Tom Northcott

Tom Northcott (born August 29, 1943 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian folk-rock singer with hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Musical career He became known to a Canadian audience by his regular appearances on CBC Television's Let's Go music program in 1964-68. He was nominated as best male vocalist for a Juno Award in 1971. Later he co-founded Mushroom Studios in Vancouver and produced records. His hits are played regularly on Canadian classic rock radio stations.

"She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not" (1965) was by 'Tom Northcott & the Vancouver Playboys'; the Playboys were an established band that had played around British Columbia since 1962. Northcott joined the band on a tour in 1965, and issued the single on his own label. The 1966 singles were by 'The Tom Northcott Trio', which consisted of Tom Northcott, Chris Dixon (drums), and Rick Enns (bass). Four of his hits were, "1941", "Girl from the North Country", "Suzanne" and "Sunny Goodge Street".

In 2010, Rhino Records released a retrospective compilation of Northcott's late-1960s work, Sunny Goodge Street: The Warner Bros. Recordings.

Retirement and life after music Northcott gave up his performing and singing career in the early 1970s and became a commercial fisherman in British Columbia. He attempted to run in the 1972 British Columbia general election as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia in Vancouver Centre but his nomination papers were not filed on time. He later entered law school which spawned a career in maritime and admiralty law. He is now retired and living in Kamloops, British Columbia. He was inducted into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2008.

Discography

Albums Year Album CAN 1971 Upside Downside 581993 So...You Thought You Heard It All -1997 Joyful Songs of Leonard Cohen -2010 Sunny Goodge Street: The Warner Bros. Recordings -

Singles YearSingleChart PositionsAlbum CAN CAN AC CAN Country US1965 "She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not"————singles only1966 "Just Don't"———— "Going Down"49 ———1967 "Sunny Goodge Street" (Donovan)20 ——1231968 "1941" (Nilsson)68 ——88 "Girl from the North Country" (Dylan)65 ———1969 "Make Me an Island" ———— "Ask Me No Questions"————1970 "The Rainmaker" (Nilsson, Martin)38 28—— "Crazy Jane"12 ———Upside Downside "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (Newman)46 17——1971 "Spaceship Races" (Goffin, King)61 ——— "Suzanne" — 8—— 1990 "The Trouble with Love" ——33— single only