January 1
The
Twisters appear on the New Year's edition of American
Bandstand.
January 2
Joey Dee
and the Starliters are at the Crescendo Club in Los Angeles for
three weeks.
January 4
Ray
Charles' trial for heroin possesion is set to begin in
Indianapolis. Charles' attorney moves to have the charges
dropped. The case is bound over till January 30.
January 6
Bobby Vee hosts a March of Dimes benefit show in
Houston, Texas.
Early January
The Marcels open at the Gateway theater in their hometown
of Pittsburgh.
January 12
Brook Benton starts a week at the Regal Theater in Chicago.
January 13
Bobby Vee hosts a March of Dimes benefit
performance in Corpus Christi, Texas.
January 15
The
Shirelles sing "Baby It's You" on American
Bandstand.
Mid-January
The Drifters are at the Nichigek Theater in Tokyo,
Japan. The Ronettes are appearing at the Peppermint Lounge.
In Miami, Micky Baker, of Mickey and Sylvia, leaves to live in Paris where he plans to start a music school.
January 16
Gene Pitney sings "Town Without Pity" on American
Bandstand.
January 17
Brenda Lee is in Belgium.
January 21
Jackie Wilson performs "My Heart Belongs To Only You"
on The Ed Sullivan Show.
January 27
Chubby Checker is the headliner at the Cow Palace in
San Francisco. Also on the bill are Jan and Dean, Bobby Freeman,
Dick and Dee Dee and the Untouchables. An estimated 15,000
attend and the show grosses $44,800.
January 28
Johnny Tillotson leaves to tour the Far East. Del Shannon
begins a two week tour of Japan.
January 30
In
Indianapolis all charges against Ray Charles are dropped.
The judge ruled the search of Charles' hotel room violated his
Constitutional rights. The action took five minutes.
Late January
Bobby Vee begins a two month European tour.
February 1
Don and Juan
visit American Bandstand and sing "What's Your
Name."
February
LaVern Baker begins a
seventeen day tour of U.S. military bases in Europe.
February 4
Gene Pitney
appears on the British variety television program Thank Your
Lucky Stars. Afterwards Pitney begins his first tour of
England.
Early February
Lloyd Price opens a bowling alley in Inkster, Michigan.
February 8
The Angels sing
"Cry, Baby Cry" on American Bandstand.
February 12
Brenda Lee performs
"Break It To Me Gently" on American Bandstand.
Aretha Franklin opens at the Showboat Bar in Philadelphia.
February 13
Don Everly marries
Venetia Stevenson in the Chapel at Camp Pendleton.
Mid-February
Chubby Checker leaves to England. Otis Redding joins
Johnny Jenkins and the Pinetoppers.
Brenda Lee spends ten days in a Nashville hospital recuperating from a neck strain.
February 16
Paul Anka begins his first
World Tour.
February 18
Dressed in
Marine Uniforms, the Everly Brothers use a leave to appear on The
Ed Sullivan Show and sing "Crying In the Rain."
February 19
Chuck Berry
begins a three year sentence for violation of the Mann Act.
For the first two months he is kept at the Federal Penal
Institution near Terre Haute, Indiana.
February 20
Joey Dee
and the Starliters guest on American Bandstand and sing
"Peppermint Twist" and "Hey, Let's Twist."
February 23
Brenda
Lee is a subject of a one hour show on the Canadian Broadcasting
System.
February 26
Joey Dee and
the Starliters are at Sciolla's Supper Club in
Philadelphia. Chubby Checker is at the Twin River Inn near
Syracuse, New York.
March 1
Donnie Brooks opens at the
Maples Hotel and Casino in Reno, Nevada.
March 2
Jackie Wilson starts a week
at Chicago's Tivoli Theater.
March 4
Fats Domino and Tommy Sands
are on The Ed Sullivan Show.
March 5
The Marvelettes sing
"Twistin' Mr. Postman" on The Ed Sullivan Show.
March 7
Clyde McPhatter sings
"Lover Please" on American Bandstand.
Early March
Johnny Tillotson joins the Air Force.
Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin are touring the South.
March 1
Rick Nelson sings
"Young World" on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
March 2
Jackie Wilson starts a week
at Chicago's Tivoli Theater
March 9
Gary U.S. Bonds and the
Chantels are featured at the Regal Theater in Chicago.
Lloyd Price is headling at the Apollo in New York.
March 12
Bobby Rydelll ends his
three month tour of Australia. Jimmy Soul performs
"Twistin' Matilda" on American Bandstand.
March 15
Dee Dee Sharp sings
"Mashed Potato Time" on American Bandstand.
Mid-March
Frankie Ford is at the La Concha in San Juan, Puerto
Rico. Joey Dee tapes a public service message for the United
Community Fund drive.
Brenda Lee is the opening act for Jack Carter in the Cassandra
Room at the Deauville Hotel in Miami.
March 18
Gary U.S. Bonds is a guest
on The Ed Sullivan Show.
March 19
Barbara George sings
"I Know" on American Bandstand.
March 23
Back from Australia, Joey
Dee and the Starliters open at the Rainbow Room in Asbury Park,
New Jersey. Jerry Butler headlines the Apollo Theater. Sam
Cooke is featured at the Howard Theater in Washington, DC.
Aretha Franklin headlines at Chicago's Regal theater. Bill Haley and His Comets are at the Lemon Twist Club in Hallendale, Florida for three weeks.
March 25
Bobby Rydell does a one
nighter at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
March 26
Ronnie and the Hi-Lites
perform "I Wish I Was Married" on American
Bandstand.
March 30
Sam Cooke is at Baltimore's
Royal Theater.
April 1
Jackie Wilson is on
The Ed Sullivan Show. Mary Wells guests on American
Bandstand and sings "The One That Really Loves
You."\
April 5
Chubby Checker is guest of
honor at a party thrown by the Philadelphia Variety Club.
Checker's latest movie Don't Knock the Twist is
previewed.
April 6
Ray Charles headlines the
Apollo. Jay and the Americans make their national television
debut on American Bandstand. They sing "She
Cried."
April 7
Bobby Rydell is at Columbia
Studios in Hollywood screen testing for a role in the movie Bye
bye Birdie. He did not get the role.
Early April
Lloyd Price is at Pep's Musical Bar in Philadelphia.
April 8
Dick Clark emcees two
Philadelphia Academy of Music shows to benefit the widow and
orphans of Joe Kuhn, a Philadelphia
songwriter-arranger-conducter. Appearing are Chubby Checker,
Bobby Rydell, Dee Dee Sharp, Linda Scott, Danny and the Juniors,
Del Shannon and the Orlons.
Bill Haley and His Comets are at the Terrazzo Cafe in Mexico City.
April 10
Brenda Lee and Gene Vincent
perform at St. Andrews Hall in Glasgow.
April 13
Donnie Brooks guests on The
Ed Sullivan Show.
Mid-April
Wanda Jackson is at the Commercial Hotel in Elko,
Nevada.
Billy Ward and His Dominoes are playing the Carnival Club in
Phoenix, Arizona.
April 18
Jay and the Americans open
at the Camelot in New York City.
April 19
Jackie Wilsom makes his
debut at the Copacabana in New York City.
April 20
Neil Sedaka plays the London
Palladium.
April 21
The Rock 'n' Twist - USA
package, Johnny Burnette, Gary U.S. Bonds and Gene McDaniels
begin a tour of the British Isles with a show tonight at St.
Andrews Hall in Glasgow, Scotland. The Upsetters are booked
at the Peppermint Lounge in New York City.
April 22
Jerry Lee Lewis' three year
old son, Steve Allen Lewis, accidentally drowns in the swimming
pool at the family home in Hernando, Mississippi. In Kansas,
Chuck Berry is transferred to Leavenworth Federal Prison.
April 26
Neil Sedaka opens at the
Forty Thieves Lounge in Bermuda.
