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PLANNER PROJECT 2016... THE 60s!

EDITOR’S NOTE: Listed below are the venues, performers, media, events, and specialty items including automobiles (when possible), highlighting 1961 and 1966 in Planner Project 2016!

1961! 1961 / FEATURED AREA MUSICAL VENUES FROM 1961 / (17)

AREA JAZZ / BLUES VENUES / (4) Kornman’s Front Room / Leo’s Casino (4817 Central Ave.) / Theatrical Restaurant / Albert Anthony’s Welcome Inn

AREA POP CULTURE VENUES / (13) Herman Pirchner’s Alpine Village / Aragon Ballroom / Cleveland Arena / the Copa (1710 Euclid) / Euclid Beach (hosts Coca-Cola Day) / Four Provinces Ballroom (free records for all attendees) / Hickory Grill / Homestead Ballroom / Keith’s 105th / Music Hall / Sachsenheim Ballroom / Severance Hall / Yorktown Lanes (Teen Age Rock ‘n Bowl’ night)

1961 / FEATURED ARTISTS / MUSICAL GRPS. PERFORMING HERE IN 1961 / [Individuals: (36) / Grps.: (19)] [(-) NO. OF TIMES LISTED]

FEATURED JAZZ / BLUES ARTISTS PERFORMING HERE IN 1961 / (12)

Gene Ammons / Art Blakely & the Jazz Messengers / John Coltrane / Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison / Ramsey Lewis / Jimmy McPartland / Shirley Scott / Jimmy Smith / Sonny Stitt / Stanley Turrentine / Joe Williams / Teddy Wilson

POP CULTURE: FEATURED NORTHEAST OHIO / REGIONAL ARTISTS FROM 1961 / (6) Andrea Carroll / Ellie Frankel trio / Bobby Hanson’s Band / Dennis Warnock’s Combo / West Side Bandstand (with Jack Scott, Tom King & the Starfires)

FEATURED NATIONAL ARTISTS PERFORMING HERE IN 1961 / [Individuals: (16) / Groups: (14)]

Tony Bennett / Jerry Butler / Cab Calloway (with All-Star Revue) / Ray Charles (with the Raelets, Betty Carter) / Delta Rhythm Boys / Johnny Desmond / Les Elgart / Judy Garland / Buddy Greco / the Halos / Lena Horne (with her Nine O’Clock Revue) / Ink Spots / Kingston Trio / Gladys Knight & the Pips / Shep & the Limelites / Chad Mitchell Trio / Ricky Nelson Show (Ricky Nelson, Dodie Stevens, Visions, Bombers) / Gino Parks / the Temptations / Twisters / Bobby Vinton & his Orchestra

FEATURED ROCK HALL INDUCTEES PERFORMING HERE IN 1961 / (6) Chet Atkins, Ray Charles, Ink Spots, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Ricky Nelson, Temptations

FEATURED COUNTRY / COUNTRY ROCK / BLUEGRASS ARTISTS HERE IN 1961 / (1) Chet Atkins

FEATURED AREA POLKA ARTISTS FROM 1961 / (1) Kenny Bass

FEATURED AREA CULTURAL ARTISTS FROM 1961 / (2) Cleveland Orchestra (with Artur Rubenstein)

FEATURED WOMEN OF MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 1961 / (9) Andrea Carroll / Betty Carter / Ellie Frankel trio / Judy Garland / Lena Horne / Gladys Knight / the Raelets / Shirley Scott / Dodie Stevens

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FEATURED CLUB OWNERS / PROMOTERS FROM 1961 / (2)

Leo’s Casino (Leo Frank, Jules Berger)

1961 / FEATURED MEDIA FROM 1961 /

FEATURED AREA NEWSPAPERS (2) / REPORTERS (1)

Cleveland Plain Dealer (Glenn C. Pullen) / The Cleveland Press

RADIO LISTINGS FROM 1961 /

FEATURED AREA RADIO STATIONS / (3)

WERE-AM / WGAR-AM / WHK-AM

FEATURED AREA RADIO PERSONALITIES / (3) WERE-AM (Carl Reese) / WGAR-AM (Tom Armstrong) / WHK-AM (Johnny Holliday)

TELEVISION LISTINGS FROM 1961 /

FEATURED AREA TELEVISION STATIONS / (3)

KYW-TV3 / WEWS-TV5 / WJW-TV8

FEATURED AREA TELEVISION PROGRAMMING / [(Local: (2) / Network: (25)]

LOCAL: Dorothy Fuldheim’s 1 O’Clock Club / Quarterback Club / NETWORK: 77 Sunset Strip / Academy Awards with host Bob Hope / Jim Backus Show / Candid Camera / Cheyenne / Dennis the Menace / Flintstones / Dobie Gillis / Mike Hammer / Tab Hunter Show / Marshall Dillon / Lassie / Lawman / Maverick / Garry Moore / Paradise Adventure / Rawhide / The Rebel / Dinah Shore Chevy Show (guests Al Hirt, Fabian) / Red Skelton / Surfside 6 / Third Man / This Is Your Life / Twilight Zone (‘The Mirror’ episode with Peter Falk) / Loretta Young Show

FEATURED AREA TV PERSONALITIES: / [Local: (4) / Network: (3)]

LOCAL: WEWS-TV (Gene Carroll, Capt. Penny, Dorothy Fuldheim) / WKYC-TV (Mike Douglas) / NETWORK: Rt. 66 (Martin Milner, George Maharis, Robert Redford)

FEATURED AREA TELEVISION DEBUTS: / [Local: (1) / Network: (3)]

LOCAL: The Mike Douglas Show (Tony Bennett debut guest) / NETWORK: Car 54. Where Are You? / Dick Van Dyke Show / Wilbur & Mr. Ed

ROUTE 66 FILMING HERE / SEGMENT AIRS FILMED IN CLEVELAND:

Route 66 actors (Martin Milner, George Maharis) & crew here to film show segments / Route 66 ‘First Class Mouliak’ episode filmed in Cleveland airs with Robert Redford as ‘Janosh’

1961 / FEATURED ENTERTAINERS / AREA ENTERTAINMENT FROM 1961 /

FEATURED COMEDIANS / (3) Don Adams / Bob Newhart / Ronnie Schell

FEATURED HOLLYWOOD ARTISTS / (1) Jayne Mansfield (@ Giant Tiger Dept. store opening)

FEATURED AREA BURLESQUE (1) / BURLESQUE HOUSES / (1) Hope Diamond (@ Roxy Burlesk)

FEATURED AREA AMUSEMENT PARKS / (1) Euclid Beach (Coca-Cola Day – free admission)

FEATURED AREA MOVIES / ARTISTS FROM 1961 / (4)

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LOCAL DEBUT: ‘Gidget Goes Hawaiian’ (with Michael Callen IN PERSON) / LOCAL PREVIEW: ‘Blue Hawaii’ (starring Elvis Presley) / LOCAL SHOWINGS: ‘The Hustler’ (with Cleveland native Paul Newman as Fast Eddie) / ‘Psycho’ (@ Memphis Drive-In)

FEATURED AREA MOVIE HOUSES FROM 1961 / (3)

Hippodrome Theater / Palace Theatre (call Cherry 1-1600 for information) / Memphis Drive-In

FEATURED RECORDS / ARTISTS FROM 1961 / (36)

HIT SINGLES:

‘Apache’ (Jorgen Ingmann) / ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight’ (Elvis Presley) / ‘Big Bad John’ (Jimmy Dean) / ‘Blue Moon’ (the Marcels) / ‘Calendar Girl’ (Neil Sedaka) / ‘Crazy’ (Patsy Cline) / ‘Dedicated to the One I Love’ (the Shirelles) / ‘Don’t Worry’ (Marty Robbins) / ‘Goodbye Cruel World’ (Jimmy Darren) / ‘Good Time Baby’ (Bobby Rydell) / ‘Hello Mary Lou’ (Ricky Nelson) / ‘I Count the Tears’ (The Drifters) / ‘I Don’t Want to Cry’ (Chuck Jackson) / ‘Lazy River’ (Bobby Darin) / ‘Little Devil’ (Neil Sedaka) / ‘Mama Said’ (The Shirelles) / ‘100 Pounds of Clay;’ (Gene McDaniels) / ‘The Peppermint Twist’ (Joey Dee & the Starlighters) / ‘Please Love Me Forever’ (Cathy Jean & the Roommates) / ‘Pony Time’ (Chubby Checker) / ‘Ruby’ (Ray Charles) / ‘Runaround Sue’ (Dion) / ‘Runaway’ (Del Shannon) / ‘Run on Him’ (Bobby Vee) / ‘Shop Around’ (The Miracles) / ‘Some Kind of Wonderful’ (The Drifters) / ‘Spanish Harlem’ (Ben E. King) / ‘Surrender’ (Elvis Presley) / ‘The Twist’ (Chubby Checker) / ‘There’s a Moon Out Tonight’ (the Capris) / ‘‘Til’ (the Angels) / ‘Tonight’ (Eddie Fisher) / ‘Tonight I Fell in Love’ (The Tokens) / ‘Travelin’ Man’ ( Ricky Nelson) / ‘Up a Lazy River’ (Si Zenter) / ‘Wheels’ (String-A-Longs) / ‘Where the Boys Are’ (Connie Francis) / ‘Your One & Only Love’ (Jackie Wilson)

HIT ALBUMS / RECORD STORES:

Mitch Miller’s Holiday Sing-Along LPs (@ Discount Records) / Chubby Checker’s four ‘Twist’ LPs in mono (@ Higbee’s Dept. store)

1961 / FEATURED AREA SPECIALTY EVENTS FROM 1961 / (2)

CLEVELAND COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. PRESENTS RICKY NELSON: @ Cleveland Arena with Dodie Stevens (Pink Shoe Laces), Andrea Carroll & the ‘Visions’ ($2.25-$2.75)

COCA-COLA DAY @ EUCLID BEACH: Free admission, skydiver plunging 13 stories into an 8’ tank, 9 free rides with tickets found in Coke cartons, record hop in the ballroom with Chet Atkins, Andrea Carroll, the Visions, the Bombers

1961 / FEATURED SPECIALTY ITEMS FROM 1961 /

AIRLINE FLIGHTS / (1)

Eastern DC7B flight to Miami ($48.50)

AUTOMOBILES (4) [Found in weekly auto ads]

CHEVROLETS / (2) Black/red interior ‘57 Chevy convertible w/V8, whitewalls, power steering-brakes, auto ($1,195-LaRiche) Bronze-white top/bronze interior ‘58 V8 Impala convertible ($1,595)

FORD THUNDERBIRDS / (2) Raven black-white top ‘56 T-Bird convertible w/engine chrome package ($1,595-Reynolds Ford) Burgundy-white top/black and white interior ‘60 T-Bird Roadster ($3,095)

FEATURED AREA FOOD / RESTAURANTS / (4) $1 jumbo shrimp dinner at Kenny King’s served in your car 9 free Euclid Beach rides with tickets found in Coke cartons Full-size hot dogs & Coca-Cola for 16¢ @ new Giant Tiger store 4

Bowling at Yorktown Lanes ($1.50 plus jumbo hot dog & king-sized coke)

FEATURED AREA BUSINESSES (1) / RETAIL/RESTAURANTS (4) / STORE OPENINGS / (1) Cleveland Coca Cola Bottling Co. / Higbee’s / Kenny King’s / Yorktown Lanes / new Giant Tiger store, 11500 Brookpark ($1.86 ladies’ Ban-Lon sweaters)

1961 / SPORTS PLAYERS / OWNERS / COACHES / MANAGERS / TEAMS / VENUES FROM 1961 / (25)

Rocky Colavito / Tito Francona / Wynn Hawkins / Barry Latman / Jim Perry / Jimmy Piersall / Johnny Romano / Johnny Temple / Micky Mantle / Roger Maris (61 home run season) / Fred (Curley) Morrison / Arthur B. Modell (buys Cleveland Browns for $4 million with Rudy Schaefer [Schaefer Brewing Co.]) / B-W coach Lee Tressel (undefeated season) / manager Jimmy Dykes / New York Yankees / Cleveland Indians / Harlem Globetrotters / Washington Generals / Cleveland Browns / Cleveland Pipers / Washington Tapers / Baldwin-Wallace Yellow Jackets / Cleveland Arena / Municipal Stadium

1961 / FEATURED GENERAL HISTORY FROM 1961 / (3)

John F. Kennedy sworn in as President, stating, “Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country” / Cuban missile crisis / Direct military action begins in Vietnam

1961 / FEATURED ENTRIES FROM 1961 [(48) / Sports: (6) / General History: (2)]

1/2 Top 45s: Marty Robbins’ ‘Don’t Worry;’ ‘Please Love Me Forever’ by Cathy Jean & the Roommates; the Capris’ ‘There’s A Moon Out Tonight;’ Bobby Darin’s ‘Lazy River;’ Your One & Only Love’ by Jackie Wilson; and ‘Wheels’ by the String-A-Longs, 1961

1/8 Sunday TV offers Lassie,’ ‘Maverick’ & ‘The Rebel’ & ‘Mike Hammer’ on TV5; ‘Dennis the Menace’ on TV8; & ‘Tab Hunter,’ Loretta Young,’ the ‘Dinah Shore Show’ with Al Hirt & Fabian, & ‘This Is Your Life’ on TV3, as ‘Wilbur & Mr. Ed’ debuts at 6:30, 1961

1/20 As 43-year-old John F. Kennedy is sworn in as President, stating, “Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country;” hot singles include: The Miracles’ ‘Shop Around;’ Neil Sedaka’s ‘Calendar Girl;’ Elvis Presley’s ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight;’ The Drifters’ ‘I Count the Tears’ & ‘Ruby’ by Ray Charles, 1961

1/28 Tonight, the Cleveland Orchestra features Artur Rubenstein at soldout Severance Hall, as Kenny Bass plays Sachsenheim Ballroom on Denison; tomorrow, Four Provinces Ballroom on Lorain hosts ‘West Side Bandstand’ with Jack Scott, Tom King & the Starfires, and WERE’s Carl Reese (free records for all attendees-$1), 1961

