Hour One

1.   Marty Robbins: Sweet Leilani (H Owens) 1957
2.   Gene Pitney: Mecca (Spanish Version) (Nadar / Cluck) 1963
3.   Bob Crewe Generation: Music To Watch Girls By (S Ramon) 1967
4.   The Mercey Brothers: The Great Snowman (JD Loudermilk) * 1968
5.   Buddy Knox: Break My Mind (JD Loudermilk) 1968
6.   Ernest Tubb: Bubbles In My Beer (Bob Wills / Tommy Duncan / Cindy Walker) 1972
7.   Patti Kustourok: Ukrainian Medley (Trad) * 1987
8.   Hank Williams: The Blues Come Around (Hank Williams) 1947
9.   Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Jambalaya (Hank Williams) 1972
10. Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra: Canadian Sunset (Eddy Heywood) 1956
11. The Big Bopper: Purple People Eater Meets Witch Doctor (Rick Johnson / JP Richardson) 1958
12. Red Simpson: Nitro Express (Roberts / Turner / Thornton) 1966
13. Charanga Orchestra: Pachanga Brasilera
14. Lefty Frizzell: I Love You A Thousand Ways (Lefty Frizzell) 1973
15. Ginger James w Clint Harvey & His Boys: She’s Got You
16. Oscar Brand: Johnny Whiskey (Trad) * 1957
17. Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra: Love Is Blue (A Popp / P Cour) 1968

CanCon = 18%

Hour Two

1.   The Flying Burrito Brothers: Honky Tonk Woman (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) 1970
2.   Roy Acuff: Honky Tonk Mamas (Jimmie Rodgers) 1938
3.   Johnny Horton: Honky Tonk Man (Johnny Horton / Tillman Franks / Howard Hausey)1980
4.   Oscar & Aldor Morin: La Bastringue (Trad) * 1960?
5.   Oscar Peterson: Weird Blues (Miles Davis) * 1986
6.   Colleen Peterson: Music In Your Eyes (Willie P Bennett) * 1976
7.   Eddy Poirier: Row Two, Seat Three * 1972
8.   Bobby Curtola: Three Rows Over (Cassasa) * 1963
9.   Frank Sinatra: Fly Me To The Moon (Bart Howard) 1964
10. Jonathan King: Everyone’s Gone To The Moon (Jonathan King) 1965
11. Steely & Clevie: Street Sweeper Version (Steely & Clevie) 1999
12. The Sattalites: Perfect Day (F Hambleton) * 1988
13. The Royals: I’m Your Puppet (Oldham / Penn) * 1981
14. Harry Horlick & His Orchestra: Tales From The Vienna Woods (Johann Strauss) 1958

CanCon = 50%

Total CanCon = 34%

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And Here Are The Particulars

Hour One

1.   Marty Robbins: Sweet Leilani (H Owens)
Song Of The Islands: Columbia – CL 1087
Glendale, Arizona
Produced – 1957

This was Robbins 3rd album.
During the war, was stationed in Hawaii and learned many songs. He claims that his career started there

2.   Gene Pitney: Mecca (Spanish Version) (Nadar / Cluck)
45 Single: Columbia Canada – C4-2730
Hartford CT
Produced - 1963

Gene Francis Alan Pitney 17 February 1940 Hartford CT d. 5 April 2006 (aged 66) Cardiff, Wales
Probaby re-recorded the vocals in Spanish 1965
Touring the UK in the spring of 2006 his manager found him dead in his hotel room in Cardiff of heart attack
Other hits songs: Who Shot Liberty Valence & Only Love Can Break A Heart

3.   Bob Crewe Generation: Music To Watch Girls By (S Ramon)
45 Single: DynoVoice Records – 229
Newark NJ
Produced by Bob Crewe – 1967

(November 12, 1930 –  September 11, 2014 (aged 83) Scarborough, Maine,)
his most successful songs included "Silhouettes" (co-written with Frank Slay); "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Walk Like a Man", "Rag Doll", "Silence Is Golden", "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"

