Volume 6, No. 22

The Beatles brought the Eng-lish explosion of self-expression underthe lights and the advertisers pickedup the London Look, and Carnaby St.became the Fifth Avenue of the youngfashion world.

But before Mod hit magazinesand the streets of North America, five

MEET THE BRITISH MODBEATS. TOP (leftto right) Mike Gorgichuk is drumbeating. Leap-ing through the air is drummer Robby Jeffrey.Hand on chin Joe Colonna. Greig Foster isready to climb into the kettle as singer FraserLovemon listens in. In the next photo the boys

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In mid -January, The British Modbeats invaded Toronto's Hallmark Studiosfor an LP session. You may be meeting them here for the very first time. Let ustell you something about MOD and about The British Modbeats.

Ontario musicians had caught the mad-ness.

Before teen-agers were bornin pea jackets and bell-bottomed pants,The British Modbeats had adopted thepaisley shirts, the tight pants, theleather vests, double-brested suits,and boots.

seem to be tangled up In the many mike boomsthat are used in their session. MIDDLE. Herein a close-up look at the British Modbeats. Inthe next photo Greig decides that laying downon the job might make for a hit. BOTTOM.listening to the playback of the session are

They were a startling sensa-tion when they began in St. Catharines,Ontario, in 1963, with longer hair andwild get-ups.

But their story has grown fastin the last two years and now withperformances in every major club anddance in Ontario, they are Canada'sonly Mod band.

Larry Cooney of Image,Mel Crosby of Hallmark,Ronn Metcalfe of the Castle and producer StanKlees. In the lost photo Terry Vellum (kneelingin front of an amp) makes an adjustment forthe group as they record.

The band has broken atten-dance records at The Castle, in St.Catharines, the Tiki Club, in Brock-ville, and Club 42 in Stratford.

Last summer The British Mod -beats played all the northern resortareas, from Grand Bend to Bala andOrillia and had a fantastic fall seasonin both clubs and schools, playing fortheir summer fans.

With the release of their firstrecord, "Whatcha Gonna Do About It"and "The Price Of Love", on RedLeaf, the fan mail poured in.

Wherever the disc was playedby radio stations, letters from fanswere directed to St. Catharines. FromBritish Columbia, The Maritimes, theOttawa area and Northern Ontario,places the group had never played theresponse was, to say the least, "justjolly".

The Modbeat's own fan club inSt. Catharines boasts a continuallygrowing membership and nationalpresident Linda Johnson makes sureall the fans are filled in on the latesthappenings of the group.

A trip to England and articlesin British magazines led to the esta-blishing of a fan club across the Atlan-tic. Pictures, stories and recordskeep members in touchwith the

Twenty year old Fraser Love -man,, the vocalist of the group, is per-haps the original Mod. He has beenfollowing Mod trends since The Modsand The Rockers first battled it outon resort beaches in England. An avidreader of continental magazines andcollector of foreign records, Fraserknows what is going on long beforeNorth American fashion designerspick it up. With the longest hair, thewildest bell-bottoms and a ring onnearly every finger, he is the style -setter of the group and the focal pointof their show. He defines-Mod as,"Anything different whatever youwant to wear, however you want todance and whatever you want to do."Fraser along w ith the leader and drum-mer Robby Jeffrey, 20 lead guitaristGreig Foster, 19 bass guitarist Joe

.Colonna, 19, and rhythm guitaristMike Corgichuk, 17, live in the worldof English sound.

The British Modbeats werediscovered by Ronn Metcalfe, mana-ging director of a St. Catharines teennight club. After many successful ap-pearances in the Niagara peninsula,their popularity continued to grow.Now their movements are directed byImage Artists Representatives withLarry Cooney and Danny O'Connellhandling their bookings and as thename suggests, their "image". Theagency, which arranged their publicityand work, was responsible for direct-ing the British Modbeats to Stan Klees,of Tamarac Record Productions andtheir subsequent recording session.

Their personal manager JamesLoveman feels very strongly about thefuture and its possibilities and is allin favour of the musicians' mania withMod.

A new single is on the way,and the British Modbeats have justcompleted recording their first album.Watch for their next release.

The British Modbeats haveearned their reputation for good music,and showmanship through hard workand imagination.

by FRANCINE DRUBICK

Toronto's lucky to have theRiverboat Coffee House, where wecan hear some of the finest folkmusicacts on the North American continent.

Gordon Lightfoot is playingthe club now until the end of Januaryand I was most fortunate at getting achance to hear him at the Riverboatand to interview him later.

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Gordon has played guitar for5 years, and started writing music thefall of 1963. He has won two ASCAPAwards for his songs: "Steel RailBlues" and "Ribbon Of Darkness".His current record release "Go GoRound" is being played on many radiostations across Canada and the U.S.

Gordon's future plans are tocut an LP in New York very shortlyand then to make a concert tour of

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the Maritimes and Ontario. He willalso appear in a one man concert atToronto's Massey Hall, March 31.

Gordon has had 3 managers.The first he talked his way out of, thesecond he bought his way out of andnow his present managers are AlbertGrossman and John Court.

