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Neil Sedaka / Dean Friedman @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 30, 1978)

Songwriter Sedaka: ‘better & better’

by Lois Uttley, The Knickerbocker News, August 31, 1978

Neil Sedaka just keeps getting better and better.

Now into his 26th year as a songwriter, the popular composer-pianist-singer turned up at the Saratoga Performing Arts …

Helen Reddy / George Miller @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 29, 1978)

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

‘New’ Helen Reddy leaves ballads for staging, ‘pop’ songs

by Lois Uttley, The Knickerbocker News, August 30, 1978

Helen Reddy put on new songs, new style and a new …

Kris Kristofferson / Rita Coolidge @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 28, 1977)

Kristofferson’s new beginning delights fans

by Lois Uttley, The Knickerbocker News, August 29, 1977

Kris Kristofferson, guitar draped rakishly over his lean frame, was standing in front of 6,765 fans, looking sheepishly bemused.

“I lost my place,” admitted the husky-voiced …

Neil Sedaka @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 3, 1977)

SPAC cheers Sedaka’s ‘golden oldies’

by Lois Uttley, The Knickerbocker News, August 4, 1977

Remember “Stupid Cupid,” “Calendar Girl” and “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen?” Neil Sedaka does—he wrote them—and he’s not shy about taking audiences on a stroll down his …

Gladys Knight and the Pips / Jimmy Witherspoon / Aaron & Freddie @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (August 24, 1975)

A packed house at SPAC agrees—it was simply Gladys’ (K)night

by Lois Uttley, The Knickerbocker News, August 25, 1975

When Gladys Knight strides out before an audience, she takes up the whole stage.

Not just with her immensely powerful voice, …

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