Effective period / Period of releases: 1966

Members: Buddy Stanton

Bio From Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NYzny6NQM8

The Scoundrelz had promise; they were a locally respected band in Ottawa; highly talented, and had signed a record deal with Red Leaf; there were even murmurs of the band being signed to Capitol Records, but that never came to fruition.

After the release of their debut single "Heartbreak Hotel/Poor John" (B-Side an original by band leader and keyboardist Buddy Stanton), The A-side

"Heartbreak Hotel" entered the RPM Top 100 Singles chart at #98 on November 21st 1966. Followed by, #79 on November 28th, #70 on December 5th, #61 on December 12th and peaking at #60 on December 19th, 1966. After a final return showing on January 2nd 1967 at #83, the single fell off the charts.

During 1967, Buddy Stanton's talents got him noticed by well-known Ottawa band "The Townsmen." He made the decision to leave The Scoundrelz, even before seeing through the release of their second single "Follow Me/To A Lovely Lady" (B-Side again by Stanton).

Buddy was brought into The Townsmen as keyboardist and singer (an additional role) and John Bacho (guitarist for Ottawa-based "Skalliwags") was brought on for guitar and vocals to replace the recently departed Gary Comeau.

After Buddy's departure from The Scoundrelz, the band initially broke up. They were then persuaded to regroup under a new name and release the Scoundrelz long-awaited second single. They chose the new name "Nobody" and released "Follow Me/To A Lovely Lady" on Red Leaf Records during May of 1967.