Compilation - Canada Observed

Tracks

Side 1

		Track Name	Length
	1	In the Beginning	03:25
	2	Stoneage Canadians	01:09
	3	Maple Leif (Mr. Erikson Arrives)	02:53
	4	The Saga of Private Higgins	01:56
	5	The Trade-Indian
	6	Wide World of Wars
	7	Laura, But You're Only a Dream (Miss Secord's Contribution)

Side 2

		Track Name	Length
	1	The First Hockey Game	04:27
	2	Getting His Man	00:59
	3	Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map!	02:36
	4	Defending the Faith	04:05
	5	Way of Life	01:49
	6	Gerda's Ottawa	07:39

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One of Canada's top all-round performers, and the son of a vaudeville family, Billy started regular television appearances on the CBC network, on such shows as "The Barris Beat" and "Hit Parade", and then went on to form his own group, the highly successful Billy Van Four. They performed on several TV shows including "Hit Parade", "Parade", etc. He and the group appeared in Canada, the United States, and Europe. He is also known as a talented comedian through his exposure on "Nightcap" and through his appearances on the show he was asked to do the Colt 45 commercials, which are seen both in Canada and the United States. He also MC'd the C.N.E. Grandstand show in 1966. Billy has been the mainstay comic on "Nightcap" since its inception four years ago, and he has played such roles as "The Flying Evangelist", "The Patient", "Doctor Carson" of Flemington Park, "Batman's Robin" and nearly every politician in Parliament! He has had many offers from South of the Border, but prefers to remain in Canada. This is his first comedy recording.
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