RPM (magazine)

RPM maintained several format charts, including Top Singles (all genres), Adult Contemporary, Dance, Urban, Rock/Alternative and Country Tracks (or Top Country Tracks) for country music. On 21 March 1966, RPM expanded its Top Singles chart from 40 positions to 100. On 6 December 1980, the main chart became a top-50 chart and remained this way until 4 August 1984, whereupon it reverted to a top-100 singles chart.

For the first several weeks of its existence, the magazine did not compile a national chart, but simply printed the current airplay lists of several major-market top-40 stations. A national chart was introduced in the 22 June 1964 issue, and the first national number-one single was "Chapel of Love" by the Dixie Cups.^[1] Prior to the introduction of RPM's national chart, the CHUM Chart issued by Toronto radio station CHUM was considered the de facto national chart.^[2] The final number-one single in the magazine's chart was "Music" by Madonna.

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Chapel of Love

Chapel of Love

"Chapel of Love" is a song written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector, and made famous by The Dixie Cups in 1964, spending three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The song tells of the happiness and excitement the narrator feels on her wedding day, for she and her love are going to the "chapel of love", and "we'll never be lonely anymore." Many other artists have recorded the song.

The Dixie Cups

The Dixie Cups

The Dixie Cups are an American pop music girl group of the 1960s. They are best known for a string of hits including their 1964 million-selling singles "Chapel of Love", "People Say", and "Iko Iko".

CHUM Chart

CHUM Chart

The CHUM Chart was a ranking of top 30 songs on Toronto, Ontario radio station CHUM AM, from 1957 to 1986, and was the longest-running Top 40 chart in the world produced by an individual radio station. On January 10, 1998, sister station CHUM-FM, which airs a hot adult contemporary format, revived the CHUM Chart name for a new countdown show.

Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.

CHUM (AM)

CHUM (AM)

CHUM is a Canadian radio station in Toronto, Ontario, broadcasting on 1050 kHz. The station is owned and operated by Bell Media. CHUM's studios are co-located with TSN at 9 Channel Nine Court in the Agincourt neighbourhood of Scarborough, with its transmitter array located in the Clarkson neighbourhood of Mississauga. TSN 1050 is simulcast on Bell Satellite TV channel 989, and on Shaw Direct channel 867. The station is also carried on the 3rd HD digital subchannel of CKFM-FM.

Music (Madonna song)

Music (Madonna song)

"Music" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna as the title track for her eighth studio album (2000). It was released as the lead single from the album on August 21, 2000, by Maverick and Warner Bros. Records. "Music" was inspired by a Sting concert Madonna attended and was written and produced by her with Mirwais Ahmadzaï. It is a disco, electro-funk and dance-pop song in a static key of G minor. Madonna's vocals are electronically manipulated in the track, with the lyrics having political and social undertones and reiterating the uniting power of music.

Madonna

Madonna

Madonna Louise Ciccone is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Dubbed the "Queen of Pop", Madonna has been widely recognized for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting, and visual presentation. She has pushed the boundaries of artistic expression in mainstream music, while continuing to maintain control over every aspect of her career. Her works, which incorporate social, political, sexual, and religious themes, have generated both controversy and critical acclaim. A prominent cultural figure of the 20th and 21st centuries, Madonna remains one of the most "well-documented figures of the modern age", with a broad amount of scholarly reviews and literature works on her, as well as an academic mini subdiscipline devoted to her named Madonna studies.

The modern Juno Awards had their origins in an annual survey conducted by RPM since its founding year. Readers of the magazine were invited to mail in survey ballots to indicate their choices under various categories of people or companies.^[3]

The RPM Awards poll was transformed into a formal awards ceremony, the Gold Leaf Awards, in 1970. These became the Juno Awards in following years.^[3]

1964 RPM Awards

The RPM Awards for 1964 were announced in the 28 December 1964 issue:^[4]

• Top male vocalist: Terry Black
• Top female singer: Shirley Matthews
• Most promising male vocalist: Jack London
• Most promising female vocalist: Linda Layne^[5]
• Top vocal instrumental group: The Esquires^[6]
• Top female vocal group: The Girlfriends
• Top instrumental group: Wes Dakus & The Rebels
• Top folk group: The Courriers^[7][8]
• Top country male singer: Gary Buck^[9]
• Top country female singer: Pat Hervey^[10]
• Industry man of the year: Johnny Murphy of Cashbox Canada
• Top record company: Capitol Records of Canada
• Top Canadian Content record company: Capitol Records of Canada
• Top national record promoter: Paul White, Capitol Records of Canada
• Top regional record promoter: Ed Lawson, Quality Records
• Top album of the year (GMP): That Girl by Phyllis Marshall^[11]

A column on page 6 of that issue noted that the actual vote winner for Top Canadian Content record company was disqualified due to a conflict of interest involving an employee of that company who was also working for RPM. Therefore, runner-up Capitol Records was declared the category's winner.

