Performances

MRF Performances
ID	Year	Month	Day	Genre	Featured Performance	Conductor / Guest	Soloist	Opening Performance	Opening Performers	Notes	MRF Appearance	Paid Attendance
6220	1969	June	20	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Cosmopolitan Singers			On the MRF's inaugural night, Susskind and the SLSO opened the concert with the "StarSpangled Banner" and Purcell's "Trumpet Voluntary."	1	1545
6221	1969	June	21	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Cosmopolitan Singers			The schedule featured a repeat of the opening night SLSO program.	2	1144
6222	1969	June	22	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind				SIU President Delyte Morris narrated Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf."	3	1251
6223	1969	June	23	Folk	Buffy Sainte‐Marie					At the first MRF contemporary concert, vocalist Sainte‐Marie accompanied herself on the guitar and the mouth bow.	1	2268
6224	1969	June	24	Jazz	Modern Jazz Quartet					The Galactic Vision projected a light show on a screen behind the performers.	1	1542
6225	1969	June	26	Blues	Paul Butterfield Blues Band					High winds swept the MRF site and drove lawn spectators to seek shelter north of the tent.	1	3449
6226	1969	June	27	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Leonard Rose, cellist			Rose performed Dvorak's "Concerto in B Minor."	4	742
6227	1969	June	28	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Leonard Rose, cellist			A violent windstorm during intermission snapped some perimeter tent poles and led to evacuation of the audience.	5	854
6228	1969	June	29	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	John Sant'Ambrogio, cellist			Guest soloist Leonard Rose cancelled due to a cut finger.	6	954
6229	1969	June	30	Vocal	King Family					A steady drizzling rain fell during the concert.	1	2455
6231	1969	July	5	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Itzhak Perlman, violinist			The concert scheduled for July 3 was rained out.	7	1187
6232	1969	July	6	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Ruth Slenczynska, pianist			Slenczynska performed Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto No. 2."	8	2183
6233	1969	July	7	Folk, Rock	Arlo Guthrie, Joni Mitchell					The concert was recorded by the National Educational Television network.	1	3753
6234	1969	July	10	Rock	Iron Butterfly			Blues Image		The Iron Butterfly ended the concert with "In‐AGadda‐Da‐Vida."	1	12735
6235	1969	July	11	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Van Cliburn, pianist			Cliburn performed Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto No. 3."	9	3126
6236	1969	July	12	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Van Cliburn, pianist				10	3920
6237	1969	July	13	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind				The SLSO performed an all‐Brahms program.	11	1030
6238	1969	July	14	Rock	The Band					To the surprise and delight of the audience, Bob Dylan joined The Band for a four‐song encore.	1	4082
6239	1969	July	17	Folk	Ian & Sylvia					Ian & Sylvia called their band The Great Speckled Bird.	1	2487
6240	1969	July	18	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Alicia de Larrocha, pianist			de Larrocha performed Beethoven's "Piano Concerto No. 2."	12	1032
6241	1969	July	19	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Alicia de Larrocha, pianist			de Larrocha performed Beethoven's "Piano Concerto No. 4."	13	1327
6242	1969	July	20	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Jodanna Rogers, soprano			Television coverage of the moon landing by the Apollo 11 astronauts reduced MRF attendance.	14	768
6243	1969	July	21	Folk	New Christy Minstrels					Randy Sparks created the Minstrels as an ensemble rather than a trio to sing folk songs and closely controlled the act.	1	5711
6244	1969	July	22	Folk	Richie Havens			Eddie Fisher Trio		The Eddie Fisher Trio hailed from East St. Louis, Illinois.	1	2753
6245	1969	July	23	Folk	Joan Baez					Walter Susskind praised Baez as a vocalist "who has taste, talent, and can sing quietly."		11042
6246	1969	July	25	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Walter Susskind, pianist			Susskind performed Mozart's "Piano Concerto No. 20."	15	1265
6247	1969	July	26	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Walter Susskind, pianist			Susskind taught an SIUE music class in conducting during the summer.	16	1958
6248	1969	July	27	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind				The SLSO performed an all‐Beethoven program at the final concert of the 1969 MRF season.	17	2641
6249	1970	July	2	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Andre Watts, pianist			Opening night of the 1970 season featured selections appropriate to Independence Day, including Watts's version of Beethoven's "Concerto in G Major."	18	2087
6250	1970	July	3	Folk	New Christy Minstrels					The New Christy Minstrels had undergone a very significant change in personnel since the previous year.	2	2887
6251	1970	July	4	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Andre Watts, pianist			The schedule featured a repeat of the opening night, July 2, "fire and fireworks" program.	19	4123
6252	1970	July	5	Pops	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin	Walter Susskind, pianist			Leonard Slatkin, in his MRF debut, conducted an all‐Gershwin program, as Susskind played "Rhapsody in Blue."	20	1984
6253	1970	July	8	Rock	Grateful Dead					The Grateful Dead performed for three hours before the MRF crowd.	1	8875
6254	1970	July	9	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Pinchas Zukerman, violinist			The SLSO performed an all‐Tchaikovsky program, as Zukerman played the "Concerto in D Major."	21	684
6255	1970	July	10	Jazz	Julian "Cannonball" Adderley					"Cannonball" Adderley played the alto saxophone.	1	2720
6256	1970	July	11	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Pinchas Zukerman, violinist			The schedule featured a repeat of the July 9 allTchaikovsky program.	22	1281
6257	1970	July	12	Pops	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Henry Mancini	Henry Mancini, pianist			Mancini performed for the first time at the MRF.	23	7539
6258	1970	July	15	Rock	Chicago					Chicago made its first of four appearances at the MRF.	1	15915
6259	1970	July	16	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind				The SLSO performed the "Brahms Double Concerto."	24	798
6260	1970	July	17	Country	Buck Owens					Owens called his band "The Buckaroos."	1	1920
