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Sandpipers will bring music welcome to ears of young and old
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SANDPIPERS WILL BRING MUSIC WELCOME TO EARS OF YOUNG AND OLD
Young, but already successful in the entertainment world, the Sandpipers will per
form in the University of Montana theater at 8:15 p.m. Saturday (May 20).
Sponsored by the Associated Students Program Council, the three young men comprising
the Sandpipers are a rarity in that they have been as well accepted by the older gener
ation as by the new generation. Tickets go on sale Monday (May 15) in the Lodge.
The trio performs "good" music, to which younger people can dance and listen, and
music which at the same time appeals, melodiqally and lyrically, to those no longer in
their teens.
"Guantanamera" was their first major record hit. They quickly proved their initial
success was no fluke by coming out with another big-selling single, "Louie, Louie",
which like its predecessor, offered a melody, lyrics and was performed well.
Despite the rapidity with which fame came, their success was far from freakish.
It was the result of many years of training.
The Sandpipers--Mike Piano, Jim Brady and Richard Shoff--as members of the Mitchell
Boys' Choir, appeared before both Pope Pius XII and John XXIII at St. Peter's Cathedral
in Rome, did a special concert for Princess Grace of Monaco, and toured most of Europe,
the Orient and the Philippines. They attribute their present achievements to their
training in the Choir.
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