High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tom Northcott (born Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 29, 1943) is a Canadian folk-rock singer with hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was nominated as best male vocalist for a Juno Award in 1971. Later he co-founded Mushroom Studios in Vancouver and produced records. He once stood for public office, unsuccessfully, for the Social Credit Party in a British Columbia provincial election in East Vancouver. His hits are played regularly on Canadian classic rock radio stations.