Randy Bachman (29 page)

 

S
  Mustang Sally—Wilson Pickett

Runaround Sue—Dion and the Belmonts

Sara—Fleetwood Mac

Sara Smile—Hall and Oates

Susie Q—Dale Hawkins

Wake Up Little Susie—Everly Brothers

 

T
  Tammy—Debbie Reynolds

Tracy—the Cuff Links

 

U
  Ursula—Barclay James Harvest

 

V
  Valerie—Steve Winwood

Valleri—the Monkees

Venus—Frankie Avalon

Veronica—Elvis Costello

Victoria—the Kinks

 

W
  Wendy—the Beach Boys

 Windy—the Association

 

X
  ? (Is there a song with a girl's name starting with X?)

 

Y
  Dear Yoko—John Lennon and Yoko Ono

Yolanda—Alfie Zappacosta

 

Z
  Zoe—Eminem

 

Acknowledgments

I would like to express my sincere thanks to the following: Denise McCann Bachman for her support, creative input, and handling of all the mail so diligently; my manager Gilles Paquin in Winnipeg;
Vinyl Tap
producer Tod Elvidge; Chris Boyce for helping me formulate the early
Vinyl Tap
shows and create the template; Jon Conrad at Bachman Headquarters; Jennifer McGuire at CBC Radio for taking a chance on me as a radio host; Denise Donlon, the new head of CBC Radio, who encouraged me to keep the Rock Rollin'; Diane Turbide and Justin Stoller at Penguin Canada for their dedication to seeing this project through; my old friend, writer John Einarson, for all his research; to the listeners all over the world who tune in each week to
Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap
; and to my fans who have supported all my musical endeavours over the years. “If there ain't no audience, there ain't no show!”

Rock on!

Randy Bachman

Index

A

A&M Records,
175

A&R Studios,
59
,
62

Abbey Road studios,
57
,
181

“Ain't No Mountain High Enough,”
20
,
35

Alice Cooper,
61

“All My Loving,”
85

Allan, Chad,
22
,
26
,
31
,
33
,
45
, 
52
,
53
,
55
,
75
,
87
,
121
,
125
.
See also
Chad Allan and the Expressions

Allan and the Silvertones,
15
,
26
,
119

Allen, Bruce,
147
,
148

All-Starr Band,
104
,
164

American Bandstand
,
77
,
106

American Woman
,
63
–
68

“American Woman,”
15
,
26
,
30
,
63
,
67
,
81
,
82
,
105
,
132
,
172
,
173
,
177

Andrews, Gary,
7

Animals, the,
75
,
96

“Apache,”
120

Applejack,
147
.
See also
Trooper

Arden, Jann,
175

Arista Records and Music,
157

Armstead, Josie,
19

Ashford, Nick,
19
,
20

Ashford and Simpson,
36

Ashley, Bob,
21
,
54
,
121

Atkins, Chet,
39
,
83
,
84
,
85
,
109
–
11

“Aurora,”
43
,
48

Austin Powers: The Spy Who
Shagged Me
,
172

Axe,
41

B

Bach, Barbara,
163

Bacharach, Burt,
19

Bachman, Calliane,
98
,
124
,
126
,
167

Bachman, Denise

and Barbara Bach birthday,
163

and Gretsch searching,
88

and R. Bachman weight loss,
179

and Ringo Starr birthday,
162

and the Shadows,
125
–
26

Van Morrison concert,
107

and
Vinyl Tap
,
xi
,
xii
,
xiii
,
183

Bachman, Gary,
2
,
4
,
5
,
31
,
137

Bachman, Robbie,
31
,
32
,
33
,
132
,
144

Bachman, Tal,
47
,
159
,
174

Bachman, Tim,
31
,
33
,
144

Bachman-Cummings tour (2006),
141

Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO).
See also
“Takin' Care of Business” awards,
109

