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2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the album Wildflower as members B. J. Cook and David Foster were presented with a star on the BC Entertainment Hall of FameB次元官网网址檚 StarWalk.

Host Peter McCully chats with Cook who talks about being a showgirl at The Cave Supper Club in Vancouver, before leaving to play the Elegant Parlour nightclub run by Tommy Chong.

Foster and Cook were members of the Ronnie Hawkins Band, before Cook founded Skylark.

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McCully asked Cook about the origin of the song.

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The song B次元官网网址榃ildflowerB次元官网网址� has been covered more than 200 times.

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Cook talks about a run-in with Johnny Cash in her early nightclub days, dating Robin Williams and her daughter Amy FosterB次元官网网址檚 success writing songs for Michael Buble.

The podcast contains the song B次元官网网址榃ildflowerB次元官网网址�, as recorded by Skylark.

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