Wednesday, August 6, 2014

1966 "Where the Action Is" Spring Tour

Back to the Dick Clark Package Tours and the year 1966.  Gary Lewis and the Playboys headlined the first "Where the Action Is" tour along with show regulars Paul Revere and the Raiders, Steve Alaimo, Linda Scott and the Knickerbockers.  There wasn't that much to differentiate between the Caravans and these tours except that the bill was filled out with the TV show regulars instead of one-hit wonders at the bottom of the bill.  This tour was reported to have begun on April 5 but I haven't found the first several dates.



 
4/9/66 Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 

4/11/66  Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, TX

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 

4/12/66 Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, TX

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 

4/13/66 Music Hall, Houston, TX

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 
4/14/66 Southern State College, Magnolia, AR

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

4/15/66  Little Rock, AR
 
Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott
 
4/16/66 ISU Arena, Terra Haute, IN

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 

4/17/66  Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 
4/19/66  Orpheum Theatre, Madison, WI

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders,

 

4/20/66 Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium, LaCrosse, WI

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 

4/21/66  WBAY Auditorium, Green Bay, WI

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders

 

4/22/66  International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 

4/23/66 Coliseum, Columbia, SC

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 

4/66  Pittsburgh, PA




Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott


4/27/66  Ft. Wayne, IN

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 

4/28/66  Akron, OH

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 

4/29/66  Dayton, OH

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 

4/30/66  Fairgrounds Coliseum, Louisville, KY

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys

 

5/1/66  Evansville, KY

Talent: Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 

5/1/66  Owensboro, KY

Talent: Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 

5/2/66 UC Fieldhouse Armory, Cincinnati, OH

Talent: Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 
5/6/66 City Arena, Norfolk, VA

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 

5/7/66  Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC

Talent: Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 

5/8/66  City Auditorium, Atlanta, GA

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys

 

5/9/66 Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 

5/11/66  Municipal Auditorium, Birmingham, AL

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys

 

5/14/66 Columbus, GA

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott

 

5/15/66 Bell Auditorium, Augusta, GA

Talent: Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Alaimo, Knickerbockers, Viceroys, Linda Scott
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20 comments:

  1. cosybullyOctober 7, 2014 at 4:18 PM

    What a pleasant surprise to come upon this website! I attended the show in Louisville on April 30,1966. I was just two months shy of ten at the time, and it was my first rock concert. My mother ended up giving Mark Lindsay and two of the Knickerbockers a ride to the Fairgrounds after they missed their bus at the Holiday Inn on Second Street. All the kids sat on top of each other in the back seat to make room.

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  2. Jerry FuentesOctober 8, 2014 at 5:17 PM

    Great story! Boy, times have changed, haven't they? Thanks for sharing.

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  3. UnknownFebruary 9, 2015 at 4:33 AM

    I went to this concert in 1966 in Biloxi, MS. But the venue isn't listed here. Was there also a Fall tour that year?

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    1. TheMomJanuary 25, 2021 at 5:10 PM

      I was there too. I remember it being Biloxi High School. Outside in the football stadium.

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    2. UnknownMarch 11, 2023 at 7:00 PM

      I was there also in the stadium and o thought the Turtles also played. I was 14 at the time.

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  4. WRANGLERICKMarch 6, 2015 at 4:33 AM

    April 23, 1966, long island arena, commack, rock and roll show....any ideas ?.....still have ticket !

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    1. UnknownAugust 26, 2021 at 7:03 PM

      I was at this concert too. My 1st concert, my older brother had to take me because our parents were not going to home that night. Dont remember much I was 9 at the time. But to this day Ive been rocking ever since.

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  5. Beatle BobJuly 19, 2015 at 1:02 AM

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  6. Beatle BobJuly 19, 2015 at 1:19 AM

    This is a video segment for the "Where The Action Is" TV show that shows a behind-the-scene look at that 1966 "Where The Action Is" Spring Tour with Paul Revere & the Raiders during their 5/2/66 UC Fieldhouse Armory, Cincinnati, OH concert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE-r0oCjfgE

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  7. Bayou BengalSeptember 21, 2015 at 3:01 PM

    I attended the stop in New Orleans in 1966 and remember Sam the Sham and the Pharohs being on the bill, mainly because my sister and I were under the stands when they arrived in thier limo. Also Fang of Paul Revere and the Raiders running and sliding on stage which pulled his amp over!

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  8. Timothy LostetterNovember 27, 2015 at 11:26 PM

    I attended the show in Madison, Wisconsin but, I'm sure Billy Joe Royal wasn't on the bill that night. This was my second concert. The first concert I ever attended was the Byrd's with the New Colony Six at the same venue, the Orpheum Theater a few months earlier. I had turned 12 years old in October 1965.

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  9. IraDecember 5, 2015 at 7:36 AM

    Does anybody remember a band called Spontaneous Generation as part of a Paul Revere and the Raiders show in Atlanta?

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  10. Lost in LAJanuary 18, 2016 at 5:18 PM

    Saw this one too (Magnolia, AR), pushing 9 years old. Again my mother and her friends took me and my brother.

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  11. rtrMay 15, 2016 at 4:38 AM

    Tour dates are listed in the book "Where The Action Was: On the Inside of the Evolution of Rock 'n' Roll" by Mark "Hoss" Amans (pages 84-85). Link: https://books.google.com/books?id=ANLFjcaoTQsC&source=gbs_navlinks_s

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    1. UnknownJanuary 7, 2021 at 9:51 AM

      I've searched a lot and have not found listed the Where the Action Is July 12th 1966 show at Madison county coliseum in Huntsville, Alabama or the Dick Clark's Happening 67 tour on August 9th 1967 at the same venue. Anybody out there that can confirm who played those shows?
      Thanks, JC

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  12. UnknownNovember 26, 2018 at 10:41 AM

    How can I find out when the April 11th show in San Antonio aired?

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  13. UnknownFebruary 17, 2019 at 1:47 PM

    I like to find out about the Clay Cole Rock and Roll show, at the Commack Arena, Long Island, NY 1960
    any information pertaining to the show

    like Posters, list of artist performing, promotional newspaper write ups, excetra!
    I would appreciate any information

    Respectfully,
    Raul A Conde
    Bass of the Chevrons who performed on that show

    Email address dwchevrons@msn.com

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  14. AnonymousAugust 3, 2019 at 8:53 AM

    There is a Spring show missing from this listing, which was held at The Memorial Field House, in Huntington, WV, and which I attended with my brother. I was only 12, at the time, so my guesstimation of the date is early May of '66. This guess is based on the travel path of the shows, and the particular line-up for that edition of the "Where The Action Is" tour; Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Billy Joe Royal, and The Viceroys. Of those acts, I am positive, although Steve Aliamo and Linda Scott may have appeared as co-hosts. Anyone with corroborating anecdotes or other facts, which would help to nail down the exact date, could solve a 53-year old mystery for this guy.

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  15. TomcatJanuary 8, 2023 at 1:25 PM

    I went to the Action show in Jackson Mississippi. It was my first live concert. Very exciting for a 15 yr old. However I can't remember the date.

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