Who is the first performer you ever saw live in person

Fats Domino in the 50’s, first concert I had ever been to!! The last concert I went to I saw Toby Keith.😊
 

Oh yes, they let some of his fans meet him in his dressing room, it got a little out of hand n the poor guy was sweating n someone pulled his handkerchief out of his hands, he was really short about 5 feet.....
 
Lvstotrvl said:
Oh yes, they let some of his fans meet him in his dressing room, it got a little out of hand n the poor guy was sweating n someone pulled his handkerchief out of his hands, he was really short about 5 feet.....
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Could you hear him and the band above the fans in the audience? Reason I adk is that my Hubby saw Bill Haley and the Comets and the fans wrnt beserk and virtually drowned out the music
 
CrackerJack said:
Could you hear him and the band above the fans in the audience? Reason I adk is that my Hubby saw Bill Haley and the Comets and the fans wrnt beserk and virtually drowned out the music
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We had no problem hearing him but his music was slow n smooth like Blueberry Hill, n Walking to New Orleans.
Now Bill Haley n the Coments that was jittebug music n you couldn’t keep still, when we saw them in the movie Rock A Round the Clock we were dancing in the isles at the movies....Lol...
 
Lvstotrvl said:
We had no problem hearing him but his music was slow n smooth like Blueberry Hill, n Walking to New Orleans.
Now Bill Haley n the Coments that was jittebug music n you couldn’t keep still, when we saw them in the movie Rock A Round the Clock we were dancing in the isles at the movies....Lol...
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I am in the UK and that film was on at a cinema in London called the Trocadero and it was big news as the fans jived in the aisles like you did and the police got involved and my Dad said to Mum TUT! Disgusting behaviour! 😂
 
My folks took me to a play with Irish actor Pat O'Brien and Alexis Smith a very long time ago. Music wise The Buckinghams (Kind of A Drag) played frequently at a place near my home for dances. They were a "one hit wonder".
 
Harry Chapin twice, don't have any reason to see anyone else when I've seen the best.

Frequented a lot of redneck bars in my younger days, they paid bands with free beer. They would get drunk than surly.

When heavy metal came out, I thought it nothing but an assault on my ears.
Do not understand the attraction of Rock and Roll Band
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I did not care for Perry Como-too young, but critics accused him of going to sleep on stage (he just sang, no moving around...)

Like Don Williams, and those like him: stands on stage and sings, the groups above (folk...) their there to sing not all the fire
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rkunsaw said:
Johnny Horton
I think it must have been in 1959. He performed at the Darby Junior High Auditorium in Fort Smith. I was a senior in high school, He's always been my favorite country singer
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Wow! I'm impressed. I was always a Johnny Horton fan but I am sorry to say I have never seen him. I have 6 of his original albums. Still love his wonderful voice. Some of my favourites are: "Whispering Pines, Honky-Tonk Man, Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor, Battle of New Orleans, The Mansions You Stole, Sam Magee, When It's Springtime in Alaska, All for the Love of a Girl, Mr. Moonlight & of course, North to Alaska. He had a wonderful clear voice, like Jim Reeves, where you could hear each & every word that he sang. Not like today's music where I can't even figure out what they are singing about. Johnny Horton died way too young in a traffic accident while on his way to a show. What a lose! Thanks for posting. I will feel better knowing that someone out there remembers Johnny Horton. There was a world (and a better world to my way of thinking) before Maria Carey or whatever her name is & all those goofy looking rappiers. LOL
 
For awhile, in my teens, I was into the Folk and Blues scene. I remember one Saturday with a girlfriend, scraping together enough to pay for 2 cups of coffee and cover charge to see Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee. Those were the days of black turtlenecks and black leotards, and of course, long straight ironed hair.
 
I liked Emile Ford and the Checkmates and his What Do You Wanna Make Those Eyes At Me For.😎

Loved Aam Faith too and his quirky voice and songs.😎
 
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Roy Rogers and Trigger at the Barnum and Bailey Circus around 1951.
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That must of been something. I sure never saw Roy; too bad for me. Way back when I was a country kid, I used to walk 1/2 mile to my friend, Billy, where they had a black & white TV way before we ever owned one. I loved watching the Roy Rogers shows with Roy Rogers, his horse, Trigger, Pat Evans, Pat Grady & a jeep called Jezebel (if I have that right). They always caught the bad guys the ending was always happy. Sure beats the murder mysteries my wife seems to like these days. LOL Hopalong Cassidy was another of my favourites but lets stick with ole Roy.
 
My mom took me to see the Carpenters in concert as a birthday gift in the 70's ,when they were really popular.I had most of their albums enjoyed their music back then
Our seats were terrible,way up in 'nosebleed' section.We really couldn't see them,but could hear Karen's beautiful voice
 
Roy Rogers. My Mom took me to Madison Square Garden in NYC to see him in the 1950's. We had front row seats so when he and Trigger rode around the arena I got a really good look. I saw many more after that.

In my late teens and early twenties I began to enjoy strictly country music. I went on a date to a small,but popular club in Patterson NJ. Hank Williams Jr. was playing. After his act he went out in the parking lot to his old beat up truck and sat and played all his fathers songs and talked to all of us.
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I was in Year 6, aged 11, when I was taken to a performance of The Merchant of Venice in Sydney. Portia was played by Katharine Hepburn and Shylock by Robert Helpmann. We sat high up in The Gods but I was enthralled. I did not realise how lucky I was to have this opportunity at such a young age.
 

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