Real name: Cyril Tulk

Effective period / Period of releases: 1964

Born: February 22, 1934 Died: February 29, 2016 Cyril Tulk was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1934. When he was seventeen, he started entertaining folks and by 20, had turned 'professional'. His introduction to radio and music was not by accident. His parents owned and operated radio station CKMP in Midland, Ontario. He had his own show and did some announcing as well. He later joined CKFH as an engineer while trying to promote his musical endeavors. In 1961, he went to Nashville, Tennessee and recorded a few sides for the Quality label in Canada. In 1964, he signed with the RIC label that was based in Nashville. The RIC recordings were also released on the Quality label in Canada. Found himself in demand. He made several appearances on the Canadian Television network weekly show, "Country Music Hall" that was hosted by Carl Smith. In the early 1960's CFGM (Toronto) switch to a country music format. Their on the air staff included Cy Anders who had a Saturday afternoon show at 1:00pm for a time. His band
included Roy Penney, Tommy St. Dennis, Sandy Selsie and Bill Gibbs.