:1 17 kVA Weekly John Mackey's 'real" business in radio John Mackey learned early in his career that as an on -air personality, he was average and would probably remain that way so he decided to go off the air and learn the "real" business in radio. It all started for Toronto -born John Mackey back in 1960 when, at the age of nineteen he became involved in radio. He was brought up in the Windsor -Leamington district and had a huge appetite for sports, so his first break came from CJSP (now CHYR) Lou Tomasi and Stew Brandy, who hired him as a copywriter. He was also asked to write up sports and finally went on the air as a sportscaster. He moved over to Chatham's CFCO as copywriter and news- man and finally to CKWW Windsor as music librarian and promotion man. He moved west to CFQC in Saskatoon as promotion man, a position he held down for a year and a half and then returned east to CKGM as the head of the creative department and shortly after was promoted to operations manager. His second trip west took him to CJ ME Regina as program director. After a short stay he returned to Montreal's CKGM as program director where, as a team with General Manager Jim Sward, began work on bringing the station up the ratings ladder to No. 1. Still thirsting for the "inside" on the radio business, Mackey took the job of General Manager of CKWW Windsor and, shocking the industry, moved back to Montreal a couple of months later as program director of CFCF. He wasn't finished shocking the industry. He was no sooner secured in his CFCF's John Mackey MACKEY continued on page 15 60 CENTS Volume 22 No. 8 October 12, 1974 And Sara Lee secretly honestly loves me. And Paul lives very happily with his lover named John. "Lvve Song" by Severin Browne. A Love Song for the Seventies.
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John Mackey's 'real" business in radio
John Mackey learned early in his careerthat as an on -air personality, he was averageand would probably remain that way so hedecided to go off the air and learn the"real" business in radio.It all started for Toronto -born John Mackeyback in 1960 when, at the age of nineteen hebecame involved in radio. He was broughtup in the Windsor -Leamington district andhad a huge appetite for sports, so his firstbreak came from CJSP (now CHYR)Lou Tomasi and Stew Brandy, who hiredhim as a copywriter. He was also asked towrite up sports and finally went on theair as a sportscaster. He moved over toChatham's CFCO as copywriter and news-man and finally to CKWW Windsor as musiclibrarian and promotion man. He moved westto CFQC in Saskatoon as promotion man,a position he held down for a year and ahalf and then returned east to CKGM as thehead of the creative department and shortlyafter was promoted to operations manager.His second trip west took him to CJ MERegina as program director. After a shortstay he returned to Montreal's CKGM asprogram director where, as a team withGeneral Manager Jim Sward, began work onbringing the station up the ratings ladder toNo. 1.Still thirsting for the "inside" on the radiobusiness, Mackey took the job of GeneralManager of CKWW Windsor and, shockingthe industry, moved back to Montreal acouple of months later as program directorof CFCF. He wasn't finished shocking theindustry. He was no sooner secured in his CFCF's John Mackey
MACKEY continued on page 15
60 CENTSVolume 22 No. 8October 12, 1974
And Sara Leesecretlyhonestlyloves me.
And Paul livesvery happilywith his lovernamed John.
"Lvve Song" by Severin Browne.A Love Song for the Seventies.
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DU MAURIER CONTRIBUTESTO PERFORMING ARTS '75The Du Maurier Council for the PerformingArts has more than matched its pledge toassist Canadian Cultural Productions withone million dollars over a five-year periodsince its inception in 1972. The additionalfunds are a result of extra promotionalsupport offered to organizations receivinggrants.When the Council met earlier this year,they pledged a total of over $300,000 infunds to successful applicants. Thirty-sixorganizations representing theatre, music,opera and dance were chosen from acrossCanada. Those selected conformed with theCouncil's stated objectives which are: tohelp foster development of Canadiantalent; to increase public awareness of thearts by providing entertainment at reason-able admission prices and to assist perform-ing groups in their own self -development.Members of the Council are Senator DonaldCameron, Chairman and head of the BanffSchool of Fine Arts; and Directors, TheHonourable Pauline McGibbon, Lieuten-ant -Governor of Ontario, Carl 0. Nickel,former Chairman of the Calgary Allied ArtsFoundation, Andre Bachand who is closelyassociated with the cultural life of Quebec,and Fred Davis, radio and television performer.
EXTENSIVE PROMO FORRCA'S VICKY LEANDROSRCA's John Murphy has launched an exten-sive promotion campaign on behalf of thelabel's Vicky Leandros including TV, radioand press interviews. The artist's new album"My Song For You" will be released inboth French and English.(English KPL1-0064and French KPL1-0065). The albums featuresthe single "Henry Let's Go To Town"which was backed with "Our Love Is Bright-er Than The Starlight".
PIZAZZ STEPSUP ACTIVITIESPizazz Productions has coordinated thesecond segment of a tour by Terry Dee'sRock and Roll Circus, a group which arousedmuch interest in U.S. colleges last yearthrough over 100 concerts. The first half ofthe tour has just been completed in theMaritimes and was highly successful asreported by Dram Agency's Bill Jeffrosin Waterloo. The next segment of the tour,to be handled by Pizazz will feature clubdates through New York's Banner TalentAssociates and will include two weeks inBoston and fifteen dates in New England.July 22nd will mark the beginning of a U.S.club tour for The Great Rufus Road Machine(formerly Rufus. the thitrit: t 't Ingo in defer-ence to a U.S. at) will ....ve as an intro-duction for the net in three major hotelchains and several northeastern U.S. buyers.C.I.T. Burlingston organized the whole tourafter the act was viewed by U.S. buyers atOntario showcases.
Pizazz's latest signing, a quintet from Sud-bury called Canada has just started a fourmonth U.S. tour which will take themthrough clubs and colleges in Burlington,Vermont and Plattsburgh, New York. Thetour has been scheduled for an introductoryswing through the Maritimes and will windup with a concentration of dates in NewYork, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. CraigNicholson, spokesman for Pizazz confirms18 engagements and reports great interestfrom a number of other schools who areunable to commit Fall dates at the present.
CLIFF EDWARDS TORECORD IN NASHVILLECliff Edwards is scheduled to record thismonth in Nashville for Columbia Recordsof Canada. The date was coordinated bymanager Kevin Hunter of New Directionsand John Williams of Columbia and will beEdwards' first recording session in Nashville.Glenn Sutton will be on hand to produce.Edwards' own TVvariety show has recentlybeen renewed for its second season in Canada.Prior to going solo, Cliff was lead singerfor the Bells whose hits include millionseller "Stay Awhile".
DKD HANDLESBEE GEES DATESDonald K. Donald Productions Ltd. recentlycompleted half of the Bee Gees concerts inCanada, handling concerts in Halifax, Monc-ton, Saint John, Montreal and Vancouver.The Canadian tour was organized by Hal Ray ofthe William Morris Agency.Don Tarlton of Donald K. Donald observedthat the tour "was unique in the respectthat a major international attraction wastouring Canada from coast to coast withoutplaying Canada as extra dates to an Ameri-can tour, and it represents a big step inCanada's development as a pop music mar-ket." The Bee Gees were the first inter-national stars to visit the Maritimes sincethe Beach Boys in the sixties and the res-ponse for the Bee Gees was so enthusiasticthat Tarlton has been encouraged for futureshow plans in Eastern Canada.
Although Montreal's transit strike sloweddown concert promotions there, the forumconcert bowl was filled to capacity. Thegroup had the Pacific National Exhibition tocontend with in Vancouver but overcamethe competition to play to two packedhouses at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.Concert Promotions International wasresponsible for promoting and arrangingthe other half of the tour with equal success.
CANADIAN PRODUCTION HOUSEGAINS NATIONAL PRESTIGEFootprint Productions, the broadcast prod-uction house specializing in the productionand syndication of commercial radio docu-mentary programming, has earned a nationalreputation after less than two years of oper-ation. The company's first venture was ahighly successful Beatles "Rockumentary"entitled "Beatles: The Echoes and TheDream" written and narrated by Jim Nettle-ton, program director of WCAU-FM inPhiladelphia. A national campaign to marketthe six -hour feature resulted in coast tocoast sales.In preparation for the BBM spring ratings,Footprint conceived and produced the firstcomprehensive study on the Osmond Bro-thers. "In Touch With Today" was as success-ful as its Beatles predecessor. Three addition-al programs followed which earned the com-pany the coveted Billboard Award. Theywere, a major interview and biographicalnarrative on Elton John; a concept programcalled "A Gift Of Peace and Love" createdespecially for contemporary markets duringthe holiday season; and an hour-long prod-uction "The Countryside of Bill Anderson",which was the pilot for a series on countrymusic artists.
Dan Plouffe is currently involved in record-ing two new documentaries, one on The BeeGees and the other, an in-depth feature on"The Who".
SOCIETY FOR RECOGNITIONHOLDS CDN. TALENT ELECTION
Alderman Ben Nobleman was re-elected asPresident of The Society For RecognitionOf Canadian Talent September 11th at theKing Edward Hotel. Other officers electedduring the general membership meetingwere James Conrad, 1st Vice -President;Dave Broadfoot, 2nd Vice -President; CarolJamieson, 3rd Vice -President and RickFielding, Secretary.The following were elected to the Boardof Directors: Senator Keith Davey; Stompin'Tom Connors; Robert R. Hall, Q.C.; DavidArcher; Edward Carrigan; Barbara Franklin;Ben Kerr; Ben Lennick; Leo Orenstin; B.T.Richardson; Ratch Wallace and Don Rogers.
Among the aims and objectives endorsedby the Society were resolutions to presentbriefs to the Canadian and American govern-ments to establish reciprocity at the borderso that Canadian artists can work in the U.S.as easily as American performers workengagements in Canada; and to persuadeCanadian daily and weekly puolications toprovide more extensive coverage of Canadiantalent.Alderman Nobleman and James Conrad tookpart in a debate on the Elwood GloverShow with Gino Empry and David Garrick onSeptember 20th.
POLYDOR CLASSICSPROMOTED NATIONALLYPolydor lent a little promotion muscle totheir classical releases with a rare classicalproduct presentation at major centresacross Canada.
The product presentation, specially preparedby the label's Allan Katz and their classicalmanager, Vas Pollakis, comprised a fortyminute audio-visual presentation of theirfall release.
The promotion tour included Winnipeg,Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Mont-real.
WATERLOO CO -PUBLISHESON FIRST ROCK VENTURESWaterloo Music of Waterloo, Ontario andWinterlea Music of Montreal have agreed toco -publish and distribute sheet music for"The Night Chicago Died". The song is thesecond produced by Waterloo, the first being"Billy Don't Be A Hero", also publishedunder mutual agreement with Winterlea.Waterloo's experience with sales on "Billy"have proven to be very worthwhile andthey expect "Chicago" to sell as well if notbetter. The company plans to be involvedin further publication and recording of rockmaterial due to their initial success.
NEW SINGLE ON RCAFOR BUSTER BROWNBuster Brown, formerly "Timothy" (river-boat Ladies), has written and performedhis new release on RCA "Falling Out OfLove" (P13-10023). The single was producedby John Lombardo, west coast A&RDirector in Los Angeles for RCA and formerProfessional Manager for Sunbury -DunbarMusic in Canada. Lombardo also composedthe "B" side "Eloise".Buster Brown and his new four piece back-upband of the same name have been touringextensively in the south-western UnitedStates.
CONDOR RELEASEFOR RAY FRANCISRay Francis, a new signing to the Condorlabel, will be given a major promotion pushby Marathon Records, distributors ofthe new country label. His initial singlerelease, "If Ginny Knew", a Francis original,was culled from his album, "Two Sides OfCountry".Francis, a native of Chatham, Ontario,became involved in the guitar pickin' busi-ness at the age of thirteen and by the timehe hit his twenties, found himself on stageat the Grand Ole Opry, alongside some ofthe stars he used to listen to over WSMNashville.
Condor's Ray Francis.
His game is originality but his impersona-tions of many of the big names in countryhas brought much attention to his wellrounded performance. Like Dalls Harmssays: "The makings of a great entertaineris like baking a cake. You take a handfulof sincerity, a touch of comedy, a warmpersonality, and a great love for countrymusic, and you have my friend, Ray Francis."
HARRISON FIRMSCANADIAN DATESA major concert tour of Canda and the U.S.has been scheduled by George Harrison.Commencing in Vancouver (Nov. 2), theHarrison junket will comprise fifty concertsin twenty-seven cities over a period ofseven weeks.
This will mark Harrison's first set of engage-ments since the concert for "Bangla Desh"in 1971 and his first North American toursince 1966.Supplying backup for Harrison will be TomScott, sax; Chuck Findley, trumpet andtrombone; Robben Ford, guitar; AndyNewmark, drums; Emil Richards, percussion;Wille Meeks, bass; and Billy Preston, key-board.Sharing the billing with Harrison will beRami Shankar, who was instrumental inbringing Indian music to the attention ofthe Western world. Shankar will be perform-ing all original material and will be backedby his new group.Besides the Vancouver engagement, otherCanadian dates are Toronto (6) and Mont-real (8).
EDMONTONIAN MAKESRETURN TO EXPO GIGGabrielle Bugeaud, a bilingual entertainermaking her home in Edmonton, made areturn engagement at Spokane's Expo '74last week as part of the provincial ministryof culture's program at the exposition site.The previous engagement, in August, wasextremely well received.Miss Bugeaud has just completed a tour ofwestern Canada with her group, Deja Vu.The bilingual act caught much attention inEdmonton during Klondike Days and alsostood her in good stead during an ElwoodGlover Luncheon Date appearance.Miss Bugeaud's first album for MustardRecords is currently nearing completion inEdmonton studios. Two singles have alreadybeen picked for release by Mustard. Firstrelease will be "Talk It Over" f/s "Parle-moi".Plans for the future include a tour of easternCanada and the United States. Negotiationsare currently underway for a tour of Cana -
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vantage of the situation but their com-ments posed a number of questions thatcan't go unanswered. If they did, it wouldadd credibility to the accusations of "alack of journalistic grounding and a formof homegrown smugness".
. . . the prophets of doom, the messengers ofmediocrity, will be overwhelmed by the new genera-tion of competent, creative, confident artisans andby all those of preceding generations who havealready demonstrated their freshness of mind, theirtalent and their capacity for inspired leadership."
