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Dee a nd the Yeoman hav e a uniqu e setting for the recording busi ­ness. There are o nl y three in the group and th ey have succeeded in putting more sound on wax than a ny group wirh six or e ight mem­bers. Their Quality re­co rdi ng of "Ta ke rh e f'irsr Train ll ome " and "Wh y IVhy Why" arc

i . e xamp les of rheir right musicianship and ra le nt

nw ... i..- at writing . The group is made up of Dee (Graha m

Dunnett) who was born in :-.liddlesex, Eng­land in l 9il. From 1957 ro 1961 Dee play­ed in no less rhan 23 bands and ga in ed a grear deal of experience which gave a great boost co his writing abilities . In 1962 he JOined The Srarliners and made tours of rhc British Isles backing many of the big name recording artists. lie cut two re­cords with The ~rarliners and also made a Parhc: Tech. movie ro produce: rhc re­cords. This movic was shown throughout England. lr was also in 1962 thar his group received a conrracr ro pla>• in the "Star Club" in Hamburg Germany, and for six weeks shared rhe bill with The Beat­les , Ger ry and The Pacemakers and The Undertakers. Afrer rhis exciting engage­ment Dec and The Srarlincrs coured france for six months which added to his success­ful conquering of Continental Europe.

A I ways a nxi ous co keep o n the move and go where rhc auion is, Dee decided to move o ur ro England and after looking the situation over he met Len a nd T e rr y a nd form ed Dee a n d Th e Yeome n. Th ei r first reco rd " Say Baby" established the group as one to watch not on ly in Canad a bur the Unit ed rates as we ll.

Their second record for Ca nC ur n Quality produced by ran Kl ees Produc -uons 1s a hit boun d sou nd a nd on rhe st re ngth of this release De e and Th e Yeomen are now travelling quire regularl y between T oronto a nd Monrrea l. Re ce ntl y their an ur re lease was s natc hed up by Bell Records for US release .

Terry IX'at kin son, o ne of rhe Yeome n plays organ. li e was born in F ort William , Onta r io on ept. 15, 19·12 . Ter ry 's father, ori gi na lly from Li ve rpoo l, England, is a high schoo l prin c ipal which was a hi ghly contributin g fa cto r to Terry ha v ing a high­e r than average scholastic ba c kground. It was a t rhe early age of seve n rhat Terry sta rted raking c lassica l pi a no le ssons, which he did for s ix yea rs . The family th e n moved ro Iroq uo is Falls, Ontario which be s ides a c hange of ce ne ry also

Week of November 29th, 1965

011 AND THI YIOMIN

brought about a c hange 1n hi s musi c appreciat ion. It was in Iroquois rail s that Terry learned popular musi c fro m local mu s icia ns a nd form ed hi s own dance band. lie a lso learned co play th e saxo­pho ne. Afte r grad uating from hi gh school Terry e nro ll ed at the University of Toronto a nd studied Architec ture but found that thi s was n' t for him a nd a ft er two yea r s left the U of T ro play full t ime with a loca l group ca ll ed Sonny a nd The Se­quins . Lt wa. durin g hi s stay w ith this group that he had rh e c hance to have several o f hi s songs record ed . ln rhe fall of 1964 Terry met De e a nd Le n. Dee encou raged Terry's writing and si ng in g a nd through the winter of 1961\ -65 th e rh:ee worked out what is now th e ri ght tight group known as Dee and Th e Yeome n with a repe rtoire of seve ra l hundr ed ori g i­nal co mpos ition s.

Le n Lytwyn, th e other Yeoman, was born 1n Toronto on Jul y 15, 1942 . lie starred guitar I es sons at the age of I 0 but aft e r a few lessons switched to th e accordian. He stayed wirh thi s in strument for about thr ee years but wasn't roo keen on the res tri c tions that went with an

accord ia n player a nd after joining a mu s ic class in high schoo l, jumped ar the chance ro lea rn how co play the saxophon e.

Th e sa x was also a drag a nd finally at the age of 16 Le n joined the school band and fell in love wirh rhe s na re drum a nd finally beca me involved wi th all rypes of percussion in s trum e nts . After hi gh school he worked at a full rim e job and played weekends with odd groups im proved and st ud yi ng a ll th e tim e. Aft e r abo ut a year After a bout a yea r Le n considered hi ms c If professional e no ugh co ger with a rea l professional group a nd mak e th e musi c business his full rime ca reer.

