When 'Hockey Night in Canada' commentator Brian McFarlane wrote a song about one of his favorite hockey players, it was an instant success — quickly climbing to No. 1 on Toronto's music charts.
In the fall of 1965, a producer for the CBC — that’s the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation — went to a Toronto Maple Leafs practice to look for an NHL player willing to sing on a Christmas album for kids.And just to give you an idea of how much of a big deal Bower was, he won three consecutive Stanley Cups with the Leafs between '62 and '64 and another in '67 for good measure. The Canadian government put his photo on a stamp in 2004.
"Eddie Shack was a rambunctious, colorful player who dashed all over the ice and bumped into his opponents," Brian says."And he bumped into his own players and his goaltender." "I said, 'Eddie, I'd like to write a song about you,'"Brian says."And he's, 'I don't care what you do.'" They were called “The Secrets.” Brian approached them after a show at the Toronto Pressman’s Club and offered to pay them $500 to record the song he wrote for his friend, Eddie Shack.
"I suggested we have the musicians on the ice at Maple Leaf Gardens," Brian recalls."I was going to put them all in No. 23 sweaters — Shack's number — and have them playing and singing on the ice, but that got vetoed down. My boss said to me, 'We'll just play some film of Eddie Shack skating back and forth and bumping into people and play the song in the background."The song debuted in February 1966.
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