In 1969, Doug Riley became the music director for the television show “The Ray Stevens Show”. He was asked to put together a group of musicians to play for the 1969-1970 season of the show. Riley’s 16-piece vocal and instrumental band became known as Dr. Music. When the show was cancelled in 1970, Dr. Music remained together to record and tour Western Canada. Riley became partners with producer Terry Brown to form the Toronto Sound Recording Studio where Dr. Music recorded from 1970 to 1971.
At this point, Dr. Music joined forces with the Canadian duo Terry Black and Laurel Ward, which led to a more vocal-driven sound for the band. In 1972, GRT Record Company released the group’s first recording entitled Dr. Music, which included the hits "Sun Goes By", "One More Mountain to Climb", and "Try a Little Harder". This album was produced by Riley and co-arranged by Riley and Steve Kennedy. Because of the number of singers in the band, this album had a gospel-rock feel, although it still fit within the jazz rock genre.
Shortly after Dr. Music’s album release, the group disbanded, despite the success of the single "Sun Goes By". This gave Riley an opportunity to concentrate on his studio position at Toronto Sound Recording. In 1973, Doug Riley assembled a second version of Dr. Music. This group, however, was only a seven-piece ensemble. This new version of Dr. Music toured Western and Eastern Canada and released a new album, Dr. Music II . The group split up in 1974.
Riley continued to produce and arrange for television shows. From 1973 to 1974, he worked as a music director on Keith Hampshire’s television series “Music Machine”. In 1974, he formed the third version of Dr. Music which became the house band of the show. This group recorded the album Bedtime Story at Toronto Sound Studios during February and March 1974. Bedtime Story consisted of jazz compositions by Riley and his band members, Claude Ranger and Don Thompson and fell under the genre of progressive jazz rock.
A1 Sun Goes By
A2 In My Life
A3 Long Time Comin' Home
A4 Bedtime Story
B1 One More Mountain
B2 Rollin' Releases
B3 I Keep It Hid
B4 Road To Love
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – GRT Of Canada Ltd.
- Distributed By – GRT Of Canada Ltd.
Credits
- Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass – Don Thompson (2)
- Alto Saxophone – Keith Jollimore
- Backing Vocals – Keith Jollimore, Steve Kennedy
- Baritone Saxophone – Keith Jollimore
- Drums – Claude Ranger, Dave Brown (14)
- Flute – Keith Jollimore, Steve Kennedy
- Guitar – Doug Mallory
- Horn – Bruce Cassidy
- Keyboards – Doug Riley
- Lead Vocals – Doug Mallory
- Tenor Saxophone – Steve Kennedy
- Trombone – Barrie Tallman
- Trumpet – Bruce Cassidy
Notes
Released: 1974
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Length: 42:06
© 1974
Label - GRT Records
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