BFONT FACE="Courier Bold"FONT COLOR="003399"FONT SIZE="7"Morris P. Rainville/FONT/B
H2BCountry Music Singer/Songwriter/B/H2
BFONT SIZE="4"M/FONTMorris has had many songs charted in Canada and Europe during the 1990s and his music has been available on the Internet since the year 2000. At first it was on MP3.com and now on BIGSoundClick.com, Reverbnation and myspace.com/BIG. By August 2019, his Total Internet Plays & Video views have now passed BIG 4.2 MILLION/BIG.
P His musical styles vary from Country to Bluegrass to Spiritual to French. Songs like BIGGood Old Country Blues, The Mississauga Man, Would'a Been Here Much Sooner, In My Soul, Je Suis Allez En Ontario, Waiting Too Long/BIG andBIG Always Hum A Song In My Soul/BIG have all spent time in the Top 10 and some of them reaching BIGNo. 1/BIG in Europe, on MP3.com and since December 2003, on BIGSoundclick.com./BIG/P
P Starting in 1998, Morris did some co-writes with BIGClem Gareau/BIG also from Sudbury Canada, and together they produced a couple of dozen songs. Out of these songs; BIGThe Popcorn Was Popping/BIG spent 17 consecutive days at BIGNo. 1/BIG on the Cajun/Zydeco charts in February, 2005. BIGTell Me I'm The One/BIG, BIGFrom Two Different Worlds/BIG, BIGShe Wouldn't Listen/BIG, BIGCause I'm Young Blood/BIG, BIGShe Loves Country Music/BIG and BIGShe Wanted To Be The Last/BIG also reached BIGNo. 1/BIG on Soundclick.com. Many of the others have been in the Top 5. Special thanks go to Clem for writing all those great lyrics./P
PTo hear some more Rainville-Gareau songs, visit Clem's Site at: A HREF="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=388864"Clem Gareau on Soundclick/P/A
P In the summer of 2004, Morris recorded a beautiful BIGBob Grez/BIG song called BIGMomma's Arms/BIG. That song spent quite a few weeks in July and August of 2004 in the Top 10 of the Bluegrass Charts on Soundclick.com. In December 2004, he again had the opportunity to record another Bob Grez original. This one entitled BIGAfter She Is Gone(Mary's Song)/BIGis a true story about a bag lady in Brooklin, NY. It was released on Soundclick.com on Dec 31/04 and went all the way to BIGNo. 1/BIG on the Country Charts in July, 2005/P
P In April/05, Morris collaborated with a very talented artist from Texas named B Vonee Rose /B. The song was called BIG"Losers, Liars and Lonely"/BIG and it reached BIGNo. 1/BIG on the Rockabilly Charts in May, 2005./P
P To hear more great songs from Vonee Rose, Click on: A HREF="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=56432"Vonee Rose Music on Soundclick/P/A
P During August/05 another collaboration, this time with a talented songwriter from North Carolina by the name of BIGClay Pierce/BIG. The song was BIG"Waiting For Another Tear To Fall"/BIG and it reached Top 10 on the Country Charts in September./P
PTo hear a nice variety of Clay's songs, visit: A HREF="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=582152"Clay Pierce on Soundclick/P/A
P Another interesting collaboration in September/05 brought out a brand new twist to the music. It was done with a wild guitar man from Brisbane, Australia by the name of BIGTwist/BIG and the song was BIG"God Will Not Be Mocked"/BIG. It is climbing the Christian Rock charts on Soundclick as this is being written./P
P The song can be found by clicking: A HREF="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=409067" Wholy Mo & the Twisted Brethren/P/A
PA December, 2005 collaboration was with Carol Douglas. The song is called BIG"You Can Depend On Me"/BIG. Carol is a Topnotch writer and you can hear some of her work at:A HREF="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=92675" Carol Douglas on Soundclick/FONT/P/A
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PBIGIFONT COLOR="WHITE"There are more projects in the works for 2010 so please keep checking back to see what is new./I/BIG/P
Started in the mid 50s doing radio, TV and performing dances and stage shows. Starting in the mid 60s my wife Dot and I recorded under the name "THE RAINVILLES". We had a No. 1 song in Canada in 1967 with "I Got What I Wanted" and followed up with a few Top 10 songs in the early 70s.
Did music for a living in the 1960s and 1970s.