2/17 Last night, Albert Anthony’s Welcome Inn on E. 116th welcomed John Coltrane, 1961

3/19 It’s $1.25 to dance to Bobby Vinton & his Orch. at the Aragon Ballroom on W. 25th; as comedian Bob Newhart & the Chad Mitchell Trio play Music Hall ($2.50-$4), 1961

3/28 The Welcome Inn welcomes Art Blakely & the Jazz Messengers from 8:30 to 1, 1961

3/29 Top hit singles: The Marcel’s ‘Blue Moon;” Elvis Presley’s ‘Surrender;’ the Shirelles’ ‘Dedicated to the One I Love;’ Chubby Checker’s ‘Pony Time;’ ‘Where the Boys Are’ by Connie Francis; Jorgen Ingmann’s ‘Apache;’ Chuck Jackson’s ‘I Don’t Want to Cry;’ Bobby Rydell’s ‘Good Time Baby,’ & Ben E. King’s ‘Spanish Harlem,’ 1961 4/16 The Raelets and Betty Carter join Ray Charles tonight at Music Hall ($2 to $4), 1961

4/17 As Monday night TV offers ‘Cheyenne,’ ‘Surfside 6,’ ‘Paradise Adventure’ & the Academy Awards with host Bob Hope on WEWS-TV5; local newscasts offer the latest updates on the Bay of Pigs invasion and the growing Cuban missile crisis, 1961

5/5 Cruising in a bronze-white top/bronze interior ‘58 V8 Impala convertible ($1,595), the new Hickory Grill on Chester features Buddy Greco & the Ellie Frankel trio, 1961

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5/15 Cruising downtown last night in a burgundy-white top/black and white interior ’60 T-Bird Roadster ($3,095), Music Hall welcomed Judy Garland ($2 to $6 orch.), 1961

5/24 “The “Route 66” crew wings into action this morning in the Flats,” reports the Plain Dealer’s George Condon, as the actors (Martin Milner, George Maharis) & crew of the ABC-TV series come here for an extended stay-2-3 weeks-to film show segments, 1961

5/24 Hot singles: Del Shannon’s ‘Runaway;’ Elvis Presley’s ‘I Feel So Bad;’ Neil Sedaka’s ‘Little Devil;’ The Shirelles’ ‘Mama Said;’ Gene McDaniel’s ‘100 Pounds of Clay;’ The Tokens’ ‘Tonight I Fell in Love;’ ‘Travelin’ Man’ & ‘Hello Mary Lou’ by Ricky Nelson, 1961

6/21 Euclid Beach hosts Coca-Cola Day with free admission, a skydiver plunging 13 stories into an 8’ tank; 9 free rides with tickets found in Coke cartons, & a record hop in the ballroom with Chet Atkins, Andrea Carroll, the Visions, & the Bombers, 1961

6/23 ‘Gidget Goes Hawaiian’ premieres at the Hipp with star Michael Callen on stage, 1961

7/10 Playing Kornman’s Front Room on E. 9th St., Jimmy McPartland tells the PD’s Glenn C. Pullen, “This city is jumping with exciting syncopation;’ as the Hickory Grill hosts Teddy Wilson; while the Ink Spots headline Herman Pirchner’s Alpine Village, 1961

7/13 Every Thursday (tonight) is ‘Teen Age Rock ‘n Bowl’ night at Yorktown Lanes, York & Pearl, with Dennis Warnock’s Combo ($1.50 plus jumbo hot dog & king-sized coke), 1961

7/21 Tonight, it’s jazz men Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt at Leo’s Casino on Central, 1961

8/11 Cruising in a black/red interior ‘57 Chevy convertible w/V8, whitewalls, power steering-brakes, auto ($1,195-LaRiche), ‘Psycho’ tops the Memphis Drive-In features, 1961

8/23 The Cleveland Coca-Cola Bottling Co. brings ‘The Ricky Nelson Show’ to Cleveland Arena, where some 2,000, mostly vocal teenage girls, see the 21-year-old TV star with Dodie Stevens (Pink Shoe Laces), Andrea Carroll & the ‘Visions’ ($2.25-$2.75), 1961

9/10 After cruising tonight to see Ramsey Lewis at Leo Frank & Jules Berger’s Leo’s Casino at 4817 Central Avenue, jazz organist Jimmy Smith opens at Leo’s on the 15th, 1961

9/17 Sunday TV offers ‘Dennis the Menace,’ ‘Lawman,’ ‘Candid Camera’ & the debut of ‘Car 54. Where Are You?’ (Fred Gwynne (Muldoon) & (Toody) Joe E. Ross), on TV3, 1961

10/3 Watching WJW-TV8 this Tuesday, you’ll find ‘Marshall Dillon,’ ‘Dobie Gillis,’ ‘Red Skelton,’ ‘Jim Backus,’ ‘Garry Moore’ and the debut of the ‘Dick Van Dyke Show,’ a “new character comedy series” with Morey Amsterdam & Mary Tyler Moore, 1961

10/5 Pool anyone? The Palace Theater features Cleveland’s own Paul Newman starring as ‘Fast Eddie’ in the hit film ‘The Hustler’ - call Cherry 1-1600 for information, 1961

10/20 Friday night TV on TV5 offers ‘Flintstones,’ ‘77 Sunset Strip’ and ‘Quarterback Club; as TV8 counters with Rawhide,’ ‘Twilight Zone’ (‘The Mirror’ episode with Peter Falk), & ‘Route 66’ (‘First Class Mouliak’ episode filmed in Cleveland with actor Robert Redford as ‘Janosh’), at 8:30 p.m. on TV8, 1961

11/10 The Kingston Trio plays Music Hall tonight with comic Ronnie Schell ($2-$4.50), 1961

11/14 After cruising with Tom Armstrong on WGAR & Johnny Holliday on WHK in a raven black-white top ‘56 T-Bird convertible w/engine chrome package ($1,595-Reynolds Ford), to book an Eastern DC7B flight to Miami ($48.50); Bobby Hanson’s Band plays the Homestead Ballroom on Detroit, as Hope Diamond ‘rocks’ the Roxy Burlesk, 1961

11/17 After cruising tomorrow to the Hippodrome for the preview of ‘Blue Hawaii’ starring Elvis Presley; on the 19th, as Les Elgart plays the Aragon Ballroom on W. 25th; Chubby Checker’s four ‘Twist’ LPs in mono are only $2.98 each at Higbee’s, 1961 6

11/22 Grand opening specials include full-size hot dogs & Coca-Cola for 16¢; & $1.86 ladies’ Ban-Lon sweaters, as Giant Tiger opens its new store at 11500 Brookpark, with appearances by Gene Carroll; Capt. Penny; Browns players, & starlet Jayne Mansfield, 1961

11/24 Discount Records opens its new downtown store in the Williamson Bldg. offering Mitch Miller’s Holiday Sing-Along LPs for only $2.39 mono, & $2.99 stereo, 1961

11/26 The ‘Hitmakers of ‘61’ show at Keith’s 105th stars Jerry Butler, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Shep & the Limelites, the Temptations, the Halos & Gino Parks ($1.50), 1961

11/28 As Joe Williams & Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison play the Theatrical Grill at 711 Vincent Ave.; Leo’s Casino hosts jazz queen Shirley Scott & her trio with Stanley Turrentine, 1961

12/4 Cruising to Music Hall, dazzling Lena Horne closes a week-long run with her ‘Nine O’Clock Revue,’ featuring the Delta Rhythm Boys & comic Don Adams ($2-$5), 1961

12/10 Hot 45s: ‘Crazy’ by Patsy Cline; Chubby Checker’s ‘The Twist;’ Dion’s ‘Runaround Sue;’ ‘The Peppermint Twist’ by Joey Dee & the Starlighters; Jimmy Dean’s ‘Big Bad John;’ Si Zenter’s ‘Up a Lazy River;’ & Jimmy Darren’s ‘Goodbye Cruel World,’ 1961

12/11 Tony Bennett is his first guest, as ‘The Mike Douglas Show’ debuts live at 1 p.m. from the KYW-TV3 studios, opposite Dorothy Fuldheim’s ‘1 O’Clock Club’ on TV5, 1961

12/12 “Saigon gets U.S. Copters, Crews,” reports The Plain Dealer headline, after U. S. helicopters arrive in Saigon, marking the first direct military action in Vietnam, 1961

12/17 Hot 45s: Eddie Fisher’s ‘Tonight;’ Bobby Vee’s ‘Run on Him;’ & the Angels’ ‘’Til,’ 1961

12/27 After dining on the $1 jumbo shrimp dinner at Kenny King’s served in your car, Johnny Desmond headlines at the Copa, 1710 Euclid, with the original ‘Twisters,’ 1961

1961 / FEATURED SPORTS RELATED ENTRIES FROM 1961 / (6)

3/21 “Curley Morrison was Key Man in Browns Sale,” notes tomorrow’s Cleveland Press, after Schaefer Brewing’s Rudy Schaefer & Arthur B. Modell buy the Cleveland Browns for $4 million, helped by former Browns HB Fred (Curley) Morrison, 1961

4/21 Listening to the game on WERE Radio, both teams use 7 pitchers each, a Major League record, as manager Jimmy Dykes’ 4th place Cleveland Indians beat the host Kansas City A’s, 10-8, scoring twice in the 9th, as right fielder Tito Francona (.359), goes 4 for 4 with 2 doubles, driving in 4 runs (Wynn Hawkins gets win/3 hrs. 53 minutes), 1961

7/31 Though rain halts the season’s second All-Star game at Fenway Park tied 1-1 after Rocky Colavito’s home run, the contest features Tribe All-Stars Johnny Temple (.285), Johnny Romano (.309), Tito Francona (.293), and hurler Barry Latman, 1961

8/21 Starting as a rookie with Cleveland in 1957, Roger Maris hits his 49th & Mickey Mantle his 46th (both off Jim Perry), in pursuit of Babe Ruth’s 60 home run mark, as the Yankees take two games yesterday from the 4th-place Indians, 6-0, 5-2, before 56,307 at the Stadium (Tribe outfielder Jimmy Piersall kicks fan on the field), 1961

12/2 Baldwin-Wallace head coach Lee Tressel is named Ohio college football coach of the year after leading the Yellow Jackets to their first undefeated season in 57 years, 1961

12/30 At the Arena, it’s the Harlem Globetrotters vs. the Washington Generals; the Cleveland Pipers over the Washington Tapers, & Cab Calloway with his All-Star Revue, 1961

1961 / FEATURED GENERAL HISTORY FROM 1961 / (2)

1/20 As 43-year-old John F. Kennedy is sworn in as President, stating, “Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country;” hot singles include: The Miracles’ ‘Shop Around;’ Neil 7

Sedaka’s ‘Calendar Girl;’ Elvis Presley’s ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight;’ The Drifters’ ‘I Count the Tears’ & ‘Ruby’ by Ray Charles, 1961

12/2 “Saigon gets U.S. Copters, Crews,” reports The Plain Dealer headline, after U. S. helicopters arrive in Saigon, marking the first direct military action in Vietnam, 1961

1966! 1966 / FEATURED AREA MUSICAL VENUES FROM 1966 /

FEATURED AREA JAZZ / BLUES VENUES / (1) House of Blues (on Woodland)

FEATURED AREA POP CULTURE VENUES / (77)

Cleveland Agora (2715 Cornell Rd.) [opening night] / Alpine Valley / Americana-A-Go-Go [with Abstract Nudes A Go-Go] / Cleveland Arena / Ashtabula Armory / Baldwin-Wallace College Union / Beachwood High School [jacket & tie mandatory] / Blue Light in S. Euclid / Boston Mills Ski Lodge / Brothers Lounge / Byzantine High School / Canton Memorial Auditorium / Cappelli’s Restaurant (Twist Night) / Casa di Baron (6845 W. 130th) / Case Tech / the Castaway / Cathedral Latin High School / Cat’s Meow / Cavalier Hall / the Cave (2122 S. Taylor) / Cedar Point / The Cell (@ Lakewood City Hall) / Chardon Teen Beat / Chagrin Armory / Chagrin Tavern / Chanel High School (ties, coats or sweaters) / the Chateau / Chippewa Lake Park / Colosseum Nite Club [opening debut] / Columbia Ballroom (Twist dance) / Euclid High School / Euclid Rollerdome / Euclid YMCA / Farragher’s Back Room / Gaiety Lounge / Garden Theater (W. 25th) / the Hideout / Hippodrome Theater / John Carroll University / Kent State’s Olson Cafeteria (Bunny Hop) / Kent State Student Union / J. B.’s Nite Club on N. Water St. [opening night] / La Cave / Lakewood Civic Auditorium / Lakewood YMCA / The Lantern (Berea) / Leo’s Casino / Masonic Auditorium / Melba Lounge / Music Box (10616 Euclid) / Music Hall / Musicarnival / Night Town Café [opening period] / N. Olmsted High School / The Ohio Teen Fair / Orbit Lounge / Otto’s Grotto @ Hotel Statler [opening night] / Padua High School / Painesville Armory / Public Hall / Rocky River Memorial Hall / Rocky River Teen Club / St. Albert the Great (no ties needed for boys) / St. Edward High School / St. Gregory CYO / St. Ignatius High School / St. Joseph High School / St. Stanislaus School / Severance Hall (with ‘A Happening’) / Stable Lounge / Sunken Bar (Geneva-on-the-Lake) / Theatrical Restaurant / Top Bananas / Torchlight / UAW Hall (Parma) / Versaille Motor Inn / Western Reserve University / Whiskey-A-Go-Go (7636 Broadway) [dancers in discotheque cages] / Wildwood Lake (California Sand Dance)

1966 / FEATURED ARTISTS / MUSICAL GRPS. PERFORMING HERE IN 1966 / [(-) NO. OF TIMES LISTED]

JAZZ / BLUES / FOLK / MOTOWN ARTISTS-GROUPS HERE IN 1966 / [(Individuals: (14) / Groups: (6)]

