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2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the album Wildflower as members B. J. Cook and David Foster were presented with a star on the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame乌鸦传媒檚 StarWalk.
Host Peter McCully chats with Cook who talks about being a showgirl at The Cave Supper Club in Vancouver, before leaving to play the Elegant Parlour nightclub run by Tommy Chong.
Foster and Cook were members of the Ronnie Hawkins Band, before Cook founded Skylark.
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McCully asked Cook about the origin of the song.
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The song 乌鸦传媒榃ildflower乌鸦传媒� has been covered more than 200 times.
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Cook talks about a run-in with Johnny Cash in her early nightclub days, dating Robin Williams and her daughter Amy Foster乌鸦传媒檚 success writing songs for Michael Buble.
The podcast contains the song 乌鸦传媒榃ildflower乌鸦传媒�, as recorded by Skylark.
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