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Terry McManus
Terrence McManus (1946 – December 18, 2021) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who is known for launching the Songwriters Association of Canada. He was also an artists manager representing The Birthday Massacre, The Essentials, "Survivorman" Les Stroud, and Canadian experimental artist JoJo Worthington. As an educator he taught at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, in the Music Industry Arts program for over 30 years, and taught online at Algonquin College in their Music Industry Arts program.
Terry McManus was born in Abingdon, England to Canadian parents. His father was the medical scientist J. F. A. McManus of Blackville, New Brunswick and his mother, Norma Shumway of Winnipeg, Manitoba. McManus spent most of his childhood in the United States, mainly in Birmingham, Alabama and then Bloomington, Indiana. He attended Hiram Scott College in Nebraska for a brief time, but by 1967 he was working for a computer company in Washington, D.C. He recorded a number of demos at Bias Recording Studios.
McManus met producer Paul Rothchild, who took an interest in his music. He moved to Canada in 1968 as a staff writer for ARC Records, and later arranged with Merv Buchanan's Trend Records to borrowed a four-track machine to do some recording. Then McManus's song "Best Believe It" was recorded by Fred Dixon and the Friday Afternoon.
In 1970 he began working for the Ontario Arts Council as a music officer coordinating their new pop music program and he engaged Merv Buchanan's company to do mobile recordings for little-known acts all across Ontario. Part of McManus' time spent with the Council was organizing and producing the first rock concert at Toronto's Ontario Place Forum.
McManus took out a $500 bank loan and with the help of engineer Bill Seddon recorded two songs - "Sunshower in the Spring" and "Gimme a Hand" with Garwood Wallace on guitar and John Woloschuk on bass. McManus arranged recording contract with A & M Records of Canada and their publishing affiliate, Irving Music of Los Angeles. The single, released in 1971,did well on the Canadian charts as did the follow-up singles "Carolyn" and "Love is Wine" in 1972 - all three tunes going to #1 in the Prairies. An album was recorded but disagreements led to the cancellation of the deal with A & M.
While at the Canadian National Music Conference in Vancouver in late 1972, McManus met jazz musician and composer Tommy Banks who was about to start his own label, Century II, in Edmonton. Banks signed McManus as a solo artist, and appointed him the Artists and Repertoire director of his company. McManus moved from Vancouver to Edmonton in 1973, and there worked with a number of acts, including Russ Thornberry, The Original Caste, and Roy Forbes.
McManus began to expand his writing in order to include the work of jazz musicians Tommy Banks, Earl Seymour and Lenny Breau, who were in Edmonton at the time, into his recordings. This led to some small commercial success, and also caught the attention of well-known songwriter George David Weiss. McManus mixed his Edmonton tracks at the Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco and then moved to London, Ontario to take up teaching duties in the new Music Industry Arts Program at Fanshawe College. In 1975 and 1976 McManus made several trips to New York City where he and Weiss did some co-writing. A demo for Columbia Records was recorded but by then McManus had a family and he turned down the opportunity to move to NYC, record for Columbia's Portrait label and work full-time with Weiss.
Although he was teaching full-time, he continued to write and in 1976 another of his songs, "What a Day", was recorded by the Vos Family and used in a promotional campaign to raise funds for the 1976 Montreal Olympics. A couple of years later in 1978 McManus began writing children's songs and forwarded the material to Raffi's label Treble Clef. The result was a children's album, Scrub-A-Dub U. During an appearance at the Hamilton Folk Festival in 1979, McManus met children's performers Bob Schneider and Fred Penner. Penner included McManus' songs on his children's TV show starting the mid-1980s.
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Terry McManus
Terrence McManus (1946 – December 18, 2021) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who is known for launching the Songwriters Association of Canada. He was also an artists manager representing The Birthday Massacre, The Essentials, "Survivorman" Les Stroud, and Canadian experimental artist JoJo Worthington. As an educator he taught at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, in the Music Industry Arts program for over 30 years, and taught online at Algonquin College in their Music Industry Arts program.
Terry McManus was born in Abingdon, England to Canadian parents. His father was the medical scientist J. F. A. McManus of Blackville, New Brunswick and his mother, Norma Shumway of Winnipeg, Manitoba. McManus spent most of his childhood in the United States, mainly in Birmingham, Alabama and then Bloomington, Indiana. He attended Hiram Scott College in Nebraska for a brief time, but by 1967 he was working for a computer company in Washington, D.C. He recorded a number of demos at Bias Recording Studios.
McManus met producer Paul Rothchild, who took an interest in his music. He moved to Canada in 1968 as a staff writer for ARC Records, and later arranged with Merv Buchanan's Trend Records to borrowed a four-track machine to do some recording. Then McManus's song "Best Believe It" was recorded by Fred Dixon and the Friday Afternoon.
In 1970 he began working for the Ontario Arts Council as a music officer coordinating their new pop music program and he engaged Merv Buchanan's company to do mobile recordings for little-known acts all across Ontario. Part of McManus' time spent with the Council was organizing and producing the first rock concert at Toronto's Ontario Place Forum.
McManus took out a $500 bank loan and with the help of engineer Bill Seddon recorded two songs - "Sunshower in the Spring" and "Gimme a Hand" with Garwood Wallace on guitar and John Woloschuk on bass. McManus arranged recording contract with A & M Records of Canada and their publishing affiliate, Irving Music of Los Angeles. The single, released in 1971,did well on the Canadian charts as did the follow-up singles "Carolyn" and "Love is Wine" in 1972 - all three tunes going to #1 in the Prairies. An album was recorded but disagreements led to the cancellation of the deal with A & M.
While at the Canadian National Music Conference in Vancouver in late 1972, McManus met jazz musician and composer Tommy Banks who was about to start his own label, Century II, in Edmonton. Banks signed McManus as a solo artist, and appointed him the Artists and Repertoire director of his company. McManus moved from Vancouver to Edmonton in 1973, and there worked with a number of acts, including Russ Thornberry, The Original Caste, and Roy Forbes.
McManus began to expand his writing in order to include the work of jazz musicians Tommy Banks, Earl Seymour and Lenny Breau, who were in Edmonton at the time, into his recordings. This led to some small commercial success, and also caught the attention of well-known songwriter George David Weiss. McManus mixed his Edmonton tracks at the Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco and then moved to London, Ontario to take up teaching duties in the new Music Industry Arts Program at Fanshawe College. In 1975 and 1976 McManus made several trips to New York City where he and Weiss did some co-writing. A demo for Columbia Records was recorded but by then McManus had a family and he turned down the opportunity to move to NYC, record for Columbia's Portrait label and work full-time with Weiss.
Although he was teaching full-time, he continued to write and in 1976 another of his songs, "What a Day", was recorded by the Vos Family and used in a promotional campaign to raise funds for the 1976 Montreal Olympics. A couple of years later in 1978 McManus began writing children's songs and forwarded the material to Raffi's label Treble Clef. The result was a children's album, Scrub-A-Dub U. During an appearance at the Hamilton Folk Festival in 1979, McManus met children's performers Bob Schneider and Fred Penner. Penner included McManus' songs on his children's TV show starting the mid-1980s.