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Duo Rockabilly
Canadien,
Bob Regan et
Lucille Starr furent plus
connu sous le nom des Canadian Sweethearts. Il comprenait
Lucille Starr
(née Raymonde Marie Savoie le 13 Mai 1938 à St Boniface (Manitoba), décédée le 4
Septembre 2020) et son mari Robert Fredericksen (alias Fern
ou Bob Regan, né le 13 Mars 1931 à
Dawson Creek (British Columbia), décédé le 5 Mars 1990 à Los Angeles
(Californie)). Ils ont débuté en 1958 sur le label Ditto Records d'Hollywood. Les "Canadian Sweethearts" ont également enregistré pour les labels: Aragon, Soma, Quality, Barry, Almo, A & M,, Affes, Epic et Dot Records. Bob est devenu un virtuose de la guitare électrique, enregistrant des instrumentaux pour Challenge et Appex Records.
Lucille (Raymonde Marie) Starr (b Savoie, later m Cunningham). Popular singer,
country singer, b St Boniface, Man, 13 May 1938. Starr was raised in Port
Coquitlam and Maillardville, BC, and in her teens sang with the French ensemble
Les Hirondelles. She began her career as
Lucille Starr in Vancouver in 1954, and
two years later with the singer-songwriter-guitarist-fiddler Bob Regan (b Bob
Frederickson in Rolla, near Dawson Creek, BC, 13 Mar 1931, d Los Angeles 5 Mar
1990) formed a country duo, the Canadian Sweethearts. She also sang and recorded
with country singer Keray Regan, his brother. Starr and Bob Regan married and
moved to Los Angeles. As the Canadian Sweethearts, they enjoyed popularity
across North America.
A versatile singer in many pop-music as well as country styles, Starr also
recorded alone for A & M; her biggest hit was 'The French Song' ('Quand le
soleil dit bonjour aux montagnes'), written by US songwriters Harry Pease and
Larry Vincent. Sung in French and English, and characterized by Starr's
distinctive vibrato, it was popular during 1964-5 in Canada, the US, Europe,
Australia, Asia, and South Africa. The song and an LP of the same name (A & M LP-107)
were reported (Country Music News, Jan 1988) to have sold 1 and 5 million copies
respectively, making Starr the first Canadian female singer to earn a gold
record. Starr's other hits during the 1960s included 'Yours,' 'Crazy Arms,' and
'Jolie Jacqueline,' for A & M, and 'Bonjour Tristesse' for Epic. Starr also was
heard in this period on the popular US TV comedy 'The Beverly Hillbillies,'
yodelling for the character Cousin Pearl.
Starr continued to perform with Regan until 1977. She then pursued a solo career.
Of Starr's later singles, 'Power in Your Love' (1981) and 'The First Time I've
Ever Been in Love' (1988) were popular in Canada. She toured during the 1980s
with a troupe from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, appeared with both
Hank Snow and
Wilf Carter, performed widely on her
own in Canada, and was co-host 1989-90 for 'Canadian Country Express,'
syndicated from CHRO-TV, Pembroke, Ont. She also performed several times as a
headliner in Holland, where she made her first appearance in 1965.
Starr's other albums include Say You Love Me (A & M SP-4100, reissued as
The Canadian Sweethearts, A & M SP-4106, and in 1975 as Lucille Starr
with Bob Regan, 2-SP-9015), The Sun Shines Again (Starr Concert SCRA-79,
issued in 1981, released after her recovery from Vocals cord polyps), Back to
You (Cardinal RSP-159, issued in 1988), Sweet Memories (Disky DCD-5149,
issued in 1991), and the bilingual Chansons d'Amour/Songs of Love (Intersound
1991). The anthology Side by Side: Pop and Country/Lonely Street (Collector's
Choice), collecting her recordings for Epic, appeared in 2004. Starr also co-wrote
songs with Bob Regan or others, eg on The Sun Shines Again; Sylvia Tyson
recorded "Pépère's Mill." In 1987 Starr became the first woman inducted into the
Canadian Country Music Association Hall of Honour, and in 1989 was made a member
of the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. She was also the first woman to earn
Europe's Gold Tulip Award; in 2005 she was an honorary inductee into Canada's
Aboriginal Music Hall of Fame. A street in Port Coquitlam, BC, is named for her.
Starr's influences as a singer were Hank Snow and Peggy Lee. She is notable for
being one of a handful of Canadian popular musicians to record in both English
and French. Starr's son, Bob Frederickson, played guitar with a later version of
the group Buffalo Springfield.