Jerry Lee Lewis arrives in London to begin a tour of England. It has been four years since Lewis fled England because of the disclosure that he was married to his thirteen year old cousin. Lewis will perform thirty-two times and gross nearly $50,000N
April 28
Ray Charles plays the 3,450
seat Donnelly Memorial Theater and brings in $18,000 for two
performances.
May 3
The Platters begin ten days
in Spain. Yvonne Baker and the Sensations perform "Let
Me In" on American Bandstand.
May 5
Bobby Rydell is signed for
the role of Hugo in the up coming film Bye, Bye Birdie.
May 6
Neil Sedaka is at the
Holiday House in Pittsburgh.
Early May
Chuck Berry is moved to the Federal Medical Center in
Springfield, Missouri where he he will spend the remaider of his
sentence for violating the Mann Act.
May 11
Top rated deejay at WAMO in
Pittsburgh, Porky Chadwick produces a rock and roll show at the
Civic Arena. Performers include Jackie Wilson, the Drifters, the
Coasters, the Castelles, Jerry Butler, the Flamingos, the Angels,
the Blue-Belles, the Skyliners, the Marvelettes, the Jive Five,
the Carousels, Bobby Vinton,
Gene Pitney, Ketty Lester and Big Maybelle. With 13,000 fans
atttending the show has $35,000 gross.
Clyde McPhatter, LaVern Baker, the Crests and Nathaniel Mayer are at the Tivoli Theater in Chicago
May 12
The Biggest Show of
Stars for 1962 is at the Forum in Whitcita, Kansas. The
headerliners are Brook Benton, Fats Domino, Bruce Channel and
Gene Chandler. Tickets are $2.00 - $3.00
May 13
Johnny Burnette, Gary U.S.
Bonds, Gene McDaniel British tour close today at the Walthamstow
Granada Cinema in London.
May 14
Jerry Lee Lewis is at the
Majestic Theater in Mitchum, England. Hank Ballard and the
Midnighters and Dale Hawkins are at the Roundtable Club in New
York City.
May 15
Joey Dee and the Starliters
are at the Town and Country Club in Brooklyn. Ray Charles
and the Raeletts begin an European Tour.
Mid-May
Jo Ann Campbell is touring the Far East. Fabian is
touring South America. The Orchids are at the Roundtable
Club in New York. Chubby Checker is touring England.
May 19
Tony Orlando is in Hartford,
Connecticut doing a benefit for Buddhist victims of leprosy in
Burma.
May 21
Chubby Checker begins a
record breaking engagment at Sciolla's Club in
Philadelphia. Bobby Rydell begins a record breaking week at
the Holiday House in Monroeville, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh.
May 24
The Everly Brothers are
discharged from the Marines.
May 27
Jackie Wilson is on The Ed
Sullivan Show. Ray Charles wins the Best R&B Recording
at the Grammys Award ceremony for "Hit the Road
Jack." Chubby Checker's "Let's Twist Again"
is named Best Rock and Roll Recording.
Late May
Candix Records has financial problems as distributors
are slow to pay for copies of "Surfin" by the Beach
Boys that they had ordered. With four songs ready for
release, Candix attempts to sell the group to Decca and Liberty
with no luck. Finally late in May a deal is struck with
Capitol.
Bill Haley and His Comets are at the Lagoon in Salt Lake City,
Utah.
June 6
Frankie Avalon is at the Palumbo's
Supper Club. Neil Sedaka is at the International Club in
New York City. Dee Dee Sharp sings "Gravy" on American
Bandstand.
Dee Dee Sharp sings "Gravy" on American Bandstand.
Rick Nelson sings "Gypsy Woman" on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
June 7
Dion opens at the Blue Room of the
Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans.
Early June
Roy Orbison flies to London to look for venues for a
possible tour. While there he and a pick-up band perform for
free in the Mount Vernon Room of the Westbury Hotel in the London
suburb of Mayfair.
June 8
Sam Cooke is at the Royal Theater
in Baltimore.
June 11
James Brown and the Famous Flames
appear on American Bandstand.
