Chuck’s Classics, featuring Burton Cummings

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Break It To Them Gently

Burton his own after a very successful career with the Guess Who. Break It To Them Gently, a modest hit in 1978.

Burton Cummings

Chuck Benson

Chuck Benson – Started his broadcast career in 1960 as a writer at CKYL, Peace River, AB, where in 1965 he won the Gold Leaf Award (now called the Juno) for Top Disc Jockey for Canada. From there, a brief stint at CFRN, Edmonton, AB as Promotions Manager for AM/FM Radio. Then in ’62 helped open CKNL Fort St. John, BC. In ’68 Chuck and two others (Ernie Mushtuk and Ernie Mykyte) started up Yellowhead Broadcasting Ltd out of Edson, AB, eventually ending up with satellites in Grande Cache, Jasper, Whitecourt and Hinton, AB. He sold his interests and moved to Vancouver, ending up with CFVR, Abbotsford as General Sales Manager, then Manager of CHPQ, Parksville, and eventually as a Sales Consultant with CIGV-FM in Penticton. Chuck is retired from broadcasting and living with his wife in Parksville

1 COMMENT

  1. Amazing song !

    One of the best live performers and one of the best voices ever, there has been no one better live, especially his solo shows .

    The singing voices of Cummings and Mickey Thomas are in the top five male voices in rock music .

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