6261	1970	July	18	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind				The schedule featured a repeat of the July 16 program.	25	980
6262	1970	July	19	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin				The SLSO performed a Romeo and Juliet program.	26	1676
6263	1970	July	20	Rock	William "Smokey" Robinson & the Miracles			Young Disciples, The Spinners		Pete Moore was ill and did not perform with Smokey Robinson & The Miracles.	1	6193
6264	1970	July	23	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Malcolm Frager, pianist			Frager performed Prokofiev's "Piano Concerto No. 3."	27	1031
6265	1970	July	25	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Malcolm Frager, pianist			A native of St. Louis, born January 15, 1935, Frager debuted with the SLSO at the age of ten. The schedule featured a repeat of the July 23 program.	28	1517
6266	1970	July	26	Pops	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Franz Allers	Lois Hunt (soprano), Earl Wrightson (baritone)			Allers served as musical director of "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot" on Broadway.	29	2923
6267	1970	July	29	Rock	Delaney & Bonnie			Albert King		Bonnie O'Farrell Bramlett grew up in Alton, and Granite City, Illinois, near Edwardsville.	1	6109
6268	1970	July	30	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind				The SLSO performed a program of pastorales.	30	704
6269	1970	July	31	Dance	National Dance Troupe of Zambia					Edwin K. Manda produced and directed.	1	1509
6270	1970	August	1	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind				The schedule featured a repeat of the July 30 program.	31	1103
6272	1970	August	2	Pops	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin	T. Kippenberger, K. Palmer, C. Payne, J. Trevor			Kippenberger, Palmer, Payne, and Trevor performed as the St. Louis Jazz Quartet.	32	1302
6273	1970	August	3	Rock	Guess Who			Flying Burrito Brothers	Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman, Sneaky Pete, Bernie Leadon, Michael Clarke	Randy Bachman had left the Guess Who at this point.	1	11530
6274	1970	August	5	Folk	Judy Collins					Collins sang and performed on the guitar and piano.	1	6537
6275	1970	August	6	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Dean Dixon	Peter Serkin, pianist			Dixon became the first African‐American to conduct the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.	33	722
6276	1970	August	7	Vocal	King Family					The King Sisters performed extensively during the second half of the concert.	2	3207
6277	1970	August	8	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Dean Dixon	Peter Serkin, pianist			The schedule featured a repeat of the August 6 program.	34	1604
6278	1970	August	9	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind				The SLSO concluded its 1970 MRF season with Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture."	35	3860
6279	1970	August	11	Rock	The Band					The concert by The Band concluded the second year of the MRF.	2	15120
6280	1971	July	10	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Van Cliburn, pianist			On opening night of the third season, under a new tent and a new steel and aluminum acoustical shell, Cliburn played Grieg's "Concerto in A Minor."	36	3875
6281	1971	July	11	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin	Jeffrey Siegel, pianist			Siegel performed Mozart's "Piano Concerto No. 21."	37	1407
6282	1971	July	13	Dance	Jose Greco					Greco's troupe became the second dance company featured at the MRF.	1	758
6283	1971	July	15	Folk	Judy Collins					Collins concluded her performance by singing "Bird On A Wire."	2	10106
6284	1971	July	17	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Angel Romero, guitarist			Romero performed Joaquin Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez."	38	1081
6285	1971	July	18	Pops	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Henry Mancini	Henry Mancini, pianist			Mancini performed for the second time at the MRF.	39	7048
6286	1971	July	20	Rock	Buddy Miles			John Baldry	Pete Sears, Sam Mitchell, Mickey Waller, Ian Armit	British blues artist Long John Baldry performed for the first and only time at the MRF.	1	4820
6287	1971	July	24	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Marilyn Horne, soprano			Opera fans joined the MRF audience for the chance to hear Horne sing a series of arias.	40	1182
6288	1971	July	25	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin, Doc Severinsen	Doc Severinsen, trumpeter			Doc Severinsen, musical star of the Tonight Show on NBC, performed for the first time at the MRF.	41	5355
6289	1971	July	26	Rock	Mountain			Mylon & Holy Smoke	Mylon LeFevre	Mylon & Holy Smoke pioneered in "Christian" rock music.	1	8237
6290	1971	July	27	Bluegrass	John Hartford			Earl Scruggs Revue	Earl, Randy, Steve, Gary Scruggs, Lea Jane Berinati, Jody Maphis	Hartford ended his encores with his own composition, "Gentle On My Mind," made famous by Glenn Campbell.	1	1984
6291	1971	July	29	Rock	Rock & Roll Revival			Billy Peak & The Sound Company		Peak's band opened the show and also backed the other performers.	1	4662
6292	1971	July	30	Rock	Ike & Tina Turner			Wilderness Road		The Turners performed on an unusually cool summer evening.	1	14141
6293	1971	July	31	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind				Susskind conducted a tribute to the late George Szell and Sir John Barbirolli.	42	1049
6294	1971	August	1	Pops	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Morton Gould				Gould conducted an encore of his composition, "Pavanne."	43	1091
6295	1971	August	2	Pops	Ferrante & Teicher					The pianists closed with a final encore of the theme from the motion picture "Exodus."	1	3593
6296	1971	August	4	Rock	Rod Stewart & Faces			Matthews Southern Comfort	Ian Matthews, Carl Barnwell	Matthews Southern Comfort recorded a popular version of "Woodstock."	1	9539
6297	1971	August	7	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Morton Gould				Prior to intermission, Gould conducted his own composition, "Soundings."	44	844
6298	1971	August	8	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Arthur Fiedler	Ruth Slenczynska, pianist			Slenczynska performed for the second time at MRF, playing Liszt's "Piano Concerto No. 1."	45	3153
6299	1971	August	10	Rock	Roberta Flack			Albert King		Albert King performed for the second time at MRF.	1	7338
6300	1971	August	12	Guitar	Carlos Montoya					Playing without accompaniment, Montoya performed two sections of six pieces, and a third of five, followed by two encores.	1	2303
