Diana Ross and the Supremes in East Tennessee
The original "Dreamgirls," Diana Ross and the Supremes - known in 1964 simply as The Supremes - performed at Chuckey-Doak High School in Greene County sometimes in the summer of 1964 as a part of the Dick Clark Caravan of Stars.When the Supremes started with the tour in May they were bottom billed. Then "Where Did Our Love Go" came out and starting climbing the charts and the Supremes starting climbing up the Caravan bill.
Here is a list of the artists who performed on the Caravan that summer. Some acts joined when others dropped off:
Gene Pitney
The Dixie Cups
The Rip Chords
Major Lance
The Shirelles
Mike Clifford
The Supremes
Round Robin
The Crystals
The Reflections
Dean & Jean
The Drifters
The Caravan played Roanoke the night before they played Chuckey-Doak. For photos from that show click here.
This is how the bus looked on the tour. That's Dick Clark at right.
I'm still trying to nail down that exact date of the show. If you know, help me out via email.
posted by Vince Staten @ 8:42 PM
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4 Comments:
Great artical, I was not aware that these soon to be musical legands played this region.
I believe it was in February, 1964. I ws there
I was there, also, and I agree that it was in February. It was cold enough that I wore a mohair sweater.
Vince...I was there...it wasn't in the summer. It was during the school year and I was wearing my new white coat with fur collar that was an early Christmas present. So had to have been around Nov.
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