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"DOCTOR ZHIVAGO" PICKS UPOUTSTANDING SALES AWARDCanadian sales for the MGM album"Doctor Zhivago" resulted in QualityRecords presenting MGM Recordswith an Award for "outstanding salesachieved".

The above photo shows Mr.Lee Farley (right), general salesmanager, Quality Records, presentingthe Award on behalf of MGM Records

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Toronto: Two very important figureson the entertainment scene are caus-ing a stir in many areas of showbusi-ness, and if you haven't heard thenames Robert H. Herrman and Rad-cliffe S. Weaver, you will, and verysoon.

This week this winning team,who as co -producers of the GardenCentre Theatre in Vineland Station,Ontario, have made a great successof summer theatre, now enter therecord business with a new company,Canamyth Records.

The first release from Cana -myth was previewed recently and thenovel approach to Canadian mythologyand the top rank crew that are look-ing after the creative end of Canamythassure Messers Herrman and Weaverof success. These gentlemen arekeeping a few things secret and ru-mour has it that records aren't theironly interest.

One of the first releases,"Ogopogo", the famous OkanaganLake monster of B.C. and "TheOokpik Song" which tells the storyof the now internationally famousArctic owl, features Greg Hambleton.The deck was produced by Stan Kleesand arranged by Ben McPeek with afull compliment of the top youngmusicians in Canada backing up Greg.The sides were cut at Sound Canada'sDon Mills studios.

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ICKENS?To be classified as "unique", one must be "rare or unusual" or "having no like or equal". One evening with

The Dickens is convincing enough to categorize them as "unique". They are beyond a doubt, the most unusual andby far, the most entertaining collection of talented musicians and singers in Canada today. It might also be said that they

have "no equal" in North America and will no doubt capture this market with their upcoming record releases.

To describe in detail theactions of The Dickens would be likecomparing them to a very funny car-toon or comic strip. From the timethey thread their way through theaudience on the way to the stage,and begin to tune up (they make somuch noise you'd think they were awhole symphony orchestra) until they

hit that first note, the attention of theaudience is on their every move.With the completion of their firstnumber, which is usually an original,the audience is anxiously awaitingfor the next and the next and so on.Although they only break for a fewminutes it's almost too long for theaudience to bear. They've had their

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CKXL ASSISTS IN SELECTING MISS SIXTEEN OF CALGARY

Calgary: CKXL has just completedthe first annual Miss 16 of Calgarycompetition. From the many thou-sands of photographs submitted tothe station by Calgary residents be -

Miss Calgary 16 - Cheryl Elaine Mrs

tween the ages of 13 and 16, tenwere selected as semi-finalists. ThePurple Pussycat Shop at Eaton'sDepartment store was the next stopfor the semi -judging where the fieldwas narrowed to five beauties.

Saturday April 1st., the finaljudging took place and Cheryl ElaineBefus was named Miss 16 of Calgary.Judges were Johnny Guldner, managerof Tourism for the Calgary Tourist:nd Convention Association: Mrs.

Buhr, manager of the Purple PussycatShop and CKXL's Dave Lyman andDon Lloyd.

Miss Befus won a host ofprizes, including a wardrobe, recordplayer, radio and a ski weekend inBanff. She is now eligible to partici-pate in the Miss 16 of America contest.

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tirst taste of The Dickens ;.,nd theywant more.

Zak, she's the gal, is a com-bination of Streisand and all the topcanaries of the pop field. Besidesher voice, which is indescribablyunique, she offers her talents as atambourine shaker, a humazoo hum-mer and twangs out a mean sound onan auto -harp that looks like a barbe-cue stand. Ian Craig, who plays leadguitar and the humazoo, wouldn't takeany firsts for being a smiler but hesure knows how to plunk out a tuneand he takes his turn at singing aswell. Oh, he smiles the odd timewhen he catches Zak giving him aboo. Jim Ackroyd has a knack (that'swhat they used to be called) of mov-ing himself and his long necked bassback and forth between the equipmentand mikes that kinda keeps you onedge. lie spends so much time dodg-ing in and around the drummer you'dalmost think he was playing one ofthe drums. Jim sings, writes and ispretty good on the humazoo. Nowabout that drummer. John Lyons justdoesn't come off as the polished andtalented looking drummer type. Eachset looks like it's his first time onstage, but that's where looks deceive.Juiia is probably one of the mostimaginative drummers on the scene.He's one of those hard to find typedrummers that's able to turn off andturn on. John does his bit as a singeras well.

The Dickens are also moviestars. They've just completed writingthe music score for a movie called"Jenny" which is the title of theirfirst record release, expected on themarket in the next few weeks. A fif-teen minute segment of this film,titled "This Sort Of Life" which isalso the title of a song they hope towax soon, will be shown on the CBC-TV network in June. The Dickensare featured prominently in "Life".

Well, that's Zak, Ian, Jim andJohn and they're known as TheDickens and they've got the sound,the looks, and the determination tobecome the most talked about groupin North America.

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Apr 17 - 29Sandler & Young - Royal York HotelTorontoApr 29

White Heather Show TrailApr 29

Magic Cycle - Club 42 - StratfordApr 29Red Army Chorus Arena - VictoriaMay 1 - 2White Heather Show - VictoriaMay 1 - 2 - 3

Red Army Chorus -Jubilee AuditoriumEdmontonMay 6

Red Army Chorus -Arena Fort WilliamMay 7 - 13

Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian Pavilion ExpoMay 8 - 13Red Army Chorus O'Keefe CentreTorontoMay 15

Red Army Chorus Place des ArtsMontreal

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"DOCTOR ZHIVAGO" PICKS UPOUTSTANDING SALES AWARDCanadian sales for the MGM album"Doctor Zhivago" resulted in QualityRecords presenting MGM Recordswith an Award for "outstanding salesachieved".

