Oldies hits keep coming in Canadian music retrospective book

Such was the depth of music talent in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, some of the best bands in the country were playing at your high school dance or local community centre.
In 1960s Ottawa, the Esquires were hot, earning a fat $300 per band member for weekly gigs. Drummer Richard Patterson, who died in 2011, was living well, a teenager taking taxis around town. Then, in the mid ’60s an Esquires manager insisted they do Beatles covers.
The Esquires
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