Planner Project 2016 ... Women of Entertainment

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PLANNER PROJECT 2016 ... WOMEN OF ENTERTAINMENT

SECTION 1 / FEATURED MUSIC ENTRIES /

ODD GIRL OUT / (1991)

5/17 Under the banner ‘Undercurrents ‘91,’ area clubs Babylon A Go-Go; Biggie’s Crooked River Saloon; Empire; Peabody’s DownUnder; Richie’s River Club; & Splash showcase 57 area bands today and tomorrow including Odd Girl Out (Anne DeChant, Victoria Fliegel, Alexis Antes); Beatnik Termites; Naked Truth; Max Panic; Indian Rope Burn; American Front; Outta the Blue; the Clarks; the Earl Rays; & Chris Lake, 1991

9/15 After watching coach Bill Belichick’s Cleveland Browns (2-1), beat the Cincinnati Bengals, 14-13, before 78,269 at the Stadium on Matt Stover’s 4 field goals, the last a 45-yarder with 4 seconds left capping a 60-yard drive by QB Bernie Kosar; Odd Girl Out opens for America at the Agora Theatre (loge seats $16) - (Jane Scott reports America invited Odd Girl Out to join its encore ‘A Horse with No Name’), 1991

ANN E. DECHANT / (1996)

3/3 Last night, it was Anne E. DeChant sharing the stage with Third Wish (Tara Marie O’Malley, Dan Heberlein, Jerry Buescher), at the Last Drop on S. Taylor; tomorrow, rocking the Odeon for free, Michael Stanley offers a five-song sample of his 15th LP ‘Coming Up for Air,’ with Mike Belkin, and Bill Szymczyk among the attendees, 1996

6/15 Following Kim Pensyl at Wilbert’s the 14th, Cain Park offers Johnny, & June Cash, Rosey, & John Carter Cash tomorrow; Anne E. DeChant, & Livingston Taylor the 22nd; & the Everly Brothers Aug. 20th; as the Tubes play the Odeon the 23rd; 1996

FOR ALEXIS ANTES / (1981)

10/5 After Alice Cooper rocks the Akron Agora tomorrow with Charlie Weiner ($8.50), as Baby Sirloin plays Peabody’s; on the 7th, it’s Scott Antes at Red Horse Hollow, 1981

SISTERS IN SONG /

BECKY BOYD / (1981-2016)

10/4 After cruising to the 2nd Pop Shop CLE Magazine benefit to see the Jazz Destroyers, Pony Boys, Easter Monkeys, the Dissidents, Joey & the Radisheads, & the Flexi- Digits on the 2nd; seeing Slick with Becky Boyd at Peabody’s on the 3rd; and joining Dick Goddard today at Vermillion’s Woollybear Festival; the Agora features Mink Deville tomorrow ($5.50), and the Nighthawks, with the Eves on the 6th ($4), 1981

5/15 While Cheers Outback Tavern hosts Rich Reising last night; Becky Boyd, & Dan Hrdlicka play Around the Corner; as Mary Martin plays Derby & Flask the 16th, 1991

5/26 As Wilbert’s Bar & Grille on W. 9th hosts the Cleveland Women of Blues Showcase with Mary Martin & her band, Becky Boyd, Theresa Capuano, & Laura Rossilli ($5); returning after 13 years with original members Dennis DeYoung, Chuck Panozzo, Tommy Shaw, & James Young; Styx rocks Blossom with Kansas ($14-25-$32.75), 1996

8/16 After last night’s ‘The Bad Boys of Blues and Friends,’ CD release party at Savannah Bar & Grille, with Jerome Freeman, Dave Morrision, Jim Dyson, Colin Dussault, & Becky Boyd; the 1st Cleveland Blues Festival at Berea Fairgrounds stars Sugar Blue, Keb’ Mo’, Latimore, Robt. Lockwood Jr., Clarence Carter, Travis Haddix, & Lavelle White, 1996

9/3 After cruising last night to Savannah Bar & Grille’s 12th Mojo Festival with Real Life with Becky Boyd, Blues DeVille & Laura Rossilli, Colin Dussault’s Blues Project, & a tribute to Tom Halloran with Dave Morrison, Danny Mangan, and Dussault; tomorrow, 3 Doors Down, Nickelback, and Seven Channels play Nautica ($27.50), 2001 2

1/20 After catching Becky Boyd & The Groove Train (Chris Hanna, Alfredo Guerreri, Jim Wall), the 8th; Grizzly the 9th; and Otis & the Shoreway Saints the 16th; Backtraxx plays Smedley’s on Lorain tonight; KTO the 22nd, & Madison Crawl the 23rd, 2016

3/5 After cruising to see Kristine Jackson and Becky Boyd last night at the Flat Iron Cafe; Tommy’s Place in Rocky River hosts guitar masters Pete Cavano, & Jeff Sherman, 2016

5/3 Cruising to the Parkview on W. 58th to dine on jambalaya; it’s Alan Greene tomorrow; Lonnie Reed the 18th; Hollywood Slim June 25th; the Numbers Band July 16th; Becky Boyd July 30; & the Blues Jam with Michael Bey & the Bad Boys on Wednesdays, 2016

5/14 After playing Trivs in Strongsville May 11th, the House of Blues May 12th, and the Catawba Island Club last night; you’ll find the smoky vocals of local artist Kristine Jackson tonight at The Harp, & May 21st at Bar 107 in Berea with Becky Boyd, 2016

12/16 After cruising with Jensen Lewis on WTAM/AM1100 from 3-6 p.m.; Becky Boyd and daughter Claudia Miller rule the Beer Cellar at the Great Lakes Brewing Co., 2016

RACHAEL BROWN / (2011-2016)