The above photo shows Mr.Lee Farley (right), general salesmanager, Quality Records, presentingthe Award on behalf of MGM Records

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Quality. George Struth, Quality'sproduction co-ordinator, looks on.

HERRMAN & WEAVER BOW

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Toronto: Two very important figureson the entertainment scene are caus-ing a stir in many areas of showbusi-ness, and if you haven't heard thenames Robert H. Herrman and Rad-cliffe S. Weaver, you will, and verysoon.

This week this winning team,who as co -producers of the GardenCentre Theatre in Vineland Station,Ontario, have made a great successof summer theatre, now enter therecord business with a new company,Canamyth Records.

The first release from Cana -myth was previewed recently and thenovel approach to Canadian mythologyand the top rank crew that are look-ing after the creative end of Canamythassure Messers Herrman and Weaverof success. These gentlemen arekeeping a few things secret and ru-mour has it that records aren't theironly interest.

One of the first releases,"Ogopogo", the famous OkanaganLake monster of B.C. and "TheOokpik Song" which tells the storyof the now internationally famousArctic owl, features Greg Hambleton.The deck was produced by Stan Kleesand arranged by Ben McPeek with afull compliment of the top youngmusicians in Canada backing up Greg.The sides were cut at Sound Canada'sDon Mills studios.

The series has been designedfor top forty programming.

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WHAT........THE DICKENS?To be classified as "unique", one must be "rare or unusual" or "having no like or equal". One evening with

The Dickens is convincing enough to categorize them as "unique". They are beyond a doubt, the most unusual andby far, the most entertaining collection of talented musicians and singers in Canada today. it might also be said that they

have "no equal" in North America and will no doubt capture this market with their upcoming record releases.

To describe in detail theactions of The Dickens would be likecomparing them to a very funny car-toon or comic strip. From the timethey thread their way through theaudience on the way to the stage,and begin to tune up (they make somuch noise you'd think they were awhole symphony orchestra) until they

hit that first note, the attention of theaudience is on their every move.With the completion of their firstnumber, which is usually an original,the audience is anxiously awaitingfor the next and the next and so on.Although they only break for a fewminutes it's almost too long for theaudience to bear. They've had their

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first taste of The Dickens and theywant more.

Zak, she's the gal, is a com-bination of Streisand and all the topcanaries of the pop field. Besidesher voice, which is indescribablyunique, she offers her talents as atambourine shaker, a humazoo hum-mer and twangs out a mean sound onan auto -harp that looks like a barbe-cue stand. Ian Craig, who plays leadguitar and the humazoo, wouldn't takeany firsts for being a smiler but hesure knows how to plunk out a tuneand he takes his turn at singing aswell. Oh, he smiles the odd timewhen he catches Zak giving him aboo. Jim Ackroyd has a knack (that'swhat they used to be called) of mov-ing himself and his long necked bassback and forth between the equipmentand mikes that kinda keeps you onedge. He spends so much time dodg-ing in and around the drummer you'dalmost think he was playing one ofthe drums. Jim sings, writes arid ispretty good on the humazoo. Nowabout that drummer. John Lyons justdoesn't come off as the polished andtalented looking drummer type. Eachset looks like it's his first time onstage, but that's where looks deceive.John is probably one of the mostimaginative drummers on the scene.He's one of those hard to find typedrummers that's able to turn off andturn on. John does his bit as a singeras well.

The Dickens are also moviestars. They've just completed writingthe music score for a movie called"Jenny" which is the title of theirfirst record release, expected on themarket in the next few weeks. A fif-teen minute segment of this film,titled "This Sort Of Life" which isalso the title of a song they hope towax soon, will be shown on the CBC-TV network in June. The Dickensare featured prominently in "Life".

Well, that's Zak, Ian, Jim andJohn and they're known as TheDickens and they've got the sound,the looks, and the determination tobecome the most talked about groupin North America.

CKXL ASSISTS IN SELECTING MISS SIXTEEN OF CALGARY

Calgary: CKXL has just completedthe first annual Miss 16 of Calgarycompetition. From the many thou-sands of photographs submitted tothe station by Calgary residents be -

Miss Calgary 16 - Cheryl Elaine Befus

tween the ages of 13 and 16, tenwere selected as semi-finalists. ThePurple Pussycat Shop at Eaton'sDepartment store was the next stopfor the semi -judging where the fieldwas narrowed to five beauties.

Saturday April 1st., the finaljudging took place and Cheryl ElaineBefus was named Miss 16 of Calgary.Judges were Johnny Guldner, managerof Tourism for the Calgary Tourist:Id Convention Association: Mrs.

Buhr, manager of the Purple PussycatShop and CKXL's Dave Lyman andDon Lloyd.

Miss Befus won a host ofprizes, including a wardrobe, recordplayer, radio and a ski weekend inBanff. She is now eligible to partici-pate in the Miss 16 of America contest.

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WHERE THE STARS AREApr 17 - 29Sandler & Young - Royal York HotelTorontoApr 29White Heather Show TrailApr 29

Magic Cycle - Club 42 - StratfordApr 29

Red Army Chorus Arena - VictoriaMay 1 - 2White Heather Show VictoriaMay 1 - 2 - 3

Red Army Chorus -Jubilee AuditoriumEdmontonMay 6

Red Army Chorus -Arena Fort WilliamMay 7 - 13

Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian Pavilion ExpoMay 8 - 13Red Army Chorus O'Keefe CentreTorontoMay 15

Red Army Chorus Place des ArtsMontreal

West Coast Collectors Creating Stir In Eastern Canada

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New Syndrome's hottest tal-ent, The Collectors, are beginning toshow some action on the EasternCanadian charts. Their "Looking AtA Baby" has climbed up to No. 19on the CHUM chart, so it must be agood record. As a matter of fact I

know it's a class "A" single. Giveit a listen.

