Gary O'

Gary O'Connor, better known as Gary O', is a Canadian singer-songwriter and the son of Canadian musician Billy O'Connor.

Biography

Gary was a member of the 1960s band Cat, who had a popular Canadian hit in 1970 called "We're in This Together". Following a few more singles, creative differences would ultimately break them up in 1972. In 1976, with the departure of David Moyles and Rick Pearson from the original line-up, Gary joined a Beatles tribute band named Liverpool that, with the help of Ian Thomas as producer, had released a single called "Dolly" which cracked the top twenty on CHUM AM. Liverpool was managed by Vic Wilson and Ray Daniels of Anthem Records and SRO Management. Following a name change to Aerial, they released the album "In the Middle of the Night" in 1978. It was not a big success. Shortly after the 1980 follow-up "Manoeuvres", Gary formed the band Kid Rainbow, which included Margo Davidson, later of The Parachute Club and musician, producer, and songwriter John Jones (record producer) of Duran Duran Roy Wood, Fleetwood Mac, Dan Hill, Alan Frew, and Celine Dion. This band was a vehicle to promote O'Connor's songs. During this period, O'Connor had a development contract with Capitol Records, which enabled him to concentrate on his songwriting. He also became a member of the Board of Directors of the Toronto Musicians Association.