Beau-Marks - ST

Tracks

Side 1

		Track Name	Length
	1	The Tender Years	02:20
	2	(Now That) School is Out	02:15
	3	Now She's Gone	02:34
	4	I Used to Love You	02:10
	5	I'll Never Be the Same	02:24
	6	Stay With Me	03:07

Side 2

		Track Name	Length
	1	Dark is the Night	01:53
	2	Give Me One More Chance	02:15
	3	Classmate	02:03
	4	Little Miss Twist	02:19
	5	Summertime	03:25

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Information/Write-up

The Beau-Marks were a Canadian rock music group formed in 1958 in Montreal, Quebec. Their first release, the April 1959 single "Rockin' Blues" b/w "Moonlight Party", came out under the name The Del-Tones, but the group changed their name soon afterward in a nod to the Bomarc missile. Their breakthrough hit was "Clap Your Hands," which hit #1 in Canada and Australia, peaked at #45 on the US Billboard pop charts, and #40 on Cashbox. The tune was also released in French as "Frappe Tes Mains" and a Quebec version as "Tape des mains", lyrics by late Michel A. Lebel, as one of Rock n' Roll Queen Lucie Marotte's finale favorites. Their debut, ten-track full-length came out in 1960; they appeared on American Bandstand and at a charity concert at Carnegie Hall soon afterwards. Two more albums followed before the group broke up in 1963; a 1968 reunion saw "Clap Your Hands" get a re-release.

The Beau-Marks were the first Canadian band to be headliners at the Peppermint Lounge in New York City and to be invited to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Raymond "Ray" Hutchinson: guitar
Michel "Mike" Robitaille: guitar, bass
Joseph "Joey" Fréchette: piano
Gilles Tailleur: drums

Museum of Canadian Music Musée de la Musique Canadienne Calgary Vinyl Music Museum Canada Museum of Recorded Sound Canada Music Museum Calgary Music Museum

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