FLASHBACK MOTOR CITY HAPPENINGS ’65… AUGUST 14, 1965

From the MCRFB news archives:

IT’S WHAT’S GOING ON IN AND AROUND THE MUSIC SCENE IN DETROIT….

 

 

 

 

The Serendipity Singers circa 1965. (Click on image for larger view).

DETROIT — The Supremes, Fugitives, and New Gibson and Martin Trio have been booked for a special concert slated for Saturday, August 21 at Oakland University’s Baldwin Pavilion at Meadowbrook on the campus, for the benefit of the scholarship fund…. Martha and the Vandellas, the Spinners, Barbara Lewis, the Byrds, the Orlons, and Vic Dana appeared for four days at Bob-Lo Island Park, taping a series of shows for Teen Town, emceed by Robin (The Bird) Seymour, veteran Detroit disc jockey on WKMH, WKNR, CKLW-TV on local channel 9…. The Serendipity Singers, NBC-TV’s “Hullabaloo,” Jack Jones, Jimmy Wilkins Orchestra, and the Supremes have been booked for several days as free acts at the Michigan State Fair Music Shell, opening Friday, August 27. END.

 

(Information and news source: Billboard; August 14, 1965).

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