You know, I've been listen-ing to "the rock show of the yeomen"for the past couple of months andhave never expressed an opinion, oneway or another. Well, they finally gotto me. Maybe I was taking theirsound for granted, but really I guessHarry Finegold, their manager, has aknack for building an image around

his people. The Yeomen have to bethe hardest working and most con-scientious group on the Toronto scene.They can start rehearsing at 1 PM gothrough to 7 PM, break for supper andhit the stage for the evening showdisplaying all the excitement andfreshness that has made them thetalk of the music profession. I don'tthink I've seen the group without abig welcome smile and from the re-sponse of the audience, it's muchappreciated.

Remember we mentioned aVancouver group name of Three ToOne? Well, they moved into the Tor-onto area and just disappeared. Butthey're back in the news. They play-ed the Orillia scene a couple ofweeks ago and set one of the localDJs to talking about how great theywere. The group is made up of threeguys and a girl drummer.

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Montreal's Jaybees have justreleased their first disc for Columbia."Who Do You Think You Are" and"Bad Sign" were produced by GaryPaxton, in Los Angeles, and putsthem into the R&B bag. They've justreplaced their drummer Doug Westwith Gaetan Dany, who comes fromLaval West in Quebec. The Jaybeeshave just completed work on a featurelength movie to be released by theNational Film Board in late Fall.They're presently working An .thesouthern Quebec area and will be ap-pearing at The Scene in New Yorkin early May.

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The Five Squires are a youngScarborough, Ontario group who havebeen making quite a name for them-selves throughout the area aroundToronto. They've played in Norval,Oakville, Whitby, Shelboume and manyof the schools in Toronto and sub-urbs. The group is made up of BobbyBrown, on organ - Marty Coomber,who plays bass and rhythm guitar.

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Marty also plays harmonica - GeorgeLoney sings, playsguitarand trumpet -Roland Parliament, besides playingguitar is after his degree in Arts orScience at the University of Toronto.The group is managed by Bob Billing-hurst of Scarborough.

WE GET LETTERS"Dear Mr. Grealis: It has been brought to myattention that one of your reporters spokewith Bob Murphy, Leader of The Stitch In

Tyme. The conversation included two remarks,one being: 'Is it true Yorky quit the band because of Yorkville Talent'. answer - 'No'.Secondly: 'Is it true that Yorkville TalentManagement takes 50% of your earnings?'answer 'Of course not'. I have not asked for,nor do I want your support of your sheet. I findthis bugging and prying of your reporter aninvasion as does Mr. Murphy. I would appre-ciate it if you would continue to support yourown groups and your own production company.Please get one thing clear, I consider yoursheet harmless but until you start printing thefacts and the truth, we do not want your help."

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Some Canadian groups maybe facing problems in the future.This is a result of having namessimilar to U.S. acts. Here's a list ofU.S. recording bands that have acounterpart in Canada: The Check-mates Ltd., The Fifth Dimension, TheOther Four, The Kingbees, The Live-ly Set, The Lords Of London, TheScoundrels, The Unknowns, Jamieand The Jury, and December's Chil-ren.

The Mandala (formerly TheFive Rogues), The Dickens (fcrrnerlyThe Knack), and The Passing fancy(formerly The Dimensions) ran acrossthis situation which forced them toadopt new names.

The Robbs were unique whenit came to selecting a name. Thegroup is made up of four brothers andthey simply chose their surname tocarry them to fame. They've madeseveral appearances on TV's "WhereThe Action Is", and just released"Rapid Transit" on Mercury Records.The radio stations have been gettingmany requests for this "hot" one.

The Sparrow is enlighteningmany of San Francisco's hippies whocome out en masse to get a glimpseof this Canadian group.///The DailyFlash, a local group, took Ian andSy iv la's "French Girl'' off the duo'salbum and have put it out as a singleon the newly formed UN I label.///Little Caesar and The Consuls havebeen on many labels in the past sevenyears. Their name has appeared onArc, Columbia, Tamarac, Red Leafand now they're back on Columbia. Iwonder what's next for the SloopyGang? I hope their newie is releasedin the states.

A star-studded show will beheld at the Hollywood Bowl at theend of the month. Headlining theshow will be The Supremes. Others

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Francine DrubickAndrew A. Melzer is a name you may

soon be hearing of, for he owns Hit BoundMusic Ltd., which will be publishing musicand producing records. Andrew is one of theyoungest men I know who has such an import-ant position. He is only 21 years of age andhas a good musical background. Would youbelieve ten years of violin, composing andelectronic music under Dr. Dolan at the RoyalConservatory of music and four years of har-mony and composition?

Andrew writes folk, jazz, and rhythmand blues. Some of his songs may soon berecorded by several famous U.S. recordingartists.

The Andrew Melzer determinationshows through with his release of a new ar-rangement of Bobby Gimby's "Canada" asperformed by the Department Of Public Works.One side is English, the other French. Dis-tribution is handled by Spartan Records OfCanada.

It's been reported that Bobby Gimbythinks this rock arrangement is excellent.Comparing this version, which was arrangedby Brian Ahern and Ben McPeek's arrangement,I find I like both arrangements although I feel

the effort by the Department Of Public Worksis more commercial.

As far as songwriting is concerned,Andrew's ballads impress me the most and I'dlike to see someone like Andy Williams singthem.

Andrews advice to the Canadian musicindustry is "instead of fighting and bickering,we should all stick together and show outsid-ers the abundance of Canadian talent".

Andrew Melzer is going places in thismusic industry and I for one am proud andhappy that we have such great talent.

