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The Mynah Birds was a Canadian R&B band formed in Toronto, Ontario, that was active from 1964 to 1967. [1] Although the band never released an album , it is notable as featuring a number of musicians, such as Rick James and Neil Young , who went on to have successful careers in rock , folk rock and funk .
At one point, Nick St. Nicholas, later of Steppenwolf fame, was a member; by the time "Mynah Bird Hop" was recorded bassist Bruce Palmer had replaced him. James and Palmer recruited guitarists Tom Morgan and Xavier Taylor and drummer Rick Mason to form a new Mynah Birds lineup, and soon traveled to Detroit to record with Motown. Before the ...
The Mynah Birds, fronted by future funk legend Rick James, had a bright future and were signed to the prestigious Motown Records to do some demo recordings before it was discovered that James was actually in Toronto to avoid serving in Vietnam with the United States Navy, from which he had gone AWOL. A planned single, "It's My Time" b/w "Go On ...
The popular Toronto-based, non-union, groups of the era also played an important part in the development of the Toronto sound.Due to their non-union status they performed primarily at high schools, universities, and various dance clubs such as The Tam O'Shanter Golf and Country Club in Agincourt, The Broom and Stone Curling Club in eastern Scarborough, the El Mocambo, The Met, and The Bunny ...
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B. The Bad Roads; The Bad Seeds (American band) Baja Marimba Band; A Band of Angels; The Band; The Barbarians (band) The Beatmen; The Beau Brummels; The Beefeaters
It's My Time (Jeanie Tracy album) It's My Time (Tito El Bambino album) "It's My Time" (Jade Ewen song), the British entry in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest "It's My Time" (Martina McBride song) "It's My Time" (Prince Royce song) "It's My Time", by Clint Mansell from Black Swan: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "It's My Time", by The Mynah Birds