RIP Ken Tobias

 

Canadian singer, songwriter and musician died in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada on October 2^nd. He was 79. Tobias was on born July 25, 1945, in Saint John. He formed a folk-bluegrass group “The Ramblers” with his brother Tony Tobias. Later moved to Halifax to perform on ‘Frank's Bandstand’ and was also part of a rock 'n' roll group “The Badd Cedes”. He joined ‘Singalong Jubilee’ from 1965 to 1967 as guitarist, solo then chorus performer. Ken then moved to Montreal and to Los Angeles, where he recorded his first hit ‘You're Not Even Going to The Fair’ with Bill Medley of the “The Righteous Brothers”. He recorded two albums, and his best-known hit is for “The Bells” – ‘Stay Awhile’. He moved to Toronto in 1972, where he continued to perform and record albums, write music for films, television, commercials and a ballet. In the mid-1980s, Ken became a renowned painter. Ken sang the main theme for the 1977 Spaghetti western “Silver Saddle” and a second song heard in the film “Two Hearts”.