Major Hoople's Boarding House

Major Hoople's Boarding House was a Canadian pop band from Cambridge, Ontario. They were active from the mid-1960s to the 1980s, performing mainly in Ontario and releasing several singles, one of which appeared on national charts.

History

Rocky Howell, Peter Padalino, Gail Selkirk, Dave Lodge and Rick Riddell formed a band in Cambridge in the 1960s called the Shan-De-Leers. [1] It was later renamed Major Hoople's Boarding House after they hired David Lodge in 1967. The group name referred to the long-running comic strip, Our Boarding House.[2]

Riddell and Selkirk left the band in 1972 and were replaced by Ed Miller and Peter Beacock. Lodge left the band to concentrate on songwriting and management in 1973 and he was replaced by Keith Stahlbaum. In 1975, Dave Gooding was added on saxophone.[3]

The band signed with the Polydor record label, and released a single, "Everything's the Same".[4] They performed in the club circuit and at summer dance halls around Ontario for a number of years[5][6][7] and then signed with Axe Records.[8][9] They had a top-30 Canadian radio hit in 1975 with "I'm Running After You".[10][11]

The band released a single, "Our House", which appeared on the RPM 100 chart in October and November of 1980.[12] They continued performing in the 1980s with a varying lineup, and then went on hiatus as some of the members joined other bands.[2] Both Padalino and Beacock were later in the country band Desert Dolphins in the mid-1990s.[13][14]

Many years after they disbanded, the band reformed in 2010 with three of the long-time members - Miller, Keith Stahlbaum, and Gooding - and was supplemented by keyboardist Brad Stahlbaum and guitarist Brian Tozer.[15]

Discography

Albums
  • The Hooples Album (1981, re-issued by Axe Records 2013)
  • The New Adventures of Hooples (1986)

Singles
  • I'm Running After You b/w Questions In Mind [AXE 24] (1975)
  • You Girl b/w Barnstormer [AXE 32] (1976)
  • I've Got You On My Mind b/w Magic Of A Feeling[AXE 36] (1976)
  • Someone b/w Loving You [AXE 59] (1980)

References
  1. "The Hoople's History". Archived from the original on 2014-03-22. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  2. "Major Hooples Boarding House to play fundraiser in Drayton this weekend". Wellington Advertiser, Vol 43 Issue 43. by Chris Daponte
  3. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/M/Major_Hooples_Boarding_House.html
  4. From the Music Capitals of the Worls. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 27 January 1973. pp. 106–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. Herbert J. Hamilton (1977). Queen's! Queen's! Queen's!. Alumni Association of Queen's University. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-9690332-0-2.
  6. 'Major Hoople's Boarding House: I'm Running After You / Questions in Mind - 7'. Canuckistan Music, review by Michael Panontin.
  7. Peter Young (25 September 2002). Let's Dance: A Celebration of Ontario's Dance Halls and Summer Dance Pavilions. Dundurn. pp. 70, 100, 128. ISBN 978-1-55488-211-3.
  8. Billboard. 87. Billboard Publications. April 1975. p. 116.
  9. "Hamilton music impresario revisits Kitchener past". Waterloo Region Record, Jun 16, 2014 by Joel Rubinoff
  10. Bush, John. "Major Hoople's Boarding House - Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  11. "RPM Top Singles" - RPM, Volume 24, No. 9, Oct 25, 1975
  12. "Top Singles". RPM - Volume 34, No. 3 Nov 08, 1980
  13. "Country" (PDF). RPM: 13, 19. June 6, 1994.
  14. "And the nominees are..." (PDF). RPM: 12. May 29, 1995.
  15. "Revived Major Hoople's Boarding House band plays Commercial Tavern Sunday". Nov 28, 2012 Elmira Independent
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