6301	1971	August	13	Folk	Buffy Sainte‐Marie					Sainte‐Marie appeared between 1976 and 1981 as a regular on public television's "Sesame Street."	2	3670
6302	1971	August	14	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin	Leonard Pennario, pianist			Pennario performed Rachmaninoff's "RhapsodyOn A Theme By Paganini."		1364
6303	1971	August	15	Classical		Andre Kostelanetz	Ronald Patterson, violinist			Kostelanetz conducted for the first time at the MRF, while substitute violin soloist Patterson performed Sarasate's "Zigeunerweisen."	47	2916
6304	1971	August	16	Rock	The Who			Wishbone Ash, Titus Mother, Magna Crunch		The Who attracted the largest audience in the history of the MRF to the final concert of the 1971 season.	1	31756
6305	1972	July	8	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Andre Watts, pianist			At the opening 1972 concert, in his third MRF appearance, Watts performed Chopin's "Piano Concerto No. 2."	48	2269
6306	1972	July	9	Pops	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin, Doc Severinsen	Doc Severinsen, trumpeter			Doc Severinsen performed for the second time at the MRF.	49	5004
6307	1972	July	11	Country	Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge					Kristofferson and Coolidge together performed "Help Me Make It Through The Night."	1	5891
6308	1972	July	14	Rock	Rock and Roll Revival					Comstock, Cannon, Checker, Bill Haley & the Comets, and The Coasters performed, with dj Larry Miller.	1	11998
6309	1972	July	15	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind				Susskind conducted works by Dvorak, Weber, and Richard Strauss.	50	1018
6310	1972	July	16	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Margaret Harris	Earl Wrightson (baritone), Lois Hunt (soprano)			Wrightson and Hunt performed for the second time at MRF.	51	1838
6311	1972	July	18	Folk	Brewer & Shipley			Chet Nichols		Malfunctioning monitors made it difficult for the performers to hear their music.	1	4847
6312	1972	July	19	Rock	Rare Earth			Brownsville Station		Rare Earth evolved from a group called The Sunliners.	1	16544
6313	1972	July	21	Jazz	Buddy De Franco & the Glenn Miller Orchestra	Buddy De Franco				A talented jazz clarinetist, De Franco led the Glenn Miller Orchestra between 1966 and 1974.	1	2002
6314	1972	July	22	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	(Ms.) Teiko Maehashi, violinist			Maehashi performed the "Sibelius Violin Concerto."	52	1054
6315	1972	July	23	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin, Victor Borge	Victor Borge (pianist), Marylyn Mulvey (soprano)			Slatkin conducted Gershwin's "Concerto in F Major" with Borge as pianist.	53	3885
6316	1972	July	25	Rock	Don McLean			(Ms.) Carol Hall		McLean was the subject of Roberta Flack's hit recording, "Killing Me Softly With His Song."	1	5611
6317	1972	July	29	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Aaron Copland	Rafael Orozco, pianist			Orozco performed Rachmaninoff's "Concerto No. 1."	54	2971
6318	1972	July	30	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Mitch Miller	Sylvia Marcovici, violinist			Marcovici performed Mendellssohn's "Violin Concerto In E Minor."	55	2080
6319	1972	August	1	Rock	John Denver					Denver concluded the second set of his concert by performing "Take Me Home, Country Roads."	1	8049
6320	1972	August	2	Rock	Blood Sweat & Tears			Buzzy Linhart Band	Buzzy Linhart, Peter Ponzol	David Clayton Thomas had left BS&T at this time.	1	13604
6321	1972	August	4	Vocal	Nancy Wilson			Preservation Hall Jazz Band	T. Valentine, A. Burbank, E. Sayles, J. Butler, E. Paul, C. Hamilton, A. Stewart	Wilson had been scheduled as a replacement for Ella Fitzgerald.	1	3329
6322	1972	August	5	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	James Levine	Ezio Flagello, bass			Flagello sang arias and excerpts from operas by Mozart, Rossini, and Wagner.	56	942
6323	1972	August	6	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Arthur Fiedler				Fiedler conducted for the second time at MRF.	57	2616
6324	1972	August	8	Blues	B. B. King			Merry Clayton		King performed "Every Day I Have the Blues" as his opening number.	1	5081
6325	1972	August	9	Rock	Emerson, Lake & Palmer			Jo Jo Gunne		Jay Ferguson and Mark Andes formed Jo Jo Gunne in 1971 in Los Angeles.	1	25747
6326	1972	August	12	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin	Malcolm Frager, pianist			Malcolm Frager performed for the third time at MRF.	58	1275
6327	1972	August	13	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Andre Kostelanetz	Yoichi Hiraoka, xylophonist			Kostelanetz conducted for the second time at MRF.	59	2455
6328	1972	August	11	Rock	Fifth Dimension			Bill Withers		During their finale, the Fifth Dimension brought members of the audience onstage to dance with them.	1	12803
6329	1972	August	15	Folk	Mary Travers					Travers performed three encores: "Leavin' On A Jet Plane," "Blowin' In The Wind," and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."	1	2849
6330	1972	August	16	Rock	Beach Boys					In answer to shouted questions, the band told the audience that Brian Wilson was in Holland.	1	22262
6331	1972	August	19	Rock	David Cassidy			Kim Carnes & Dave Ellington	Kim Carnes, Dave Ellington	Subsequently, in 1981, Carnes's recording of "Bette Davis Eyes" won the Grammy for Song of the Year.	1	4863
6332	1972	August	21	Rock	Yes			Jackson Browne	Jackson Browne, David Lindley	Browne performed for the first time at the MRF.	1	14374
6333	1973	July	14	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Lilit Gampel, violinist			Gampel performed Lalo's "Symphonie Espagnole."	60	3259
6334	1973	July	15	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin	Doc Severinsen, trumpeter			Severinsen performed for the third time at the MRF.	61	4934
6335	1973	July	17	Rock	Harry Chapin			Leo Kottke		Kottke performed for the first time at the MRF.	1	5806
6336	1973	July	18	Rock	Sha Na Na			The Guild	Richard Lang, Jim Lang, Denny Henson, Tom Kelly, Terry Dugger, Bill Ulkus	The Guild hailed from Collinsville, Illinois, a neighboring community.	1	11970
6337	1973	July	20	Jazz	Ella Fitzgerald					Fitzgerald performed "You've Got A Friend" and the "St. Louis Blues" as encores.	1	2867
6338	1973	July	21	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	John Browning, pianist			Browning performed Tchaikovsky's "Piano Concerto No. 1."	62	1158
6339	1973	July	22	Vocal	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Michel Legrand, Roy M. Rogosin	Michel Legrand, Johnny Mathis			Legrand conducted the SLSO in ensemble mumbling at one point during his performance.	63	5194
