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Vol. 2 - No. 15 Week of December 7th, 1964

LET'S CUT A RECORD TOMORROW IWHAT'S WRONG WITH CANADA'S

RECORD PRODUCTION?One of the first pieces of research we em-barked on with the new RPM was to findout why so many of our domestically pro-duced records weren't up to scratch.Criticism of Canadian product is so com-monplace today, that the chic thing is todiscover a good record. While many ex-cellent records are made in Canada, for themost part we are still not putting out thebest product.

We don't worry about a small detailcalled A& R. This is the decision usuallymade by a trained person as to who shouldmake a record and whether the right tuneis picked. Since many Canadian records arerecorded privately by the people who willappear on the record, the A& R is usuallydone by friends or fans with the old reli-able "You should record that. It would sella million." Often the talent is there, butthe tune or the production is lacking. Evenwith well organized Canadian record com-pany sessions the same problem canexist. Too often it's a case of picking asong previously recorded by a big nameand coming out second best.

The studio hasn't got the sound. This isonly partly true. The sound is there, butthe people to find it aren't. A typicalexample: Terry Toiler and the Termiteshave been playing school dances for threemonths and the kids love to DANCE (notlisten, but dance) to them. "If we had arecord we'd be in the big time". The greatmusical status symbol, the record. Afterbeing turned down by two record com-panies, they decide to make their ownrecord. Through some unexplainable pointof logic they head toward a recordingstudio. The function of the studio is tolent out their facilities to any who cancome up with the bread. Theirs is not toquestion why or with whom. The word pro-ducer never enters the picture. The poorguy sitting behind the controls is theengineer, and it isn't enough that he hasthe technical end to worry about, he isalso burdened with the production. Up to 5minutes before, he never heard a note ofwhat was going to be done, but there heis "producing". He's not sure whether heshould be standing up or sitting down.

Hours later, the group isn't getting thesound they want. Obviously the studio isto blame. (They have to blame someone.)The bill gets bigger and bigger. "Thisbetter be a million seller or my dad'llflip his cork."

Placing the master. Like many radiostations that pay lip service to Canadianrecords, many record companies feel they

should justify their existence in Canada byreleasing "a few Canadian records". Theindustry has grown to live with this kindof thinking. The group finds a sympatheticear with just such a company. (Note toethical record companies: If the shoedoesn't fit, don't squeeze into it.) Therecord is released. A few copies pressed,promotion goes out, lays an egg, and theSTUDIO was to blame. Good records hovebeen produced in washrooms, but. The veryskilled people that decided what was tobe done in that washroom, and how andwhat the effects were to be were usuallyexperienced, trained, and artistically verygifted. Only a very small handful of suchpeople are still in Canada. The rule hereis: Don't go into a studio without a skilledreputable producer whose work is knownand respected, (unless you book one hourto do a demo to see if it is good enough torecord or to play for people that might beinterested in recording you). Demo first,session second.

One Canadian producer told us, "I'llnever go into a studio and straighten outsomeone else's mess again. Usually it'sgratis, and it certainly doesn't do yourreputation any good if people find out youlaid your finger on a hopeless session".

Secrets of Good A& R. Use originalmaterial. Have it arranged by an outsider(even if you don't read music). Use asmany people on the session as the pro-ducer advises. (If there are 5 in yourgroup, get 2 more musicians if it'll makea hit). Never release a record or a demothat you aren't proud of. No matter howmuch it cost.

This article is not meant to reflect onthe many well organized and artistic ses-sions that are presently being released inCanada, but possibly will spare all of usfrom the few really bad efforts that gettalked up more than the good ones.

CAPITOL'S ESQUIRES "SO MANYOTHER BOYS" MAKES COAST TO

COAST CHARTSTHE ESQUIRES. This week The Esquiresbroke into chart prominence across thenation, with their Capitol single "So ManyOther Boys". From high on the "Top Ten"to jumping into the "Hot Twenty", aswell as being picked by many stations.It's a success story right down the line.The talented group is made up of DonNorman as featured vocalist. Don alsowrites and plays guitar. His home town isOttawa where he was born in 1944. GaryComeau is lead guitarist. Gary was also

born in Ottawa, in 1943. Clint Hierlihy isthe bass guitarist and hails from Vancouverwhere he was born in 1945. Paul Huotplays rhythm guitar. Born Ottawa, 1942.Richie Patterson plays the drums. BornOttawa, 1944. Richie's first public ap-pearance was at the age of 4 as a dancer.His height 5 ft. 2.

