FLASHBACK MOTOR CITY HAPPENINGS ’67 . . . SEPTEMBER 16, 1967

MarqueeTest-2From the MCRFB news archive: 1967

Music Happenings In and Around Detroit Town, 1967

 

 

 

 

 

DETROIT — Triangle Productions is bringing Judy Garland to Cobo Arena on September 29 for one performance . . . Johnny Trudell has become the leader of the Roostertail Orchestra. Lead trumpet player Trudell has played in the club’s orchestra for seven years and is also a staff musician at Motown Records . . . Diana Ross and the Supremes are scheduled to tape the Hollywood Palace TV show September 20-22 . . . Flint’s own the Fabulous Pack taped an ‘Upbeat’ TV show segment in Cleveland on August 19, featuring their new release “Wide Trackin” . . .  The Grande Ballroom brought in the Chambers Brothers Friday and Saturday (September 1 and 2) . . .  The Pop Series at the Detroit Masonic Auditorium for the 1967-1968 season Mantovani, Harry Simeone Chorale, New Christy Minstrels, Ferrante and Teicher and Victor Borge . . . Fred Saxon, Mercury promotion man here, is putting out a weekly newsletter for radio stations and press in the Detroit area. The newsletter gives information about new product releases in the Mercury Records family. END

The New Christy Minstrels on stage on the Ed Sullivan Show 1963
The New Christy Minstrels on stage on the Ed Sullivan Show 1963

(Information and news source: Billboard; September 16, 1967).

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