Just as Tom McCartney – who was there at the concert – confirmed in a comment on yesterday's post, The Dick Clark Caravan of Stars came to the Lorain Arena on Wednesday, October 7, 1959.
On the day before the big concert, the ad above appeared in The Lorain Journal. What a classic ad with terrific typography! Check out the ticket prices: too $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00!
A short promotional article also was included elsewhere in the same paper, with a small photo of Paul Anka and listing all 13 recording stars.
I checked the newspaper editions from several days following the concert to see if there was any sort of review or photos, but there were none to be found. Too bad – looking back, it was a big day in Lorain pop culture history!
DO YOU KNOW HOW I CAN GET INTOUCH WITH TOM McCARTNEY?
ReplyDeleteI hope I’m wrong, but Mr. McCartney may have passed away in 2016. The gentleman in this online obituary would have been the right age to attend the concert, and was a lifelong area resident. Like I said, I’m not sure if this is the same person.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.legacy.com/obituaries/morningjournal/obituary.aspx?n=thomas-w-mccartney&pid=177930228&fhid=2948