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By mid-February, the line up had changed. It now consisted of Roger
Plomish (lead singer, keyboards, guitar), Bobby Washington (bass guitar and background vocals), Roger Dickin (lead guitar), Joe Bendzsa (drums), Joe Edmonds (trombone, euphonium, flute and background vocals), Mike Hunter (trombone,
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that the group was working on their second album with producer John
Driscoll. They had recently appeared at the Granny's venue where Rabkin had arranged for several US booking agents to see their show. Also in that early period of September, the group were half-way through a six week engagement at
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with good commercial appeal, with the best tracks being "Buffalo" and "America". The album entered the RPM100 album chart at #97 for the week of
December 30, 1972. By January 20, at its third week, it was at #77. The following week it was still holding at #77. The album was recorded at #85 in the
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wrote that the nine member band had had undertaken a successful tour through
Ontario, and were preparing for a Western Canadian tour starting on the 18th of the following month. They were readying their next single for Ampex. At the time they were made up of former members from
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the Marco Polo in Miami, playing to sell out crowds nearly every night. After that engagement finished they were to head off to Mexico and then to
Toronto work on their album which John Dee Driscoll would be producing at the RCA studios.
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AC 1301. Produced by John
Driscoll, the A side was composed by Bruce Gordon and the B side by Rocco Ferrill. The two songs were the first published by Skyline North, a new publishing company established by Ampex Music.
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on bass; Joe
Bendzsa on drums; Carl Watral on trumpet and flugel horn; Tony Mastrull on trumpet and flugel horn; Dennis Collier on trumpet; and Roger Dickin on lead guitar. An article in the September 1 issue of
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By August, 1973 the group had come under the management of Jules Rabkin who also managed Robbie G. Griffith. The group's line up at the time consisted of Roger
Plomish on lead guitar, keyboards and lead vocal;
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By May 1, 1971, the single had moved up from #80 to #74 in the RPM100 Chart. By May 29, 1971, the single was at its second week still holding the #37 spot, just behind "Garden of Ursh" by
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with the reviewer calling it a first rate production and commenting on the vocal strength having increased considerably since their last record. It was referred to as
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was a Canadian rock music group led by Danny Squire.They released a few singles and an album during the 1970s. They had success with "
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Alex MacDougall (lead guitar, banjo, pedal steel guitar, vocals)
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Joe Edmonds (trombone, euphonium, flute and background vocals)
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March 3 issue. By March, 10 it was in still charting at #89.
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Article: Young Big Business for Ampex, Pages 1 & 14
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Paul Booth (bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals)
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had been released. It received a favorable review by
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477:Roger Plomish (lead singer, keyboards, guitar)
967:Page 44 Canadian News, Rabkin Deal With Young
803:Page 4 YOUNG SETTING SCENE FOR NEW AMPEX DECK
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937:Page 1 & 14 YOUNG BUSINESS FOR AMPEX
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383:Brian Kirkwood (bass, vocals, trumpet)
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421:Roger Dickin (guitar, backing vocals)
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520:Tony Mastrull (trumpet, flugel horn)
517:Mike Hunter (trombone, bass, vocals)
508:Joe Edmonds (trombone, bass, vocals)
398:John Redmond (keyboard, lead vocals)
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439:Roger Polmish (lead vocals, guitar)
380:Danny Elliott (trombone and vocals)
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290:"Happy Song" / "Don’t Push A Man"
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494:under management of Jules Rabkin.
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418:Jim Chivers (drums, percussion)
395:Mo Prieur (sax, flute, vocals)
166:By early December their album
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505:Roger Dickin (lead guitar)
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372:Line up as of August, 1971
1137:Canadian jazz-rock groups
1075:ArtistInfo, Jimmy Roberts
673:Young Discography, Canada
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587:William "Smitty" Smith
1021:Young (19) – Business
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445:(trumpet, flugelhorn)
410:Line up on 1972 album
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178:"Big Band Hard Rock"
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459:Joe Bendzsa (drums)
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557:Later years
443:Carl Watral
225:Discography
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156:Natural Gas
122:Karen Young
97:Natural Gas
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593:References
571:Etta James
332:Catalogue
241:Catalogue
183:RPM Weekly
174:RPM Weekly
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83:Background
1087:Artists,
963:Billboard
699:Billboard
431:Bruce Ley
218:Billboard
38:Jazz Rock
787:RELEASES
671:45Cat -
365:Line ups
347:Business
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261:AC-1301
238:Release
230:Singles
169:Business
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321:Albums
103:History
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