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no1 ,[R CHA 6rT£.S TH[ DUST: Ila were a li ttle disturbed
t · · s week when we found out t hat one of Canada's top, Top
forty stations ( CKEY ) wuld no
longer be putt i ng out a weekly
survey. But after a little
TH£ DISCOTHEOU£ IN CANADA: Ian Munroe, Manager of The Inn
On The Park advises that their discotheque room is gaining
in popularity. Patrons ll to 60 are danci ng t he monkey
and frug all to the displeasure of t he Musicians Union.
The Inn has been placed on t he "unfair" list. DISCOTH£0U£
nosing around we discov ered that i s not wanted in North America. The Nat ional AFM issued
this was t he trend, even i n an order forbidding musicians to work with recorded music
Canada. We are now receiving in any club. The Inn however has a trio playing along
as many play lists f rom stations with the reco rds. Unfortunately t hi s unfair ruling effects
as charts. further investiga- t he downtown operation of t his chain, The four Seasons
tion reveal ed t hat onl y one
station in New York publishes a
chart. :4BC lists only 16 hits.
Mo re and mo re stations across
t·t .: are either dropp:ng t heir charts or making t hem much
s~aner. We recall when in the record promot ion business,
and trying to get a record on the charts because of t he
re:crte. sales, we were often told by the PDs "lle aren' t in
t · e recoro sell 'ng business." We don't know what t he at­
t i t ude of record co::ipanies 'll be but it certa inly looks
like it's catching on, besides by dropping the survey t he
radio st2tions could S<!Ve many tens of thousands of dolla rs
< year.
HO • I~ IT HAPP[N? Did you know that "The French Song" was
reco~ded by ucille Starr, fi rst, back in 1955 on t he Rodeo
12bel: It wasn ' t a hit then, but t imes change, and aybe
Luc: ll e' s geographical recording had somet hing to do wit h i
RPW s SIXTH MONTH: e received a very encouraging letter
fro~ Terry Man n, PD at CKLB OshaW"a . He wri tes, "When RPM
f i rst came out , I must admit I had a few doubts as to how
long yo could keep it going. Now, however, with imp rove-
e ts all along t he way, I know you've got a great thing
go in~, keep RPM coming."
MAI• Of lH[ \o£ EK : George Taylor, Presi dent of Mel bourne
iiecords. George has been producing Canadian records for
"1 2 y yea rs (Rodeo and Banff ). Most of his operation •oas
i r t · E Ma ri times but has now mov ed into t he Montreal area •
oecrge 10s been inst rum ental in start ing t he careers of
, ,2r.y Ca12di a greats. To name a few, Marg Osborne, Charlie
Char.iberlain, Do Messer, Lucille Starr, Omar Blondahl, Donn
l< ev o ds and la t ely The Gemtones.
I [ ~RYON[ IS 'oQND[Rl NG llHO TH[ CIGAR ~KING PD IS THA T
AN TS $50. 00 TO MAKE A RECORD RO. 1.
where [!wood Glo.ver, popular CBC radio a'nd TV personality
holds forth with an intervi ew show. He will be prohibited
from i nterviewing union members although I was always under
t he imp ression it was next to impossible t o interview
members of t he musicians union anyway. While we are on
t he subject of dances did you ever notice how similar t he
teenage dance of today resembles t he Charleston of t he 20's.
FIRST IN CANAD A: Phil McKellar, probably t he best known
man about jazz i n Canadian radio was playing "Girl f rom
Ipanema" back in November of 1963. Al All butt of Leeds
Music gave us a l i ttle history about t his Canadian dis­
covery. Stan Getz was i n Toronto town last year and at
the same time Gilberto did a CBC TV show and sang "Girl
f rom Ipanema". The disc t hey left with Phil was a 4
mi nute version but Phil recognized it as a possi ble hit
and it became a part of his program (every day, t hat is).
After many phone calls to New York a shorter version was
released. It still didn't take off. Phil was playing it
for every artist he interviewed and everyone agreed it was
a hi t. fin ally it made it and Phil can take the bows. The
groundwork for t his sensational hit was l aid in Toronto
by Phil McKella r,
AM ERICAN L£ASING Of CANADIAN MASHRS. More and more we
receive enquiries from US reco rd compani es regarding t he
US ri ghts. We attempt to get in touch with the master
owner. We were distressed recently when a record company
who had contracted for the world r ights from the master
owner, would not penni t t he record to be released in t he
US and had no intention of releasing it t hemselves through
t hei r US parent company. This practice is unfair to t he
Canadian arti st, and a direct attempt to frustate Canadian
ta l ent. Any producer or artist producer who has any in­
tention of leasing out his master to any company (no mat-
-ter how big or how reputable) should demand release in
the US 60 days after Canadian release or relinqui sh t he
world r ights after t hat period of t ime. RPM is most i.J>­
t erested in any other cases of this kind. Not hing holds
back t he industry as much as t hese binding agreements t hat
cannot be construde as "ego pacts". "If we don1t want it,
you can't have i t". Produce well, produce for t he world
market. If it isn't good enough for t he world it should
not cane out in Canada.
AN ALL CANADIAN HIT PARADE: frank Miles, Music Editor of
CJGX Yo rkt on advises t hat his station has started the first
All Canadian hit parade. They have 25 country and 24 pop
tunes on t hei r listings t his week and hope to have more.
The response has been great and t he cooperation from the
record companies has been good.
HERE AND THERE: Spence Berg of Musicmart Records dropped
off the new Ian &. Sylvia LP "Northe rn Journey" (Vanguard).
Spence also reminded us t hat Ian & Sylvia will be appearing
at t he Newport folk festival July 22, 23, 24 . Hal Ross of
London Records sent along the new Gemt ones LP release
"These fabulous Gemtones". This group of youngsters from
t he Ma ri times started off with a big bang wit h t heir single
release "Reno", national coverage i n newspapers etc, but
t hen we lost track of them. Glad to see t his talented
group back on the scene once agai n. They have been invited
to appear at t he New York World's fair for bro weeks in
August. Al All butt of Leeds Music supplied us with a copy
of "The Flipper" by The Breakaways (Melbourn3). This disc
could be classified as a Commonwealth contribution. It
"Wild Goose". Another Columbia LP release is by Johnny
Lindon and his ork "Happy Dancing". Johnny is better known
for his appearances at the lllperial Room, Royal York Hotel
(10 seasons) plus engagements at Banft and Nassau. Diane
Leigh has a new single out this week "Three Red Leaves"
(Quality). Harold Winslow of Quality Records informs us
t hat initial reation to the record has been most interest..
ing. Al though the song is country oriented, the sound
could be accepted and the idea is certai nly a timely one.
We mentioned the release of "Cathie Taylor Sings of The
Land and The People". (R~rise) Al Mair of Apex filled us
in on a bit of information about Cathie. Cathie was born
in Winnipeg, spent some of her childhood in Vancouver t hen
moved to California, where,after a bit of struggling she
made it. first a a regular on the Roy Rogers TV show and
t hen guesting regularly on The Tennessee Ernie ford show,
Ea rlier LPs were on t he Capitol label .
As I ws saying •••••
WE GIVE YOU TH E BUSINESS: 25% of charts received t his
week listed NO CANADIAN CONTE NT singles. 4% of all records
listed were C,C. Scattershooting, fourteen singles wan- will be released simultaneiously in 8 countries. The reason dered aimlessly over the charts coast to coast with no we mention t his record is because t he fou r man group is
made up of Pat Turpin from Canada, Colin Tu rnbull from
Scotland, Mickey Davenport from India and Murray Anderson
from Australia. Bob Martin, Columbia Records sent over an
interesting LP release by The Travellers "Somet hing To Si ng
Abo~t". Oscar Brand wrote the liner notes and he writes
consistancy. "Side Winder" by Wes Dakus was the most
consistant throughout t he prairie Provi nces. 50% of t hese
14 singles showed one listing only. In general, the chart
were sl ow and no records Canadian, US or British showed
great strides, The i ndustry is crying for a giant hit