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In the comments made by Larry LeBlanc,who represents Music World in Canada, Iwas portrayed as "a bitter disillusionedWalt Grealis". He was referring to my open-ing comments, the text of which reflected,to me, a growing concern that the industrywas not getting down to business and waspre -occupied with housekeeping and nega-tives.Acknowledging a lack of journalisticgrounding (ten years of practical experi-ence notwithstanding) I obviously wasn'table to judge the reaction of the crowd.It would have been safer to have spokenand said nothing, and be saved thewrath of at least two of RPM's critics.I was a little confused with LaBlanc'scomment that "He (Grealis) also noted afailure ot the CRTC's 30% content rulingto create a stronger domestic industry andcalled for a study to look into the possi-bilities of a percentage adjustment in thecontent's quota". I would welcome sucha study but I'm afraid I was credited withsomeone else's thunder.I think LeBlanc makes a good point onbehalf of RPM when he says: "It's easyto understand Grealis' bitterness andtiredness. RPM magazine, once a centreof attention and dialogue within the trade,has been somewhat outgrown these pastfew years by an industry it did much tocreate. The magazine has sadly become asource of industry ridicule. Grealis, though
BALMUR'S ARTISTSON FULL SCHEDULESReports from Balmur Limited are that theAnne Murray schedule is more hectic thanever. She has recently been spotlighted onTV specials for "Chicago" and "EngelbertHumperdinck in Bermuda" and has justtaped a ninety minute R&B show for the"In Concert" series in which she is hostessto the Spinners, Ohio Players and SuzieQuatro. Currently recording her newCapitol album at Eastern Studios, Murrayalso has two LP's "Love Song" and "AnneMurray Country" listed on Billboard's Top100 survey. In addition to recording sheis slated to appear on CBS' Country MusicAwards show to be broadcast from Nashvilleon October 14th. The most recent issue ofToronto Life has featured Murray with alengthy article entitled "Anne Murray'sMaritime Mafia", and Eastern Airlineshas included 12 selections from Murrayalbums in their "Eastern Sound" series forthis month.John Allan Cameron is occupied withconcert tours at present and is currently inthe U.K. covering England, Irelandand Scotland on what has become an annual"Pilgrimage". Before leaving for Europe,Cameron completed a sell-out tour in twelvecentres in eastern Canada and upon hisreturn from Britain will be taping several TVseries, among them, The Noel Harrison Show,"Take Time" in Halifax, The Cliff EdwardsShow in Montreal and The Tommy BanksShow in Edmonton where he will be inearly October.Bruce Murray was with Cameron for hishighly successful Maritime tour and is dueto record late this month with Skip Beck-with ("Richard") producing. Response toMurray was so good in the Atlantic provincesthat plans for the Balmur artist to headlinehis own show are imminent.
strongly and evenly respected in the busi-ness, seems to be deprived ot necessaryadvertising revenue to run a strong book.Without that Grealis is unable to turn thetide of opinion or improve the quality ofthe magazine which has deteriorated badlyin recent years. Boxed in by his own goodintentions Grealis finds himselfin a crippled role and the industry itself,divided for years, is unable to come toterms with helping or killing off RPM".There is great introspect in that statement(which has been slightly edited to suit ourcause). It states the problem very genuinelybut very kindly leaves out some of the un-derlying factors.Martin Melhuish, who is Billboard's repre-sentative in Canada, also poses somequestions in his article.He claims: "There is a genuine hostilityfelt against the Canadian music weekly(RPM) in many sectors of the industry
no one really has the balls to come outand tell RPM exactly where they feel thepublication is going wrong".Wrong! There have been many who havetaken the initiative to tell us where wehave been going wrong, and we have madechanges accordingly, and whenever it waseconomically feasible. We aren't aware ofever having silenced any critic, nor havewe not been willing to listen or effectchanges in RPM.Articles on the industry and viewpoints onthe industry have indeed been praised bymany of the leaders of the industry, vocallyand in letters. It is my understanding thatthe trade media's obligation to the industryis to make points and publish counterpoints.It could be I have been spoiled by the dailies,wherein I can read the editorial page and al-so the letters to the editor and make up myown mind. Whenever we are challenged re-garding our views, all reasonable letters arereprinted in RPM and are very welcome. Itis this kind of input we expect from the in-dustry.A good example of this was the reaction to"What's Wrong With Canadian CountryMusic?".The series on promotion, written by StanKlees, didn't draw a great deal of mail, butit did get compliments from the heads ofrecord companies and promotion peoplethemselves.In what Melhuish refers to as "my stance inRPM" he asked about the association ofStan Klees to RPM and asked that his statusbe explained to the industry.In Volume 21 Number 20 of RPM, datedJuly 6th, 1974, Klees stated:"Since 1967, I have worked part-time as anadvisor to RPM and also as a consultant tothe industry, freelance writer, ghost writerand, hopefully, a patron of the music indus-try in Canada. I also own MusicAd&Art,which is an advertising agency and art firmto the Canadian music industry."I am constantly in touch with record menand promotion men and devote all of mytime to the music industry."My agreement with RPM limits me to writeonly institutional articles for RPM, lookafter institutional projects for RPM (TheCommunications meets across Canada andthe Juno Awards etc.). I also look after allRPM's special projects. My firm, Stan KleesLtd., is paid a retainer by RPM, therefore,
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learnJesse to
Winchester loveit
Well, what with this and that,It adds up to
Rampant ruggedness.And it's gettin' no better.You go to bed feelin'Almost OK,And you wake up feelin',Well,Not too good.Sure, there's the odd picnic -Cold beer,Good ham sandwich,Rotary brothers saying,
"The boy has your eyes:"But it's a let down, reallyA gradual let down.'Course,
They say you canlearn to love it,All the way down.
J.Winchester
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NO ONE REALLY HASTHE BALLS TO TELL RPMSeptember 27/74Just another weekend with the industry orone more abortive start in the right direc-tion. Others say "shit" who wants to go tosome hotel to see Toronto, that's what Ileft to get away from." Does New Yorkignore L.A.? Is there really a granite curtainin Canada. I think not! Only granite heads.The rockies don't block commerce or pro-gressive planning, they enhance it.I attended C9 or rather crashed it andfound it as usual, stimulating and boringsimultaneously, much the same as a gangbang. Oh I've heard the confidential whispersof "wasted time", "I'd rather be golfing","I wouldn't support anything run by RPM".Well Geoff Stirling did. Bob Austin did andsome of your peers did and most of mine!I am not interested in your politics, preju-dices, only your input and talent. I'm notinterested in his or her bedside manner, onlythe patient. I am not inferring that thosewho did not attend are dragging their feetor are socially or ethically to be criticizedbut jeezus, you missed a great chance torelease or solve or compromise or punch outor moreover learn!What are the beefs. I picked some up overthe past years - the 30% content rulesaren't working: change? add? lessen?; orwhy ain't he off the ground yet? (ouch);some problems in legislative and broadcast-ing related matters (over my head but I'minterested). How 'bout this one - RPM Waltand Stan's strangle hold on the upgrading ofthe magazine. Some say it represents theindustry to a "T"; some say the "Albertacattle breeders IA annual" says more but theysay it to each other on the hotel's balconysnot to the assembled mass where Walt andStan could hear whatever: defend or relent.I don't understand the whole problem be-cause I haven't heard the oppositions posi-tion and I was raised in a democracy.Will you use some discretion or tip yourhand or will we maybe improve the situationon the whole, or even the half! This McCoyand Hatfields attitude is passe and frankly,I'm bored with it! If someone must alterconcept and maintain policy isn't that com-promise. And you who have pipelines tothe far corners of global opinion, aren't youobligated to share within your scope? Teachme ... teach us - now ... not later, weneed it now. Vast support will lean toprogressive thinking!In passing, Walt may be many things to you,but to me and many like me he represent apretty steady opinion and a source of goodunbiased advice. His example is one to beproud of! But so are his critics.My 5 years in the record industry isdwarfed by even the youngest executiveand your daily involvement in the mechanicsof yours and others promotions are oilof the industry and the rubbing together ofall of us is the necessary (dare I say it)"greasing" we all need! The pollen of dissentyou carry can be the honey. We seek if onlyyou'll share your opinions. Forget thetalent and their capacity to produce andplay 30%. They're doing alright - steadyrehearsing, improving and moving. They'llbe there when you arrive, waiting just likealways! Your the best, freshest, everyonetells you that! And it's true, get up and
fight man to man, opinion to opinion, truthto truth. The enemies are procrastination,frustration, lethargy.Earlier I said I'm not interested in yourpolitics. Well in reflection that's not entirelytrue. Your methods and beliefs are the cruxof problems - mine too! I found this pastweekend terminated some prejudices andoffered avenues to solve others simply bydiscussing! "I'm not into that shit","manI'm into music", "the rest is just bullshit".All I can say is you missed Murray McLauch-lan (he and Dennis were flawless, superb);Myles and Lenny; Ray Charles; Doris andher Tijuana dog act and many more tolibelous to mention and we all know whatthe west coast is famous for eh! (That's rightthe rockies) and we had 80° weather!Those who deemed to grace the due -thank you. Your new products are exciting,your presentation was professional, yourchampagne was better than Sunday at thecar wash.
Columbia (God: I'm proud!) You Were firstclass! Kelly DeYong sound is the best, Leoyour the hottest, the Bayshore a refugefor madness, Vancouver a gracious host. GilHarris stove!I took a break at this point and cruised theaisles of the jumbo sure null, a lady here 2men there, all returning to their homes inHogtown - good ole T.O. and guess whatwe all concur - we had a great time, ThanksWalt.
I'll see you at C10.
Kelly JayBad ManorsAncaster, Ont.
ARE UNIVERSITYSTUDENTS RATED!!Sept. 27/74I'd like to compliment John Watts on hispiece concerning BBM ratings and CBClisteners in a recent RPM article. While Idon't argue that the CBC has more listenersthan the private radio stations, they certainlyhave a good number. These listeners, outof necessity are "better" listeners, that isthey are paying attention to the CBC whilemost listeners of commercial outlets usethe station simply as background music. Ifind the CBC very enjoyable as do mostof the people I'm in contact with. I wouldestimate that more university studentslisten to the CBC than any of the fourother stations in our market. But are they,the university student, rated?Harvey MacKinnonDAL RadioHalifax, N.S.
LEO RECORDS STILLPARTYING AFTER C9Sept. 30/74Since the Communications 9 Convention wasso successful from Leo Records' standpoint,we have continued to carry it on.
The major communicating though has beenwith the remainder of the champagne thatstocked the Leo Records' hospitality suiteon Sunday. Arlee Malkewich, nationalpromotion girl for Leo Records has beendoing in-depth interviews with two bottlesof Cordinui. She hasn't been available toreport on these interviews though. Leo hasreason to believe she is recuperating fromthese two smashing personalities.Leo would like to congratulate RPM Maga-zine for their excellent organization of the
whole show with special thanks to WaltGrealis and his assistance in announcing theLeo Records' complimentary breakfastand studio tour on Sunday. Both were verysuccessful.
Leo's, J.C. Stone, was premiered on Sundayat the hospitality suite and received tremen-dous exposure. Scott Jarrett and his song,Gayle, were available for exposure as LeoRecords upcoming release. A demo tape of"Smokin' Pocket", an extremely talentedgroup of guys, was on hand to give a tasteof Leo's possible next group release. Theseboys are going to be a major force in themarket with the help of their very soullead singer, Blue McDonnell.Leo just got a bulletin saying that theirpromotion girl is alive and well and has beenreporting in for work on time although wecan't quite decipher what she's been saying.A West Coast SpyVancouver.
BOOK REVIEWJANIS JOPLIN - BURIED ALIVEby Myra FriedmanBantam BooksPrice - $1.95For anyone who didn't read this book inthe hardcover edition, this is the best non-fiction book on rock since "The LongestCocktail Party" (which dealt with theBeatles).It is good news that it is now available inpaperback at $1.95.Joplin became a legend because of hertough rise to fame, her outlandish lifestyle
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and her premature demise. Credibility ofthe author gains because Myra Friedmanwas a close friend and publicist for Joplin.To anyone in the music industry it is morethan the usual story of the artist with afew hangups. Personal managers will beable to relate to much of what constitutedthe lifestyle of Janis Joplin.Radio and record types will find the bookengrossing from cover to cover. Few artistshave had their history documented so welland there was a great deal for the author towork with.Myra Friedman was born in St. Louis andmajored in music at Northwestern University.She worked for Decca Records and later asa writer for Columbia Records.In 1968 she started to work for AlbertGrossman who was Joplin's manager andfor two years was a close friend of Joplin's.There is every indication that her closenessto Joplin lead to this superb biography of arock superstar. SK
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CANADA'S ONLY NATIONAL SINGLE SURVEYCompiled from record store, radio station and record company reports.
egotweammummaladegAmI'M LEAVING IT ALL UP TO YOU
26 17 (14) Donny & Marie OsmondMGM 14735-0
27 20 (91
28 39 (5)
29 34 (61
30 36 (71
31 23 114)
THEN CAME YOUDionne Warwicke & The SpinnersAtlantic 3029-P
NOTHING FROM NOTHINGBilly PrestonA&M 1544-W
SWEET HOME ALABAMA
041
042
(6)
(5)
Lynyrd SkynyrdMCA 40258-J
ROCK ME GENTLY
34 26 (12)
41) Andy KimIce ICI -K
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE
35 27 (11)
Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods 36ABC 12006-N
CAN'T GET ENOUGH
37 (9)
Bad Company 37Atlantic 70015-P
NEVER MY LOVE
38 (9)
Blue Swede 38Captiol/EMI 3933-F
YOU LITTLE TRUSTMAKER
43 (61
The Tymes 39RCA PB-10022-N
YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YETeBachman -Turner Overdrive 40Mercury 73622-Q
STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES
48
53
15)
(3)
Mac DavisColumbia 3-10018-H
STEPPIN' OUT (GONNA BOOGIE TONIGHT)
41 52 (31
Tony Orlando and DawnBell 601-M
THE BITCH IS BACK
42 31 (91
Elton JohnMCA 40297-J
HANG ON IN THERE BABY
43 44 (91
Johnny BristolMGM 14715-Q
STRAIGHT SHOOTIN' WOMAN
44 49 (5)
SteppenwolfMums ZS8-6031-H
LIFE IS A ROCK (BUT THE RADIO ROLLED ME)
45 29 114)
Reunion 46RCA 10056-N
CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE BABE
63 (3)
Barry White 4720th Century 2120-T
joh, PEOPLE GOTTA MOVE
50 (51
W Gino Vannelli 48A&M AM -372-W
I SHOT THE SHERIFFEric Clapton 49RSO 409-0
SKIN TIGHT
75
47
(3)
(21)
Ohio PlayersMercury 73609-0
50 74 (3)
IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N' ROLLRolling StonesRolling Stone RS 19301-P
THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIEDPaper LacePolydor 2065 230-Q
SO YOU ARE A STARHudson BrothersCasablanca 0108-M
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RPM 100 Top Singles (51-100). .
