{{Short description|Canadian folk-pop music group}} {{Use Canadian English|date=March 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = [[Toronto]], Canada | instrument = | genre = | occupation = | years_active = 1969–{{Circa|1976}} | label = GRT<br />[[Columbia Records|Columbia]] | website = | current_members = | past_members = Myles Cohen (guitar, vocals)<br />Lenny Solomon (mandolin, violin/viola)<br />Ivan Boudreau (bass)<br />Rick Doyle (guitar)<br />Saul Keshen (bass)<br />Brian Leonard (drums)<br />Bill MacKay (drums) }} '''Myles and Lenny''' were a Canadian folk-pop music group based in [[Toronto]] who were most active during the 1970s.
==History== Myles and Lenny was formed in 1969 by its principal members, guitarist [[Myles Cohen]] and pianist/violinist [[Lenny Solomon (Canadian musician)|Lenny Solomon]]. By 1972, they had been signed to GRT Records.<ref name="Inc.1974">{{cite magazine|title=From the Music Capitols of the World|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QgkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66|date=10 August 1974|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=66–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> They released a single, "Time to Know Your Friends".<ref name="Inc.1972">{{cite magazine|title=From the Music Capitols of the World|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fkUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58|date=13 May 1972|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=58–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> The group transferred to [[Columbia Records]] in 1974, and appeared on several television programs while continuing to perform live in small venues.<ref name="Inc.1974a">{{cite magazine|title=From the Music Capitols of the World|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57|date=7 December 1974|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=57–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> The band released a self-titled record in 1975;<ref name="Inc.1975">{{cite magazine|title=Col Promo on Myles & Lenny|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QhEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT57|date=22 February 1975|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=57–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> the album included the Canadian Top 20 single "Can You Give it All to Me".<ref name="KearneyRay1999">{{cite book|author1=Mark Kearney|author2=Randy Ray|title=The Great Canadian Book of Lists|url=https://archive.org/details/greatcanadianboo00kear|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=978-0-88882-213-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/greatcanadianboo00kear/page/204 204]–}}</ref>
At the [[Juno Awards of 1976|1976 Juno Awards]], the group won in the category of [[Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year|Most Promising Group]].<ref name="Inc.1976">{{cite magazine|title=Canada! Label Presidents Speak Out|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT87|date=2 October 1976|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=87–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> However, disappointing sales of their second album led to the group's demise in the mid-1970s. Cohen and Solomon since released various separate music projects.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/myles-lenny-mn0001197252 "Myles & Lenny"]. ''AllMusic'' Biography by John Bush</ref>
==Discography== ===Albums=== * 1975: ''Myles and Lenny'' (Columbia) * 1975: ''It Isn't the Same'' (Columbia)
===Singles=== * 1972: "Time to Know Your Friends" * 1974: "Can You Give it All to Me", [[RPM Magazine]] peak #19 February 1975<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6133a&volume=22&issue=26&issue_dt=February%2022%201975&type=1 | title=Top Singles | date=22 February 1975 | magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | accessdate=2007-12-22 }}</ref> * 1974: "Hold On Lovers", #93 Canada, September 20, 1975 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.100216.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - September 20, 1975}}</ref> * 1975: "I Care Enough"
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==External links== * {{cite encyclopedia | url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/M/Myles_And_Lenny.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309220858/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/M/Myles_And_Lenny.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 March 2016 | title=Myles and Lenny | access-date=2007-12-22 | publisher=[[Jam!]]/Canoe | encyclopedia=The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia }} * [http://www.lennysolomon.com/ Lenny Solomon official site] * [http://www.mylescohenmusic.com/ Myles Cohen official site] * {{discogs artist|Myles and Lenny}}
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