Anyhow, let's eavesdrop on myconversation with Gordon Lightfoot.QUESTION: Do you have to be inspir-ed to write music or do you sit downand force yourself to think about it?ANSWER: It never hits you like a boltof lightning like a lot of people think.That's just a romantic view. I have tosit down and think about it before Iwrite.QUESTION: How do you classify yoursongs?ANSWER: There ain't no label on itand there's a lot of people hard-pres-sed that want to put a label on it. It'sjust music, my music, and it doesn'tfit into any category.QUESTION: Who is the worst audienceto play for?ANSWER: Taverns and Bars. That'swhere you start. Di d you know thatHarry Belefonte used to sing at theClub Norman, here i5 years ago?QUESTION: What advice do you haveto give to aspiring young performers?ANSWER: First of all to get this busi-ness of Canada being a drag, out oftheir heads, because if somebody's gotsomething to say, it's going to beheard. You've just got to find some-

thing to say, that's all. They've alsogot to make it a 24 hour a day effortand not say things like "I'll be a tea-cher so I'll have something to f01back on." If you've got to be a per-former, do it right and do it on yourown terms, then you'll be yourself. Inthe long run it will pay off, and don'tworry about making money, worryabout being good first. Honesty isalso important.

Gordon Lightfoot is a sensi-tive man in a constant state of change,who is very concerned with his imageas a performer. He truly deserves allthe success he has received and muchmore.

MULLIGAN - FIRST CANADIANWITH MONKEE INTERVIEWRegina: CKCK's Terry David Mulliganclaims to be the first Canadian airpersonality with an interview withthe Monkees and he has a tape toprove it. Anyone wishing a copy cantake Mulligan up on his boast by send-ing him a blank tape and he will re-turn a dub to sender. Terry also dida 30 minute Christmas show withPeter Tork, his sister and brother.They sang cuts from the Monkees newLP (Mulligan sings too) sang a fewcarols and just chit-chatted in a re-laxing mood.

CKPT LISTENERS ADOPTVIETNAMESE FOSTER CHILDPeterboro: CKPT personality, ScottAlexander's "Pussycat Commandos"have adopted 7 year old Mai Thi ThuThy of South Vietnam. The money forthe project was raised through mem-bers sending in 250 to join the club.CKPT has also arranged for severalevents throughout the year to keepthe fund growing. The first of thesewas a well attended basketball gamebetween the City Police and CKPT"No Stars".

PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT SIR JOHN A RECORDSAND THEIR RELEASES.

"LOW MAN by Don Norman and the Other Four too much"John Henerson (CKWS Kingston)

"LOW MAN groups best to date, has to break"Dave Charles (CJBQ Belleville)

"Should make top 10 in Saskatchewan"Terry Mulligan (CKCK Regina)

"I will not comment until I've heard their records personally"Right Honourable John Diefenbaker (said with a chuckle)

THANKS FOR THE PLAYS FROM CFRA OTTAWA,

CJET SMITHS FALLS, CFOX MONTREAL.

MONKEES WIN WFUN'S"Boss Battle Of Year"Miami: A sixteen day competition be-tween records of The Beatles andMonkees ended with The Monkees tak-ing the honours by a wide margin.

All in all, WFUN registered102,281 votes by mail and telephone.The winners chalked up a total of65,153 with The Beatles trailing at37,128.

The winners were saluted witha special tribute broadcast over WFUNand have been invited to Miami toreceive a special award from WFUNand the thousands of Monkees fansin South Florida.

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"CHEER" - 24 HOURSFOR LEAMINGTONLeamington: CJSP has been granteda power increase to 10,000 from 1000watts, daytime only at 710 kcs. Inaddition, they'll be using the 730 kcchannel for sunset to sunrise opera-tion at 250 watts. This means theywill be changing from a daytime onlystation to 24 hour a day operation,but because of BBG rules that stipu-late that each frequency use a differ-ent set of call letters, CJSP will bedropped. In the daytime it will beCHYR and at night CHIR. So as notconfuse listeners, both call letterswill be pronounced "Cheer".

The daytime signal of "Cheer"will extend 260 miles east and westfrom Leamington. The increase inpower calls for an increase in staff.The new operation is looking for 2more on -air personalities and anothernewsman. Because of the operationgoing full power the first week inMarch, Lou Tomasi, assistant manag-er, will be accepting applicationsonly until the end of January.

Lou has also extended an in-vitation to radio stations and to Can-adian recording artists to submit con-gratulatory tapes to the station. Hesuggests the following phrases beincluded: "Cheer Radio", "CheerfulChannel Seven", "24 Hours a day"and whatever ad-libbing necessary.

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rush column and a short one. Finallygot a bit of news from Canada's Paci-fic province. It's about The PaintedShip. They come from Vancouver andare currently happening with "LittleWhite Lies" and "Frustration". BillHay is the lead vocalist and Bob

Rowden plays lead guitar. Both theseShips wrote the two songs. BarryRouden is on drums and Ken Wainplays the organ. The session wasproduced by Doug Hawthorne.

I'll .be back next week withan explanation as to why my columnwas so short.

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tiEver hear of "The Giant 0the North? That's CJKL in KirklandLake, Ontario. They also like to beknown as the "K -Elegant Voice OfThe Northland" You know how they

got these monikers? They got theright people to put their sound acrossthe airwaves. One of these top flightpersonalities is Doug Williams, oops,

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that's Bill Opdahl. Doug's real nameis Bill but because there are a coupleother Bills he came up with the han-le Doug Williams.

His interest in radio beganwhen a radio station opened up in hishometown of Fort St. John, B.C. Afterthe station had closed down for thenight he would help with odd jobs andwas even given the chance to practicein front of a mike. He spent hourstaping his voice and studying theproper voice presentation. A coupleof years later when he moved south toVictoria, and while attending schoolhere, he took a correspondence coursefrom the International School Of Show -business. After graduating from LesterPearson Secondary School in NewWestminister he took another radiocourse, this time from the NationalInstitute of Broadcasting, in Van-couver. Armed with all this talent andconfidence he went job hunting. Firstbreak came from CJDC Radio and TVin Dawson Creek. He worked the earlymorning show, early evening show,plus continuity and TV news. ThenThe chance came for him to move intothe eastern market with a job at thepowerful CJKL in Kirkland Lake,where he handles the 5 to midnightshow.