WHAT EVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHTi'51 91 (2) John LennonApple 1874-F
82 54 (8)
53 65 (8)
54 59 (4)
56 62 (6)
56 72 131
FREEDOM FOR THE STALLIONEdward BearCapitol 72734-F
TELL HER LOVE HAS FELT THE NEEDEddie KendricksMotown 54249F -y
A WOMAN'S PLACEGilbert O'SullivanMam 3641-K
CARRIE'S GONEJ.C. StoneLeo LA101-K
DISTANT LOVERMarvin GayeMotown 54250E -y
57 71 (3) 0 JUST ONE LOOKAnne MurrayCapitol 72737-F
58 I73 (4)
59 88 (3)
60 69 (9)
61 96 121
62 60 1111
63 66 15)
64 55 (16)
65 67 (8)
66 51
167 68 14)
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,70
76 (3)
77 (5)
79 (41
71 80 131
72 99 (21
73 84 (3)
74 94 (21
75 78 (4)
I'VE GOT THE MUSIC IN METhe Kiki Dee BandMCA 40293-J
HONEY HONEYSweet DreamsABC 12008-N
SECOND AVENUETim MooreSmall Record Company SRA 0601 -T
SHA-LA-LAAl GreenHi 2274-K
SUGAR BABY LOVER ubettesPolydor 2058 442-0
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATERWilliam DeVaughnRoxbury 2001-1M
TELL ME SOMETHING GOODRufusABC 11427-N
LETTERSRon NigriniAttic AT 101-K
I LOVE MY FRIEND(10) Charlie Rich
Epic 8-20006-H
HONEY HONEYAbbaAtlantic 45-3209-P
LOVE DON'T LOVE NOBODY (PART I)The SpinnersAtlantic 3206-P
MIDNIGHT FLOWERFour TopsDunhill 15005-N
YOU CAN HAVE HERSam NeelyA&M 1612-W
LIVE IT UP (PARTThe Isley BrothersT -Neck 8-2254-M
MY MELODY OF LOVEBobby VintonABC 12022-N
THE BLACK-EYED BOYSPaper LacePolydor 2065 234-Q
PRETZEL LOGICSteely DanABC 12033-N
410
DIRTY WORKSongbirdMushroom M-7005
76 82 (4)
77 3100 (2)
.78 81 (5)
:79 85 (4)
'80 83 (5)
81 89 (3)
82 90 (4)
83 98 (2)
. (11
85 95 (3)
86 92 (4)
87 93 (3)
88 (11
-89 (1)
1
90 .... (1)
91 .... (1)
92 .... (1)
'93 97 (3)
94 as (5)
95 .... (1)
196 . (1)
97 (11
98
99 .... (1)
:100 (1)
PASSING TIMEBearfootColumbia C4 -4065-H
THE PLAYER - Part 1First ChoicePhil ly Grove 200-M
VIRGIN MANSmokey RobinsonMotown 54250E -y
I'M A DREAMERScrubbaloe CaineRCA PB-10041-N
BLUE SKIESBill KingCapitol 72732-F
YOU CAN'T GO HALFWAYJohnny NashEpic 8-50021 -H
DO IT FLUIDBlackbirdsFantasy 729-R
TRAVELIN' SHOESElvin BishopCapricorn 0202-P
LONGFELLOW SERENADENeil DiamondColumbia 3-10043-H
GIVE ME A REASON TO BE GONEMaureen McGovern20th Century 2109-T
HIGHER PLANEKool and the GangDe-lite 1562-T
JUST MY WAYDiamondbackAtlantic CAT -40002-P
PENCIL THIN MUSTACHEJimmy BuffettABCD-15011-N
RAMONAStampeders',AWC 1016X -M
WRITE ME A LETTERDeFranco Family20th Century 12092128-T
I CAN'T LEAVE YOU ALONEGeorge McCraeRCA X B -02001-N
JAMES DEANThe EaglesAsylum 45202-P
LONG LONG WAYIan ThomasGRT-1230-76-T
SUZIE GIRLRedboneEpic 8-50015-H
WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAINThree DegreesPhila, Intl. 3550
CATS IN THE CRADLEHarry ChapinElektra 45203-P
EASY STREETThe Edgar Winter GroupEpic 8-50034-H
RAMBLIN' MANWaylon JenningsRCA 10020-N
ROCKIN' SOULJimi LaneRCA 10066-N
FALLING OUT OF LOVEeBuster BrownRCA-PB-10023-N
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RPM Top 100 Singles
ALPHABETICALLY
BY TITLE
A Woman's Place (54)After the Goldrush (46)Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing (44)Another Saturday Night (2)Back Home Again (40)Beach Baby (1)Bitch is Back, The (18)Black -Eyed Boys, The (73)Blood is Thicker Than Water (63)Blue Skies (80)Brother and Me (45)Can't Get Enough (12)Can't Get Enough of Your Love Babe (22)Carefree Highway (30)Carrie's Gone (55)Cats in the Cradle (96)Clap for the Wolf man (6)Distant Lover (56)Dirty Work (75)Do It Baby (36)Do It Fluid (82)Earache My Eye (4)Easy Street (97)Fallin' in Love (32)Falling Out of Love (100)Free Man in Paris (35)Freedom for the Stallion (52)Give it to the People (33)Give Me A Reason to Be Gone (85)Hang on in There Baby (19)Having My Baby, (You're) (31)Higher Plane (86)Honey Honey (59) (67)
Can't Leave You Alone (91)Honestly Love You (3)Love My Friend (66)Saw A Man and He Danced ... (42)Shot the Sheriff (24)
'm a Dreamer (79)'m Leaving It all Up to You (26)t's Only Rock 'n' Roll (27)'ve Got the Music in Me (58)
James Dean (92)Jazzman (28)Just My Way (87)Just One Look (57)Kings of the Party (39)Let's Put it All Together (34)Letters (65)Life is a Rock (But the Radio ... (21)Live it Up (Part (71)Long Long Way (93)Longfellow Serenade (84)Love Don't Love Nobody (Part I) (68)Love Me for a Reason (29)Midnight Flower (69)My Melody of Love (72)Need to Be, The (38)Never My Love (13)Night Chicago Died, The (49)Overnight Sensation ... (48)Nothing From Nothing (8)Passing Time (76)Pencil Thin Mustache (88)People Gotta Move (23)Play Something Sweet ... (41)Player, The (Part I) (77)Pretzel Logic (74)Ramblin' Man (98)Ramona (89)Rock Me Gently (10)Rockin' Soul (99)Roses Are Red (43)Second Avenue (47) (60)Sha-La-La (61)Skin Tight (25)So You Are a Star (50)Steppin' Out ... (17)Stop and Smell the Roses (16)Straight Shootin' Woman (20)Sugar Baby Love (62)Suzie Girl (94)Sweet Home Alabama (9)Tell Her Love Has Felt the Need (53)Tell Me Something Good (64)Then Came You (7)Tin Man (37)Travellin' Shoes (83)Virgin Man (78)What Ever Gets You . (51)When Will I See You Again (95)Who Do You Think You Are (11)Write Me A Letter (90)You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (15)You Can Have Her (70)You Can't Go Halfway (81)You Haven't Done Nothin' (5)You Little Trustmaker (14)
JACKS SET FORNEW SINGLETerry Jacks will shortly release his NewYork produced single, "Rock & Roll I GaveYou The Best Years Of My Life". The single,penned by Kevin Johnson, is contained onSam Neely's latest album release.
The Jacks' single will be released in Canada,on the Goldfish label, ten days prior to itsU.S. release. In view of the production andcomposition not being Canadian, it wouldappear that Jacks will wing this one withoutany Canadian content crutch.The last Jacks single, "If You Go Away"has sold more than one million pieces andhas been instrumental in making Jacks thebiggest English speaking item in Francesince the Beatles.
NEWMAN SISTERS TOPLAY GRAND OLE OPRYCondor recording artists, The NewmanSisters will be appearing at the Grand OleOpry in Nashville in conjunction with theD.J. convention scheduled from October16th to 20th. The act attracted the atten-tion of Shot Jackson during the Torontotaping of their first album and he promisedthem a spot during the convention. ErnestTubb has also worked in a guest spot forthe duo. Also appearing on the bill with theNewman Sisters will be Shot Jackson, DonnaDarlene, the Calhoun Twins, steel guitaristBobby Lucier and Roy Acuff and Roy Clark.The Newman's first single "Standing On ThePromises" received widespread airplay acrossCanada and Jo -Anne Newman's latest single"A Window Mannikin" is currently headingto the top of the country charts.
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PRAISE TO DISTRIBUTE"HYMN SING" ALBUMSWilliam Brubacher, vice-president of thepublishing and recording division of Water-loo Music, has negotiated a national distri-bution deal with Praise Records for the dist-ribution of Eric Wild's "Hymn Sing" albums.With offices in Vancouver and Toronto,Praise, specializing in the distribution ofsacred and gospel recordings, will concen-trate on stocking the two Wild albums inmajor chain stores such as Eatons, The Bayand record and religious book stores.
GEORGE BOWES SINGLERELEASED ON U.A.United Artists Records and AmericanUniversal Productions of Montreal havenegotiated the release of a single by GeorgeE. Bowes (formerly George Bowser) on theU.A. label. Both the "A" side "Barbara"and "B" side were composed by Bowes. Thetwo sides were produced by Ron Van Dykhof.Before arriving and settling in Montreal,Bowes had had varied experience in Eng-land's music industry until he left forCanada in 1970. Since his immigration hehas been busy writing material for bandssuch as Wizard, The Lorrie ZimmermanBand and Graham County."Barbara" marks his first effort as a singleartist and it is expected to provide him witha solid beginning in Canada's music industry.
The talents of Bowes are many, includingskills as a lead, rhythm and bass guitar play-er and as a fluent conversationalist andsinger in French, German, Russian andEnglish.
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On reaping what one will sow......ROUNDTOWN, Teronna
A charcoal gray -streaked Holiday Inn risesbefore my eyes. They zoom slowly passedthe transplanted turf and refugee trees,across a sunken roadway, a few creamy
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stone blocks then straight up a machinedmountainface of pre -cast concrete, alumi-nium, glass, bolts and steel. Phallic monu-ments to urban meglomania. They toredown a block of irreplaceable immigrantculture (in this case, the Chinese) to makeway for progress. All those lives and vibeswiped from the face of the earth. Like somuch else that used to be and isn't allowedanymore.
Be optimistic, they say. Grin and bear it,like a bunch of baboons. Look forward tothe future, they chant. Like so many toyswith their springs unsprung and the rustycoils entrailing outward, they have purchasedtheir optimism at the going market priceand long since gotten a reasonable return.They after all can afford complacence; itsaves on wear and tear.
And behind us, like a Kubrick flash from2001, the Viking city hall launching pad.Its heart lunging for action. The mournfulmoan of laundered air, throbbing througha maize of leaky metal burrows. To keep themayor and his entourage from working up asweat. Cushioned corridors of pastel puke,rumbling and hissing from the pipes of"fresh" air.
In the descending distance, the combustionsnorts of a battalion of cars, trucks andVoyager buses, blurting yet more poison intoour deflating systems. Back further a brassband booms through the architectural echochambers, the message is an annual coloredfolks' affair called Cabana Day. Get out andget it on. Grind that boot leather into the
"GLITTER" SCHEDULEDTO HIT NEWSTANDS"Glitter" is the new Hollywood -Hype stylePublication that will be specifically designedto build a Canadian star system. The magazinewill include reports on Canada's superstarsand Canada's would-be superstars as well asarticles on fashion, movies and theatre rev-iews, book and music critiques, beauty aids,etc. The November issue will feature a storyon Canada's fastest rising movie star TiiuLeek, who has been hailed as a Jean Harlowand Marilyn Monroe type.Glitter's masthead includes Joyce Barslowas Editor -in -Chief, Michael Busija as ArtDirector, Bjorn Gasmann as AssistantEditor, Joseph Paul Publications as Publish-ers and Barbara Grant as Director of Adver-tising, as well as various contributing editorsand special correspondents. The head officewill be located in Toronto at 377 RidellAvenue.
Joyce Barslow's previous success as apromoter includes the establishment ofMel Lastman as "The Bad Boy" and later asa successful politician and Mayor of NorthYork; official opening ceremonies forToronto's Prince Hotel, the Chin Internation-al Picnic, Speed Sport to mention just someof her accounts.
phosphorous sidewalks.
The Holiday Inn connects via concrete withcity hall. Convenient. But who treads thearchway? Who patrols its pavements?
Anything to escape the gas chamber fumesof the Gray Coach bus station Oil ignited.The stench is killing people. Here they come- couples, families, salt -and -peppers, dudeson the make, the coiled line called the immi-grant shuffle. Catch us if you can. An oldItalian man gropes for his future in thenearby rubbish can and spits angrily whenhe dips out.What is this place anyway? Piles of con-crete and steel propped against the sky,surrounded by motion. Ants and Eatons bags.Purple parking stations. Cops perched onhorses. Neat squares of petunias, coleusesand verbena. A poodle squirms out of theback seat of an orange convertible, dragginga lady with red -tinged hair and squintingeyes, in turn dragging on a cigarette, whilethe dog pisses on us all. As well it might.A flash of love, peace and grooviness. Theindustry of human happiness. When heartslong to wander. Never saying goodnight. Orgetting uptight. Just blowing their mindsouta sight. Slowing down those windowwashers once in a while, to see how it looksanother way. Would you could you. Takeanother chance? Lay down beside the lion?
Hope marches on, and springs eternal.Tanks and stately homes, the old for thenew, our pockets burning in the wind,disciples of Caesar and Crowley, de Sade onda side. Wondering, wandering, worrying.For what?
What to do when you're tired of today andappalled with the prospect of tomorrow?The visage of the Madonna smiles on.Blessed be they who. Plug in, pay out andpush up the sky. Never deceiving. Gettingbehind it, pat that sweet beast on its back.An umbrella for our minds. A velvet balmto ease our pain. The Hot 100. But it's sureone helluva lot better than the Ski-Dooindustry. Or is it?
It might help to soften up the chop. Leanoff on the downswing. Catch a flash. Aquiet street, a crescent of trees and nothoroughfare, a sign says dead end. Falland winter looms, after dinner peppermintsfor the palette. Bring in the brushes. Ridethe hi -hat.
How many have wondered how some live alife without ever being alive. Where do theygo? How did they get here? Who lights theirpath? Old Father Time swinging his lanternfrom the mountain top. Who calls his tune,who metronomes his pace?So many people rushing, hustling, muscling.Their privacy hangs from their chins like adouble bunger with the fuse lit. They care-fully catalog their secret thoughts. Men strutand squawk like barnyard roosters, beaks onthe ready. Alienation drifts like frozen autofumes above the concrete paths and barberedgreenery of city hall grounds.Meanwhile earlier, back at station 8 in thegas chamber, frustration cuts a swathethrough the meadows of this potentialpassenger's mind. Driver to passenger,breathless with five minutes until duedeparture, toting a large bag and a cardboardbox: "No, you cannot get on the bus with-out a ticket.""But I haven't got time to buy one. There's20 people in the only queue. Can't I pay at
the other end?""Not allowed.""Come on man, give us a break.""Can't let you on the bus without a ticketand that's that.""People are expecting me at the other endof the trip."
"That's not my problem.""Ok, if I go and line up for a ticket, willyou wait for me?""No.""This is really ridiculous man.""The next bus is two hours from now. Get aticket and catch the next bus.""I just don't believe this.""No ticket, no ride.""Thanks a lot."Love, joy, togetherness and summer in thecity. Whispers slide down from Holiday Innbalconies. To be sucked into the hissingintake. Gulp. Clean and iron those dirtythoughts. Tomorrow thrusts back intoyesterday.A truckbound soul singer is belting out"Knock On Wood". A circle is in possessionof a joint under an emigrant tree. Theirexhaled inhibition is seized upon by thenearby aerial whirlpool. And dives into thebowels. Note from the daily Mop and Pail:Corrosion inside air conditioners can polluterooms, findings show. More of the tragicirony. Progress will yet produce a corroding gasmask.
Pollution environment fumes poison deadlygases destruction scarcity bloodshot achingnauseating all just words with no feeling. Nodimension. The blind cannot see.Welcome back baby. How does it feel. Where'syour head at. How's the family. How's thepage. Have you heard.Mick Jagger's going into politics. Grand Funkare into oil. Humble Pie are into hotels. Someare into hell. Few have the balls to tell.Let 'em have it because they deserve it. Nomatter what they say, you're gonna reapjust what you sow. Along with a few weeds.And mistaken seeds. I've seen it happen. It'smy own divine revelation. Not even the Holi-day Inn can tear that down. Nor the airconditioning. Not ever.
RAPSON RELEASEON AXE LABELBob Rapson's new single, "All That I CouldEver Be Is Me", has been scheduled forCanadian release on the Axe label. Rapson,a Canadian, is now living in New Yorkwhere he has enjoyed much success in theacting/modelling/recording business. A pro-lific young writer, Rapson has also becomeinvolved in record producing. He willshortly produce a session by Shaney Wallace,who has the starring role in "Oliver", sched-uled as an ABC "Move Of The Week". TheRapson production will be of his own pen-ning, "Sing A Little Song". Rapson has alsobeen asked to appear on a television pilotwith the young British actress, skedded forthe end of the year and titled "Sing Along".He has just completed the title song forthe show.The new Rapson single will be distributedin Canada by GRT and in the U.S. by Bud-dah. European releases are now being nego-tiated by Adrian Rudge, Britain's Intersongrepresentative, for a possible early Novemberrelease.Rapson's affairs are being managed by BobReno, who heads up Intersong in the U.S.