MEET LIZA TAANOne of the newest recording artists on

the Montreal scene is a pretty young gal namedLiza Taan. From out of the folk-rock bagshe's picked a couple of groovy songs writtenand produced by Martin Martin, who's nostranger to the Canadian music scene himself.Liza's disc is tagged "Simon, Simon" and "NoOne 'Cept Me". (RCA 57.3422).

Liza did a lot of singing in the Torontoand New York Villages before they turnedfolk-rock. She now spends most of her time inMontreal. Not to be left behind the times. Lizais now rehearsing with a backing group whichshe has just formed.

For the next couple of months Lizaplans to stay in the Montreal area, playingsuch places as the New Penelope, The DeMilo Room, and the Cafe Andre. In May, thesinger and her group plan to invade the NewYork Village, where dates are now beingarranged.

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will include Johnny Rivers, TheBuffalo Springfield, The Seeds, TheFifth Dimension and Brenda Holloway(the "Operator, Operator" girl). Thebest part is that tickets are only 93q.

A new Cheetah opened in LosAngeles this week, complete withpsychedelic lights. This is the fourthone in the United States. One of theopening acts featured Eric Burdonand The Animals, who, incidentally,have caused many screaming farriots (Ottawa). It's a good thing thestage is seven feet above floor level.

The Turtles released theirnew album anmed of ter their hit sing-le, "Happy Together".///The Yard -birds "Greatest Hits" album containssuch golden hits as "Shape OfThings", "I'm A Man", and "ForYour Love".

I am anxiously awaiting thearrival of The Paupers. They mightbe poor now but when their super -colossal sound is heard here theymay head home called "The RichKids"

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will recommend will be Canadian productions,and they will be maximum in Canadian contentand Canadian origination. Here goes:CANADAYoung Canada Singers -Quality -1967The official Centennial theme song which waswritten, performed, recorded and everythingelse, by the Canadian government has becomea hit. As well as being a record, the paidcommercial featuring this song has beenplugged thousands of times on radio stationsacross Canada. This record just goes to provethat a Government can have a HIT on the

first try, while record companies have to try alittle harder. It is number one and the figUreto date is approximately 200,000 records. Isthis a record record?SHIP OF DREAMSQuiet Jungle -Yorkville -45005This one is a sleeper. It has had a great dealof air play in the past two months, but hasn'tbeen able to quite make it to the top. Thesound is interesting and might even hedge onbeing a bit psychedelic. Buy and try on myword. I know you'll like it.HALF PAST MIDNIGHTStaccatos -Capitol -72453Canada's Top Group as chosen by the RPMreaders has another number 1 winner. Thisone is another great by the group that willbreakthrough for Canada in the world market.The Staccatos are RECORDED IN CANADA.They write their own and their talent is genuine. It isn't partly imported. After you'veplayed it a lot, wear it on your lapel.LET'S RUN AWAYThe Magic Cycle -Red Leaf -633The group claim they recorded this one fortheir album as a tribute to the Staccatos. Thecut came out so good, that they chose it fortheir initial record debut, and they haven'tbeen wrong. The disc in two weeks has already rated a chart position. Flip was writtenby the group and is getting airplay.SEVENTH SAINTMel West & The Meteors -Red Leaf -630A wholly Canadian production from the west.Recorded in Regina, this is the third disc bythis group and turned into a sleeper that mightindicate that the next release will be a winner.The west come up with hits too. Buy this one.NOTE: Records reviewed were picked fromthe Canadian HITS survey of RPM MusicWeekly and only records of complete Canadianorigin were selected, according to their popularity as indicated by chart listings. Personalpreference was not an influence

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Arc's Richard Dinsmore listsSusan Taylor's "Promises" as doingexceptionally well along with one ofArc's newest acquisitions, TeakWood and his release of "See MyGirl".

L.S. Palmer, owner of TheRecord Bar, in Whitby, Ont., givestop sales billing to Herman's "Hush"which is closely followed by "ForWhat It's Worth" and "Happy To-gether". Yellow Balloon and MitchRyder are also up among the winners.Top selling albums belong to TheMonkees, Peter & Gordon, BuckOwens and "Sound Of Music".

Lawrence Lee, who operatesLee's Radio & TV in Wadena, Sask.,has Pet Clark' s "Song" at the topof the heap with "Morningtown Ride"riding close behind. The Sinatrasare also big in Wadena with their"Stupid". Nancy has one up on Dadwith her "Love Eyes" showing goodsales. Ian & Sylvia have been havinga run of success as well. Lee's week-ly album draw is still in effect andcreating much attention.

Gail Hemingway, the managerof the Crossroads record bar in Wil-lowdale, Ont., puts the Sinatras ontop with "I'm A Man" and "HappyJack" riding herd. The Beatles andHollies are still looking good. "Look-ing At A Baby", the Vancouver entryof The Collectors is moving up withthe pack. One of the strongest of thenewest entries is "My Back Pages"by The Byrds. Top sellers in the al-bum field are The Monkees, Herman,Lovin' Spoonful, The Byrds and TheMamas & Papas.

David Doucette, of LondonRecords reports Lesley Gore's "Cali-fornia Nights" and "Detroit City" byTom Jones as top sellers. Whistling

Jack Smith, Engelbert Humperdinckand The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band areall vying for top position. New Cana-dian releases getting action are: TonyRoman's "Shadows On A Foggy Day"and "Man About Town" by The Rafts -men III.

Isobel Stokes from Sudbury'sWoolco, reports The Sinatras andTurtles keeping pace with each other.Peter & Gordon's "Tea" and TheBuckingham's "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"are both moving well. The Easybeatsare leading the pack of newcomerswith their "Friday On My Mind". TheMonkees are still top dog as far asalbums are concerned. Their next al-bum should be out by mid -May. TomJones and Nancy Sinatra are alsochalking up good sales.

