April 21, 1961: THE FIRST NIGHT OF A SEVEN DAY STAND AT CHICAGO’S FAMED REGAL THEATER...
THE SHOW INCLUDED:
The Olympics, Aretha Franklin, The Capris, Johnny Hartman and The Dells…LOTTA GREAT MUSIC FOR A SOLID WEEK STAND!!!
THE SHOW INCLUDED:
The Olympics, Aretha Franklin, The Capris, Johnny Hartman and The Dells…LOTTA GREAT MUSIC FOR A SOLID WEEK STAND!!!
The Olympics, an already well- established act, famous for very hip, but nearly novelty tunes such as the 1958 smash hit WESTERN MOVIES and my favorite, the 1960 release titled BIG BOY PETE...
On this tour they were also introducing America to another side of the usually ‘playful’ Olympics with the ballad
"Stay Where You Are"
"Stay Where You Are"
And they most likely did DOOLEY because it was the A-Side of
STAY WHERE YOU (which was their latest release)…
AND, without a doubt, they tore up the joint with their dance tunes like (Baby) Hully Gully...
IT WAS CERTAINLY A PART OF THEIR SHOW AS SEEN HERE IN 1965…
SHIMMY LIKE KATE
(NOTE: This great group is still touring today! And, STAY WHERE YOU ARE is part of that show… Check ‘em out!)
Aretha Franklin, that “new kid” from The Motor City was also on the show… (“new” even though she’d already been touring for the past four years—She was 19 in 1961),..
By the time of this 1961 tour, Aretha already had two Top 10 R&B hits with "Operation Heartbreak" and "Won't Be Long"…
The Jazz Singer, Johnny Hartman was on the bill in support of his pre-Coltrane career…
AND SO WERE THE DELLS!
OH WHAT A NIGHT(!?!)
—WHAT A GREAT SEVEN NIGHTS
AT THE REGAL!!!
THAT’S HOW IT WAS DONE IN 1961…
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