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johnfowles · 10-23-2007, 02:46 PM

I have revisited that great Archives site and was dismayed to find that one of the best videos has been pulled
I had saved the notes as they appeared a few years ago
"FILENAME: Country Hoedown Oct 1962.wmv
Square Dancing and I'm The One - Country Hoedown 1062.wmv
The Story
Gordon Lightfoot is gaining prominence as a member of the song-and-dance troupe the Singin' Swingin' Eight on the CBC's /Country Hoedown/, a popular musical-variety show. In this television clip, "Gordie" Lightfoot and the cast tear up the floor with a square dance routine. Once he's done hoofing with the group, Lightfoot takes centre stage. He sings the haunting "Remember Me (I'm The One)". "Remember me, I'm the one who hurt you, dear," croons a handsome young Lightfoot.

- "Country Hoedown" was a hugely popular weekly program that ran on CBC Television from 1956 to 1965. Lightfoot appeared on the program over 200 times between 1960 and 1962. Other regular performers on the program included Tommy Hunter, Tommy Common, Al Cherney, Johnny Davidson and the Haymes Sisters. The program was eventually replaced by /The Tommy Hunter Show/.
- In a 1997 interview with Pamela Wallin, Lightfoot talked about his time as a cast member on the show: "It was the first steady job I had, so I was quite appreciative."
- Lightfoot originally wrote /Remember Me (I'm The One)/ for Tommy Hunter. Lightfoot recorded it himself in 1962 and it became his first song to reach the top 10 on the Canadian charts.

Credits
Country Hoedown Broadcast
Date: Oct. 19, 1962
Medium: Television
Duration: 00:04:04
Program number: B-00234"
of the 4:04 about half is of Giordon clearly identifiable doing his square dancing "a la main droits" then the remainder is a very sweet video of a young Gord probably also in 1962 performing Remember Me (I'm The One) which was at number 3 that July

The CBC site still has the picture that linked to the video

screenshot from the video

and using the wayback machine to find archived copies of the site found one from february 2004 at
http://cbcarchives.notlong.com
from where I found the link to the video
which at the time was a file titled clip2 but that filename and its position onthe page has now been reallocated to the superb very early CRT "musical" clip so presumably the CBC have removed the original Hoedown video due possibly to some copyright issue??

10-23-2007, 02:46 PM	#14
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Re: CBC Archives I have revisited that great Archives site and was dismayed to find that one of the best videos has been pulled I had saved the notes as they appeared a few years ago "FILENAME: Country Hoedown Oct 1962.wmv Square Dancing and I'm The One - Country Hoedown 1062.wmv The Story Gordon Lightfoot is gaining prominence as a member of the song-and-dance troupe the Singin' Swingin' Eight on the CBC's /Country Hoedown/, a popular musical-variety show. In this television clip, "Gordie" Lightfoot and the cast tear up the floor with a square dance routine. Once he's done hoofing with the group, Lightfoot takes centre stage. He sings the haunting "Remember Me (I'm The One)". "Remember me, I'm the one who hurt you, dear," croons a handsome young Lightfoot. - "Country Hoedown" was a hugely popular weekly program that ran on CBC Television from 1956 to 1965. Lightfoot appeared on the program over 200 times between 1960 and 1962. Other regular performers on the program included Tommy Hunter, Tommy Common, Al Cherney, Johnny Davidson and the Haymes Sisters. The program was eventually replaced by /The Tommy Hunter Show/. - In a 1997 interview with Pamela Wallin, Lightfoot talked about his time as a cast member on the show: "It was the first steady job I had, so I was quite appreciative." - Lightfoot originally wrote /Remember Me (I'm The One)/ for Tommy Hunter. Lightfoot recorded it himself in 1962 and it became his first song to reach the top 10 on the Canadian charts. Credits Country Hoedown Broadcast Date: Oct. 19, 1962 Medium: Television Duration: 00:04:04 Program number: B-00234" of the 4:04 about half is of Giordon clearly identifiable doing his square dancing "a la main droits" then the remainder is a very sweet video of a young Gord probably also in 1962 performing Remember Me (I'm The One) which was at number 3 that July The CBC site still has the picture that linked to the video screenshot from the video and using the wayback machine to find archived copies of the site found one from february 2004 at http://cbcarchives.notlong.com from where I found the link to the video which at the time was a file titled clip2 but that filename and its position onthe page has now been reallocated to the superb very early CRT "musical" clip so presumably the CBC have removed the original Hoedown video due possibly to some copyright issue??