Like many other radio sta-tions and personalities, CJKL andDoug Williams (Bill Opdahl) are put-ting the Canadian message acrossin the most convenient manner pos-sible.THROUGH CANADIAN TALENT.

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STONES "A" SIDENOT FOR SASKATOONSaskatoon: The Rolling Stones newsingle "Let's Spend The Night To-gether" is being given the cold shout-er treatment at CFQC. Even thoughit is the "A" side it is not being pro-grammed on the "Walt Edwards" show.This was decided by `QC's panel onmusic. As a result "Ruby Tuesday"is being given the exposure. Initialreaction has been fair. Says WaltEdwards, "I Think the Stones haveexperienced a slight decline in theirpopularity." He also writes "Afterlistening to both sides there is nodoubt about "Night Together" beingthe side. Nevertheless, CFQC is notprogramming the "A" side". Thereason, of course, is the lyrics.

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A free trip to Expo 67 in Montreal isjust about to be pulled out of the box.Pickwick Records of Canada GeneralManager George E. Wade (right) andPaul White, National Advertising Mana-ger Capitol Records (Canada) Ltd. lookon as Jack B. Gray, Manager of theToronto Dominion Bank, pulls out thefirst entry form. Pickwick ran a threemonth consumer contest across Canadaattracting just under 12,000 entries.First prize, an all expense paid trip tothe World Fair, was won by an entrantfrom Clarkson, Ontario.

HUNGRY "I" GROUPSFEATURED ON CBC-TVWinnipeg: Frank Wiener's Hungry "I"Discotheque was the scene of severalexciting CBC-TV tapings. Hungry "I"groups, The Shondels, New Mongrelsand Many Others were each featuredin individual tapings for "Teen '67"

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Recently the NIGHT OWLplayed host to the OttawaSTACCATOS. The full houseaudiences were never so im-pressed by a group of enter-tainers before in the NIGHTOWL. We would like to ex-press our appreciation to theSTACCATOS and welcomethem to come back anytime.The STACCATOS cannothelp buthave a great success.Their talent is unbelievable.In the weeks to come we willbe featuring the "Rock ShowOF THE YEOMEN",THE EVILand a return visit from THEMANX.Since the NIGHT OWL hasbecome the entertainers club,we have had the privilege offeaturing and possibly intro-ducing many fine acts toToronto Coffee House audi-ences for the first time. Wewill continuewith this policy.CELEBRITIES at the NIGHTOWL. In the past few weekswe have had many celebritiesvisit the NIGHT OWL. Thisclub has become a gatheringplace for Toronto's musicpeople as well as the visit-ing out of tow ners.

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Mike Lais, of Toronto's Record World,has found a great increase in rhythm and bluesproduct in recent months and would like to seeRPM include a "Top Ten R&B" survey. (Ed:A survey, as well as a column is in the making)Mike also has news of the appearance of TheFugs, in Toronto Feb 13. More news to comewhen plans are finalized.

Lakehead record buyers are really get-ting behind the Guess Who single "His Girl".Janeen- Marczak, who looks after the recorddepartment at Jerome's, has sales to prove it."Georgy Girl" and Magoos' "Nothin' Yet" arealso chalking up impressive sales. The secondMonkee album is off and running. Janeen is be-ginning to get orders fa the new Beatle singlewhich won't be released until February.

Down Pointe Claire way, B. Bryansof Ted's Records & Hobbies, has "Kind Of ADrag" listed as top seller. "Someday Fool"and the flip "It's Too Late" are getting equalbilling. "Pretty Ballerina", "98.6" and theSeekers' "Georgy Girl" all get honourable men-tion. The Monkees newest LP is the big one.

Loftquist's, Bob Pennycook, reports,good Oa kv i I leaction on Revere's "G ood Thing"and Herman's "East West". "Yo -Yo" is alsolooking good. The Four Tops are still grab-bing some of the action with their "ShadowsOf Love". Coming up are Neville's "Tell It"and Eddie Floyd's "Knock On Wood". Bobexperienced a run on the Paupers single "IfI Call You By Some Name" due to their ap-pearance at the store for autograph signing onSaturday (14)

Phyllis Robert, record manager at theMelody Music Store in Sudbury, has news thatGeorge Von Zuban Jr. is now playing the or-gan and their part time employee Jack Briscoe,a drummer,will be playing at the famous BeltonHotel for 2 weeks. Local group, The Inferno 5

Plus 1 have been having a go with a numberone seller for Sudbury. It's called "I Can TakeIt". Lightfoot's "Go" and Donald Lautrec's"Hey Friend" are also showing up as Can-adians on the move. Roger Williams is stillregistering sales as is Goldsboro with his"Blue Autumn". New ones on the scene are"Green Green Grass" by Tom Jones and "LookWhat You've Done" by the Pozo Seco Singers.Monkees, Mama's & Papa's, Dr. Zhivago, RayConiff Singers, Dean Martin and Herb Alpertare all top sellers in the album field, and inthat order.

The House Of Sounds, down Kingstonway, has the Yardbirds' "Happenings" andanother Capitol group, The Hollies with their"Stop" as top sellers. Steve Berofe also lists"I Need Somebody" and "Where Will TheWords Come From" as big sellers as well.The Paupers played a local high school withpopular CKLC radio personality Gary Parr em-ceeing. The show was a sellout and the nextday their record"If I Call You By Some Name"was also a sellout item. Toronto's StormyClovers did well at a formal at Queens U. TheDucks new album hasn't started to move yetbut Steve has confidence of its happening.

