strong follow-up to theirchart topper, "His Girl", This Quality release,

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OWLSTACCATOS PACK THE NIGHTOWL. As usual the one nightappearance of the Staccatos atthe NIGHT OWL was a sellout.In the audience were some of thetop music personalities of thisarea. Tom Fulton of CKFH, BobMcAdorey of CHUM, Paul Whiteof Capitol Records. Sheila Connerof CHUM as well as many Torontomusicians who have become fansof the Staccatos. The Staccatosturned in their usual top gradeperformance.

Also from Ottawa, TheBeaux Gestes made their initialToronto appearance at the famousNIGHT OWL recently. The grouphas been booked back for moreappearances and they put on agreat show.

We would like to thankGary Parr of CKLC for his assis-tance in the recent appearanc ofthe Yeomen in Kingston. Theappearance was so successfulthat many fans had to be turnedaway. Thank you Gary.

The "Rock Show Of TheYeomen" will release their firstrecord on May 16th. on the Reolabel distributed by Quality. The"A" side is "Village Girl" al-ready a favourite of the Night Owlaudiences.

The famousNIGHT OWLCoffee House102 Avenue Road

(two blocks above Yorkville)Toronto.

"Pretty Blue Eyes" was cut in England theearly part of this year. The Guess Who will bemaking several Upper Canada appearancesin the months of May and June.

CALGARIAN RAY GRIFF PENSTOMMY HUNTER RELEASE

They say, behind the success of every artistlies the talents of a songwriter, and somehowwhen it comes to taking the bows the song-writer is usually left out in the cold. Thanksto the efforts of Jack Herrmann, of CFACRadio in Calgary, Ray Griff has been uncoveredas being the writer of the Tommy Hunter single,"Cup Of Disgrace", which by the way hasbeen picking up a great deal of national action.Griff is a native of Calgary, went to schoolthere, joined groups, formed groups, sangquite a bit and, became a very talented writerof the pop and country scene. He took a giantand real gutsy step by moving into Nashville,where sonwriters are almost a dime a dozen.

RAY GRIFF

It didn't take Ray Griff long to become avalued member of Nashville's songwritingcommunity and although his talents as a

singer are undeniably superb, he was con.tracted to RCA Victor, he would rather devotehis time to writing material for the big namesand anyone else who is looking for Nashvillematerial with a twist, for that matter. Thebig names he has and the hits follow, like

David Houston's ''Move A Little Farther

Along" and "Baby" by Wilma Burgess aswell as releases by Harland Howard, HankCochrane and now Canada's most popular

TOMMY HUNTER

Country Gentleman, Tommy Hunter.Jack Herrmann conspired with well

known country personality, Russ Vernon, andproduced a 40 minute tape entitled "SpotlightOn Ray Griff". Vernon does a narration bitbetween songs. It's actually a complete lifestory. with cuts from 12 songs by the topartists who have recorded Griff's material.This tape is available, without charge, to anyradio station. For further information contactRuss Vernon, 1309 17th. Ave. S.W. Calgary,Alberta.

By Penelope Pentelspe

Well we kinda missed the deadlineso I'll try to get more space this week. If youhappen to catch the world's fair at Montreal,some people call it Expo, be sure to keep aneye peeled for The Scotians (Tom, Jim andGarth). This famous Melbourne recording triowill be appearing at the big show from May 14through June 3rd.

Here's some news that should frostyour saddle sores, particularly if you're anaspiring young Canadian songwriter. Ed.

Lennard. from Nestleton, Ont., sent a folio ofhis original compositions to the Tommy HunterShow, expecting the usual friendly responsehe had received when he submitted materialto other CBC shows. Don Messer had acceptedand used Lennard material and took the timeto write a thank you note to Ed. But not TheTommy Hunter Show. They returned the tapesand the accompanying letter noted that it

was not the program policy to use originalsongs composed by members of their audience.Isn't that a great boost for our Canadian song-writers? Especially just after the CBC made agreat hullaballoo about their Canadian song-

writers contest. Doesn't anyone at the CBCcome out of their directors or producers chairsto see what this country is really like? TheCTV can't take many bows for their effortseither. You would almost think that someone,somewhere wrote a book, rather poorly, onhow to produce a television show for theCanadian country bumpkins and that all CBCand CTV producers have a copy. Anyway,like the tired old cliche says, "It's Canada'sCentennial year".

Now if any of you American countryartists or television producers would like toupstage your Canadian counterparts, you al-

ways do, you might be interested in a Centen-nial project that's just been launched byClarence Campbell. Clarence would like tointerest as many country artists as possibleto use Canadian written and Canadian publish-ed material, and he'll supply demo tapes, free.to those who are interested. His address is466 Kingswood Road, Toronto 13, Ontario, andwhile you're at it, add Ed Lennard's name toyour list as well. His address is Nestleton,Ontario.

Well, now that we've disturbed theold pile of manure let's look in on the recordscene. Have you ever heard a better Canadianperformer than that Johnny Clark, from Mon-treal. His single "It's Just About Over" isjust great enough to be a smash right acrossthe country.

Columbia's Bob Martin is excited overtheir new country releases. Tommy Hunter hasa strong item with "Cup Of Disgrace" andJohnny Burke is capturing sales with his "ICan't Even Do Wrong Right". "Uncle Tom"by The Mercey Bros is one of the strongestcountry singles in their catalogue. Doug

Lycett, who hails from a little town calledOrono, in eastern Ontario has just had hissingle released on Columbia. It's titled"Build A Scaffold Way Up High" and "OldZero". Doug wrote both songs and you know,even the pop stations are giving it a spin.

There's a new label among us. It'scalled Canuk. The owner and first performer areDave Todd and Alf Fromager, in that order.Dave is also host of the CKVR Barrie countryshow.

Tom Connors, who comes from the

north country is putting finishing touches tohis new album for Rebel. It'll be all Canadianin content. Don Reno, formerly of Reno &Smiley has teamed up with Bill Harrell to doa great new Bluegrass set for Rebel.

Donn and Cindy Reynolds opened atSudbury's Sorrento Motor Hotel May 15 for atwo week engagement. Donn will be appearingon Country Music Hall, sometime in June.

WHERE THE COUNTRY FOLK AREMay 15 - 27Donn & Cindy Reynolds - Sorrento Motel -Sudbury, Ont.May 16Buck Owens - Memorial Centre Kingston, OntMay 22 - 27Jean Shepard - Horseshoe - TorontoMay 22Country Music Hall - CTV - Toronto(Bill Anderson, Sharon Strong, Diane Leigh)May 29Gary Buck - Arena - BellevilleMay 30Gary Buck - Arena - Smiths FallsMay 31Gary Buck - Arena CornwallJune 1Gary Buck - Arena ListowelJune 2Gary Buck - Arena - Owen SoundJune 3Gary Buck - Arena - IngersollJune 5 - 10Roy Clark - Top Hat - Windsor

NEW MONKEE ALBUMBEING SHIPPEDToronto: Ed Preston, Rca Victor promotionman, advises that the new Monkee album,"Monkee Headquarters" is being readied forshipment. Selections include:You Told MeI'll Spend My Life With YouForget That GirlBand 6You Just May Be The OneShades Of GrayI Can't Get Her Off My MindFor Pete's SakeMr. WebsterSunny GirlfriendZilchNo TimeEarly Morning Blues & GreenHandy Scouse Bit

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