LOCAL ARTISTS: Harry Damas Trio / Bill Gidney & James Williams [Night Town] / NATIONAL ARTISTS: Dave Brubeck’s Quartet / Miles Davis / Jimmy Boyd Trio / Fats Heard Trio / Stan Getz / Jazz Crusaders / Johnny Lytle (Springfield, OH born) / Chad Mitchell / Horace Silver & his quintet / Sarah Vaughan / Joe Williams / Carlos Montoya

FEATURED FOLK / BLUES ARTISTS @ LA CAVE / [Individuals: (9) / Groups: (6)]

Ayler Bros. (Albert-sax / Don-trumpet) / Blues Magoos / Blues Project (with Al Kooper) / Judy Collins / Joan Kent / Terry Knight & the Pack / Jim & Jean / Fred Neil / Tom Paxton / Simon & Garfunkel / Josh White

FEATURED MOTOWN ARTISTS @ LEO’S CASINO / [Individuals: (30) / Groups: (10) / Revues: (7)]

B. B. King / Blue-Eyed Soul Brother / Jerry Butler & his Revue (featuring the Jaimo Thomas Band) / Gene Chandler / Ray Charles / the Coasters / Aretha Franklin & her trio / Four Tops / Marvin Gaye / Bobby Hebb / John Lee Hooker / Chickee Horne / Chuck Jackson / Etta James / Ramsey Lewis Trio / Ben E. King / Roland Kirk & his quartet / Gloria Lynne / Mongo Santamaria / Thelonius Monk / Mo-Town Recording Band / O’Jays / Otis Redding & his Revue / Jimmy Reed / Jimmy Ruffin / 8

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles / Nina Simone / Edwin Starr (Cleveland-native) / the Supremes / Joe Tex & his Revue / Temptations / Tammy Terrell / Ike & Tina Turner Revue / the Valentinos (Womack brothers) / Dionne Warwick and her Revue / Mary Wells & her Revue / Jackie Wilson and his Revue

FEATURED COMEDIANS @ LEO’S CASINO IN 1966 / (5)

Dick Gregory / Redd Foxx / Bill Murray / Dave Turner / Flip Wilson

FEATURED NORTHEAST OHIO ARTISTS FROM 1966 / [Individuals: (77) / Groups: (68)]

/ Ray Anthony & his Bookend Review / Sir Anthony and the Royals / The Aposles / Baskerville Hounds / Bocky & the Intruders / Bocky & the Visions / Buccaneers / Dave C & the Sharptones / Cash & the Chargers / The Castells / Changing Times / Chosen Few / City Squires / The Clansmen / the Crickets / Dean & the Dynamics / December’s Children (Janet Belpulsi, Alice Popovich, Bill Petti, Craig Balzer & Ron Papaleo) / Delta T’s / the Epics / Freddy & the Bachelors / the Grasshoppers (Sid Turner back from Army) / G.T.O.’s / Happenings / the Hobos / Hurtin’ Kind (Fyfee, Moore, Bullock, Niemi, Blankenship) / Kicks, Inc. / In Crowd / Inn-Mates / Intruders (formerly the Visions) / the Jades / Jamie & the Domains (Wunderle, Smith, DeRigo, Laszlo, Pierce) / Jeff & the Dynatones / Joey & the Continentals / Johnny and the Paris Knights / Keystones / Lost Generation / Lost Souls (Carleton, Marek, Tomczack, McKinley, Schoenaur) / Carl Maduri / Magic Times / Mike Mann & the Men (Jerry Koch, Mike Mann, Mike Marchetti, Bob Rhodes, Ken Dankowski) / the Marvelettes / Mickey & the Cleancuts / Midnighters / Mixed Emotion (Vince, Kurilec, Kamburoff, Orzechowski (Orr), Gardina) / Mods/Choir (Klawon, Smalley, Burke, Bryson, Bonfanti) / Mortycyans / Munx / Muther’s Oats / Mystics / New Continentals / the Panicks / Rebel Kind / Rising Suns / the Outcasts (Sole, Schade, Beach, Grau, Lesher) / the Outsiders (Tom King, Mert Madsen, Sonny Geraci, Rick Biagiola, Bill Bruno) / Lee Rand / The Rituals / Rockers / Saxons (Davenport, Schartman, Allison, Pullin, Van Niel) / Danny & the Satons / the Scepters (Mike Gee, Bill Lucas, Chuck Hackett, Chuck Inglefield, Chris Johns, Scott Wilkinson) / Sensations / Sounds of Silence / Sounds Anonymous / Sounds of 3 / Terry & the Pirates / Tiffany Shade / Tree Stumps / Trohls / Turnkeys / Twilighters (Steve Popovich, Ray Miller, Randy Brown, Tony Liotta, Dennis Samsa) / Rich Underwood & the Majestics / the Upbeats / Vectors / Jimmy Vince & the Mixed Emotions / Jimmy Vince & the Proofsets / V.I.P.’s / Joe Walsh & the Measles / Wild Things

FEATURED NATIONAL ARTISTS PERFORMING HERE IN 1966 / [Individuals: (30) / Groups: (77)]

Keith Allison / Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass / Vicki Anderson / The Animals / The Association / The Beach Boys / The Beatles / Jack Benny (with Wayne Newton, Rudenko Bros.) / James Brown / the Beau Brummels / Bill Black’s Combo / Bobby Byrd / Cannibal & Headhunters / Chad and Jeremy / Ray Charles / Lou Christie / Jimmy Clanton / the Contours / James Crawford / the Cyrcle / Bill Dana / Dantes / Dave Clark Five / Sammy Davis, Jr. (with the George Rhodes Orchestra) / Del Vikings / Distant Cousins / Jose Feliciano / Helen Ferguson / Famous Flames / Four Freshman / Bobby Goldsboro / Leslie Gore / the Happenings / Noel Harrison / Bobby Hebb / Herman’s Hermits / Brian Hyland / Keith / Terry Knight & the Pack / J. B. & the Playboys / Patti LaBelle & the Bluebells / Gary Lewis & the Playboys / Jerry Lewis (with Nicholas Brothers, Skylarks, Wiere Bros.) / Jerry Lee Lewis / Liberace / ‘Baby’ Lloyd / Lovin’ Spoonful / Mamas & the Papas (skip Music Hall gig [Mama Cass ill]) / McCoys / Napoleon XIV / New Christy Minstrels / Peter & Gordon / Peter, Paul & Mary / Rare Breed / the Rationals / Paul Revere & the Raiders / Righteous Brothers / Tommy Roe / the Rogues / Mick Jagger & the Rolling Stones / Ronettes / Harvey Russell / Billy Joe Royal / Royal Guardsmen / Jimmy Ruffing / Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels / Sam & Dave / Sam the Sham & the Pharohs / Serendipity Singers / Sergio Mendez & Brazil ’66 / Tonight Show’s Doc Severinsen / Shangri-Las / Jimy Sohns & Shadows of Knight / Sonny & Cher / the Standells / the Strangeloves / Nino Temple & April Stevens / T. V. Mama / Velvelettes / Velvet Underground & Nico / Vogues / We Five / Kim Weston / Stevie Wonder / Yardbirds (Paige, McCarty, Relf, Dreja [sans Beck] / Jesse Colin Young’s Youngbloods

FEATURED COUNTRY / COUNTRY ROCK / BLUEGRASS ARTISTS HERE IN 1966 / (1) Flatt & Scruggs

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FEATURED LOCAL POLKA ARTISTS FROM 1966 / (1) Frankie Yankovic

FEATURED AREA SPECIALTY EVENTS FROM 1966 (1)

Andy Warhol (with his smash New York Scene The Exploding Plastic Inevitable)

FEATURED WOMEN OF MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 1966 / [Individuals: (-) / Groups: (-)]

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 ROCK HALL INDUCTEES PERFORMING HERE IN 1966 / (31)

Herb Alpert / The Animals / Beach Boys / The Beatles / James Brown / Ray Charles / Dave Clark Five / Famous Flames / Four Tops / Aretha Franklin / Marvin Gaye / John Lee Hooker / B. B. King / Jerry Lee Lewis / Lovin’ Spoonful / Mamas & the Papas / O’Jays / Otis Redding / Jimmy Reed / Righteous Brothers / Smokey Robinson / The Rolling Stones / The Ronettes / Sam & Dave / Simon & Garfunkel / Temptations / Ike & Tina Turner / Velvet Underground / Yardbirds / Jackie Wilson / Stevie Wonder

FEATURED AREA PROMOTERS / OWNERS FROM 1966 / (3)

Belkin & Anderson (New Christy Minstrels & Four Freshman at Music Hall) [first Belkin Productions concert in Cleveland] / Henry LoConti, Jr. (Cleveland Agora debut) / Leo’s Casino & WIXY-1260 (James Brown @ Arena)

FEATURED AREA DEBUTS FROM 1966 / (2)

Stevie Wonder (@ Cleveland Arena) / The Yardbirds [sans Beck] (@ Akron Civic Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace College)

1966 / FEATURED AREA SPECIALTY EVENTS FROM 1966 / (8)

WAKR FALL FESTIVAL OF STARS @ AKRON CIVIC THEATRE:

With Gary Lewis, Bobby Hebb, Sam the Sham & the Pharohs, Brian Hyland, Jimmy Clanton, the Yardbirds with Jimmy Paige [sans Beck], Distant Cousins

‘66 FUN ‘N’ FASHIONS FESTIVAL @ PUBLIC HALL:

With Chad & Jeremy, Tommy Roe, Paul Revere & the Raiders, the Trohls, Tree Stumps, Mixed Emotions, Muther’s Oats; WHK’s Ken Scott, WIXY’s Jack Armstrong, Upbeat host Don Webster, Jeff Koutash, Upbeat Dancers

JAMES BROWN @ CLEVELAND ARENA:

With James Crawford, the Famous Flames, Bobby Byrd, T. V. Mama, Vicki Anderson, ‘Baby’ Lloyd, his orchestra ($3-$4)

SAMMY DAVIS, JR. @ CLEVELAND ARENA:

With Redd Foxx, Helen Ferguson, George Rhodes Orchestra, WIXY’s Al Gates, Bobby Magic, Ray Otis, Howie Lund ($3.50-$6.50)

THE BEATLES PLAY MUNICIPAL STADIUM:

10-song set with the Remains, Bobby Hebb, the Cyrcle, the Ronettes

LAUB-SUGARDALE DAY @ EUCLID BEACH:

9 big acts with Lou Christie, Keith Allison, the Happenings, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, the Strangeloves ($2) [rides 5¢ to 20¢ / hot dogs 15¢]

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OHIO TEEN FAIR @ CHIPPEWA LAKE PARK:

With Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Napoleon XIV, The Outsiders, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, the McCoys, Harvey Russell, the Rogues, Terry Knight & the Pack, Shangri-Las ($1.50)

WIXY SUPER SHOW @ CHANEL HIGH / (6)

With the Magic Times, Twilighters (Steve Popovich, Ray Miller, Randy Brown, Tony Liotta, Dennis Samsa), Sounds of Silence, Keystones, Danny & the Satons, the Jades

1966 / FEATURED AREA MEDIA FROM 1966 /

FEATURED AREA NEWSPAPERS (1) / REPORTERS (2)

Cleveland Plain Dealer (Editor Emerson Batdorff, Music Critic Jane Scott with review notes on Sonny & Cher, Rolling Stones, Outsiders, Choir, Tommy LiPuma)

CLEVELAND PRESS ’66 FUN ‘N’ FASHIONS SHOW BAND POLL:

Top vote getters: Muther’s Oats (4,236), Mixed Emotions (3,364), Tree Stumps (3,314), Saxons (2,555), the Outsiders (2,087), Trohls 6th

THE PLAIN DEALER’S FIRST FRIDAY TAB:

‘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

RADIO LISTINGS FROM 1966 /

FEATURED AREA RADIO STATIONS / (9)

CKLW-AM800 / WABQ-AM / WHK-AM / WIXY-AM1260 / WJMO-AM / WJW-AM / WKYC-AM / WREO-FM

WIXY-AM TURNS 1:

12/11 Top 40 format WIXY/AM1260 celebrates its first year of local broadcasting, 1966

FEATURED AREA RADIO PERSONALITIES / (17)

WHK-AM (Bob Friend) / WIXY-AM (Jerry Brooke, Johnny Canton, Johnny Walters, Al Gates & ‘Feathers’, Jack Armstrong, Bobby Magic, Dick ‘Wild Childe’ Kemp, Ray Otis, Howie Lund) / WKYC-AM (Jim Gallant, Jerry G, Jim LaBarbara, Martin & Howard) / WREO-FM (Bob Belz, Jim Connors)

FEATURED AREA SPORTS ANNOUNCERS / (2)

WERE-AM (Bob Neal, Jimmy Dudley)

FEATURED AREA MUSIC SURVEYS / (3)

The Cleveland Press Showtime Top Ten Tunes list / WIXY Music Survey / Billboard’s Top 100

FEATURED AREA LIVE RADIO DJ APPEARANCES / (16)

WHK Good Guys @ the Hippodrome Theater / WHK’s Ken Scott @ Euclid High / WIXY Supermen @ WIXY Appreciation Day (Chippewa Lake Park) / WIXY Super Show @ the Hippodrome / WIXY’s Al Gates @ Cathedral Latin / WIXY 1260 Super Show @ Byzantine High / WIXY’s Al Gates, Johnny Canton @ Music Hall / WIXY’s Al Gates, Howie Lund, Bobby Magic, Ray Otis @ Cleveland Arena / WKYC’s Jim Gallant @ Euclid Rollerdome / WKYC VIP Show @ Chippewa Lake Park / WKYC Date Night @ Municipal Stadium / WKYC VIPs @ Music Hall / WKYC’s Jim Gallant @ Chanel High / WKYC VIPs @ Cedar Point / WKYC VIPs @ Cleveland Arena (Rolling Stones concert) / WREO-FM’s Bob Belz, Jim Connors @ Ashtabula Armory / LIVE REMOTES: WABQ-AM, WJMO-AM, WJW-AM

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TELEVISION LISTINGS FROM 1966 /

