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May 10 1965: Hal Willis’ “Klondike Mike” tops Canada’s country chart for the second time. It stayed there for three weeks a couple of months earlier, and this time spends two weeks on top. 1977: Rush is in Milwaukee for a show at the Convention Centre. They play “Xanadu” for the first time, before A …
May 9 1909: Fiddle great Don Messer is born in Tweedside, NB. 1914: Hank Snow is born in Brooklyn, NS as Clarence Eugene Snow. 1953: Connie Kaldor is born in Regina, Sask. 1959: Paul Anka and Ronnie Hawkins are both performers on Dick Clark’s “Beech-Nut Show.” 1966: “Until It’s Time For You To Go” by …
May 1 1949: April Wine’s bassist Jim Clench is born in Mt Pearl, NFLD. 1966: The Mamas & The Papas, featuring Denny Doherty, top Billboard’s chart with “Monday Monday.” 1970:Luke & The Apostles are in Toronto for a show at St Gabe’s. 1971:Ocean peaks on Billboard’s chart at #2 with “Put Your Hand In The …
April 30 1962: Longtrain, Steele/MacLeod, and Headpins bassist Danny Latham is born in Weyburn, Sask. 1967: Ian and Sylvia Tyson perform at New York’s Carnegie Hall for the first time. 1969: Dianne Brooks releases her debut single, “Walkin’ On My Mind.” 1971: Neil Young peaks at #93 on Billboard’s chart with “When You Dance I …
April 21 1943: Steppenwolf guitarist Mars Bonfire is born in Oshawa, Ontario as Dennis Eugene McCrohan. 1945: Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians debut on the Billboard pop chart with “Poor Little Rhode Island” which peaks at #11 & stays on the charts for 8 weeks. 1959: Guitarist Michael Timmins of the Cowboy Junkies is …
April 19 1954: Producer Bob Rock, formerly of Payolas and Rock and Hyde, is born in Winnipeg as Robert Jens Rock. 1965: Esquires’ “Cry Is All I Do” enters the Canadian chart at #39. 1969: Steppenwolf see “Rock Me” peak at #10 on Billboard’s chart. 1970: Blood Sweat & Tears are in Providence, Rhode Island …
April 15 1945: Roz Parks, who’d played in Magic Circus, Edward Bear and The Paupers is born in Pictou, NS. 1946: Mike McKenna of Luke & The Apostles, Kensington Market, and McKenna Mendelson Mainline is born in Toronto. 1949: Marc Connors of The Nylons is born in Ottawa. 1955: The Crew Cuts begin a 20 …
April 5 1939: Jazz drummer Jerry Fuller is born in Calgary. 1942: ‘The Canadian Army Show,’ a live weekly music revue that kickstarted Wayne & Shuster’s career debuts at Toronto’s Victoria Theatre. 1963: The Oscar Peterson Trio release the AFFINITY album. 1966: Buffalo Springfield make their live debut at the Hollywood A Go Go. 1968: …
March 30 1959: Hank Snow peaks on Billboard’s country chart the first of two weeks at #19 with “Doggone That Train.” 1968: Celine Dion is born in Charlemagne, Quebec. 1970: Troyka is home in Edmonton for a show at the Kinsmen Field House, opening for the Byrds. 1978: Anne Murray releases her LET’S KEEP IT …
March 29 1943: Chad Allan is born in Winnipeg as Allan Peter Stanley Kowbel. 1944:Terry Jacks is born in Winnipeg. 1969: The Village STOP is in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for a show at The Third Eye. 1974: The Guess Who host “The Midnight Special,” where they perform “American Woman,” “Star Baby,” “These Eyes,” “Clap for the …