The gal who looks after therecords at the Prince George Electricbar, Ritva Karajoaja, agrees with themajority of the bars, The Sinatrasare the big item with their "Somethin'Stupid", The Royal Guardsmen, PetClark, Tom Jones and Five Ameri-cans all look good. Gord Lightfootand Ian Sylvia are strong Canadianitems. Eddy Arnold and Roger Millerare capturing the imagination of thepop buyer with their new releases.

With the James Bond thriller"Casino Royale" getting nationalexposure it's only natural that HerbAlpert & The Tijuana Brass wouldreap the benefit with their A&M re-lease, same title. Most stationsacross the nation are giving it a"pick". Quality's Harold Winslowadvises that ACTA, the new sub-sidof Dot is creating plenty of interestwith their release of "I Don't ThinkYou Know Me" and "Give Two YoungLovers A Chance" by The AmericanBreed.

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The Mercey Bros are, believe it or not,brothers, and they were voted Canada's "TopVocal Country Instrumental Group" for 1966,and RPM has the ballots to prove it, just incase you were wondering.

Now, about these brothers from Hanover.There's Larry, who plays lead guitar, Royis the bass player and Lloyd is on drums.That makes one big noisy house on a practicenight, but that's what made them so great,practice and practice. It wasn't all that hardwork since the Mercey Bros happen to likewhat they're doing.

It all happened for Larry when he wasfifteen and he made his first public appearanceon CKNX in Wingham and three months laterjoined the CKNX "Barn Dance" as a regular.Larry made his first TV appearance in Juneof 1956.

Just about this time Ray was begin-ning to feel his oats and wanted to crash thecountry scene, so he teamed up with bigbrother Larry and all of a sudden, there hewas , playing in front of an audience on"Western Round -up" a CKNX TV production.That was it. They got so much sawdust in theirveins that they decided to form a five piececountry dance band and hit the road.

In 1960 Larry and Ray entered the"Talent Caravan Show" on CBC-TV and tooksecond prize for Canada which resulted inthem appearing on "Country Hoedown", "RedRiver Jamboree" and "The Don Messer Show".

Lloyd wasn't doing too much, justhelping out a bit when his brothers neededhim, but he was an important part of theirrecording session which took place in Nash-ville and sent the brothers up the charts inCanada with their Columbia single "WhistleOn The River". They found that with this re-lease they were getting more action on theclub circuit and are set for several televisionappearances.

"Whistle" is still going strong forthem but their latest release "Uncle Tom"has been more widely accepted and is evenshowing up on several pop charts.

The Mercey Bros are getting set fora U.S. release and are in a great position tobring Canada's country artists to the attentionof the world.

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I'VE BEEN A BAD BAD BOYPaul Jones -Capitol -5857-F

SIX O'CLOCKLovin' Spoonful -Kama Sutra -225-M

A BEAUTIFUL STORYSonny & Cher-Atco-6480-M

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1 4 THE MAMAS & PAPAS DELIVERMamas & Papas -DunhillD 50014 DS 50014

2 1 MORE OF THE MONKEESThe Monkees-ColgemsCOM 102 COS 102

3 3 BETWEEN THE BUTTONSRolling Stones -LondonLL 3499 PS 499

4 2 DR. ZHIVAGOSoundtrack -MGM1E6ST 1SE-6ST

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

6 8 THE BEST OF THE LOVIN' SPOONFULLavin' Spoonful -Kama SutraKLP 8056 KLPS 8056

7 6 HOLLAND DOZIER HOLLANDSupremes-MotownM 650 S 650

8 9 SOUND OF MUSICSoundtrack -Rea VictorLOCD 2005 LSOD 2005

9 14 GEORGY GIRLSeekers -CapitolT 2431 ST 2431

10 7 THE MONKEESThe Monkees-ColgemsCOM 101 COS 101

11 17 THERE'S A KIND OF HUSH ALLOVER...Herman's Hermits -MGME 4438 SE 4438

12 15 COLLECTIONSYoung Rascals -AtlanticM 8134 5 8134

13 10 S.R.O.Herb Alpert-A&MLP 112 SP 4119

14 21 YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAYByrds-ColumbiaCL 2642 CS 9442

15 18 SUGARNancy Sinatra -RepriseR 6239 RS 6239

16 13 MELLOW YELLOWDonovan -EpicLN 24239 BN 26239

17 22 NANCY - NATURALLYNancy Wilson -CapitolT 2634 ST 2634

18 23 SOCK IT TO MEMitch Ryder/Detroit Wheels -New VoiceNV 2003 NVS 2003

19 11 BREAKOUTMitch Ryder -New VoiceNV 2002 NVS 20025

20 24 IN THE ARMS OF LOVEAndy Williams -ColumbiaCL 2533 CS 9333

21 12 THAT'S LIFEFrank Sinatra -RepriseF 1020 FS 1020

22 19 SPIRIT OF '67Paul Revere/Raiders-ColumbiaCL 2595 CS 9395

23 20 HUMS OF THE LOVIN' SPOONFULL evin' Spoonful -Kama SutraKLP 8054 KLPS 8054

24 25 SNOOPY VS. THE RED BARONRoyal Guardsmen -LaurieLLP 2038 SLP 2038

25 --- HOW GREAT THOU ARTElvis Presley-Rca VictorLPM 3758 LSP 3758

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2 2 UNCLE TOMMercey Bros - Columbia

3 4 WHIRLPOOLBambi Lynn - Melbourne

4 5 I DID ITWhippoorwills - Mustang

5 3 TEN FOOT POLEJohnny Ellis - Columbia

6 6 DON'T SPEAK TOME OF LONELINESSDougie Trineer - Apex

7 7 BLUE IS THE COLOURBilly Stoltz - Melbourne

8 9 I CAN'T EVEN DO WRONG RIGHTJohnny Burke - Columbia

9 8 THE WEATHERMANGary Buck - Capitol

10 10 WHY CAN'T HE BE YOUDiane Leigh - Capitol

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1 1 2 CANADAYoung Canada Singers -Quality -1967-M

