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Country by Hart
BY ELAINE TOWNSHEND
Gloria Hart, a singer/composer from
Mitchell, set a goal for herself - to make a
recording by the time she was 23. In
October 1978. she cut her first single.
"Don't Say You Love Me." al Mercy
Brothers' Studio in Elmira - a week before
her 23rd birthday.
Stratford radio station CJCS played
Don't Say You Love Me, which was Side
One of the single for more than 23 weeks:
Side Two. I Like Country, received air time
on country stations in Wingham. Wood-
stock, Kitchener and Tillsonburg. The
success of the single encouraged Gloria to
record her first album in August 79. The
album, entitled I Like Country, was
released in early November.
Gloria had no vocal training and took
guitar lessons for only a few months when
she was 16. She always enjoyed singing
and playing but was rather shy about it.
She remembers singing around campfires
with her parents when they spent their
summers at a trailer camp near Bayfield.
The owner of the camp heard her singing
and asked her to perform at a talent show
put on by the campers. She also sang some
gospel songs, that she had written, at the
camp's church services. In Mitchell, she
performed at some functions of Job's
Daughters - an organization for daughters
of Masons. Few of her fellow students at
Mitchell District High School were aware
of her talent, however, until her last year in
school when one of the teachers asked her
to play at a Christmas program.
"There were a few hoots when I went
on". recalls Gloria. "because the kids
didn't know I could sing. But once I started
they became very quiet and when I fi"ished
they gave me a standing ovation."
It was a boost for her self-confidence.
and for the first time. she realized people
enjoyed listening to her songs as much as
she enjoyed singing them.
After high school, she studied a
secretarial course but realized she didn't
want it to be her life's work. Singing
continued to be the one thing she enjoyed
doing, and she gradually came to the idea
of taking a shot at a singing career.
Competition in the music business is high.
and landing a job with a band proved
difficult. In the meantime. she found work
with Colormat Photo Labs Ltd. in Stratford
and is now manager of the Stratford nutlet.
Two and a half years ago she was hired
by Tom McKay of Stratford as lead vocalist
in his band. The Tee Keys. The group has
worked hard. When Gloria joined them,
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