6340	1973	July	24	Classical	Virgil Fox					Perhaps the most brilliant organist of his century, Fox created his "Heavy Organ" tour to teach people about the genius of Johann Sebastian Bach.	1	1176
6341	1973	July	25	Rock	Seals & Crofts			Roselle Lawrence		Seals played guitar, mandolin, and fiddle; Crofts played drums, mandolin, keyboards, and guitar.	1	20988
6342	1973	July	27	Pops	Ferrante & Teicher					Ferrante and Teicher trained and taught at the Julliard School of Music in New York City.	2	2753
6343	1973	July	28	Opera	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Haywood, Khanzadian, Nadler, Edwards, Becker			The SLSO performed Puccini's "Madame Butterfly."	64	1597
6344	1973	July	29	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Andre Kostelanetz	Alyson Rogers, soprano			Kostelanetz performed for the third time at MRF.	65	1625
6345	1973	July	31	Rock	Curtis Mayfield			Gene Anderson & the International Hookup		Mayfield performed with the Chicago Soul group, The Impressions, during the 1960s.	1	8059
6346	1973	August	1	Rock	Stephen Stills & Manassas			Joe Walsh & Barnstorm		Stills formed Manassas in 1972.	1	14034
6347	1973	August	3	Rock	Bobby Goldsboro					Goldsboro held a question‐and‐answer session with the crowd during his show.	1	1828
6348	1973	August	4	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Gary Graffman, pianist			Graffman performed Beethoven's "Piano Concerto No. 3."	66	1491
6349	1973	August	5	Pops	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Carmen Dragon	Walt Disney characters in Disney Family Concert			The program included songs from "Mary Poppins" and "Snow White."	67	2832
6350	1973	August	7	Folk	Judy Collins					Despite suffering from a painful sunburn, Collins performed two sets lasting approximately two hours in all.	3	5639
6351	1973	August	8	Rock	America			Jackson Browne	Jackson Browne, David Lindley	Browne performed for the second time at the MRF.	1	18324
6352	1973	August	11	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin	Gyorgy Pauk, violinist			Pauk performed Brahms's "Violin Concerto In D Major."	68	935
6353	1973	August	12	Pops	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Henry Mancini				Mancini performed for the third time at the MRF.	69	4577
6354	1973	August	14	Jazz	John McLaughlin & the Mahavishnu Orchestra			Section		McLaughlin led the Mahavishnu Orchestra, an early fusion group, between 1971 and 1973.	1	5456
6355	1973	August	15	Rock	Loggins & Messina			Jim Croce		Croce performed for the first and only time at the MRF.	1	17436
6356	1973	August	17	Guitar, Vocal	Jose Feliciano					Feliciano ended his second set by performing "Hey, Jude," and then sang and played "Light My Fire" for an encore.	1	2680
6357	1973	August	18	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Aaron Copland	George Silfries, clarinetist			Copland performed for the second time at the MRF, while Silfries played the conductor's "Concerto For Clarinet And Strings."	70	1571
6358	1973	August	19	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Mitch Miller	Mark Kaplan, violinist			Miller performed for the first time, and Kaplan played Vieuxtemps's "Concerto No. 4."	71	1905
6359	1973	August	21	Blues	John Mayall			Bonnie Bramlett		Bramlett performed at the MRF for the second time.	1	6648
6360	1973	August	24	Country	Kenny Rogers & the First Edition			John Stewart		Stewart performed with the Kingston Trio between 1961 and 1967, when his song "Daydream Believer" became a hit for The Monkees.	1	1659
6361	1973	August	25	Rock	Chicago					Chicago attracted the largest audience since The Who had appeared at the MRF.	2	28377
6362	1973	August	26	Rock	Pat Boone					In the 1970s, Boone travelled with his family as gospel singers.	1	3310
6363	1973	August	28	Vocal	Bette Midler					Midler's managers asked that photographers be banned from backstage.	1	4144
6364	1973	August	29	Rock	Crosby & Nash			John David Souther		Lightning, thunder, rain, and high winds temporarily interrupted the opening act.	1	8655
6365	1974	July	6	Pops	Doc Severinsen & the Now Generation Brass					On opening night, Leonard Slatkin ordered a birthday cake to celebrate Severinsen's birthday.	3	3157
6366	1974	July	9	Guitar	Megan McDonough, Steve Goodman, Leo Kottke					Goodman performed his own composition, "City of New Orleans."	1	2823
6367	1974	July	10	Rock	J. Geils Band			Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)	Franz Di Cioccio, Mauro Pagani	An Italian group, PFM originated under the name "I Quelli."	1	2652
6368	1974	July	12	Rock	Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band					Brumley had performed earlier in his career with Buck Owens.	1	908
6369	1974	July	13	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin	Arthur Gold (pianist), Robert Fizdale (pianist)			This concert, starting the symphony season, began with the "Star‐Spangled Banner" and the "Marseillaise" and ended with fireworks.	72	3145
6370	1974	July	14	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin	Eumir Deodato, keyboardist			Deodato's performance was recorded for the album, "Artistry."	73	1341
6371	1974	July	16	Blues	B. B. King			Muddy Waters		Waters performed for the first time at the MRF.	2	4661
6372	1974	July	17	Rock	Joe Walsh			Eagles		The Eagles performed for the first time at the MRF.	2	14885
6373	1974	July	19	Vocal	Helen Reddy			Jim Stafford		Stafford performed for the first time at the MRF.	1	6573
6374	1974	July	20	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin	Stephanie Chase, violinist			Chase, a sixteen‐year‐old performing with the SLSO for the first time, played Paganini's "Violin Concerto No. 1."	74	1076
6380	1974	July	21	Pops	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Johnny Green	Karen Armstrong (sop.), Richard Fredricks (bar.)			Green won Oscars for the scores to "Easter Parade," "American in Paris," "West Side Story," and "Bye Bye, Birdie."	75	926
6381	1974	July	23	Ragtime	New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble					An emsemble of New England Conservatory of Music students performed in the first ragtime concert at the MRF.	1	2828
6382	1974	July	24	Rock	Sha Na Na			Adrian Smith		The group Adrian Smith hailed from Chicago.	2	7554
6383	1974	July	27	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Henry Lewis	Celedonio, Celin, Pepe, Angel Romero (guitarists)			In 1968, Lewis became the first African‐American to lead a major U.S. orchestra, the NJ Symphony. The Romeros played Rodrigo's "Concierto Andaluz."	76	2267