1/7 Dining on a $9 BBQ plate at the Water Street Tavern in Kent; Rachel Brown Wearsch & the Beatnik Playboys (Bill Watson, Roy King, David Huddleston), played last night; it’s the 80’s Band tonight; Colin John the 15th; and Weniger & Simon the 21st, 2011

9/1 Cruisin’ to Put-in-Bay today to see Bob Gatewood & Calabash at the Round House; tomorrow, as Mike ‘Mad Dog’ Adams plays the Round House with Up Next; at G.A.R. Hall in Geneva, you’ll find ‘Sisters in Song’ Becky Boyd, Kristine Jackson, Rachel Brown, and Emma Shook offering 3-part harmony with serious violin, 2016

10/27 At the Music Box Supper Club tonight, Rachel Brown joins Nashville star Brandy Clark (Chuck Yarborough notes, “Brown has the best voice in local music”- $15), 2016

11/13 Beachland hosts a tribute to Robert & Jack Kidney, & Terry Hynde (Numbers Band), with a Tiny Alice reunion, Tony Maimone w/Scott Krauss, Albert Dennis, Joe Tomino & Bim Thomas, Chris Butler, Harvey Gold, Alex Bevan, Carlos Jones, Michael Stacey, Bill Lestock, Jim Ballard, Rachel Brown, Jon Mosey, & MC Charlie Wiener ($20), 2016

KRISTINE JACKSON / (2006-2016)

4/8 Elan opens, as UB40 brings some ‘Red, Red, Wine’ reggae to the House of Blues ($27.50-$40); as the House of Swing on Mayfield presents Hollywood Slim tonight, Vibrogroove with Michelle Beight tomorrow, and Kristine Jackson the 10th, 2006

8/16 As the James Gang (Joe Walsh, Jim Fox, Dale Peters), hitting the road on a 17-date tour for the first time since the 1970’s, stops at Blossom ($35-$75); Fat Fish Blue hosts Robert Lockwood Jr. tonight, Kristine Jackson & Acoustically Blue tomorrow, 2006

3/5 After cruising to see Kristine Jackson and Becky Boyd last night at the Flat Iron Cafe; Tommy’s Place in Rocky River hosts guitar masters Pete Cavano, & Jeff Sherman, 2016

EMMA SHOOK / (2016)

6/1 After eating ribs on Walnut Wednesday at Billy Morris’ Smokin’ Rock n’ Roll food truck; tonight, Nighttown presents Margaret Brouwer’s Blue Streak Ensemble with 3

Emma Shook, Luke Rinderknecht, Robert Nicholson, and John Simmons ($10), 2016

SECTION 2 / FELLOW LOCAL ARTISTS /

MARY BRIDGIT DAVIES / (2006-2016)

5/26 The 15th Great American Rib Cook-off rocks Tower City Amphitheater with Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors, & Alexa Ray Joel today; Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Mary Bridget Davies Group, & Monica Robins/BFD Blues Band on Sat.; Rick Springfield, the Simpletons, and Tony Rio & Relentless Sun.; & Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Povertyneck Hillbillies, and the Whiskey Daredevils Monday ($6-$25), 2006

12/17 After cruising to see blues diva Mary Bridget Davies with Ryan Sudick at the Music Box on Nov. 25th ($20); tonight, it’s alt rock with 10,000 Maniacs ($40-$55), 2016

CHRISSIE HYNDE / (1981-2016)

8/21 After Chrissie Hynde & the Pretenders play Blossom last night ($10); buying ‘North Coast,’ Michael Stanley’s LP (Camelot Music-$6.49), & seeing the Isley Bros. at the Front Row tonight ($10.75); on Chuck & John, it’s ‘Godzilla vs. Smog Monster,’ 1981

11/27 “For 90 minutes, Akron wrapped its Rubber City arms around their favorite daughter, and for good reason,” writes the PD’s Chuck Yarborough, after Chrissie Hynde & the Pretenders (w/drummer Martin Chambers), rocked E. J. Thomas Hall last night w/ ‘Time Cat’ (new album ‘Alone’ produced by Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach- $37-$75), 2016

LYNN HANEY / (1966-1976)

1/22 While Americana A Go-Go offers dancing the watusi to the great Baskerville Hounds with ‘Space Rock Parts 1 and 2,’ (Larry Meese, Doug McCutcheon, Bill Emery, Dante Rossi, John Kirkpatrick); cruising to the show with ‘Sounds of Silence’ on WIXY in a ‘65 Mercury Montclair w/390 V8, 3-spd.; as Reeve Little and Lynn Haney play La Cave, the folk house presents Simon & Garfunkel for one show only at 9:15 p.m., 1966

12/17 Before leaving on a 6-month tour, local songwriter Lynn Haney plays Pickle Bill’s, 1976

MARY MARTIN / (1991-1996)

5/15 While Cheers Outback Tavern hosts Rich Reising last night; Becky Boyd & Dan Hrdlicka play Around the Corner; as Mary Martin plays Derby & Flask the 16th, 1991

TRACEY MARIE / (2011)

12/3 At the Barking Spider, Denny Carleton plays tonight; Tracey Marie on the 7th, 2011

CINDY MACKAY / (1981)

1/17 Red Horse Hollow on Madison goes folk with Al Leatherwood, & Cindy MacKay, 1981

4/30 Red Horse Hollow’s ‘May Day Festival’ starts the 1st with Scott Jaeger, Dick Swain, Al Leatherwood, Al Bonnis, Jim Glover, Frank Thedford, Abby Linhart, & Dat Clown; followed by Ken Metz. Gordie Elfers, Tim Wallace, Barring Coughlin, Cindy MacKay, Norma Troy, Dermot Somerville, and Gard Sumner, the 2nd ($4-$10), 1981

