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From: mojofilter02
Issued in Canada June 1982 on Solid Gold 719.
Originally from North Carolina, vocalist Anne Elizabeth Woods sang with San Francisco group Sass before leaving for Toronto in the mid-1970s. While in the band Gambler, she met guitarist Brian Allen of Rose, and appeared on one of their records in 1977 as Annie Woods. By 1978, Annie had changed her professional name to Holly Woods. That year, she joined with Allen, his ex-Rose bandmate drummer Jimmy Fox, keyboardist Scott Kreyer and bassist Nick Costello. All were from New York, and had played with Woods at various times. With the addition of guitarist Sheron Alton (Allen's girlfriend and later wife), they formed a group which they had intended to call Sass, after Woods' former group. But just before they went onstage at a gig, the bar manager changed their name to Toronto, and introduced them as such.
Chilliwack's Brian MacLeod saw them, and recommended them to Steve Propas, manager of Chilliwack and Headpins, who also owned the Solid Gold label. They were signed in 1979. MacLeod and Bill Henderson produced Toronto's 1980 debut album, "Lookin' For Trouble," which spawned three singles and went platinum. They toured Canada through 1981, when they went to Le Studio in Morin Heights, Quebec (where Rush made most of their albums) to make "Head On," which also had three singles and went platinum. It was produced by Terry Brown (Rush, Klaatu, Max Webster). Toronto toured Canada again, and made inroads into the US in 1981.
Before the next album, "Get It On Credit" was made, Nick Costello and Jimmy Fox left the group, to be replaced by ex-Rose bassist Gary Lalonde (who would later join Honeymoon Suite) and drummer Barry Connors. The group scored a hat trick, with three albums in a row to have three hit singles and ship platinum. The one to break them wide open was "Your Daddy Don't Know."
It entered the RPM 50 on June 12, 1982 at #43 with a bullet and reached #5 on September 4th.
Following this, there would be personnel changes. Allen and Alton left Toronto in 1984, for reasons including that they could not get their songs on the albums anymore. Collaborating with Jim Vallance, Allen and Alton wrote "What About Love," and Toronto recorded it, but it was left off the album. Given to Heart, they turned it into a worldwide Top-10 smash. Toronto's version is now available as a bonus track on the CD of "Get It On Credit."
In 1984, they released "Girls' Night Out" with more new members, and then with even further personnel changes and an alteration of the group name to "Holly Woods & Toronto" they released "Assault And Flattery" under Solid Gold's new distribution deal with CBS. Just as the record hit the stores, Solid Gold filed for bankruptcy, and CBS recalled 30,000 copies of the album from stores and voided Toronto's recording contract, cancelling their promotional tour and leaving them no choice but to disband.
All but the last of Toronto's albums are currently available on CD, from the Solid Gold Records website (the label name and catalogue have been reactivated), including an enhanced Greatest Hits, with videos. If you like this music, please support the artist and buy their works.
From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60eWpTbIN5I
To hear this record in stereo, type the following code - &fmt=18 - on the end of the URL and hit Enter to reload the page.
From: mojofilter02
Issued in Canada June 1982 on Solid Gold 719.
Originally from North Carolina, vocalist Anne Elizabeth Woods sang with San Francisco group Sass before leaving for Toronto in the mid-1970s. While in the band Gambler, she met guitarist Brian Allen of Rose, and appeared on one of their records in 1977 as Annie Woods. By 1978, Annie had changed her professional name to Holly Woods. That year, she joined with Allen, his ex-Rose bandmate drummer Jimmy Fox, keyboardist Scott Kreyer and bassist Nick Costello. All were from New York, and had played with Woods at various times. With the addition of guitarist Sheron Alton (Allen's girlfriend and later wife), they formed a group which they had intended to call Sass, after Woods' former group. But just before they went onstage at a gig, the bar manager changed their name to Toronto, and introduced them as such.
Chilliwack's Brian MacLeod saw them, and recommended them to Steve Propas, manager of Chilliwack and Headpins, who also owned the Solid Gold label. They were signed in 1979. MacLeod and Bill Henderson produced Toronto's 1980 debut album, "Lookin' For Trouble," which spawned three singles and went platinum. They toured Canada through 1981, when they went to Le Studio in Morin Heights, Quebec (where Rush made most of their albums) to make "Head On," which also had three singles and went platinum. It was produced by Terry Brown (Rush, Klaatu, Max Webster). Toronto toured Canada again, and made inroads into the US in 1981.
Before the next album, "Get It On Credit" was made, Nick Costello and Jimmy Fox left the group, to be replaced by ex-Rose bassist Gary Lalonde (who would later join Honeymoon Suite) and drummer Barry Connors. The group scored a hat trick, with three albums in a row to have three hit singles and ship platinum. The one to break them wide open was "Your Daddy Don't Know."
It entered the RPM 50 on June 12, 1982 at #43 with a bullet and reached #5 on September 4th.
Following this, there would be personnel changes. Allen and Alton left Toronto in 1984, for reasons including that they could not get their songs on the albums anymore. Collaborating with Jim Vallance, Allen and Alton wrote "What About Love," and Toronto recorded it, but it was left off the album. Given to Heart, they turned it into a worldwide Top-10 smash. Toronto's version is now available as a bonus track on the CD of "Get It On Credit."
In 1984, they released "Girls' Night Out" with more new members, and then with even further personnel changes and an alteration of the group name to "Holly Woods & Toronto" they released "Assault And Flattery" under Solid Gold's new distribution deal with CBS. Just as the record hit the stores, Solid Gold filed for bankruptcy, and CBS recalled 30,000 copies of the album from stores and voided Toronto's recording contract, cancelling their promotional tour and leaving them no choice but to disband.
All but the last of Toronto's albums are currently available on CD, from the Solid Gold Records website (the label name and catalogue have been reactivated), including an enhanced Greatest Hits, with videos. If you like this music, please support the artist and buy their works.