found: Sydmey morning herald WWW site, viewed Feb. 17, 2017(Ritchie Yorke 1944 -2017; rock journalist; born in Brisbane on January 12, 1944, as Ian Annable, "issues with his father" saw him take a stage name; Island Records had him work on promotions with the Spencer Davis Group and when Steve Winwood left the act to form Traffic, he was offered the role as their manager, which he declined, deciding instead to investigate Canada; arriving in 1967, he stayed until 1984; wrote for the Toronto Telegram before being taken on as the first full-time rock scribe for Canada's national newspaper The Globe & Mail; would write for hundreds of publications, including New Musical Express, Melody Maker, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe and the Washington Post; returned to Brisbane in 1986, was an announcer and producer on ABC Radio for two years and was a music feature writer for the Sunday Mail newspaper until 2007)