MONICA ROBINS / (2006-2016)

Daddy, Povertyneck Hillbillies, and the Whiskey Daredevils Monday ($6-$25), 2006

6/18 As Monica Robins and the Whiskey Kings join Michael Stanley and the Resonators at Rockin’ on the River in Lorain; while dining tonight at the Venice Cafe in Kent, the entertainment includes Roger Hoover’s jukebox, and Brent Kirby & the Luck, 2016

11/26 As Monica Robins & the Ninja Cowboys play the Time Warp Bar, while Ace Molar rocks PJ McIntyre’s Irish Pub; Snake Rock, Strychnine, the Billy Morris Band, Paul Michaels, & Vanity Crash host a benefit for Raven Slaughter at the Phantasy, 2016

BEVERLY SILLS / (1956-1981)

8/17 As the Hippodrome gives away free rock ‘n’ roll records to the first 500 at the opening of ‘Earth vs. the Flying Saucers’ & ‘The Werewolf;’ Beverly Sills stars in John L. Price’s version of ‘Carmen’ produced in English at Musicarnival ($1.50-$3.50), 1956

8/6 After Cleveland’s Beverly Sills joins the Cleveland Orchestra last night at Blossom (1st time-$4); tonight, while Jane Scott notes Wild Cherry’s LP is 28th on Billboard’s top 200, & Mark Avsec has joined the group; at the Coliseum, 18,000 spend the night with Neil Diamond (Scott notes, “Diamond was back, and better than ever”-$12.50), 1976 It’s only $3 to see Hypstrz, Eddy Best, and the Wombats rock the Pop Shop, 1981

TRACEY THOMAS SHEPPARD / (1981-2016)

4/11 After cruising last night to see the Hi-Fi’s, & the Inspectors at J. B.’s in Kent, as Unit 5 (Tracey Thomas, Mike Johnson, Paul Teagle, Mark Jendrisak, Bob Ethington), plays the Warehouse in the Flats; tonight at the Warehouse, it’s Berlin, & the Clocks, 1981

11/10 Kicking off the 40th Kent State Jazz Festival; as Roger Hoover & the Whiskey Hounds play Robin Hood with The Jack Fords; the Water Street Tavern features the TwistOffs Unplugged, & at Ray’s Place, it’s the Ryan Humbert band with Tracey Thomas, 2006

4/23 Cruising with the Vindys, Devo, & Yankee Bravo with Tracey Thomas on the330.net, Michael Stanley & the Resonators (Stanley, Dobeck, Pelander, Psyka, Christensen, Lee, Powers, Shannon, Sosinski), prove that Cleveland’s still its town after the first of 4 soldout shows last night on their annual return to Tangier in Akron ($45-$87.50), 2016

8/24 After the Tracey Thomas Band plays Jilly’s Music Room in Akron the 11th, as Tracey marks 40 years with Marc Lee Shannon & Ryan Williams; reading Akron’s ‘Devil Strip’ while dining at Luigi’s, Tracey returns to Jilly’s tonight with the Tracey Thomas Jazz Project (Robert Ethington, Justin Tibbs, Tim Longfellow, Toussaint English), 2016

TRACEY TWINS (EUNICE/EUDICE) / (1956)

3/18 Tonight, you’ll find Roy Hamilton at the Band Box, & the Tracey Twins at Michauds (Twins win top prize on Arthur Godfrey’s ‘Talent Scouts’ live on TV8 the 19th), 1956

5/6 Tonight, the Cabin Club hosts the Tracey Twins (Eunice/Eudice), as Mel Torme plays the Band Box w/Ralph Wilson’s Orch.; tomorrow, it’s Kenny Dorham’s Jazz Prophets & Phineas Newborn, Jr. at the Cotton Club, Nellie Lutcher & her Trio at the Loop, 1956

7/23 As Sharkey & his Kings of Dixieland replace James Moody at the Loop; & the “West Coast cool” Bud Shank Quartet (Williamson, Flores, Prell), succeeds Ella Fitzgerald at the Cotton Club; top 45s include ‘Flying Saucer;’ ‘Hound Dog;’ ‘What Ever Will Be Will Be;’ ‘My Prayer;’ & ‘Tonight You Belong to Me’ by Cleveland’s Tracey Twins, 1956

SECTION 3 / WOMEN IN LOCAL MEDIA /

JANE SCOTT / (1966-2011 [with review notes])

(Note: the type may change as the editing process takes place, but all review notes are currently found in the Planner.)

1966 / REVIEW NOTES [Sonny & Cher / Rolling Stones / Outsiders / Choir / Tommy LiPuma] 5

3/3 “Some 3,000 noisy but orderly persons- most of them teenagers- filled the hall to capacity,” writes the PD’s Jane Scott the next day, after Sonny & Cher play Music Hall w/Lee Rand, Mickey & the Cleancuts, Carl Maduri & the ‘Outsiders’ ($2-$5), 1966

5/5 Edited by Emerson Batdorff, tomorrow’s ‘Go,’ the PD’s first Friday tab, features Jane Scott’s Teen Time section with news on Lumen Cordium High’s first prom, St. Edward High’s 13th Tune Time, & the ‘Delta T’s’ rockin’ Rocky River’s AFS benefit dance, 1966

6/25 “It was wild man,” writes the PD’s Jane Scott the next day, after 6,000 rock to Mick Jagger & the Rolling Stones during a 2:30 matinee show at Cleveland Arena, with the ‘McCoys,’ the ‘Standells,’ the ‘Ronettes’ & WKYC V.I.P.s ($2.50, $3.50, $4.50), 1966

