March 2007
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>ole Signs Music Today and Keatley Entertainment

It's time to welcome to more TV admin clients to the ole family: Music Today, a subsidiary of India Today, and Vancouver's Keatley Entertainment Ltd.

Under terms of the multi-year agreement, ole will administer the worldwide music rights of the Keatley ...
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>ole's Jim Huff & NBC's 'The Black Donnellys'

NBC has been really good to ole's Jim Huff.

If you've caught the promo for The Black Donnellys, the new prime time NBC series co-created, co-written and executive-produced by Academy Award winner Paul Haggis, the accompanying song is The Mudmen's "Lost," ...
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>ARC Music Group Extends Exclusive ole Canadian Sub-Publishing Agreement

ARC Music Group, the prestigious music publishing home to hit classics like Jerry Butler's "For Your Precious Love," Chuck Berry's "Surfin' U.S.A.," Aaron Neville's "Tell It Like It Is" and Bo Diddley's "Road Runner," has added ...
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>ole/Sound Of Pop's Chris Labelle: On The Fast Track

With his hit "Texas" bursting into the Top 30 and his just-released album Two Weeks Tuesday creating tons of local excitement, Ottawa native and ole/Sound Of Pop recording artist Chris Labelle's career is moving forward so quickly that he's been handed a ...
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>Need A Great Song? ole & Last Gang are Pleased to Present Steven Dall

We want to introduce you to an extraordinary songwriter: ole/Last Gang Publishing's Steven Dall.

The Hamilton resident, previously described by the Toronto Star as "one of the year's best kept secrets," and "a true songwriting talent" ...
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>Meet...ole's Bill Banham: Small Screen Sales Specialist

If you're a television producer or the head of a production company and your assistant tells you that ole's Bill Banham is on the line, you should probably take the call.

Trust us, you'll want to take the call: Chances are that the reason Banham is calling ...
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>Uncovering The Hidden Gems Of The ARC Catalogue As the exclusive Canadian -- and first ever -- sub-publisher of the prestigious ARC Music Catalogue, ole can offer you some great rock 'n roll, R&B, blues and pop classics from artists you're very familiar with.

There's Chuck Berry, Jerry Butler, ...
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>Kinnie Starr And Running Red Lights Generate Considerable Boards Buzz

At the recent Boards Workshop After-Party -- and despite a hellacious night of freezing rain, high winds and icky snow -- a sublime double ole bill of Kinnie Starr and Running Red Lights entertained hundreds of ad execs from all over North America at the hot T.O. nightspot Lot 33 ...
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>ole/Last Gang's Mother Mother Makes CMW Grade while Running Red Lights Stops Traffic

As the 25th edition of Canadian Music Week drew to a close, two ole signings offered mesmerizing performances that included promising glimpses of their bright futures.

Vancouver's Mother Mother must be feeling pretty good about their disciplined Friday March 9 performance ...
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>ole notes

Critics Across Canada Rave About ole/Last Gang's Mother Mother

  Mother Mother, the latest ole/Last Gang signing, has become something of a critic's darling with its new album Touch Up, scoring both good reviews and riveting features ...
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> FOCUS SONGS
(click   to listen and 
 to stop)


SELECTS
"Fear & Faith"
  - Gerald O’Brien


"Gimme A Little Love"
  - Gilles Godard


"Yesterday"
  - David Kopatz



PICTURE THE MUSIC
"Don’t Give Up"
  - Brandon Jones


"Heaven’s Falling"
  - Chris Labelle


"Touch Up"
  - Mother Mother


"Christmas is Everywhere"
- RichE
Click here to experience a
flash video of the song.


> NEW RELEASES


Akon
Konvicted (SRC / Universal Motown)
"Once In A While"


Jason Michael Carroll
Waiting In The Country (Arista)
"Lookin’ At You"


Mother Mother
Touch Up (Last Gang Records)


Woody Bradshaw
Lightning In A Bottle (Primoris / Universal)
"The Last Thing You Do"


Chris Labelle
Two Weeks Tuesday (Sound Of Pop / Fontana North)



> NOW SHOWING

Watch for:

"Road Runner"
Bo Diddley
"Telus"

"Lost"
Mudmen
"The Black Donnelly’s"

"Pretty Lady"
Lighthouse
"Trailer Park Boys"

"Up In Smoke"
Kinnie Starr
"Falcon Beach"

"Your Love Keeps Working On Me"
Roxanne Potvin
"Falcon Beach"

"Game Block"
O’Luge
"Falcon Beach"

"Somewhere Together"
Cadence Grace
"Degrassi: The Next Generation"

"The One Thing"
Cadence Grace
"The Best Years"

"Wake Up"
Kite
"Degrassi: The Next Generation"

SINGLES CHARTS (week ending March 16, 2007)
TW
LW
WKS
ARTIST/SONG/LABEL CHART
88 76 - Jason McCoy /I'm Not Running
Anymore
/MAPLE
CMN: Canadian National Airplay Chart - Top 100 Tracks on All Formats
21 19 20 Jason McCoy /I'm Not Running
Anymore
/MAPLE
Canadian Country National Airplay
25 27 4 Brad Johner /Your Love Is My Luck /306 Records/Universal Canadian Country National Airplay
ALBUM CHARTS (week ending March 16, 2007)
TW
LW
WKS
ARTIST/ALBUM/SONG(s)/LABEL CHART
3 17 Akon/Konvicted/Once In A While /UNIVERSAL Billboard: 200
69  45 5 Jason Michael Carroll/Waiting In The Country/Looking At You /ARISTA NASHVILLE Billboard: 200
96  91 30 Trace Adkins/Dangerous Man/High/CAPITOL Billboard: 200
126 135 85 Jason Aldean/Jason Aldean/Lonesome, USA /BROKEN BOW RECORDS Billboard: 200
3 17 Akon/Konvicted/Once In A While /UNIVERSAL Billboard: Comprehensive Albums
69  45 5 Jason Michael Carroll/Waiting In The Country/Looking At You /ARISTA NASHVILLE Billboard: Comprehensive Albums
100  96 30 Trace Adkins/Dangerous Man/High/CAPITOL Billboard: Comprehensive Albums
133 115 136 Tim McGraw/Greatest Hits/Something Like That/EMI Billboard: Comprehensive Albums
137 150 84 Jason Aldean/Jason Aldean/Lonesome, USA /BROKEN BOW RECORDS Billboard: Comprehensive Albums
13 9 85 Jason Aldean/Jason Aldean/Lonesome, USA /BROKEN BOW RECORDS Billboard: Top Independent Albums
45  28 19 Craig Morgan/Little Bit Of Life/The Ballad of Mr. Jenkins /BROKEN BOW RECORDS Billboard: Top Independent Albums
10 8 325 Tim McGraw/Greatest Hits/Something Like That/EMI Billboard: Top Pop Catalog
3 17 Akon/Konvicted/Once In A While /UNIVERSAL Billboard: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
12  7 5 Jason Michael Carroll/Waiting In The Country/Looking At You /ARISTA NASHVILLE Billboard: Top Country Albums
17  15 30 Trace Adkins/Dangerous Man/High/CAPITOL Billboard: Top Country Albums
22 24 85 Jason Aldean/Jason Aldean/Lonesome, USA /BROKEN BOW RECORDS Billboard: Top Country Albums
43  38 19 Craig Morgan/Little Bit Of Life/The Ballad of Mr. Jenkins /BROKEN BOW RECORDS Billboard: Top Country Albums
67  58 9 Ronnie Milsap/My Life/My Life /RCA Billboard: Top Country Albums
72  61 2 Faith Hill/Greatest Kid's Country Hits/The Way You Love Me /CAPITOL Billboard: Top Country Albums
73 72 76 Gretchen Wilson/All Jacked Up/He Ain't Even Cold Yet/SONY BMG Billboard: Top Country Albums
2 2 329 Tim McGraw/Greatest Hits/Something Like That/EMI Billboard: Top Country Catalog Albums
23 25 249 Martina McBride /Greatest Hits/I Love You, Where Would You Be /SONY Billboard: Top Country Catalog Albums
15  4 17 Akon/Konvicted/Once In A While /UNIVERSAL Billboard: Tastemakers
9 9 Akon/Konvicted/Once In A While /UNIVERSAL Billboard: Top Canadian Albums
3 2 76 Sean Paul/Trinity/Change The Game/WARNER Billboard: Top Reggae Albums
43  25 16 Akon/Konvicted/Once In A While /UNIVERSAL Billboard: European Top 100 Albums
9 17 Akon/Konvicted/Once In A While /UNIVERSAL CMN: Top Selling Albums in Canada
22 18 83 James Blunt/Back To Bedlam/
You're Beautiful /WARNER
CMN: Top Selling Albums in Canada
89 74 17 Doc Walker/Country Hits 2007-Best of New Country/I Am Ready /UNIVERSAL CMN: Top Selling Albums in Canada
96  102 17 Eva Avila/Somewhere Else/Old Love Song /SONY BMG CMN: Top Selling Albums in Canada
2 17 Akon/Konvicted/Once In A While /UNIVERSAL Top Selling R&B Albums In Canada
22 29 76 Sean Paul/Trinity/Change The Game/WARNER Top Selling R&B Albums In Canada
7 6 17 Various/Country Hits 2007-Best of New Country/I Am Ready /UNIVERSAL Top Selling Country Albums in Canada
22 32 328 Tim McGraw/Greatest Hits/Something Like That/EMI Top Selling Country Albums in Canada
28  14 5 Jason Michael Carroll/Waiting In The Country/Looking At You /ARISTA NASHVILLE Top Selling Country Albums in Canada
43 22 69 Various/Country Hits 2006/I'm A Road Hammer, I Am Ready /UNIVERSAL Top Selling Country Albums in Canada
 
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