FEATURED AREA TELEVISION STATIONS / (3) WKYC-TV3 / WEWS-TV5 / WJW-TV8

FEATURED AREA TELEVISION PROGRAMMING / [Local: (4) / Network: (29)]

LOCAL: City Camera News (Murray Stewart, Hoolihan the Weatherman, John Fitzgerald) / new TV8 Friday night Shock Theater hosts Hoolihan the weatherman (Bob Wells), Big Chuck (Schodowski) / Jerry G’s Sound Eleven Survey / local premiere of Elvis Presley in ‘Jailhouse Rock’ / NETWORK: Addams Family / Amos Burke / Capt. Kangaroo / Candid Camera / Combat / Daktari / Patty Duke / The Fugitive / F Troop / Get Smart / Gilligan’s Island / Hullabaloo (Joe Tex, the Outsiders, Baby Jane Holzar, Back Porch Majority, hosts Chad & Jeremy) / I Dream of Jeannie / I Spy / Dr. Kildare / Lost in Space / McHale’s Navy’ (with Tim Conway) / Mission Impossible (Clevelander Greg Morris as Barney Collier) / My Mother, the Car / Peyton Place / Red Skelton / Rifleman / Smothers Brothers / Time Tunnel / The Man from U.N.C.L.E. / The Virginian / What’s My Line / Where The Action Is / Wild, Wild West / Frank McGee’s Viet Nam war special on TV3

FEATURED AREA TV PERSONALTIES / (9)

WEWS-TV (Capt. Penny, Don Webster [Upbeat]) / WJW-TV (Ernie ‘Ghoulardi’ Anderson [Friday night Shock Theater host], John Fitzgerald, Dick Goddard, Murray Stewart / ‘Big Chuck’ Schodowski & Bob Wells (Hoolihan ‘the Weatherman’) [new Friday night Shock Theater hosts]) / WKYC-TV (Jerry G [Sound 11 Survey])

FEATURED TV CARTOONS / (10) Atom Ant / Bugs Bunny / Casper / Jetsons / Magilla Gorilla / Mighty Mouse / Popeye / Road Runner / Top Cat / Underdog

FEATURED AREA TELEVISION DEBUTS / [(Local: (1) / National: (10)]

LOCAL: Dick Goddard debuts on WJW-TV8 / NETWORK: ‘Bat Man’ (with Adam West as crime fighter Bruce Wayne) / Dark Shadows (with Barnabas Colllins) / Green Hornet / Felony Squad / Love on a Rooftop / Roger Miller Show / The Monkees / Rat Patrol / ‘Star Trek’ with Wm. Shatner, Leonard Nimoy (Man Trap episode) / The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (with Stephanie Powers, Noel Harrison)

FEATURED BIG 5-UPBEAT SHOW GUESTS ON WEWS-TV5 / (21)

Blues Project / James Brown / the G.T.O.’s / Bobby Goldsboro / Brian Hyland / J. J. Jackson / Jay and the Americans / Terry Knight and the Pack / Gary Lewis / Bobby Mann / Outsiders (Tom King, Mert Madsen, Sonny Geraci, Rick Biagiola, Bill Bruno) / Little Anthony & the Imperials / The Magnificent Men / Peaches & Herb / Rare Breed / Billy Joe Royal / Selective Service / Shadows of Knight / Youngbloods / Jeff Kutash & the Upbeat dancers / host Don Webster

FEATURED ‘GHOULARDI’ SHOCK THEATER MOVIES ON TV8 / (54)

Bela Lugosi in ‘Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein’ / The Astounding She Monster / Atomic Age Vampire / Attack of the Giant Leeches / Beast from the Haunted Cave / Beast with a Million Eyes / Blood of Dracula / The Brain Eaters / Bride and the Beast / Bride Who Died Twice / The Cat Girl / The Closed Cabinet / Boris Karloff in ‘Corridors of Blood’ / Daughter of Dr. Jekyll / Dialogues with Death with Boris Karloff / Flowers of Evil / Friend Without a Face / Fright / Giant Gila Monster / God Grante That She Lye Stille / Guillotine / Boris Karloff and Dick York in ‘The Incredible Doctor Markesan’ / George Kennedy in ‘Innocent Bystander’ / Bela Lugosi in Island of Lost Souls / Hands of a Stranger / The Haunted Strangler / Hypnotic Eye / It Came From Beneath the Sea / Kill My Love / Letter to a Lover / Little Shop of Horrors / Man Without a Body / Missile Monsters / Phantom of the Rue Morgue / Portrait Without a Face / Premature Burial / Prisoner in the Mirror / The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk / Tom Conway in ‘She Creature’ / Screaming Skull / She Devil / Son of Dr. Jekyll / The Specialists / Terror from the Year 5000 / Them / Third for Pinochle / Leslie Nielsen in ‘The Twisted Image’ / The Undead / 12

War of Colossal Beast / The Wasp Woman / The Watcher / Waxworks / Weird Tailor / What Beckoning Ghost / Worse than Murder / [‘Night of the Blood Beast’ at 1 a.m.]

FEATURED AREA TELEVISION RELATED ITEMS:

B&W TV / Dick Goddard broadcast in color on WJW-TV8 / new 21” Muntz color TV-radio-stereo combination ($379 w/trade) / new 176 sq. in. Airline color TV ($397-Montgomery Ward) / Philco VP Carl E. Lantz predicts a million color TVs will be sold here by 1970

1966 / FEATURED ENTERTAINERS / AREA ENTERTAINMENT FROM 1966 /

FEATURED AREA ENTERTAINMENT VENUES / (1)

Cedar Point (with Jungle Larry’s new Safari Island - $3.50) / Euclid Beach ($2) [rides 5¢ to 20¢ / hot dogs 15¢]

FEATURED COMEDIANS / (1)

Jerry Lewis @ Musicarnival

FEATURED AREA DANCIN’ TO THE MUSIC / (10)

Frugging to Cash & the Chargers at Whiskey-A-Go-Go / dancing with Go-Go girls Beverly & Carol @ Gaiety Lounge / Twist Night @ Cappelli’s / twisting with the ‘Hobos’ @ Chagrin Tavern / Twist Dance @ Columbia Ballroom on Rt. 82 with the Paris Knights / dancing on the rising dance floor with the Baskerville Hounds & Go-Go girls @ Americana-A-Go-Go / joining the ‘in crowd’ with the Castells @ Whiskey-A-Go-Go / Americana A-Go-Go on Euclid hosts the G.T.O.’s with swingingest A-Go-Go chicks in Cleveland (50¢) / Wednesday’s free with sweater @ Whiskey A-Go-Go on Broadway with Johnny & the Paris Knights / dancing to Bocky & the Intruders @ Americana A Go-Go where Abstract Nudes offer a ‘drugless trip’

FEATURED RECORDS (-) / ARTISTS / (-) SINGLES:

LOCAL HITS / (2)

Goin’ Home-It’s Cold Outside (The Choir) [Canadian-American label] / Time Won’t Let Me (The Outsiders)

NATIONAL HITS / (46)

96 Tears (Question Mark and the Mysterians) / ‘Ain’t Gonna Lie’ (Keith) / Barbara Ann / Better Man Than I / ‘Black is Black’ (Los Bravos) / ‘Cherish’ (the Association) / ‘Cherry Cherry’ (Neil Diamond) / Devil With A Blue Dress / ‘Dirty Water’ (the Standells) / Five O’Clock World / Girl in Love (Outsiders) / Gloria / Good Lovin’ / Good Vibrations / ‘Green Grass’ (Gary Lewis) / ‘Groovy Kind of Love’ (Mindbenders) / Guantanamera / Hanky Panky / Hold On, I’m Comin’ (Sam and Dave) / Hungry / I Can’t Let Go / ‘I’ll Be There’ (Four Tops) / I Who Have Nothing / Just Like Me / Lady Godiva / Look Through Any Window / Mellow Yellow / Men in My Little Girl’s Life / Monday, Monday / My Heart’s Symphony / My Love / Popsicle / Poor Side of Town / Red Rubber Ball / See You in September / She’s Just My Style / Sloop John B / Snoopy & the Red Baron / Sounds of Silence / Spanish Eyes / Summer in the City / Walk Away Renee / We Can Work It Out / Where Will the Words Come / Wild Thing / (Martin & Howard’s Pick Hit is ‘S.O.S.’)

HIT ALBUMS / (1)

Rubber Soul (Beatles) [$2.47 mono / $3.47 stereo @ Halle’s Dept. store]

FEATURED JAZZ RECORDING ARTISTS (5) / JAZZ CATALOGS / (2) The Delegates, Grant Green, Wayne Shorter, Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery / Blue Note & Pacific Jazz catalogs

FEATURED 59c RECORDLAND WEEKLY SPECIALS / (3)

Happenings’ ‘Go Away Little Girl’ / ‘You Better Run’ by the Young Rascals / the Outsiders’ ‘Respectable’ 13

FEATURED AREA RECORD STORES / (3)

Giant Tiger / Halle’s Dept. store / Recordland

FEATURED AREA RECORD PRODUCERS:

Tommy LiPuma (Guantanamera / Tijuana Brass) [former Cleveland barber]

FEATURED AREA MOVIES / ARTISTS / (8)

Dr. No / Stephen Boyd & Raquel Welch in ‘Fantastic Voyage’ / Annette Funicello & Frankie Avalon in ‘Fireball 500’ / Jack Lemon & Walter Matthau in ‘The Fortune Cookie’ (parts filmed in Cleveland) / Goldfinger / Elvis Presley, Shelly Fabares and Deborah Walley in ‘Spinout’ / Sean Connery in ‘Thunderball’ / Connie Francis in ‘When the Boys Meet the Girls’

FEATURED AREA MOVIE HOUSES / (5)

Detroit Theater / Mercury Theater / Olympia Theater / Shaker Theater / Miles Drive-In

1966 / FEATURED SPECIALTY ITEMS FROM 1966 /

AUTOMOBILES (-) [Found in weekly auto ads]

AMERICAN MOTORS / (1)

Flame red/black bucket seat 65 1/2 AMC Marlin fastback ($1,988-Bob Kay)

CHRYSLER CORP.

DODGES / (5)

‘65 Dodge 440 / burgundy ‘65 Dodge 440 2-dr. hardtop w/383, 4-spd., whitewalls ($1,995-Jackshaw) Pearl White/black interior ‘66 Dodge Charger w/383, 4-spd. ($2,688-Elliott Dodge) ‘66 Dodge Charger w/318, 4 bucket seats, tach, torqueflight ($3,145-4% financing w/down payment-Len Derin Dodge) Cruising in a red/black interior ‘65 Coronet 500 w/426, 4-spd. Flame red-white top/white interior ‘66 Dodge Coronet 500 2-dr. hardtop w/V8, push-button radio ($2,390-Conway)

OLDMOBILES / (2)

Loaded white/burgundy leather bucket seat ‘66 Olds Starfire Sport Coupe ($3,195-Shaker Lee) White-black top/black leather ‘65 Olds Cutlass 442 convertible ($1,995-Lossman)

PLYMOUTHS / (3)

Never titled white ‘66 Plymouth Barracuda w/auto ($2,390-Doraty-5 year-50,000 mi. warranty) ‘66 Plymouth Barracuda w/formula S package- 4-bbl. 273, tach, mag wheel covers ($2,550-Doraty) White/black & red vinyl interior ‘65 Dodge ‘440’ convertible w/power steering ($2,295-Len Derin) Jet black ‘66 Plymouth Satellite w/red bucket seats, 383, 4-spd. ($2,775-Don Jordan) Emerald green/plush black bucket seat ‘65 Chrysler 300L convertible w/auto, all power ($3,195-Marc Lance) Red/black interior ’66 Plymouth Satellite w/426 hemi, gauges, chromes ($2,600) Metallic navy blue/blue bucket seat ‘65 Plymouth Satellite w/383 4-bbl. V8, auto, whitewalls ($2,395 Don Jordan); White/2-tone blue interior ‘65 Belvedere II w/361 V8 ($2,756-Barrett Bros.)

FORD MOTORS / (7)

Bronze/bucket seat interior ‘66 Fairlane XL 2-dr. hardtop w/390, 4-spd. ($2,595-Southland) Jet black ‘66 Ford Fairlane 2-dr. hardtop w/V8, auto ($2,266-Ruple Ford) Black/red bucket seat ‘64 Ford Falcon Sprint convertible w/V8, whitewalls, power steering ($1,495- Jim Hern) ‘63 Galaxie 500 convertible ($1,400) Turquoise/bucket seat ‘63 1/2 390 V8 Galaxie 500 XL Fastback ($1,588-West Park Chevy) 14

Yellow-black top/black interior ‘64 Galaxie 500XL Fastback 2-dr. hardtop w/352 V8, auto ($1,695-Birkett Williams) ‘66 4-door Galaxie 500 for $2,577

MERCURYS / (1)

‘65 Mercury Montclair w/390 V8, 3-spd

MUSTANGS / (2)

Red ‘65 Mustang Sport Coupe w/289, dual Cobra quads, 4-spd., 457 gears-Hurst close ratio box, mag wheels ($2,299-Cooley) Green/black bucket seat ‘66 Mustang GT350 w/side racing stripes, 4-bbl. 289/306 hp. (4,000 mi-$4,000)

THUNDERBIRDS / (8)

Black/beige bucket seat interior all-power ‘61 Ford T-Bird w/390 ($1,095-Williams Ford) Cobalt blue ‘62 T-Bird (all power, leather interior-$1,295-Meisel) Black/red interior-black top ‘63 T-Bird convertible White/black leather ‘64 Ford T-Bird Tudor hardtop w/V8, all power, swing-away wheel ($2,395-LaRiche) Ebony black-black top/red interior ‘64 T-Bird Roadster w/wire wheels ($2,595-Central Cadillac) Shaker Ford’s 8th anniversary ‘64 T-Bird Coupe only $2,288 Sapphire blue/white interior-top ’66 T-Bird Roadster ‘66 Thunderbird for $3,829

GENERAL MOTORS / (13)

BUICKS / (3)

Maroon ‘63 Buick Wildcat Turquoise/black leather ’65 Buick Riviera ($2,493-Southland) Powder blue/bucket seat ‘66 445 V8 Riviera Wildcat 2-dr. hardtop w/auto ($2,195-Williams Ford)

CHEVROLETS / (3)

Red/black bucket seat turbo-charged ‘64 Corvair Monza 2-door ‘Spyder’ w/4-speed, whitewalls, radio ($1,295-Metro Auto) ‘64 Corvair for $995 Gold mist/bucket seat ‘65 Corvair Monza 2-dr. hardtop ($1,695-LaRiche Ford) Metallic turquoise/bucket seat ‘65 Chevy II Nova Super Sport ($1,695-$50 down-Len Derin) Aztec red ‘65 Impala Sport Coupe w/full power ($2,195-Central Cadillac West) Red/red leather interior ‘63 Chevy Super Sport w/327 V8, 4-spd. ($1,795-Tradewinds) Danube Blue ‘65 Super Sport w/4-on-floor Midnight blue/bucket seat ‘63 Impala SS ($1,698-West Park Chevy) Green-white top ‘65 Impala convertible with Sohio’s new Boron w/Double Ice-Gard (283 V8, whitewalls, $2,388-West Park Chevy) Maroon/black interior ‘65 Chevy Impala w/396, 4-spd., posi. ($2,485-Hornsby & Sons) White/red interior ’64 Impala hardtop w/327, auto ($1,695-Jim Hern)

CORVETTES / (2)

Red/black bucket seat 250 hp. 4-spd. ‘66 Corvette hatchback ($3,995-Luby Chevy) Red/black interior ’66 Corvette Fastback w/350 h.p.