Afrer about two yea rs of c lub work he met Dee who asked him if he would be in­t e res t ed in formin g a new group. Th e next job was co find a rhird member which turn ed out to be T e rry a nd rh e rest is his­tory, bur the book is jus t opening for Dee and The Yeomen. Their amazing ability of soundin g like six instead of three rop notch mus 1c 1ans and their manner of putting th eir own compos iti ons together to come up with that sound that sells will make Dee a nd The Yeomen one of the new

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dith, freelance Vancou­er-t own promo ma n se nds news of the success of "Pacific International '66" which s ta rred Enzo

a nd Florian ZaBach. Bud & Travi s HERE Scuarti

wo und up a s uccessfu l week at The Bunkhouse with J ohnny Rive rs giv -

THERE ing way to The Right­eous Brothers at The

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Cave . Timi Yuro's s tay at lsy ' s gave local ra-dio a chance to put he r

records back in sw in g aga in . Di ck Con­t in o followed T imi. Tommy Leonetti went we ll with the C hines e food at the Ma rco Polo but for those who preferred Ital ian food, a night o f fre e spaghett i was set aside which turned out to be the most popular eve nin g by fa r. The Queen E liza­beth Theatre ha s ju s t co mpl e ted a full ros te r of activity including Glenn Yar­brough, Er rol Garner, Gracie Fields a nd Johnny Mathis. The Roger Wa gn er Chora l was a lso a good crowd draw e r. Co min g up is the J ack Benny Show, Dec. 4 a nd 5.

C FRA's Campus Cl u b Pres, Go rd Atki nson seen introducing The Staccatos at the C .C . Ex with CF RA's Dick Malaney at far left and mo rning personality " General" Ken Grant using his persuader on the cheering section .

New York: Fra nk lay a nd Dennis Ganim make with their "J oi n the C la rid ge Re­be l li on " in an effort to get their Xmas LP " Chr istmas In Washington Sq uare " o ff the gro und early. Van Trevor does th e voca l honours. Reaction on the easte rn seaboa rd has al ready been promisi ng.

Re n Greva tt se nd s news that Acuff-Rose now adds Japan to its Empire of publ ish­ing a nd rec ord in g comp lex . Japa n is re­ga rd ed as the world's third largest music a nd record market.

Andy Kim , popula r yo un g Montr ea le r , negot iated himself into a co ntra ct with Red Bird. Hi s fir st release co-writte n by Andy, J eff Barry and E ll ie Greenwich " ! Hea r You ay" is a very s tro ng s ide and co uld be th e one Andy is looki ng for .

Po rt Arthu r: Basil Hurdon of Tartan Record s brings us up-to-date o n rh e busy happenings of Bobby C urrol a . So far thi s year, Bobby has starr ed in 160 PA s fr o m

coast to coast. He's made three appear­ances at the CNE a nd emceed th e g iga n­tic Toronto's " A-Go-Go" show. Octobe r saw th e release of his 30rh sing le a nd 7th LP . Bobby was declared winner of The Mac as " Ca nada's Most Popul ar Art ist" in a poll taken by th e Toronto Telegram. Each week (Sa turday ) his popularity grows with his appearance on the " Afte r Four" TVer. The big n ews was rhe phen­omenal sale of hi s LP for Coca-Cola. For thi s effort , Quality Records and Coca Co la have arranged to present Bobby with a gold record which wi ll probab ly be pre se nted to him on TV so me t ime rhi s mo nth. Th e " Bobby Cu rtola Purse " turn­ed o ut to be the most popular race at the Ca nadian Derby in Edmonton. •

RCA Victor: Stan Kulin i s excited o ve r eh e re · ac tion already genera ~

~d~~r.i~ ' t ed with th e relea se of th e newest by J.B. and Th e Pay boys "Poor Anne" and " My Lov e " . Boch run es were penned by th e boys. ew fro m Nova coti a co mes th e Du Ca ts w irh "Off The Hook"a nd " Good Thin g Going " . Th ese boys who hail fr om Port Aux Bas ­que will be releasin g a Ca nada-Inte rn at iona l L P

sometime in rhe new yea r. Les J cro las appeared recentl y ar th e Comedi c a na­d ienne in downrown Montrea l a nd in e ight s hows drew ove r 21 ,000 . Thi s was good e no ugh reason for RCA to reco rd the boys live wh ich will be the ir nex t LP re lease . A tour of the Provin e will a lso ge t und e r­way . tu Phillips made s uc h a n impress ion on the Ca nad ia n sce ne th at he ha s been signed by RCA Victor s tates ide. Seu wi ll be working our o f Nashv ill e with a prob­able LP re lease th e first of the yea r. Luc ien lletu mak es the scene with a no th e r much in dema nd Camden orga n LP. "Skate rs Mu s ic " has a lready been hail ed as a welcome addit io n for s ka ting c lubs loo king fo r th e ri ght mat e rial for their figure skate rs. Luc ie n is o ne o f rh e mos t s uccessful o f fr e nc h Ca nadi a n a rti ts with sales on o ne a lbum reac hin g 110,000.

Arc : Bill Gi llil a nd ge ts set fo r two g ia nt s in g les . " Blu e Lipsti ck " writte n by hitm a ke r P.f. Sloa ne es pec ially for Patric ia n-Anne is already getti ng the s tar trea tm e nt throu ghout pp e r Ca nada and the Eastern Sea board. "Poo r Littl e Foo l" g ives T e rry Blac k a noth e r no tch in his bid fo r In ternational s tardo m. T e rry is no w a very importa nt part o f the Los An ge les sce ne but ha s been able to make periodi c v isits with hi s fo lk s in Vanco uv e r.

Columbia : Bob Ma rtin reac hes for th e s ky and pu ll s o ut a ll plu gs to make the wo rl d aware that Co lumbia has the nex t big sta r o n th e recordin g sce ne . 11obby Kri s a nd Th e Impe ri als eve n gassed th e Co lumbi a folks fr om New Yo rk. "Trave llin' Bag" a nd "Wa lk On By" is s ure ro es ta ­bli s h Bobby as th e o ne to wat ch. e

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Bob McAdorey CHUM Toronto Baby What You Do To Me Ernie Lyons

"Great debut disc . This is the kind of beat that sells. After listening to half a doz en Canadian releases this week, we chose Ernie as our Canadian Talent Spot­light pick. ' '

Graham Wyllie Womon and Man

CKCL Truro Diane Leigh

"Diane almost made it with "Lonely Summer" Has hit it with this one. A winner in numerous phone polls . Already on chart at No.36".

Ray Nickel When Love's Gone

CKOM Saskatoon Kenny Hamilton

''Production's good and Ken does a good job. But I felt that the sound wasn't one that the kids would flock to the record shops in droves to buy. Should make the charts in some areas though. ''

Ray Bye CKSO Sudbury Hoochi Coochi Coo Wes Dakus

"Wes and the group, and boys at Clovis seem t<• be c oming closer to the disc which will hit mass approval and make it across North America. "

Glen A. Wright Darling Don't You Go

CKLN Nelson Jay Jackson

''This is a smooth number, but somehow I just don't think it will make it. The re­cord is well done, but there are just too many of this type that are losing out these days."

Sondy Gardiner Ottawa Journal Darling Don't You Go Jay Jackson

"The recording is good, the vocal good but the song doesn't strike me as a chart­buster. It deserves air exposure."

Graham Hart CKBW Bridgewater Darling Don't You Go Jay Jackson

"Pops right along and the organ sounds great . Seems to present a sound prevalent in the late 50' s and well 'Darling' might just 'Go' . "

Bob Stagg Stuck On Yourself

CJCA Edmonton Dean Curtis

''Has possibilities, but seems to lack complete excitement. Good sound general-

ly. Horn section is a bit old fashioned, not 1965."

Ray Nickel A Penny A T e a rd ro p

CKOM Saskatoon Barry Allen

"My personal pick to click from the mo­ment it hit this station, because it has that folk-rock beat that's definitely 'in' these days. Also because Barry is one of Canada's fastest rising young perfor­mers. Definitely top ten material."

