Tapestry (musical group)

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Tapestry
OriginCanada
GenresPop music
Years active1970s
Labels Polydor
Past membersJack Winters
Heather Woodburn
Judy Harmon aka Judi Jensen


Tapestry was an early 1970s Canadian musical group fronted by singers Jack Winters, Heather Woodburn and Judy Harmon aka Judi Jensen. They released several singles and had a hit with "The Music Doesn't Seem to Be Going Anywhere". Some of their other singles also charted.

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Background

In 1972, the group was made up of Jack Winters (group leader) from Montreal, Heather Woodburn of Montreal and Judi Jensen from Toronto. [1] During the 1960s, Jensen was a singer in the Canadian band, The Regents. [2]

At some stage they were joined by Barry Albert from the band Life who was dissatisfied with the way things were progressing. [3]

Career

The group's first single was released in October 1971. It was "Love Me Brother" bw "Coming Into Los Angeles", released on Polydor 2065 091. [4] It had a good review in the RPM November 20 issue with the reviewer referring to it as blue-eyed gospel soul that had captured ears of several MOT programmers as well as the Maple Leaf System. [5] It was also on five major market play lists and two secondary markets lists. [6] It entered the RPM100 chart at #88 on week ending November 20th. [7]

By June, 1972 their second single, "Country Music" had already been released. They had been doing very well on the Canadian and US club circuit. Led by Jack Winters, the line up at the time consisted of himself, Heather Woodburn and Judi Jensen. [8] They were booked to appear at the Maple Music Junket in Montreal at 7:30pm on Monday June 5. [9]

Having tried to get things happening with a single for some time, things were now looking good for the group. The single that showed promise was "The Music Doesn't Seem to Be Going Anywhere". It was recorded in Canada in 1972. An account of the song's lyrics was given by RPM Weekly in the November 4 issue. The magazine also predicted that it would emerge for them in the charts. [10] By November 25, the single had entered the RPM100 Singles chart at #100. [11] By January 14, 1973 it had moved up to #62 from the previous week's position of #72. By the 20th it had fallen back to #86. [12] It was also at #36 on the Programmers Adult Contemporary Additions list. [13]

By March 1973 they had a new single out which was taken from their forthcoming Down By Maple River album. The single "Everything's Bringing Me Down (Runnin' From The Years)" was written by Jack Winters. [14] It entered The Programmers Adult Contemporary Play List at #98 for the week ending March 10. [15]

By the end of March the album was released by Polydor. The group was set to take a nationwide tour to promote it. [16]

By April 14, "Everything's Bringing Me Down" was 7 places up from #72 at #65 on The Programmers Adult Contemporary Play List. [17] An article in the April 14 issue of RPM The Programmers Weekly confirmed that the group was now a duo, consisting of Jack Winters and Heather Woodburn who were now husband and wife. They had recently done a tour across Western Canada which was a success. [18] That month, they released another single, "Down by Maple River" on Polydor 2065 192. [19] It entered the RPM100 chart at #96 on the week ending May 5, 1973. [20]

Discography

Singles
ActReleaseCatalogueYearNotes
Tapestry"Love Me Brother" / "Coming Into Los Angeles" Polydor 2065 0911971
Tapestry"Country Music" / "Begin With You And Me"Polydor 2065 1201972
Tapestry"The Music Doesn't Seem To Be Going Anywhere" / "I Believe In Loving You"Polydor 2065 1521972
Tapestry"Everything Is Bringin' Me Down (Runnin' From The Years)" / " I Wish I Was Going Back Home"Polydor 2065 1771973
Tapestry"Down By Maple River" / "Cowboy Song"Polydor 2065 1921973
Tapestry"California" / "Silver Bird"Polydor 2065 2041973

[21] [22]

Albums
ActReleaseCatalogueYearNotes
TapestryDown By Maple River Polydor 2424 0781973 [23]

Later years

Judi Jensen aka Judith Harmon died on Friday, June 7, 2019 at age 76. [24]

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References

  1. ↑ RPM WEEKLY, SPECIAL EDITION, Volume 17 No. 17 June 10, 1972 - Page 16 MMJ ROSTER OF STARS
  2. ↑ Durhamregion.com, Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - The three phases of The Regents
  3. ↑ citizenfreak.com (© Museum of Canadian Music) - Life - ST, Information/Write-up
  4. ↑ 45Cat - Tapestry (Canada) - Discography
  5. ↑ RPM Weekly, Volume 16 No. 14 November 20, 1971 - Page 15 NEW MAPL RELEASES
  6. ↑ RPM Weekly, Volume 16 No. 14 November 20, 1971 - Page 20 The Programmers New On Playlists
  7. ↑ RPM Weekly, Volume 16 No. 14 November 20, 1971 - Page 12 RPM100 SINGLES
  8. ↑ RPM WEEKLY, SPECIAL EDITION. Volume 17 No. 17 June 10, 1972 - Page 16 MMJ ROSTER OF STARS
  9. ↑ RPM WEEKLY, SPECIAL EDITION. Volume 17 No. 17 June 10, 1972 - Page 19 MAPLE MUSIC JUNKET ITINERARY JUNE 2 - JUNE 8
  10. ↑ RPM The Programmers WEEKLY, November 4, 1972 Volume 18 No. 12 - Page 2 TAPESTRY SAYS IT ALL IN PRESS RELEASE
  11. ↑ RPM The Programmers WEEKLY, November 25, 1972 Volume 18 No. 15 - Page 15 - 18 RPM100 SINGLES November 25, 1972
  12. ↑ RPM The Programmers WEEKLY, January 20, 1973 Volume 18 No. 23 - Page 13 RPM100 SINGLES
  13. ↑ RPM The Programmers WEEKLY, January 20, 1973 Volume 18 No. 23 - Page 28 The Programmers Adult Contemporary Additions
  14. ↑ Record World, March 10, 1973 - Page 20 CANADA By LARRY LeBLANC
  15. ↑ RPM The Programmers Weekly, Volume 19 No. 4 March 10, 1973 - Page 28 The Programmers ADULT CONTEMPORARY PLAY LIST
  16. ↑ Billboard, March 31, 1973 - International News Reports, From The Music Capitals of the World, TORONTO
  17. ↑ RPM The Programmers WEEKLY Volume 19 No. 9 April 14, 1973 - Page 28 The Programmers ADULT CONTEMPORARY PLAY LIST
  18. ↑ RPM The Programmers WEEKLY Volume 19 No. 9 April 14, 1973 - Page 10 TAPESTRY COMPLETE NATIONAL TOUR
  19. ↑ RPM The Programmers WEEKLY, Volume 19 No. 10 April 21, 1973 - Page 32 Now,the single you all asked for!
  20. ↑ RPM The Programmers WEEKLY, Volume 19 No. 12 - Page 15 - 18 RPM100 SINGLES
  21. ↑ 45Cat - Tapestry (Canada) - Discography
  22. ↑ Discogs - Tapestry (3), Discography, Singles & EPs
  23. ↑ RPM The Programmers WEEKLY, Volume 19 No. 9 April 14, 1973 - Page 13 New Album Product
  24. ↑ Affordable Burials and Cremations Inc.. - JUDITH HARMAN
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