PONTIACS / (8)

‘63 Pontiac Bonneville convertible Gold/black interior ’65 Pontiac Bonneville 4-spd. convertible w/V8, power steering ($2,395-Grabski Corners) Navy blue-white top ‘63 Catalina convertible ($1,495-LaRiche Ford) Silvery-gray-black top/interior ‘63 Pontiac Grand Prix ($1,795-Zalud) 15

Metallic gray-BVT ‘63 Grand Prix w/reverb stereo ($1,595) Cameo ivory/black vinyl bucket seat ‘65 Pontiac Grand Prix w/389 V8, auto, power steering ($2,395-Jackshaw) Yellow-black top/black bucket seat ‘65 LeMans 2-dr. hardtop w/V8, auto ($1,995-Jay Pontiac) Mission beige 389 V8 ‘64 Ventura Sport Coupe ($1,795-Jackshaw)

GTOS / (3)

Canary yellow-BVT/bucket seat ‘64 GTO 2-dr. hardtop w/4-on floor ($1,795-Friedman) Red/black interior 2-dr. ‘65 GTO w/3 deuces ($2,395-Edgewater Chevy) Montero Red/red bucket seat ’66 Pontiac GTO w/4-spd., 355 hp. engine, tinted glass, power steering, whitewalls, console, clock ($2,495-Jackshaw)

FOREIGN IMPORTS / SPECIALTY AUTOS / (5)

Jet black/red leather interior 3.8 liter ‘61 Jaguar 4-dr. sedan w/white sidewalls ($1,095-LaRiche) ‘63 Volkswagen bus for $1,395 ‘66 Checker Marathon 9-passenger limo Red/black interior ‘66 Porsche 912 ($4,600-Stoddard Imports) Rented ‘66 VW camper ($69 wk.-Ellacott Shaker)

FEATURED AREA FOOD / RESTAURANTS / (12)

New Year’s Eve special @ La Cave (Youngbloods, buffet dinner & dancing $7.50) $1 off a Chicken Delight Bucket Special Jayson’s $2.85 Cattleman’s steak Kolbasz from Lovaszy Meats at West Side Market (89¢ lb.) Davis Bakery German Chocolate Cake 10¢ off Canada Dry’s ‘Wink’ Arby’s 10¢ Jamocha Shake Chef Hector Boiardi’s place on E. 9th German food at Kiefer’s on Detroit Howard Johnson’s $1.98 Clam Plate special Diney’s Drive-In on W. 117th Roman Gardens on Mayfield (lobster dinner $4.50)

FEATURED AREA RETAIL SHOPPING / (10)

$14.88 all-weather coat @ Belkins, 801 Prospect, during 47th anniversary sale Giant Tiger LPs (stereo or mono) only $1.29 21” Muntz color TV-radio-stereo ($379 w/trade) $55 Richman Bros. suit (2 pants) Man Talk at Severance Center Magnavox solid state 20-watt portable stereo record player with detachable speakers ($149.95 Watkins Furniture) 8-transistor radio sets ($7.99 @ new Giant Tiger stores) New 176 sq. in. Airline color TV ($397 @ Montgomery Ward) Polaroid Swinger camera outfits ($21.85 @ Newman-Stern) 8-track stereo ($159.95 @ Sound on Wheels)

FEATURED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS / (2)

Gretsch guitar at Dick Lurie Guitar Studio ($150+) Gibson amps closeout at Master Music (30-50% off)

FEATURED AREA RETAIL STORES / (6)

Giant Tiger / Halle’s Dept. store / Montgomery Ward Dept. store / Newman-Stern / Richman Brothers / Watkins Furniture

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1966 / FEATURED SPORTS PLAYERS / TEAMS / COACHES / MANAGERS / VENUES FROM 1966 / (32)

Jim Brown (retires) / Paul Hornung / Jim Taylor / Paul Warfield / Dick Schafrath / Steve Hargan / Sonny Siebert / Leon Wagner / Sam McDowell / Rocky Colavito / Fred Glover / Howie Glover / Fred Whitfield / head coach Vince Lombardi / manager Birdie Tebbetts (quits) / Cleveland Browns / Washington Redskins / Baltimore Colts / Minnesota Vikings / Green Bay Packers / Minnesota Twins / Cleveland Barons / Rochester Americans / K. C. Athletics / Cleveland Indians / Chicago White Sox / Municipal Stadium / Lambeau Field / Cleveland Arena / Bat Day (yellow Al Kaline Louisville Slugger Little League bats) / 5th Annual Pro Football Doubleheader / NFL Title Game

1966 / FEATURED ENTRIES FROM 1966 [(156) / Sports: (4) / General History: (3)]

1/5 Today’s Top 10 hits: ‘My Love;’ ‘Sounds of Silence;’ ‘Men in My Little Girl’s Life;’ ‘Look Through Any Window;’ ‘We Can Work It Out;’ ‘Just Like Me;’ ‘Spanish Eyes;’ ‘Five O’Clock World’ & ‘She’s Just My Style’ (Martin & Howard’s Pick Hit is ‘S.O.S.’), 1966

1/7 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising with Bob Friend playing ‘Five O’Clock World’ on WHK in a turquoise/bucket seat ‘63 1/2 390 V8 Galaxie 500 XL Fastback ($1,588-West Park Chevy), to dine on lobster at Roman Gardens on Mayfield ($4.50), & see Sean Connery in ‘Thunderball’ at the Detroit; tonight’s flick is ‘Phantom of the Rue Morgue,’ 1966

1/11 Watching Weds. night TV tomorrow; you’ll find ‘The Virginian’ & ‘I Spy’ on WKYCTV3; ‘Rifleman’ & ‘Lost in Space’ on WJW-TV8; and ‘Patty Duke,’ ‘Amos Burke’ and the debut of crime fighter Bruce Wayne as ‘Bat Man’ at 7:30 on WEWS-TV5, 1966

1/14 Ghoulardi fans! After filling your green-white top ‘65 Impala convertible with Sohio’s new Boron w/Double Ice-Gard (283 V8, whitewalls, $2,388-West Park Chevy), before frugging to Cash & the Chargers at Whiskey-A-Go-Go, 7636 Broadway (dancers in discotheque cages); tonight’s 11:20 TV8 flick is ‘Blood of Dracula,’ 1966

1/17 Cruising home tomorrow in a midnight blue/bucket seat ‘63 Impala SS ($1,698-West Park Chevy); My Mother, the Car & Dr. Kildare airs on TV3; as TV5 offers Combat, ‘McHale’s Navy’ (w/Tim Conway), ‘F Troop,’ ‘Peyton Place’ and ‘The Fugitive,’ 1966

1/21 After cruising last night in a white/2-tone blue interior ‘65 Belvedere II w/361 V8 ($2,756-Barrett Bros.), to see ‘Bocky & the Visions’ at Whiskey-A-Go-Go; tonight on Ghoulardi, it’s ‘Prisoner in the Mirror’ & Leslie Nielsen in ‘The Twisted Image,’ 1966

1/21 You’ll also find the ‘Inn-Mates’ at Farragher’s Back Room; Gene Chandler at Leo’s Casino; the Twilighters at the Torchlight; Connie Francis in ‘When the Boys Meet the Girls’ at the Olympia; & tomorrow, it’s Freddy & the Bachelors at the Orbit, 1966

1/22 Cruising to the show with ‘Sounds of Silence’ on WIXY in a ‘65 Mercury Montclair w/390 V8, 3-spd.; La Cave presents Simon & Garfunkel (one show at 9:15 p.m.), 1966

1/28 After cruising to see the 3rd-place Cleveland Barons beat Rochester, 5-3, at the Arena (Fred & Howie Glover 2 goals each), in a red/black interior 2-dr. ‘65 GTO w/3 deuces ($2,395-Edgewater Chevy), and Bela Lugosi in ‘Island of Lost Souls’ on Ghoulardi; tomorrow, the Ramsey Lewis Trio plays Leo’s Casino; Joe Williams plays the Versaille Motor Inn with the Fats Heard Trio; & the Jimmy Boyd Trio plays the Chateau, 1966

2/4 Cruising home in a gold mist/bucket seat ‘65 Corvair Monza 2-dr. hardtop ($1,695-LaRiche Ford), to watch ‘Wild, Wild West;’ ‘Addams Family;’ ‘Smothers Brothers’ & ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.;’ Ghoulardi’s flick is ‘War of Colossal Beast,’ 1966

2/4 You’ll also find Joey & the Continentals & Jimmy Vince & the Proofsets at the Orbit Lounge on Euclid; the ‘V.I.P.’s’ at Gaiety Lounge on W. 25th; the Temptations at Leo’s Casino; & Monday, Ray Anthony & his Bookend Review at Versaille Motor Inn, 1966

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2/5 After cruising with ‘Barbara Ann’ on WIXY in your Corvair Monza to Belkin’s, 801 Prospect, for a $14.88 all-weather coat during their 47th anniversary sale; next stop is groovin’ to the New Christy Minstrels & Four Freshman at Music Hall with WIXY’s Al Gates & Johnny Canton at two shows (7:30 & 10 p.m.), produced by new promoters Belkin & Anderson ($3-$5) - (the first Belkin Productions concert), 1966

2/11 Before seeing ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ on Ghoulardi’s Shock Theater; cruising with ‘You Baby’ on WHK in an ebony black-black top/red interior ‘64 T-Bird Roadster w/wire wheels ($2,595-Central Cadillac), Leo’s Casino hosts Gloria Lynne & Redd Foxx; Jeff & the Dynatones rock the Melba Lounge; & the ‘Upbeats’ rule at Top Bananas, 1966

2/18 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising home in your new ‘66 Dodge Charger w/318, 4 bucket seats, tach, torqueflight ($3,145-4% financing w/down payment-Len Derin Dodge); tonight’s flicks are ‘The Cat Girl’ at 11:30; & ‘Night of the Blood Beast’ at 1 a.m., 1966

2/19 Cruising to the Hippodrome on Euclid in a bronze/bucket seat interior ‘66 Fairlane XL 2-dr. hardtop w/390, 4-spd. ($2,595-Southland), the WHK Good Guys present Paul Revere & the Raiders, stars of ‘Where The Action Is,’ at 10 a.m., with Billy Joe Royal, Dave C & the Sharptones, Upbeat’s Don Webster, and the Upbeat dancers ($2), 1966

2/20 After headlining a special 3 p.m. teen program today with the ‘Trohls’ at the Lantern, 451 Front St. in Berea; Paul Revere & the Raiders return at night for 18 & overs, 1966

2/22 Cruising on Monday to Kent State, the students are rockin’ at a George Washington’s Birthday Party (G.W.B.P.) in the Student Union with Joe Walsh & the ‘Measles,’ 1966

2/23 Outsiders’ ‘Time Won’t Let Me’ tops The Press Showtime Top Ten Tunes list, 1966

2/25 After cruising in a ‘63 Pontiac Bonneville convertible to twist with the ‘Hobos’ at Chagrin Tavern; Ghoulardi’s flicks are ‘The Watcher’ & ‘Bride Who Died Twice,’ 1966

2/27 December’s Children (Janet Belpulsi, Alice Popovich, Bill Petti, Craig Balzer & Ron Papaleo), is the opening night act as Henry LoConti, Sr. launches his historic rock career with the opening of his first Agora at 2715 Cornell Rd., near Randon Rd., 1966

2/28 Cruising yesterday to the Arena, Stevie Wonder, singing ‘Uptight,’ makes his local debut, a 2:30 p.m. matinee show with the ‘Marvelettes’ (Don’t Mess with Bill), the ‘Velvelettes,’ the Contours, Jimmy Ruffing, Kim Weston & a big band ($2-$3.50), 1966

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

3/4 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising to Leo’s Casino in a maroon/black interior ‘65 Chevy Impala w/396, 4-spd., posi. ($2,485-Hornsby & Sons), to see comedian Dick Gregory & Mongo Santamaria; ‘The Brain Eaters’ is tonight’s 11:25 flick on the B&W TV, 1966

3/11 After cruising in a jet black/red leather interior 3.8 liter ‘61 Jaguar 4-dr. sedan w/white sidewalls ($1,095-LaRiche), to see The Beach Boys, Lovin’ Spoonful & Noel Harrison at soldout Music Hall ($2-$5); on Ghoulardi tonight it’s ‘The Haunted Strangler,’ 1966

3/11 It’s 1/2 price night for men at Leo’s Casino starring Otis Redding & his Revue, 1966