Glen A. Wri gh t CKLN Nelson Woman and Man Dia ne Lei gh "This is a great piece of music. Fashion­ed after the movin' sounds of Bob Dylan, it is the kind of record that both the youn­ger set and the mid twentiers who are young at heart will JUST GRAB . This is the type of music that is up and cominR and should see a fair play on all sta-tions . '' Graham Hart Baby's Gone Away

CK BW Bridgewater Bobby J. Newman

"What's underneath this one 'Another of Your Toys' is the sound with the potential and the one to play with."

Graham Hart C K BW Bridgewater But I Love You Ardels "It rambles along in a rather appealing sort of way and is just different enough to make an impression, although maybe not too deep a one." Sandy Gardiner Ottawa Jou rna l

Freckles, Freckles Sk ip Evan s

"This is definitely a big contender. It's catchy and ready made for all-day pro­gramming. Skip should easily hit the charts."

Chuck Benson Darling Don't You Go

CKYL P ea c e River Jay Ja c ks on

"A winner. Top 20 for sure!"

Brian Dixon CKDM Dauph in Darling Don't You Go J a y Jackson "Has a winning sound. It will go if it gets a bit of play from a few more stations. It certainly is going to get play here. I particularly like the instrumental bridge in the middle of the song. I only wish all Canadian talent was this good. ''

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10 11 x JUST LIKE TOM THUMB'S BLUES Gordon Lightfoot Com 11 15 I FOUND A GIRL Jan & Dean Lon 12 18 TEARS Ken Dodd Cap 13 16 * BUTTERFLY Van McCoy Col 14 17 x C' EST UN SECRET Michel Louvain Com 15 22 * TAKE THE FIRST TRAIN HOME Dee/ Yeomen Qua 16 20 x IT'S MY LIFE Animals Qua 17 23 * l'M A MAN Yard birds Cap 18 25 * DON'T THINK TWICE Wonder Whos Lon 19 29 x I CAN NEVER GO HOME ANYMORE Shangrilas Qua 20 39 LET'S GET TOGETHER We Five Qua 21 27 * FORGET HER Bobby Curtola All 22 33 . SOME THING ABOUT YOU Four Tops Pho 23 34 OVER & OVER Dave Clark S Cap 24 40 I HEAR A SYMPHONY Supremes Pho 25 26 x I WILL Dean Martin Com 26 30 x LET ME BE Turtles Qua 27 32 * I WANT TO MEET HIM Royalettes Qua 28 31 * JUST A LITTLE BIT Roy Head Qua 29 35 DANCE WITH ME Mojo Men Qua 30 38 CRAWLING BACK Roy Orbison Qua 31 36 PUPPET ON A STRING Elvis Presley Rea 32 new POOR LITTLE FOOL Terry Black Arc 33 new * PRINCESS IN RAGS Gene Pi tney Col 34 new * FLOWERS ON THE WALL Statler Bros. Col 35 new x MISTY Vibrations Col 36 new x I GOT YOU James Brown Lon 37 new * YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE SO NICE Lovin' Spoonful Qua 38 40 SO LONG BABE Nancy Sinatra Com 39 new MOTHER NATURE AND FATHER TIME Brook Benton Rea 40 new SUNDAY AND ME Jay/ Americans Com

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lllX•••••••••••••uo•••••••••••••cuir SOUNDING BOARD 1s one of my favourite features in RPM (o utside my own column). Often I feel that Canadian DJs should go a little further than criticize and produce a session or two to get a REAL i nsight into re­corded sound. One has and very successfully . I am talking about Duff Roman who is not only a DJ with C HUM , but the very s uccessfu l producer

)t"' APA"nn"APQJC of the David Clayton Thomas sessions. Duff also owns Roman Records, and has had ma ny good produc­tions on the market by other artists. Thomas' first LP is making a big noise for Capitol (who distribute it) and hi s next single may just be the winning sound for DCT., and a real chart topper!!