2 3 11 SOMETHIN' STUPIDSinatra -Sinatra 'Reprise -0561-J

3 6 12 WESTERN UNIONFive Americans-Abnak-118-J

4 16 23 I'M A MANSpencer Davis Group -Stone -705-0

5 10 22 I NEVER...A MAN...LOVED YOUAretha Franklin -Atlantic -2386-M

6 8 13 JIMMY MACKMartha/Vandellas-Gordy-7058-L

7 2 1 LITTLE BIT ME..LITTLE BIT YOUMonkees-Colgorns-1003-N

8 27 43 DON'T YOU CAREBuckinghams-Columbia-91624-H

9 20 26 HAPPY JACKThe Who-Decca-32114-J

HALF PAST MIDNIGHTStaccatos -Capitol -72453-F

BERNADETTEFour Tops -Motown -1104-L

12 7 3 DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVEMamas & Papas -Dunhill -4047-N

13 18 24 AT THE ZOOSimon & Garfunkel -Columbia -44046-H

14 17 17 DRY YOUR EYESBrenda/Tabulations -Apex-77037-J

15 32 38 SWEET SOUL MUSICArthur Conley-Atco-6463-M

16 19 20 DETROIT CITYTom Jones -Parrot -40012-K

17 38 61 YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKESDave Clark Five -Capitol -72458-F

18 5 4 THIS IS MY SONGPetula Clark-WB-7002-J

19 24 31 WITH THIS RINGPlatters -Columbia -MU -4-1229-H

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BEGGIN'Four Seasons -Philips -40433-KSUNDAY FOR TEAPeter & Gordon-Copito1-5864-F

22 28 40 ON A CAROUSELThe Hollies-Capitol-72450-F*18 71 THE HAPPENINGSupremes-Motown-1107-L

24 26 33 GIVE HER ALL THE LOVE I GOTJimmy Ruffin -Soul -35032-L

25 11 6 59TH STREET BRIDGEHarpers Bizarre-WB-5890-J

26 30 37 TELL ME TO MY FACEKeith -Mercury -72652-K

27 13 7 I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOWTommy James -Roulette -4720-C

28 33 41 I'LL TRY ANYTHINGDusty Springfield -Philips -40439-K

29 14 10 THERE'S A KIND OF A HUSHHerman's Hermits -MGM -13681-M

30 29 48 WHAT A WOMAN IN LOVE WON'T DOSandy Posey -MGM -13702-M

31 34 49 SIMPLE DEEDPaupers-Verve,'Folkways-5043-G

32 35 55 GET ME TO THE WORLD ON TIMEElectric Prunes,Reprise-0564-J

33 45 67 LOVE EYESNancy Sinatra -Reprise -0559-J

34 50 69 CLOSE YOUR EYESPeaches & Herb -Date -1549-H

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37 54 68 YELLOW BALLOONYellow Balloon -Canterbury -508-G

38 41 47 CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOU BABY7 And Mysterians-Cameo-467-M

39 46 57 LOVIN' SOUNDIan & Slyvia-MGM-13686-M

40 42 42 PIPE DREAMBlues Magoos-Mercury-72660-K

41 37 44 GIVE ME A REASON TO STAYBobby Curtola-Tartan-1035-C

42 43 45 LAWDY MISS CLAWDYBuckinghams-Quallty-1871-M

43 40 54 PLAYGROUNDDebbie Lori Kaye -Columbia -43999-H

44 57 81 WHEN I WAS YOUNGEric Burdon-MGM-13721-M

45 58 82 GIRL YOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOONNeil Diamond -Bang -542-C

46 59 77 FRIDAY ON MY MINDEasybeats-UA-50106-J

47 55 80 MY BACK PAGESByrds-Columbia-44054-H

48 56 72 I FOUND LOVEWilson Pickett -Atlantic -2395-M

49 66 ---- I GOT RHYTHMHappenings-B.T.Puppy-527-M

50 64 88 SOMEBODY TO LOVEJefferson Airplane-Rca-9140-N

51 52 53 SHOW MEJoe Tex -Dial -4055-M

52 53 59 DANNY BOYRay Price -Columbia -44042-H

53 70 ---- CASINO ROYALEHerb Alpert-A&M-850-M

54 6e 63 OH THAT'S GOOD NO THAT'S BADSam The Sham -MGM -13713-M

55 68 89 BUY FOR ME THE RAINNifty Gritty Dirt Band -Liberty -55948

56 36 35 HIS GIRLGuess Who -Quality -1863-M

57 62 75 DON'T MAKE PROMISESSusan Taylor -Yorkville -45005-D

58 74 ---- HERE COMES MY BABYTremeloes-Epic-10139-H

59 73 ---- RELEASE MEEngelbert Humperdinck-Parrot-400 11-K

60 69 79 DEAD END STREETLou Rawls -Capitol -5869-F

61 65 78 LOOKING AT A BABYCollectors -New Syndrome -16-G

62 84 93 HIP -HUG -HERBooker T & MG-Stax-211-M

63 67 83 THAT ACAPULCO GOLDRainy Doze -Quality -1869-M

64 71 90 OUT OF LEFT FIELDPercy Sledge -Atlantic -2396-M

65 80 ---- PORTRAIT OF MY LOVETokens-WB-5900-J

66 72 ---- I WAS KAISER BILL'S BATMANWhistling Jack Smith-Deram-112-K

Allied -CArc -DC.M.S. -ECapitol -FCaravan -GColumbia -HCompo -JLondon -KPhonodisc -LQuality -MRca Victor -NSparton -0