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Company (8)Beach Boys (3) (66)Betts, Richard (47)Black Oak Arkansas (95)Blue Magic (50)Bowie, David (81)Bread (53)Brown, James (88)Cheech and Chong (51)Chicago (9)Clapton, Eric (7)Climax Blues Band (37)Cocker, Joe (14)Cooper, Alice (22)Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (16)Davis, Mac (13) (52)Denver, John (5) (19)Diamond, Neil (68)Donaldson, Bo & the Heywoods (87)Doobie Brothers (76)Dylan, Bob and the Band (39)Eagles (25)Earth, Wind and Fire (94) (99)Emerson, Lake and Palmer (15)Gaye, Marvin (24)Golden Earring (44)Grateful Dead (41)Guess Who, The (55)Hollies, The (74)Isley Bros. (48)John, Elton (4) (58)Jones, Quincy (12)Kim, Andy (54)King, Carole (46)Knight, Gladys and the Pips (98)Lightfoot Gordon (35)Lighthouse (78)Loggins & Messina (45)Lynyrd Skynyrd (23)Mahogany Rush (97)McCartney & Wings, Paul (36)McCrae, George (80)Mitchell, Joni (27)Mountain (91)Murray, Anne (26) (73)Nazareth (84)New Birth (59)New England Conservatory
Ragtime Ensemble (92)Newton -John, Olivia (1)Ohio Players (21)O'Jays (43)Osmond, Marie (90)Osmond, Donny and Marie (63)Paper Lace (77)Preston, Billy (56)Reddy, Helen (28)Righteous Bros. (93)Rufus (34)Santana (17)Seals & Crofts (83)Sinatra, Frank (75)Sly & the Family Stone (29)Soundtrack, The Sting (100)Souther, Hillman Furay Band, The (57)Stafford, Jim (49)Stampeders (85)Steely Dan (64)Steppenwolf (89)Stevens, Cat (20)Stylistics (72)Taylor, James (40)Tomita (65)Tower of Power (82)Traffic (60)Triumvirat (79)Trower, Robin (42)Various Artists (61)Wakeman, Rick (38)War (69)Weather Report (96)Wet Willie (67)White, Barry (32)Winter, Edgar Group (86)Wonder, Stevie (10) (30) (71)Young, Neil (31)Z.Z. Top (33)
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I am not on the staff of RPM."I think the above emphasis his position withRPM. I can only add that his services to RPMhave been of the highest quality and that Ifeel his contribution to the Canadian musicindustry is a matter of public record. I trusthim explicitly and without his business acu-men, RPM would not have survived ten and ahalf years of weekly publishing. I would wel-come him as a staffer if I could afford himon a fulltime basis, and if he were interested.Who says RPM is dead? Let's be realistic. Wehave fought a number of battles in the lastyear, and won. One battle we aren't winningis the fight against the spiralling costs of paperand printing.I (conveniently) forget who said it, but inone of my meetings with a representative ofa foreign trade paper, he put it very plainlywhen he said (and I'm paraphrasing) "Canadawill really start to happen when the industryfinds out the real value of trade advertising".With reference to RPM's charts and their ac-curacy, Melhuish notes: "In defence of RPMthough, they have done an incredible job giventhe amount of money and personnel that theyhave at their disposal to handle this tediouschore".Therein lies the crux of the matter. Our form-ula has been to give the industry what it canafford. The formula has worked for morethan ten years. Can you imagine what we coulddo if the industry found out the real value ofa trade weekly?I admire the upfrontness of LeBlanc and Mel-huish in taking RPM and myself to task in ar-ticles that we pay for. To the critics that havebeen asking why we printed these articles, wecan only say that it is a policy with RPM tobe "up front" with everything. Maybe we don'thave the journalistic background needed toturn a fast buck, but we have proven over theyears that the critics come and go, but RPMcontinues to publish. Just what form thatpublication might take over the next littlewhile is in the hands of the people who areraising the price of paper and labour.When I spoke at C9 I stated: "With all thedirty laundry that passes through the doorsof RPM, and how much of it can we ignoreand conceal, it distresses me to read about allthis in foreign publications - for the wholeworld to see".My reference was not so much to the report-ers whose duty it is to report, as it was to thetrade as a whole who feed the Canadian nega-tives to the reporters.RPM serves the purpose of criticising the in-dusvy and fighting to improve it. A foreign"salute" to Canada shouldn't tear down thework of many who have strived to build an in-dustry against great opposition.You might also recall that in my opening re-marks I stated: "Instead of being used as avehicle, RPM seems to be used as the whippingboy of the industry." I also noted: "I couldsay the music industry in Canada is workinglike clockwork and we could all go home. But,like any industry, we have our problems".
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IBy now most of the autopsies on Communi-cations 9 will have been performed and theconclusions drawn. As ever, no one is com-pletely satisfied. The general feeling inVancouver on the last day of the ninthCommunications meeting was that some-thing had been accomplished towardscreating a little unity and dialogue withinthose two strange bedfellows, the broadcastand music industries.
Hindsight is the easiest kind of sight to use.With reference to the Communications meet-,ngs in particular, almost everyone seems tobe blessed with the ability to make succinctand seemingly endless commentaries onthe shortcomings of the meetings. While noone, least of all yours truly, is prepared towave the flag and shout "perfection" fromthe rooftops, it's impossible not to wonderwhere the people with hindsight were hidingout when we asked repeatedly for commentsand suggestions on how to make C9 the bestyet. In spite of all the invitations to contrib-ute to the concept of the meeting thatwere made, not one single person in theindustry came forward to so much as whispera suggestion in RPM's waiting ear.While I'd hate to put people down for sim-ple shyness, perhaps the industry would bewell advised to follow Dick Nixon's shiningexample and either shit or get off the pot.
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While on the subject of autopsies, since I didthrow in an idea or two, I feel I can takethe liberty of expressing myself a bit on howthe thing went. Firstly, I would like to throwa rose or two to the folks at ColumbiaRecords. In addition to organizing a veryslick, professional convention at the HyattRegency, Columbia was generous enough toextend an invitation to C9 delegates toattend the company's wrap-up presentationof talent on Friday night. Three cheers. LeoRecords got into the spirit of the thing withwhat was thought by most C9 delegates tobe the outstanding hospitality suite, a break-fast, and limousine driven tour of theirultra -modern Vancouver studios. That's thekind of use we like to see made of the Com-munications weekend.Also a bouquet or two to such misunder-stood luminaries as Stan Klees, who doesn'twork for RPM, and who, in spite of someconsiderable confusion at the hotel level,succeeded in running a pretty slick weekend.And then there's the man who signs thecheques, Old Pub Grealis, who should beawarded an ambassadorship for his diplom-acy in the face of galloping opportunism.Old Pub greeted amiably the scores ofhollow legs who arrived with all theircousins in spite of the fact that they couldn'tafford an ad in the special issue at this time.Though their budgets were shot ... theirthirst was not.Hopefully, in the future, Communicationswill evolve into what we had all hoped itmight be: a regular forum for the exchangeof ideas with a view to making progress byunderstanding each other. You never know,it might just happen.
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By way of closing on the up stroke I wouldlike to share with you words of wisdomfrom that dusty sage of the west coast,Bruce Davidsen, who has been resident inSpokane, Washington all summer workingon Expo '74. "Why, I've been here so long,I'm beginning to believe Nixon is innocent."
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"Rock On 22" drew a crowd of 9,000 at theHalifax Forum, Sunday, September 22, fea-turing Rare Earth, Brownsville Station,Chuck Berry, Sha-Na-Na, Wolfman Jack, Dr.John, and Billy Preston.Johnny Lombardi has combined ColumbusDay and Thanksgiving weekend to present,direct from Italy, such Italian super -stars asWalter Chiari, Carlo Campanini, MarcoBernek, Iva Zanicchi, Piero Focaccia andGianni Nazzaro, Sunday, October 13, 7PMat Maple Leaf Gardens.
A new rock theatrical act will commence onNovember 15, 1974. The act is called Rav-ing David, and will tour Quebec November15 through December 7, sharing billingwith Southcote. Management by Beau DavidVentures, and booking through DramAgency Ltd. Raving David will record forSmile Records in Canada, and BuddahRecords in the U.S.A. and internationally.Arlo Guthrie will appear at Massey Hall,November 12, making one of his rareToronto appearances. Guthrie is a relaxed,laconic singer. His recent hit, "City Of NewOrleans", was a tribute to America's dyingrailroads.
Canned Heat, which was originally bookedfor the Victory Theatre, will now take placeat Seneca College, Toronto, Saturday,October 12. The supporting group withCanned Heat will be Leigh Ashford fromToronto.Peter Griffin and Geets Romo have agreedwith SRO Productions to make their con-cert debut, with the Amazing Kreskin,Tuesday, October 8 at Seneca College,Toronto.Fairport Convention, the famed British folkgroup, makes their first appearance in Tor-onto at Convocation Hall, U. of T. Campus,Sunday, October 27.
Comedian George Carlin appears at Con-vocation Hall, U. of T. Campus, Friday,October 11. Opening for Carlin will be Travis
Shook and Club Wow, a brilliant duo whichmix inspired comedy about the inanities ofthe rock and roll world with excellentlyplayed acoustic music. Their first album onLittle David Records is in the works. now.
Songwriter -pianist, Randy Newman, whosesongs have been recorded by everyone fromThree. Dog Night to Harry Nilsson, makesa rare public appearance, Monday, October14, at Massey Hall, Toronto. Sharing the billwith Newman will be guitarist and arranger,Ry Cooder, who has worked with theRolling Stones on several of their albums,but is perhaps best known for his ownWarner Bros. albums.
Toronto's own Rush, fresh from a series ofmajor American dates with Hawkwind,Uriah Heep, and Manfred Mann, shares thebill with Nazareth, at Massey Hall, Tuesday,October 24.That's Show Biz!!
O'KEEFE DATES FORBENNETT AND HORNETony Bennett and Lena Home will maketheir debut in Toronto at the O'KeefeCentre Monday, October 14th. The showwill run through to Saturday, October 19th.Toronto is the only Canadian date for thepair in a fall tour that has been hailed bycritics as "The Hottest ticket in NorthAmerica".Bennett and Home are accompanied by a32 -piece orchestra and perform solo num-bers as well as joining together in songs longassociated with each artist. Gino Empry ishandling PR for the O'Keefe dates.
HEAVY POLYDOR PROMOFOR CLAPTON DATESPolydor saw the results of their promotionpush for Eric Clapton with "sold out" con-certs for his two Canadian dates. Heappeared at the Montreal Forum (1) and inToronto at Maple Leaf Gardens (2).Clapton comes into Canada at a time whenboth his single, "I Shot The Sheriff" andalbum, "461 Ocean Boulevard" have strongchart positions on RPM's album and singlecharts.
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THUNDERMUG (Axe)Abbey Road, Toronto (14-19)DANNY McBRIDE & BOB McBride(Columbia)Chimney, Toronto (14-19)STEEL RIVER (Axe)St. Thomas, Ont. (14-19)DOWNCHILD BLUES BAND (Special)Jockey Club, Hamilton (14-19)WEDNESDAY (Ampex)Niagara Falls, Ont. (14-17)Scarborough (18)KING BISCUIT BOY (Epic)Edmonton, Alberta (16)Calgary, Alta. (17)BEARFOOT (Columbia)Washington, U.S.A. (10&11)Oakville, Ont. (18)NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND (U.A.)Convocation Hall, U. of T. (6)GEORGE CARLIN (Little David)Convocation Hall, U. of T. (11)RANDY NEWMAN/RY COODER (WEA)Massey Hall, Toronto (14)JACKSON BROWNE/BONNIE RAITT(VVEA)Massey Hall, Toronto (16)NAZARETH (A&M)/RUSH (Mercury)Massey Hall, Toronto (24)
BRUCE COCKBURN (True North)War Memorial Hall, U. of Guelph (2 shows)(1National Arts Centre, Ottawa (22)FLUDD (Attic)Cornwall (14-17)David & Mary Thompson Collegiate (19)BOLT UPRIGHT (A&M)Friar's Tavern, Toronto (7-12)SHANTAI II (Bronco)Compass, Newmarket (14-19)CANON (Marathon)Ye Olde City Hall, London (7-19)RAY HUTCHINSON & PARADE (Flame)Motel Helen, Quebec City (14-19)JOHNNIE JOHNSTON & THE
SHAMROCKS (Marathon)Noah's Ark, Hamilton (14-26)TRANQUILLITY BASE (RCA)Backstage Lounge, Toronto (14-19)KENNY HOLLIS & GRAND SLAM (Much)Oriental Palace, Toronto (14-19)LEE ROY & HARMONY ROAD,
FEATURING DONNA RAMSAY (RCA)Whitby Hotel, Whitby (7-19)CHARLES AZNAVOUR (Polydor)Toronto (8&9)Montreal (10&11)SOUTHCOTE (Smile)Ecole Secondaire, Sudbury (11)Goderich High School (18)Westdale High School, Hamilton (19)
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NAZARETH READIESCANADIAN TOURThe popular British group, Nazareth, havefirmed a major nineteen city Canadian tour,to be handled in Quebec by Donald K.Donald and in Ontario by SRO. The groupwill use all the equipment they normally usefor their European tours.A&M expects to have on release the group'snext single, "Shanghaied In Shanghai", forwhich they will tie in a high energy nationalpromotion push. The label reports theyhave sold more than eighty thousand piecesof Nazareth product since June of this year,and are now experiencing a major sales onthe west coast of their "Rampant" albumwhich contains their top selling, Canadiancontent single, "This Flight Tonight".Nazareth will move into Toronto's VictoryTheatre, Oct. 22 for a full day of rehearsing,checking lights etc. They open at London'sWestern University the following evening(23), to be followed by Massey Hall/Toronto(24), Sir Wilfred Laurier U/Kitchener (25),Hamilton Forum (26), Grand Hall/Kingston(27), National Arts Centre/Ottawa (31),Montreal Forum (Nov. 1), Trent U/Peter-borough (2), Centennial Auditorium/Winni-peg (4-5-6), Saskatoon (7), Lethbridge (9),Regina (12$, Calgary (13), Edmonton (15),Vancouver (16) and Victoria (17).Plans are now being laid for a possible "live"recording of the group's Winnipeg appearanceto be used as their next album release.
"SUCH IS LIFE" SPONSORSCOUNTRY SINGER SEARCHThe new CBLT (CBC-TV) series, "SuchIs Life", scheduled for its premiere Oct 6,has undertaken a search for new countrytalent in the form of a contest which wasopen to amateurs.On -camera auditions and registrations tookplace at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern (3).During the auditions, entries were evaluat-ed on the basis of their appearance, talentand presentation. On hand to judge theperformances were Bea Martin, the Mer-cey Brothers and Walt Grealis. Three fin-alists were selected and they were calledon to perform again Oct 10 at CBC'sStudio Four. On the show they will beinterviewed and will perform once more,for three additional judges, one of whomwill be Bill Lynn, producer of "TheTommy Hunter Show".The winner will receive guest spots onboth the "Life" and "Hunter" shows aswell as a recording session with the Mer-cey Brothers, from which he or she willtake home 250 new pressings to distributeas seen fit.
The ProgrammersA WEEKLY FEATURE OF RPM DESIGNED FOR CANADIAN RADIO PROGRAMMERS.MAIL, PHONE, OR TELEX YOUR INFORMATION TO REACH US BY 5PM TUESDAY.
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job of Program Director when he threw inthe towel and left what many had thoughtwas his greatest challenge. Mackey, however,had bigger plans and after CFCR managementworked things out, Mackey returned tothe station as General Manager - one ofthe youngest at the helm of a major Canadianradio station.
Mackey's first big break came when he tookover as Program Director of CKGM andprobably his biggest challenge was "chang-ing the sound of the station" to complywith the 30% Canadian Content Ruling.We asked Mackey:
RPM: The 30% Cancon regs. were intro-duced while you were at CKGM. What wereyour feelings about the legislation?
