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March 21, 2019 11:35 am  #31


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And I just read it's his birthday today.  Happy Birthday, Chip.  A real cool guy.

 

March 26, 2019 5:29 pm  #32


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Does anyone know if Brenda Lee is still performing?

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March 27, 2019 12:43 pm  #33


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She's in the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, tonight @ 7 PM CDST.  Yes, she's still performing.

 

March 27, 2019 12:54 pm  #34


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Thanks for the info, Little Rich.

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April 2, 2019 6:19 pm  #35


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This June in Pittsburgh, The Knockouts will be on the bill of a big oldies show at the Benedum Theater.  Original member and lead singer Bobby D'andrea is in his mid 80's and still performing.  Darling Lorraine was a big hit in the New York/New Jersey area in 1959.

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April 19, 2019 12:51 pm  #36


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The Happy Together Tour 2019 is set to get started at the end of May for another summer of oldies concerts.  Originally the brain child of Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan back in the mid 80's, this traveling tour has been amazingly successful, summer after summer.   They do about 50-60 dates each year, from late May to late August/early September.  Travel from venue to venue every day, much like the old Dick Clark tours. This year's lineup is:  The Turtles featuring Flo and Eddie, Chuck Negron,  Gary Pucket and the Union Gap, the Buckinghams, the Classics IV, and the Cowsills.

I've been looking to see if Howard Kaylan will be back on tour this summer - he wasn't on last year's tour due to health issues.  If anyone knows if he is a part of the 2019 HTT, please respond here.

Just a word of warning to anyone planning to attend the show.  Beware of casino shows.  A couple of years ago we trekked almost 2 hours to a casino north of Toronto to see the show.  Each group/performer sang only 3 songs.  Found out later through performers' web sites that the casino told them to shorten each set so they could get the show in under 90 minutes.  Needed to get those people back in to the casinos to spend more money after the show.  Apparently you might see as few as 3 songs or as many as 5-6 per group, depending on the venue.

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April 19, 2019 8:55 pm  #37


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Ron Dante is filling in for Howard Kaylan again this year on the Happy Together tour. They're billing it as the 10th anniversary.


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April 20, 2019 7:41 am  #38


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I assume they will remove "featuring Flo and Eddie" from their promotional materials.

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April 26, 2019 6:00 pm  #39


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Just bought tickets to what looks like a great evening of Doo Wop on October 26th in Pittsburgh at Heinz Hall (home to the Pittsburgh Symphony).  The show features Kenny Vance and The Planotones, Jimmy Gallagher and the Passions, The Chantels, Jimmy Clanton, Cleveland Still and the Dubs, and The Mystics. Each of the doo-wop groups have 1,2 or 3 original members, with some Jimmy Clanton pop thrown in as a bonus.

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May 17, 2019 9:48 am  #40


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Noticed that The Del Satins are included on a show slated for September 22nd at the Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts.  Original members Stan Zizka, Les Caucci, and Tommy Ferrara still perform with the group.

Les Caucci does double duty on the oldies circuit as he also also performs as an original member of the Brooklyn Bridge.

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May 24, 2019 8:31 am  #41


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I don't know if she still does shows (haven't seen her name listed as part of an oldies show for a long time) but DeeDee Sharp recently (last November) celebrated 55 years in the business with a concert in Philidalphia.

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June 7, 2019 8:03 am  #42


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Brian Wilson postpones June tour.

https://www.brianwilson.com/tour-2019-summer

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June 7, 2019 5:38 pm  #43


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How eerily reminiscent of 1964.

You're right, Bruce.  Pretty courageous to address his issues in that manner. He's faced many obstacles along the way - some of his own doing, others not.  Here's hoping he manages to overcome this one.

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June 15, 2019 9:22 am  #44


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Update on The Fifth Dimension:

While Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. continue to tour as a duo, (concerts scheduled in Ohio and Pennsylvania in August), Florence LaRue and her Fifth Dimension group also perform regularly (in Los Angeles at the end of June).

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June 19, 2019 6:56 am  #45


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Ringo and his All Starr Band are out on tour this summer celebrating the 30th anniversary of the band/tour that began in 1989.  They will do 22 dates from August 1st to September 1st.  Ringo turns 79 on July 7th and is obviously still going strong. 

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June 19, 2019 8:49 am  #46


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On March 31st, The Searchers performed their final concert, as original member John McNally and Frank Allen (with the group since 1964) announced their retirement after 57 years of touring and recording.  Right to the end they had been performing well over a hundred gigs every year, mostly in the U.K.  I got to see them about ten years ago at a local casino, and the classy stage presence as well as the strong harmonies were still there.  Interesting comment on their web page regarding the group name.  Not sure if it's aimed at Mike Pender, who continues to tour with his own group, Mike Pender's Searchers, or others who might try to misrepresent themselves as The Searchers (as has happened with many phony Platters and Drifters groups).

