#8: Give Me One More Chance by Wilmer & the Dukes
City: Guelph, ON
Radio Station: CJOY
Peak Month: July 1968
Peak Position in Guelph ~ #5
Peak position in Vancouver ~ did not chart
Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ #80
YouTube: “Give Me One More Chance”
Wilmer Alexander Jr. was born in 1943 in Geneva, NY. Alexander Jr., Ronnie Alberts, and Ralph Gillotte formed Wilmer Alexander Junior and the Dukes in Geneva (NY) in1957. Except for Alexander, all of the members were white. This made the band stand out even more in some of the all-black clubs that they first played in. The Alexanders lived on 90 Wadsworth Street in Geneva, and the band used to practice at one of the garages owned by the Felice Trucking Company on Kirkwood Ave. Alexander sang and played saxophone, and the band was managed by Ebo (Owl) Alberts, the father of the drummer, Ronnie Alberts, and the original bassist, Monty Alberts.