Beautiful Canada

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Jazz Canadian Sounds of World War 2 Canadian Places Canadian Christmas British Columbia 1990's The Vancouver Jazz Scene Canadiana
Year 1996
Label BC 101
Format CD
Genre jazz
Keywords Unknown
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Beautiful Canada

By: Dal Richards & his Orchestra

Origin: Unknown

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  • Beautiful Canada

    Track 1 02:53

  • Welcome to Vancouver

    Track 2 01:42

  • Honeysuckle Gal

    Track 3 02:45

  • Swinging Party

    Track 4 01:57

  • Out in the West

    Track 5 02:27

  • Nobody Loves Me

    Track 6 02:38

  • On Christmas Day

    Track 7 03:04

  • Everyone is Singing

    Track 8 02:22

  • When it Snows

    Track 9 02:51

  • Santa Dear Santa

    Track 10 01:59

  • Land of Make Belief

    Track 11 02:56

  • I'm Going Home for Christmas

    Track 12 02:30

  • Christmas in Hawaii

    Track 13 02:47

  • Rudolph's Son

    Track 14 02:49

  • Daddy Hear My Plea

    Track 15 03:06

  • Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea

    Track 16 02:09

  • Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog

    Track 17 02:07

  • Carousel Song

    Track 18 02:42

  • Chicken Song

    Track 19 02:34

  • Pussy Cat Song

    Track 20 03:03

  • Cold & Lonely Bird

    Track 21 03:03

  • Circus Song

    Track 22 02:47

  • Earl the Squirrel

    Track 23 02:34

  • Bells of San Rafael

    Track 24 03:16

  • Only Want One Wife

    Track 25 02:28

  • Just Say a Prayer

    Track 26 03:01

  • Nothing is as Nice

    Track 27 02:29

  • You'll Never Walk Alone

    Track 28 02:42

Insight

A Song Is Born

A few months ago songwriter Bob Roberts was listening to my weekly program on AM 1040 in Vancouver, when he heard me tell a story about the difficulty I had encountered in my search for a recorded version of "The Maple Leaf Forever".

On the show I related how I had phoned a number of record stores, only to find that not only did they not have the song in stock, but they had never heard of it.

I went on to describe how a friend of mine with the CBC then conducted a computer search for the song in the CBC record libraries in the major broadcast centres, but to no avail.

Finally, Judy, in the Vancouver Studios, remembered it being on a record called "Anthems Of The World".

At last, I had a copy of "The Maple Leaf Forever", but not before I found the lack of awareness of its existence surprising and disappointing.

So did Bob Roberts.

Bob got in touch with me and told me that my story had inspired him to write a song that was distinctly Canadiana in form, and descriptive of our great country, and he was calling it "Beautiful Canada".

We had previously recorded several of Bob and his wife Helen's compositions and it was decided his new patriotic song also deserved recording.

Peter Chipman, whose performances on the Variety Club Telethon have made him a familiar figure to British Columbia audiences, agreed to sing the song, along with four other recent compositions of Bob and Helen's, and the result was the making of this album.

Also included are a number of earlier compositions by Bob and Helen, sung by Lynne McNeil.

The musical arrangements, as well as the piano solos, are by the highly talented Harry Boon.

Bob and Helen hope you enjoy this collection of their songs, entitled "Beautiful Canada".

— Dal Richards C.M.

Arranged and conducted by Dal Richards
Lynne McNeil: vocals
Peter Chipman: vocals

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