It all happened in Ottawa back in 1963when they made such an impact on theOttawa music scene that Canadian -Capitolsigned them to a contract and rushed theminto the recording studio almost before theink was dry. Their first waxing was "At-lantis" which received good acceptanceacross the country and made their follow-up "Man From Adano" a shoo-in. It eventopped the chart in their home town, whichis an accomplishment in itself.

PAUL WHITE seen with Capitol's Esquires.

Successful single artists usually enterthe LP market and that's what was instore for The Esquires. The boys had ahand in writing much of the material fortheir new album. "Rhythm Shoes" waswritten by Don and Gary. "A Touch ofBlue" was written by Gary and Paul. DaveBritten talented songwriter from Ottawapenned "Man From Adano".

"So Many Other Boys", their latestsingle is the hot one making the charts forthe boys right now, but with the rest ofCanada now recognizing The Esquires aspotential hit makers their future looks verypromising. One of the highlights of theircareer was their touring with The DaveClark 5 during their recent jaunt acrossCanada.

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Hal Ross of London Records dropped intothe Big Pineapple last week on his waywest. The reason for the trip is a very bigpromotion that should do credit to LondonRecords. They get our nod anyway, if ithelps. It's the London Records Youth Club.It seems London has come up with somethingthat shouldn't surprise anyone in the busi-ness. Teenagers are the biggest asset toRecord companies throughout the world.They probably buy more records than allother age groups combined. It isn't that theteenagers have more money than ever before,it's just that there are more of them. So....London has come up with a novel idea to

cater to this large buying public. Total membership in theclub will be 60. They will be picked by radio stations acrossCanada through contests open to Grade 6, 8 and 11 (or 1styear University). These people will be sent records eachmonth to review. They will also be asked to complete a setof questions regarding their tastes in popular music. As Halsays "The young people of this country criticize records,they dance to records, and they purchase records. So whynot work closely with them?"

Capitol Records is on the threshold of opening new hori-zons in the pop field with their release of Jack London's"If You Don't Want My Love". Recorded in Canada. Pro-duced in Canada, and the artist is a former Liverpoolian nowa Canadian citizen. The Esquires are also top news at theCapitol camp. Their hit single "So Many Other Boys" seemsto be sweeping right across the country. From No. 2 on FrankCameron's CHNS chart to Picks all over.

The Lions and The Tigers meeting in the Big Pineapplemay be a good omen. Heretofore any record recommended bywestern stations usually went ignored and vice versa. RobbieLane's "Ain't Love A Funny Thing" shows up at CKOMSaskatoon as No. 46 and the Chessmen with their "Meadow-lands" is a Best Bet at CFCO Chatham.

Mike Reed of Apex besides pushing a hundred thousandother records dropped off the new release of Canadian RickyMason called "Ace Of Diamonds". We understand this wasrecorded in England. With Apex are The Kingston Trio(Decca) and we had the pleasure of meeting this talented triothanks to a reception thrown by George Offer (one wouldexpect only coffee in Toronto on a Sunday but it was apleasure to find that this beverage turned up to be the onefor the road). The Kingston Trio packed them in at MasseyHall and seemed to be enjoying their new relationship withDecca.

We went to the Movies thanks to Archie Laurie of UnitedArtists and the movie was such a gas we forgot to listen tothe sound track. We are referring to the James Bond flick"Goldfinger".Great!

The Hustlers are a group of young men from the BibleClass of Grace United Church in Toronto. They have beenactive in promoting charitable projects in and around the cityand have come up with an LP of their own. Unfortunately theonly publicity the LP seems to be getting is a prominentplace in supermarkets. Apparently in 1963 the Hustlers'launched an organization for Canadian Assistance for Inter-national Development with the goal one million dollars by1967. This would be a gift from the people of Canada to thestarving children of the world. A beautiful sentiment for"Expo '67". We hope by next week to have more informationon this worthwhile cause.

Al Mair of Apex Records bows this week with his "BestSeller Report". Looks good and we'll borrow a piece of newsif you don't mind Al. Ted Curl will be co -producing a "Shin -2

Dig" type show with Frank Slay (of New York fame). Pro-duced in Canada they'll feature stars of Canada and US.Bobby Curtola expected to be a regular.

RCA Victor top news is still the Canada -Internationalseries. The impact has been felt south of the border. Dealersand consumers are jumping in with both feet. We agree whole-heartedly with the following quote from Stan Kulin of RCAVictor. "This marks a tremendous breakthrough for us ingetting our artists exposed and sold in the US."

