Roburt Posted July 22, 2012 Posted July 22, 2012 The 'Miami' thread has proved quite popular ..... ... so I thought I'd move north to start another similar posting .... Here's a few New York area soul show ads from back in the day .........
Roburt Posted July 22, 2012 Author Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) A lady who was singing the blues in New York clubs in 1965 ..... ... but she also cut some decent soul sides ........... .. Bev Ann .... Edited July 22, 2012 by Roburt
Roburt Posted July 22, 2012 Author Posted July 22, 2012 A well respected (late) soul singer who played Prestatyn .....
Roburt Posted July 22, 2012 Author Posted July 22, 2012 More blues than soul but staged at soul music's spiritual home ....
Roburt Posted July 22, 2012 Author Posted July 22, 2012 Mercy, Mercy, Mercy ... this one's more jazz than soul .....
Roburt Posted July 22, 2012 Author Posted July 22, 2012 OK, back to the Apollo again ..... & this time its just soul stars ... ... top of the bill is another guy who's played Prestatyn ... .....also on the bill is a group who'll be over here next year ....
Roburt Posted July 22, 2012 Author Posted July 22, 2012 You'll love this one, I just know you will .... Oscar Brown Jr & a little number called ....
Roburt Posted July 22, 2012 Author Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) Back up to 125th St in Harlem once again ...... Clyde McPhatter was spotted there in 1953 & signed by Atlantic Records. Both Joe Tex & James Brown won Amateur Night there in the mid 50's. Harold Melvin & the BlueNotes 1st appeared on the Apollo stage way back in 1960. .... AND .... a certain 'local' was always topping the bill there .......... The Vibrations were on once again, as was Bobby Sheen !!! Edited July 22, 2012 by Roburt
Roburt Posted July 23, 2012 Author Posted July 23, 2012 1968 was a very good year to catch a show in New York ....
Roburt Posted July 23, 2012 Author Posted July 23, 2012 Going back 'Across 110th Street' again now ............
Roburt Posted July 23, 2012 Author Posted July 23, 2012 Arthur Prysock was singing in his Living Room .... ... well not his, but the Living Room .....
Roburt Posted July 24, 2012 Author Posted July 24, 2012 A certain Frankie Crocker promoted this show ..............
Roburt Posted July 25, 2012 Author Posted July 25, 2012 Gloria Lynn was on the US music scene for many years. She had records released out of LA in the early 70's, but in the mid 60's she was playing live shows in New York.
Roburt Posted July 25, 2012 Author Posted July 25, 2012 A 45 that goes well with the last ad .................
Roburt Posted July 25, 2012 Author Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) King Curtis appeared on this mid 60's show held to raise money for radio station WBAI .... .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Josephson Edited July 25, 2012 by Roburt
Roburt Posted July 26, 2012 Author Posted July 26, 2012 (edited) Curtis, Sam & Fred all up on 125th Street ... .... and King Curtis was there as well .... Edited July 26, 2012 by Roburt
Roburt Posted July 27, 2012 Author Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) I bet it was 'Hard Work' sitting through this January 1967 show ..... by all accounts, John had just been a big hit at the Monterey Jazz Festival (where his live act was recorded & released by Columbia on LP). I only became aware of his stuff in the 70's (his big hit was in 76) ... but he 1st recorded at the start of the 60's !!! Edited July 27, 2012 by Roburt
Roburt Posted July 27, 2012 Author Posted July 27, 2012 A 1964 show for Sidney Barnes old mate Billy Prophet ..........
Roburt Posted July 29, 2012 Author Posted July 29, 2012 (edited) Two ladies getting it on back in Jan 1974 ...... .. I didn't realise that Leata Galloway was performing (other than in musical plays) that early ... after all, she didn't land a record deal until the 1980's Edited July 29, 2012 by Roburt
Roburt Posted July 29, 2012 Author Posted July 29, 2012 Not a live club show, but a concert staged by ABC TV for broadcast purposes ... .... just a pity that no one at ABC TV knew how to spell Rufus's name !!
