Hi all. Just curious to know about live appearances by the lesser known singers/groups in 60s america. For example, did Shrine have a live revue to promote their artists? I know venues like the Apollo would have headlined more famous acts,but what about others? Also curious about any film footage that exists from that era. Thanks, Carl.

Don't know about a Shrine revue bit Shrine artists would be appearing in the city at the very least.

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Hi all. Just curious to know about live appearances by the lesser known singers/groups in 60s america. For example, did Shrine have a live revue to promote their artists? I know venues like the Apollo would have headlined more famous acts,but what about others? Also curious about any film footage that exists from that era. Thanks, Carl.

If you mean appearing in the US, just type Chitlin' Circuit into Google and go from there. If you mean appearing outside the US then acts that had a hit would make the trips but you were never gonna get The Trannells turning up at the local Lacarno eh?

Regards,

Dave

Thanks Dave, Chalky+Fuzzj. i'll take a look at the website Dave. Cheers

If you mean appearing in the US, just type Chitlin' Circuit into Google and go from there. If you mean appearing outside the US then acts that had a hit would make the trips but you were never gonna get The Trannells turning up at the local Lacarno eh?

Regards,

Dave

Edited January 10, 201312 yr by CARL D

I've got loads more like these (many that have club gigs by local artists), but for now this is the best I can come up with ...

.......... Ruby Johnson & the Carltons were DC artists ............

Another popular DC soul act on this presentation .........

The young pianist in this jazz trio that had secured a regular engagement at a DC club would go on to greater things ....

Not as good quality when compared to the similar ads I have put up on the Spyder Turner UK gig thread .....

.... but the only copy I have for this DC show was taken from an old newspaper ....

Going back to the above post ............ that 'Biggest Show of Stars for 67' package was on the road for over 3 months (probably even longer).

Just goes to show how hard a lot of the support acts must have worked for the small fees involved ......

with tickets for the DC show costing from $2.50 and 8 hit acts being on the bill, the 'lower acts' (& I guess Spyder would have fallen into that category for this package) must have been raking off about 10 cents from the sale of each ticket.

Another DC show ............... Old Town & Polydor recording artist .... at Jimmy McPhail's Gold Room.

Jimmy McPhail (born in 1929; died 1998) was a DC based blues singer who was born in NC but moved to DC as a infant. In 1950, McPhail won a talent contest sponsored by radio station WWDC, First prize was a week's engagement at the Howard Theater with Duke Ellington, who asked him to come to New York to perform. However, McPhail also got to perform at the Howard with Ella Fitzgerald, who asked her agent to find him additional work and helped launch his national career. In 1959, McPhail bought the Melody Inn, a nightclub on Bladensburg Road NE where he had been performing regularly. He operated it as Jimmy McPhail's Gold Room, featuring many of the best-known names in blues. After the 1968 riots closed some longtime District nightspots, the Gold Room was one of the few places left with a 'comfortable, intimate environment'.

Etta Jones would play gigs in conjunction with tenor saxophonist Houston Person for many years (right up until her death in fact). The pair were first booked together in 1968 at Jimmy's Gold Room.

Edited January 11, 201312 yr by Roburt

As Jimmy McPhail got his 1st big break at the Howard, thought I'd post up some more shows from the theatre ........

.... two different (!?!?!) DC based acts feature here, the Knight Brothers and the Carltons .....

Another show @ the Howard ... this must have confused a few folk in DC ,,,,,,,

Top of the bill was David Ruffin & his new group (DR & his Boys it says coz David didn't want them to still go by the name of the Cavaliers). A few days later he came up with a real name for the new group and that was David Ruffin & the Fellas.

Anyway, after cutting some tracks away from Berry Gordy's outfit, David was quickly tempted back into the Motown fold and the Fellas were dumped.

But back to this show in DC and no doubt they didn't want to ID his group as the Cavaliers as this was the Detroit / Pied Piper outfit and not the DC based (Shrine) group of the same name.

Here's a few ads from May 6th 1966

The Algiers is where Diamond Jim Riley was shot in the car park.

fuzzj, yopur post made me smile, did you go?

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Here's a few ads from May 6th 1966

The Algiers is where Diamond Jim Riley was shot in the car park.

fuzzj, yopur post made me smile, did you go?

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no but i know someone who did..they were incredible..think rawmarsh baths was a dance hall and pool?

no but i know someone who did..they were incredible..think rawmarsh baths was a dance hall and pool?

Quite a few Yorkshire municipal pools would board over the pool with a dance floor and hold pop concerts in the place.

It was a bit before my club going days (1963 rather than 1965 onwards) but I seem to recall the 'old' swimming baths in Dony holding such events. (no soul acts on that early but no doubt a few R&R acts were involved).

Normanton baths certainly did, Dave Box used to do a Friday Soul nite there. Where were Donny baths by the way, do you know? My mum and dad both came from Balby and I spent a lot of time there.

Dony (being a very important conurbation & the centre of the universe) had 2 council run swimming baths back in the 60's.

The 'old' baths were between St Georges church & the railway (Greyfriars area just below North Bridge).

The new baths were in the town centre (Waterdale area - where the Balby bus terminal was located).

My Junior school used the 'old' baths for our school swimming lessons, so was there once a week at least up till around 1961.

Edited January 14, 201312 yr by Roburt