June 12
While performing at the Latin
Casino in the New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia, Brenda Lee
dislocates her neck while performing. The last six days of
her engagment there are cancelled and she spends the remainder of
the week in Cooper Hospital in Camden, New Jersey.
June 13
Linda Scott leaves for a tour of
New Zealand..
June 14
While in the hospital in Camden,
New Jersey, Brenda Lee appears on American Bandstand via
videotape.
June 15
Patti LaBelle and the Blue-Belles
are headling the Apollo Theater. Joey Dee is at the Town
and Country Club in Brooklyn.
Sam Cooke is headling the Howard Theater in Washington Theater, DC.
The Five Satins are on American Bandstand.
Mid-June
Boby Rydell is an unannounced guest at a high school graduation party in San Gabriel, California.
June 18
Steve Alaimo opens at the
Roundtable Club in New York City.
June 19
Shelley Fabares sings "Johnny
Angel" on American Bandstand.
June 21
The Beatles open for Bruce Channel
when he appears at the Liverpool's Tower Ballroom.
Bobby Vinton makes his national television debut on American Bandstand and sings "Rose Are Red My Love."
June 22
The Blue-Belles are at the
Royal Theater in Baltimore for a week.
June 23
The Gator Bowl in Jacksonville,
Florida, plays host to a rock and roll show featuring
hometown boy Johnny Tillotson.
June 25
Jerry Butler sings "Make It
Easy On Yourself" on American Bandstand.
June 28
Neil Sedaka starts his South
American tour with a concert in Lima, Peru.
June 29
Donnie Brooks is at the Cal-Nev
Hotel and Casino on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe.
Chubby Checker is at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City.
The Blue-Belles are at the Howard Theater in Washington, DC.
Late June
Rick Nelson opens the summer season at Pleasure Island
Resort in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Ike and Tina Turner, along with Mary Wells help WILD radio
celebrate its tenth anniversity with a big show in the Boston
area.
Bobby Vee is at Kenwood Park in Duquense, Pennsylvannia near
Pittsburgh.
July 1
Gene Vincent is at the
Cavern Club in Liverpool England. The house band is the the
Beatles.
July 2
Barbara Lynn debuts on
American Bandstand singing "You'll Lose a Good
Thing."
July 3
Ruth Brown sings "Shake
a Hand" on American Bandstand.
July 5
Bill Haley and His Comets
are at the El Cortez Club in Las Vegas for three weeks.
Little Eva sings "Loco-Motion" on American Bandstand.
July 6
Solomon Burke is at the
Flame Show Bar in Detroit for ten days.
Early July
Jerry Lee Lewis is booked for ten days at the Shamrock
Club in the resort city of Keansburg near Atlantic City, New
Jersey.
In Point Pleasant Beach, another New Jersey resort town, the
newly renamed Four Seasons are booked for the summer at Martell's
Sea Breeze Club.
Fabian is performing with the summer stock company of John
Loves Mary.
A one nighter in Philadelphia features Sam Cooke, the Isley
Brothers, Dee Dee Sharp, the Orlons, the Olympics, Lee Andrews
and the Hearts, the Five Satins, the Skyliners and Little Joey
and the Flips.
July 8
Brenda Lee is performing at
the Pleasure Island Amusement Park in Wakefield,
Massachusetts.
Joey Dee and the Starliters are
touring Army And Air Force bases in Germany, Italy and France.
July 11
Fats Domino is on American
Bandstand.
July 12
Ray Charles sets a record
during his week-end stay at the Regal Theater in Chicago by
taking in $62,500.
July 13
Duane Eddy begins eight
weeks at the Beachcomber Club in Wildwood, New Jersey.
July 15
Chubby Checker begins a week
at the 1200 seat Frolics Club in Salisbury, New Jersey.
Mid-July
As "Surfin' Safari" takes off, the Beach Boys
begin their first tour. It will be of the Upper Mid-West.
July 16
Dick Clark gets his first
vacation since American Bandstand went
national. Ten different entertainers will host with Freddy
Cannon being the first.
July 17
Bryan Hyland is the second
guest host and sings "Sealed With a Kiss."
