FLASHBACKS: MOTOR CITY MUSIC HAPPENINGS, ’67! . . . SEPTEMBER 2, 1967

The MCRFB NEWS archive: 1967

Billboard; September 2, 1967

 

 

 


 

 

Bobby Darin 1967

DETROIT — (September 2) — Bang recording artist Van Morrison visited Detroit on promotion Friday and Saturday (August 18 -19) . . . The Merry-Go-Round were in Detroit Monday (August 21) to do some promotional work . . . Talent playing at the Michigan State Fair which began Friday (August 25) and runs through Monday (September 4) included Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66; Diana Ross and the Supremes; Buddy Greco with Buddy Rich and the King Cousins; the New Vaudeville Band; the Rationals, Question Mark and the Mysterians, and the Sandpipers . . . Ted Lucas of the Misty Wizards sold a song to Jay and the Techniques and it may be their next single. Lucas wrote the Wizards’ current Reprise single “It’s Love” . . . Bobby Darin opens at the Roostertail on Sept. 7.

 

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Information and news source: Billboard; September 2, 1967

 

 

 

Question Mark & The Mysterians. One of the many acts billed for the Michigan State Fair, at the fairgrounds in Detroit, August and September, 53 years ago.

Detroit Free Press Sunday, August 27, 1967 (click on ad 2x for largest PC view; tap on image and stretch ad on your mobile device for detailed view).

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