Monday, June 4, 2012

Caravan of Stars Fall 1963 Tour

Today's post is the first complete listing of a Caravan of Stars tour I have.  Recently confirmed by Myron Lee, whose band the Caddies provided backing for the non-group acts.  The fall caravan had the misfortune of being scheduled to perform in Dallas on the very day of the assassination of President Kennedy.


11/8/1963  Armory, Teaneck, NJ

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


11/9/63  Utica, NY

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


11/10/1963  Bushnell Auditorium, Hartford, CT

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


11/11/1963  War Memorial Auditorium, Utica, NY

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


11/12/1963  War Memorial Auditorium, Johnstown, PA

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


11/13/1963  Huntington, WVA

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


11/14/1963  Civic Center Arena, Charleston, WVA

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


11/15/1963  Gardens, Cincinnati, OH

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


11/16/1963  Evansville, IN

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula

 
11/17/1963  Gym, Northside High School, Elkhart, IN

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


11/18/1963  Orpheum Theatre, Madison, WI

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


11/19/1963  Davenport, IA

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


11/20/1963  Sioux City, IA

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


11/21/1963  Wichita, KS

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


11/22/1963  Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


[Canceled due to JFK assassination]


11/23/1963  Oklahoma City, OK

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula
 

[Canceled due to JFK assassination]


11/24/1963  Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


11/25/1963  Nashville, TN

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


11/27/1963  Louisville, KY

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


11/28/1963  Pittsburgh, PA

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


12/1/1963  Richmond, VA

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


12/2/1963  Winston-Salem, NC

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


12/3/1963  Knoxville, TN

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


12/5/1963  Charlotte, NC

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


12/6/1963  Raleigh, NC

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula


12/7/1963  Arena, Norfolk, VA

Talent: Bobby Vee, Brian Hyland, Ronettes, Little Eva, Dovells, Myron Lee & Caddies, Linda Scott, Jimmy Clanton, Jaynettes, Thymes, Paul & Paula

6 comments:

  1. Thank you for this post, which I Googled earlier today because I wanted to find the talent for these concerts in response to a query on Facebook. I was at the November 10 show at the Bushnell Auditorium in Hartford, when I was four. My mother and I sat in the front row, and at some point Dick Clark came over to me and thrust the mic in my face and asked me some questions.

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  2. Why is Nov. 25, 1963 at Nashville also showing up in red?

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  3. Hey Jerry,
    We've probably communicated in the past. I used to write a rock & roll blog called 4d5 rpm, and I did a series of several posts about this fall '63 tour and wove into it the occasionally suggested theory about the connection between JFK's assassination and the rise of the Beatles in America. If you're able to post videos on you blog, I encourage you to add this - you may have already viewed it. It's Myron Lee's home movies he made while on the tour. I interviewed him on the phone a few years back. I was able to contact him through youtube messages. We were on the phone for over an hour. He's a great guy, and was so awesome to talk to. Here's that youtube link to his home movies of the tour. https://youtu.be/G-JiH2O8mHk
    Best regards,
    ken edwards

    btw:I just added my first post to 4d5 rpm in 7 years just the other day. It's an in depth look at all the covers of Tony Hatch's composition, "Call Me."

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  4. you left out November 29,1963 at the Canton, Ohio Memorial Auditorium. I have the newspaper ad

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  5. I was talking to Linda Scott earlier today and she told me she had been in Dallas for this concert tour when JFK was shot. That seemed a little far-fetched but I googled the tour name and this came up.

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