DJ's HAVE A HABIT of using very SAFE remarks in Sounding Board, a nd very few of them have really chalked up a ny kind of a score in hit predictions. I will try to analyze some of their comments here, and their REAL meaning : "we'll put it on the battle, and see what happe ns ... " - cause I really don't know a hit when I hear one' "has possibilities in areas where R&B sells ... "

how about areas where records are played??? "This is one of the best Canadian so unds I've heard!" - but I can't find it listed in this US trade mag???? "GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! Going right to the top!" - and I manage thi group. "It hasn't got that commercia l sound ... " - Oh! It's TOO original' "It so und s too much like a nother record ... " - Oh 1 It's not original ENOUGH' "It needs a lot of air play . . " - Y ep 1 that's what it needs' "I like the other side . . . " - That's it baby, split the action'" "Great ta lent! Sure to be a hit. This artist did a gig with me last week and will be back in two weeks . . . " - It' s just like living next door to the artist. However, the Sounding Board has proven to be not only an advantage to artists, but a good media for bringing DJ s to the atten­tion of the trade. I hope every disc jockey listens to the records sent o ut fo r Sounding Board, and when he does spot a hit , he send s back his comme nt s. Possibly readers do n 't know that this feature is a pick feat ur e not a review co lumn. Records that don't impress a DJ don't have a ballot returned.

GOSSIP ! The Canadian sou nd is goi ng to change. Why would be edited. Rig ht ) (Ed: Right ') But the change will be to the better. (Ed: Right!)

Marty Shannon is a name not to forget!!! Big people are interested. Watch for a release soon!!!

BOB VOLLUM branches out on his ow n 6

as an independent sound man . Bob has been at the board for many many Canadian hits, and many produce rs wi II not work with a ny­one e ls e . Understa nd Bob will locate s oon in the Music Ca nada Building.

Nelson : Glen A . Wright note s that with the approach of winter CKLN has re-arra nged their programm in g to accomo­modate their younger li s t e ners. Sign off IS

l lpm. Mon. to Thurs . Friday gets the extra hour as does Satu rd ay with heavy concentra­tion on the rock sound. The C ivic Centre recent­ly saw the 2nd annua l Battle Of The Bands. Says Glen " The Am­bassadors came through great.

Medicine Hat: News from Ted Hockaday that Chi ef Announcer, Gerry Givens moves up to Production Manager at C HAT. For­mer PM Glen Yost moved ove r to C HAT­TV. Ted moves from afternoons ro look after the all-nice rock show.

Cornwall : Tom ll ey a nd C JSS are feel­in g their Canadian oa ts. ays Tom "l chink Canad ian talent is finally picking up its feet a nd starting to move up if it ca n gee more support from o ur Ca nadian broadcast in g media. "Bi g in Tom's area is "Fall in g Tears" by Dave Britten , "Poor Lierle Fool" by Terry Black and the new entry by Ca ro l Wharton "! Always Wake Up Crying. "

Penticton : Wayne Rar ry blows his KOK horn over the success of their newly intro­duced record hops. Barry and Bob Gouegon travel throu ghout the Okanagan along with a gro up known as the Batou r 55 ' s . Lance lla rri so n , Vancouve r based R A recording

artist dropped by the station touting his LP re lease "Th e Vancouv e r Scene." Barry picks this L P as a must for thos e in search of Ca nad ian talent. Ha nk Snow a nd the Rainbow Ranch boys grabbed good audi­ences at their PA Nov. 17.

Peoce River: The big promo in the Peace country is CKYL ' s Don Hamilron with hi s "Di scotheque for an Xmas Bash" contest. Restricted to schools. The school sending in the most used chalk wins . All cha lk received will go to under-priviledged schools in So uth ern Al berta a nd Saska t ­chewan. (Ed: Whaaaaa?)

Saskatoon : Dee a nd The Yeomen get the nod from Ray Nickel at C KOM with the ir Canc ur entry of " Take Th e First Trai n Home". Former Saskatonian E rni e Lyons gets a big boost with his Capitol outi ng of "Baby What You Do To Me". "Try To Remember" by The Brothers Four is a consi stent battle winner. •

Nc.w Stopped up at Epic Re-e:;; cords this week. Ken

\Jl"\r':)// Coleman inttoduced him­f~ se lf to me a nd then told

me h e would be in New York for s ix weeks .. Van McCoy told me h e would be doing a n ew session this week. He said "We 'll go rea l comme r­cia l this rime". He ' s thrilled with the way "Butterfly" has taken off in Ca nada .. . ! wasn't at a ll surprised when Charl ie Colello told me

he wou ld be leaving The 4 Seasons in a coupl e of weeks. He waited until the boys

could find a repla ce menr. .. Had coffee with Di ck Heard this past week. As editor of For The Record, he reads RPM every week . It isn't at all unusua l these days to walk into any music publisher's office

Just released!

