Cary Markowitz (bass)
Larry Nusbaum (guitar)
Richard Geary (keyboards)
Rick Appleton (drums)
Scooped up in their early teens by manager Wayne Thompson (who later managed The Nylons) to be groomed as a bubble-gum pop act, Fable Manor were a staple on the Canadian club circuit in the mid-70s.
The band regularly played six nights a week and needed letters of consent from their parents as the band members were between the ages of fourteen and fifteen. The band was chauffered around by hired drivers because none of the band members had their drivers licence's yet.
The act was signed to Polydor Records worldwide at the ripe ages of sixteen and were handed the largest royalty rate to a Canadian act at that time.
Fable Manor recorded at RCA Studios and released two singles for Polydor -- "Oh Me Oh My" and "Saturday Night's Alright For A Party" -- both produced by Harry Hinde. The initial hype led to headlining shows at the Canadian National Exhibition and Ontario Place Forums in Toronto utilizing stage sets that were used as part of a co-production deal for a pop-styled variety show with Global Television (a la The Monkees). The stage set-up alone took two 24' trucks with hydraulic lifts to transport. Their logo alone was created with 200 lights and was 12 feet by 6 feet wide.
They were featured heart-throbs in '16' Magazine out of the US and managed to appear on the Canadian TV show 'Catch A Rising Star' and did musical accompaniment for the Alan Thicke game show called 'Face The Music'.
As a footnote, Markowitz's managerial brothers, Riff and Mitch Markowitz, were responsible for the success of 1960's Toronto band The Mandala.
With notes from Steven Markowitz
Singles
1976 Oh Me Oh My (Polydor)
1976 Saturday Night's Alright For A Party (Polydor)
Albums
Video
Compilation Tracks
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