July 18
Johnny Crawford plays
host on American Bandstand and performs "Cindy's
Birthday."
July 19
Neil Sedaka's tour of Italy
starts.
Duane Eddy is guest host on American Bandstand and plays "The Ballad of Paladin."
July 20
Johnny Tillotson hosts American
Bandstand and performs "It Keeps Right On
A-Hurtin'."
July 22
The Everly Brothers are at
the Holiday House in Pittsburgh.
Ray Charles does an integrated
show at the 10000 seat Dallas Memorial Auditorium without
incident.
July 231
The second week of Dick
Clark's vacation finds James Darren hosting. Darren sings
"Mary's Little Lamb."
July 24
Chubby Checker hosts American
Bandstand and sings "Dancin' Party."
July 25
Gene Pitney headlines the Galaxy
of Stars tour. Its first perfomance is tonight in
Syracuse, New York.
Dion hosts American Bandstand
and sings "Lovers Who Wander."
July 26
Joey and the Starliters are
in the British West Indies. Jimmy Dean hosts American
Bandstand.
July 27
Sam Cooke backed by the
Upsetters opens for a week at the Reagal Theater in
Chicago.
Linda Scott is the final guest host
on American Bandstand.
July 28
Dick Clark hosts an
afternoon concert as part of the first annual International Sound
Fair at Cobo Hall in Detroit.
July 29
Jackie Wilson is on the Ed
Sullivan Show.
July 31
Jack Scott appears on
American Bandstand.
Late July
Paul Anka composes the theme song for the epic war movie
The Longest Day. Duane Eddy is touring the East coast.
August 1
Chubby Checker opens at the Sands
Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
August 2
Aretha Franklin makes her national
television debut on American Bandstand and sings
"Try a Little Tenderness."
August 4
Bobby Rydell videotapes a segement
for Tennessee Ernie Ford's ABC-TV variety show in San Francisco.
August 7
Neil Sedaka ends his tour of Italy
and is off to Great Britain to promote the English release of
"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do."
Early August
Brenda Lee is at the Concord Hotel at the Catskill
Mountains resort of Lake Kaimesha, New York.
August 8
The Ray Charles Show with
seventeen piece orchestra is in Vancouver, British
Columbia. 4500 attend and the show grosses $11000.
Joey Dee and the Starliters are on American Bandstand and sing "What Kind of Love Is This."
August 10
Dick Clark is the host for
tonights entertainment at the Illinois State Fair in Chicago.
The Flamingos begin a week at the Hialeah Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
August 12
The Everly Brothers are at the
Steel Pier in Atlantic City.
Dion is a guest on CBS-TV's The Ed Sullivan Show.
August 13
Tommy Roe Sings "Sheila"
on American Bandstand.
August 14
The Duprees appear on American
Bandstand and perform "You Belong To Me."
Mid-August
A rumor begun two weeks earlier in Los Angeles is now
nationwide: Sam Cooke is suffering from an incurable
disease. Eventually the major papers, especially those
aimed at the Negro market, did their homework. Cooke did not have
leukemia as reported and the rumor slowly fades away.
Johnny Tillotson is discharged from the U.S. Army Reserves.
He now is now to start touring the Mid-West beginning in
Michigan.
Bill Haley and His Comets are off on a tour of South America.
Their first stop is Caracas, Venezuela.
August 16
Lloyd Price is at the Peppermint
Lounge West in Pittsburgh through August 25.
Dick Clark brings Gene Pitney, Brian Hyland, Bobby Vinton, Bobby Lewis and the Bachelors to the Wisconsin State Fair for the next two days.
LaVern Baker is at the Harlem Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
August 17
Sam Cooke attends the annual
meeting of the Rhythm and Blue Association at the
Sheraton-Jefferson Hotel in St. Louis. At a rock and roll
show at the Boston Arena featuring Gary U.S. Bonds, a riot breaks
out for undisclosed reasons.
August 18
Roy Orbison is touring the
South. Bobby Vee ends his Midwestern tour with a show and
dance in Hastings, Nebraska.
The Flamingos are at Carr's Beach in Annapolis, Maryland.