Mackey: I wasn't 100% for it. I disagreedfirst of all because it was so tough in thebeginning, to find the station sound changingabruptly when the ruling came in, andwhere you had to get the 30% and also haveto do it really honestly, and say okay ifwe're going to have gold records help us abit, but we're never going to play morethan one an hour. One is honest the otheris being If you're going to play morethan one an hour you're going to have toplay them over and over again so often you'regoing to ruin your sound. Sure I was a littleoutspoken at first, I think in principle morethan anything. I come from the old schoolthat government is for the people and if thepeople want something then you give it tothem. But when the people don't wantsomething then why is it being forced onthem? I felt it would weaken the sound ofradio. I felt that 30% was too much to startwith. I think 10%, and a year later, up by 5%over five or six years would give the wholeindustry the opportunity to adjust to it andto get prepared, but to throw 30% in ... itwas a shock, and get enough Canadianproduct without changing the sound of theradio station. But it did change the sound ofthe radio station. It was noticeable how thesound of the radio station changed.Is it working now?Not really. There's talk going around nowthat it's got to be cut back, and that theonly reason it's not being cut back isbecause the CRTC doesn't want to loseface, which I don't believe is true but thetalk is around. I think by growing it couldhave been reviewed each year before it wasincreased. What could have happened aftera couple of years when everyone began tosay it was really a bind on both radio andthe recording industry, they could have stop-ped at 15% or 20% and said ... maybe that'sall we can handle for the next few years andwe'll review it on a yearly basis. I thinkeveryone would have come out of it inbetter shape. To go to 30% right off the batwas tough.
Is there enough Canadian product?
We've just gone through, in baseball, theycall the summer months - the dog days.
Well, for Canadian product, they're the dogdays too, because there's just not enoughproduct, and you're staying on recordslonger.Is the programming of Canadian productdifferent here at CFCF than at CKGM?We have an advantage over CKGM. They'rein a tighter playlist. They play the recordspeople want to buy. We don't. We have alonger playlist. We take album cuts ...numerous things. But even then it's tough,very very tough to find enough Canadianproduct to have a good variety in yoursound and not to have all of a sudden,certain records come on and it doesn'tsound like CFCF radio.Don't you think it's gotten better?I don't think so. Personally. I don't think it'sgot better. I think it's maybe the same. Butthere are certain times that you can go fourand five weeks in a row and you're ecstaticat the amount of Canadian product you canfind, but then there are times when youcan't find one to get on the air, when youknow you've got to get "Sundown" (GordonLightfoot) off because you've been playingit for eighteen weeks.You have to admit though that it hashelped the record industry?It's helped the record industry and it's donea helluva job for the publishers and I thinkthat's why they're in favour of it. But Ithink it's helped artists, too.Getting off the subject, before you left CKGMthere were a lot of rumours about you split-ting the station anyway.I've had a few offers to go to places but Iwasn't impressed with the Ottawa offer. Ididn't believe the radio station should beprogrammed from another city, which I sus-pected all along would happen. But I hadno intention of leaving CKGM. I still missworking with Jim Sward.You're saying you had no problems withSward or Geoff Stirling?
Oh no, Geoff Stirling, contrary to what alot of people say, is just a dynamic guy towork for ... and such a creative man, and Imiss him. But I've got to expand myselfand my career. Jimmy Sward and I are stillthe best of friends. We have a friendlyrivalry. I have nothing but respect for allof them. I miss working for them becausethey were good to me, and my best successcame from them.
Why did you go to Windsor?To expand. I was starting to get bored withjust being a program director. I wanted thechallenge of being a General Manager, to getmore involved in the marketing and sales endof the business. That was good experienceand I even miss that station. They are agreat bunch of people, but you just haveto keep moving up, and the opportunity hereat CFCF was just too big an opportunity toturn down. The potential of this radiostation is as big as any radio station, in theentire country.When you came here did you run into policy
problems?It didn't work out as well as I had expected.There were a lot of frustrations. I preachedto every guy that has ever worked for methat when you stop enjoying what you'redoing ... get out, because your health ismore important ... and your family. So itgot to the point when I realized I wasn'tenjoying it. It wasn't working right, so Ileft.What made you come back?In the course of a few weeks, top manage-ment here made a few changes and offeredme the job of General Manager.... like theGodfather .. they made me an offer I couldnot refuse. They made too good an offer to meto say no to.Does that make you the youngest GeneralManager in the business?
No.... Jim Sward is younger than me. He'stwenty-eight, and he's been a General Mana-ger for a long time.You're really in another ball game herethan you were over at CKGM.
As I've explained to Jim Sward, you'rebusiness is sixties and thirties and play thehits, and mine is negotiate hockey rights,negotiate baseball rights. Make sure yourhelicopter's flying. Work with a staff ofseventy to seventy-five people. So, it's amuch bigger organization plus being involvedwith the management and production tele-vision teams. It's a massive organization.You let a few people go when you came here.Yes, we made a few changes. We broughtGeorge Balcan in as our morning man who Ihappen to think is the best morning man inthe country.We now have a talk show withPat Blanford from Brampton, and we broughtin Mike Kramer from Hamilton to mid -days. So we had to make changes to accom-modate new policies. We also made changesin our news department. We wanted to havea younger more contemporary approach toour news. There weren't as many people letgo as the industry felt there was. It justhappened fast.You refer to your sound as being contem-porary and young.
Everybody has to come up with a namebecause if you say you're contemporary,people either scratch their heads and askwhat you're trying to cover up or theysay you're hard rock. So we call ourselvesprogressive adult.
What's your demographics?We're after twenty-five to forty-nine demo-graphics. Not designed to try and steallisteners away from other adult stations ornot designed to steal listeners away fromCKGM. We feel that when people reachthe point of irritation with rock radio in ourmarket that the first thing they'll do is checkthe dial on AM before they go to FM andthey'll find us a very familiar music radiostation, warm personalities and somethingthat they can take the step from rock radio to,and stay with, for many years, because with the
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CJAD, very older adult demographic sound,they're just not going to understand and notgoing to relate to. So, we're designed to pickup the audience as they leave CKGM.CJAD does hold a sizeable part of the mar-ket doesn't it?
Fifty or sixty percent of CJAD's audienceare over fifty, so we're not after that as agrowth factor. But, all of CKGM's audiencefalls into either the demographic we wantor people who will be in that demographicsomeday. So, potentially every listenerthey have, someday could be a CFCF listener.That's our growth factor as well as fromCHOM, CJ FM and some of the Frenchstations.Do you spend a lot of time listening toyour opposition?We don't listen to the opposition. We'rebuilding our product, the type of radiostation we think we should be. We don'tdwell on saying we should be like thisstation in this market or like that station inthat market. We are building what we feel isright for the city of Montreal for peoplebetween the ages of twenty-five and forty-nine. We want to be a full -service radiostation.How much music do you really play?I'd say, in the hours that we play music,we average twelve to fifteen records anhour, which is quite high. With the morningshow it might only be seven or eight becauseof two newscasts, sports and things of thatsort.
As a full -service radio station what do youhave that other stations don't?I think we have something that radio stationsin Canada wouldn't consider doing. Fifteenminutes of our noon hour is a consumercall -in show, for people with consumerproblems, where we do not allow any adver-tising. We've taken a fifteen minute blockout of our prime time of the day ... anddon't allow advertising in it because it'sconsumer oriented, and people can call withconsumer problems and our consumereditor, Doris Clarke, will follow them, willcheck them out, call the presidents ofcompanies and solve people's problems.We let the listener use the clout of the radiostation to help them out.So, John Mackey has graduated himselfright out of the rock scene.
Yes, right out. I've gone adult. Jimmy playsthe hits.
Come on now, you really aren't afterSward's ass?
No, really, we're progressive adult. High onpersonalities, people with something tosay, and will say things to people that canrelate to our city. We even have a new talkshow we have just started for Saturdaymornings ten to noon with Howie Reid, theformer pitcher of the Montreal Expos, andKenny Dobson which will be the Ken andHowie Sportstalk Show. So we're expandingand increasing the services. But when weplay music we play their music, the musicfor people between the ages of twenty-fiveand forty-nine.
Are you given a free hand here?
Yes, absolutely, but I get tremendous supportfrom Don Marks who is the senior vice-president and who has gone out on the limband say 'okay I believe in you ... give us awinner." He doesn't question anything that'sdone ... ne jtht says "tell me what you'redoing." We tell him, he smiles ... and says "Ilike it."How much time do you have to give him a
winner?I'd say that two years I'd be very happywith ... I have no doubt in my mind thatwithin three years we will dominate thetwenty-five to forty-nine in EnglishMontreal. Some people feel that we've al-ready done it, but I don't. Now, in youthradio for example, back in 1970 when Jimand I took over CKGM, within weeks weknew that we had won, but we had to waituntil the fall to tell the world. There was nosummer rating because of the postal strikebut because of youth, they vote for whoeverplays the best and the most music. That'sall they're interested in, is the music. Wewent from one hundred and fifty somethousand listeners to four hundred andeleven thousand in one rating and that'sstill the largest single rating increase in thehistory of the BBM. But that's in youth ...they're fickle ... they change. If CFCFright now was playing rock we know darnwell that we would have a big jump inyouth audience. But in adult it takes longer.They might listen. Do they trust thatyou're going to keep doing what you'redoing, or is it going to change in threemonths. Are they just going to like it andthen are you going to change? So withadults it takes a lot longer.Are you a hardnosed programmer?
No ... I have the reputation but I think I'mvery fair and very human. The fellow now,who is actually programming the stationfor me, Ron Hore, has been here for fiveyears as promotion director and killed theimage that we kicked everybody out andbrought in new people. He was given thecombination job of programmer and promo-tion director, and in three months he justknocked me out. He's going to be, withinthe next two years, probably the best pro-grammer in this country.So what you're saying is that you've sur-rounded yourself with good people so thatyou can be human?I'm fair. I think any good manager or pro-grammer is fair. We program out of logic.Everything we do, programming -wise, is basec`on straight logic. If it's logical, then it makessense, then let's do it. Any decision to bemade within, on what a person is doing onthe air ... if you set a format out ... andthe way music is to be played and what aperson is supposed to do and he keepsdoing it wrong, well logic tells you, eitherhe doesn't want to do it or he can't do it,and so you make a logical decision. Youtake that person out and you put in aperson who knows how or who can do it.What do you look for in a new on -airemployee?A desire to be a part of what we are. Voiceisn't the big thing anymore. Can he com-municate? If he can sit and talk to me andinterest me in what he's got to say, then hecan interest an audience, talk to them. Andlike what we're doing and believe in it andhave a tremendous desire to be successful.What's your best area for finding people?Schools or off the street?
I never believed in schools. I only knewone person from a broadcast school whosucceeded but he didn't make it be-cause of the school he had to workpretty darned hard after that school toget all the bad habits out and just becomea natural broadcaster. Small markets aregood but you can get a guilty complexafter a while. You always feel bad goingand stealing these people from the radiostations, and I went through it in Regina.As soon as a guy got good enough you losthim. You train them, make them good, they
become great, and then somebody stealsthem. So you hate to do that. You try tospread it around and not take too manypeople, but if small market radio peoplewould understand that you can't havethem forever, and give them only the bestthey can, and let them move on, on theirown without having somebody coming inand stealing them away, and things ofthat sort, I think the industry would bebetter off. If I owned a medium/smallmarket radio station, I'd like to have about50% of the guys on their way up and 50% ofthe guys on their way down.
Can you forsee any major changes in radio?Evolution. I don't think that anyone isgoing to come up overnight with a brilliantnew format that's going to revolutionizeradio. I think what we're going to see isevolution. We're going to see the peopledrawing back the same as in the musicindustry. People drawing back on ideas ofthe past that worked, and mix them withideas of today. If you go too fast or too faryou tail. You don't bring up an idea fromthe past without shining it up and making ita 1974 version. I think our radio station isunique. Our radio station doesn't soundlike any radio station you hear in any ofthe other major markets or small marketsof Canada or the United States. But that'snot because we've laid out a special formatto be different. We've just evolved into asound which is us. And I think that's whatmost people are doing now. I think thatCFTR is an example of not emulatingCHUM, but being themselves, and it'sgood to see that coming back into radio.You say what will work in your market -what type of music - what type of announ-cers - how will we do things for our city?And let it be for our city, because I'm notinterested in sounding like any of the sta-tions in Toronto, and I know they're notinterested in sounding like me. Because,I'm Montreal and they're Toronto.What are your feelings about record pro-motion people?Many of the record companies are hiringpeople who don't have any experienceand don't understand. Just somebody tohustle records for four or five hundreddollars a month, to the radio stations. Theguys have absolutely no idea what's goingon in the business. There are effective ones.There are some real good ones, becausethey're on top of it all the time. They'reon top of trends. They're coming in withalbums and playing cuts off albums. Andfor me this is great because as I say weplay a lot of records, weeks and weeks be-fore they become hits, because we took itoff an album because it's a good song. Apromotion man who would walk in hereand give us a hard rock record just totallytuned himself out to us. We're not interest-ed. We don't care if he comes to the stationagain because we know he doesn't knowwhat we're doing. Most of them are notinformed enough. When I was at CKGM thepromotion men couldn't really tell us any-thing that we hadn't known for weeks.Most times we told him what the productwas to push and what had been released.He just didn't know.Do they concentrate on the right markets?There's just too much emphasis on themajor markets. A few years ago I wouldhave said, who cares about the smallermarkets. I never looked at a Moose Jawor a Windsor or anywhere to find out if I
should play a record but god, now thatI've been there, if you add up all thosesmall markets, that's one large city, andif they're all playing a record and they're
all getting some sales, it could be a hit.If a promotion man can point out thatthey've sold 28,000 copies of a record intwo weeks and that's only some play insome small markets it's a hit record.John Mackey is a rare, a very progressivethinking programmer. He has strong opin-ions on his profession, some of which wewent into here. He is also honest about hisfeelings with regard to the record businessand the CRTC, too numerous to recordhere. One interesting point that he didbring up and probably is the best exampleof establishing his status as a "leadingCanadian programmer" is the following,which we will leave you with.What areas do you think the CRTC shouldbe concentrating on?I think they should be out of the musicarea now. I think the music area is welllooked after. I think, if anything, on proofof performance. Of radio stations livingup to the franchise they've been given andthe promises they've been given of beinga service to the community. I believe thatCKGM, which basically is a music radiostation, is being a service to the communitybecause people want to hear that amountof music. They like the music on the radiostation. But my feelings are okay....they'reestablished, but one of them is enough inthe market. Why should anyone else becoming here and doing exactly the samething, just to get ratings and get their listen-ers over? Let's look at another radio station,what are they doing in news? What are theydoing in community affairs? CJ AD, a weekago, had an on -air pledge for the Mentally'Retarded Association and raised a quarterof a million dollars. It's great for broad-casting. We, which we think, are a classradio station, numerous times on the air,congratulated them and their personalitieswho made it possible. I believe that we are
'being a responsible radio station instead ofhiding in a corner and saying, that wasluck, it was all set up. We'll acknowledgethe fact that they did it because they didit as good broadcasters and they shouldmake all other broadcasters feel prettyproud because radio came out lookingpretty good by it.
SEE YOU AT BIG COUNTRYSEE YOU AT BIG COUNTRYSEE YOU AT BIG COUNTRY
TORONTO'S FOOTPRINT PROD.RECEIVES BILLBOARD AWARD '74Toronto -based Footprint Productions was therecipient of the Billboard Award for the BestGroup of Syndicated Radio Programsoffered in 1974. The award was made tocompany president Daniel Plouffe who,in accepting the honour, mentioned thoseinvolved in the award -winning programs. "Iwant to express my thanks to John Hanlon,my partner, and to Fred Trainor, writerand narrator for "The Countryside of pillAnderson"; to Doug Thompson and thatcommercial place, Toronto, the co -producers
, of "A Gift Of Peace and Love".'
