Can-Con 45 Of The Day - April 17

[radiofan]

Today's Can-Con 45 is from 1981 ... Carole Pope and Rough Trade and "All Touch" ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN3NyK8gRQI

[Richard Skelly]

I’ve read a couple of Facebook items about Carole Pope dealing with health issues. All the best to a unique voice in Canadian music history.

[paterson]

I wonder if Carole Pope is still living in NYC or if she has moved back here. She usually performs at concerts and pride events in the summer months. Carole is now 72 and I wasn't aware that she was born in England and grew up in Canada.

All Touch was a decent hit reaching #12 nationally and top #5 on various radio charts around the country. This was the only Rough Trade song to have any real impact or airplay on commercial US radio. All Touch reached to number 58 on Billboard and also a minor hit in Australia. 1981 was a good year chart wise for Canadian music as top 40 radio here embraced New Wave, and various new artists from across the country had airplay with this genre of music and style.

All the best to Carole and hopefully her health improves, and we see her back performing again this summer.