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The Carpenters / George Gobel @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 10, 1976)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for George Gobel)

Carpenters Keep Hits But Change Image

by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, August 12, 1976

The “new” sound of the Carpenters was heard in Saratoga Performing Arts Center …

Liberace / Scotty Plummer / Debby Robert @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 1, 1976 – evening)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Debby Robert)

by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, August 7, 1976


The Post-Star, July 30, 1976

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Liberace / Scotty Plummer / Debby Robert @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 1, 1976 – matinee)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Debby Robert)

by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, August 7, 1976


The Post-Star, July 30, 1976

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The Beach Boys / Ambrosia @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 27, 1975)

Crowd Cheers Beach Boys

by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, August 29, 1975

A well-behaved crowd of 26,892 cheered and danced their way through an hour-long concert by the Beach Boys at Saratoga Performing Arts Center Wednesday night.

It …

“American Song Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 2, 1974)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Molly Bee)

Song Festival: Good TV Fare But ‘Disaster’ on The Scene

by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, September 4, 1974

Viewers who watch the American Song Festival finals on …

“American Song Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (September 1, 1974)

Song Festival Closes Late

by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, September 3, 1974

The American Song Festival wound up its four-day stay at Saratoga Performing Arts Center Monday night, running late as usual.

The final program got underway 55 minutes …

“American Song Festival” @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 30, 1974)

Festival Under Way

by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, August 31, 1974

A Connecticut hospital worker and three West Coast musicians were the first winners at the American Song Festival as it got off to a rocky start Friday …

Benny Goodman @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 13, 1974)

Goodman Takes 7,000 on Nostalgia Trip

by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, August 15, 1974

It may have been 1974 but it sounded like 1938 Tuesday evening at the Saratoga Festival.

Benny Goodman, the King of Swing, returned to …

Andy Williams / Skiles and Henderson @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (July 7, 1974)

5,000 Hear Andy Williams At Saratoga

by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, July 9, 1974

Andy Williams starred Sunday evening in another of the Saratoga Festival’s polished and smooth special events.

The holder of 17 gold records, representing the …

“Two Generations of Brubeck” / The Preservation Hall Jazz Band @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 23, 1974)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof)

Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, June 20, 1974

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Herbie Mann @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 22, 1974)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof)

(editor’s note – Duke Ellington was originally scheduled to play, but died)

by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, June 21, 1974

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Chuck Mangione @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (June 21, 1974)

(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof)

by Don A. Metivier, The Post-Star, June 20, 1973

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