The Concert Archive for the Capital Region

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Peggy Lee / Main Street East @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 18, 1971)

by Bernie Decker, The Knickerbocker News, July 20, 1971

Peggy Lee is a singer of many moods, as she demonstrated Sunday night at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. In every one of them, she was received enthusiastically by the crowd …

Burt Bacharach / Orange Colored Sky @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 4, 1971)

At SPAC: Bacharach, Kennedys

by Bernie Decker, The Knickerbocker News, July 6, 1971

*They piled out of a Cadillac limousine and a station wagon, looking wind-blown and sun-burned. There were Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.); his sister-in-law, Ethel, wife of …

Tom Jones / Pat Henry / The Blossoms / Jeff Sturges’ Universe @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 20, 1971 – matinee)

Tom Jones Turns Them On

by Bernie Decker, The Knickerbocker News, June 21, 1971

They stood in the broiling afternoon sun outside the stage door of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, yesterday, 150 or more of them. All ages, from …

The 5th Dimension @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 24, 1970)

Fifth Dimension Hits All the Right Notes

by Bernie Decker, The Knickerbocker News, August 25, 1970

The Fifth Dimension reached a new dimension last night at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center — an attendance of 16,000. That is 1,000 more …

World’s Greatest Jazz Band / Preservation Hall Jazz Band @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 14, 1970)

All That Jazz–Just Great

by Bernie Decker, The Knickerbocker News, June 15, 1970

There was no generation gap at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center last night, mainly because there was only one generation there — the older. And they heard …

Tony Bennett with the Louie Bellson Orchestra @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 11, 1969)

Tony Bennett: A Crowd-Pleaser at SPAC

by Bernie Decker, The Knickerbocker News, August 12, 1969

One conclusion after last night’s pop concert at Saratoga Performing Arts Center: To a Tony Bennett fan, Tony Bennett can do no wrong.

His voice …

Peter, Paul and Mary @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 28, 1969)

Three of a Kind: Very Good Hand

by Bernard Decker, The Knickerbocker News, July 29, 1969

A Peter, Paul and Mary concert is a religious experience. How else explain upwards of 4,000 true believers baring themselves to last night’s elements …

Bill Cosby / Jack Wilson Trio / O.C. Smith @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 30, 1968)

Cosby Charms Chilled Crowd

by Bernard Decker, The Knickerbocker News, August 31, 1968

You would be hard-pressed to convince about 7,000 persons that Bill Cosby is not the funniest man alive after his performance last night at the Saratoga Performing …

Ray Charles and the Raeletts with Billy Preston @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 26, 1968)

Ray Charles Overcomes Spa Rain

by Bernard Decker, The Knickerbocker News, June 27, 1968

Call him what you will: Boss of the Blues, Sultan of Soul, or even The Genius. Ray Charles deserves all of those titles.

He proved it …

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