6384	1974	July	28	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Gerhardt Zimmermann	Jose Feliciano, guitarist			Feliciano performed for the second time at the MRF.	77	1345
6385	1974	July	30	Jazz	McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea & Return to Forever					Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, and Bill Conners performed with Corea as Return to Forever.	1	3397
6386	1974	July	31	Rock	Black Oak Arkansas			James Gang		Jim Fox, founder of The James Gang, still remained with the group.	1	12649
6387	1974	August	1	Chamber	SLSO Artists & SIUE Faculty					For the initial MRF chamber music concert, the artists performed in the Religious Center.	1	100
6388	1974	August	2	Country	Mac Davis			Anne Murray	Dianne Brooks, Laurel War	Davis concluded his performance by singing "I Believe In Music."	1	6607
6389	1974	August	3	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Eugene Istomin, pianist			Istomin performed Chopin's "Piano Concerto No. 2."	78	2051
6390	1974	August	4	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leroy Anderson				Anderson, composer of "Sleighride," is considered one of the premier American instrumental composers and arrangers of the twentieth century.	79	2001
6391	1974	August	6	Rock	Joni Mitchell			Tom Scott & the L.A. Express	Tom Scott, Robben Ford, Larry Nash, John Guerin, Max Bennett	A power failure delayed the start of Mitchell's second MRF concert.	2	9419
6392	1974	August	7	Rock	War			Wet Willie	Jim Hall, Ricky Hirsch, Lewis Ross	War evolved from a band called Nightshift that had backed L.A. Rams pro football lineman Deacon Jones in his singing appearances.	1	10833
6393	1974	August	9	Country	Melba Montgomery, Jon & Jim Hager, Tom T. Hall					Hall composed Jeannie C. Riley's 1968 hit song, "Harper Valley P.T.A."	1	922
6394	1974	August	10	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Ruggiero Ricci, violinist			Ricci performed Dvorak's "Violin Concerto."	80	779
6395	1974	August	11	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Andre Kostelanetz				Kostelanetz conducted for the fourth time at MRF.	81	1843
6396	1974	August	13	Folk	Arlo Guthrie					Guthrie did not appear with a co‐star in his second performance at the MRF.	2	4372
6397	1974	August	14	Country	Souther Hillman Furay			Stampeders, Dave Loggins		A Canadian group from Calgary, The Stampeders had gained prominence with their hit, "Sweet City Woman."	1	2883
6398	1974	August	15	Chamber	SLSO Artists & SIUE Faculty					The artists performed in the Religious Center.	2	100
6399	1974	August	16	Jazz	Sarah Vaughan			Mercer Ellington & the Duke Ellington Orchestra	Anita Moore	Vaughan performed two encores in honor of Duke Ellington: "Take The A Train" and "Satin Doll."	1	1775
6400	1974	August	17	Opera	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Di Virgilio, Ross, Nadler, Edwards, Voketaitis			The SLSO performed a concert version of Verdi's "Aida."	82	1550
6401	1974	August	18	Pops	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Richard Hayman				Hayman served for thirty years as chief arranger and guest conductor for the Boston Pops during the tenure of Arthur Fiedler.	83	1118
6402	1974	August	20	Bluegrass	Bryan Bowers, J. D. Crowe & New South, New Grass Revival, Country Gentlemen					Bowers had mastered the autoharp, a zitherlike instrument of German origins.	1	1944
6403	1974	August	21	Rock	Chicago					As part of elaborate physical preparations, the Chicago crew covered the stage floor with white carpeting.	3	16856
6404	1974	August	23	Dance	Abrasevic Dancers					The dancers were accompanied by eight musicians.	1	520
6405	1974	August	24	Rock	Seals & Crofts			England Dan & John Ford Coley	Dan Seals, John Ford Coley	Seals and Crofts experienced difficulty with their monitors.	2	8439
6406	1975	July	1	Rock	Stephen Stills					At the opening concert of the 1975 MRF season, Stills began his show by performing "Love The One You're With."	2	7502
6407	1975	July	3	Rock	James Taylor					Taylor performed two sets covering more than two hours.	1	10960
6408	1975	July	8	Rock	Blood, Sweat & Tears			Head East		Head East appeared in place of Caravan, a British group.	2	2836
6409	1975	July	9	Rock	Yes			Ace		Yes attracted the fourth‐largest audience in the history of the MRF up to that time.	2	25574
6410	1975	July	10	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Miriam Fried, violinist			Fried, later a professor at Indiana University, performed Beethoven's "Violin Concerto in D Major."	84	816
6411	1975	July	12	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Gerhardt Zimmerman, Walter Susskind	Walter Susskind, pianist			Susskind, appearing as a soloist for the first time since July 5, 1970, performed Mozart's "Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor."	85	539
6412	1975	July	13	Pops	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Henry Mancini	Mancini, Brisbois, Cobine, Gilfoy, Laboriel			Mancini performed for the fourth time at MRF.	86	2720
6413	1975	July	15	Blues	Muddy Waters			Luther Allison		Allison performed a tribute to Chuck Berry.	2	2085
6414	1975	July	16	Folk	Gordon Lightfoot					Lightfoot appeared on a bare stage with four backup musicians.	1	8078
6415	1975	July	17	Chamber	SLSO Artists & SIUE Faculty		Dale Moore (baritone), Marion Lampe (pianist)			The artists performed in the Religious Center.	3	155
6416	1975	July	18	Pops	Big Band Tribute			Glenn Miller Tribute	Ray McKinley (bandleader), Ray Eberle (vocalist)	The Pied Pipers appeared in the wake of a lastminute cancellation by Paula Kelly & The Modernaires.	1	2602
6417	1975	July	19	Jazz	Crusaders			Fusion	Michael Urbaniak, Urszula Dudziak	The Crusaders were previously named the Swingsters, Modern Jazz Sextet, and Jazz Crusaders.	1	2396
6418	1975	July	22	Folk	Judy Collins					Pioneer female conductor Antonia Brico appeared at SIUE.	4	3972
6419	1975	July	23	Rock	Dave Mason			Poco	Timothy B. Schmit, Paul Cotton	Richie Furay, Jim Messina, and Randy Meisner had previously been members of Poco.	1	20917
6420	1975	July	24	Chamber	SLSO artists & SIUE faculty					The artists performed in the Religious Center.	4	194
6421	1975	July	25	Comedy	Bob Hope			Mercer Ellington Orchestra	Anita Moore, Cootie Williams	Hope honored John Hugger of Cahokia as the one‐millionth MRF patron.	1	3462
6422	1975	July	26	Barbershop	Chordbusters, Bron's Tones, Dealer's Choice, O.K. 4					The four groups performed a joint encore to conclude the evening.	1	1711
