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Feb 13 1951: Al Harlow of Seeds of Time and Prism is born in Vancouver. 1955: Scott Smith, bassist for Loverboy is born. 1966: Annihilator‘s founder Jeff Waters is born in Ottawa. 1970: Grant Smith and The Power perform for the last time, at the Jubilee Auditorium in Oshawa, Ontario. 1971: Perth County Conspiracy debut …
Feb 6 1946: Kate McGarrigle is born in Montreal. 1964: Gordon Downie of Tragically Hip is born in Amherstview, Ont. 1972: Lighthouse perform in New York City at Carnegie Hall. The show becomes LIGHTHOUSE LIVE, the first Canadian lp to sell 100,000 copies in Canada. 1975: Mahogany Rush is in Cincinnati for a show at …
Feb 1 1963: 17 year-old Neil Young performs his second professional date at a country club in Winnipeg with The Squires – their second night in a row. 1969: Joni Mitchell plays Carnegie Hall in New York for the first time. 1972: Neil Young releases his pinacle album, HARVEST. 1973: They’ve been retired for less …
Jan 30 1958: Paul Anka performs the first night of a six date Australian tour at the Sydney Stadium in Sydney, New South Wales. 1964: Patricia Conroy is born in Montreal. 1966: Mamas & Papas, featuring Canadian Denny Doherty, release the single, “California Dreamin’.” It debuts the next day at #31 on the Canadian pop …
Jan 23 1950: Kevan Staples of Rough Trade is born in Toronto. 1968: Neil Young releases his self-titled debut. It fails to make the top 200 in the US. 1970: The Band kicks off a California tour in San Diego at the Community Concourse. 1971: Stampeders release the single, “Sweet City Woman.” 1973: While playing …
Jan 8 1955: Mike Reno of Moxy and Loverboy is born as Joseph Michael Rynoski in New Westminster, BC. 1967: Buffalo Springfield is at Atlantic Studios in New York to lay down the tracks to “Mr Soul.” 1971: Neil Young performs solo in Vancouver, closing out a three-night stand at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre – …
Dec 27 1947: Steppenwolf guitarist Larry Byrom is born in Huntsville, Alabama. 1958: Canadian Sweethearts, then going simply by their names Bob Regan and Lucille Starr, release the single, “Demon Lover.” 1965: Terry Black sees “Poor Little Fool” peak on the Canadian pop chart at #7. 1966: Paupers and Luke & The Apostles close out …
Dec 22 1949: Eddie Schwartz is born in Toronto. 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to discuss drug abuse. They’d been hanging out with Ronnie Hawkins at his ranch for the past few days. The Hawk later admits they were smoking weed the whole time, and Yoko reportedly rang …
Dec 21 1951: Nick Gilder is born in London, England as Nicholas George Gilder. 1969: Queen City Kids officially forms. 1973: Mahogany Rush is in Quebec City for a show at Centre Montmorency-Laval. 1974: Andy Kim‘s GREATEST HITS album peaks at #190 on Billboard’s albums chart. 1974: Anne Murray peaks at #5 on Billboard’s country …
Dec 7 1950: Singer/songwriter Ron Hynes is born in St John’s, NFLD. 1959: 980 CKGM AM Radio begins operations in Montreal. 1963: Hank Snow peaks on Billboard’s country chart at #2 wiith “90 Miles An Hour.” 1964: RPM Weekly Magazine conducts the first survey of Canadians’ favourite homegrown music, with a poll that got an …