Tuesday, August 20, 2019

“Everybody Knows Matilda” #52 8/16/1969

A very strange rapid-fire single by Duke Baxter, a.k.a. Dudley Baxter, James Blake or Jim Shaman. The record about a not quite one-night stand did well in Australia, perhaps because he used the name Matilda - you know, waltzing and all. Baxter was Canadian, which helped get airplay on Top 40 blowtorch CKLW due to new regulations requiring a percentage of Canadian content (CanCon) on radio and TV. CanCon almost ruined the music business there, but that’s another story. This clip has a Big 8 CKLW jingle at the beginning.


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