User:MCBouy/Bill Gilliland

Bill Gilliland was a Canadian producer, record executive and TV & radio announcer. He was a founder and Vice President of Arc Records in 1959, and founder of the Yorkville Records label.

Under the alias Johnny T. Angel he recorded the song "Tell Laura I Love Her" which peaked in the USA at No. 94 on June 22, 1974.

Some of the acts "discovered" and promoted by ARC and Gilliland include:


 * 1963: Richie Knight and the Mid-Knights
 * 1963: Terry Black
 * 1965: Anne Murray
 * 1966: The Untouchables, which he rechristened The Stitch In Tyme

In 1992, Gilliland authored an unpublished memoir called Da Capo which is occasionally cited by music industry insiders.