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and see a copy of RPM in the magazine rack ... The night of the blackout, I had to cancel an appointment I had with Johnny Nash. He told me he would be recording the following day... Met Barry McGuire while he was making the rounds of mus ic publishers before cutting his next ses­sion ... Sorry I missed meeting Ron Seri b­ner when he was in town. Hope I won 't miss him next time.

Don Costa records Julius LaRoso's first MGM date th is month . .. Herb Bernstein will arrange and produce dates for Genius, Inc . ... Steve Lawrence will record a n LP of Leo Fuld songs ... Timi Yuro's next re­lease is the country hit , "Once A Day" . . . Sid Bass a rra nged Miriam Makeba's soon to be re leased LP on RCA . . . Epic has sign­ed Tony Ge orge, lead in the national com­pan y of "Funny Girl", to do an album ... Th e duo of Caesa r and Cleo is rea lly Sonny and Cher.

Tin Pan All ey is talking about New York as the new breakout area when it comes to Th e Top 40 music scene. Al ­though we have only one station (WMCA) ca tering to brand new releas es, this s ta­tion alone can "brea k" a record. WMCA does not wai t a ny longer to see if a re ­cord "i s happe ning" out of town.

Waiting to break big on th e charts a re "You Don't Hav e To Be So N ice " by The Lovin' Spoonful a nd "The Littl e Girl I Once Knew" by The Beach Boys ... Jack Jones' "The Love Bug" cou Id be his biggest record si nce "Th e Ra ce Is On" ... It's ni ce to see Dee Dee Sharp back o n th e charts with "I Rea lly Love You ". For a whi l e it loo ked as though s he wo uldn't mak e it "pop" a l though the record has been do in g g rea t on th e r & b c ha rt s for a while .. . Wilson Pickett doing jus t great with hi s record of "Don't Fight lt" .. . Jan and Dean could go "top 10" with thei r re­cord of "I Fo un d A Girl" ... "Th e Du c k" by Jackie Lee look s lik e the fir s t c hart record for Mira Reco rd s ... Getti ng lot s of good mus ic play is "The Wai lin g Waltz" by Randy St. Clair.

Notes of Interest ... John Lennon is set to write the sc ree n-play e ntitl e d " In Th e Words of the Horn et Take Gas" .. . Richard Chamberlain wi ll g ues t o n The Andy Williams Show , Nov. 29th ... Jock Jones, Joey Heatherton and Anita Bryant to be Bob ll o pe's Chri stmas s how , J a n. 19th, to be filmed in Viet Nam. 8

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Nelson: Gle n A. Wright will have so me new promos for his co untry show thanks to the Ambassado rs, a loca l group who wo n the Battle of the Ba nds co ntes t.

Medicine Hat : J ack Thys moves int o C HAT from CKN L to take ove r the co untry s how .

Fort St. John: Ge ne Dan ie l now loo ks afte r the co untry sce ne at CKN L .

Penticton: !la nk Snow a nd the Ra inbow Ra nc h Boys p layed two well attended s hows Nov . 17.

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Toronto: Ron Albert, cou nt ry promoter at Arc R ecord s se nd s alo ng the following (' tid-bit s" .

The Kingfi s he rs of C BC "Singa long Jubilee" fame, stopped off in Toronto on their way to Gue lph to tap e a "Let's S in g Out" s how. They made arrangeme nt s for a future recording sess ion a t the Arc s tudio s . Jimmy J a mes will be making a few PA s in Toronro to promote his new Arc re lease " Ma rjolaina". George and Jun e Pasher, a Toronto husba nd a nd wife team, a re s ked­ded to tape a "Ca nadian Ta le nt Sho wcase" for CFTO-TV. Artie Mac Lare n will appea r on the sa me s how. •

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