The Carnival

Doot Doot Doo Doo!

The Carnival were born from the ashes of The Flying Dutchman Drum And Bugle Corp and consisted of Tim Hallman (Piano), Don Pellow (Organ), Bill Wells (Bass), Bob Brownscombe (Guitar) and Mike T. Oberle (Drums).

The band settled in Kitchener-Waterloo as The Trendsetters and won the audition to become Robbie Lane’s backing band for the 'It's Happening' TV show, by which point they’d changed names to The Carnival. They were working towards releasing an album (tentatively titled 'Keil Heil Kelly') but split up before it could be completed. They ultimately released 3 singles for Columbia in 1968 of which “Doot Doot Doo Doo” is top pick.