There's a group of Kenyattan Air Forcetypes on course at Camp Borden and they havebeen advised that they may transport as muchas they can carry, duty free, on their returntrip. Being as Sammy Davis and Nat Cole LPssell for up to $17. apiece, Misener's RecordBar, in Alliston, has had a run on album sales.The Paupers are showing exceptional actionas are The Stitch and Ducks. The Ragged Edgeappeared at a gig at the Arena and barely gotout with all their clothes. Alliston and areateeners have continually shown a fantasticinterest in Canadian talent both on wax and onstage.

BURTON FELLOWSHIPGOAL $100,000A fellowship to honour the memory ofthe late Judge Robert J. Burton, inthe amount of $1000,000 is the goal ofthe Burton committee, who have setMarch 21 as the date for a $50 a platedinner and dance to be held at theAmericana Hotel in New York.

There is room for 2000 guestsand initial reaction already indicatesa sellout for the affair. The annualinterest from the fund will be used toestablish a fellowship at ColumbiaUniversity for a worthy student spe-cializing in research in copyright orrelated areas of law.

MARGARET WHITING"Comeback Star Of Year"The London single "Wheel Of Hurt"brought Maggie Whiting back into re-cord prominence. Her album has beenone of the label's sales leaders forthe month of January. Much of the suc-cess is due Miss Whiting's nation-widepromotion tour and subsequent tele-vision appearances, the biggest be-ing the Mery Griffith's show. A strongfollow-up single to "Hurt" is to bereleased the latter part of January.

"NEVER TO LEAVE"GIANT IN OKANAGANVernon: One of the most requested re-cords at CJIB is the Two Bits entryof "Never To Leave", on the Vantownlabel. This Vancouver group has beencapturing a great deal of action onthe coast as well as in the interiorwith their first outing, which is be-ing distributed by Arc. Says Jim Yountof CJIB "looks like this is going tobe another great Canadian smash."

FOUR CANADIAN SINGLESCHARTED AT CJCAEdmonton: CJCA's "Fab Forty" givesa 10% listing to Canadian efforts.Topping off the group at No. 3 is"Cry Baby" by Lennie Richards andThe Nomads on the hot new Damonlabel. Barry Allen's Capitol single"Armful Of Teddybears" has movedup into No. 6 position and looks likeit could make it all the way to thetop. Lightfoot's ' "Go Go Round",which was a "pick" moves into theNo. 23 position. The big Canadiangroup, The Guess Who, have capturedNo. 40 spot with their Quality single,"His Girl".

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"TOP 58" GETSREST AT CKPRThe Lakehead: A change in the musicpolicy at CKPR gives a rest to theTop 58 during the early daytime hours.From 6 AM to 3:30 PM the stationgoes with GMP and then BossmanDuane Charles sounds off with the"Boss 20" countdown from 3:30 to4PM. Bossman Rick Honey then takesover until 8 PM and D.J. Bums takesit till Midnite. New all-nite Bossmanis Rick Hamilton, newly arrived fromtheir sister station, CJRL, in Kenora.

Russ Simpson kicks the dayoff with his morning show 6 to 9 AM,followed by a talk show with JerryIsherwood until 10 AM when JohnMurphy moves in until noon. DuaneCharles goes with the easy listeninguntil 3:30 PM when he catches theschool crowd on their way home.

All radio personalities atCKPR have been dubbed "Bossmen"and their survey is now known as"The Boss Chart".

HOLIFF NAMES MOELLERTO BOOK CASHNashville: Saul Holiff, personal man-ager of Johnny Cash, and who makeshis home in London, Ontario, has nam-ed Moeller Talent Inc., as exclusiverepresentatives of the "Johnny CashShow" for fair and rodeo bookingsduring the months of July, August andSeptember of 1967 as well as seperatebooking engagements wherein Cashwill receive "the largest single mone-tary guarantee in the history of counttry music for a one -day engagement."

HARRIET WASSER TOPROMOTE FOUR COINSNew York: Well known gal -around -NewYork -music, Harriet Wasser, will beworking closely with Columbia Re-cords in the promotion of the FourCoins. Columbia are apparently veryexcited about the comeback of thegroup and promises an all out promo-tion campaign on their first releasefor the label. This time around theysinger in a contemporary bag, assistedby exceptional Herb Bernstein arrange-ments.

DEAN HAGOPIAN MEETSWITH MONKEES PRODUCERMontreal: Dean Hagopian, well knowntelevision and radio personality(CFOXand CBMT) has left for New York and'a sit-in session with Jeff Barry, pro-ducer of hits for the Monkees, Jayand the Americans and McCoys. Thesession that Hagopian will sit in onis one by the Monkees. Hagopian hashad much success with the productionof Canadian singles (M.G. and TheEscorts, The Rabble, Humdingers andthe Jeff Brown Quartet) and the fewpointers he will be able to pick upfrom Barry will assist him greatly onfuture productions.

CHARLIE WATTS TURNSAUTHOR -CARTOONISTRolling Stones' drummer, Charlie Wattswould appear to be stepping into anew dimension. Although he has writ-ten two books which contained car-toon drawings of his own, his newtalents only came to light with thedisclosure that Watts had actually de-signed and executed the backlinercartoon illustrations and captions onthe soon to be released new Stones'album.

One of the books that Wattshad written is titled "Ode To A High-flying Bird" which traced the careerof Charles Christopher "Yardbird""Bird" Parker from the success ofKansas City to his death in NYC. Theother book is "The Zoo Of Flags"which contains colour drawings ofanimals from all over the world, withrhyming couplets for each. Both booksare expected to be published in theU.S. and Canada by early Spring.