67 92 ---- MAKING MEMORIESFrankie Leine-Sporton-1594-0

68 83 ---- SHAKE A TAIL FEATHERJames & Bobby Purify -Bell -669-M

69 75 84 A LFIEDionne Warwick -Scepter -12187-M

70 77 85 CRY TO MEFreddie Scott -Shout -211-C

71 79 98 LADY COMES FROM BALTIMOREBobby Darin -Atlantic -2395-M

72 81 100 WHY (Am I Treated So Bad)Cannonball Adderley-Capitol-5877-F

73 ---- BAREFOOTIN'Larry Lee -Columbia -2740-1i

74 86 NOTHING TAKES...PLACE OF YOUToussaint McCail-Ronn

75 78 91 NO TIME LIKE THE RIGHT TIMEBlues Proiect-Verve Flkwys-5040-G

76 ---- SOMEBODY HELP MEModbeats-Red Leaf -632-G

77 87 ---- SUNSHINE GIRLParade-A&M-841-M

78 90 ---- I LOVE YOU MORE THAN WORDS...Otis Redding -Volt -146-M

79 95 ---- LITTLE GAMESYardbirds-Epic-101.56-H

80 97 ---- MELANCHOLY MUSIC MANRighteous Bros -Verve -10507-M

81 82 96 AIN'T GONNA REST5 Stairsteps-Reo-8986-M

82 85 90 POSTCARD FROM JAMAICASopwith Camel -Kama Sutra -224-M

83 88 ---- IT'S SO HARD BEING A LOSERContours -Gordy -7059-L

84 91 ---- MY GIRL JOSEPHINEJerry Jaye -Hi -2120-K

85 94 ---- THEWHOLE WORLD IS A STAGEFantastic Four -Ric Tic -122

86 93 ---- IN THE MIDNIGHT HOURThe Wanted-A&M-844-M

87 96 ---- PRECIOUS MEMORIESRomeos-Mark II -1

88 89 ---- DO THE THINGLou Courtney -Riverside -7589

89 99 ---- HOLIDAY FOR CLOWNSBrian Hyland -Philips -40444-K

90 98 ---- I'M INDESTRUCTIBLEJack Jones -Kapp -818-L

91 100 ---- LIVEMerry-Go-Round-A&M-834-M

GROOVIN'Young Rascals -Atlantic -2401-M

93 ---- SHOTGUNWes Dakus-Capitol-72457-F

MY BABERonnie Dove -Diamond -221-J

95 ---- JUST LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONEBrenda Holloway-Tamla-54148-LFLOWER CHILDRENMarcia Strassman-UNI-55006-JI'LL MAKE HIM LOVE MEBarbara Lewis -Atlantic -2400-MWHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVEMarvelettes-Tamla-54150-LLET'S RUN AWAYMagic Cycle -Red Leaf -633-G

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

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Just a gas of an album. You reallyshouldn't need much more thanthe name of the artists to con-vince you that this album hasthose loveable sounds that hitsare made of. Peaches & Herb.Who else? This album containstheir big one "Let's Fall In Love"and others that create a "loveyour gal", "love your guy","love your cat" and "love yourdog" or anything else that hap-pens to be in lovin' reach, feelin'.They're great as partners butjust as great as single-os. DearPeaches does a lonely bit with"Time After Time" that almosttears your heart out, and whenHerb "Falls In Love", by him-self, which is hard to do, well,just TOO much.DATE - 3004

Glen Campbell first came to theattention of Canadians when heappeared with the Beach Boys asa replacement, and promptly up-staged the famous surfers. Hedidn't do it intentionally but hejust has that friendly homespunway about him that kinda gets toyou, which brings us to this al-bum. It's homespun and as amatter of fact it's pretty darncountry, and a little bit of countrypickin' never hurt anyone. So, ifyou got a date and you want tocurl yourself around one of thesincerest sounding albums on themarket, give Glen a try. You mayeven find yourself with a pop -country hit on your hands with"Burning Bridges".

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Ever feel like taking a moviehome? Well, here's your chance.It's not the greatest album everproduced but it's one of the mostinteresting. After all, it was pro-duced by Mike Curb for SidewalkProductions, and there must be astory there, somewhere. Anywaylook what you have, all on onealbum. There's The Standellsand you know who they are. Theydo a couple of numbers, the title,"Riot" and "Get Away FromHere". The group I really digis The Mom's Boys. Unfortunatelythey only do one number. It'scalled "Children In The Night".If you haven't seen the movieyet, hang on. It's probably sched-uled for television in 1970.

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By Penelope Pentelope

Bruce Shaver, president ofBison Records, who have been havingso much luck with the Odie Workmansingle "Take This Heart Of Mine",sends news to keep an ear peeled fora crackerjack of a talent from Calgary.His name is Chuck Irwin, and he hasappeared several times on the popu-lar "Wheeling Jamboree".

Well, you've been asking forCanadian talent to compare withwhat's available from south of theborder, and here it is. "It's JustAbout Over" by Johnny Clark has a

JOHNNY CLARK

definite Canadian sound to it but it'sgot hitbound all over it. Johnny de-buts on his own label, J.C. He iscurrently appearing at Montreal'sfamous Monterey Club.

That Cecil Ziebart and hisPolka Pals single "Rose Of Chero-kee" was actually cut at a radiostation studio in Medicine Hat, whichis a credit to the producer and engin-eer. Western Ranch is an Americanlabel, out of California and the recordswere cut in the U.S. Ken Ziebartsends news that something is brewingstateside and he'll keep us posted.