I recognize that this news is in contradiction to the theme of this thread, but since they have not shut the door to some performances in the future, I thought it was appropriate to place it here.

http://www.the-searchers.co.uk/

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June 25, 2019 10:08 am  #47


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We have three such performers (at least) at this week's Toronto Jazz Festival: Tower of Power, Diana Ross, and Downchild Blues Band (a local band that helped inspire Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi to create The Blues Brothers).

 

June 27, 2019 3:21 pm  #48


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The Malt Shop Memories Cruise is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and is already sold out for this year's event which happens from November 2 - 9.  The lineup for the cruise includes:  Smokey Robinson, The Beach Boys, The Lettermen, Shirley Alston Reeves, The Chiffons, The Crystals, Gary U.S. Bonds, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Lou Christie, Chris Montez, The Happenings, Brooklynn Bridge, Lenny Welch, Mel Carter,  Eddie Holman, Joey Dee and several tribute artists.  Quite the lineup.

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June 27, 2019 3:53 pm  #49


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Wow!  What a lineup!  Wish there was a way, but as always, November is a busy month.

 

July 3, 2019 5:58 pm  #50


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July 5, 2019 10:33 am  #51


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July 5, 2019 4:52 pm  #52


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July 5, 2019 5:08 pm  #53


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Watched a couple of live performance You Tube videos by Melanie from the past year or so.  Unfortunately her voice seems to be gone and she talks rather than singing many of the lyrics.

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July 16, 2019 6:50 am  #54


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While Diana Ross has maintained a fairly high concert profile, Mary Wilson has also continued to perform regularly.  She will be appearing at the Bear's Den in the Seneca Casino (a very nice, intimate 400 sear venue) on September 30th.

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July 25, 2019 7:09 am  #55


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According to Brian Wilson's official web site and his Facenook page, it appears that he will be resuming his summer/early fall tour, after cancelling dates in June due to mental health issues.  He will be doing 25 dates (from August 7th to October 2nd), some just with his band (Pet Sounds and Greatest Hits shows), others together with the Zombies. 

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August 5, 2019 1:07 pm  #56


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Apparently Lou Christie has been the victim of a death hoax.  He is alive and well, and will be performing at an oldies show in Easton, Pa. on October 19th, as well as in Dearborn Michigan on November 15th.

https://en.mediamass.net/people/lou-christie/deathhoax.html

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August 6, 2019 7:38 am  #57


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Neil Young says he is suspending his 2019 touring plans as he is working on a film documenting the making of his new album with Crazy Horse, called Colorado.

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August 12, 2019 4:05 pm  #58


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August 12, 2019 4:42 pm  #59


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Last week my buddy gopher tipped me off to a Tonight Show appearance by Eddy Grant, who performed Electric Avenue and sounded like he still really has his chops. Now that may not really be an oldie, but when you think back to Eddy's work when he was with The Equals (Baby Come Back), you realize he's a member of the vintage club.  His latest album, Plaisance, is really good as well.

And for those in the Toronto 'hood, Burton Cummings, former lead singer of The Guess Who, kicks off the Canadian National Exhibition with a performance this Friday night. Burton still brings it and for ten bucks, it's a no-brainer.

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September 8, 2019 7:26 pm  #60


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Although her name has been listed here before as among those oldies performers still "on tour", when I came across a couple of recent concert listings for La La Brooks, I noticed that she is billed (or bills herself - I'm not sure which) as the "Original Lead Singer of the Crystals".  That title is one of those phrases that, while it may not be a complete misstatement (depending on how you interpret the words), it most certainly is misleading.

First of all, Brooks was not even an original member of the group - she only joined the Ctystals in 1963, two years after their first hit.

The Crystals had 6 top twenty U.S. hits.  The first two, "There's no Other" and "Uptown" featured the lead vocals of original member Barbara Alston.  The next two hits, "He's a Rebel" and "He's Sure the Boy I Love", were not even sung by the Crystals.  Phil Spector decided to use Darlene Love and her group The Blossoms to record those songs (even though they were released as being by The Crystals). Their final two hits, "Da Doo Run Run" and "And Then He Kissed Me" did indeed have La La Brooks as lead singer.

So what do you think?  Is La La Brooks misrepresenting herself by adopting the term "Original Lead Singer of the Crystals" to describe herself when she performs?

One last note - Dee Dee Kinnebrew, the only original member, tours with her own Crystals group, and has done so since 1971. 

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