Bob Regan died on March 5, 1990. Lucille Starr died on September 4, 2020.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canadian_Sweethearts
Talents : Bob Regan : Vocals, Guitar - Lucille Starr : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll
EENY
MEENY MINEY MO (1958)
 DEMON LOVER (1958)
THE BIG KISS
(1959)
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Years in activity :
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DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 12/1958 | SP DITTO DT-121-45 (US) |
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo
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Demon Lover
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| 12/1959 | SP DITTO DT-126-45 (US) |
What's The Password
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The Big Kiss
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| 04/1962 | SP KING 45-5631 (US) |
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo
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The Big Kiss
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Albums
| 1964 | LP 12" QUALITY V1745 (CAN) |
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INTRODUCING THE CANADIAN SWEETHEARTS - Freight Train / Out For Fun / This Land / I'm Leaving It All Up To You / Love / Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes / We're Gonna Stand Up / Hootenanny Express / Half-Breed / Rocky Mountain Special / Blue Canadian Rockies / Blowin' In The Wind | ||
| 1964 | LP 12" A & M LP-106 (mono) / SP-4106 (stereo) (US) |
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INTRODUCING THE CANADIAN SWEETHEARTS- Freight Train / Out For Fun / This Land / I'm Leaving It All Up To You / Love / Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes / We're Gonna Stand Up / Hootenanny Express / Half-Breed / Rocky Mountain Special / Blue Canadian Rockies / Blowin' In The Wind | ||
| 1967 | LP 12" EPIC LN-26243 (mono) / BN-26243 (stereo) (US) |
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SIDE BY SIDE - POP & COUNTRY - Heartaches By The Number / Looking Back To See / I Love You / Have I Told You Lately That I Love You / Are You Mine / True Love / Winchester Cathedral / I Said My Pajamas / Canadian Sunset / Side By Side | ||
| 196? | LP 12" A & M LAM 2038 (SA) |
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South Africa's Sweetheart - LUCILLE STARR WITH BOB REGAN - Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes / Half-Breed / Freight Train / Blue Canadian Rockies / Love / Blowin' In The Wind / Hootenanny Express / I'm Leaving It All Up To You / Rocky Mountain Special / Out For Fun / We're Gonna Stand Up On The Mountain / This Land Is Your Land |
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| 1975 | 2 LP 12" A & M 2-SP-9015 (US) |
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LUCILLE STARR
WITH BOB REGAN :
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| 1986 | LP 12" DITTO LP-100 (CAN) |
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CANADIAN SWEETHEARTS / BOB & LUCILLE - Eeny Meeny Miney Moe / Demon Lover / Big Kiss / What's The Password / Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes / Half Breed / Freight Train / Hootenanny Express / No Help Wanted / Tarantula / Highland Lassie / I'm Leaving It Up All To You / Rocky Mountain Special / Heartaches By The Number / Looking Back To See / Flirtin' Kind | ||
| 1998 | CD HYDRA BCK-27106 (GER) |
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BOB & LUCILLE - CANADIAN SWEETHEARTS - Teen-Age Boogie / Lost / When You Say I Love You / Vibratin' / Hen House Rock / Eeny Meeny Miney Moe / Demon Lover / Big Kiss / What's The Password / No Help Wanted / Flirting Kind / French Song (When the Sun Says Goodnight To The Mountains) / Freight Train / Wayward Wind Looking Back To See / I'm Leavin' It Up To You / My Happiness / Tarantula / Heartaches By The Numbers / Highland Lassie / Crazy Arms / Colinda / Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes / Hootenanny Express Jolie Jacqueline / Rocky Mountain Special / Love / Don't Knock On My Door / Teen-Age Boogie / Eeny Meeny Miney Mo | ||
| 10/2004 | CD COLLECTOR'S CHOICE ? (US) |
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LUCILLE STAR - THE CANADIAN SWEETHEARTS- Heartaches By The Number / Looking Back To See / I Love You / Have I Told You Lately That I Love You / Are You Mine / True Love / Winchester Cathedral / I Said My Pajamas (And Put On My Prayers) / Canadian Sunset / Side By Side / Lonely Street / Too Far Gone / Missing You / If I Give My Heart To You / Who's Gonna Stand By Me? / Searching (For Someone Like You) / (Bonjour Tristesse) Hello Sadness / Cajun Love / Someone Up There Still Loves Me / Full House / Cry, Cry Darlin' / More Than Money Can Buy / Let's Wait A Little Longer / Hey Sue! / You Were Worth The Wait / I Don't Trust Me Around You / Before The Next Teardrop Falls / Too Lonely Too Long / Is It Love? |
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