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The Cat Dragged In.
They decided to form their own band
in 1971 following Richard's suspension from the
University of Ottawa for spending too much time
on the road instead of working on his Masters'
Degree in English Literature. They had their own band in
1974 as the brothers released three singles but
they were unsuccessful as they were cover tunes
and Richard Cooper felt
it isn't what they should be focsuing on and they
decided to write their own material and they had
their first hit but it was a minor hit called "Finally
(With You)" on their new label
Polydor.
Their manager
Allan Katz landed them a distribution deal in the
US with Capricorn Records. In the summer of 1978
they landed their first smash hit with
"Rock N Roll Cowboys"
followed by "The Dream Never
Dies" (which became a hit for
US country singer Bill Anderson.)
"The
Dream Never Dies", "Show
Some Emotion" and "I'll
Know Her When I See Her" all
charted on Billboard's Hot 100. With the folding
of Capricorn Records
in 1980 the band floundered without a record deal
but brought Les Emmerson
in as a member and produced one more album -
'Learning To Live With It' before
the brothers parted ways by the mid-'80's.
Brian
Cooper and Terry King
flirted briefly with a trio of sorts featuring Les
Emmerson in the 1990's.
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