3/12 After dining on Howard Johnson’s $1.98 Clam Plate special, Jerry Lee Lewis rocks the Garden Theater on W. 25th with the ‘Rising Suns’ and Lee Rand ($2.50), 1966

3/18 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising to Halle’s for the Beatles’ ‘Rubber Soul’ LP ($2.47 mono / $3.47 stereo), with the Outsiders’ ‘Time Won’t Let Me’ on WIXY in a metallic navy blue/blue bucket seat ‘65 Plymouth Satellite w/383 4-bbl. V8, auto, whitewalls ($2,395 Don Jordan); TV8’s 11:25 flick is ‘The Astounding She Monster,’ 1966 18

3/24 Appearances by Ben E. King, Jackie Wilson, Capt. Penny, Frankie Yankovic, ‘Sounds of 3’ & Barons players; plus remotes by WABQ, WJMO & WJW are all part of the fun as a new Giant Tiger opens at 14210 Miles Ave. - LPs (stereo or mono) only $1.29, 1966

3/25 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising with ‘Kicks’ on the radio in an emerald green/plush black bucket seat ‘65 Chrysler 300L convertible w/auto, all power ($3,195-Marc Lance), to dance on the rising dance floor with the ‘Baskerville Hounds’ & Go-Go girls at Americana-A-Go-Go, 1614 Euclid; tonight’s flick is ‘Hands of a Stranger,’ 1966

3/26 You’ll also find Dave C & the Sharptones at the Chateau; Dave Brubeck’s Quartet at Case Tech; the Aposles at Chagrin Tavern; & Ray Charles at Music Hall ($3-$5), 1966

3/27 Cruising to Kent in a red/black bucket seat turbo-charged ‘64 Corvair Monza 2-door ‘Spyder’ w/4-speed, whitewalls, radio ($1,295-Metro Auto), J. B.’s Nite Club on N. Water St. celebrates its grand opening with Rich Underwood & the ‘Majestics,’ 1966 3/28 Mon. TV offers ‘Dr. Kildare,’ ‘Peyton Place’ & ‘Hullabaloo’ on TV3 at 7:30 with Joe Tex, the ‘Outsiders,’ Baby Jane Holzar, ‘Back Porch Majority’ & hosts Chad & Jeremy, 1966

3/31 After cruising tomorrow with ‘Good Lovin’’ on WHK to see J. B. & the Playboys open Otto’s Grotto in the Hotel Statler; on the 2nd, the Orbit Lounge hosts Jimmy Vince & the Mixed Emotions, while Flatt & Scruggs play the Garden Theater ($2.50), 1966

4/1 Cruising home with a new 21” Muntz color TV-radio-stereo ($379 w/trade), in a ’66 Checker Marathon 9-passenger limo to watch Frank McGee’s Viet Nam war special on TV3, and ‘Attack of the Giant Leeches’ on Ghoulardi; tomorrow, Joe Walsh & the ‘Measles’ rock the house at the Bunny Hop in Kent State’s Olson Cafeteria (25¢), 1966

4/1 Tonight, Joe Tex & his Revue plays Leo’s Casino, as Fred Neil plays La Cave; tomorrow, world-renowned flamingo guitarist Carlos Montoya plays Music Hall ($2-$4), 1966

4/8 Cruising to the West Side Market in a Danube Blue ‘65 Super Sport w/4-on-floor, for smoked Kolbasz from Lovaszy Meats (89¢ lb.), before joining the ‘in crowd’ with the ‘Castells’ at Whiskey-A-Go-Go; on Ghoulardi tonight, it’s ‘Hypnotic Eye,’ 1966 4/10 Tonight, the Columbia Ballroom on Rt. 82 hosts a big ‘Twist Dance’ with the Paris Knights; tomorrow, Joey & the Continentals rock Padua High with the Scepters, 1966

4/12 After cruising to see Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass bring their ‘irresistible beat’ last night to Music Hall with Sergio Mendez & Brazil ‘66 ($4.50 mail-sold out in a day); tonight, Americana A-Go-Go hosts the world famous Bill Black’s Combo, 1966

4/15 Clevelanders hot in N. Y., the Ayler Bros. play La Cave (Albert-sax/Don-trumpet), 1966

4/15 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising with ‘Sloop John B’ on WHK in a white/black leather ‘64 Ford T-Bird Tudor hardtop w/V8, all-power, swing-away wheel ($2,395-LaRiche), to see the ‘Intruders’ (formerly the ‘Visions’) at the Chagrin Tavern; tonight’s 11:20 flicks are ‘Dialogues with Death’ with Boris Karloff; & ‘Portrait Without a Face,’ 1966

4/16 Cruising with ‘Better Man Than I’ on WIXY in a powder blue/bucket seat ‘66 445 V8 Riviera Wildcat 2-dr. hardtop w/auto ($2,195-Williams Ford); the Hippodrome on Euclid rocks with Peter & Gordon, The Vogues, & Terry Knight & the Pack ($2), 1966

4/22 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising for a burger at Diney’s Drive-In on W. 117th with ‘Gloria’ on WIXY in a loaded white/burgundy leather bucket seat ‘66 Olds Starfire Sport Coupe ($3,195-Shaker Lee); the 11:25 flick is ‘Terror from the Year 5000,’ 1966

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4/29 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising in a ‘63 Galaxie 500 convertible ($1,400), to buy a Davis Bakery German Chocolate Cake ($1.49), get 10¢ off Canada Dry’s ‘Wink,’ and watch the Indians lose to the White Sox, 4-1, ending their season-opening 10-game win streak before 13,623 at the Stadium; tonight’s Shock Theater flick is ‘Them,’ 1966

5/1 Joined last night by WIXY’s Al Gates, Bobby Magic, Ray Otis, Howie Lund, & his All- Star Review with Redd Foxx, Helen Ferguson & the George Rhodes orchestra; Sammy Davis, Jr. captivates 5,000 with a 2-hour set at Cleveland Arena ($3.50-$6.50), 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

5/6 After cruising with ‘Groovy Kind of Love’ on WIXY to see Stan Getz & Chad Mitchell at Case Tech ($3), as Jerry Butler & his Revue featuring the Jaimo Thomas Band plays Leo’s Casino; Ghoulardi’s fright flick tonight is ‘It Came from Beneath the Sea,’ 1966

5/13 After shopping the Gibson amps closeout at Master Music on W. 25th (30-50% off); Ghoulardi’s flick tonight is ‘Atomic Age Vampire;’ as the ‘Tree Stumps’ play the St. Gregory CYO tonight; while tomorrow, the ‘Hurtin’ Kind’ (Fyfee, Moore, Bullock, Niemi, Blankenship), & ‘Scepters’ (Mike Gee, Bill Lucas, Chuck Hackett, Chuck Inglefield, Chris Johns, Scott Wilkinson), rock The Cell in Lakewood’s City Hall, 1966

5/15 It’s Ladies Night at Leo’s Casino with Mary Wells & her Revue & the Valentinos, 1966

5/16 Cruising last night in a blue ‘64 Catalina Sports Coupe ($1,895); Leo’s Casino & WIXY- 1260 brought James Brown to the Arena with James Crawford, the Famous Flames, Bobby Byrd, T. V. Mama, Vicki Anderson, ‘Baby’ Lloyd & his orchestra ($3-$4), 1966

5/19 Billboard’s Top 100 includes ‘Groovy Kind of Love’ (1); ‘Monday, Monday’ (2); ‘Good Lovin’ (3); ‘Sloop John B’ (4); ‘Gloria’ (10); & the Outsiders’ ‘Girl in Love’ (24), 1966

5/20 After cruising to Leo’s Casino with ‘I Can’t Let Go’ on WHK in a black/red bucket seat ‘64 Ford Falcon Sprint convertible w/V8, whitewalls, power steering ($1,495-Jim Hern), to see the O’Jays vs. Temptations when the Mamas & the Papas skip their Music Hall gig (Mama Cass ill); on Ghoulardi, it’s ‘Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,’ 1966

5/21 Some strumming guitars, 1,500 gather by dawn at Municipal Stadium Gate D to buy tickets to the August 14th Beatles concert, with over 30,000 tickets sold by noon, 1966

5/22 Showtime Top Ten Tunes include: the Mindbenders’ ‘Groovy Kind of Love;’ ‘Green Grass’ by Gary Lewis; the Outsiders’ ‘Girl in Love’ & the Standells’ ‘Dirty Water,’ 1966

5/24 Though it seats roughly 50, tonight (Weds.) is ‘Jump Night’ at Night Town Cafe on East Cedar, as musicians jam with pianist Bill Gidney & bassist James Williams, 1966

5/25 Cruising on Wednesday, at Americana A-Go-Go on Euclid, it’s the G.T.O.’s with the swingingest A-Go-Go chicks in Cleveland (50¢); & it’s free if you wear a sweater at Whiskey A-Go-Go on Broadway, where Johnny and the Paris Knights headline, 1966

5/27 WIXY Appreciation Day tomorrow at Chippewa Lake brings together the WIXY Supermen with Bill Dana, the ‘Beau Brummels,’ ‘the ‘Vogues,’ the ‘G.T.O.’s,’ and ‘Chosen Few,’ 1966

5/27 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising in a flame red/black bucket seat 65 1/2 AMC Marlin fastback ($1,988-Bob Kay), for $1 off a Chicken Delight Bucket Special, and a $55 Richman Bros. suit (2 pants); tonight’s 11:25 flicks are ‘The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk,’ and ‘The Incredible Doctor Markesan’ starring Boris Karloff and Dick York, 1966

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5/29 Admission was $3.50 yesterday as Cedar Point opened for the year with Jungle Larry’s new Safari Island & a teen dance with the Outsiders, ‘Munx’ & WKYC V.I.P.s, 1966

6/3 Ghoulardi fans! After listening to the 1st-place Indians beat the host Twins, 6-5, with Bob Neal & Jimmy Dudley on WERE (Whitfield 4 for 4/3-run homer), while cruising in a red ‘65 Mustang Sport Coupe w/289, dual Cobra quads, 4-spd., 457 gears-Hurst close ratio box, mag wheels ($2,299-Cooley); tonight’s flick is ‘Son of Dr. Jekyll,’ 1966

6/3 Cruising with ‘Red Rubber Ball’ on WIXY in a red/black interior ‘66 Corvette Fastback w/350 h.p., you’ll find recording artists Sam & Dave (Hold On, I’m Comin’), at the new Colosseum Nite Club, & Dionne Warwick with her Revue at Leo’s Casino, 1966

6/5 The first 50 folks get a free baseball autographed by Leon Wagner and Sam McDowell during Shaker Ford’s 8th anniversary, where a ‘64 T-Bird Coupe is only $2,288, 1966

6/5 “You Better Run’ by the Young Rascals is Recordland’s new 59¢ Teen Hit special, 196

6/10 After mailing your Beatles tickets coupon ($3-$5.50) to WIXY, 3940 Euclid; buying ‘Popsicle’ & ‘Hanky Panky’ 45s at Record Theatre; & cruising in a white/red interior ’64 Impala hardtop w/327, auto ($1,695-Jim Hern), to see Marvin Gaye on Men’s Night at Leo’s Casino; on Ghoulardi, it’s ‘Til Death Do Us Part’ & ‘The Hollow Watcher,’ 1966

6/17 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising in a black/red interior-black top ‘63 T-Bird convertible w/whitewalls, V8, auto ($1,895-LaRiche Ford), to get an Arby’s 10¢ Jamocha shake, & see ‘Rare Breed’ at Otto’s Grotto; tonight’s flick is ‘The Wasp Woman,’ 1966

6/17 You’ll also find Jose Feliciano at La Cave; the ‘Contours’ at the Music Box, 10616 Euclid; and at the new Orbit Lounge, 37415 Euclid, the ‘G.T.O.’s’ play tonight & tomorrow; Dave C (Dave Cox) & the Sharptones Sunday; & the ‘Upbeats’ on Wednesday, 1966

6/19 As Billy Joe Royal plays Americana A-Go Go; Nina Simone plays Leo’s Casino, 1966

6/24 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising to the Stadium ($2.50-$3 box), with ‘Hungry’ on WHK to see the K. C. A’s beat the 3rd-place Tribe, 7-5, before 13,347 (Colavito-2 homers, single- 5 RBI); tonight’s flicks are ‘Worse than Murder’ & ‘Kill My Love,’ 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

6/28 Providing “suspense and intrigue in brooding mansion on Widow’s Hill,” ‘Dark Shadows,’ with Barnabas Collins debuts yesterday at 4 p.m. on WEWS-TV5, 1966 7/1 After cruising with ‘Hanky Panky’ on WHK in a sapphire blue/white interior-top ’66 T-Bird Roadster to dine on Jayson’s $2.85 Cattleman’s steak & see Bobby Goldsboro at Americana A-Go-Go; on Ghoulardi tonight, it’s ‘Beast from the Haunted Cave,’ 1966

7/1 After watching the ‘Big 5 Show,’ TV5’s pop music showcase tomorrow at 5 p.m. with the ‘Outsiders,’ Bobby Goldsboro, Bobby Mann & host Don Webster; you’ll find the Four Tops with Gene Chandler at Leo’s Casino, & the Del Vikings at the Castaway, 1966

7/2 After catching the ‘Battle of the Bands’ last night between the ‘Keystones’ & ‘Rebel Kind’ at Cathedral Latin; cruisin’ to Chippewa Lake Park in a rented VW camper ($69 wk.-Ellacott Shaker), it’s the ‘Rockers,’ ‘Turnkeys,’ ‘Mods’ & ‘Muther’s Oats’ at the big WKYC VIP show; as ‘Tiffany Shade’ rocks the Lakewood YMCA ($1), 1966

7/6 Cruising to the show in a red/black bucket seat 250 hp. 4-spd. ‘66 Corvette hatchback ($3,995-Luby Chevy); some 2,000 rock to the ‘Dave Clark Five’ at Music Hall with the ‘Baskerville Hounds,’ ‘Mods,’ ‘Sounds of 3’ and WKYC V.I.P.s ($3.50-$5.50), 1966 21