9/9 Cruising home with Jack Armstrong on WIXY to watch ‘Green Hornet’ debut before ‘Time Tunnel’ on TV5, & Ghoulardi, with ‘Waxworks’ & ‘The Closed Cabinet;’ you see Jane Scott notes the Outsiders’ ‘Respectable’ is 15 on Billboard’s Top 100, 1966

9/16 Before rockin’ to the Mods at Alpine Valley, the PD’s Jane Scott notes the Mods (Klawon, Smalley, Burke, Bryson, Bonfanti), are now the Choir, & have their 1st record ‘Goin’ Home/It’s Cold Outside’ on the Canadian-American label; and notes Bill Randall reports the producer of “Guantanamera” is former Cleveland barber Tommy LiPuma, now with the Tijuana Brass. “It’s Tommy’s voice you hear at the end,” 1966

1971 / REVIEWS NOTES [Jackson 5 / Tim Russert / Hot Tuna / Elvis Presley] 4/10 ‘Never Say Goodbye’ is their newest release, as Belkin Productions-WJMO bring the ‘Jackson 5’ (Jackie (21), Tito (17), Jermaine (16), Marion (12) & Michael (11)), “Motown’s youthful ambassadors of bubble gum soul” to Public Hall (Jane Scott notes, “Michael Jackson danced off with 10,000 hearts. Easy as do, re, mi...”- $4-$5-$6), 1971

10/1 The PD’s Jane Scott reports, “JCU Student Union President Tim Russert was instrumental is nailing down the group,” as ‘Sha Na Na’ rocks the JCU gym ($3.50), 1971

10/8 As the ‘Glass Bottle’ plays Saints & Sinners; cruising to the show with Denny Sanders now on WMMS in a mandarin orange-black vinyl roof/black interior ‘70 Dodge Super Bee 440 Magnum w/auto ($1,788-Bill Scher), ‘Hot Tuna’ (Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Cassady, Sam Piazza, Papa John Creach - the show’s star), & ‘Pure Prairie League’ play to 900 during a blanket & bleachers concert at CWRU‘s Emerson Gym (Jane Scott notes in the PD, “almost five hours later, they were yelling, “More!”-$4.50), 1971

11/6 Elvis Presley (36), starts the first of two sold-out Public Hall shows with ‘That’s All Right,’ as PD rock reporter Jane Scott writes the next day, “Sixteen songs and 60 minutes later, the man who put the roll into rock, the man who has sold for more records than anyone in the history of recorded sound, is still the king.” ($5, $7.50, $10), 1971

1976 / REVIEW NOTES [Patti Smith / Queen / David Bowie / Joe Cocker / Wild Cherry / The Monkees / Runaways / Elton John / Neil Diamond / Southside Johnny / Boston]

1/26 While downstairs, Jimmy Ley & his Coosa River Band rock the Mistake both nights, making her first trip here, Patti Smith opens the first of two soldout nights with Tom Rapp at the Agora on E. 24th (Jane Scott calls her “the bad girl of rock ‘n’ roll.” Patti tells Jane after the show, “I felt like I was home.”- John Cale plays bass the 27th), 1976

2/14 Cruising to soldout Public Hall, it’s ‘A Night at the Opera’ with Freddie Mercury & ‘Queen’ (Jane Scott calls it, “The most exciting show of the year so far” - $5.50), 1976

2/20 “Cat Stevens proved to be a real tiger last night,” writes Jane Scott, after the bearded Englishman and his backup band play to 16,000 at the Coliseum ($5.50-$7.50), 1976

2/27 After cruising in a silver/black interior ‘73 Camaro Z-28 w/auto, spoiler, factory mags ($3,188), to dine at Diamond Jim’s in the Flats (buy one-get one dinner); next stop is singing ‘Suffragette 6

City’ with David Bowie at Public Hall (Jane Scott writes, “...he was not only better than ever. He was brilliant”- encore ‘Jean Genie’- $6.50-$8.50), 1976

4/23 After cruising tonight in a gold/saddle interior ‘73 Pontiac Firebird w/V-8 ($3,195-Miller Pontiac), to see Jesse Colin Young & ‘Pure Prairie League’ at John Carroll ($5.50); tomorrow, WMMS-FM’s free ‘Woodsmoke’ Appreciation Day attracts over 50,000 who fought wind & rain to rock with Pure Prairie League, Angel, Sammy Hagar (w/Quick, Church, Carmassi), the Michael Stanley Band, & Joe Cocker with Stingray at Edgewater Park (Jane Scott notes Cocker sat drinking beer before his act), 1976

6/6 Cruising to the Agora on a WMMS Monday Night out, the ‘New York Dolls’ rock the house, with ‘Wild Cherry’ (Beitle, Bassett, Wentz, Parissi, Avsec), opening the night (Jane Scott notes, “Wild Cherry got a fine reaction at the Agora Monday night”), 1976

6/12 “Two encores later, the band still didn’t want to leave,” writes the PD’s Jane Scott after Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, Bobby Hart & Tommy Boyce bring their ‘Golden Hits of the Monkees Show’ to a packed house at the Cleveland Agora on the 10th, where “for 90 minutes Thursday night at the Agora the old Monkee magic came back,” 1976

7/18 Making Cleveland the first stop on their first major tour, after rocking Cyrus Erie West with Rapscallion (Zendel, Bem, Marquez, Linx), last night (packed to the walls- $3.50); the ‘Runaways’ (Lita Ford, Jackie Fox, Sandy West, Cherie Currie, Joan Jett), & the Don Harrison band play the 19th to over 900 at the Agora with two shows, 13 songs each & 4 encores (Jane Scott writes “They’re pink dynamite”-$3.50-$4.50), 1976