August 20
The Everly Brothers are
Freedomland Park in the Bronx, New York.
August 22
Frankie Avalon is on American
Bandstand.
August 23
Dion begins a tour of South
America.
Jerry Lee Lewis sings "Sweet Little Sixteen" on American Bandstand. This is Lewis' first appearance on the show in four years, since the problems with the press over his marriage.
Cozy Cole is at Cincinnati's Living Room Lounge.
August 24
Dave "Baby" Cortez plays
"Rinky Dink" on American Bandstand. Roy
Orbison is appearing for three nights in Detroit.
Johnny Tillotson is at the Michigan State Fair in Detroit.
August 25
Ray Charles sells out the 22,00
seat stadium at the Randall's Island Music Festival.
August 27
Elvis begins shooting for It
Happened at the World's Fair.
August 30
Fabian is a guest star at a
benefit at the Boston Gardens hosted by Danny Thomas.
August 31
Murray the K hosts the annual
Labor Day rock and roll show at the Brooklyn Fox Theater.
Appearing are Ben E. King, the Shirelles, Chuck Jackson, the
Ronettes, Bobby Vinton, the Dovells, Sharp, the Capris, Tommy
Roe, the Marvelettes, the Majors,Little Eva and Tony
Orlando. The show will run for ten days.
Fabian is paid $2500 for one performance at the Convention Hall in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Jocko's Rocketship Revue at the Apollo theater is headlined by Don and Dee Dee Gardner. Other artists include Gary U.S. Bonds, the Countors, the Impressions, Barbara Lynn and the Dreamlovers.
September 3
Chubby Checker starts his
tour of Great Britain.
Ray Charles plays the Memphis City Auditorium. 4500 fans purchase $12000 of tickets.
September 6
The Isley Brothers are at
the Peppermint Lounge.
September 7
Rick Nelson is at the
World's Fair of Music and Sound at McCormick Place in
Chicago.
Bobby Rydell headlines the Hero Scholarship Funs at the Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia. The Hero Scholarships are given to children of police and fire personnel who were killed in the line of duty.
Joey Dee and the Starliters are at the Erie Social Club in Philadelphia.
Early September
Dick Clark and Johnny Tillotson are at the New Jersey
State Fair in Trenton.
Ben E. King is at Spider Kelly's Club in Philadelphia.
September 8
Dion begins his tour of
England.
September 10
The Zanzibar, a new
nightclub in Philadelphia, opens with the Coasters, the Counters
and Aretha Franklin performing for two weeks.
September 11
The Majors perform
"Wonderful Dream" on American Bandstand.
September 12
Ray Charles is at the
Pittsburgh Civic Auditorium.
September 13
Lloyd Price opens at
Sciolla's Club in Pittsburgh.
September 14
Ben E. King opens his tour
of the Caribbean with a show in the Dominican Republic.
Mid-September
Bill Haley and His Comets begin a five week tour of
France, Italy and Germany.
September 18
Dicky Lee sings
"Patches" on American Bandstand.
September 20
Bobby Darin is paid $16000
for four nights at the Moulin Rouge nightclub in Los Angeles.
September 22
The Four Seasons stop by American
Bandstand to receive a gold record for "Sherry."
September 24
The Sensations, Etta James
and Hank Ballard and the Midnighters are this week's
entertainment at the Zanzibar Club in Pittsburgh
September 25
Linda Scott sings "I
Left My Heart in the Balcony" on American Bandstand.
September 27
Mary Wells sings "I
Beat You To the Punch" on American Bandstand.
October 2
NBC-TV launches The Tonight
Show, starring Johnny Carson. The opening music, "Johnny's
Theme" is composed by Paul Anka.
October 3
Wanda Jackson is at the
Chestnut Inn in Kansas City.
October 4
Ray Charles and the Raeletts
are at the Cincinnati Music Hall.
October 5
Dave "Baby" Cortez
headlines the Rocketship Revue are the Apollo Theater in
New York Other artists are Marvin Gaye, the Marvelettes,
Martha and the Vandellas, the Radiants, the Fiestas and Jackie
and the Starlites.
