Grand Theater
…movie house, complete with organ and full orchestra. It turned into a venue for nudie films, was fraught with crime, and was apparently shut down after a raid in 1940….
Continue reading →…movie house, complete with organ and full orchestra. It turned into a venue for nudie films, was fraught with crime, and was apparently shut down after a raid in 1940….
Continue reading →…shows at the Flame Nightclub at 16th and Nicollet in downtown Minneapolis. Jimmy and his agent were out visiting stations that played country-western music and promoting his latest record. We…
Continue reading →…A bag lunch protest last Friday, with many girls wearing black and spurning the school’s hot lunch, followed. Boys at St. Louis Park High came to the girls’ rescue. “The…
Continue reading →…the Wheatley Board, which included Min Himmelman, whose husband was the manager of Brown’s Clothing Store. After arranging for the group to record a radio commercial for the store, she…
Continue reading →…as “one of two of the greatest associated bands in the Northwest.” Also featured were local eccentric dancer Stanley Gardner, and vocalists Doris Escue, Ernestine Danforth, and Mary Lewis. Managers…
Continue reading →…Foltmer…suppressed the fad promptly. “We’d be opposed to any distracting influence at school,” he explained with a cautious smile. “We can’t allow bizarre clothing.” A bag lunch protest last Friday,…
Continue reading →…LaLoni! Prizes for the Swingingest Hula Dancer, Brightest Shirt, Brightest Muu Muu. April 30, 1965. Larry O’Connell says the best Battle of the Bands took place at Aldrich Arena…
Continue reading →KDWB, in conjunction with MGM Records, held a talent contest in an extensive campaign to promote the film “The Impossible Years,” a film about the generation gap. The record company…
Continue reading →…reads: The real Buddy was not available for real comment, but his company, Mercury, claimed that Miles’ manager cancelled out of the gig the day before because Jackson had come…
Continue reading →…Latest Platters with the Lightest Chatter” on Sam Sabean’s morning show “On the all new, brand new WISK. Another January 1957 ad said “If You Dig Rhythm N’ Blues Mitchell’s…
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