1965 RPM Awards

The Annual RPM Awards for 1965 were announced in the 17 January 1966 issue, with more country music categories than the previous year:^[12]

• Top male vocalist: Bobby Curtola
• Top female singer: Catherine McKinnon
• Most promising male vocalist: Barry Allen
• Most promising female vocalist: Debbie Lori Kaye^[13]
• Top vocal/instrumental group: The Guess Who
• Top female vocal group: Girlfriends
• Top instrumental group: Wes Dakus and the Rebels
• Top folk group: Malka and Joso^[14]
• Top folk singer: Gordon Lightfoot
• Best produced single: "My Girl Sloopy", Little Caesar and the Consuls
• Best produced album: Voice of an Angel by Catherine McKinnon
• Top country male singer: Gary Buck
• Top country female singer: Dianne Leigh
• Most promising country male singer: Angus Walker
• Most promising country female singer: Sharon Strong^[15]
• Top country instrumental vocal group: Rhythm Pals
• Top country instrumentalist: Roy Penney^[16]
• Top country radio personality: Al Fisher, CFGM Toronto
• Top Canadian disc jockey: Chuck Benson, CKYL Peace River
• Top record company: Capitol Records of Canada
• Top Canadian Content record company: Capitol Records of Canada
• Top national record promoter: Paul White, Capitol Records of Canada
• Top regional record promoter: Charlie Camilleri, Quality Records

1966 RPM Awards

The winners were:^[17]

• Top male vocalist: Barry Allen
• Top female singer: Catherine McKinnon
• Most promising male vocalist: Jimmy Dybold^[18]
• Most promising female vocalist: Lynda Lane
• Top vocal/instrumental group: Staccatos
• Top female vocal group: Allan Sisters^[19]
• Top folk group: 3's a Crowd
• Top folk singer: Gordon Lightfoot
• Best produced single: "Let's Run Away", Staccatos^[20]
• Top country male singer: Gary Buck^[21]
• Top country female singer: Dianne Leigh
• Most promising country male singer: Johnny Burke
• Most promising country female singer: Debbie Lori Kaye
• Top country instrumental vocal group: Mercey Brothers
• Top country instrumentalist: Roy Penney
• Top country radio personality: Ted Daigle
• Top country radio station: CFGM
• Top record company: Capitol Records of Canada
• Top Canadian Content record company: Red Leaf Records
• Top national record promoter: Paul White, Capitol Records of Canada
• Top regional record promoter: Al Nair
• Top Canadian music industry man of the year: Stan Klees

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Gold Leaf Awards of 1970

Gold Leaf Awards of 1970

The Gold Leaf Awards of 1970, which were the first Juno Awards, were founded by RPM Magazine to honour Canadian music industry achievements. The magazine had honoured musicians in the previous six years using a reader survey until this formal ceremony.

Terry Black

Terry Black

Terry Black was a Canadian pop singer and teen idol, born in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Shirley Matthews

Shirley Matthews

Shirley Matthews was a Canadian pop singer.

The Esquires (Canadian band)

The Esquires (Canadian band)

The Esquires were a Canadian band, based in Ottawa, active from 1962 to 1967. The band is notable as the recipient of the first Juno Award in Canada, as well as being one of Canada's earlier pop music recording acts. The first Canadian music video ever made is said to be that of an Esquires song. The band is also notable as having had Bruce Cockburn as a later member, and also for one of its hit songs, "It's a Dirty Shame", having been written by William Hawkins.

Wes Dakus

Wes Dakus

Wesley "Wes" Dakus was a Canadian musician and the leader of Wes Dakus and the Rebels, Canada's most popular instrumental group of the 1960s.

Quality Records

Quality Records

Quality Records was a Canadian entertainment company which released music albums in Canada on behalf of American record labels. They also released recordings by Canadian artists.

Bobby Curtola

Bobby Curtola

Robert Allen Curtola, CM was a Canadian rock and roll singer and teen idol.

Barry Allen (musician)

Barry Allen (musician)

Barry Allen Rasmussen, known professionally as Barry Allen, from Edmonton, Alberta was an award-winning Canadian rock musician and record producer/engineer.

The Guess Who

The Guess Who

The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1965. The band originated in 1962 and achieved an international hit single with a cover of "Shakin' All Over" in 1965 under the name Chad Allan and the Expressions. After changing their name to The Guess Who, they found their greatest success in the late 60s and early 70s, under the leadership of singer/keyboardist Burton Cummings and guitarist Randy Bachman, with hit songs including "American Woman", "These Eyes", and "No Time".

Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and is known internationally as a folk-rock legend. Lightfoot's biographer Nicholas Jennings said, "His name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness."

Little Caesar and the Consuls

Little Caesar and the Consuls

Little Caesar and the Consuls is a Canadian rock band, originally active in Toronto from 1961 to 1971. The earliest tangible evidence of a group by that name is in the February 23, 1961, issue of the Weston, Ontario, Times & Guide, which mentions that they played for the Downsview Junior Teen Club's Valentine Party at Beverley Heights Junior High School the previous Saturday.

Dianne Leigh

Dianne Leigh

Dianne Leigh is a Canadian country music performer. She was the first recipient of the Gold Leaf Award in 1970.