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George Olliver
George Olliver was a Canadian music artist. A singer and organist, he was the lead singer for Mandala in the 1960s. He also founded the late 1960s, early 1970s jazz rock group Natural Gas.
As a boy he was in the Anglican church choir. His parents also enrolled him in piano lessons which continued into his early teen years. His first band was the Cool Cats, a high school band. He was with Natural Gas, playing at The Laugh In on Victoria Street in Montreal in early 1970 when was noted by a reviewer for Montreal newspaper The Gazette that his stage act could range from a frantic singing and dancing of a James Brown to a laid back balladeer. He has been referred to as "The Blue Eyed Prince". The biggest influence on his career was Domenic Troiano.
In 1987, he was Nominated for a Juno Award for his album Dream Girl.
Apart from music, Olliver has only had one day job and that was in an office job with Canadian Pacific Railway.
Olliver, and guitarist Domenic Troiano became part of Mandala in the mid-60s. A song he composed, "Lost Love" was the B side of the Mandala single, "Opportunity" which was ready for release in October 1966.
Olliver quit the group in September, 1967 and some time afterwards formed the 10-piece soul outfit, George Olliver & His (Soul) Children. He later formed Natural Gas in 1969, a group that rivalled Lighthouse, Chicago, and Blood Sweat & Tears. They had a hit with "All Powerful Man" which peaked at #76 on May 9, 1970. It spent a total of 7 weeks in the Canadian charts. Their album got into the Canadian Top 10, and made the Top 50 in the United States.
By early July 1972, his group George Olliver and Friends had been signed to Shining Star Associates, a new marketing company that was located in Hamilton, Ontario.
In 1973, Olliver released a solo single, "I May Never Get to See You Again" on Much Records which he composed himself. It was produced by the label's A&R man, Bill Hill. According to Billboard, the single was marking his recording comeback. In 1976, he had another single released. The song "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You" had Dianne Brooks helping out with background vocals.[citation needed]
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George Olliver
George Olliver was a Canadian music artist. A singer and organist, he was the lead singer for Mandala in the 1960s. He also founded the late 1960s, early 1970s jazz rock group Natural Gas.
As a boy he was in the Anglican church choir. His parents also enrolled him in piano lessons which continued into his early teen years. His first band was the Cool Cats, a high school band. He was with Natural Gas, playing at The Laugh In on Victoria Street in Montreal in early 1970 when was noted by a reviewer for Montreal newspaper The Gazette that his stage act could range from a frantic singing and dancing of a James Brown to a laid back balladeer. He has been referred to as "The Blue Eyed Prince". The biggest influence on his career was Domenic Troiano.
In 1987, he was Nominated for a Juno Award for his album Dream Girl.
Apart from music, Olliver has only had one day job and that was in an office job with Canadian Pacific Railway.
Olliver, and guitarist Domenic Troiano became part of Mandala in the mid-60s. A song he composed, "Lost Love" was the B side of the Mandala single, "Opportunity" which was ready for release in October 1966.
Olliver quit the group in September, 1967 and some time afterwards formed the 10-piece soul outfit, George Olliver & His (Soul) Children. He later formed Natural Gas in 1969, a group that rivalled Lighthouse, Chicago, and Blood Sweat & Tears. They had a hit with "All Powerful Man" which peaked at #76 on May 9, 1970. It spent a total of 7 weeks in the Canadian charts. Their album got into the Canadian Top 10, and made the Top 50 in the United States.
By early July 1972, his group George Olliver and Friends had been signed to Shining Star Associates, a new marketing company that was located in Hamilton, Ontario.
In 1973, Olliver released a solo single, "I May Never Get to See You Again" on Much Records which he composed himself. It was produced by the label's A&R man, Bill Hill. According to Billboard, the single was marking his recording comeback. In 1976, he had another single released. The song "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You" had Dianne Brooks helping out with background vocals.[citation needed]