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It's difficult to think of those as the ‘good ol’ days.’ Compare it to private jet airliner travel for a group and its entourage. They play 18,000 seat arenas and are joined by an army of roadies and trailer trucks with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment. Those old days on the road remind me of veterans reflecting on any war. The stories always sound glamorous and full of fun. It wasn’t all fun & games. It was tough work.
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are cosmopolitan and sophisticated compared to the grandfathers of rock‘n’roll. The Old Dick Clark
Caravan of Stars rock’n’roll bus tour with 17 acts played one and two shows nightly for 60 to 90 days in a row. The show ran four hours in a 2,000 or 3,000 seat gymnasium or abandoned vaudeville house.
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Dick Clark observed that in the late 1950s, rock and roll had little acceptance as a form of live entertainment. Seeing an opportunity, he formed the
Caravan of Stars, which, during its seven-year existence grew to gross nearly $ 5 million annually (more than $ 45 million in 2021 dollars).
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The concert promoted up to seventeen acts, each performing two or three songs, all backed by the same band. In the beginning, admission was $ 1.50 ($ 13.50 in 2021). By 1965 the price had risen to $ 2.50 ($ 22.50 in 2021).
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Michigan State Fair, the show set another attendance record, surpassing the previous attendance record by more than 15,000 concert goers over the previous record in the 110-year history of the fair.
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Hollywood, California, reflected the early success of the Caravan. The performance set an all-time attendance record at the Bowl, with more than 5,000 being turned away.
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In 1978, in a commemorative piece on the 25th anniversary of the birth of rock and roll, Clark recalled the
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605:Round Robin
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176:August 1959
96:Linda Scott
92:Lloyd Price
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809:Tim Tormey
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783:Mel Carter
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260:Duane Eddy
231:Ray Sharpe
227:Jack Scott
209:Duane Eddy
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486:The Essex
473:Bobby Vee
467:Fall 1963
436:Paul Anka
327:The Earls
251:Paul Anka
133:Reception
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65:Bobby Vee
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342:Dick Lee
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186:Annette
167:Rosters
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153:Legacy
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