The Press Recognizes Radio. "Talking TV" by JackMiller of the Hamilton Spectator gives credit to CHML Hamil-ton for helping the Hamilton Tiger -Cats get into the GreyCup battle. To quote from Jack's column "Broadcasting islike any other business. In it you'll find a few companies thatknock themselves out to be part of the life in their town. Anda few who operate just to make a buck. And the majoritysomewhere in between. CHML is one of the rare stations inthat first category". (Here, here. Big Pineapple stations takenote.) CHML organized a rally in downtown Hamilton, It wasa big costly "from the heart" type of rally that broughtHamiltonians together to cheer their home team. It's beenreported that even the usually unapproachable high up in thesky mountain dwellers took part. Must have worked. Ti -Catswon by one point and now tiger meets lion for the Grey Cup.

Manny Pittson of Frank's Bandstand Music Hop sendsnews of great audience reaction to the show. We watch everyFriday and classify it as one of the better Music Hop shows.Frank also reminds us of the new Christmas LP by theSingalong Jubilee (Arc).

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"A La Carte", a CBC-TV after supper showout of Toronto is unfortunately not a networkshow. The November 20 show featured RCAVictor recording artists, The Courriers. Thesound, camera shots and superb performanceby The Courriers should have been enjoyedby Canadians from coast to coast."Across Canada" a daily CBC network TVshow is also worthy of a nod. A fine job bythe crew who put together the Vancouverentry dealing with west coast DJ's and radiopolicy. The tact employed by the westcoast radio personalities would be a wel-come change in most areas across Canada.

Red Robinson PD at C -FUN, one of the participants inthe above show sent along news of a record release by awest coast group The Chessmen. Their entry of "Meadow-lands" has already been snapped up by Wand Records, state-side. London Records will be handling the distribution forCanada. Red also sent along his column "Off The Record"from the Vancouver Times. A very interesting point broughtout by Red and one that we heartily endorse is the fact thatthe Hurdon brothers write all Bobby Curtola's material andthis has been confined to sweet ballads. Red suggests, and Iam sure many will agree, that Bobby should record other ma-terial by different songwriters. Same view was held by BobMcAdory in a recent column of his in the "After Four" sec-tion of the Toronto Telegram.

Chuck Nahumko PD at CJOC Dawson Creek, B.C. dropsa note about the poor service of a couple of leading distribu-tors in sending promotion records. They are either late ornever arrive. Chuck would also like to see a Top TwentyCountry chart. You will notice our Country column is muchlonger and more interesting thanks to Fred Roy. A larger

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Johnny Onn at CJME Regina is happy over the newCJME chart and feels it is easier to work with. We agree.The chart looks great. Strong movers in Regina are "Mr.Lonely" Bobby Vinton, "Gone Gone Gone" Everly Brothersand "The Lumberjack" by Hal Willis. Did you know that HalWillis was a Canadian?

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Looks like an annualevent for CKEY to runoff with the covetedPublic Service AwardFor Stations In CanadianCities over 100,000Population. The awardpresented at the Cana-dian Radio CommercialsFestival in Torontomarked the second timein as many tries thatCKEY has captured thiscategory.Gene Kirby ProgramManager of CKEY ac -

GENE KIRBY cepted the award on be -his fine production staff. Gene's entry last year also

won the International Broadcasting Award in Hollywood asone of the World's Best Public Service Messages.

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Phyllis Marshall causes quite a stir wherever she goesWith the introduction of this fast selling album her namehas become an important part of programming for Top 40Stations as well as the better listening stations. Pickalbum of the week at CKEY and Phyllis Marshall Day atCJAD are examples of the enthusiasm sparked by listen-ing to her perform.

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Mr. Rhythm and Blues is a very.popular name with Ontario teenagers.Each week in his column in the Tor-onto Telegram teen supplement "AfterFour" keeps teens informed on allthe activities of the R and B groups,the hop activities, the personal ap-pearances and fan club activities ofthe local groups and teen appealartists.

Mr. Rhythm and Blues is in realityRoger Frazer who also heads TorontoPromotions and Productions, a firmthat does promotion for record corn-panies, and recording stars, and stagesshows and dances.

Recently, Roger embarked on anew project that will assist in publi-cizing and promoting young Canada'stalent even further with a new monthlypublication called "Mr. Rhythm andBlues Spotlight On Canadian Talent"which will be dedicated to teenagereaders, and will take the part of afan magazine that will go out to teen-age subscribers. This is all part ofthe new interest generated by Canadianrecordings, and the activities ofCanadian groups and Canadian talent

The magazine will be jam packed withpictures and stories on the Canadianscene. This is a very worthwhile andambitious project that will do a greatdeal to build the star aura around ouryoung talent, and Roger will have twovery strong vehicles to promote Can-ada's own homegrown talent.