October 6
Little Richard arrived in
England having sailed aboard the USS Rotterdam. He choose
sailing because a fear of flying was caused by an in flight
incident in 1957. The earlier incident so tramitized Richard
that he gave up his rock and roll career for the comfort of
religion.
October 7
Aretha Franklin and Ike and
Tina Turner play the Castle Farms Club in Cincinnati.
Little Richard appears on the British variey televison program Thank Your Lucky Stars.
Early October
Carl Perkins is playing to sold out clubs through out
West Germany.
October 8
Little Richard begins
his first tour of Great Britain with Sam Cooke and Gene Vincent
serving as MC.
October 9
Brenda Lee appears on
CBS-TV's Red Skelton Show.
Rick Nelson sings "Fools Rush In" on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
October 10
Chris Montez makes his
national television debut singing "Let's Dance" on American
Bandstand.
October 11
The Everly Brothers are
scheduled to arrive in England, but only Phil makes the
flight. Don arrives the next day, but it is apparent to all
that he is not physically well.
October 12
Don Everly collapses at a
rehearsal at the Prince of Wales Theater in London and
is rushed to the Charring Cross Hospital. A few hours later
he checks himself out.
October 13
Don Everly is admitted to
the Middlesex Hospital. The Press is informed he apparently
had a reaction to medication he was taking. The tour does
open tonight at the Prince of Wales Theater with
with Everly Brother's guitarist Joey Page filling in for Don.
Mid-October
The Beach Boys appear at Hollywood's Pandora Box, a club designed
exclusively for teens.
October 15
The Flamingos are at the
Peppermint Lounge West.
October 16
Twelve year old Stevie
Wonder makes his club debut at the Latin Quarter in Detroit.
October 19
James Brown and his revue
are at the Apollo Theater in New York.
October 20
Roy Orbison is performing in
Houston, Texas.
October 21
The Everly Brothers are at
London's Palladium Theater.
England's Cliff Richard is on The Ed Sullivan Show.
October 22
Marvin Gaye makes his
national television debut on American Bandstand.
Gaye sings "Stubborn Kind of Fellow."
October 25
Ray Peterson sings "My
Dad" on ABC-TV's Donna Reed Show" of which he is a
regular cast member.
October 26
The First Motortown Revue
takes to the road for six weeks. Unlike other rock and roll
revues, the Motortown Revue consists only of acts that record for
various Motown labels. Headlined by Mary Wells it features
Martha and the Vandellas, the Marvelettes, the Countours, Marvin
Gaye, Little Stevie Wonder, the Supremes, the Temptations
and Sammy Ward. The opening stop is the Howard Theater in
Washington, DC.
Hank Ballard and the Midnighters are headling the Apollo Theater.
Bobby Rydell is at the annual Miss Teenage American pageant in Dallas, Texas to crown the winner for the second year in a row.
Neil Sedaka is playing the Peppermint Lounge in Peoria, Illinois.
October 28
Little Richard may be listed
as the headliner tonight at the Empire Theater in Liverpool
October 29
Jerry Lee Lewis is at the
Peppermint Lounge West in Pittsburgh.
November 1
Little Richard and the Beatles go
to Hamburg, but this is considered the Beatles first major
concert in West Germany where they with appear for two weeks at
the Star Club.
November 2
The Motortown Revue begins five
weeks of one nighters.
Chubby Checker demonstrates the "Limbo Rock" on American Bandstand.
November 5
Ray Charles and the Raelettes are
at the Music Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio.
November 9
Aretha Franklin Headlines the Regal
Theater in Chicago.
Dion sings "Love Came To Me" on American Bandstand.
November 11
Wanda Jackson is appearing this
evening in San Antonio, Texas.
The Champs close their West coast tour in Seattle.
Linda Scott is at Blinstrub's Supper Club in Boston.
November 13
England's Cliff Richard is on American
Bandstand.
November 14
Cozy Cole leaves for a twenty week
goodwill tour of Africa which is sponsored by the United State's
State Department. His performances will be in Senegal and
Niger.