Roburt Posted July 29, 2012 Author Posted July 29, 2012 The earlier Snake-man post (No.8) was for a theatre gig ..... ........ this one is for a club performance ......
Roburt Posted July 30, 2012 Author Posted July 30, 2012 Italian-American doo-wop group Vito & the Salutations only made a few soulful sides in the 60's ... .... but their popularity with doo-wop fans kept them working in New York, even as late as 1974 ..... ........... One of their best 60's outings ...........
Roburt Posted July 30, 2012 Author Posted July 30, 2012 The good thing about New York was that (back in the day) you could catch all types of interesting acts ....
Roburt Posted July 31, 2012 Author Posted July 31, 2012 (edited) Invictus hits NY .......... Edited August 4, 2012 by Roburt
Roburt Posted July 31, 2012 Author Posted July 31, 2012 (edited) If there were no live shows you fancied watching back in 74, you could always go record buying at J & R's .... The shop still has a music department, though now it sells more electronic items (computers, smart phones, music systems, digi cameras, etc). Pleased to see they still have recording artists dropping in to their Manhattan CD store (I saw Dianne Reeves perform live there about 10 years back) ....... https://www.jr.com/category/music/ Edited August 4, 2012 by Roburt
Roburt Posted August 1, 2012 Author Posted August 1, 2012 (edited) A jazzy groover was on, ahead of Tower of Power .... Edited August 4, 2012 by Roburt
Roburt Posted August 2, 2012 Author Posted August 2, 2012 No straight up soulers on this bill ........ but Tommy Chong (Cheech & Chong) hadn't long quit Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers .... ... and Brian Auger had run UK mod soul group Steampacket in the mid 60's. Mind you, I bet Smashy & Nicey think "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" is soulful !!
Roburt Posted August 2, 2012 Author Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) A Philly group who went to Coventry ..... Edited August 4, 2012 by Roburt
Roburt Posted August 3, 2012 Author Posted August 3, 2012 (edited) An 'Oldies' show on this 'Old' thread .... Edited August 4, 2012 by Roburt
Roburt Posted August 4, 2012 Author Posted August 4, 2012 Atlantic Records were obviously increasing record sales in 1974 by helping promote live shows their artists were undertaking in New York ... You could catch one of Philly's finest sweet soul groups and a jazzy guy in April ....
Roburt Posted August 4, 2012 Author Posted August 4, 2012 Back to the Apollo & some heavyweights were all on together ...
Roburt Posted August 8, 2012 Author Posted August 8, 2012 Soul, jazz, Latin (& rock) all featured at this 1974 music festival ..........
Roburt Posted August 9, 2012 Author Posted August 9, 2012 Nina Simone obviously provided her own support act for these 1969 NY club shows ....
Roburt Posted August 10, 2012 Author Posted August 10, 2012 Two good acts on at Lloyd Price's Turntable Club .........
Roburt Posted August 11, 2012 Author Posted August 11, 2012 Another show at the Village Gate .............
Roburt Posted August 12, 2012 Author Posted August 12, 2012 Now where have I heard of this group before ?!?! ...
Roburt Posted August 14, 2012 Author Posted August 14, 2012 Back to the Village Gate again .... ... but as a few of these feature jazz artists.... ... I've lumped them all together in a montage ..
Roburt Posted August 18, 2012 Author Posted August 18, 2012 Lloyd Price's Turntable Club in Manhattan had been operating for around 6 years by 1974. People were taking the place for granted by then, so the name was changed to give it a new lease of life. Not long after the 52nd St venue (1674 Broadway) got it's name change, a new disco opened a few blocks away (on 45th St in Manhattan) ........... guess what it's name was ..........
Roburt Posted August 26, 2012 Author Posted August 26, 2012 This ad ties in well with Post #38 ...................
Roburt Posted August 26, 2012 Author Posted August 26, 2012 This show wasn't held in 'The Ghetto' .........
Roburt Posted August 27, 2012 Author Posted August 27, 2012 Same show; different perspective ..........
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