8/3 After Elton John rocks the second of two soldout concerts at the Coliseum last night with Kiki Dee ($8.75); tonight, the Coliseum rocks at 7:30 p.m. with Jethro Tull & John Miles ($6) (Jane Scott writes, “You just can’t beat Elton John in living color”), 1976

8/6 After reading Jane Scott’s Wild Cherry update noting its LP is 28th on Billboard’s top 200, & Mark Avsec has joined the group; at the Coliseum, 18,000 spend the night with Neil Diamond (Scott notes, “Diamond was back, and better than ever”-$12.50), 1976

9/13 As J. P. Snodgrass offers ‘I Don’t Care’ & Artful Dodger’s ‘Honor Among Thieves’ for $3.99 (LP); after Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes play tonight’s WMMS Monday Night Out at the Agora with Ian Matthews (Johnny tells Jane Scott, “I like Cleveland, always have”); next Monday, it’s Artful Dodger with ‘Widowmaker’ ($3.50 each), 1976

9/27 Cruising in a gold-parchment vinyl roof ‘73 Plymouth Satellite Sebring 2-dr. hardtop w/auto, AC, power steering ($2,495-Bard-Pelunis), ‘Boston,’ “a new band with a big future,” headlines the Agora ($3.50); and appears live for autographs tomorrow at area Record Theatre stores (‘Boston’ LP $3.99 - Jane Scott notes, “the sellout crowd brought them back for two encores and pounded the floor for more”), 1976

1981 / REVIEW NOTES [Donnie Iris / U2 / Souvenir / Bob Marley / Jefferson Starship / Chuck Berry / the Tubes / Bruce Springsteen / Journey / Peter Frampton / Denny Sanders]

2/16 Rockin’ the house with ‘Ah! Leah!,’ Donnie Iris & the Cruisers (Marty Lee Hoenes, Albritton McLain, Kevin Valentine, Mark Avsec), play to a soldout Agora (broadcast live by WMMS-FM), with Norman Nardini & the Tigers (Jane Scott calls Donnie, “a light-hearted tornado on stage”- Ah! Leah! No. 31 on Billboard’s Top 100), 1981

4/18 Cruising to the Agora, Souvenir rocks the house tonight; while April 20th, Irish rockers U2 play the Agora on their first U.S. tour (Boy tour), with Bitch from Chicago (Jane Scott notes: “U2’s melodic but hard rock received a hot response at the Agora”), 1981

5/1 While “Souvenir did bang-up sets,” reports Jane Scott, at the grand opening of Jeff & Flash’s Monopolies in Lorain (lines halfway down the block); cruising to the Coliseum, ‘Judas Priest’ rocks the house with opening act ‘Savoy Brown’ ($8-$9), 1981

5/14 “For millions of reggae lovers around the world, the king is dead,” writes the PD’s Jane Scott upon the death of Wailers lead singer Bob Marley on the 11th at age 36, 1981

6/22 Cruising in a fully restored split-window 327 4-spd. ‘63 Corvette Coupe for ‘Put-In-Bay,’ Pat Dailey’s hit from ‘Whiskey Morning’ at Tommy Edward’s Record Heaven on Fulton; next, Blossom hosts Grace Slick, Jefferson Starship & .38 Special ($10) (Jane Scott writes, “the Starship seven-pack made almost a perfect landing”), 1981

6/29 “The place resembled a rock love-in,’ writes the PD’s Jane Scott, after Chuck Berry plays the Akron Agora (the ‘News’ opens- $6.50), 1981 (rewrote entry)

7/18 What do you want from life? Belkin Productions brings ‘The Tubes’ to the Coliseum with ‘Franke & the Knockouts’ (Jane Scott notes “Quay Lude has gone preppy”), 1981

7/31 “Bruce Springsteen is still the boss, He proved it far into the evening Wednesday night at the Coliseum,” writes the Plain Dealer’s Jane Scott, after Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band play the 1st of two nights before 18,900, including Michael Stanley, 1981

8/31 Opening a 2-night stand in their Blossom debut, ‘Journey’ rocks 18,322 with a 2-hour, 20-song set (“Steve Perry was dynamite,” notes Jane Scott-Point Blank opens), 1981

9/8 Though tomorrow’s concert wasn’t a sellout, Jane Scott later writes, “But an exuberant Peter Frampton came on the Music Hall stage Wednesday night, and gave the best concert he has ever given here.,” as the 31-year-old Englishman ‘comes alive’ at the smaller venue prompting encores, with ‘Lucky Pierre’ as the opening act, 1981

12/16 Celebrating 10 years at WMMS, Denny Sanders tells Jane Scott, “per capita, we (Cleveland) sell more records than anywhere else,” picking the ‘Hi-Fi’s,’ ‘Lucky Pierre,’ ‘Generators,’ ‘Human Switchboard’ & ‘Wild Giraffes’ as groups to watch, 1981

1986 / REVIEW NOTES [Cleveland / the Motion / Grateful Dead / Bob Dylan / Bob Seger / INXS / Steve Winwood / WNCX-FM]

4/11 “‘Cleveland Rocks,’ the song they kicked off with was their finale song,” writes Jane Scott after ‘Cleveland’ (Polly, Peter & Michael Zaremba, John Burkett, Roger Reddy, Rich Chellemi), breaks the Guinness rock marathon record at the Rascal House, 1986

5/13 While Michael J. Fox and crew are in town filming ‘Just Around the Corner to the Light of Day,’ Jane Scott writes, “The Motion returned from Chicago three days later,” after the group shot scenes for the upcoming movie as the ‘Flashnites,’ 1986