7/8 After cruising to see the ‘Epics’ at the Torchlight in a jet black ‘66 Plymouth Satellite w/red bucket seats, 383, 4-spd. ($2,775-Don Jordan); Ghoulardi ‘rocks’ at 11:25, 1966

7/15 After dining on Royal Castle’s new 39¢ 1/4 lb. cheeseburger, & cruising in a metallic gray-BVT ‘63 Grand Prix w/reverb stereo ($1,595), to see The Supremes & Flip Wilson open at Leo’s Casino ($4.50); tonight on Ghoulardi, it’s ‘Screaming Skull’ (their show on the 19th is halted by National Guardsmen during the nearby Hough riots), 1966

7/15 On the 19th, you’ll also find the Supremes live 3-4 p.m. at Giant Tiger’s new store, 8301 Euclid, where the Blue Note & Pacific Jazz catalogs with the Delegates, Grant Green, Wayne Shorter, Joe Pass & Wes Montgomery are only $2.98 (mono)/$3.57 (stereo), 1966 7/21 Cruising tomorrow in a yellow-black top/black interior ‘64 Galaxie 500XL Fastback 2-dr. hardtop w/352 V8, auto ($1,695-Birkett Williams), the Stable Lounge hosts the ‘Mixed Emotions’ (Vince, Kurilec, Kamburoff, Orzechowski (Orr), Gardina), 1966

7/22 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising to Man Talk at Severance Center with ‘Wild Thing’ on WHK in a green/black bucket seat ‘66 Mustang GT350 w/side racing stripes, 4-bbl. 289/306 hp. (4,000 mi-$4,000), to see Terry Knight & the Pack in person before tonight’s La Cave show, tonight’s Shock Theater flick is ‘Bride and the Beast,’ 1966

7/25 With over 23,000 ballots cast in The Press poll, bands set for the ‘66 Fun ‘n’ Fashions Festival at Public Hall Aug. 24 are ‘Muther’s Oats’ (4,236); ‘Mixed Emotions’ (3,364); ‘Tree Stumps’ (3,314); ‘Saxons’ (2,555) & the ‘Outsiders’ (2,087)- (‘Trohls’ 6th), 1966

7/27 Herman’s Hermits & the Animals play Canton Memorial Auditorium ($3-$5.50), 1966

7/29 Need a laugh? Check out Jerry Lewis at Musicarnival with the Nicholas Brothers, Skylarks and Wiere Bros. ($4-$6.25 at Corky & Lenny’s, Brown Derby, Watkins), 1966

7/29 Ghoulardi fans! After buying a Magnavox solid state 20-watt portable stereo record player with detachable speakers at Watkins Furniture ($149.95), and catching the ‘Panicks’ vs. Mods’ at Boston Mills, as the ‘Lost Souls’ battle the ‘Scepters’ at St. Joseph High; tonight’s Shock Theater flicks are ‘Letter to a Lover’ & ‘Guillotine,’ 1966

7/30 Cruising to Euclid Beach with ‘Summer in the City’ on WKYC in a white/black & red vinyl interior ‘65 Dodge ‘440’ convertible w/power steering ($2,295-Len Derin), it’s $2 to see the ‘Lovin’ Spoonful,’ ‘Mods’ & ‘Muther’s Oats’ on WKYC ‘Coca-Cola Day,’ 1966

8/5 Ghoulardi fans! After rockin’ to the ‘Saxons’ (Davenport, Schartman, Allison, Pullin, Van Niel), at the UAW Hall in Parma, tonight’s flick is ‘Beast with a Million Eyes,’ 1966

8/5 You’ll also find Clevelander Edwin Starr & the Coasters at Leo’s Casino; Jack Benny with Wayne Newton and the Rudenko Bros. at Musicarnival ($5.50); the Harry Damas Trio at Brothers Lounge; the ‘Lost Souls’ rocking St. Anthony’s in Parma; and the ‘Jazz Crusaders’ at the House of Blues on Woodland from 10:30 to 3:30 a.m., 1966

8/8 “8,000 Here Welcome Bigtime Jazz Concert,” offers the PD, after Horace Silver & his quintet, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Jimmy Smith, Joe Williams & the Dave Brubeck Quartet play the Arena on the 6th in a Belkin co-sponsored event ($3.50-$6), 1966

8/12 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising with the Outsiders’ ‘Respectable’ on WHK in a ’66 Plymouth Barracuda w/formula S package- 4-bbl. 273, tach, mag wheel covers ($2,550-Doraty), to buy ‘Respectable,’ Recordland’s Weekly Teen Hit (59¢); & see the ‘Crickets’ during the ‘California Sand Dance’ at Wildwood Lake; the 12:25 a.m. flicks after football are ‘The Specialists’ & George Kennedy in ‘Innocent Bystander,’ 1966

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8/14 A damp and chilly Sunday evening couldn’t stop 24,646 from seeing The Beatles perform their 10-song set at Municipal Stadium, even though the WIXY-sponsored contest was interrupted 33 minutes when the crowd rushed the stage (the Remains, Bobby Hebb, the ‘Cyrcle’ & the ‘Ronettes’ were also on the concert schedule as opening acts), 1966

8/14 After hearing that Vernon Stouffer plans to buy controlling interest in the Indians; cruising with ‘My Heart’s Symphony’ on WHK, Ben E. King plays Leo’s Casino, 1966

8/19 After cruising to the Stadium on ‘WKYC Date Night’ with ‘Bus Stop’ on WIXY in a turquoise-white top/plush bucket seat ‘65 Ford T-Bird Roadster w/whitewalls ($3,095-Marc Lance), to see the Mods, Muther’s Oats, V.I.P.’s & the 3rd-place Indians beat Chicago, 3-2, before 19,054 ($4 couple)-(Colavito, Whitfield, Wagner homer / Tebbetts quits as manager); Ghoulardi’s flick is Tom Conway in ‘She Creature,’ 1966

8/19 Offering hits like ‘Georgia,’ Ray Charles, backed by his 17-piece orchestra, makes his first local night club appearance to 800 cheering fans at Leo’s Casino; as ‘blues ballads master’ Josh White plays La Cave with Joan Kent (call 231-9405); and vibes man/ drummer Johnny Lytle plays the House of Blues on Woodland until 3:30 a.m., 1966

8/21 Cruising to Euclid Beach with ‘See You in September’ on WKYC in a navy blue-white top ‘63 Catalina convertible ($1,495-LaRiche Ford), WKYC hosts 9 big acts on Laub-Sugardale Day including Lou Christie, Keith Allison, the Happenings, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, & the Strangeloves ($2) (rides 5¢ to 20¢/hot dogs 15¢), 1966

8/23 On WIXY/AM1260, it’s Jerry Brooke (6-10), Johnny Canton (10-1), Johnny Walters (1-4), Al Gates & ‘Feathers’ (4-7), Jack Armstrong (7-12) & Bobby Magic (12-6 a.m.), 1966

8/25 “Giant Tiger Believes in City” states the headline, with the opening of stores at 8301 Euclid Ave. & 13839 Lorain Ave., offering 8-transistor radio sets for $7.99; & appearances by Jerry G, Capt. Penny & Browns players Paul Warfield & Dick Schafrath, 1966

8/25 Tomorrow you’ll find ‘The Chosen Kind’ at St. Albert the Great in North Royalton (no ties needed for boys); & the ‘Keystones’ at St. Stanislaus School on Forman, 1966

8/26 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising to the Stadium in a navy blue-white top ‘63 Catalina V8 convertible w/auto ($1,495-LaRiche), where the Colts beat the Browns, 24-17; & the Redskins top Minnesota, 30-27, before 83,418 in the 5th annual pro football doubleheader; the 11:25 fright flicks are ‘What Beckoning Ghost’ & ‘Premature Burial,’ 1966

8/28 Cruising in a red/black interior ‘65 Coronet 500 w/426, 4-spd., it’s Leo’s Casino’s Jazz Fest with Thelonius Monk, Gloria Lynne & her trio, & Roland Kirk & his quartet, 1966

9/1 Rockin’ ‘The Ohio Teen Fair’ at Chippewa Lake Park, it’s Gary Lewis & the Playboys and ‘Napoleon XIV’ today at 3 p.m., 7:30, & 10 p.m.; ‘The Outsiders’ with Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels tomorrow; the ‘McCoys,’ Harvey Russell & the ‘Rogues’ the 3rd; & on the 4th, it’s Terry Knight & the Pack with the ‘Shangri-Las’ ($1.50), 1966

9/2 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising with ‘96 Tears’ on WHK in a gold/black interior ’65 Pontiac Bonneville 4-spd. convertible w/V8, power steering ($2,395-Grabski Corners), to see ‘Terry & the Pirates’ & ‘Muther’s Oats’ at Euclid Rollerdome with WKYC’s Jim Gallant; the 12:55 a.m. fright flick after NFL football is ‘She Devil,’ 1966

9/3 While Jerry G’s ‘Sound Eleven Survey’ airs at 7 p.m. on TV3; ‘Upbeat,’ WEWS-TV5’s 5 p.m. rock showcase features the ‘Outsiders’ & ‘Terry Knight and the Pack,’ 1966

9/4 Cruising in a Mission beige 389 V8 ‘64 Ventura Sport Coupe ($1,795-Jackshaw) to see the ‘Sensations’ & ‘Baskerville Hounds’ on the 2nd at the Orbit Lounge, & ‘Dean & the Dynamics’ at the Gaiety Lounge last 23

night with Go-Go girls Beverly & Carol; tonight, newly air conditioned La Cave hosts Judy Collins during ‘Folk Festival Month,’ 1966

9/6 Bringing his piano & candelabra, Liberace, ‘Mr. Showmanship,’ opens a 6-day, eight performance engagement at Musicarnival ($2.95 to $5.50, available at Burrows), 1966

9/8 It’s Sneak-A-Peak Week on WKYC-TV3, featuring the debut of ‘Star Trek’ in living color with ‘Capt. Kirk’ Wm. Shatner & ‘Spock’ Leonard Nimoy (Man Trap episode), 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

9/10 After watching ‘James Brown, Gary Lewis, ‘Shadows of Knight’ & ‘Selective Service’ on TV5’s ‘Upbeat;’ cruising in a silvery-gray-black top/interior ‘63 Pontiac Grand Prix ($1,795-Zalud), to the Cave on S. Taylor; after the ‘Grasshoppers’ rocked the place last night (Sid Turner’s back from the Army); it’s Jimy Sohns & ‘Shadows of Knight,’ 1966

9/12 While it’s ‘Gilligan’s Island’ on TV8; ‘Peyton Place’ & the debuts of ‘Rat Patrol’ & ‘Felony Squad’ on TV5; TV3 offers ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ and the debuts of the ‘Roger Miller Show,’ and ‘The Monkees,’ “a comedy series about a way-out quartet,” 1966

9/13 Tuesday night TV offers ‘Combat,’ ‘Red Skelton,’ ‘Daktari,’ ‘The Fugitive’ & the debuts of ‘Love on a Rooftop’ & ‘The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.,’ with THRUSH fighters Stephanie Powers (she’s darling, she’s daring), & Noel Harrison at 7:30 on TV3, 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; & reports Bill Randall notes 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

9/16 After cruising to see the ‘Grasshoppers’ at Stables Lounge in Painesville with ‘Black is Black’ on WKYC in a canary yellow-BVT/bucket seat ‘64 GTO 2-dr. hardtop w/4-on-floor ($1,795-Friedman); Ghoulardi’s ‘Shock Theater’ flick on a new 176 sq. in. Airline color TV ($397-Montgomery Ward), is ‘Phantom of the Rue Morgue’ (in color), 1966

9/23 After cruising tonight in a burgundy ‘65 Dodge 440 2-dr. hardtop w/383, 4-spd., whitewalls ($1,995-Jackshaw), to see the ‘Midnighters’ at the Blue Light in S. Euclid, before watching ‘Terror in the Haunted House’ on Ghoulardi; tomorrow, the ‘Vectors’ rock the Hideout; ‘Kicks, Inc.’ plays Rocky River Memorial Hall; the ‘Outcasts’ (Sole, Schade, Beach, Grau, Lesher), rock the Sunken Bar in Geneva-on-the-Lake; WHK’s Ken Scott hosts a record hop at Euclid High; & the Lost Souls rock St. Ignatius, 1966

9/25 After cruising last night in a ‘66 383 4-spd. Sports Fury to see the ‘Happenings’ and the ‘Buccaneers’ at the Ashtabula Armory with WREO’s Bob Belz & Jim Connors; tomorrow, it’s teen dance time with ‘The Trohls’ at Casa di Baron, 6845 W. 130th, 1966

9/27 ‘Cherish’ by the Association tops the WIXY1260 Survey; followed by ‘Black is Black’ by Los Bravos; the Four Tops’ ‘I’ll Be There;’ Neil Diamond’s ‘Cherry Cherry;’ ’96 Tears’ by Question Mark and the Mysterians; and Keith’s ‘Ain’t Gonna Lie,’ 1966

9/30 Cruising tonight with ‘Cherry Cherry’ on WIXY in a cobalt blue ‘62 T-Bird (all-power, leather interior-$1,295-Meisel), La Cave hosts Terry Knight & the Pack; ‘We Five’ plays John Carroll; the ‘Lost Souls’(Carleton, Marek, Tomczack, McKinley, Schoenaur), play Eastlake Teen Town; the ‘Tree Stumps’ rock the Cave on S. Taylor; & on Ghoulardi’s Shock Theater, tonight’s horror flick is ‘Daughter of Dr. Jekyll,’ 1966

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10/2 Last night, Leslie Gore headlined at Americana A-Go-Go; tonight, the Righteous Brothers join Nino Temple & April Stevens at Music Hall with WKYC VIPs ($5), 1966

10/7 After dining at Chef Hector Boiardi’s place on E. 9th, cruising in a red/red leather interior ‘63 Chevy Super Sport w/327 V8, 4-spd. ($1,795-Tradewinds), you’ll find the ‘Blues Magoos’ playing La Cave; the ‘Baskerville Hounds’ at St. Edward High’s homecoming dance; and ‘The Spider,’ as Ghoulardi‘s Shock Theater feature, 1966

