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| Recent view of the former home of The Note |
The dance hall in Ruggles Beach that catered to young adults was an incredible venue for them to enjoy popular music, whether it was a live performance by a pop band or top 40 records spun by DJs. And it was alcohol-free for most of the decade, meaning that parents could relax while their kids were there, since they were less likely to get into trouble.
(I did an extensive post about The Note back here in 2019.)
Just last week, I posted an ad for a special appearance there in August 1963 by Ghoulardi of Cleveland late night TV fame. And here's another ad from that same month – this time for Bobby Rydell. The ad announcing his upcoming performance ran in the Journal on August 16, 1963.
Bobby Rydell was a popular teen idol, who enjoyed fame as both a rock and roll singer and an actor along the lines of Frankie Avalon. Here he is singing one of his big hits, "Wild One."
It's pretty amazing that he even appeared at The Note at that point, considering his national fame. Compare that to today, when young concert goers have to jam themselves into stadiums to see a favorite perform.Coincidentally, Bobby Rydell had a role in the movie, Bye Bye Birdie, which I wrote about (on this post) just last month.
3 comments:
Talk about Rock N Roll royalty.I like all the pre-Beatle American Rock N Roll artists.Before the British Invasion changed the course of Rock N Roll it was a more innocent time as everything was new and being invented as it was being made.And I get that from my mother who was born in 1940.She grew up right at the beginning of American Rock N Roll as it was being made.She used to go to the old Lorain Arena when all the early Rock N Roll acts appeared there and I know she saw Bobby Rydell either there or at The Note because she mentioned seeing him.
"Bye Bye Birdie" was in release when he appeared at the Note. I'm surprised they didn't mention it. Then again, he was pretty well known.
I had forgotten that Bobby Rydell was listed as one of the performers on the bill at Lorain Arena in October 1959 as part of Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars:
https://danielebrady.blogspot.com/2012/05/dick-clark-caravan-of-stars-comes-to.html
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