Dick Clark returned to the Caravan of Stars format in late summer of 1966. The Where the Action Is cast was deep into filming the next season's worth of shows. This particular tour has been difficult to document owing partially to the fact that there were no major talents in the line-up.
8/21/66 Euclid Beach, Cleveland, OH
Talent: Lou Christie, Mitch Ryder, The Happenings, Strangeloves, Thomas Group, Keith Allison
8/23/66
Memorial Stadium, Portsmouth ,
OH
Talent:
The Happenings, Mitch Ryder, Capitols, Strangeloves, Thomas Group, Keith Allison,
Dean Parrish, Cash McCall, Lou Christie
8/25/66 Charlotte ,
NC
Talent:
The Happenings, Mitch Ryder, Capitols, Strangeloves, Thomas Group, Keith
Allison, Dean Parrish, Cash McCall, Lou Christie
No major talents in this show? Really?
ReplyDeleteAt the time, The Happenings had the #3 song in the country, Lou Christie's "Lightning Strikes Again" was a perennial #1 song artist, The Strangeloves had 4 top 40 hits within the previous 12 months including 3 top 20 songs, and The Capitols song, "Cool Jerk" was the #7 song in the country just a month before.