Footprint was the only Canadian recipientof the recognition by Billboard at the AnnualRadio Forum which took place at the PlazaHotel in New York City. The Forum is anannual gathering of broadcast and recordingindustry representatives sponsored byBillboard Publications.
!,i The shows which earned the award for Foot-print were "The Elton John Story", "The" Countryside Of Bill Anderson", and "A Giftof Peace and Love".
CKLW-FM'S FOSTERWINS AFTRA AWARDThe radio show, "Then & Now", produc-ed by CKLW-FM's music director, RonFoster, has won, for the station, the 1974AFTRA Detroit "Golden Mike" Award.The light, musical documentary on GordonLightfoot was hailed on both sides of the .
Gordon Lightfoot, seen here with EarlScruggs, Alex Sharpstone (CFTR) LarryWilson (CHUM -FM) and Columbia pro-motion rep, Terry McGee.
border, and gave a great deal of personalsatisfaction to Foster, particularly sincethe program format of the station is "purecountry".Lightfoot is currently hitbound withhis "Carefree Highway", now charted oncountry, contemporary rock and pop sta-tions across the country. The single wasculled from his "Sundown" album, justrecently certified as "platinum" in the U.S.WEA's national promotion manager, LarryGreen, has a taping available of the FosterAward winning radio show which he willsupply on a first come first serve basis.
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Earl Morgan, late of Kamloops, has joinedCJVI/Victoria as all-night man. Meanwhile,the station's Jim Murray took first placein the CJVI Powder Puff Go Kart Race,organized as part of the Canada 200 atWestern Speedway.
CKGM/Montreal's Greg Stewart reportsMontrealers buying more records than mostcities in Canada put together. For example,"Rock Your Baby" by George McCraesold 150,000 in that area, and "T'Es MonAmour", by Ginette Reno and J.P. Ferland,225,000.Steve Woodruff of CIVH/Vanderhoof feelsWarner Bros. will be missing a bet if theydon't push James Taylor's "Let It All FallDown" from the "Walking Man" album.With the assistance of Carly Simon, Pauland Linda McCartney, it has the sound thatcould put Sweet Baby James back in frontof the popular ear, where he belongs.
CKOS-TV/Yorkton has just wound upanother successful promo, this one involv-ing the younger viewers of "Top Of TheMorning", hosted by Ron Waddell. Kool-Aid supplied prizes presented to those par-ticipants sending in five water safety tips.Waddell hopes that besides the fun, thepromo helped some youngsters to be moreaware of water safety. Waddell is now intohis annual "October Is Country MusicMonth" promotion.
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CFAC'S OLD TIMEFIDDLE CONTESTClose to 25,000 people assembled in Heri-tage Park, Calgary, for the Labor Day "OldTime Fiddle Contest" sponsored by CFAC/Calgary. The contest was emceed by AlCherny, and featured warm up entertain-ment by the local bluegrass sound of FireOn The Mountain. The day set an attendancerecord for the park.A total of 28 contestants competed forfirst prize money of $500, second of $150and third of $50, plus trophies to all win-ners. Overall winner was Alf Myre of Edmon-
Part of the crowd attending the CFA C/Calgary Old Time Fiddling Contest,Heritage Park, Calgary.ton, who placed first in this yiar's com-petition at Shelburn. Second prize winnerwas Frank Ferrell from Seattle, Washington,and third place went to John Kushnerykof Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The after-noon wound up with a fiddle jamboree ledby Al Cherny, and featuring all contestantson stage along with their accompanists.The entire day was billed as a Family PicnicDay at Heritage Park in conjunction withthe Alberta -RCMP Centennial Year, withentrance to the park free. CFAC plans tomake this contest an annual event, withadded classes next year.
WILD BILL EDWARDS
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Thursday, October 3, will see CFRS/Simcoestaffers , music director Doug Barron, morn-ing man Dave Carter, mid -morning manJerry Lorimer, afternoon personality RonMichaels, and cub reporter Brian Macleanparticipating in a Tri-cycle Tip -Over, a100 yard drag on trikes. This event willtake place at the Norfolk County Fairdirectly preceeding the Auto Thrill Show.Formula 3 cycles are ready, complete withmuffle apparatus in co-ordination withCanadian pollution standards. Listeners willbe drawing a winner. The station will bebroadcasting all week from the Fair, thesecond largest agricultural fair in Ontario.
CFR W Music Director Steve Kelly (thegreaser with the turtleneck) poses withFlash Cadillac (arms crossed) and The Cont-inental Kids prior to their performancebefore a packed Centennial Concert Hall,September 16.
Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kidsonstage at Winnipeg's Centennial ConcertHall. The huge crowd who packed thisCFRW presentation gave the group standingovations and demanded numerous encores.
CHAT/Medicine Hat arranged for TeamCanada members to autograph eight hockeysticks for giveaways during the team's localgame with the WCHL Allstars.Bob Brown is new Music Director at CKDA/Victoria, replacing John Mulley, who is nowin Windsor, Ontario.
Bob Capp of CHSJ/Saint John reports onlynow receiving a copy of "Stomp ThemGrapes" by Mel Tillis. Capp also requeststhat radio stations putting out a countrylist keep in touch, and send a copy to him.
New "Midnight Cowboy" at CHEX/Peter-borough is Gord McFarlane, formerly ofCKAR/Huntsville. Sean Eyre of CHEX asksthat record reps check their mailing lists toascertain if his station is recorded thereon.Seems they're still missing a lot of newly -charted items.Edward Aho, Manager of CMOR/RedRiver Community College, Winnipeg,reports his station giving the record com-panies some returns for their past support.One of their new additions is played every
hour, at which time the record company'sname, the artist and the title are given tolisteners.
New Executives at CHMR/Mohawk, Hamilton,for 1974-75 are: Station Manager Jim Tatti;Program Director Bob Privett; Music Direc-tor Norm Calder; News Director ConnieSmith'; Public Service Director MarioBernardi.
Gord James of CKOC/Hamilton has com-pleted a 1 -hour Bachman -Turner OverdriveSpecial. Rates available on request. CKLG/Vancouver, and CK RC/Winnipeg havealready purchased the show, and CHAB/Moose Jaw recently ran the special, receiv-ing very favourable response.
Frank Lowe, weekday afternoon countryjock at CKBW/Bridgewater, is now handlihgall country music responsibilities for thestation.
TheProgrammers HELP!
CKXR Salmon Arm interested in hearingfrom jocks with mature approach for MORand C and W format wishing to move tobeautiful B.C. Tapes and resumes to BarryRichards, CKXR, Box 69, Salmon Arm, B.C.Bilingual newsman to assume News Directorposition at CFOM/Quebec City. Tape andresume to Gary Parr, Box 1340, QuebecCity, Quebec.CKGM/Montreal is looking for an exper-ienced, creative female copy writer. Goodbucks. Send resume and copy samples toTom McLean, 1310 Greene Ave., Montreal,Quebec. H3Z 2B5.
CFRS/Simcoe looking for Music Director,to be also involved in swing shift work.Tapes to Rick Hart, CF RS, Box 98, Simcoe,Ontario.CJCH/Halifax looking for 2 communicativetop 40 personalities. Tapes and resumes toChris Morgan, CJCH Radio, 2885 Robie St.,Halifax, N.S.
The(Programmers
INSTANTLAFFS
I understand the Alice Cooper band may besplitting up. It seems the snake wants to gosolo and the guillotine operator is demand.ing severance pay.I hear Lawrence Welk plans to go heavy,record an album of Alice Cooper hits, andincorporate a pet slug into his act.Graffiti: Ringo Starr is cymbal -minded.Did you hear about the rock group, thatbefore going on stage, drinks gin and prunejuice? Now, that's a "Band on the Run".TV producers and stewardesses have thesame thing in common....making pilots.Sign on the desk of Robert Stanfield: "Itpays to be positive....I think."If Wednesday, April Wine and the FifthDimension ever combined, you'd haveWednesday, April the Fifth.
On TV he's known as Telly Savalas....but onradio he's known as Audio Savalas.Everybody's a daredevil these days....EvelKnievel jumps canyons, Frenchmen tight-rope across high buildings, young ladiesswim across Lake Ontario....Even (jock) hasgotten into the act. He combines ALL the
AmonSties
The following singles are projected to reachthe top 25 of their respective charts, basedon early radio station action among thestations in the RPM sample.
ASOHENRY, LET'S GO TO TOWNVicky Leandros (RCA)THE SEX SYMBOLHenry Mancini (RCA)HOUSE FULL OF WOMENSuzanne Stevens (Capitol)
Cower,''BOOGIE WOOGIE ROCK & ROLLJerry Reed (RCA)ONE DAY AT A TIMEMarilyn Sellars (Mega)WHERE WOULD I BE NOWAlan Moberg (Sweetwater)
stunts....he jumps young ladies up in a highbuilding....his apartment.I see Tennessee Williams has written a newplay based on college fads. He's calling it"A Streaker Named Desire".Courtesy of Folio Radio Service301 Davenport Road, Toronto, OntarioM5R 1K5 Telephone (416) 961-0077.
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H. HART KIRCH/CJME Regina15 Can't Get Enough/Bad Company30 Ain't Seen Nothing/Bachman-Turner19 Smell the RosesIMac Davis
BILL HENNESICKLW Windsor11 (2-1) NothinglBilly Preston30 (13-11) Ain't Seen Nothing/
Bachman -Turner99 (30-14) Melody of LovelBobby Vinton* (29-15) Sha-La-Lal Al Green22 (20-16) Bitch Is BacklElton John71 (28-23) lust One LooklAnne Murray* (HB-29) Longfellow SerenadelNeil
Diamond
JERRY STEVENSICIBK London7 (No. 1) I Honestly Love Youl
Olivia Newton -john14 (HB-26) A labamalLynyrd Skynyrd18 (HB-27) Trustmaker/The Tymes32 (HB-28) Straight Shootin' Woman
Steppenwolf
71 (HB-29) lust One Look/Anne MurrayBRUCE DE VINE1CKSL London63 Goldrush/Prelude30 Ain't Seen Nothing/Bachman-Turner* Falling Out of Love/Buster BrownNEVIN GRANTICKOC Hamilton99 Melody of LovelBobby Vinton96 Sha-La-La/Al Green
TRUDY CHAMBERLAIN/CFGO Ottawa7 (No, 1)1 Honestly Love Youl
Olivia Newton -john34 (HB-28) For A Reason/Osmonds21 (HB-29) Steppin' Out/Tony OrlandolDawn38 (PL -30) Tin Man/AmericaGREG STEWARTICKGM Montreal38 (HB-28) Tin Man/America34 (HB-29) For a Reason/Osmonds* (HB-30) La La Peuce Song/O.C. SmithKAREN LAKEY/CKLG Vancouver91 Whatever You/john LennonPALAMARES RADIOMUTUEL Montreal* Cet Amour C'Est Ta Vie/Lenny Kuhr* Notre Amour N'Est PlusIM. Stax* On Est Pret On S'En Va/D. Berard* II Venait D'Avoir 18 Ans/Dalida* C'Est Moi/C. Jerome* Comme Deux Enfants/S. Stevens* Angeliquell. Nichol* Nous Vieillirons Ensemble/M. DaI'hou55 Something Good/Rufus* Lovely Lady of ArcadialD. Roussos22 Bitch Is BacklElton john
BILLY GORRIE/CKRC Winnipeg15 Can't Get Enough/Bad Company
BOB GIBBONS/CKY Winnipeg16 Never My LovelBlue Swede12 Who Do You ThinklBo Donaldson25 People Gotta MovelGino Vannelli21 Steppin' Out/Tony Orlando/DawnKEN SEBASTIAN SINGER/CKCK Regina30 Ain't Seen Nothing/Bachman-Turner34 For A Reason/Osmonds
The ( MAJOR MARKETProgrammers PLA YLIST
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CHERYL JOHNSEN/CFCF Montreal74 So You Are A Star/Hudson Bros.* Sunshine Lady/Bob Ruzicka33 Life Is A Rock/Reunion72 Distant Lover/Marvin Gaye68 Honey HoneylAbba* Early Morning Love/Sammy Johns* Killing Me SoftlylVan McCoy* I May Never See You/Gary & Dave50 Second A venue/Garfunkel
BILL HENNESICKLW Windsor38 Tin ManlAmerica39 Jazzman/Carole King14 A labamalLynyrd Skynyrd63 Goldrush/PreludeIERRY STEVENSICIBK London63 Goldrush/Prelude62 Carrie's Gonell.C, Stone33 Life Is A Rock/Reunion* Sunshine Man /Robert David87 Love is the FeelinglBlack & WardTRUDY CHAMBER LA INICFGO Ottawa33 Life Is A Rock/Reunion19 Smell the Roses/Mac Davis54 Stallion/Edward Bear91 Whatever Gets You/John Lennon28 Skin TightlOhio PlayersGREG STEWARTICKGM Montreal* Everlasting LovelCarl Carlton33 Life is a Rock/Reunion37 Do It Baby/Miracles*
Ramona/Stampeders* Falling Out of Love/Buster Brown
KAREN LA KEY ICKLG Vancouver19 Smell the Roses1Mac Davis21 Steppin' Out/Tony OrlandolDawn33 Life is a Rock/ReunionH. HART KIRCHICIME Regina* Ramona/Stampeders* Six Feet Under Water/Hans Stayner Band43 Need to Bell im Weatherly74 So You Are A Star/Hudson Bros.
