Throwback music of the day

Gary Peterson, Jim Kale, Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings….The Guess Who.

Here with “Rock Around The Clock, Mrs. Robinson, and When Friends Fall Out” from the TV Show “Let’s Go” from Winnipeg, Manitoba is The Guess Who.

Let’s Go was a daily CBC Television entertainment series aired during the 1967-1968 season, featuring musical guests. It was the successor to Music Hop, and the show’s title was taken from the Vancouver segment of Music Hop. Each day’s episode featured local talent from a different city, moving across the country from east to west: Halifax (Monday), Ottawa (Tuesday), Toronto (Wednesday), Winnipeg (Thursday) and Vancouver (Friday). Anne Murray appeared on the Halifax show, before she achieved huge popularity with “Snowbird”. The Winnipeg show was hosted by Chad Allan, the former front man for The Guess Who. The Guess Who, fronted by Burton Cummings, played as the house band in Winnipeg. Susan Jacks (Pesklevits) was a regular performer on the Vancouver show before becoming the lead singer of the Poppy Family.