The Stampeders scored a hit in 1971 with "Sweet City Woman", which won Best Single at the Juno Awards, reached No.1 on the RPM magazine charts, and No.8 in the U.S.

[5] Written by Dodson, the track stayed in the Billboard chart for 16 weeks and the disc sold a million by September 1971, and the R.I.A.A.

[4] The Stampeders also won Juno Awards for Best Group, Best Producer (Mel Shaw), and Best Composer (Dodson) that year.

Dodson left the group in 1977 and Berly and King recruited new members: Gibby Lacasse (drums, percussion), Ian Kojima (sax, flute), David Norris-Elye (saxes), Doug Macaskill (guitar) and Gary Scrutton (guitar, vocals) for the LP Platinum (1977).

[13][14] But the group recruited Berly's friend, bassist Dave Chabot, and have continued to make concert appearances.