6423	1975	July	29	Rock	Eagles			John David Souther		The Eagles went on stage shortly before 10:00 P.M. and opened with "Take It Easy" before the second‐largest crowd in MRF history.	2	29491
6424	1975	July	30	Folk	Joan Baez			Hoyt Axton		Baez performed two sets and introduced songs from her new (May 1975) album, "Diamonds & Rust," during the second set.	2	3207
6425	1975	July	31	Chamber	SLSO Artists & SIUE faculty					The artists performed in the Religious Center.	5	179
6426	1975	August	2	Country	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band			John Hartford		Hartford performed for the second time at the MRF.	1	7058
6427	1975	August	5	Rock	Roberta Flack			Ramsey Lewis		Flack employed an eight‐piece orchestra and three backup singers.	2	6466
6428	1975	August	6	Folk	Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger					Guthrie performed for the third time at MRF, Seeger the first.	3	6881
6429	1975	August	7	Chamber	SLSO Artists & SIUE Faculty	Gerhardt Zimmerman				The artists performed in the Communications Building Theatre.	6	214
6430	1975	August	8	Dance	Erik Hawkins Dance Company					Hawkins had studied dance with Martha Graham.	1	344
6431	1975	August	9	Dance	Erik Hawkins Dance Company					The Hawkins troupe consisted of six male and five female dancers.	2	308
6432	1975	August	10	Rock	America			John Sebastian		Sebastian performed for the first time at the MRF.	2	13889
6433	1975	August	11	Rock	Harry Chapin					Perhaps the most generous artist to perform at the MRF, Chapin returned after three encores to oblige his audience with three additional songs.	2	5900
6434	1975	August	14	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Jeffrey Swann, pianist			Swann performed Bernstein's "Symphony No. 2."	87	378
6435	1975	August	15	Rock	REO Speedwagon			Brecker Brothers		The audience included the parents and four brothers of Neal Doughty, who attended high school in nearby Belleville, Illinois.	1	15577
6436	1975	August	16	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Walter Susskind	Sandra Walker (mezzosoprano), Robert Nagy (tenor)			In a salute to Bizet, Susskind conducted the SLSO at the MRF for the forty‐fifth and final time.	88	562
6437	1975	August	17	Pop	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Peter Nero	Peter Nero, pianist			Peter Nero performed for the first time at MRF.	89	1623
6438	1975	August	18	Country	Mac Davis			Captain & Tennille	Daryl Dragon, Toni Tennille	Captain & Tennille performed for the first time at MRF.	2	5764
6439	1975	August	19	Rock	Jefferson Starship			Flo & Eddie	Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan	Papa John Creech had left the Jefferson Starship at this time.	1	18613
6440	1975	August	20	Vocal	Osmonds			Munch		In 1974, the Muench Brothers changed the name of their group from Brothers Pride to Munch.	1	4448
6441	1976	June	23	Jazz	Preservation Hall Jazz Band					At the conclusion of the 1976 opening night concert, members of the audience climbed onto the stage and danced to "When The Saints Come Marching In."	2	1284
6442	1976	June	24	Jazz	Benny Goodman Sextet					SIUE awarded an honorary doctorate to Goodman on September 2, 1976.	1	1672
6443	1976	June	25	Jazz	Chuck Mangione					Satterfield sang with the quartet during the second portion of the show.	1	1051
6444	1976	June	26	Barbershop	Louisville Thoroughbreds, Fourth Edition, Pittsburg Four					The Thoroughbreds chorus contained two quartets: the Bluegrass Student Union and the Citations.	1	975
6445	1976	June	28	Theatre	The Belle of Amherst					Harris performed in "The Belle of Amherst," her one‐woman Broadway show.		1697
6446	1976	June	30	Rock	Harry Chapin			Terry Beck		Local entertainer Terry Beck filled in at a moment's notice when Chapin's plane was delayed.	3	6594
6447	1976	July	1	Chamber	Julliard String Quartet					The artists performed in the Meridian Ballroom of the University Center.	1	351
6448	1976	July	2	Country	Jim Stafford			Sonny James & the Southern Gentlemen		Stafford returned as a featured MRF act after opening for Helen Reddy in 1974.	2	860
6449	1976	July	6	Rock	Jesse Colin Young			Emmylou Harris & the Hot Band	John Ware	Emmylou Harris performed for the first time at the MRF.	1	5863
6450	1976	July	7	Rock	Marshall Tucker Band			Grinderswitch		Formed in South Carolina in 1971, the Marshall Tucker Band achieved prominence while touring with the Allman Brothers in 1973.	1	22045
6451	1976	July	8	Chamber	SLSO Artists & SIUE Faculty					The artists performed in the Meridian Ballroom of the University Center.	7	115
6452	1976	July	10	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Alexander Gibson	Lorna Haywood, John McCollum, Arthur Thompson			The performance featured Joseph Haydn's "The Creation."		642
6453	1976	July	11	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Ochestra	Alexander Gibson	L. Haywood, S. Nadler, N. Di Virgilio, J. Diaz			The performance featured Verdi's "Requiem."	91	464
6454	1976	July	13	Rock	Todd Rundgren & Utopia			Atlanta Rhythm Section	Robert Nix, Barry Bailey	Rundgren formed Utopia in 1974.	1	6009
6455	1976	July	14	Rock	Johnny Winter & Edgar Winter			Starcastle		Starcastle originated in Champaign, Illinois, and previously used the names St. James, Mad John Fever, and Pegasus.	1	8795
6456	1976	July	15	Chamber	SLSO Artists & SIUE Faculty					The artists performed in the Meridian Ballroom of the University Center.	8	134
6457	1976	July	16	Dance	James Cunningham & the Acme Dance Company					The program consisted of two main performances: "Aesop's Fables" and "Dancing With Maisie Paradocks."	1	193
6458	1976	July	20	Rock	Melba Moore			The Spinners		The Spinners performed for the second time at the MRF.	1	8782
6459	1976	July	21	Rock	Doobie Brothers			Heart	Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Roger Fisher	Heart performed for the first time at the MRF.	1	16695
6460	1976	July	22	Chamber	SLSO Artists & SIUE Faculty					The artists performed in the Meridian Ballroom of the University Center.	9	155
6461	1976	July	23	Rock	Sha Na Na					Sha Na Na began as an a capella singing group called The Kingsmen on the Columbia University campus in 1969.	3	3820
6462	1976	July	24	Rock	Ozark Mountain Daredevils			Slidin' Jake		Marty Vadalabene, son of Senator Sam, performed with Slidin' Jake.	1	10765
6463	1976	July	27	Folk	Gordon Lightfoot			Tom Chapin		Between 1971 and 1976, Chapin hosted the award‐winning children's television show, "Make A Wish."	2	5765
6464	1976	July	28	Rock	Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina			Firefall	Rick Roberts, Jock Bartley, David Muse	A hand injury prevented Loggins from playing the guitar.	2	9961