SPICE ARRANGEMENTSFOR CABOT'S ALBUMMGM Records is doing an all out pro-motion on Sebastian Cabot's "AndMostly They Sing". Irving Spice waschosen to write the arrangements forCabot's forthcoming LP because ofthe beautiful charts he wrote for thePhilips LP. "The Immortal Songs OfBob Dylan".

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8 10 THE MAMA'S & PAPA'SMama's & Papa's -DunhillD 50010 DS 50010

9 7 JE M'APPELLE BARBRABarbra Streisand-ColumbiaCL 2547 CS 9347

10 9 PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY & THYMESimon & Garfunkle-ColumbiaCL 2563 CS 9363

11 12 HUMS OF THE LOVIN' SPOONFULLovin' Spoonful -Kama SutraKLP 8054 KLPS 8054

12 11 GOING PLACESHerb Alpert-A&MLP 112 SP 4112

13 14 WHAT NOW MY LOVEHerb A Ipert-A&MLP 114 SP 4114

14 20 THE BEST OF HERMAN'S HERMITSHerman's Hermits -MGME 4315 SE 4315

15 22 BEST OF THE ANIMALSAnimals -MGME 4324 SE 4324

16 16 THE BEST OF THE LETTERMENLettermen -CapitolT 2554 ST 2554

17 17 SUPREMES A -GO-GOSupremes-MotownM 649 S 649

18 13 SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL '66Sergio Mendes-A&MLP 116 SP 4116

19 19 GOLDEN GREATS OF GARY LEWISGary Lewis -LibertyLRP 3468 LST 7468

20 15 SOMEWHERE MY LOVERay Coniff Singers -ColumbiaCL 2519 CS 9319

21 18 WHIPPED CREAM AND OTHERHerb Alpert-A&MLP 110 SP 110

22 --- THAT'S LIFEFrank Sinatra -RepriseF 1020 FS 1020

23 ---SPIRIT OF '67Paul Revere -ColumbiaCL 2595 CS 9395

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3 5 TAKE THIS HEART OF MINEOdie Workman -Spartan

4 3 WHY CAN'T HE BE YOUDiane Leigh -Capitol

5 4 CHEW TOBACCO ROADIrwin Prescott -Melbourne

6 6 LOVING DAYJohnny Burke -Columbia

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Record Store and Disc Jockey reports.

1 1 3 SNOOPY VS THE RED BARONRoyal Guardsmen -Laurie -3366-M

2 2 3 I'M A BELIEVERMonkees-Colgems-1002-N

3 6 22 GOOD THINGRevere/Raiders-Columbia-43907-H

4 3 6 WORDS OF LOVEMama's & Papa's-Sunhill-4057-N

5 14 34 GEORGY GIRLSeekers -Capitol -5756-F

6 17 37 NASHVILLE CATSLavin' Spoonful -Kama Sutra -219-M

7 15 30 TELL IT TO THE RAIN4 Seasons -Philips -40412-K

8 11 29 I'VE PASSED THIS WAY BEFOREJimmy Ruffin -Soul -35027-L

9 12 33WHERE WILL...WORDS COME FROMGary Lewis -Liberty -5593-K

10 25 38 WE AIN'T GOT NOTHING YETBlues Mogoos-Mercury-72622-K

11 27 43 STANDING...SHADOW OF LOVEFour Tops -Motown -1 102-L

12 28 47 98.6Keith -Mercury -72639-K

13 9 23 EAST WESTHerman's Hermits -MGM -1854-M

14 4 8 TALK TALK

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Music Machine-Reo-8971-M3 48 KNIGHT IN RUSTY ARMOUR*