The Rainvilles are gettingset to hit the market with their firstsingle for Red Leaf, "Too Much InLove" and "I Got What I Wanted".The release is in the country veinbut so well arranged that it could be

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OWLLooking for a disc jockey? abooker? a musician? Everynight of the week you'll find themat the famous NIGHT OWL, justa block above Toronto's Yorkvillearea. The NIGHT OWL has becomethe gathering place of the musicgreats. They know that on ourstage have appeared some of the"hottest" and best groups inCanada. The NIGHT OWL is runby people who have a feelingtoward the Canadian musicindustry and we like to know thatthe deserving Canadian groupshave a place to show their talent.

As one of Canada's mostpopular groups once put it, "It'snice to play in a place wherepeople applaud". If a group hasthe ability to entertain ourpatrons will give them the creditthey are due. The NIGHT OWLhas become a launching pad formany of Canada's TOP groups.

Profit is what keeps usoperating, but our first concernis to help the many hardworking,sincere people who are trying tocreate a musical sound fromCanada. We want Canada's talent-ed groups to have a showcase.Here they can be seen (possiblyfor the first time in a coffeehouse environment) before one ofthe most critical audiences inCanada, the music industry. Onyour way to EXPO '67 dropinto the famous NIGHT OWL.Introduce yourself (or write ahead)and we will make you welcome.

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one of those country singles that goPop.

THE RAINVILLESGuess who I spotted hob-

nobbing with the famous Saul Holiff?None other than "Canada's MusicIndustry Man Of The Year" (RPMAwards), Stan Klees. I didn't thinkcountry was his bag.

Speaking of Saul Holiff, Ra-dio station CKSL, in London, in as-sociation with Holiff, will presentSonny James and The Southern Gentle-men at The Gardens on Thursday,April 20. He'll have an all star line-up on the show with James, includ-Debbie Lori Kaye, Stonewall Jackson,The Whippoorwills and Nat Stuckey.

Still speaking of Saul Holiff,my he must be important, get ready toget excited. I was lucky enough tohear a rough cut of Debbie's next re-lease and it's so exciting that it'sjust hard to believe that such greattalent could be contained in thisfive foot bombshell. Tommy Hunter isalso going to do something about hisCBC image. He's cut a session thatbrings him right out of his CBCshell. If you were of the opinion thatTommy Hunter couldn't belt (for wantof a better term) out a song, then justwait `til you hear his Columbia sin-gle. Even the "Country Music Hall"people will be impressedWHERE THE COUNTRY FOLK ARE:Apr 24 - 29The Wilburn Bros Show - Horseshoe - TorontoApr 26 - May 6Diane Leigh - 401 Club - Kingston

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DO YOU BELIEVE.....thatgroup recording activity in the Toron-to area could come to a virtualSTANDSTILL? That will give groupsoutside the LOCAL Toronto area anadvantage in the fight for hits. WHATdo THESE guidelines mean???///Theexpression "peas in a pod" meanssomething to everybody but TWO"brothers" that CLAIM they don'tlike the "smell" of things, but BIG"brother" won't do anything abouthis FRIENDS friends and associates.(Ed: Believe It or not, I have actuallyfigured that one out. RIGHT!!!)///Canadian broadcasters threw discre-tion to the winds recently when theyGOT TOGETHER (for a change) andTIED ONE ON!!!///IT WILL BE IN-TERESTING to see what the ratio ofQuebec GROUPS against WESTERNgroups will be at Expo. There is amurmur that "blood is thicker thanwater" and an easily arranged alter-nate date might have assured theappearance of a very top top group atExpo. Do I smell a scandal?????///Is it true that the Canadian musicindustry isn't BIG enough to have aDirectory? I'm only asking!! (Note toEd: Delete if you wish.) (Ed: Be myguest. Freedom of the press....youknow!!!)///The very very popular RPM100 chart may be made available tocertain radio stations across Canada

May 1 6Archie Campbell - Horseshoe - TorontoMay 8 - 13Diane Leigh - Horseshoe - TorontoMay 15 - 20Billy Grammar - Horseshoe - TorontoMay 22 - 27Jean Shepard - Horseshoe - TorontoMay 29 - June 3Doc Williams Show - Horseshoe - Toronto

on an exclusive arrangement. Therun was recently doubled but the sta-tion tie-ins will quadruple the doubledrun. The format has changed, andfurther changes .are YET to come.Watch this little giant. It sells 100records at a time and is pretty uniquein the world, according to one U.S.record company.///Watch for one ofCanada's top recording groups to runaway on an all expense paid record-ing trip to Hollywood.///From Van-couver comes word that we shouldwatch (censored) closely. The wordcomes from an ex -employee, so itmight be the inside poop.///In Mon-treal the winning team of Hanky Pan-ky are playing overtime to createHAVOC. Visitors to Expo will onlyhear less than 2% Canadian content(as I write this) from the station thatcharts and plays the popular music.It will make the visitors feel at homenot to hear any domestic product play-ed. Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!///Intemal strifeat RPM. E.I.E.I.O. MacDonald wasrecently released from the staff ofRPM when it became known that shewas planning to join up with a fewother POWERS to throw dances forprofit through the summer. It wouldbe highly unethical for an RPM stafferto use the power of these publicationsfor personal gain. Old Ed: caught thisone in time and RPM will continue tobe COMPLETELY ETHICAL.///Iwill no longer be available to M.C.dances for a percentage of the gate.Forthwith you will have to hire me ata set fee and I will not be able tooffer you any FREE PLUGS in RPM.This new ETHICAL image of RPMwill certainly be a blow to the RPMstaffers (who made most of theirmoney on gigs and wrote for RPM onlyas a part time job) but if it makes uslead the way, we have to bow to whatis ethical. My price continues to be$1000 a gig ( plus expenses) andarrangements can be made throughyour local friendly bookie. Rememberyou are booking ME ElviraCapreese. I can offer you NO radiostation, NO group underscale, NOplugs in a publication. JUSTTALENTED ENTERTAINING AM!'(Ed: THAT'S a FIRSTH"")

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