From the MCRFB news archive: 1965
Music Happenings In and Around Detroit Town, 1965
DETROIT — The Supremes, Fugitives, and New Gibson and Martin Trio have been booked for a special concert August 21 at Oakland University’s Baldwin Pavilion at Meadowbrook on the campus, for the benefit of the institution’s scholarship fund . . . . Martha & The Vandellas, the Spinners, Barbara Lewis, the Byrds, the Orlons and Vic Dana appeared for four day at Bob-Lo Island Park, taping a series of shows for ‘Teen Town,’ emceed by Robin (The Bird) Seymour, veteran Motor City disk jockey, on CKLW-TV Channel 9 . . . . The Serendipity Singers, NBC’s “Hullabaloo,” Jack Jones, Jimmy Wilkins Orchestra, and the Supremes has booked for several days as free acts at the Michigan State Fair Music Shell, opening August 27. END
(Information and news source: Billboard; August 14, 1965).
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