BTO Greatest Hits
,
139

BTO I
(first album),
32
,
97
,
129
,
130
,
131

BTO II
(second album),
131
,
134

change from Brave Belt,
31
,
33
–
34
,
129

and
Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve
,
146

gigs in southern U.S,
150
–
51

Head On
(fifth album),
139
,
148

image and style,
15
,
34
–
35
,
132

“Let It Ride,”
78

and Little Richard,
149
–
50

Midnight Special, The
,
144
–
45

Not Fragile
(third album),
136
–
37
,
138

recording style,
130
,
132

resurrection of,
158

and
The Simpsons
,
170
–
71

and Trooper,
147
–
48

and Van Halen,
140
,
158
–
60

Balin, Marty,
104

“Ballad in Plain D,”
61
,
131

Barenaked Ladies,
173
–
75

Beach Boys,
11
,
12
,
19
,
154
–
55

Beatles,
27
,
57
,
74
,
85
,
87
,
133
,
181

influence of Shadows,
120

in Winnipeg,
10
–
11

Winnipeg Beatlemania,
9

“Be-Bop-A-Lula,”
86
,
93

“Because,”
60

Beck, Jeff,
12
,
74
,
75
,
94

Bee Gees,
60
,
144
–
45

“Believe Me,”
75

Bennett, Brian,
120
,
126

Berry, Chuck,
x
,
5
,
79
,
114
–
15
,
194
–
95

Berry, Mike,
51

Bickert, Ed,
74
,
155

Bigsby, Paul,
77

Bigsby guitars,
77
,
82

Blowby Blow
,
75

Blue Caps, the,
72

“Blue Collar,”
130
,
134

Bluesbreakers,
81

BMI awards,
140

BMI Canada,
55

Bonanza
,
70

Booker T. and the MGs,
74
,
114

“Boris the Spider,”
104
,
165

Boy Wonder
,
48

Boyce, Chris,
xii

Bradburn, Bob,
38

Brave Belt,
31
–
34
,
45
,
97
,
129

Brave Belt III
,
32
,
97
,
129

Breau, Betty,
37

Breau, Hal,
37

Breau, Lenny

Bachman digital recording with,
42

CDs available,
48
–
49

early years,
6
,
7
,
37
–
38

education,
37

and Gretsch guitar,
83

and Joe Pass,
167

as mentor,
38
–
41
,
110
,
116
,
139
,
156

“Breau's Place,”
42
,
48

Brewer & Shipley,
34

British Invasion,
9
,
57

Brown, Larry,
26
,
27

Brown, Mickey,
7

Brown, Phil,
9

“Brown-Eyed Girl,”
107

BTO.
See
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)

BTO Greatest Hits
,
139

BTO I
,
32
,
97
,
129
,
130
,
131

BTO II
,
131
,
134

Buchanan, Roy,
73

Buckaroos,
73

Buddy Holly and the Crickets,
77

Buffalo Springfield,
25
,
44
,
62
,
63
,
84

Buffalo Spring field Again
,
45
,
62

Burdon, Eric,
75
,
96

Burkhimer, Don,
60

Burly, Kim,
107

Burns, Bob,
11
,
18
,
22
,
23
,
53
–
54

Burns, Jim,
89

Burns guitars,
89
–
90
,
122
,
125

Burrows, Doug,
4

Burton, James,
72
,
73
,
120

Byrds, the,
87
,
104

C

Cabin Fever
,
49

Caiola, Al,
70

Canadian American Records,
52

Canned Wheat
,
61
,
62

“Can't Buy Me Love,”
13

Cantor, Paul,
18
,
20

“Caravan,”
38

Carpenters, the,
19

Cash, Johnny,
5
,
71

“'Cause We've Ended as Lovers,”
75

Cavaliere, Felix,
162
,
165

CBS Records,
157

Chad Allan and the Expressions,
16
.
See also
Allan, Chad

Chad Allan and the Reflections,
15
,
16
,
26
,
51
,
52
,
98

Chance Meeting
,
48

Channel, Bruce,
137

Charles, Spencer,
25

CJAY TV,
11
,
16
,
53
,
54

CKLG FM,
61

CKRC,
x
,
4
,
8
,
10
,
11
,
25
,
52

CKY,
x
,
xii
,
4
,
7
,
8
,
10
,
52

CKY Caravan,
7

Clapton, Eric,
74
,
81
,
164

Clark, Dick,
146

Clark, Roy,
164

“Classical Gas,”
155
–
56

Classics, the,
43

Clean Air Concert,
175

“Clock on the Wall,”
75

Cloud Nine
,
86

Coca-Cola,
98

Cochran, Eddie,
84
–
85

Cochrane, Richard,
47
,
141

Cocker, Joe,
100
,
177

Cody, Betty,
6
–
7

“Come On Everybody,”
85

“Come On Pretty Baby,”
7

Cooper, Alice,
61

Cooper, Gary,
7

Country Music Hall of Fame,
156

cowbell songs, favourite,
189

Cowboy Junkies,
47

Cowell, Johnny,
55

Cragg, Larry,
46

Cream,
25
,
81

Creedence Clearwater Revival,
33
,
87
,
115

Cropper, Steve,
74
,
114

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young,
84

“Crossfire,”
96

“Crying,”
60

Crystals, the,
20
,
21
–
22
,
101
–
2

Cummings, Burton,
11

and “American Woman,”
64
–
65

and the Deverons,
22

and Eric Burdon and the Animals,
96

and “Hey You,”
138

and “His Girl,”
56

joins Guess Who,
55

Jukebox
,
126

and Lenny Kravitz,
173

music reading ability,
26

and Neil Young,
44

piano playing,
108

pranks,
29

and “Pretty Blue Eyes,”
58

reconciliation with Bachman,
140