(Billboard Magazine)
(San Francisco Examiner)
(Bruce Callahan, United Airlines)
(Casey Kasem - “American Top 40”)
BEACH PARTY CLASSIC ROCK CONCERT BLACK TIE EVENT
HIGHLIGHTS
Two GOLD RECORD awards; Nine charted singles, albums and EP’s; GRAMMY AWARD nomination; Toured with and backed up Jan & Dean throughout the 70’s; Recorded and performed with members of the Beach Boys in the 80’s & 90's; Appearances on every major TV music and variety show; Appearance in, and soundtrack album for CBS-TV movie “Deadman’s Curve”; Performed at Disneyland as the “Celebrity House Band” for 15 years (1975-90); Performed at 8 Super Bowls, 2 inaugurations, 2 World’s Fairs, and 2 Olympics;
Papa with Mike Love Papa with Jan & Dean Papa with Brian Wilson
PAPA DOO RUN RUN has been performing continuously for 4 decades, averaging over 100 dates a year, worldwide! Their repertoire covers all the FEEL GOOD, CLASSIC ROCK of the 60’s & 70’s, with a special emphasis on CALIFORNIA ROCK & ROLL - and their award winning re-creation of the hits of the BEACH BOYS.
PAPA’s show is time tested and power packed with all the harmony, punch, and personality that’s guaranteed to have everyone in the place singing along, dancing in the aisles, and having the time of their lives.
"…lovingly crafty reproductions of the mid 60’s California Sound…" Billboard Magazine.
"…a smashing success…the memory of a lifetime." Barnet Lipton, Radio City Music Hall Productions, Producer Coca Cola Centennial.
"…your constant excellence and high quality of performance…" Sonny Anderson, Director of Talent Booking, Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
BIOGRAPHY
The year was 1965. The air was clean, music refreshingly innocent, and in Cupertino California, a small, pre-Silicon Valley town just south of San Francisco near Santa Cruz, 4 high school buddies got together to form a garage band. This was not just any garage band - this band was special. They would succeed where others would fail - they would continue where others would die off. They had a focus where other bands just rambled. They wore suits! (and this was the 60’s). They believed that "good enough" never was. PAPA DOO RUN RUN (their name derived from the background line of Jan & Dean's New Girl in School), established a solid performance schedule, playing as many as 200 1965 dates a year, worldwide.
After meeting limited success with a few recording ventures in the 60's and early 70's, PAPA DOO RUN RUN caught the big wave with Be True To Your School (1975, RCA), produced by their friend Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys. That single cracked the Billboard Top 40 chart, and hit No. 1 in California, earning them "KAHUNA" status among the veteran surf legends of the day. The flip side was a song called Disney Girls, which opened the door for what was to become an unprecedented 15 year run at 1975 Disneyland, as the "celebrity house band" (1975-90).
Be True... was followed by a string of singles and EP's, all of which received a respectable amount of airplay. PAPA DOO RUN RUN's most significant recording accolade is a GOLD RECORD award and a GRAMMY nomination for their California Project CD (1985, Telarc Records). Since that time, PAPA has released 6 other CDs, including their critically acclaimed, all original album Santa Cruz (2001, Blue Pacific Records).
In the early 70’s PAPA met Jan & Dean (who had stopped 1981 performing in 1966 because of Jan’s debilitating car accident) and convinced the duo to get back together. After a series of very successful “trial concerts”, came 5 years of nationwide tours, a CBS-TV movie (Deadman’s Curve ) and soundtrack album. In the early 80s PAPA left Jan & Dean and, for the next 2 decades, toured and recorded with members 1988 of the Beach Boys.
PAPA DOO RUN RUN has also appeared in concert with such luminaries as Roy Orbison, Fleetwood Mac, Kenny Loggins, Chicago, Jimmy Buffett, and a zillion other huge names. Their most notable performances include two Olympics, eight Super Bowls, and two Inaugurations. In 1988, PAPA was dubbed "CALIFORNIA'S BAND" by California's Governor Dukmejian.