BOB GIBBONSICKY Winnipeg94 Pretzel Logic1Steely Dan38 Tin Man/America91 Whatever Gets You/John Lennon
IACK WINTER/CKFH Toronto53 Buck Home Again/john Denver52 Something Sweet/Three Dog Night43 Need to Bell im Weatherly91 Whatever Gets You/John Lennon15 Can't Get Enough/Bad Company* RamonalStampeders* Falling Out of Love/Buster Brown* California Lady/Mercey Bros.62 Carrie's Gone/J.C. Stone* Mostly New DayslRoss HollowayBRUCE DE VINEICKSL London91 Whatever Gets You/john Lennon* I Can Help/Billy Swan* Longfellow SerenadelNeil DiamondNEVIN GRANTICKOC Hamilton* Everlasting LovelCarl CarltonALEX SHARPSTONEICFTR Toronto53 Back Home/John Denver74 So You Are A Star/Hudson Bros.* Cat's in the CradlelHarry Chapin* Falling Out of LovelBuster Brown* Can't Leave You A lonelGeorge McCrae84 Black -Eyed Boys/Paper LaceBOB WOOD1CHAM Hamilton15 Can't Get Enough/Bad Company* Mostly New DayslRoss Holloway* I Can't Take It/Buffy Sainte -Marie
BILLY GORRIE/CKRC Winnipeg97 Whatever Gets You/John Lennon* Ramona/Stampeders36 Carefree Highway/Gordon Lightfoot75 Overnight Sensation/Raspberries32 Straight Shootin' Woman1Steppenwolf39 Jazzman/Carole King* Rock My Roll/Bill Amesbury* Everybody KnowslAlexis18 TrustmakerITymes71 lust One Look/Anne Murray53 Back Home/John Denver21 Steppin' Out/Tony OrlandolDawn
The BREAKOUTProgrammers MARKET
ADDITIONS
LOU TURCOICIIC Sault Ste. Marie* It's Raining/Rick Derringer* Very Special Places1Randy Bishop43 The Need to Be/Jim Weatherly* Long Gone/Debbie FlemingWALT EDWARDSICHEC Lethbridge91 Whatever Gets You/John Lennon42 Give it to the PeoplelRighteous Bros.75 Overnight Sensation/Raspberries52 Something Sweet/Three Dog NightRON SMITHICKSO Sudbury14 A labamalLynyrd Skynyrd30 Ain't Seen Nothing/Bachman-Turner22 Bitch is Back/Elton John58 Wild Thing/Fancy* Another Love/Stories20 Only Rock & Roll1Rolling Stones32 Straight Shootin' Woman/Steppenwolf48 Kings of the Party/Brownsville Station75 Overnight Sensation/Raspberries41 Fallin' in LovelSouther, Hillman, Furay
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* Wall Street Shuffle/10 CC* This Flight/Nazareth* Eighteen/Alice Cooper
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Moose law91 Whatever Gets You/john Lennon32 Straight Shoo tin' WomanISteppenwolf76 Never My LovelBlue Swede63 Goldrush/Prelude78 Dirty Work/Songbird71 lust One Look/Anne Murray53 Back Home/john Denver
CION St. John'sCharted:
6 Haven't Done Nothin'IStevie Wonder34 For a ReasonlOsmonds* Rotten Gambler/Anne Murray15 Can't Get Enough/Bad Company22 Bitch is Back/Elton JohnPlaylisted:28 Skin Tight/Ohio Players
GARY MERCER/CKWS Kingston
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) I Shot the SherifflEric Clapton68 Honey HoneylAbba30 Ain't Seen Nothing/Bachman-TurnerPlaylisted:86 Suzie Girl/Redbone* Very Special Places1Randy Bishop73 I've got the Music/Kiki Dee Band
LORNE THOMAS1CKOM Saskatoon
Got the Music/Kiki Dee Band*73haIL,v eeoLook AwaylOzark Mountain Daredevils78 Dirty Work/Songbird52 Something Sweet/Three Dog NightPlaylisted:
Ramona/StampedersLay into the Music/Hollies
94 Pretzel Logic1Steely Dan* Sexy Idallke & Tina Turner53 Back Home Again/john Denver* Boogie Woogie Rock & RolIllerry Reed71 Just One Look /Anne Murray* Pencil Thin Moustachellimmy Buffett* She Called Me Baby/Charlie Rich* Walking Manllames Taylor
ANDY KA YE/CJCH Halifax
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CKLC Kingston22 Bitch is Back//:/tort John
5 Beach BubylFirst Class52 Something Sweet/Three Dog Night38 Tin Man/AmericaPlaylisted:68 Honey HonevlAbbaCLIFF BIRNIFICI<X-FM Brandon53 Buck Home! 1,,Im Denver* It Hurts A Little/Cliff De Young
Butterfly/Dolly Parton* All in Love/Cleo Laine* When Will I See You/Three Degrees* The Feeling's Good/Marlena Shaw
4nother Woman's Arms/Vicki Britton* Sex SymbollHenry Mancini* She Culled Me BabylCharlie Rich* Sandy's LovelHarold Alexander*
Broken Home/The Whispers* Still Waiting for the Sunshine!Paul/Ford (LP)* AhkalPaul Anka (LP)
Cl/NO Sudbury* Rotten GamblerlAnne Murray* Don't Suy Goodbye/Enrico Farina53 Buck Home Again/John Denver* Ramblin' ManlWaylon Jennings* California LadylMercey Bros.* How Far is Mars/Jerry Toth Singers24 You & MelHelen Reddy52 Something Sweet/Three Dog Night14 A lubamalLynyrd Skynyrd63 Goldrush/Prelude33 Life is a Rock/Reunion30 Ain't Seen Nothing/Bachman-TurnerTIM TYLER/CFAR Flin FlonCharted:22 Bitch is BacklElton John39 luzzmanICarole King15 Can't Get EnoughlBad Company16 Never My LovelBlue SwedePlaylisted:63 Goldrush1Prelude* New Rock & Roll/Mahogany Rush36 Carefree Highway/Gordon Lightfoot70 Forever & Ever/Keith Hampshire73 I've Got the Music/Kiki Dee Band33 Life is a Rock/Reunion* Love Will Get Youllayson Hoover32 Straight Shootin' WomanISteppenwolf* That's Not How It.GoesIBloodstone18 TrustmakerITymes
JAY IEFFRIEICHOW Welland53 Back Home/John Denver* Pencil Thin Mustachellimmy Buffett* Keep A-TalkirrITom Jones71 lust One Look/Anne MurrayPETER TUFF/VOCM St. John's39 Jazzman/Carole King38 Tin ManlAmerica30 Ain't Seen NothinglBachman-TurnerCHEX Peterborough
6 Haven't Done Nothin'/Stevie Wonder34 For A Reason/Osmonds63 Goldrush/Prelude
The (Programmers & PLAYS
PICKS
BILL ALBERTICHSI Saint John19 Smell the Roses/Mac Davis61 Travellin' Prayer/Billy Joel68 Honey HoneylAbba38 Tin Man/America* Hello Summertime/Bobby Goldsboro39 Jazzman/Carole King* Happy Things/Sugar CaneCKBI Prince AlbertCharted:25 People Gotta Move/Gino Vannelli
CAREFREE HIGHWAY1 3 (6) Gordon Lightfoot
Reprise 1309-PSTEPPIN' OUT (Gonna Boogie
Tonight)Dawn & Tuny Orlando -Bell 601-MI HONESTLY LOVE YOUOlivia Newton -JohnMCA 40280-JSON OF A ROTTEN GAMBLERAnne MurrayCapitol 72737-FTIN MANAmericaWarner Bros. 7839-P
THEN CAME YOUDionne Warwicke & SpinnersAtlantic 3029-PFREE MAN IN PARIS-Joni MitchellAsylum 11041 -P
...CARRIE'S GONE8 15 (9) epic. Stone
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STOP & SMELL THE ROSES9 24 171 Mai, Davis
Colombia 3-10018.HI'M LEAVING IT ALL UP TO YOUDonny & Marto OsmondMGM 14735.0A WOMAN'S PLACEGine, O'Stilt,inMani :1641 kYOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY
12 13 (91 UP YOU LOVE MESecond Ti, Nonri-Bionco BR 2724TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING
13 10 1101 LettermenCapitol 3912-FI LOVE MY FRIENDCharlie RichEpic 20006-HJAZZ MANCarole KingOde 66101.WHOW FAR IS MARS
16 17 (8) Itlif Jerry Toth Singers-Rodger C-249
MORNING SONG17 18 (11) ty Rick Neufeld
RCA KPBO 0039-N:OU CAN'T GO HALFWAY
Johnny NashEpic 8-50021-HGIVE ME A REASON TO BE GONEMaureen McGovern20th Century 2109-TNEVER MY LOVEEiltlf, SwedeCapitol/EMI 3938-FI SAW A MAN AND HE onto..
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CHNL KamloopsCharted.'* Tell Your MotherlDownchild Blues Band12 Who Do You ThinklBo Donaldson* Mostly New DayslRoss Holloway26 All TogetherlStylisticsPlaylisted:* Can't Leave You Alone/George McCrae84 Black -Eyed Boys1Paper Lace* Rock My Roll/Bill Amesbury*
Sideshow/Blue Magic* Somethin"Bout YoulTom lanes
TED HOCKA DA Y/CFTK Terrace22 Bitch is BacklElton John21 Steppin' Out/Tony OrlandolDawnCHYM Kitchener21 Steppin' Out/Tony Orlando/Dawn12 Who Do You Think/Bo Donaldson86 Suzie GirlIRedbone* New Words/T. Cooper* Somethin"Bout You/Tom Jones59 A Woman's PlacelGilbert O'Sullivan27 Free Manlloni Mitchell* Temptation/Perry Como53 Back Home Again/John Denver* Call On Me/Chicago* Don't Call It LovelBo Cooper
CFCH North Bay71 lust One Look/Anne Murray19 Smell the Roses/Mac Davis
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MOONLIGHT SPECIALRay StevensBarnaby 604-TDON'T SAY GOODBYEEnrico FarinaE.F. ST.57402LETTERS
ly Ron NigriniAttic 101-KFOREVER AND EVER(Baby I'm Gonna Be Yours)Keith Hampshire-A&M AM370-WCANDY BABY
IpStrongheartUBIC UA501-KBONEY FINGERSHoyt AxtonA&M 1607-WHEY, JOE McKENZIEVicky LeandrosRCA KPBO-0038-N
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Polydor 2065 231.0THROW A PENNYBee GeesRSO SO -410-0
LOVE ME FOR A REASONThe OptiondsMGM 14746-0
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU AREHo Donaldson & the HeywoodsABC 12006-N(You're) HAVING MY BABYPaul AnkaU.A. UAXW454-W-UMEET ME ON THE CORNER
DOWN AT JOE'S CAFEPeter Noone-Casablanca 0017-P
FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVERoberta FlackAtlantic 3025-PTCHIP TCHIPHot DogsRCA PB-50013-NTHE NEED TO BEJim WeatherlyBuddah 420-MANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHTCal StevensA&M 1602-WPENDANT LES VACANCESCoco Co.Celebration 2100X.MYOU LITTLE TRUSTMAKERThe Ty F,11%,
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56 Could Have Been MelSammi Jo22 Bitch is Back/Elton John69 Second A venue/Tim Moore88 Honey Honey/Sweet Dreams33 Life is a Rock/Reunion* Pencil Thin Mustache!! immy Buffett48 Kings of the Party/Brownsville Station30 Ain't Seen Nothing/Bachman-Turner82 Passing Time/BearfootRICK DENNIS/CFVR Abbotsford53 Back Home/John Denver91 Whatever Gets You/John Lennon33 Life is a Rock/Reunion84 Black -Eyed Boys1Paper Lace63 Goldrush/Prelude* R.I.P.1Siegel-Schwall Band (LP)* Rags to Rufus/Rufus (LP)CHARLES I. YEOICIVR Melfort84 Black -Eyed Boys/Paper Lace* Ramona/Stampeders* Can't Leave You Alone/George McCrae53 Back Homellohn Denver94 Pretzel Logic/Steely Dan* Candy's Going Bad/Golden Earring* California LadylMercey Bros.* Morning SonglRick Neufeld99 Melody of LovelBobby Vinton* Can't Take It/Buffy Sainte -Marie* Our Last Show/Sonny Bono* Cliches/Les EmmersonPETE STA IRSICICI Woodstock, N.B.Charted:18 Trustmaker/Tymes59 A Woman's PlacelGilbert O'Sullivan* Can't Leave You Alone/George McCrae* Another Love/Stories84 Black -Eyed Boys/Paper Lace30 Ain't Seen Nothing/Bachman-TurnerCJSS Cornwall43 Need to Be/Jim Weatherly* Very Special Places1Randy Bishop63 Goldrush/Prelude95 Give Me A Reason/Maureen McGovern68 Honey HoneylAbba53 Back Home/John Denver59 A Woman's PlacelGilbert O'Sullivan
GARY RICHARDSICKBW Bridgewater* California Lady/Mercey Bros.63 GoldrushIPrelude53 Back Home/John Denver* Very Special Places1Randy Bishop* Rotten GamblerlAnne Murray* Can't Leave You Alone/George McCrae78 Dirty Work/Songbird68 Honey HoneylAbba64 Lover's Cross/Melanie59 A Woman's PlacelGilbert O'Sullivan22 Bitch is BacklElton John28 Skin Tight/Ohio Players49 Ain't NothinglAretha FranklinCFBC Saint John63 GoldrushIPrelude39 Jazzman/Carole KingCHSC St. Catharines99 Melody of Love/Bobby Vinton43 Need to Bell im Weatherly* When Will I See You/Three Degrees42 Give It to the People/Righteous Bros.* Pencil Thin Mustache!' immy Buffett* Sunshine Lady/Bob RuzickaALAN RUSSELL/C/NB North BattlefordCharted:34 For A Reason/Osmonds36 Carefree Highway/Gordon LightfootCKCW Moncton28 Skin Tight/Ohio Players39 Jazzman/Carole King22 Bitch is BacklElton John37 Do It Baby/Miracles* Ramona/StampedersJOYCE MURPHYICHCL MedleyCharted:33 Life is a Rock/Reunion
71 lust One Look/Anne Murray* Can't Leave Youll Get Lifted/George
McCaw* Sunshine LadylBob Ruzicka39 Jazzman/Carole King* Somethin"Bout You/Tom JonesPlaylisted:* Man Smart/Lois Fletcher59 Woman's PlacelGilbert O'Sullivan86 Suzie Girl/Redbone84 Black -Eyed Boys/Paper Lace85 I'm A Dreamer/Scrubbaloe Caine* Write Me A LetterlDeFranco Family30 Ain't Seen Nothing/Bachman-Turner* Henry, Let's go/Flip/Vicky Leandros22 Bitch is BacklElton john52 Something Sweet/Three Dog NightCISS Cornwall62 Carrie's Gone/l. C. Stone* Sunshine Lady/Bob Ruzicka* Candy Baby/Strnngheart44 Roses Are Red/Wednesday* Pencil Thin Mustache/Jimmy Buffett* Hello SummertimelBobby Goldsboro* Wombling Summer PartylWomblesPAUL KENNEDYICKDH AmherstCharted:19 Smell the Roses/Mac Davis32 Straight Shoo tin' Woman1Steppenwolf37 Do It BabylMiracles30 Ain't Seen Nothing/Bachman-Turner34 For a Reason/Osmonds48 Kings of the Party/Brownsville StationPlaylisted:38 Tin ManlAinerica41 Fallin' in LovelSouther, Hillman, Furay63 GoldrushIPrelude
BOB WEIDMANICKDM Dauphin* Somethin"Bout You/Tom Jones* Forever Younglloan Baez* Gotta Live LifelClay Spector lug Band59 A Woman's PlacelGilbert O'Sullivan31 I Saw A Man1Cher* Sing-A-LongIFranklin FergusonA RNA HALLORANICICB Sydney42 Give it to the People/Righteous Bros.71 lust One Look/Anne Murray84 Black -Eyed BoysIPaper Lace52 Something Sweet/Three Dog Night53 Back Home/john Denver
SCOTT Si JAMES/CFCY Charlottetown28 Skin TightlOhio Players39 Jazzman/Carole King30 Ain't Seen NothinglBachman-TurnerVERN MAZEROLLE/CKBC BathurstCharted:11 Nothing/Billy Preston38 Tin ManlAmerica* Walk On/Neil Young45 Wildwood Weed/Jim Stafford3 Hang Onllohnny Bristol
