Summer 1964 Caravan of Stars

 

The relatively off-the-beaten-track routings of Dick Clark's Caravans has made hunting down concert dates challenging.  Clark would routinely use high school gyms, National Guard Armories, and State Fairs as venues and not always in large population centers as his bus of stars bounded across the country.  But I continually run across a date here and there to fill in the holes.  Today's listings are from the spring/summer of 1964 in a tour headlined by Gene Pitney. 

6/26/1964  Allentown, PA

Talent: Gene Pitney, Dixie Cups, Dean & Jean, Mike Clifford, Rip Chords, Coasters, Brenda Holloway, Crystals, Brian Hyland, Kasuals, Major Lance, George McCannon, Reflections, Round Robin, Shirelles, Supremes

 

6/27/1964  Bushnell Auditorium, Hartford, CT

Talent: Gene Pitney, Dixie Cups, Dean & Jean, Mike Clifford, Rip Chords, Coasters, Brenda Holloway, Crystals, Brian Hyland, Kasuals, Major Lance, George McCannon, Reflections, Round Robin, Shirelles, Supremes

 

6/28/1964 RPI Fieldhouse, Troy, NY

Talent: Gene Pitney, Dixie Cups, Dean & Jean, Mike Clifford, Rip Chords, Coasters, Brenda Holloway, Crystals, Brian Hyland, Kasuals, Major Lance, George McCannon, Reflections, Round Robin, Shirelles, Supremes

 

6/28/1964 Pittsfield Boys Club, Pittsfield, MA

Talent: Gene Pitney, Dixie Cups, Dean & Jean, Mike Clifford, Rip Chords, Coasters, Brenda Holloway, Crystals, Brian Hyland, Kasuals, Major Lance, George McCannon, Reflections, Round Robin, Shirelles, Supremes

 

7/1/64  Victory Stadium, Roanoke, VA

Talent: Gene Pitney, Dixie Cups, Dean & Jean, Mike Clifford, Rip Chords,  Crystals, Major Lance, Reflections, Round Robin, Shirelles, Supremes

 

7/1/64  The Palace, Old Orchard Beach, ME

Talent: Gene Pitney, Dixie Cups, Dean & Jean, Mike Clifford, Rip Chords, Coasters, Brenda Holloway, Crystals, Brian Hyland, Kasuals, Major Lance, George McCannon, Reflections, Round Robin, Shirelles, Supremes

 

7/2/64  Chuckey-Doak High School, Afton, TN

Talent: Gene Pitney, Dixie Cups, Dean & Jean, Mike Clifford, Rip Chords, Coasters, Brenda Holloway, Crystals, Brian Hyland, Kasuals, Major Lance, George McCannon, Reflections, Round Robin, Shirelles, Supremes

 

7/3/64  Masonic Temple, Scranton, PA

Talent: Gene Pitney, Dixie Cups, Dean & Jean, Mike Clifford, Rip Chords, Coasters, Brenda Holloway, Crystals, Brian Hyland, Kasuals, Major Lance, George McCannon, Reflections, Round Robin, Shirelles, Supremes

 

7/4/64 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ

Talent: Gene Pitney, Dixie Cups, Dean & Jean, Mike Clifford, Rip Chords, Coasters, Brenda Holloway, Crystals, Brian Hyland, Kasuals, Major Lance, George McCannon, Reflections, Round Robin, Shirelles, Supremes

 

7/8/1964  War Memorial Auditorium, Johnstown, PA

Talent: Gene Pitney, Mike Clifford, Jan & Dean, Coasters, Crystals, Dixie Cups, Brian Hyland, Brenda Holloway, Kasuals, Major Lance, Rip Chords, Reflections, Shirelles, Supremes, Round Robin, George McCannon

 




 

7/9/1964   War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, NY

Talent: Gene Pitney, Dixie Cups, Dean & Jean, Mike Clifford, Rip Chords, Coasters, Brenda Holloway, Crystals, Brian Hyland, Kasuals, Major Lance, George McCannon, Reflections, Round Robin, Shirelles, Supremes

 

7/10/64  Memorial Auditorium, Utica, NY

Talent: Gene Pitney, Dixie Cups, Dean & Jean, Mike Clifford, Rip Chords, Coasters, Brenda Holloway, Crystals, Brian Hyland, Kasuals, Major Lance, George McCannon, Reflections, Round Robin, Shirelles, Supremes

 

7/13/1964  Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Talent: Gene Pitney, Dixie Cups, Bobby Freeman, Supremes, Shirelles, Rip Chords, Major Lance, Mike Clifford, Round Robin, Reflections, Dean & Jean

7/15/1964 Raleigh Co. Fieldhouse, Beckley, WVA

Talent: Gene Pitney, Dixie Cups, Dean & Jean, Mike Clifford, Rip Chords, Coasters, Brenda Holloway, Crystals, Brian Hyland, Kasuals, Major Lance, George McCannon, Reflections, Round Robin, Shirelles, Supremes

 

7/16/64  Arena, Steubenville, OH

Talent: Gene Pitney, Dixie Cups, Dean & Jean, Mike Clifford, Rip Chords, Coasters, Brenda Holloway, Crystals, Brian Hyland, Kasuals, Major Lance, George McCannon, Reflections, Round Robin, Shirelles, Supremes

 

7/18/1964  Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH

Talent: Gene Pitney, Dixie Cups, Dean & Jean, Mike Clifford, Rip Chords, Coasters, Brenda Holloway, Crystals, Brian Hyland, Kasuals, Major Lance, George McCannon, Reflections, Round Robin, Shirelles, Supremes