Six People

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Origin: Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Biography:

Six People was a Toronto-based studio vocal ensemble assembled from Canada’s late-1960s television scene. Formed within the CBC broadcast environment, the group brought together experienced performers already familiar to national audiences.

Each member carried established credentials. Diane Miller had gained national exposure as a member of The Girl Friends, later renamed The Willows, regulars on CBC’s Music Hop. Rhonda Silver was known from CBC’s Country Hoedown, where she first appeared as a child performer. Brian Russell and Erin Malone both appeared on CBC’s 1969 summer series The Good Company, while Vern Kennedy worked within the same television framework as both performer and vocal coach. Les Leigh had previously performed with the Billy Van Four and appeared on programs including Cross Canada Hit Parade.

Gentle in the Wind captures an early stage in Brian Russell’s career, years before he would become an internationally recognized songwriter and producer associated with Shirley Eikhard and Anne Murray. Here, he shares lead vocals within a tightly arranged ensemble setting that emphasizes harmony and studio precision.

Produced by Cliff Jones and arranged by Jim Pirie at RCA Studios in Toronto, the album reflects the Canadian Talent Library approach: assemble proven broadcast talent, balance contemporary repertoire with original compositions, and present it within a polished studio framework. It stands as a document of Toronto’s television-driven pop culture at the dawn of the 1970s.
-Robert Williston

Musicians
Brian Russell: vocals
Diane Miller: vocals
Erin Malone: vocals
Les Leigh: vocals
Rhonda Silver: vocals
Vern Kennedy: vocals

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Diane Miller: https://citizenfreak.com/artists/99642-miller-diane
Brian Russell: https://citizenfreak.com/artists/102365-russell-brian
Brian and Brenda Russell: https://citizenfreak.com/artists/102366-russell-brian-and-brenda
Rhonda Silver: https://citizenfreak.com/artists/102976-silver-rhonda
Billy Van Singers: https://citizenfreak.com/titles/272043-billy-van-singers-the-common-touch