Canada / Pop rock / 1975
Don Perrish and Ken Lush started playing together back in 1972, having been old school pals with ex-members of Custer's Last Stand, a jug band. Later, they moved to Jordan, Ontario and operated under the name of The Amazing Vibrasonics. They later changed name to Brussel Sprout and by the mid-seventies their line-up had stabilised to A above. They signed to MCA and released a debut 45, Dance She Said, in the Summer of 1975. They went on to record an album and two 45s, High In The Rockies and Tryin' To Get Next To You, which were both written and arranged by Tom Treece, the following year. The former climbed to No. 44 in Canada's Charts.
Personnel:
JEFF BENJAMIN bass
KEN LUSH flute
ROGER MANNING vocals, harp
DANNY MOSES vocals, bongos, violin
DON PERRISH vocals, guitar
TOM TREECE vcls
JOHN VASS vocals, drums
45:
Dance She Said/ (MCA ) 1975
High In The Rockies (MCA)
Tryin' To Get ToYou (MCA)
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AARONS AND ACKLEY
Canada / 1970-74
Personnel:
CHUCK AARONS
JIM ACKLEY
ALBUM:
1 AARONS AND ACKLEY (Capitol ) 1971
45s:
1 Let It Shine/Lay Me Down (Capitol 72648) 1971 -
2 Devil Song/There Is A Lady (Capitol 72656) 1971 68
3 Girl I've Been Waiting/N.F.S. (Capitol 72665) 1971 -
4 Bonnie Blue/Could Have Had Anything (Capitol 72680) 1972 -
5 Where Did The Music Go?/ (GRT ) 1974 -
This pop duo were both born in the United States. Chuck Aarons was up in Toronto avoiding the draft in 1970 when he met Jim Ackley, who was working as a clerk in the promotion department of Capitol Records, and they decided to become partners. They were backed by two experienced session musicians; Jim Rolleston (bs), who'd once worked with Seals and Crofts and Gordon Lightfoot and Terry Clarke (drms), who'd worked with John Shelley's Manhole and Fifth Dimension.
Their sole album spawned a minor hit, Devil Song, but after its release they moved into production work and also produced jingles. Later in December 1974 they signed to GRT records but only one 45 resulted, Where Did The Music Go?.
Ackley was ex-Oregon band Thirteenth Story from 1968.
Personnel:
CHUCK AARONS
JIM ACKLEY
ALBUM:
1 AARONS AND ACKLEY (Capitol ) 1971
45s:
1 Let It Shine/Lay Me Down (Capitol 72648) 1971 -
2 Devil Song/There Is A Lady (Capitol 72656) 1971 68
3 Girl I've Been Waiting/N.F.S. (Capitol 72665) 1971 -
4 Bonnie Blue/Could Have Had Anything (Capitol 72680) 1972 -
5 Where Did The Music Go?/ (GRT ) 1974 -
This pop duo were both born in the United States. Chuck Aarons was up in Toronto avoiding the draft in 1970 when he met Jim Ackley, who was working as a clerk in the promotion department of Capitol Records, and they decided to become partners. They were backed by two experienced session musicians; Jim Rolleston (bs), who'd once worked with Seals and Crofts and Gordon Lightfoot and Terry Clarke (drms), who'd worked with John Shelley's Manhole and Fifth Dimension.
Their sole album spawned a minor hit, Devil Song, but after its release they moved into production work and also produced jingles. Later in December 1974 they signed to GRT records but only one 45 resulted, Where Did The Music Go?.
Ackley was ex-Oregon band Thirteenth Story from 1968.
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