6465	1976	July	29	Chamber	SLSO Artists & SIUE Faculty					The artists performed in the Meridian Ballroom of the University Center.	10	135
6466	1976	July	30	Dance	Murray Lewis Dance Company					The program included "Porcelain Dialogues," "Geometrics," and "Hoopla."	1	166
6467	1976	July	31	Dance	Murray Lewis Dance Company					The program included "Proximities," "Geometrics," and "Hoopla."	2	236
6468	1976	August	2	Chamber	Cleveland Orchestra String Quartet					Each artist served as a principal string musician with the Cleveland Orchestra.	1	133
6469	1976	August	3	Folk	Judy Collins					Collins performed Mimi Farina's "Bread and Roses" to the accompaniment of the recorded voices of singing, marching women.	5	3526
6470	1976	August	4	Country	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band			Valdy & the Home Town Band	Valdy (Valdemar Horsdad), Shari Ulrich	Canadian folksinger Valdy (Valdemar Horsdad) performed for the first time at MRF.	2	9496
6471	1976	August	6	Pops	Music of the 1940s					Scheduled performers for this concert included Paula Kelly & The Modernaires, Cab Calloway, and Ray McKinley & his Orchestra.	1	1252
6472	1976	August	7	Rock	Barry Manilow					Reserved lawn seating was sold for the first time at this concert.	1	5226
6473	1976	August	9	Rock	Linda Ronstadt			Andrew Gold		Gold opened the show and subsequently performed with Ronstadt's band.	1	5797
6474	1976	August	10	Blues	Esther Phillips			Bobby Bland	Tom Purkson, Johnny Jones Harold Potter, Bunes McCall	Bland played no instrument and became a blues star using only his voice.	1	1289
6475	1976	August	11	Rock	Yes					The concert featuring Yes was rescheduled to Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis.	0	0
6476	1976	August	12	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin	Abbey Simon, pianist			Simon performed Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody On a Theme of Paganini" and "Piano Concerto No. 3."	92	433
6477	1976	August	14	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin	Ruth Slenczynska, pianist			Slenczynska performed Saint‐Saens's "Piano Concerto No. 2" and Chopin's "Winter Wind Etude."	93	388
6478	1976	August	15	Pops	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Franz Allers	Betty Jones (soprano), Robert Moseley (baritone)			The all‐American program included works by George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, and Morton Gould.	94	507
6479	1976	August	17	Rock	Janis Ian			Richie Furay		Furay performed for the second time at the MRF.	1	4138
6480	1976	August	18	Rock	Graham Nash & David Crosby					Crosby and Nash performed two encores: "Teach Your Children" and "Chicago."	2	10054
6481	1976	August	19	Vocal	Osmonds			Munch		Munch had performed with the Osmond family the previous year at the MRF.	2	5325
6482	1976	August	22	Rock	Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons					Drummer Gerry Polci sang the lead on "December '63 (Oh, What A Night)."	1	1565
6483	1976	Septemb er	15	Classical	Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin				The Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed for the first and only time at the MRF.	1	871
6484	1976	Septemb er	16	Theatre	Mark Twain Tonight					Holbrook performed his one‐man show, "Mark Twain Tonight."	1	2090
6485	1977	June	22	Rock	Dan Fogelberg			Fool's Gold	Denny Henson, Tom Kelly, Kenny Hatch, Geoffrey Leiv, David Pearlman, Scott Shelly	Fool's Gold included two former members (Henson and Kelly) of The Guild, a local band that performed with Sha Na Na on July 18, 1973.	1	7256
6486	1977	June	24	Rock	Dick Clark's Good Ol' Rock 'n Roll Show					Dick Clark served as host of the concert.	1	2036
6487	1977	June	27	Chamber	St. Louis Symphony Woodwind Quintet					The artists performed in the Meridian Ballroom of the University Center.	1	79
6488	1977	June	29	Rock	Boz Scaggs			Southside Johnny & the Asbury Dukes	Richie Rosenberg, Kenny Pentifallo	Scaggs took most of his numbers from his "Silk Degrees" album.	1	6620
6489	1977	July	1	Rock	Sylvers			Phyllis Hyman		The Sylvers, a family act from Memphis, tasted success with the hit "Boogie Fever" in 1975.	1	731
6490	1977	July	2	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Leonard Slatkin	Fred Zlotkin, cellist			Slatkin, in his last MRF appearance, conducted his brother Fred Zlotkin, who performed Tchaikovsky's "Variations on a Rococco Theme."	95	1848
6491	1977	July	8	Comedy	Bob Hope					Herman's band included John Hoffman, Rusty Holloway, Bruce Johnstone, Birch Johnson, Frank Tiberi, and Nelson Hatts.	2	2994
6492	1977	July	10	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Gerhardt Zimmerman	SIUE Suzuki Violin Students			Jack Carney of KMOX radio narrated Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf."	96	1078
6493	1977	July	11	Chamber	Giovanni String Quartet					The artists performed in the Meridian Ballroom of the University Center.	1	187
6494	1977	July	12	Dance	Phyllis Lamhut Dance Company					The artists performed "Country Mozart," "Dyad," and "Brainwaves" in the Communications Building Theatre.	1	341
6495	1977	July	13	Jazz	Stanley Turrentine			Roy Ayers Ubiquity	Roy Ayers, S. Cox, E. Birdsong, J. Almario, J. Mason, P. Woo, J. Ontiz, C. O'Ferral, G. Jones	Ayers performed eight original compositions, plus one Stevie Wonder song, "Knocks Me Off My Feet."	1	3272
6496	1977	July	15	Vocal	Fred Waring Singers					As an encore, the artists performed Berlin's "Remember."	1	860
6497	1977	July	16	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Gerhardt Zimmerman	John Kasica, percussionist			Kasica performed Huewell Tircuit's "Concerto for Solo Percussionist and Orchestra" on dozens of instruments.	97	574
6498	1977	July	17	Pops	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Gordon Munford	Gordon MacRae (baritone), Joyce Hall (vocalist)			Munford served as musical director for the Broadway show "1776" and as vocal coach for Richard Burton in "Camelot" and Lauren Bacall in "Applause."	98	1844
6499	1977	July	18	Chamber	Winners of SLSO Young Artists Competition						1	83
6500	1977	July	20	Rock	Ozark Mountain Daredevils			Jimmy Buffet	Greg Taylor	Randle Chowning had left the Ozark Mountain Daredevils at this time.	2	13057
6501	1977	July	22	Jazz	Concord Jazz Festival					Carl Jefferson founded the Concord Jazz Festival in Concord, California.	1	1031
6502	1977	July	23	Barbershop	Southern Gateway Chorus, Roaring 20's, Front Office Four					The Chorus and Roaring 20's hailed from Cincinnati, Ohio; the Four from East Lansing, Michigan.	1	904
