Canadian country music musician, singer and songwriter from Toronto. After some success in his home country he moved to Nashville in 1968. Host of the Funny Farm TV show on CTV in the mid-1970s where he was backed by . As of 2019 was residing in Saskatchewan and active with his charity for veteran soldiers, Wounded Warriors Weekend Foundation Inc.
label head : George C. Cooper III
head of publishing : Roger Sovine
Record division of Nashville-based TV production and syndication company Show Biz, Inc. (Show Biz was best remembered for the Country-themed, syndicated TV shows , and , as well as many others. In 1976, Show Biz produced a syndicated series starring Dolly Parton, which ran for one year only.)
As of this posting, it is unknown whether or not any of the singles on Show Biz were bona fide hits.
Show Biz Records was active (if only sporadically) for 11 years, 1969-1980. The label was initially distributed by Bell Records (1969-1972), then Nashville-based Mega Records, home to Sammi Smith and British Pop group Apollo 100 (1972-1973), and then was inactive for three years before finally being picked up for distribution by Nashville-based NSD Corporation (ationwide ound istributors).
Show Biz Records folded in 1980 when the parent company went out of business. It is also currently unknown who holds the rights to the Show Biz masters.