The paper trail
Press, advertisements and record-company documents preserved alongside the music they helped carry into the world.
Butterfly signs Denise McCann
Record World / September 2, 1978
Butterfly Signs McCann
Record World reports Denise McCann's signing with Butterfly Records. The printed caption identifies manager Guy Sobell, Denise McCann and Butterfly president A. J. Cervantes.
See the Tattoo Man storyReviews and profiles
Period coverage presented as complete artifacts, with publication details retained where visible.
Tattoo Man in Billboard
Billboard included Tattoo Man in its Top Single Picks.
Canada's Disco Queen
Music Express profile by Tom Harrison, with a photograph of Denise and Jerry Doucette credited to Dee Lippingwell.
Disco Queen: the title but not the style
The Music Scene profile of Denise McCann by Marke Andrews.
Denise Is Tattooed on the Charts
A period profile of Denise McCann by Michelle Snell.
Canadian Record Pool visit
The printed caption identifies Pierre Parent, George Cucuzzella, Denise McCann and Dominique Zgarka.
The career around the records
Surviving advertisements and correspondence give the archive its chronology.
Congratulations from Polydor
A telegram congratulating Denise McCann and Guy Sobell on a PRO Canada Certificate of Honour for Tattoo Man.
The Commodore Ballroom
An advertisement for Denise McCann with the Dale Jacobs Group at Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom.