Sam Sniderman, was a Canadian businessman best known as the founder of the Canadian record shop chain Sam the Record Man. Sniderman was also a major promoter of Canadian music including involvement in pushing for the Canadian content (CANCON) broadcast regulations and creating the Juno Awards.
The Record Man shown in his flagship store in 1979 with stacks of records.
Sam the Record Man was a Canadian record store chain that, at one time, was Canada's largest music recording retailer. In 1982, its ads proclaimed that it had "140 locations, coast to coast".
Sam the Record Man
Sam's famous neon signs at night, the 'record' on the right is the original store, with the record to the left on the former Steele's Tavern.
Store without the sign next to Steeles Tavern
Los Lobos at Sam the Record Man