The past and present of soul music in Canada.
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The past and present of soul music in Canada.
https://soulfulcanada.wordpress.com/tag/canadian-music/
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I know and like Eddie Spencer. The rest are a bit too "modern" for me to have come across. Too bad they didn't have links to You-Tube.
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I remember some good ones by Tobi Lark. And I know that Marva Josie used to sing a lot in Toronto, and she lived there for a while. I don't know, for sure, if any Canadian labels recorded her, but I think so.
Is there a CD or box set of classic soul that was only released in Canada?
How about this one from Shawne Jackson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saHakYLBYRU
Eric Mercury from Toronto was great. Here's one from in 1070:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Say8tQRGqa0
Shirley Matthews from Ontario:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rptfbfnkt8A
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Certainly! Great gospel singer, and secular Soul singer from St. Louis. I have lots of her records.
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I always was told Shirley Matthews was from L.A. She was a young kid living there when I started university at U.C.L.A. in 1965. I always heard she was born and raised in L.A. I'm sure this video was just her appearing on a Canadian T.V. programme. LOTS of Americans appeared in Canada on long tours. Detroit artists appeared not only in Windsor, but also in London, Hamilton, and Toronto, regularly. But that doesn't make their singing "Canadian Soul". "Big Town Boy" was written and produced by Americans in USA. Did Shirley immigrate to Canada, later?
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Thanks for that information. I always thought they both were the same person, because so many people misspelled both their names [[switching them). Nice to know.
The Motherlode was from Ontario. They had a hit with this popular record in 1969 - "When I Die"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA3ATKjRS1Y
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Very nice! Did Dominic Troiono record that in Toronto and have Gene Page record the strings or do the final mixing in L.A.? Or did Gene come up to Canada to work in the session? In my experience, usually when two different arrangers are listed, part of the recording was done in a different city.
Elaine Golden's "Fool Moon Fool". This is one border between Soul and Pop to me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6JEj2xFyuc&feature=emb_logo
Montreal Soul from Gino Vannelli!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhjX6-iWIAg
Charity Brown from Kitchner-Waterloo area did well in 1975 with "take me in your arms and rock me" she did other motown covers as well. She did well on the Canadian charts.
[[Sorry I don't know how to post the Youtube posts).
Here's one I remember from CKLW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IokaCt4RqE
[QUOTE=marv2;550045]How about this one from Shawne Jackson:
[video=youtube;saHakYLBYRU]https://www.youtube.com/wa
Thanks Marv! This should have been a solid local Detroit area hit.
Can't forget Jackie Shane. Any Other Way. That song is timelesss.
Although not from Canada, performed in and loved Toronto. And I think there was a documentary recently about her and she did an interview prior to her recent passing.
thanks Marv. I didn't know that song, but it was great too.
Here is one of my more recent favorites, Jully Black of Toronto:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSlUe-bSEMg