7/3 Cruising to the Akron Rubber Bowl yesterday in a restored silver & burgundy-burgundy interior ‘59 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud 1 ($50,000), reserved seats were $20 as 35,000 joined rockers Bob Dylan; the Grateful Dead (Weir, Garcia, Lesh, Hart, Mydland, Kreutzman), & Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (Jane Scott notes it was, “the first time ever,” as Dylan sings ‘Don’t Think Twice’ with the Grateful Dead band), 1986

8/4 “This was one whopper of a rock ‘n’ roll party,” writes Jane Scott, after 18,500 see Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band play the 1st of 2 Blossom shows (soldout in 1 hr.), 1986

8/7 “INXS is heading for the top,” notes Jane Scott, after the Aussie sextet and the Del Fuegos play Blossom yesterday as WMMS-FM’s 6th Appreciation Day concert, 1986

9/18 After 10,000 see Jimmy Cliff open at Blossom last night for Traffic alum Steve Winwood during his first solo U.S. tour (Jane Scott writes, “By ‘Higher Love’ he was sizzling”- $13); tonight, Blossom offers John Fogerty & Bonnie Raitt ($15-$11), 1986

10/22 “We’re putting in 15-hour days trying to beat the clock,” Operations Manager John Gorman tells Jane Scott, as WNCX-FM/98.5 hits the air with Paul Tapie 6-10, Bernie Kimble 10-2; Denny Sanders 2-6; Spaceman Scott 6-10 & Nancy Alden 10-2 a.m., 1986

1991 / REVIEW NOTES [Paul Simon / Henry LoConti-Agora / Lollapalooza Festival / Van Halen / America-Odd Girl Out / Pearl Jam / Smashing Pumpkins / Zaza]

3/20 “His earliest song, the 1964 ‘Sounds of Silence,’ was his closing one,” writes Jane Scott, after Paul Simon & his 16-piece band play to 10,000 at the Coliseum ($25.50), 1991

4/19 “The first band at the Agora was ‘Selective Service’ (Allega, Castelli, Khan, Kalish, Gruden),” owner Henry LoConti tells Plain Dealer reporter Jane Scott, as the Agora, now the Cleveland Agora Theatre & Ballroom at 5000 Euclid, celebrates 25 years, 1991

8/5 The sold-out ‘Lollapalooza Festival’ at Blossom Music Center was, “the most exciting and Ice-T, Siouxsie & the Banshees, the Henry Rollins Band, Nine Inch Nails, Living Colour and Butthole Surfers star at the all-day alt rock fest ($25), 1991

8/20 Van Halen with Sammy Hagar rocks Blossom tomorrow with heavy metal opener ‘Alice in Chains’ (Jane Scott writes, “Van Halen is better than ever”- $22.50), 1991

9/15 After watching coach Bill Belichick’s Cleveland Browns (2-1), beat the Cincinnati Bengals, 14-13, before 78,269 at the Stadium on Matt Stover’s 4 field goals, the last a 45-yarder with 4 seconds left capping a 60-yard drive by QB Bernie Kosar; ‘Odd Girl Out’ opens for ‘America’ at the Agora Theatre (loge seats $16) - (Jane Scott reports America invited Odd Girl Out to join their encore ‘A Horse with No Name’), 1991

10/26 Cruising tonight to soldout Music Hall, it’s the ‘Red Hot Chili Peppers,’ with ‘Pearl Jam’ & the ‘Smashing Pumpkins’ (“Both are bands to watch,” reports Jane Scott), 1991

11/21 Regarded as the dean of American rock writers and critics, Plain Dealer reporter Jane Scott, who covered the Beatles here in 1964, is inducted into the Press Club of Cleveland’s Journalism Hall of Fame with former PD sports editor Hal Lebovitz, 1991

11/27 As the Empire hosts a double treat tonight with local rockers ‘Zaza’ (Liptak, Dennis, Sche, Zaza, Stick E), & the ‘Atomic Punks’ (Jane Scott calls Zaza “a sizzler”-$6); Peabody’s DownUnder hosts the 17th annual Peanuts All-Star Jam with ‘Sweetleaf ’ (Ron Latare, Cy Sulak, Mike Solarz, Bruce Kowalski, Bill Fillipi), as host band, 1991

2011 / DEATH-ROCK HALL TRIBUTE / 7/4 On her 80th birthday, Glen Frey of the Eagles stated she never met a band she didn’t like, as PD rock music critic Jane Scott is remembered upon her death at age 92, 2011

8/28 “It was quite an affair,” the PD’s Michael Heaton later writes, after nearly 900 friends including Wally Bryson & Hank LoConti, Sr. attend a tribute at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for PD rock reporter Jane Scott, who died July 4th at age 92 (PD Pop Music Critic John Soeder sports an ‘Induct Jane’ T-shirt - ‘Beau Coup’ plays ‘Jane’), 2011

ANASTASIA PANTSIOS / (1976-2011)

8/17 “It was surprising to see what an enormous response they got from the laid-back Loggins & Messina crowd,” writes Anastasia Pantsios for the PD, after the Michael Stanley Band opens for the duo at Blossom ($4-$5) (last show before breakup), 1976

8/27 “The club’s first concert, with the Buckinghams, was back in 1967,” notes Anastasia Pantsios in the PD’s ‘Rock Beat,’ as the Agora celebrates its 10th anniversary, 1976

12/5 Cruising tonight to the Palace Theatre, Q-104FM’s ‘Jingle Bell Ball’ rocks the house with the Cranberries, The Calling and Jeffrey Gaines (Anastasia Pantsios notes in the PD, “petite singer Dolores O'Riordan looked every bit the star”- 11-song set), 2001

2/27 While watching Crystal Dawn at the Agora, in the lobby you’ll find 80 rock photos by nationally known local photographers Janet Macoska, & Anastasia Pantsios, 1981 9