PAPA DOO RUN RUN’s lineup today includes: Don Zirilli - keyboards and vocals, Jim Rush - bass and vocals, (both of whom are original members since 1965); Adrian Baker - guitar and vocals, who for 20 years was a member of the Beach Boys, and prior to 1998 that was with Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons; Bobby “G” Gothar - guitar and vocals, who has performed with Merle Haggard, and Charlie Daniels; studio drummer Bo Fox, who throughout the 80’s toured with Jimmy Buffett and the Eagles; and (when he’s not touring with Brian Wilson), Jeffrey Foskett - lead vocalist and guitarist for the Beach Boys from 1980-90. 2007
SONGS
SIXTIES-SURF MORE CLASSIC ROCK
BARBARA ANN BEACH BOYS DAY TRIPPER BEATLES BE TRUE TO SCHOOL PAPA DOO RUN RUN DEVIL W/BLUE DRESS MITCH RIDER CALIFORNIA GIRLS BEACH BOYS DO WAH DITTY MANFRED MAN DANCE DANCE DANCE BEACH BOYS EVIL WAYS SANTANA DO IT AGAIN BEACH BOYS GET READY RARE EARTH DON'T WORRY BABY BEACH BOYS GET TOGETHER YOUNGBLOODS DO YOU WANNA DANCE BEACH BOYS GIMME SOME LOVIN SPENCER DAVIS FUN FUN FUN BEACH BOYS GOOD LOVIN' RASCALS GOD ONLY KNOWS BEACH BOYS GREEN ONIONS BOOKER T & MGs GOOD VIBRATIONS BEACH BOYS I FEEL FINE BEATLES HELP ME RHONDA BEACH BOYS I FOUGHT THE LAW BOBBY FULLER 4 I GET AROUND BEACH BOYS I SAW HER STANDING BEATLES KOKOMO BEACH BOYS HONKY TONK WOMEN ROLLING STONES LITTLE DEUCE COUPE BEACH BOYS JAILHOUSE ROCK ELVIS PRESLEY LITTLE HONDA HONDELS JOHNNY B. GOOD CHUCK BERRY MISERLOU DICK DALE JUMPIN JACK FLASH ROLLING STONES PIPELINE CHANTAYS LA BAMBA RICHIE VALENS ROCK & ROLL MUSIC BEACH BOYS LAST TIME ROLLING STONES SHUT DOWN BEACH BOYS LIGHT MY FIRE DOORS SLEEP WALK SANTO & JOHNNY LONG TALL SALLY BEATLES SLOOP JOHN B. BEACH BOYS LOUIE LOUIE KINGSMEN SURFER GIRL BEACH BOYS MARGARITAVILLE JIMMY BUFFETT SURFER JOE SURFARIS MONY MONY TOMMY JAMES SURFIN SAFARI BEACH BOYS MUSTANG SALLY WILSON PICKETT SURFIN USA BEACH BOYS NOBODY BUT ME HUMAN BEINZ WALK DON'T RUN VENTURES PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC WILD CHERRY WENDY BEACH BOYS PRETTY WOMAN ROY ORBISON WIPE OUT SURFARIS PROUD MARY CREEDENCE WOULDN'T IT BE NICE BEACH BOYS ROCK & ROLL MUSIC CHUCK BERRY 409 BEACH BOYS ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN BEATLES SATISFACTION ROLLING STONES CLASSIC ROCK SEA CRUISE FRANKIE FORD
60'S / 70'S / 80'S SHERRY FRANKIE VALLE SHOUT ISLEY BROTHERS MOWTOWN / DISCO SMOKE ON THE WATER DEEP PURPLE SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL GRAND FUNK SOMETHING ON THE ORDER PAPA DOO RUN RUN ALREADY GONE EAGLES SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE CREAM ALRIGHT NOW FREE SUMMERTIME BLUES THE WHO AMERICAN BAND GRAND FUNK RAILROAD SWEET HOME ALABAMA LEONARD SKINARD BOOM BOOM ANIMALS TAMBOURINE MAN THE BYRDS BORN TO BE WILD STEPPENWOLF THE STROLL THE DIAMONDS BROWN EYED GIRL VAN MORRISON TUSH ZZ TOP BROWN SUGAR ROLLING STONES TWIST & SHOUT BEATLES CATCH THE WIND DONOVAN WALK LIKE A MAN FRANKIE VALLE CHINA GROVE DOOBIE BROTHERS WHITER SHADE OF PALE PROCUL HAREM CROSSROADS CREAM WOOLLY BULLY SAM THE SHAM CRYIN' ROY ORBISON YOU REALLY GOT ME KINKS
PLUS ABOUT 200 MORE THAT WE ROTATE IN AND OUT.
