Actor/singer Doug Bennett was born in British Columbia and founded Doug & The Slugs in 1977.
As the band gained popularity on the British Columbia coast they added several members to make the act a light-hearted R & B revue (a style that Heuy Lewis & The News would use to great success). Bennett's own independent label, Ritdong' secured major label distribution through RCA so the band could finally release its own material.
1980's 'Cognac And Bologna' provided their first hit and the album sold nearly 100,000 copies. But it wasn't until 1983's "Making It Work" single that Canada and the US really got to hear Doug & The Slugs. Their perennial good natural pursuit of good times and fun gigs lasted straight through the 80's with distribution being handled by A & M.
In 1986 Doug Bennett released his own solo album called 'Animato!' and he moonlighted in the stage play 'Rock And Roll' before returning for another handful of Slugs albums.
Bennett was admitted to hospital in Calgary on October 9th, 2004 suffering acute symptoms from what his former band member, Simon Kendall, called a long-standing illness. He lost consciousness soon after his arrival and died on Saturday, October 16, 2004.
Singles
as DOUG BENNETT
1986 One Two Three/A Million Ways (Ritdong/A & M)
1986 It's Got To Be Monday/Love Another Day (Ritdong/A & M)
with DOUG & THE SLUGS
1980 Too Bad (Ritdong/RCA)
1980 Chinatown Calculation (Ritdong/RCA)
1981 Drifting Away (RCA) 1981 Real Enough (RCA)
1983 Who Knows How to Make Love Stay?/St. Laurent Summer (RCA)
1983 Makin' It Work/She's Looking At Me (RCA)
1985 Day By Day (Ritdong/A & M)
1985 Love Shines (Ritdong/A & M)
1985 Waiting For You (Ritdong/A & M)
1985 White Christmas (Ritdong/A & M)
1986 It's Got To Be Monday (Ritdong/A & M)
1988 (I Don't Want To) Walk Away (Tomcat)
1988 Tomcat Prowl (Tomcat)
1989 It's A Powerful Thing (Tomcat)
1992 Terminal City (Tomcat)
1993 Rusty Bus (Tomcat)
Albums
as DOUG BENNETT
1986 Animato! (Ritdong/A & M)
with DOUG AND THE SLUGS
1980 Cognac and Bologna (Ritdong/RCA)
1981 Wrap It (RCA)
1983 Music For The Hard Of Thinking (RCA)
1984 Ten Big Ones (Ritdong/A&M)
1985 Popaganda (Ritdong/A&M)
1987 Doug & The Slugs - Best Of' (Avion - US)
1988 Tomcat Prowl (Tomcat/A & M)
1992 Tales From Terminal City (Tomcat/A & M)
1993 Slugcology 101: A Decade of Doug and The Slugs (Tomcat/A & M)
Video
Compilation Tracks
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