3/1 Upon the passing yesterday of former Cleveland radio executive Carl Hirsch at age 64, former WMMS-FM program director John Gorman tells Anastasia Pantsios for the PD, “He just said, go out and do something that hasn’t been done before,” 2011

SECTION 4 / ARTISTS FEATURED BY YEAR /

OLDEST ENTRY: 1851 / JENNY LIND / “You might study a musical dictionary for 6 months & fail to describe the fascination of her melody,” as 1,125 see Swedish songstress Jenny Lind at Kelly’s Hall ($1-$3), 1851

1936 / LEONA (LENA) HORNE / As the Hanna offers the Langston Hughes play ‘Mulatto;’ the Palace hosts the local debut of Central High-grad Noble Sissle & his Savoy Stompers, with Pops & Louie, Billy Banks, & Leona (Lena) Horne (on screen is ‘Ramona’ in new ‘Technicolor’), 1936

FEATURED WOMEN IN MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 1951 / Josephine Baker / Dorothy Donegan / Dolores Hawkins / Billie Holiday / Abbe Lane / Velma Middleton / Miss Patti Paige / Debbie Reynolds / Annie Lou (Stockard) / Mary Lou Williams Trio

FEATURED WOMEN IN MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 1956 / June Anthony / La Vern Baker / Wilma Lee (Cooper) / Ella Fitzgerald / Connie Francis / Jutta Hipp / Linda Hopkins / Billie Holiday / Ella Johnson / Ramona (Jones) / Nellie Lutcher / Gloria Mann / Shelly Manne / Marvelites / Anita O’Day / Beverly Palmer / Lois Powell / Della Reese / Eileen Rodgers / Beverly Sills / Jeri Southern / Martha Tilton / Tracey Twins (Eunice/Eudice) / Sarah Vaughan / Dinah Washington / Rita Faye (Wilson) / Jerri Winters

FEATURED WOMEN OF MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 1961 / Andrea Carroll / Betty Carter / Ellie Frankel trio / Judy Garland / Lena Horne / Gladys Knight / the Raelets / Shirley Scott / Dodie Stevens

FEATURED WOMEN OF MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 1966 / LOCAL ARTISTS: December’s Children (Janet Belpulsi, Alice Popovich) /

NATIONAL ARTISTS: Mama Cass (Mamas & the Papas) / Cher / Judy Collins / Helen Ferguson / Aretha Franklin / Leslie Gore / Etta James / Joan Kent / Patti LaBelle & the Bluebells / Gloria Lynne / Marvelettes / Nico / Michelle Phillips (Mamas & the Papas) / Ronettes / Shangri-Las / Nina Simone / April Stevens / the Supremes / Tammy Terrell / Tina Turner / T. V. Mama / Sarah Vaughan / Velvelettes / Dione Warwick / Mary Wells

FEATURED WOMEN OF MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 1971 / LOCAL ARTISTS: Julie Heimann /

NATIONAL ARTISTS: Joan Baez / Cher / Judy Collins / Fanny / Ella Fitzgerald / Roberta Flack / Aretha Franklin / LaBelle / Melanie / Tracy Nelson / Laura Nyro / Odetta / Priscilla / Judee Sill / The Supremes

FEATURED WOMEN OF MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 1976 / LOCAL ARTISTS: Lynn Haney / Pam Moore / Beverly Sills /

NATIONAL ARTISTS: Karen Carpenter / June Carter / Natalie Cole / Jessi Colter / Kiki Dee / Emmylou Harris / Heart / Chaka Khan / Loretta Lynn / Bette Midler / Joni Mitchell / Melba Moore / Tracy Nelson / Laura Nyro / Dolly Parton / Linda Ronstadt / Runaways (Lita Ford, Jackie Fox, Sandy West, Cherie Currie, Joan Jett) / Buffy Sainte-Marie / Grace Slick (Jefferson Starship) / Patti Smith / Phoebe Snow / Candi Staton / Sarah Vaughan / Dionne Warwick

FEATURED WOMEN OF MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 1981 / 10

LOCAL ARTISTS: Patty Donahue / Chrissie Hynde / Becky Boyd (with Slick) / Mimi Hart (with the Bopcats) / Cindy MacKay / Tracy Wormworth

NATIONAL ARTISTS: Pat Benatar / Rosanne Cash / Ellen Foley / Go-Go’s / Etta James / Joan Jett / Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King / Peggy Lee / Ellen McIlwaine / Linda Ronstadt / Grace Slick / Donna Summer / Wendy O. Williams

FEATURED WOMEN OF MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 1986 / LOCAL ARTISTS: Polly Zaremba / Nancy Simone / Toni Huff / Lipstick / Kim Kristen /

NATIONAL ARTISTS: American Girls / Joan Armatrading / Anita Baker / Pat Benatar / Belinda Carlisle / Charlotte Caffey / Natalie Cole / Ella Fitzgerald / Aretha Franklin / Amy Grant / Heart / Whitney Houston / Patti LaBelle / Cyndi Lauper / Annie Lennox / Stevie Nicks / Melissa Morgan / Pointer Sisters / Bonnie Raitt / Sheila E. / Sylvia

FEATURED WOMEN OF MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 1991 / LOCAL ARTISTS: Becky Boyd / Mary Martin / Maura O’Connell / Odd Girl Out (Anne DeChant, Victoria Fliegel, Alexis Antes) / Sasha /

NATIONAL ARTISTS: the Angels / Natalie Cole / Gloria Estefan / Susanna Hoffs / Whitney Houston / Indigo Girls / Florence LaRue / Bonnie Raitt / Reba McEntire / Martha Reeves / Marilyn McCoo / Diana Ross / Shirelles / Siouxsie Sioux / Chrissy Steele