ROGER FRAZER (Mr. Rhythm and Blues)seen with constant chart topper Roy Orbisonin Toronto recently.

What's Next For Roger? He soonhopes to start a label for Canadiantalent called "Mr. Rhythm and Blues"and hopes that by that time, the namewill be a buy word with Canadianteenagers.

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THIS WEEK THE FOLLOWING SINGLES SHOWED SIGNIFICANT CHART ACTION:FEEL SO PRETTY-Shirley Matthews, QUEEN OF THE HOP-Billy/Martiniques,MEADOWLANDS-Chessmen, BARBY LEE-David Clayton Thomas, TILL I METYOU-Classics, DON'T MAKE A FOOL OF ME-Little Caesar/Consuls, DRIVENFROM HOME-Jay Smith, STOP TEASING ME-Chad Allen, CHARLENA-RitchieKnight, I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU-Joe Popiel.

Ed Preston from CHMLHamilton sends newsof the football feverpresently flourishingin the steel city. Thestation has produced aTiger -Cat song thathas brought requestsfrom other stationsacross the country.The song is "Sazio"narrated by Stu Daly.Musical backing is byAlf Borsellino's OrionQuintet with Ed on thebongos. Recommended

for GMP programming ....Ed suggestsyou give a listen to the new Mel Tormerelease by Mel "One Little Snowflake"(Columbia). This is a Torme compo-sition that was at one time a radiostation jingle in Philadelphia. A nat-ural for CHML is Mancini's "DearHeart" but they are strong on all fourarrangements (Andy Williams, JackJones and Joannie Sommers). TheJoannie Sommers cut "Softly As ILeave You" from her LP makes a nicechange of pace from the other arrange-ments of this same tune. Ed notes acouple to watch "A Different Kind OfLove" by Kathy Keegan and "Try ToRemember" by Ed Ames.

Art Collins of CFRB ribs us a littleabout label mixups (Kapp is Kapp notCapitol) and recommends as greatlistening the Harry Simeone Choralsingle of "0 Bambino" on Kapp alsothe Quinto Sisters release of "A HollyJolly Xmas" on Columbia and theDoris Day "Xmas Present" which isfrom her Xmas LP on Columbia. A100% Canadian movie and the sound-track gets the nod from Art. Its "TheLuck of Ginger Coffey" with KenColman of Vancouver singing the titlesong. This movie is playing to ravenotices in New York. Roger Williamstakes a departure from the norm withhis Kapp release of "Family Albumsof Hymns" and gets a recommendationfrom 'RB.

On the Beatle kick comes the John-ny Mann Singers with their Liberty re-lease of "Beatle Ballads" and beauti-fully done. The personal touch left outby the big bands is what makes this LPa must for GMP. For those long winternights the new release of The RayCharles Singers is a must "Songs ForLonesome Lovers". For Valente fanscheck the London release "Valente &Violins" just great! The BIG BIG onethis week is Capitol's release of"Action with Agostini". This is aproject of The Canadian Association ofBroadcasters and The Composers,Authors and Publishers Association ofCanada and was produced under thesupervision of the Canadian MusicCentre.

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International ReportDATELINE NEW YORK by Harriet Wasser

This week will see the greatest influx of new releasessince this time last year. This is due to the pre -Christmasrush. In the meantime, Beatlemania has completely takenover on all the Top 40 stations. In one week, "I Feel Fine"and "She's a Woman" reached the number one and two spotsrespectively on WINS in N.Y.C.

Cameo decided to pull back Chubby Checker's plannedrelease. Instead they rushed out "Loverly, Loverly", whichshould be a loverly hit for Chubby. Congress rushed outShirley Ellis' "The Name Game" four days after the recordwas pressed. One of my favorite Da r in tunes, "I'll BeThere", has just been recorded by Gerry and the Pacemakers.

Nancy Ames goes into the recording studio this week torecord a new album. This time she will do something a littledifferent by not sticking strictly to folk material.

Tin Pan Alley is talking about....The split betweenJohnny Mathis and his long time manager and discoverer,Helen Noga...P.J. Proby's sensational performance on TheBeatles "Special" (ABC-TV). A hit record could bring P.J.home. Understand P.J. is a big item in Canada.

Eydie Gorme will have to watch her hubby, Steve Law-rence's TV Special (NBC), from her hospital bed. Eydie'sbeen laid up with mononucleosis. If you wish to send her anote, do so via yours truly.