Peter & Gordon -Capitol -5808-F16 34 50 COLOUR MY WORLD

Petula Clark-WB-5882-J17 7 3 MELLOW YELLOW

Donovan -Epic -10098-H18 5 9 SINGLE GIRL

Sandy Posey -MGM -13612-M19 8 4 MUSTANG SALLY

Wilson Pickett -Atlantic -2365-M 20 45 65 HOW DO YOU CATCH A GIRL

Sam The Sham -MGM -3649-M 21 37 51 BLUE AUTUMN

Bobby Goldsboro-UA-50087-J 22 43 64 IT'S NOW WINTER'S DAY

Tommy Roe -Spartan -1564-0

23 10 5 SUGAR TOWNNancy Sinatra -Reprise -527-J

24 13 10 THAT'S LIFEFrank Sinatra -Reprise -531-J

25 26 26 HELP ME GIRLOutsiders -Capitol -5759-FEric Burdon-MGM-13636-M

26 16 7 A PLACE IN THE SUNStevie Wonder-Tamla-54139-L

27 19 11 CRYRonnie Dove -Apex -77021-J

28 40 58 TELL IT AS IT ISAaron Neville -Columbia -C4-2734

29 42 49 DEADEND STREETKinks-Pye-813-C

30 47 53 STAND BY MESpyder Turner -MGM -13617-M

31 24 18 WINCHESTER CATHEDRALNew Vaudeville Band -Fontana -1562-K

Dana Rollins -Capitol -72425-F32 32 42 I FOOLED YOU THIS TIME

Gene Chandler -Checker -1155-L33 35 35 THERE'S GOT TO BE A WORD

Innocence -Kama Sutra -214-M

PALMARES DE LA SEMAINE

1 1 GUANTANAMERAClaude Sorel -Jupiter -1073

2 2 J'Al ENTENDU LA MERChristophe-AZ-4341

3 3 EVEFrank Alamo -Riviera -147

4 4 TU ME REVIENSAdamo-Pathe-638

5 6 JE SERAI LAMichele R ichard-TC 3190

6 7 MA CASQUETTEDany Aube -VD -3031

7 8 JE SUIS ANGLAISHerman's Hermits-Solfege-1837

8 9 PERSONNE NE VEUT MOURIRPetula Clark -Vogue -4253

9 5 JE LES AIME TANTPierre Lalonde -DP -4705

10 10 RENDEZ-VOUS ORBITALClaude Righi-Riviera-150

11 11 APPRENDS-MOI A T'OUBLIERNerve Vilard-Mercury-154056

12 13 REVIENS-MOlDick Rivers-Pathe-648

13 15 TENEZ-VOUS BIENAdamo-Pathe-654

14 -- CELINEHugues Aufray-Bar-229

15 -- LES PLAY BOYSJacques Dutronc-Vogue-4255

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34 38 52 GOODNIGHT MY LOVEHappenings- Barry -3455-M

35 36 32 TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESSOtis Redding -Volt -141-M

36 39 57 I (Who Have Nothing)Terry Knight -Barry -3448-M

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37 50 68 HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAMElectric Prunes -Reprise -532-J

38 31 31 HAPPENINGS TEN YEARS TIMEYardbirds-Capitol-72423-F

39 52 72 GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOMETom Jones -Parrot -40009-K

40 41 39 IT'S NOT FUNNY HONEYBobby Curtola-Tartan-1034-C

41 44 44 IN A MINUTE OR TWODee/Yeomen-Reo-8966-M

42 46 52 IF I CALL YOU BY SOME NAMEPaupers -Verve 'Folkways -5033-G

43 53 86 A LITTLE BIT OF OH YEAHMartin Martin-Rca-3407-N

44 67 87 HELLO HELLOSopwith Camel -Kama Sutra -217-M

45 69 79 ANOTHER NIGHTDianne Warwick -Scepter -1218-M

46 74 96 KIND OF A DRAGBuckinghams-USA-860-M

47 48 56 MULTITUDE OF SINSEsquires -Columbia -2705-H

- 48 61 83 PAPA WAS TOOJoe Tex -Dial -4051-K

49 62 97 HANG ON TO ME NOW BABYLynda Layne -Red Leaf -627-C,

50 72 82 MUSIC TO WATCH GIRLS BYAl Hirt-Rca-9060-NCrewe Generation-Dynovoice-229-M

51 66 72 LET THE GOOD TIMES INDean Martin -Reprise -538-J

52 82 ---- WILD THINGSenator Bobby -Parkway -127-M

53 71 88 PRETTY BALERINALeft Banke-Smash-2074-K

54 54 71 LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONEPozo Seco Singers -Columbia -43927-H

55 GIMME SOME LOVIN'Spencer Davis Group -Stone -703-0

56 59 74 KARATEEmperors-Mala-534-M

57 60 69 WACK WACKYoung Holt -Trio -Brunswick -55305-J

58 64 ---- ARMFUL OF TEDDYBEARSBarry Allen -Capitol -72430-F

59 63 80 I'M GONNA MISS YOUAr tistics- Brunswick- 55301-J

60 66 78 POOR OLD WORLDPaul Anka-Rca-9032-N

61 56 59 LET'S RUN AWAYStaccatos -Capitol -72395-F

62 57 46 AND SHE'S MINEGuess Who -Quality -1832-M

63 49 55 I THINK OF HERJaybees-Rca-9001-N

64 65 73 COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWNRoy Orbison-MGM-13634-M

'55 87 ---- BRING IT UPJames Brown -King -6071-L

66 58 41 MERCY MR. PERCYCaesar /Consuls -Columbia -2603-H

BROCKVILLE AND BELLEVILLEKON-TIKI CLUBS FLOURISHBelleville: Angelo Brunet, heading upone of the most successful teen op-erations in eastern Ontario, The Kon-tiki Club, has extended his brain-child, westward to the Belleville area.The teen complex, also called TheKon-tiki Club, experienced a fantas-tic opening and has already been dub-bed "The best thing to happen to theQuinte teener".

Located in Belleville's mostmodern shopping centre,the club fea-tures a rock room for under 18 and acozy lighted ballroom for the over 18set. There is also snack bar facilitiesand a penny arcade with pool tablesand slot games. The club is open 6nights a week and features the bestin available Canadian talent. Enter-tainment for the opening bash washandled by The Stampeders with the"voice of the Quinte teens", DaveCharles (CJBQ)hosting the giant gig.

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67 91 ---- I'VE GOT TO HAVE A REASONDave Clark Five -Capitol -72443-F