Mid-November
Freddy Cannon and Johnny Tillotson fly to London to film
their cameo parts for the upcoming British film Just
For Fun.
B. Bumble and the Stingers begin a British tour with a show
tonight in Liverpool.
November 17
The Olympics, the Innocents and
the Marketts perform at Morgan Hall in the Los Angeles suburb of
Long Beach.
November 18
The Motortown Revue is appearing
tonight at the Capitol Arena in Washington, DC.
November 19
The Champs are at the Hi-Fi Club
in Topeka, Kansas.
November 21
Porky Chadwick, Pittsburgh deejay,
has another spectacular rock and roll show at the Syria Mosque
Theater in Pittsburgh. Appearing are Hank Ballard and the
Midnighters, the Coasters, Jerry Butler, the Isley Brothers, Bo
Diddley, Hughie Smith and the Clowns, the Majors, Shep and the
Limelites, Maxine Brown, the Olympics, Lou Christie, the
Clovers, the Drifters and the Flamingos.
Gene Vincent begins another tour of England.
November 26
Ray Petersen sings "My
Dad" on American Bandstand.
The Platters are on the late night Steve Allen Show.
November 29
Ray Charles is at the Latin
Casino in New Jersy.
November 30
Ben E. King is at the Town Hall in
Brooklyn, New York.
Gene McDaniels is at the Twenty Grand Club in Detroit.
Late November
Gene Chandler is in Chicago making appearances at record
hops at Kevin Park School and Marshall High School.
Bill Haley and His Comets return to Mexico for a three week tour.
December 1
The Motortown Revue is playing the
Ellis Auditorium in Memphis today.
December 4
Bobby Rydell has a comedy role
during his appearances tonight on the CBS-TV's Red Skelton Show.
December 7
The first Motortown Revuse ends
its tour with ten days at the Apollo Theater.
December
Bobby Fuller is at the McGhee Park
Auditorium in Farmington, Texas.
December 10
Johnny Tillotson makes his debut
as a nightclub performer at Sciolla's Club in Philadelphia.
December 14
Jerry Wallace is on American
Bandstand today.
Clarence "Frogman" Henry is currently touring New Zealand.
December 16
Bob Dylan begins his first
international tour in London.
December 17
The Motortown Revue makes its
final stop in Pittsburgh.
Solomon Burke is at the Club Zanzibar in Pittsburgh.
LaVern Baker begins an engagment at the 40 Thieves Club in Bermuda.
Mid-December
The payola scandal comes to a quiet close as former New York
deejay Alan Freed is only fined $300 and given a six month
suspended sentence. The orginal action from two years
earlier listed twenty five individual counts of accepting bribes
up to $2500. Freed claims he is broke and the fine isn't
paid until mid-March 1963 when Freed reports that he had been
hired to assist Time Records as a A&R man.
December 18
Johnny and the Hurricanes are at
the Star Club near Hamburg, Germany. Also appearing are the
Beatles.
December 19
Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
sing "Zip-A-Do-Dah" on American Bandstand.
Dion is at the Diplomat Hotel in Miami Beach.
December 21
The Cookies sing "Chains"
on American Bandstand.
December 23
The Brooklyn Fox Christmas show is
headlined by Joey Dee and the Starliters.
December 26
Ray Charles is at the Shrine
Auditorium in Los Angeles. The SRO crowd of 6.522 pays $26,300 to
see him perform.
December 28
Mary Wells performs "Two
Lovers" on American Bandstand.
December 30
The Ike and Tina Turner Revue is
at the Coconut Grove Ballroom in Sacramento, California.
Fire destroys the $37,500 home of Brenda Lee and her parents in Nashville. Brenda is slighty hurt attempting to rescue her poodle Cee Cee. The cause is attributed to faulty wiring.
December 31
Marvin Gaye, Martha and the
Vandellas, the Counters, Mary Wells, the Miracles, the Supremes
and Little Stevie Wonder are at the Michigan State Fair this New
Year's Eve.