Stan Klees
Stan Klees (born 29 April 1932 at Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian retired music industry businessman. He created the music recording companies Tamarac and Red Leaf Records in the 1960s.
Klees was a presenter at CHUM radio in the late 1940s then was employed by London Records. He founded Tamarac Records in 1963.[1]
His advice to Walt Grealis led to the development of RPM Weekly in 1964. Klees formally joined RPM as a staff member in 1971 to assist with organisation and publication design. He also designed the "MAPL" logo to identify Canadian content of produced songs, also known as the Cancon movement.[2][3] Klees and Grealis established RPM's annual awards for Canadian music in 1964 which led to the creation of the Juno Awards ceremonies in 1970.[4]
In 1995, Klees was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.
In 2001, Klees was awarded the Special Achievement Award at the SOCAN Awards in Toronto.[5]
References
- ↑ Graham, Sandy (26 April 2012). "Happy Birthday Stan !". Cashbox. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ https://nmc.ca/stan-klees-the-man-behind-cancon/
- ↑ CRTC. "The MAPL System". National Campus and Community Radio Association. Archived from the original on 2007-07-12. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- ↑ Wheeler, Brad (23 August 2012). "The Juno Awards: It's always been about the bread". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ http://www.socan.ca/about/awards/2001-socan-awards
External links
- Green, Richard (October 2004). "The MAPL System". Collections Canada. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- RPM Music Weekly Tribute Site.