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Red Rider – White Hot (single edit)
Issued in Canada February 1980 on Capitol 72821 and in the US on Capitol 4845.
Tom Cochrane started out as a folk singer in coffeehouses across Canada in the early 1970s. He had issued several singles and a solo album between 1973 and 1976 under his surname, for Daffodil Records. After the label went under, Tom had to take on some regular jobs to pay the bills.
Then a chance encounter at Toronto’s El Mocambo led to Tom joining Red Rider, an already-established but unsigned group. With a new management deal and a contract with Capitol, their debut album, “Don’t Fight It,” was released in February 1980, with “White Hot” its lead single. Original pressings of the single came in a foldout poster sleeve. “White Hot” entered the RPM 100 on March 1, 1980 and reached #20 on May 31st. In the US, it entered the Billboard Hot 100 on April 5, 1980 and reached #48.
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