STU PHILLIPS (CANADA)

Born: 19 January 1933

Not to be confused with the American composer of the same name who wrote theme music for TV shows such as ‘Battlestar Galactica’, ‘Buck Rogers’ and ‘Knight Rider’, this Stu Phillips was a Canadian country singer who was born in St Eustache, a suburb of Montreal. As a youngster he would sing on local radio shows and would appear at carnivals and rodeos. He would start his recording career in the late 50’s and around the same time was a radio announcer on a local station in Edmonton. His first hit was 1965’s ‘Kathy Keep Playing’ which would top the Canadian Country Singles chart. He would make his US break through in 1966 with ‘Bracero’ which made it to 39 on the US Country Singles charts and was the first of 8 of his hits to make that chart (best showing of 13 by 1967’s ‘Juanita Jones’). For a good while he hosted the Canadian Country Music TV show ‘Red River Jamboree’ and is an active member of the Grand Ole Opry. He is also an ordained minister of the Episcopal Church.

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
23-Aug-1968	Crystal Chandelier	11	9
13-Dec-1968	Vin Rosé	9	7
		Total hits	2
		Total weeks	16

Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	2
Biggest fallers	1
Weeks with oldest in the charts	0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)	9
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts	0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)	12
Top 30 points ranking	=496
Top 20 points ranking	=642
Top 30 points	349
Top 20 points	129

He would rank 16^th of the 25 Canadians who made the top 20 (top 20 points basis) and 10^th out of 25 on a top 30 points basis.