#22: Find Your Way Back by Jefferson Starship

City: Saskatoon, SK
Radio Station: CKOM
Peak Month: June 1981
Peak Position in Saskatoon ~ #3
Peak Position in Vancouver ~ did not chart
Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ #29
YouTube: “Find Your Way Back”
Lyrics: “Find Your Way Back”

Jefferson Starship morphed from the Jefferson Airplane in 1974. By 1981, the lineup in the band consisted of lead vocalist and piano player Grace Slick; Keyboard and bass guitarist David Freiberg; Paul Kantner on banjo, harmonica, rhythm guitar and synthesizers; Craig Chaquico on guitar; Pete Sears on keyboards and guitar; Mickey Thomas on lead and backing vocals; and Ansley Dunbar on drums and percussion. Paul Kantner was born in San Francisco in 1941. His mother died when he was eight, and his father sent him to see the circus instead of allowing him to attend the funeral. Kantner was sent to a Catholic Military boarding school. In the face of his strict upbringing, Paul Kantner became interested in Pete Seeger, folk and protest songs. He was one of the co-founders of Jefferson Airplane in 1965.

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#42: Conscience by James Darren

Peak Month: May 1962
11 weeks on Vancouver’s CFUN chart
Peak Position #1
Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ #11
YouTube.com: “Conscience”
Lyrics: “Conscience”

James William Ercolani was born in 1936 in Philadelphia. From a young age he wanted to be an actor. He recalls, “I wasn’t really a singer. I was a kid in Philly whose dad would take him to bars and nightclubs and I would get up and sing two songs.” Just after he turned twenty, Ercolani went to the Brill Building in Manhattan and was instantly offered a contract with Columbia Pictures. He was quickly given the stage name James Darren. His first film was a crime film noir in 1956 titled Rumble on the Docks. Darren was given the lead role as a young man caught up in the rivalry between two gangs, who eventually changes his ways and gets work in his father’s print shop. In 1957, Darren starred in the military comedy Operation Mad Ball  with Jack Lemmon. That year, James Darren was cast in the laundry business meets crime syndicate film noir The Brothers Rico. His third film noir was in 1957 titled The Tijuana Story, and Darren was given second billing. In 1958, it was the western film Gunman’s Walk where James Darren appeared with top billing on the movie poster along with Tab Hunter and Van Hefflin.
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