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| Kenny Hollis - vocals |
| Bill Monomen - guitar |
| Ron Hiller - bass |
| Blake Barrett - drums |
| Rich Wamil - keyboards, clarinet & vocals |
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In 1965 Kenny Hollis and Rich Wamil formed the Penny Farthings in Kitchener, Ontario
by 1966 they had adopted Copperpenny as their new name. In 1968 they had a minor hit
called "Nice Girl" on Columbia but switched to RCA in 1970 and had more success with
"Stop (Wait A Minute)". Copperpenny signed to a subsidiary of London Records (Sweet
Plum Records) in 1973 and released "You're Still The One" and "Sitting On A Poor
Man's Throne" both made the Top 20 singles charts in Canada for a total of 16 weeks.
They toured extensively throughout the US with Led Zeppelin, Bob Seger and Uriah
Heep. In Canada they shared the stage with The Guess Who and The Five Man Electrical
Band. They signed on with Capitol Records in 1975 and had their records produced by
Jack Richardson of the Guess Who. They briefly had their own variety show that
launched the career of Doug Henning. "Disco Queen" and "Good Time Sally" were disco
tunes released in the mid-70's. By the time of their final release, "The Fuse Album"
most of the original members had departed and the band was called Rich Wamil &
Copperpenny. The band finally split up in the late 70's.
Kenny Hollis went solo and had success with the single "Goin' Hollywood" he then
became emcee and PR manager at Lulu's Roadhouse in Kitchener. Hollis died from a
heart attack in 2002 after being hit by a truck. Ron Hiller played in a gospel music
band called Sonlight. Later he was a studio musician and did children's projects
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| Copperpenny |
Sitting On A
Poor Man's Throne
1973 |
The Fuse Album
1976 |
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