(possibly Canadian) and some sales action. It's been a in part, "The Travellers predate the current folk musi c slow season, spring and summer. PDs and Mds should ask
revival by many , many years. Unlike t he t housands of money- themselves why. What is driving the public away from hungry bandwagoners, t he Travellers sing folk music because
of an early l ove affair with t he tradit ional songs. Respect
affectio n and ent husiasm are t he hallmarks of t heir perfom­
ances." This is t he type of LP we woul d like to see r&­
leased in t he US, The Travellers also released a single
record buying, ........ and RAOI01???71
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TOP FORTY- 5s LAST WE EK
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Rockaways
l. "ha£ :01: r our Seasons 2. 1.'ishi n' !. Hopin1 Dusty Springfield 3. Can ' t You See She's mne Dav e Cla rk 5
~ Little Old Laay r rom Pasadena Jan & Dean Gi r f rem Ipanema St an Getz
6. Dang Me Roger Miller 7. Memphi s Johnny Rivers
~ . I Get Aro und (2) Beach Boys
•Under The Boa rdwalk Drif t ers trobody I know Peter & Go rdon
j . t, s Long As I' Sure Of You Bobby Curtola 12. My Boy Lollipop Millie Small 13. I Wanna Love Him So Sad Jelly Beans g , Do I Lov e You Ronettes
~ You don 't Know How Glad I' am Nancy Wi lson Hard ay ' s Night Beatles
_,. •nandy Man Del Shannon ® Share You r Love With Me Bobby Bland 19* /,lone four Seasons 2C. You ' re My Wor ld Cilla Black L Keep On Pushing lmpressions 22 . wPeople Say Dixie Cups
~ Wne re Di d Ou r Love Go Supremes Tell '1e Rolling Stones
25 . r rench Song Lucill e Sta rr 2t . Don ' t et The Sun •••• Ger ry & Pace ak ers ®- How Do You Do It Gerry & Pacemakers 2 • ho Pa rt icu ar P ace To Go Chuck Berry 29. La rrv Allen Sisters 30. t-: ixed Up Shook Up Girl Patty & Embl ems @. *That 's Really Some Good Rufus & Carla 32. lf I' 4 fool for Lovin' You Bobby Wood 33 . St eal Jlway Jim y Hughes 34 . Sey OU Ronnie Dove 35. Ai n 1 t She Sweet Beatles 36. Such A Night Elvis Presley 'le Ne11 fangled Jingl e Jangle f ra kie Avalon ,,( . 35. Just Be True Gene Chandler 39. Top Do1.n Time Rockaways 40. A Tea r fell
1 6 3 9 7 8 2 4 16 10 11 5 14 15 36 26 24 28 13 12 25 29 35 new 17 18 38 19 23 33 40 34 new new new new new new new
CKWS CJCA CKOM CKOW
Q SIGNIFICANT ACTION Q Kingston Edmont on Saskatoon Hamilton
You Were Mine Dick & Deedee Hawaii Gene Pi t ney Stronger Then Dirt Glen Barber Looki ng for Love Co nnie Francis
R.~~~. •• We would strongly like to suggest that you look at the Top forty-5 chart as an industry chart and keep in mind that we are advanced and in many cases you may have to do some digging to obtain a copy of the records mentioned, We feel however that the Canadian market will gain speed as RPM continues.
Watch for a whole NEW sound when the new Orlen sing­
le is released. Indications are that this one was
a hit the minute the session was completed. Shirley
Matthews changes labels and this time comes up with
a single on the Amy label. Larry Uttah now has two
bright Canadians in his stable. Besides Shirley, he
has Jayson King-. Welcome back to WKBW Tommy Shannon
who comes back to the freindly giant to complete a
winning team. We mean Nevearth, Reynolds and Shannon
all in a row. KB is strongly Canadian minded since
they beam into Canada as an international giant.
Old Town Records could have a winner with their new
release by Butch, Peggy and Little John. Pick side
is "It Must .Be Love". It Must Be A Hi t!I
OUT Of LffT rIELD. We would pick "father Sebastian" Ray Cha rles new
r--::----:-...,.--=:--~...;.;.;,;.;;.;.;. _____ ...:;;~ by the Ramblers on t he Almont l abel. (Canadian
S P e C I • a I Rate distributor un known). This could be a winning side.
We are waiting to hear a DJ say "Uttle Old Lady
fROM NO TILL THE 3lst or AUGUST 1964 ... f rom Ipanema" or a single to come out by that name.
RPM will off er a SPECIAL RA TE to subscribers in t he Second choice "farmer John ' s Daughter". Continue to
Un ited St ates fo r a one year subscription. r or t his wa tch Ramblin ' fo r a BIG international story which
limited time you will be offered a one year subscription is ri ght now i n the making. Frankie Avalon is ma king
for S25 . 00. Take advant age of t his special rat e. a strong comeback with his presently charted "New F angled Jingle" Jangle" (Enters the Top forty-5 t his
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week. ) Three sounds are domi nating at the moment.
The choral sound, the duet sound (two name artists
t ogether, usually male and female) and t he BIG BIG
production sound. Could make things very interesting