4.   The Mercey Brothers: The Great Snowman (JD Loudermilk) *
The Mercey Brothers: Columbia Records – ELS-322
Hanover ON
Larry Mercy: guitar, vocal
Ray Mercey: bass, vocal
Lloyd Mercy: drums, vocal
Produced – 1968

Larry and Ray, formed a country musical group in 1957. Their brother Lloyd joined the group in 1966
seven-time Juno Award winners for "The Top Country Group" and were inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989. This was their first album

5.   Buddy Knox: Break My Mind (JD Loudermilk)
Gypsy Man: United Artists UAS 6689
Happy, Texas
Produced by Bob Montgomery – 1968

Buddy Knox: July 20, 1933 - February 14, 1999
John D Loudermilk: March 31, 1934 (age 81) Durham, NC
Wrote songs like Waterloo, Indian Reservation, Tobacco Road, Abilene

6.   Ernest Tubb: Bubbles In My Beer (Bob Wills / Tommy Duncan / Cindy Walker)
Baby It’s So Hard To Be Good: Decca / MCA – 512
Crisp, Texas
Produced – 1972
http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=10193

February 9, 1914 - September 6, 1984 Nashville TN
nicknamed the Texas Troubadour
1948, he was the first singer to record a hit version of "Blue Christmas"
Walking The Floor Over You was his 6th single, released 1941 and sold over a million records
inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999

7.   Patti Kusturok: Ukrainian Medley (Trad) *
A Touch Of Heritage: Banff Rodeo – SBS 5512
Lorette MB
Patti Kusturok: fiddle
Graham Townsend: piano, bass, banjo, guitar, mandolin
Danny Roussin: drums
Produced by Graham Townsend – 1987
Recorded by Harry Taylor at Century 21 Studios, Winnipeg

8.   Hank Williams: The Blues Come Around (Hank Williams)
14 More Of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits Vol. III: MGM Records – E 4140
Butler Co, AL
Hank Williams: guitar, vocal
Jerry Byrd (steel guitar)
Robert "Chubby" Wise (fiddle)
Zeke Turner (lead guitar)
Louis Innis (bass) probably
Owen Bradley or Fred Rose on piano
Produced by Fred Rose – 1948
Recorded November 7, 1947, Castle Studio, Nashville
Album released - 1963

was released as the B-side to the single "I'm a Long Gone Daddy"

9.   Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Jambalaya (Hank Williams)
All The Good Times: United Artists – UAS-5553
Long Beach CA
Jeff Hanna – arranger, guitar, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – arranger, drums, guitar, harmonica, vocals
John McEuen – arranger, guitar, steel guitar, vocals
Jim Ibbotson - drums, guitar, keyboards, vocals
Les Thompson – arranger, bass, guitar, vocals
Randy Scruggs - acoustic guitar
Norman Blake - dobro
Ellis Padgett - acoustic bass
Produced by William McEuen – 1972

From their 6th LP

10. Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra: Canadian Sunset (Eddy Heywood)
45 Single: RCA Victor – 47-6537
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Eddy Heywood: piano solo
Produced - 1956

(August 15, 1909 – September 17, 1973)
Canadian Sunset reached No. 2 on the Charts. Sold over a million.
died from cancer, in Greenwich, Connecticut

11. The Big Bopper: Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor (Rick Johnson / JP Richardson)
45 Single: Mercury Records – 71343X
Sabine Pass, TX
Produced – 1958

Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr. (October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959),
died in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa, along with music stars Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens
Sheb Wooley’s Purple People Eater reached No. 13 June 1958 same year as David Saville’s Witch Doctor
Richardson had seen the college students doing a dance called The Bop, and he decided to call himself "The Big Bopper as his Radio name.
In May 1957, he broke the record for continuous on-air broadcasting.  From a remote setup in the lobby of the Jefferson Theatre in downtown Beaumont, Richardson performed for a total of five days, two hours, and eight minutes, playing 1,821 records[
Best known for his recording of Chantilly Lace in 1958

12. Red Simpson: Nitro Express (Roberts / Turner / Thornton)
Roll Truck Roll: Pickwick / Capitol – JS 6136
Higley AK
Produced – 1966

March 6, 1934 (age 81)
His 1st album

13. Charanga Orchestra: Pachanga Brasilera
La Pachanga!!: Somerset Records – S 142
Cuba
Rafael Seijo: dirctor
Produced - 1961

14. Lefty Frizzell: I Love You A Thousand Ways (Lefty Frizzell)
Remembering…The Greatest Hits Of Lefty Frizzell: Columbia – C 33882
Corsicana TX
Produced by Don Law – 1973

William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975)
Originally recorded this song 1950 went to No. 1 on Country Charts
March 31, 1928 - July 19, 1975 (aged 47) Nashville of alcohol related health problems
inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in October 1982, posthumously
his song "If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)" earned him the Grammy Hall of Fame Award

15. Ginger James w Clint Harvey & His Boys: She’s Got You (Hank Cochrane)
12 Top Western Hits: Masterseal Records – TWH 115
Madison WI
Produced – probably 1960s

16. Oscar Brand: Johnny Whiskey (Trad) *
Rollicking Sea Shanties: Audio Fidelity Records – AFLP – 1966
Winnipeg MB
Dave Sear: banjo
Oscar Brand: guitar, vocal
Eric Weissberg: guitar
Produced – 1957

17. Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra: Love Is Blue (Andre Popp / Pierre Cour)
45 Single: Phillips Records – PH 40495
Paris FR
Produced - 1968

March 4, 1925 Marseille, France – d. November 3, 2006(aged 81) Perpignan, France
number-one hit in the USA for five weeks in February and March 1968

Hour Two

1.   The Flying Burrito Brothers: Honky Tonk Woman (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards)
Sleepless Nights: A&M Records – SP 4578
Los Angeles CA
Gram Parsons: vocal
Michael Clark: drums
Sneeky Pete: steel & slide
Chris Hillman: bass
Bernie Leadon: guitar
Produced by Gram Parsons – 1970
Released - 1976

2.   Roy Acuff: Honky Tonk Mamas (Jimmie Rodgers)
Sounds Like Jimmie Rodgers: Anthology Of Country Music – ACM-7
Maynardsville, TN
Produced – circa 1981

Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992)
In 1962, Acuff became the first living inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame
This song was recorded in 1938

3.   Johnny Horton: Honky Tonk Man (Johnny Horton / Tillman Franks / Howard Hausey)
The Legend Of Johnny Horton: CBS – CDM2-023
Los Angeles CA
Johnny Horton: vocal
Grady Martin: guitar
Harold Bradley: lead guitar
Bill Black: bass
Album Produced - 1980
Recorded – 1956

John Gale "Johnny" Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960)
Killed by a drunk 19 year old truck driver in a head on collision on a bridge

4.   Aldor & Oscar Morin: La Bastringue (Trad) *
Tout le monde danse et tout le monde chante – Vol 1: London Records – MB 106
Montreal QC
Aldor Morin: vocal, harmonica
Oscar Morin: harmonica
Female vocalist: unknown
Produced – circa 1960

Aldor Morin (1921 – 1998)

5.   Oscar Peterson: Weird Blues * (Miles Davis)
If You Could See Me Now: Pablo Records – 2310-918
Montreal QC
Oscar Peterson: piano
Joe Pass: guitar
Martin Drew: drums
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pederson: bass
Produced by Norman Granz – 1986
Recorded by Phil Edwards at Fantasy Recording Stuidos, Berkeley CA November 1983
Mastered by George Hom at Fantasy Studios