CLIENTS
A FEW OF PAPA’S FORTUNE 500 SPECIAL CORPORATE CLIENTS EVENTS ACE AWARDS AARP KELLOGG AMERICA'S CUP (6X) ABC-TV LEVI STRAUSS & CO DISNEYLAND (15 YEARS AS ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE "HOUSE BAND" - 1975-90) (AMD) LONG BEACH SYMPHONY FDN. EXPO '86, VANCOUVER ALAMO RENT A CAR LOUIS VUITTON EXPO' 88, AUSTRALIA ALLIED DUNBAR MASTERCARD GOVERNOR WILSON'S INAUGURAL AMERICAN AIRLINES MERRILL LYNCH HANDS ACROSS AMERICA AMERICAN ASSN OF TRIAL MICROSOFT 100's OF COLLEGE CONCERTS LAWYERS MITSUBISHI 100's OF STATE & COUNTY FAIRS AMERICAN EXPRESS MOTOROLA MARDI GRAS ENDYMION AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSN OLYMPICS, 1984 (5 events) AMER. PHARMACEUTICAL ASSN NATIONAL CABLE TV ASSN PRESIDENT BUSH'S AMERICAN STEAMSHIP LINES NBC-TV INAUGURAL BALL AMERITECH INFORMATION NCR CORPORATION PRO BOWL XXV SYSTEMS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE RENO'S HOT AUGUST NIGHTS APPLE COMPUTER NFL SUPER BOWL IXX APPLE INTERNATIONAL NIKE SUPER BOWL XXI AT&T NISSAN SUPER BOWL XXIII BANDAG NORWEST FINANCIAL SUPER BOWL XXV BELL SOUTH NYNEX SUPER BOWL XXVII BMW OF NORTH AMERICA OLDSMOBILE SUPER BOWL XXX BORLAND ORACLE SUPER BOWL XXXII CADILLAC ORTHO-McNEIL SUPER BOWL XXXIV CALIFORNIA TRUCKING ASSN PARAMOUNT PICTURES SUPER BOWL XXXVII CBS-TV PIONEER TOURED WITH JAN & DEAN 1976-80 CIGNA LIFE PITNEY BOWES TOURED WITH MEMBERS OF THE CITIBANK CORPORATION POLAROID BEACH BOYS 1980-99 COCA COLA PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES
DEL MONTE FOODS ROCHE PHARMACEUTICALS DELOIT & TOUCHE SECURITY PACIFIC BANK TELEVISION APPEARANCES DELTA AIRLINES SHARP ELECTRONICS DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP SHEARSON-LEHMAN BEHIND THE MUSIC – VH1 EASTMAN KODAK SHELL OIL CO. DEADMAN'S CURVE (CBS TV MOVIE) FEDERAL EXPRESS SONY DINAH! GENERAL ELECTRIC SUBWAY SANDWICHES DISNEY EASTER SPECIAL GENERAL FOODS SUNKIST DON KIRSHNER'S ROCK CONCERT GENERAL MOTORS SUN MICROSYSTEMS EVENING/PM MAGAZINE GLAXO - WELLCOME SYSCO CORPORATION JAN & DEAN'S CALIFORNIA SPECIAL GMAC THE NEW ENGLAND JOHNNIE OTIS SHOW GROUP W COMMUNICATIONS INSURANCE CO L.A. 330 GTE TOYOTA MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW HARTFORD INSURANCE TRANSAMERICA CORPORATION SANTA CRUZ BOARDWALK'S HEWLETT PACKARD UNIDEN ELECTRONICS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION HOME DEPOT UNITED AIRLINES WOLFMAN JACK'S MIDNIGHT SPECIAL IBM WALT DISNEY COMPANY JANSPORT XEROX JOHNSON & JOHNSON YPO (YOUNG PRESIDENTS' ORG.)
BOOKING INFO
Papa Doo Run Run fees are date, location, and logistically dependent.
For date availability and costs, please contact:
The talent agent or event planner, who gave you this package.
In California, Arizona, and Nevada (when routing and logistics are favorable), PDRR will provide their own FULL SIZE sound system (coverage up to 25,000 sq ft), monitors, band gear, stage lighting, and crew for a nominal fee.
Elsewhere they will require:
Sound system appropriate for venue size, with at least 8 monitor mixes; Stage lighting appropriate for venue & stage size; 3 - Guitar amplifiers; 1 - Bass amplifier; 3 - Keyboards; 1 - 6 piece standard drum kit.
(See PDRR’s Technical Rider for specifics).
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