Events: 1959
…the defendants, awarding them damages. The Key Club featured unknown jazz singer Gloria Smyth from November 2 to 15, 1959. WDGY sponsored a contest to win an interview…
Continue reading →…the defendants, awarding them damages. The Key Club featured unknown jazz singer Gloria Smyth from November 2 to 15, 1959. WDGY sponsored a contest to win an interview…
Continue reading →…a twist contest, with trophies to winners. “Three brave WDGY disk jockeys will try to break the world’s DJ roller coaster record of 47 rides.” That night at Danceland there…
Continue reading →What you can learn on Facebook: In about 1963 the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce ran a contest to write a song about the city. The winning entry, “A Song for…
Continue reading →…and now legendary influencer Gregory Dee Maland out- recorded and out lasted all but the Jim Donna version, with five singles, an LP, numerous inclusions on Greatest Hits CDs extensive…
Continue reading →…loving each other, but we just don’t like violence. That’s why there’s so much protest of the war in Vietnam. But we’re only human. We’ll argue and get mad just…
Continue reading →…BEEP for Breakfast certificate Vikings insignia Player-of-the-Week Contest Father-Son Banquet where you could meet the Vikings Tackle Grady Alderman was the Honorary Huddle Club President. Join Today! (Minnetonka Herald)…
Continue reading →…an amateur band contest throughout the event. Winners were to get bookings and prizes. Mel Jass acted as emcee for the various musical acts. Local acts included: The Perspectives The…
Continue reading →An ambitious show billed as the “greatest night in the history of local music” was held at the Minneapolis Auditorium on June 30, 1969. It was sponsored by members of…
Continue reading →Bob Burtis writes: “Back in the early ’70s, Twin Cities composer and musician Nate Bucklin won a contest when he wrote a jingle for Certs Breath Mints. His jingle was…
Continue reading →…dancing – Sherwin Linton performed there in 1962. So did Conway Twitty? One patron remembers that they had a twist contest there every week in about 1965 or ’65. …
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