I had to listen extra hard to "Wild One" by Martha andThe Vandellas to be sure I wasn't hearing "Dancing On TheStreets". Waiting to break big on the charts is "Follow TheSun" by Del Shannon and "Little Red Rooster" by TheRolling Stones. A very funny record is "Leader of the Laun-dramat" by The Detergents...and one of the prettiest recordsreleased this week is "Smile" by Betty Everett and JerryButler. The Village Stompers may have found their follow-upto "Washington Square". It is "Fiddler on the Roof". Peterand Gordon keep the "soft" sound going with their record of"I Go To Pieces". All these sound like future chart rec,3rds.

Word has reached me that Dick and Dee Dee have justsplit up. It's too bad because "Thou Shalt Not Steal" isclimbing.

It may seem impossible to believe but nevertheless true.Yes, that was Keith Richard buying records in a Broadwayrecord shop. The kids didn't recognize him minus the rest ofhis group The Rolling Stones.

Notes of Interest...Sandi Shaw has a gimmick. Shealways sings with her shoes off...Don Kirshner's new daugh-ter, Daryn, is named after Bobby Darin, Don's closest friend...Peggy Lee will do a concert tour with George Shearing,now that Mr. S. has come out of retirement...Joel Sebastian,disc jockey on WXYZ in Detroit, moves to WINS, N.Y.C., inDecember.

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CHEF ADAMS, working out of the BillyO'Connor office, reports several countrybookings the agency has set around Torontoand district. Topping the list is Ric record-ing artist Cy Anders currently playingnightly at the Ascot 27 which is near Tor-onto International Airport (Malton). We rec-ommend visitors to our city stop in andenjoy Cy's unique styling of country music.The O'Connor agency has also placedcountry piano man Johnny Coy at the Balti-more in Cobourg, Ontario. Chef himselfmoves his trio into the Silver Dollar Roomof the Waverley Hotel, Toronto for an in-

definite stay. Making up the trio with Chef are Curly Whiteand Johnny Burke. Wendy West will have the first week's spotwith the group, followed by Yvonne Terry and a new gal each

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SANDY GARDINER-Ottawa Journal"I Can't Live Without You"

Joe Popiel

"This is a "Quality' side in moreways than one. It has a drivin' beatthat grabs the ears then it lapsesinto a Jimmy Gilmerish style. Itdeserves to keep whatever flag youlike flying. COULD."

ROCKIN' ROBBERT- CHSJ Saint John

"I Can't Live Without You"Joe Popiel

"With catchy lyrics and the bigbacking of 'The Fireballs' thiscould be the record to put the nameof Joe Popiel on Canadian radio.As usual, any Canadian disc needsradio help, and I'm sure stationswill be on this one in short order.I predict a winner for Joe and wishhim luck with his debut disc.SHOULD."

JOHNNY MURPHY-CKGM Montreal"I Can't Live Without You"

Joe Popiel

"The Norman Petty influence isevident in this side. It is not un-like some of the very successfulJimmy Gilmer sides from the sameorigin. It'll take an all out promopush, but it's a commercial sound,worth the effort. COULD."

BOB WOOD - CKCK Regina"I Can't Live Without You"

Joe Popiel

"Good teen tune that could make itwith good radio exposure. The factthat he's relatively unknown andthe new Beatles' singles and up-coming LP could be stumblingblocks. Instrumental backgroundgood. Sounds like 'Fireballs' butthought instrumental bridge wasweak. Teens could go for teensound and simple easy lyrics.

thereafter. Chef penned "Password To The Blues"a he has on Canatal and will be released shortly state-

side by Pep Records featuring Max Culler.///On the nightclub scene around Toronto, Terry Roberts, Wally Dean andFlo Ann Brown are holding forth at the Drake in the west endwhile Ross Allen has a single stand at the Norseman inCooksville with accompaniment by bass man Bill Gibbs.///Cliffie Short, often called the biggest little showman aroundToronto has a weekly spot on Lou Tamianko's "Club Kinsw-way Jamboree" each Sunday night as MC and vocalist.Skedded for appearances at the club are Chef Adams, RussWheeler and Gary Buck.///Myrna Lorrie's new Quality disc(1664) has the sound that spells HIT in big letters and eitherside could go over with a little attention from Canadianjocks. Sides are "Do You Wish You Were Free?" (ballad) and"Well, All Right" (Upbeat). DJ copies are available fromFred King at CJLX, Fort William, Ontario. Incidentally Myrna

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and her group played last week in a 4 -night stand at Ted'sRoyal Hotel at Angers, Quebec, owned and operated by TedDaigle, country spinner at CKOY, Ottawa.///Aubrey Henseeof CFNB, Fredericton N.B. has his first album skedded forrelease in the near future. The package, which containssome of his original songs, is titled "Old Fashioned CountrySongs" and will be on the Mountain label, distributed byLondon.

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