22 Bitch is BacklElton johnPlaylisted:13 EarachelCheech & Chong80 Live It Upllsley Bros.* Blood Brother/Gene Redding* RamonalStampeders30 Ain't Seen Nothing/Bachman-Turner32 Straight Shootin' Woman/Steppenwolf52 Something Sweet/Three Dog Night
7 Can't Get Enough/Barry White* Do It Over/Olympic Runners* Make My Living/Patsy GallantTHANE MacDONALD/CKCL Truro* Candy Baby/Strongheart25 People Gotta MovelGino Vannelli83 Blue Skies/Bill King59 A Woman's PlacelGilbert O'Sullivan33 Life is a Rock/Reunion* Mostly New DayslRoss Holloway28 Skin TightlOhio Players49 Ain't NothinglAretha Franklin78 Dirty Work/Songbird30 Ain't Seen Nothing/Bachman-Turner
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POP MUSICADDITIONS
DOUG BA RRONICFRS SimcoePendant Les Vacances/Coco & Co.Could Have Been MelSammi loTin ManlAmericaJust As I AmlAbigailI Overlooked an OrchidlMickey GilleyLet's Hear It/Mundo EarwoodIt's Up to You/John DenverDAN RADFORD/CKX BrandonVery Special Places1Randy BishopBack Home Again/John DenverNeed to Bell im WeatherlyGoldrush/PreludeTchip Tchip/Hot DogsHoney HoneylAbbaBOB BROWNICKDA VictoriaSecond Avenue/GarfunkelMelody of LovelBobby VintonFor a Reason/Osmonds
BARRY P. SA RAZINICKLB OshawaLong Long Way/lan ThomasGive Me A Reason/Maureen McGovernRamblin' ManlWaylon JenningsMostly New DayslRoss HollowaySTEVE WOODRUFFICIVH VunderhoofCharted:Love is SimplelFamily BrownEverybody Knows/AlexisLet It All Fall Down/lames Taylor (LP)Pencil Thin Mustache!' immy BuffettBack Home Again/John DenverPlaylisted:Gina/Bobby GoldsboroHenry/Vicky LeandrosNostradamus/Al StewartLet's Hear It/Mundo EarwoodIf Ginny Knew/Ray FrancisDAN CHEVRETTEICKFM TorontoNeed to Bell im WeatherlyAfter All is Said/Vic FranklynPeace of All MankindlTerry SylvesterOnly God KnowslBenART COLLINS/CFRB TorontoKeep A-Talkin'ITom JonesSecond Avenue/GarfunkelWear Your Love/Vic Franklyn
MICHAEL CHRISTIE
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Trouble with HellolShirley Bassey (LP)TONY LUCIANIICHFI TorontoThese Crazy Times/Perry ComoOnly God Knows/BenWrap Around loylCarole King (LP)Love is the Answer/Van McCoy (LP)JUDY CASSELMAN/CKEY TorontoLove is a Beautiful Song/Dave Mills (LP)Musical Moments With Mantovani (LP)Le MetequelPerry Carmen Orchestra (LP)Spotlight On Floyd Cramer (LP)Need to Bell im Weatherly
LYNN LATIMERICHML HamiltonLaughter in the Rain/Neil Sedaka (T)House of Love/Dottie WestDon't Tell that Sweet Old Ladyllohnny
CarverLonesome River/Suzanne Stevens
Wear Your Love! Vic FranklynDON LLOYDICIA V Port AlberniBoogie Woogie Rock & Rollfierry ReedMelody of LovelBobby VintonSecond Avenue/Tim MooreAfter the FirelWillie & Tracey NelsonBack Home/John DenverYou're Gonna Love Yourself/Bonnie KolocButterflyIDolly PartonBattle of New Orleans/Nitty Gritty Dirt BandOverlooked An OrchidlMickey GilleyLong GonelDebbie FlemingCan't You Feel It/David Houston
JERRY SAMSON1CKBB BarrieCharted:Ain't Seen Nothing/Bachman-TurnerLife is a Rock/ReunionSideshow/Blue Magic
COUNTRY PLAYLISTLJ
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2 4 (10)
3 5 (10)
4 6 (9)
5 8 (8)
6 13 181
7 10 (8)
8 11 19)
9 2 (11)
10 14 18)
11 9 (9)
12 19 (71
13 21 (51
14 22 (5)
15 17 (7)
16 3 (7)
17 23 (5)
18 20 181
19 24 (5)
20 12 (5)
21 26 (6)
22 28 (4)
23 29 (71
24 32 14)
25 33 (51
I LOVE MY FRIENDCharlie RichEpic 8-20006-HIF I MISS YOU AGAIN TONIGHTTommy OverstreetDot 17515-MA MI ESPOSA CON AMORSonny JamesColumbia 3-1001-HBONAPARTE'S RETREATGlen CampbellCapitol 3926-FWOMAN TO WOMANTammy WynetteEpic 8-5008-HI'M A RAMBLING MANWaylon JenningsRCA PB-100020-NI SEE THE WANT TO
IN YOUR EYESConway Twitty-MCA 40282-JMISSISSIPPI COTTON PICKING
DELTA TOWNCharley Pride -RCA PB-10030-NPLEASE DON'T TELL ME NOW
THE STORY ENDSRonnie Milsap-RCA APBO 0313-NI HONESTLY LOVE YOUOlivia Newton -JohnMCA 40280-JITS A MONSTER'S HOLIDAYBuck OwensCapitol 3907-FWHO LEFT THE DOOR TO
HEAVEN OPENHank Thompson -Dot 17512-MSON OF A ROTTEN GAMBLER
1p Anne MurrayCapitol 72737-FBALLAD OF THE HOTEL WAITRESS
Roy MacCaullCondor 97036-CBETWEEN LUST & WATCHING TVCal SmithMCA 40265-JBIG FOUR POSTER BEDBrenda LeeMCA 40262-J
LOVE IS A BUTTERFLYDolly PartonRCA 10031-NWHISPER TO ME TINARoy PayneRCA P8 -50002-NTHE GREAT DIVIDERoy ClarkDot DOA 17518X -M
I WOULDN'T WANT TO LIVEIF YOU DIDN'T WANT ME
Don Williams -Dot 17156X -MBONEY FINGERSHoyt AxtonA&M 1607-WHOUSE OF GLASS
®Allan CapsonMarathon 45-1122-C
I WISH I HAD LOVED YOU BETTEREddy ArnoldMGM 14734-0TEN COMMANDMENTS OF LOVEDavid Houston & Barbara MandrelEpic 8-20005-HLOVE IS SIMPLEFamily BrownRCA PB-50006-N
EASTBOUND HIGHWAY26 18 (13) ®Orval Prophet
Columbia C4 -4055-HTHE BALLADEER
27 34 (5) ®Jim & Don HaggartArpeggio ARPS-1026-NWORKIN' AT THE CAR WASH BLUES
28 50 (2) Tony BoothCapitol P3943 -FDANCE WITH ME (Just One More Time)
29 16 (11) Johnny RodriguezMercury 73493-0CAREFREE HIGHWAY
30 45 (3) el Gordon LightfootReprise REP 1309-PLEAVING IT ALL UP TO YOU
34 43 (5)®lee RoyRCA KJBO-0031-NSHE CALLED ME BABY
35 46 (3) Charlie RichRCA 10062-N
OUR SUMMER SONG36 42 (5) Tommy Ambrose
RCA P8 -50007-N
STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES37 49 (2) Mac Davis
Columbia B -10018-HCOUNTRY IS
38 .... (1) Tom T. HallMercury 73617.0THAT'S LOVE
39 47 (3) Don AdamsAtlantic CY4027-P
A WINDOW MANNIKIN40 44 (61 Jo -Anne
Condor 07040A -CTAKE ME HOME SOMEWHERE
41 .... ill Joe StampleyDot 17522THE GRAND TOUR
42 39 (10) George JonesEpic 11122-HLETTERS
43 38 (6) ®Ron NigriniAttic 101-KSING -A -LONG WITH ME
44 35 (13) lip Linda BrownA&M-367-WTHE WANT TO'S
45 37 (10) Freddie HartCapitol 3898-FKEEP ON A TRUCKIN'
46 36 (12) C. W. McCallMGM M-14738-0MY WIFE'S HOUSE
47 41 (14) Jerry WallaceMCA 40248-JI OVERLOOKED AN ORCHID
48 15 (7) Mickey GilleyPlayboy 6004-MTALKING TO THE WALLS
49 27 (15) Lynn AndersonColumbia 46056-HTHE DAYS ARE NEVER LONG50 (1) ENOUGHR. Harlan Smith-GRT 1230-78-T
Beach Babylfirst ClassPlaylisted:Black -Eyed Boys/Paper LaceHoney HoneylAbbaJazzman/Carole KingWrite Me A Letter/DeFranco FamilyFor a Reason/OsmondsBlue Skies/Bill KingARNOLD ANDERSON/CKPC BrantfordTchip Tchip/Hot DogsGoldrushIPreludeJazzman/Carole KingA Woman's PlacelGilbert O'SullivanMorning Song/Rick NeufeldRotten GamblerlAnne MurrayBack Home/John DenverMoonlight SpeciallRay StevensCalifornia LadylMercey Bros,Balladeerllim & Don HaggartTrustmakerITymesBeach Baby/First ClassSunshine Lady/Bob RuzickaHenry/Vicky LeandrosDon't Say Goodbye/Enrico FarinaCKWW WindsorBack Homellohn DenverYou're Gonna Love YourselfIBonnie KolocMeet Me on the Corner/Peter NooneGoldrushIPreludeCKOV KelownaLong GonelDebbie FlemingKiburi/Incredible Bongo Band .
Carefree Highway/Gordon LightfootThen Came You/Warwicke/SpinnersThe Real Thing/FranklinHenry/Vicky LeandrosCARL WORTH/CJGX YorktonLife is a Rock/ReunionPlay Something Sweet/Three Dog NightFalling Out of LovelBuster BrownPretzel Logic/Steely DanSunshine Lady/Bob RuzickaBack Home Again/John DenverBlack -Eyed Boys/Paper LaceAnother Woman's Arms' Vicki BrittonAnother Lonely Song/Andy WilliamsLiving for the City/H. MontenegroLittle Gold BandlGentrys
IONA TER RYICKNX WinghamBack Home/John DenverEverybody KnowslAlexisNeed to Bellim WeatherlyHenry/Vicky LeandrosHoney HoneylAbbaPencil Thin Mustachellimmy BuffettTime's Run Out/Bob RuzickaIf I Leave You/Spirits of Change
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COUNTRYADDITIONS
LARRY KUNKELICFAC CalgaryAll Loved OutlRay GriffCanadian Women/Tom T. HallMy Love TraillLa CostaSlide UplOriginal Caste
RON FOSTERICKLW-FM WindsorYou & Me InsteadlAsleep at the WheelGet Up/Jim Ed BrownShe Burn't the Little Roadside Tavern/
Johnny RussellI Can Love You Enough/George Jones
TED HOCKADAYICFTK TerraceCarefree Highway/Gordon LightfootI Honestly Love You101ivia Newton -JohnOverlooked An OrchidlMikey GilleyGhost Story/Mike Graham
SPENCE CHERRIERICHCL MedleyCharted:Keep On A-Truckin7C.W. McCallWouldn't Want to LivelDon Williams
Our Summer Song1Tommy AmbroseHow the Story Ends/Ronnie MilsapPlaylisted:One Day at a TimelFliplMarilyn SellarsCountry Music Lover/Hank Williams Ir.Where Would I Be/Alan MobergThe Hill/Ray GriffPlease Don't Stop/Wagoner/Parton
PETER DA RRELLICHSC St. CatharinesHouse of Glass/A lion CapsonThe Hill/Ray GriffWindow Mannikin/Jo-Anne NewmanJapanese Gin/Dick NolanI'd Go Through ItICarroll BakerGhost Story/Mike Graham
CHARLIE RUSSELLICICI Woodstock, N.B.Charted:Words Come Easy/Flip/Mercey Bros.Bring Back Your Love/Don GibsonDrinkin' Thing/Gary StewartButterflyIDolly PartonPlaylisted:I'd Go Through ItICarroll BakerWay I'm Needing You/Marty Robbins (LP)
SPIERICIIC LangleyTake Me Home/Joe StampleyAfter the Fire/Tracey & Willie NelsonThe Great DividelRoy ClarkRoadside Tavernllohnny Russell
HELEN MOULTONICI VI VictoriaCharted:A First Time Thing/Ray PriceRamblin' Man/Waylon JenningsWoman to Woman/Tammy WynetteI See the Want To/Conway TwittyCountry Is/Tom T. HallPlaylisted:Ghost Story/Mike GrahamDoor to Heaven/Hank ThompsonI Turn the Radio On/Bill AndersonWhere'd I Come From/Bobby Bare Ir. & MamaTake Me Back/Gary MeisterI'd Go Through It/Carroll BakerLove is SimplelFamily BrownCalifornia LadylMercey Bros.Scarlet Water/Johnny DuncanShe Called Me BabylCharlie Rich
CJON St. John'sThe Great Divide/Roy ClarkAfter the FirelWillie & Tracy NelsonTrouble in ParadiselLoretta LynnBILL McGEE/CFCW Camrose(No. 1) I Wouldn't Want to LivelDon
WilliamsPlaylisted:Laugh & Cry/Shelley Brownjukebox/Jack RenoHello SummertimelBobby GoldsboroOur Love is Brighter/Vicky Leandros
DAVE SHIER/CFFM KamloopsBonaparte's Retreat/Glen CampbellI Wanna Get to You/LaCostaRamblin' Man/Waylon JenningsSmoke too Much/Kris KristoffersonWe Loved It AwayllonesIWynette
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SINGLE & ALBUM ACTIONREPORTED NATIONALLYEATONS/MONTREAL(Mrs. Charbonneau)Shot The Sheriff/Eric ClaptonCan't Get Enough/Barry WhiteHaven't Done Nothing/Stevie WonderChicago/Paper LaceRock Your Baby/George McCraeLPsSundown/Gordon LightfootLive/Marvin GayeMahogany RushGreatest Hits/Alice CooperMoontan/Golden EarringSHERMAN/MONTREAL45sShot The Sheriff/Eric ClaptonAnother Saturday Night/Cat StevensThen Came You/Warwicke & SpinnersChicago/Paper LaceSomething Good/RufusLPsCan't Get Enough/Barry WhiteOn Stage/Loggins & MessinaFullfillingness/Stevie WonderOcean Blvd/Eric ClaptonChocolate Box/Cat Stevens
INTERNATIONAL/MONTREALShot The Sheriff/Eric ClaptonChicago/Paper LaceSugar Baby Love/RubettesNothing From Nothing/Billy PrestonTes Mon Amour/Reno & FerlandLPsOcean Blvd/Eric ClaptonRock Your Baby/George McCraeBefore The Flood/Dylan & BandMarvin & DianaCan't Get Enough/Barry White
A&A/MONTREAL(Sam Schneiderman)45sShot The Sheriff/Eric ClaptonCan't Get Enough/Barry WhiteHaven't Done Nothing/Stevie WonderTes Mon Amour/Reno & FerlandChicago/Paper LaceLPsYellow Brick Road/Elton JohnOcean Blvd/Eric ClaptonRock Your Baby/George McCraeCan't Get Enough/Barry WhiteFullfillingness/Stevie WonderFirst Finale
THE BAY/MONTREALShot The Sheriff/Eric ClaptonChicago/Paper Lace
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Tes Mon Amour/Reno & FerlandSugar Baby Love/RubettesCan't Get Enough/Barry WhiteLPsCan't Get Enough/Barry WhiteFullfillingness/Stevie WonderLive/Marvin GayePaper LaceOcean Blvd/Eric ClaptonSIMPSONS/MONTREALShot The Sheriff/Eric ClaptonChicago/Paper LaceAnother Saturday Night/Cat StevensRene SimardTes Mon Amour/Reno & FerlandLPsBefore The Flood/Dylan & BandCharleboisTubular Bells/Mike OldfeildWelcome Back/Emmerson Lake & PalmerPaper Lace
MELODY LANE/HAMILTON(Earl Paikin)45sI Honestly Love You/Olivia Newton -JohnI Feel Like Makin' Love/Roberta FlackBitch is Back/Elton JohnLove Me for a Reason/OsmondsMy Melody of Love/Bobby VintonLPsNot available this week.ROBLINS/TORONTO45s(Heather Katz)I Honestly Love You/Olivia Newton -JohnAnother Saturday Night/Cat StevensTell Me Something Good/RufusYou Ain't Seen Nothing Yet/Bachman-TurnerBeach Baby/First ClassLPs(John McBride)Endless Summer/Beach BoysBack Home Again/John DenverNot Fragile/Bachman-Turner OverdriveCaribou/Elton John461 Ocean Blvd./Eric ClaptonTAY LO RS/TO RONTO(Terry Trojek)45sI Honestly Love You/Olivia Newton -JohnBitch is Back/Elton JohnYou Ain't Seen Nothing/Bachman-TurnerThen Came You/Warwick /SpinnersSweet Home Alabama/Lynyrd SkynyrdLPsCaribou/Elton JohnNot Fragile/Bachman-Turner461 Ocean Blvd./Eric ClaptonBachman -Turner Overdrive IIEndless Summer/Beach Boys
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Bright. Refreshing. A wide-eyed, up and at 'em kind of sound. That's Michael Argue's style.And that sure sounds like his great new single ''Dancing with your Lady". (CEL 2101X)
