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A new book says the Guess Who’s 1970 smash “American Woman” is the greatest Canadian single of all time.
Author Bob Mersereau polled roughly 800 musicians, journalists, label retailers and music fans to compile his book, “The Top 100 Canadian Singles.”
Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold” took second spot, followed by the Band’s “The Weight,” Bryan Adams’ “Summer of ’69” and Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”
Between the Guess Who and Bachman-Turnover Overdrive, Randy Bachman has six songs in the top 100.
Young has five tunes on the list while the Tragically Hip and Adams have four each.
The 1970s were the best-represented period, with 35 songs making the list.
Notable omissions from the list include Shania Twain, Nelly Furtado, Nickelback, Avril Lavigne and Sarah McLachlan.

Pat Benatar will be on A&E’s Private Sessions on October 17th.

The John Lennon documentary, Lennon NYC, will be shown for free in New York‘s Central Park on what would have been Lennon’s 70th birthday, October 9th. The documentary premiered at the New York Film Festival last Saturday.

Jeff Beck‘s tribute to the late Les Paul, filmed in New York this past June, will premiere on PBS in December. The CD and DVD will be out in March.

A classic Stevie Ray Vaughan performance will hit DVD for the first time on November 9th. In Session is a 1983 Canadian TV show featuring Vaughan jamming with one of his heroes, Albert King. The DVD-CD package features three songs not available on the previous CD release — “Born Under a Bad Sign,” “Texas Flood” and “I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town.”

Next Wednesday, Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and Deep Purple and former Sabbath singer Ian Gillan, along with former Purple keyboardist Jon Lord and Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain, will enter a London a studio to finish recording a song called “Out of My Mind.” Proceeds from the song will benefit a music school that is to be built in Armenia.

Roger Waters‘ tour of The Wall has come under fire from some Jewish organizations and the Anti-Defamation League. During the song “Goodbye Blue Sky,” a video is projected onto the wall showing bombs shaped like the Star of David and dollar symbols. Abraham Foxman, the national director of the ADL says, “The use of such imagery in a concert setting seems to leave the message open to interpretation, and the meaning could easily be misunderstood as a comment about Jews and money.” Waters was unavailable for comment.

The Wall tour continues tonight with the first of three shows in Boston.

With The Who on hiatus, Roger Daltrey still wants to record with Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton. In a question-and-answer session on TheWho.com, Daltrey says, “I’ve always wanted to do something with Jimmy. I mean, what the hell is he doing? It’s a waste of talent — he’s a genius… Eric is doing this laid-back blues stuff, but if we could find the songs it would be interesting. I think I could drive him on — I think he needs a bit of driving. That blues stuff is right in the pocket, but you need dynamic.”

A Keith Richards solo retrospective collection will be released this fall. Vintage Vinos will feature re-mastered solo and X-Pensive Winos tracks such as “Take It So Hard,” “Big Enough,” “You Don’t Move Me” and “Happy,” and as a special bonus, “Hurricane,” previously available only to fans who donated to Hurricane Katrina relief at stops on the last Rolling Stones tour. No word yet on a release date.

Though Rush were snubbed once again by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this week, they did get another honor. They’ll be this year’s Legend of Live recipients at the Billboard Touring Awards in New York on November 4th. Previous winners include The Allman Brothers, Elton John and Ozzy Osbourne.

Rush will also pick up Classic Rock magazine’s Living Legend award at the Classic Rock Roll of Honor Awards on November 10th in London. Previous winners include Jimmy Page, Ozzy, Iggy Pop and Alice Cooper, who will host this year’s awards.

Rush wrap up the North American leg of their Time Machine tour on Saturday in West Palm Beach, Florida before moving to South America for four shows starting October 8th in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Santana‘s Guitar Heaven — The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time will debut at number-five on next week’s Billboard album chart after selling 66,000 copies its first week in stores, according to the latest SoundScan figures. Santana joins The Rolling Stones as the only musical act to score at least one Top 10 album in every decade beginning with the 1960s. Guitar Heaven is Santana’s 29th album to crack the Billboard Top 200, their 12th Top 10 debut and their third Top 10 debut in the past five years.

The album features Santana’s take on such classic rock tracks as The Beatles‘ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” AC/DC‘s “Back in Black,” Led Zeppelin‘s “Whole Lotta Love,” Van Halen‘s “Dance the Night Away,” The Doors‘ “Riders on the Storm,” Cream‘s “Sunshine of Your Love,” The Rolling Stones‘ “Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’,” T. Rex‘s “Bang a Gong” and Jimi Hendrix‘s “Little Wing.”