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Ray Materick
Raymond George Materick (born April 15, 1943) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, from Brantford, Ontario who particularly was well-appreciated in the mid-late 1970s, who continues to perform.Canadian Pop EncyclopediaBiography of Ray Materick Retrieved 11 December 2012. He is best known for writing and performing "Linda Put the Coffee On", a major hit single in both Canada and the USA in 1975. History Ray Materick is the son of an Evangelicalism, evangelical preacher, who had previously played saxophone, trumpet, and clarinet in his own dance band, during the 1940s and 1950s. Materick's recording career commenced in 1972, with the release of ''Sidestreets'' on Kanata Records, considered to be one of Canada's first independent record labels. The label folded soon after Materick's album was released. His major national breakthrough came with the release of ''Neon Rain'' in 1974 on Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros./Asylum Records, Asylum Records, featuring the hit single "Linda Put The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brantford
Brantford (Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population: 104,688) is a city in Ontario, Canada, founded on the Grand River (Ontario), Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. It is surrounded by County of Brant, Brant County, but is politically separate with a municipal government of its own that is fully independent of the county's municipal government. Brantford is situated on the Haldimand Tract, traditional territory of the Neutral Nation, Neutral, Mississaugas, Mississauga, and Haudenosaunee peoples. The city is named after Joseph Brant, an important Mohawk leader, soldier, farmer and slave owner. Brant was an important Loyalist (American Revolution), Loyalist leader during the American Revolutionary War and later, after the Haudenosaunee moved to the Brantford area in Upper Canada. Many of his descendants, and other First Nations in Canada, First Nations people, live on the nearby Six Nations of the Grand River reserve south of Brantford; it is the most populous reserve in Canada. Bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