68 68 70 BABY WHAT I MEANDrifters -Atlantic- 2366-M

69 95 ---- MERCY MERCY MERCYCannonball Adderley-Capitol-5798-F

70 70 75 ARE YOU LONELY FOR MEFreddie Scott -Shout -207-C

71 73 94 GRIZZLY BEARYoungbloods-Rca-9015-N

72 90 ---- JUNGLE SUNLuvin' Kind -Columbia -2722-H

73 99 ---- RIDE RIDE RIDEBrenda Lee-Decca-32079-J

74 76 81 YOU GOT ME HUMMIN'Sam & Dave-Stax-204-M

75 77 85 ANY OTHER WAYJackie Shane -Sue -776-G

76 80 84 JUST ONE SMILEGene Pitney -Columbia -1219

77 81 95 WISH ME A RAINBOWGunther Kallman Chrs-4 Crnrs-138

78 79 89 GREEN PLEASURE MACHINEGerry/Pacemakers-Capitol-72439-F

79 92 100 I TAKE IT BACKShondels-Columbio-2717-H

80 LOVE MEBobby Hebb -Philips -40421-K

81 84 93 I DIG GIRLSJ.J.Jackson-Allied 6348-C

82 86 91 GALLANT MENSenator Dirksen-Capitol-5085-F

83 THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOOD..Casinos -Barry - 3457-M

84 83 92 DAYTRIPPERRamsey Lewis -Cadet -13477-L

GO GO ROUNDGordon Lightfoot-UA-50114-JTHE BEAT GOES ONSonny & Cher-Atco-6461-K

87 ---- LEROY YOUR MOTHER'S CALLINGJimmy Castor -Smash -2069-M

88 ---- HIS GIRLGuess Who -Quality -1863-M

89 88 98 JUST IN CASEUgly Ducklings -Yorktown -45003-F

90 96 WHAT WOULD I BEVal Doonican-Press-5008-KDANGER SHE'S A STRANGER5 Stairsteps-Reo-8977-MTHERE'S A PAIN IN MY HEARTThe Poppies -Epic -10086-H

93 98 ---- I GOT TO GO BACKMcCoys -Bang -638-C

94 97 ---- BEND ITDDDBM&T-Fontana-15,59-K

NIKI HOEKYP.J.Proby-Liberty-55936-K

---- LITTLE BLACK EGGNightcrawlers-Kapp-709-L

---- LET'S SPEND..TOGETHERRolling Stones -London -904-K

98 100 ---- SPOOKYMike Sharpe -Liberty -55922-K

---- GREAT NAME DROPPERLegion of Super Heroes -Amy -971-M

100 ---- PEOPLE LIKE YOUEddie Fisher-Rca-9070-N

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1 1 IT'S NOT FUNNY HONEYBobby Curtola-Tartan-1034-C

2 3 IF I CALL YOU BY SOME NAMEPaupers-Verve/F olkways-5033-G

3 2 IN A MINUTE OR TWODee/Yeomen-Reo-8966-M

4 4 MULTITUDE OF SINSEsq uires-Columbia-2705-H

5 7 LET'S RUN AWAYStaccatos -Capitol -72395-F

6 11 ARMFUL OF TEDDY BEARSBarry Allen -Capitol -72430-F

7 10 HANG ON TO ME NOW BABYLynda Layne -Red Leaf -627-G

8 18 HIS GIRLGuess Who -Quality -1863-M

9 6 A LITTLE BIT OF OH YEAHMartin Martin-Rca-3407-N

10 17 GO GO ROUNDGordon Lightfoot-UA-50114-J

11 5 1 THINK OF HERJaybees -Rca-9001-N

12 15 THAT JUNGLE SUNLuvin Kind -Columbia -2722-H

13 16 I TAKE IT BACKShondels-Columbia-2717-H

14 19 GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFEStitch In Tyme-Yorkville-45001-D

13 8 AND SHE'S MINEGuess Who -Quality -1832-M

16 20 CRY BABYLennie R ichards/Nomads -Damon-001-J

17 12 JUST IN CASEUgly Ducklings -Yorktown -45003-F

18 13 LOVE'S JUST A BROKEN HEARTBritish Modbeots-Red Leaf -624-G

9 8 THREE PLAYS FORA QUARTERRalph Carlson -Melbourne

10 10 LONE STAR RAGFrankie Rodgers -Apex

19 --- GIRL IN THE WINDOWEternals-Quality-1856

20 9 MERCY MR. PERCYCaesar/Cons uls-Columbia-2703-H

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WHILE IT WAS NICE tohear from disc jockeys and recordpeople, I am now drawing a great dealof mail from the teenaboppers. I feelthat I should make some comment, andit is this. THIS COLUMN is not an"advice to lovelorn and teenagers introuble column", and you kids willjust have to stop writing about yourproblems to me. This is a very im-portant column, and I can't wastespace answering your questions. (E d:Please madam, you're spoiling the im-age of the magazine!) HOWEVER....Afew of these letters have been veryinteresting, and I find that I can twistthem around to serve my own purpose,so I will, from time to time, answer aFEW in my column. Miss R.G. writes,"Why don't Canadian radio stationsplay more Canadian records?" Shegoes on to tell me how her favouritegroup recorded, and when the recordcame out, the radio stations wouldn'tplay it. MY ANSWER!!! What's NEW...

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I know that many young peopleare looking for a. Centennial project.Why not organize a "Boost CanadianTalent" campaign and start writingletters to the BBG. You just mightget some action.

I HAVE BEEN TOLD thatBelleville and Brockville are gettingonly the very best Canadian groupsavailable. If you want to see talentat its finest. You can depend on theBelleville and Brockville Kon-tikiclubs. If you want to know who thereal WINNERS are, then check andbook the groups that play Bellevilleand Brockville. Any group that doesn'tplay Belleville and Brockville justisn't worthy of being called a TOPGROUP!!!!

I HAVE BEEN TOLD thsI am not to review or hype singles imy column. I have been reminded thfRPM does not pick or review recordsTHEREFORE (and keeping that i

mind) I would like to say that the neStitch In Tyme record is one of tlbest records of its kind I have heain a long time. I think that this yesion of this tune (and right off tiBeatle LP too) isn't as good as theBeatles, but is still an excellent re-cord that should be played by everyradio station in Canada. That is myown opinion, and no matter what thepolicy of RPM may be, I am endorsingthe airplay of this record. I suggestthat if a station is not playing thisrecord, they should dust off their copyand give it another listen. This re-cord's a MUST. It is on the Yorkvillelabel (named after Canada's bestknown village, in Toronto) and promocopies are available from Arc Records.The name of the record is "Got ToGet You Into My Life" by the StitchIn Tyme.