10/11 After cruising in a black/beige bucket seat interior all-power ‘61 Ford T-Bird w/390 ($1,095-Williams Ford), to buy the Happenings’ ‘Go Away Little Girl,’ Recordland’s 59¢ special; next, it’s feasting on German food at Kiefer’s on Detroit in their 28th year, and dancing to the ‘Mixed Emotions’ tonight at the Cave, 2122 S. Taylor, 1966

10/14 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising with ‘Poor Side of Town,’ on the push button radio in a flame red-white top/white interior ‘66 Dodge Coronet 500 2-dr. hardtop w/V8, ($2,390-Conway), to see the ‘Missing Links’ at Chagrin Armory, & the Dantes (Under My Thumb) tomorrow at Painesville Armory; tonight’s horror flick is ‘Fright,’ 1966

10/18 Cruising in a flame red-white top/bucket seat interior ‘66 Dodge Coronet 2-dr. hardtop w/V8, auto, whitewalls ($2,000-Conway); the Detroit features Bond films ‘Dr. No’ and ‘Goldfinger;’ The Shaker has Stephen Boyd & Raquel Welch in ‘Fantastic Voyage;’& at the Miles Drive-In, it’s Annette Funicello & Frankie Avalon in ‘Fireball 500,’ 1966

10/21 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising with ‘Walk Away Renee’ on WHK in your never titled white ’66 Plymouth Barracuda w/auto ($2,390-Doraty-5 year-50,000 mi. warranty), to see recording star Billy Joe Royal & the ‘New Continentals’ at Cavalier Hall in Maple Heights; tonight’s TV8 Shock Theater flick is the D-rated ‘Man Without a Body,’ 1966

10/22 After seeing Billy Joe Royal & the ‘Outsiders’ (Tom King, Mert Madsen, Sonny Geraci, Rick Biagiola, Bill Bruno), on TV5’s ‘Upbeat’ at 5 p.m.; the ‘Trohls,’ ‘Mods’ & ‘Muther’s Oats play the Lakewood Civic Auditorium with WKYC’s Jerry G & Jim Gallant, 1966

10/28 After cruising tonight with ‘Mellow Yellow’ on WIXY to the WIXY Super Show at Chanel High with the ‘Magic Times,’ ‘Twilighters’ (Steve Popovich, Ray Miller, Randy Brown, Tony Liotta, Dennis Samsa), ‘Sounds of Silence,’ ‘Keystones,’ ‘Danny & the Satons’ & the Jades; on Ghoulardi, it’s ‘Weird Tailor’ & ‘God Grante That She Lye Stille,’ 1966

10/29 Blues lovers! Leo’s Casino offers B. B. King, John Lee Hooker and Jimmy Reed, 1966

11/1 As ‘Blues Project’ with Al Kooper plays La Cave, ‘Cleveland’s House of Folk Music;’ it’s free if you wear a sweater to hear ‘The Intruders’ at Americana A Go-Go on Euclid, the city’s only ‘multi-media niteclub’ where Abstract Nudes offer a ‘drugless trip,’ 1966

11/3 Cruising in a white-black top/black leather ‘65 Olds Cutlass 442 convertible ($1,995-Lossman), to the Detroit Theater, Jack Lemon & Walter Matthau star in ‘The Fortune Cookie,’ with parts filmed in Cleveland, including Municipal Stadium, 1966

11/4 After cruising in a black/burgundy interior ‘66 Dodge Charger w/383, auto ($2,495), to see ‘The Rebel Kind’ (Brolin, Modica, Lewis, Margolis, LaMarco), ‘Muther’s Oats’ & WKYC’s Jim Gallant at Chanel High; Ghoulardi’s flick is ‘Satan’s Satellites,’ 1966

11/5 After cruising to the Hippodrome with ‘Cherish’ on WIXY in a red/black interior ‘66Plymouth Satellite w/426 hemi, gauges, chromes ($2,600), to the 11 a.m. WIXY Super Show as Terry Knight & the Pack, the GTO’s, the Rationals, McCoys, Happenings & Kicks, Inc. play to 1,500; tonight, the Ike & Tina Turner Revue plays Leo’s Casino, 1966

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11/7 Featured in Life Magazine, Belkin Productions brought Andy Warhol with his smash New York Scene ‘The Exploding Plastic Inevitable’ to Masonic Auditorium last night, featuring the ‘Velvet Underground’ & ‘Nico’ (students $2-adults $2.50), 1966

11/8 While cruising with WIXY-1260 on the radio to see Elvis Presley, Shelly Fabares and Deborah Walley in ‘Spinout’ at the Mercury Theater; at 3 p.m., Dick ‘Wild Childe’ Kemp begins his second day broadcasting on Cleveland’s AM rock powerhouse, 1966

11/11 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising to see the ‘Baskerville Hounds’ & ‘City Squires’ at Padua High with ‘I Who Have Nothing’ on WKYC in a Montero Red/red bucket seat ’66 Pontiac GTO w/4-spd., 355 hp. engine, tinted glass, power steering, whitewalls, console, clock ($2,495-Jackshaw); the flick is Boris Karloff in ‘Corridors of Blood,’ 1966

11/11 Tonight, the ‘Mystics’ play St. Joseph High’s fall mixer; tomorrow, Mike Mann & the Men (Jerry Koch, Mike Mann, Mike Marchetti, Bob Rhodes, Ken Dankowski), rock Chanel High (ties, coats or sweaters), as N. Olmsted High hosts the ‘Mortycyans,’ 1966

11/12 The ‘WAKR Fall Festival of Stars’ rocks the Akron Civic Theatre at 1 p.m., with Gary Lewis, Bobby Hebb, Sam the Sham & the Pharohs, Brian Hyland, Jimmy Clanton, the ‘Yardbirds’ with Jimmy Paige & the Distant Cousins ($2.50-$3.50 reserv.), 1966

11/13 Leo’s Casino presents Jimmy Ruffin, Etta James & the ‘Blue-Eyed’ Soul Brother, 1966

11/17 Looking for where the action is? Try Cappelli’s in Wickliffe where it’s ‘Twist Night’ with ‘The Rituals;’ or Leo’s Casino on Euclid where Aretha Franklin & her trio headline with comedian Dave Turner (next week, it’s Jackie Wilson and his Revue), 1966

11/18 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising to Cavalier Hall with ‘Devil with a Blue Dress’ on WHK in a Cameo ivory/black vinyl bucket seat ‘65 Pontiac Grand Prix w/389 V8, auto, power steering ($2,395-Jackshaw), to see Bobby Goldsboro, Cannibal & Headhunters & December’s Children; tonight’s D-flick is ‘Missile Monsters,’ 1966

11/19 Sat. A.M. TV offers ‘Popeye;’ Capt. Kangaroo; ‘Atom Ant;’ ‘Mighty Mouse;’ ‘Top Cat;’ ‘Underdog;’ ‘Magilla Gorilla;’ ‘Jetsons;’ ‘Bugs Bunny;’ ‘Casper’ & ‘Road Runner,’ 1966

11/25 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising to see the ‘Choir’ & ‘Jamie & the Domains’ (Wunderle, Smith, DeRigo, Laszlo, Pierce), at the Rocky River Teen Club’s double decker dance, with ‘Lady Godiva’ on CKLW in a jet black ‘66 Ford Fairlane 2-dr. hardtop w/V8, auto ($2,266-Ruple Ford); the flicks are ‘A Third for Pinochle’ and ‘Flowers of Evil,’ 1966

11/28 After cruising last night to see ‘The Outcasts’ at the new Cat’s Meow at 111 High St.; tonight, the Tonight Show’s Doc Severinsen brings his sextet to the Theatrical, 1966

12/2 Cruising in an Aztec red ‘65 Impala Sport Coupe w/full power ($2,195-Central Cadillac West), Baldwin-Wallace’s College Union rocks with dancing to the ‘Choir,’ & ‘Jamie & the Domains’ at 9 p.m., & the Yardbirds (Paige, McCarty, Relf, Dreja [sans Beck], in concert at 11 ($2.50): (tonight’s Ghoulardi flick is ‘The Undead’), 1966

12/4 After ‘Candid Camera’ & ‘What’s My Line’ on TV8; City Camera News features Murray Stewart, Hoolihan the Weatherman, and sports with John Fitzgerald, 1966

12/5 Tickets were $3-$5 at Burrows to see Peter, Paul & Mary last night at Music Hall, 1966

12/9 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising to buy a new Gretsch guitar at Dick Lurie Guitar Studio ($150+), in a metallic turquoise/bucket seat ‘65 Chevy II Nova Super Sport ($1,695-$50 down-Len Derin), before dancing to ‘The Lost Souls’ at St. Joseph High; tonight’s C-rated flick is Bela Lugosi in ‘Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,’ 1966

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12/11 Tonight, Bocky & the Intruders play Americana A Go-Go with Abstract Nudes A Go-Go; Leo’s Casino hosts Smokey Robinson & the Miracles with Tammy Terrell, the Mo-Town Recording Band & comedian Bill Murray; & it’s a “Happening” at Severance Hall, as Western Reserve University presents the ‘Serendipity Singers’ ($1-$2), 1966

12/11 Top 40 format WIXY/AM1260 celebrates its first year of local broadcasting, 1966

12/15 Need a gift? Newman-Stern has Polaroid Swinger camera outfits for only $21.85, 1966

12/16 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising to Sound on Wheels with ‘Good Vibrations’ on CKLW in a yellow-black top/black bucket seat ‘65 LeMans 2-dr. hardtop w/V8, auto ($1,995-Jay Pontiac), for a $159.95 8-track stereo, & rocking to the ‘In Crowd,’ ‘Keystones’ and WIXY’s Al Gates at Cathedral Latin; tonight’s flick is ‘Friend Without a Face,’ 1966 12/17 WEWS-TV’s ‘Upbeat Show’ at 5 p.m. features Keith, Bobby Goldsboro, Jay and the Americans, ‘Rare Breed,’ ‘Blues Project,’ ‘Shadows of Knight, Peaches & Herb, the G.T.O.’s, ‘Youngbloods,’ Jeff Kutash & the Upbeat dancers, & host Don Webster, 1966

12/18 Cruising last night (Saturday), to the event in a ‘65 LeMans, recording star Keith (98.6), joins the ‘Choir’ at the Painesville Armory with WKYC’s Jim LaBarbara, 1966

12/23 Ghoulardi fans! After cruising with ‘98.6’ on the radio in a turquoise/black leather ’65 Buick Riviera ($2,493-Southland), to dance with ‘The Clansmen’ (jacket & tie mandatory) at Beachwood High; tonight’s Shock Theater flick is ‘Giant Gila Monster’ with new hosts Hoolihan the weatherman (Bob Wells), & Big Chuck (Schodowski), 1966

12/24 After cruising last night with ‘Snoopy & the Red Baron’ on WHK to see the ‘Royal Guardsmen’ at Chagrin Armory; tonight, the ‘O’Jays’ & Bobby Hebb headline Leo’s Casino; while tomorrow, the Baskerville Hounds rock the Columbia Ballroom, 1966 12/24 On TV, it’s Julius LaRosa, the Lovin’ Spoonful & the Hollies on ‘Upbeat’ at 5 p.m.; ‘Get Smart,’ & Clevelander Greg Morris as Barney Collier on ‘Mission Impossible,’ 1966

12/25 After catching Tom Paxton the 17th, Jim & Jean celebrate Christmas at La Cave, 1966

12/26 Cruising to Byzantine High tonight in a maroon ‘63 Buick Wildcat with ‘Where Will the Words Come’ on WHK; it’s the big WIXY-1260 Supershow with Terry Knight and the Pack, the ‘Dantes,’ ‘Wild Things’ and ‘Sir Anthony and the Royals’ ($1.75), 1966

12/27 Cruising tomorrow in a Pearl White/black interior ‘66 Dodge Charger w/383, 4-spd. ($2,688-Elliott Dodge); as ‘Lost Generation’ plays the Euclid YMCA & ‘Changing Times’ plays the Chardon Teen Beat; Jesse Colin Young’s Youngbloods play La Cave (New Year’s Eve special - the Youngbloods, buffet dinner & dancing for $7.50), 1966

12/30 Cruising in a red/black interior ‘66 Porsche 912 ($4,600-Stoddard Imports), the Tree Stumps play Wildwood Lake; Patti LaBelle & the Bluebells play The Music Box; Leo’s Casino hosts Chuck Jackson & The O’Jays w/Chickee Horne; the Lost Souls, Anthills & Sounds Anonymous play Euclid K of C; & The Choir rocks Painesville Armory, 1966

12/30 On TV8, it’s ‘The Return of Andres Bentley’ & ‘The Last of the Sommervilles,’ 1966

1966 / FEATURED SPORTS RELATED ENTRIES / (4)

1/3 Jim Brown runs for 50 yards on the muddy turf in his last game with the Browns, as coach Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers dethrone Cleveland 23-12 in the NFL title game yesterday before 50,852 at Lambeau Field (Hornung 105/Taylor 96 yds.), 1966

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1/13 Citing growing business interests including Main Bout, a closed-circuit TV company formed with Cassius Clay, & the Negro Industrial & Economic Union, Cleveland Browns RB Jim Brown hints that the upcoming Pro Bowl may be his last game, 1966

6/25 It’s ‘Bat Day’ tomorrow at the Stadium, where 12,640 youngsters received yellow ‘Al Kaline’ Louisville Slugger Little League bats before 32,249 watched the 3rd-place Indians split a doubleheader with the K. C. Athletics (Hargan loses, Siebert wins), 1966

7/13 While filming the ‘Dirty Dozen’ in England, Cleveland Browns All-Pro fullback Jim Brown announces his retirement to concentrate on business opportunities, 1966

1966 / FEATURED GENERAL HISTORY ENTRIES / (2)

2/7 Philco VP Carl E. Lantz predicts a million color TVs will be sold here by 1970, 1966

2/12 The Peace Corps placement test starts at 9 a.m. at the Main Post Office Bldg., 1966