6.   Colleen Peterson: Music In Your Eyes (Willie P Bennett) *
Beginning To Feel Like Home: Capitol Records – ST-11567
Peterborough ON
Colleen Peterson: vocals, guitar
Lloyd Green: dobro, steel
David Gillon: guitars
Ken Smith: bass
Homefries Humphries: drums
Dick Feller: guitar
Randy Scruggs: guitar
Andy McMahon: keys
Gale Whitfield: sax
Produced by Chuck Neese – 1976
Recorded by Jim Tarbutton at Crazy Mama Studio, Nashville
Mixed by Larry Maglinger

(November 14, 1950 – October 9, 1996)

7.   Eddy Poirier: Row Two, Seat Three (Wayne S. Morgan) *
I’m Going Back To Old Kentucky: Paragon Records – ALS 215
Rogersville NB
Eddy Poirier: fiddle, vocal, mandolin
Hank Theriault
Bob Forrest
Doug Watters
Produced by Jack Boswell & Bill Bessey - 1972

8.   Bobby Curtola: Three Rows Over (Cassasa) *
12 Tickets To Cloud 9: Tartan Records – LPTA-104
Thunder Bay ON
Produced – 1964
http://bobbycurtola.com/en/

born April 17, 1943 Port Arthur ON
3 Rows Over was released in 1963 going to No. 2 in Canada
1998 became member of the Order of Canada
Curtola’s wife, Karyn Rochford, was sadly killed today in a fatal head-on collision Dec 2015

9.   Jonathan King: Everyone’s Gone To The Moon (Jonathan King)
45 Single: Parrot Records – PAR 9774
London UK
Produced by Jonathan King - 1965

Kenneth George King; 6 December 1944

10. Frank Sinatra w Count Basie’s Orchestra: Fly Me To The Moon (Bart Howard)
It Might As Well Be Swing: Reprise Records – FS 1012
Hoboken NJ
Frank Sinatra: vocals
Count Basie: piano
Al Porcino, Don Rader, Wallace Davenport, Al Aarons, George Cohn, Harry Edison: trumpets
Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell, Bill Hughes, Henderson Chambers, Kenny Shroyer: trombones
Frank Foster, Charles Fowlkes, Marshal Royal, Frank Wess, Eric Dixon: reeds
Emil Richards: vibes
George Catlett: bass
Freddie Green: guitar
Sonny Payne: drums
Gerald Vinci, Israel Baker, Jacques Gosselin, Thelma Beach, Bonnie Douglas, Marshall Sosson, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Paul Shore, James Getzoff: violins
Virginia Majewski, Paul Robyn, Alvin Dinkin, Stan Harris: violas
Edgar Lustgarten, Ann Goodman: cellos
Quincy Jones: conductor & arranger
Produced by Sonny Burke – 1964
Recorded by Lowell Frank at Warner Brothers Studios, Hollywood CA

11. Steely & Clevie: Street Sweeper Version (Wycliffe Johnson / Cleveland Browne)
45 Single: Studio 2000 – CXP-1999
Kingston Jamaica
Steely: keys
Clevie:
Produced by Steely & Clevie - 1999

Produced Billy Ocean, album Time to Move On
On 1 September 2009, Steely died in a hospital in East Patchogue, New York
Clevie’s still producing.

12. The Sattalites: Perfect Day (F Hambleton) *
45 single: Axe Records 103
Toronto ON
Fergus Hambleton: lead vocals, guitar, sax
Jo Jo Bennett: flugelhorn, percussion
David Fowler: Keys
Bruce McGillivray: bass
Junior McPherson: drums
Rick Morrison: sax
Bruce Robinson: piano
Produced by Fergus Hambleton & Jo Jo Bennett - 1988

13. The Royals: I’m Your Puppet (Linden Oldham / Dan Penn) *
45 Single: Freedom Records – FR 45-102
Toronto ON
Produced by Domenic Troiano – 1981

14. Harry Horlick & His Orchestra: Tales From The Vienna Woods (Johann Strauss)
Strauss Waltzes For Dancing: Vocalion Records – VL 3608
New York City
Produced - 1958

born on July 20, 1896 in Tiflis, Russia. He died in July 1970 in Cedarhurst, New York, USA

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