WHILE I'M AT IT Afterreading the item in last weeks RPMabout the Guess Who internationalsuccess, I gave "His Girl" anotherlisten, and I think this one could bea winner for this group. The GuessWho we, gettingrnhAVAOSSACEngland and throughout the world. Agreat deal of the credit should go toBob Burns who so aptly handles theiraffairs.

IS IT TRUE that a Can-adian label is going to be acceleratedinto an international GREAT? Therumour is that the NEW money isCANADIAN. I will keep you posted.(Ed: Do that!)

THE STACCATOS preview-ed their newest release for some peo-ple recently, and I got a report backthat "Single Man" will be a TOPTEN record. Everywhere you go theyare talking about the Staccatos. I justdon't believe a group can be THATgreat! (Ed: Believe it, or better stillreserve your comment till you seethem.)

AREN'T YOU EXCITEDthe RPM Awards issue? It is theNEXT RPM that will tell us who allthe winners are. I think that many ofthe catagories will be a close race,but one thing I can assure you of. Thetabulation of the votes will be 100%ACCURATE. There isn't any doubtin my mind that Old Ed: will personal-ly supervise all the returns to makesure that there are no clerical errorsin such a close contest! (Ed: We doour best, Ellie.)

GIGMOBILE BUSINESS FLOURISHESToronto: Akron Express has had avery good year in transporting groupsand their equipment to and from gigs.Many of the groups have -taken advan-tage of the "personalized chauffeur"firm and have even commissionedAkron to deliver them as far as NewLiskeard, Ottawa, and many otheroutside points.

The Stitch In Tyme have beenconstant users of these facilities forgigs in and around Toronto. Othergroups using Akron are E.G. Smithand The Express and Blues Councils.

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Well, I'm just so excited aboutresponse to the Odie Workman single,"Take This Heart Of Mine" that Iasked Cousin Ed: if I could devotemy whole column to Odie and his pro-ducer Bruce Shaver. First off I wantto let you see a few of the Sounding

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Board forms that were returned.AL HEBERT-CKBC-Bathurst"Our pick to click, in country music."DOUG HOBBS-CKOX-Woodstock"This record has a true country sound. Withairplay in the right places it should do well."STEVE GLEN-CHOK-Sarnia"The record has been on OK's top fifteenchart for the post four weeks and has beengetting tremendous response. Definitely a re-cord that will hit top Canadian charts."

It all started for Odie when apromoter of smaller artists and labels,Bruce Shaver, cottoned to Odie's tal-ents and decided to take him underhis wing and record him professional-ly. So off they went to Nashville andStarday Studios where Odie mixed wellwith the great talents of Tommy Hilland the Starday musicians. First re-lease for Odie was "Jacka Built AHouse" on Bison Records, a labelowned by Bruce. The reaction acrossthe country was favourable and servedto set Odie up for a much larger re-sponse to his release "Take ThisHeart Of Mine", this time on theSparton label.

It's been a long haul for BruceShaver, who was born on a wheat farmin Alberta and was practically bornwith a love for country music. Brucenow lives in Aylmer, Ontario and hisone great desire is to see country mu-sic, become more a part of Canadianlife. Bruce is always on the lookoutfor new Canadian country talent togive a boost up the ladder of success.

PROPHETS HEADLINE FORTCAMPBELL SHOWFt. Campbell Kentucky: The Prophets,America's top gospel -rock group, re-cently headlined a spectacular twohour show at Fort Campbell's WilsonTheatre. This is a first for gospelmusic at an army base. Negotiationswere made by Prophet's manager BuzWilburn, Chaplain and Special Ser-vices of the army. The audience in-cluded recruit, career soldiers, armyfamilies, military civilians and battleweary troops just returned from thefront lines in Viet Nam.

The Celestials, an all girlgroup from Lexington, provided thefeminine charm for the show.

The Prophets and Chaplain Curt Bowers visitwounded troops just returned from Viet Nam inthe critical wards at Ft. Campbell's base hos-pital. Because many of the troopscouldn't make it to the theatre, theProphets and Celestials made a tourof the critical wards and did much toraise the moral of the wounded.

ETERNALS TO TOURCANADASault Ste. Marie: Ron Paley of thepopular Winnipeg group, The Eternals,dropped into the CJIC studios for achit-chat with Norm Blakely. Thegroup has been having a great dealof success with their Quality releaseof "Girl In The Window". During theinterview it was disclosed that thegroup had spent months planning aproduction number out of their "BornOf Hate" which turned out to be the"B" side. "Window" was just some-thing they had dashed together on alast minute notice.

Their first stop in easternOntario was at the famous Kon-tikiClub in Brockville, where they wentover so big they have been asked toreturn as soon as possible. They arepresently on a run of one -niters thatwill put them in the Lakehead earlyih February for a show with PaulRevere and The Raiders.

CFQC TO SENDREPS TO EXPOSaskatoon: Radio station CFQC isin the midst of arranging an array ofCentennial events for the coming year.The most important of these is an ex-clusive broadcast from Expo on July8 (Saskatchewan Day) by Denny Carrand Wally Stambuck. Morning men Wal-N-Den will precede this event whenthe appear at Expo in May.

CKDM MARKSMENSET FOR BIG YEARDauphin: The CKDM Marksmen chalk-ed up an impressive year for 1966with tours of Manitoba and Saskatche-wan which ended with one of the big-gest shows ever presented at theTown Hall.

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