FEATURED WOMEN OF MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 1996 / LOCAL ARTISTS: Tara Marie O’Malley / Patty Donahue (Waitresses) / Anne E. DeChant / Debbie Nims /

NATIONAL ARTISTS: Joan Baez / Lisa Battle / Tori Amos / Pat Benatar / Angela Winbush / Gwen Stefani / Linda Ronstadt / Alanis Morissette / Amiee Mann / Natalie Merchant / Judy Mowatt / Joan Jett / Faith Hill / Jewel / Deborah Harry / Melissa Ethridge / Celine Dion / Paula Cole / Poe

FEATURED WOMEN OF MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 2001 / LOCAL ARTISTS: Becky Boyd / Laura Rossilli /

NATIONAL ARTISTS: Rosemary Clooney / Judy Collins / Shawn Colvin / Jackie DeShannon / Crystal Gayle / Go-Go’s / Leslie Gore / Amy Grant / Janis Ian / Janet Jackson / Joan Jett / k. d. Lang / Natalie Merchant / Debelah Morgan / Stevie Nicks / Dolores O'Riordan / Pointer Sisters / Britney Spears

FEATURED WOMEN OF MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 2006 / LOCAL ARTISTS: Mary Bridget Davies Group / Kristine Jackson / Chrissie Hynde / Monica Robins (BFD Blues Band) /

NATIONAL ARTISTS: Cheetah Girls / Goo-Goo Dolls / Patty Griffin / Vanessa Anne Hudgens / Joan Jett / Alexa Ray Joel / Odetta / Pink / Miss Alex White / Wailin’ Jennys / Jody Whatley / Mary Wilson / Liz Wright

FEATURED WOMEN OF MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 2011 / LOCAL ARTISTS: Jill Andrews / Rachel Brown / Anne Cochran / Tracey Marie / Victoria Shaw / Tracy Silverman / Kate Voegele

NATIONAL ARTISTS: Chaka Khan / Wanda Jackson / Cyndi Lauper / Darlene Love / Marina Diamandis / Nicki Minaj / Katy Perry / Sade / Jordin Sparks / Britney Spears / Mavis Staples / Taylor Swift

FEATURED WOMEN OF MUSIC FEATURED HERE IN 2016 / LOCAL ARTISTS: Becky Boyd / Margaret Brouwer / Rachel Brown / Diana Chittester / Mary Bridget Davies / Chrissie Hynde / Debbie Lewin / Claudia Miller / ‘Sisters in Song’ (Becky Boyd, Kristine Jackson, Rachel Brown, Emma Shook) / Marina Strah / Tracey Thomas / Kate Voegele /

NATIONAL ARTISTS: Joan Baez / Pat Benatar / Rosanne Cash / Brandy Clark / Dixie Chicks / Diana Krall / Grace Potter / Gabrielle Ross / Carrie Underwood

SECTION 5 / FEATURED WOMEN IN THEATER/CINEMA /

Ohio-native Doris Day live at World Premiere of ‘Julie’ / Cleveland-native Eleanor Parker live at World Premiere of ‘A Millionaire for Christy,’ Lillian Walker (live) / Hope Hampton (live) / Ruth Roland (live) / Marguerite Marsh (live) / Mary Pickford in ‘The Love Light’ / Vera Gordon in ‘The Greatest Love’ / Constance Tallmadge in ‘Dangerous Business’ / Mae Murray (live) / Theda Bara (live) / Pola Negri in ‘Gypsy Blood’ / Agnes Ayres in ‘The Shiek’ / Joan Crawford in ‘The Gorgeous Hussy’ / Bette Davis in ‘The Little Foxes’ / Lauren Bacall in ‘The Big Sleep’/ Ingrid Bergman in ‘Notorious’ / Rhonda Fleming in ‘Cry Dangerous’ / Donna Reed (live) in ‘Saturday’s Hero’ / Lucille Ball (live) in ‘Forever Darling’ / Kim Novak (live) in ‘Picnic’ / Joan Crawford in ‘Autumn Leaves’ / Liz Taylor in ‘Giant’ / Debbie Reynolds in ‘Bundle of Joy’ / Connie Francis in ‘When the Boys Meet the Girls’ / Raquel Welsh in ‘Fantastic Voyage’ / Annette Funicello in ‘Fireball 500’ / Shelly Fabares in ‘Spinout’ / Jane Fonda in ‘Klute’ / Jennifer O’Neill in ‘Summer of ’42’ / Bo Derek in ‘Tarzan the Ape Man’ / Julia Roberts in ‘Sleeping with the Enemy’ / Meg Ryan in ‘The Doors’ / Janet Leigh in ‘Psycho’ / Calista Flockhart in ‘Telling Lies in America’ / Jodie Foster in ‘Silence of the Lambs’

FEATURED WOMEN IN LIVE THEATRE /

Sarah Bernhardt (farewell tour 1906) / Ruth Chatterton in ‘Mary Rose’ at the Ohio Theatre / Mae West in ‘Come on Up’ at the Hanna / Jeannete McDonald in ‘The Guardsman’ at the Hanna / Olivia De Havilland in ‘Romeo & Juliet’ at the Hanna /

SECTION 6 / FEATURED WOMEN IN RADIO / TV / THE PRESS /

Dorothy Fuldheim / Ravenna Miceli / Ruby Cheeks / Dorothy Fuldheim / Betty Korvan / Paige Palmer / Miss Barbara / Nancy Gallagher / Patricia Heaton / Molly Shannon / Tracey Carroll / Robin Benzle / Erin Weber / Stephanie Powers (The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.) / Dinah Shore (Dinah Shore Show) /