6503	1977	July	25	Chamber	SLSO Artists & SIUE Faculty					The artists performed in the Meridian Ballroom of the University Center.	11	142
6504	1977	July	27	Rock	Renaissance			Jean‐Luc Ponty	Allan Zavod, Tom Fowler, Daryl Stuermer, Mark Craney, Steve Smith, Frank Patterson	Ponty pioneered as a jazz violinist and in the use of an electric violin.	1	0
6505	1977	July	29	Jazz	George Benson			Minnie Ripperton		Benson and Ripperton performed "Misty" together.	1	10205
6506	1977	July	30	Dance	Alwin Nikolais Dance Theatre					The three‐part program included: "Temple," "Styx," and "Foreplay."	1	701
6507	1977	August	1	Chamber	SLSO Artists & SIUE Faculty					Brahms's "Sonata Op. 120 No. 2 in E Flat Major," Mozart's "Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor," J. Woodard's "Nocturne," & Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody.	12	355
6508	1977	August	3	Folk	Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger					Guthrie performed for the fourth time at MRF, Seeger for the second time.	4	6393
6509	1977	August	5	Country	Mel Tillis					The show featured both music and storytelling.	1	1602
6510	1977	August	6	Dance	Kathryn Posin Dance Company					The performance included three works: "Waves," "Light Years," and "Bach Pieces."	1	267
6511	1977	August	8	Chamber	New York City Opera Theatre					Craig and Di Virgilio enjoyed careers as performers and teachers.	1	136
6512	1977	August	10	Rock	Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge			Billy Swann		Swann opened the show by playing the piano and singing three of his own songs before switching to guitar to accompany Kristofferson.	2	5385
6513	1977	August	11	Theatre	My Mother, My Son					Lindfors and her son, Tabori, performed in the Communications Building Theatre.	1	194
6514	1977	August	12	Pops	Big Band Sounds from the Summer of '42					The first half of the program honored the Glenn Miller Band, the second, the Jimmy Dorsey Band.	1	2006
6515	1977	August	13	Classical	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Amerigo Marino	Daniel Majeske, violinist			Majeske performed Tchaikovsky's "Violin Concerto in D Major, Opus 35."	99	643
6516	1977	August	14	Pops	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra	Henry Mancini	Henry Mancini, pianist			In the final SLSO concert, Mancini (in his fifth appearance) played Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady" as a solo.	100	1861
6517	1977	August	15	Chamber	Chicago Symphony Orchestra String Quartet					The artists performed in the Meridian Ballroom of the University Center.	1	0
6518	1977	August	17	Rock	Jackson Browne			Section	Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, Craig Doerge, Danny Kortchmar	Section earned the reputation of one of the finest backing bands in the business.	3	11071
6519	1977	August	18	Theatre	Shakespeare's People					Larry Bogdan, an SIUE scenery artist, recreated a missing backdrop hanging essential to the performance.	1	335
6520	1977	August	19	Theatre	Shakespeare's People						2	478
6521	1977	August	20	Theatre	Shakespeare's People						3	500
6522	1977	August	21	Rock	Beach Boys			Ricci Martin		Hinsche was a member of Dino, Desi & Billy with Ricci Martin's brother, Dino Martin.	2	9226
6523	1978	June	3	Rock	Marshall Tucker Band			Climax Blues Band	Peter Haycock, Colin Cooper	The Climax Chicago Blues Band originated in Stafford, England.	2	0
6524	1978	June	8	Jazz	Stanley Clarke			Roy Ayres Ubiquity	Roy Ayres, K. Turman, P. Woo, C. Vaughn, C. Oferral, J. Almario, J. T. Lewis	Clarke, who excelled on the acoustic and electric basses, consumed seventy minutes on his first three numbers.	1	0
6525	1978	June	15	Rock	Andy Gibb			Alessi Brothers	Bobby Alessi, Billy Alessi	The baby Gibb brother delighted his audience by singing "I Just Want To Be Your Everything."	1	0
6526	1978	June	22	Rock	America			Pure Prairie League		Dan Peek had left America at this point.	3	0
6527	1978	June	24	Country	Dolly Parton			Eddie Rabbitt		Supported by an eight‐piece band, Parton switched back and forth between country and pop.	1	0
6528	1978	June	28	Jazz	Chuck Mangione					Woodwind artist Vadala subsequently became a professor of music at the University of Maryland.	2	0
6529	1978	July	1	Rock	The Outlaws			Black Oak Arkansas		The Outlaws, formed in Tampa in 1972, opened by performing "Hurry Sundown," and closed with the encore, "Green Grass and High Tides."	1	0
6530	1978	July	6	Country	Willie Nelson			Emmylou Harris		Nelson performed Ed Bruce's "Mommas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys," a song he recorded with Waylon Jennings in 1978.	1	0
6531	1978	July	7	Jazz	Grover Washington			Al Jarreau		Jarreau performed several numbers from a new album, "All Fly Home."	1	0
6532	1978	July	8	Rock	Boz Scaggs			Coal Kitchen		Scaggs wore an all‐white outfit similar to the costume he had worn at the MRF the previous year.	2	0
6533	1978	July	9	Rock	Leo Sayer			Yvonne Elliman		Elliman had sung the role of Mary Magdalene in "Jesus Christ Superstar" and recorded the Bee Gee's "If I Can't Have You" for "Saturday Night Fever."	1	0
6534	1978	July	14	Rock	Doobie Brothers			Toby Beau	Ron Ross	A Texas group, Toby Beau had performed with Bob Seger earlier in the summer.	2	0
6535	1978	July	15	Rock	Kenny Loggins			Michael Stanley Band		Loggins appeared on stage around 10:00 p.m. and performed a ninety‐minute set of old and new songs.	3	0
6536	1978	July	16	Rock	Teddy Pendergrass			Ashford & Simpson	Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson	Ashford and Simpson composed several Motown hits such as "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "Nothin' Like The Real Thing."	1	0
6537	1978	July	21	Rock	Dave Mason			Dudek, Finnigan & Krueger	Les Dudek, Mike Finnigan, Jim Krueger	For his encores, Mason played "Share Your Love" and "Feelin' Alright."	2	0
6538	1978	August	10	Rock	Harry Chapin					Chapin performed for nearly three hours and then spent another hour speaking with and signing autographs for members of the audience.	4	0
6539	1978	August	11	Folk	Peter, Paul & Mary					After a hiatus of seven years, Peter, Paul, and Mary performed together again at the MRF on the first stop of their reunion tour.	1	0
6540	1978	August	17	Rock	Eagles			Jesse Winchester		The Eagles performed "Hotel California" to open their concert and concluded with three encores.	3	0
6541	1978	August	18	Rock	Sha Na Na			Dr. Hook	Ray Sawyer, Dennis Locorriere, Bill Francis, Rik Elswit, Jance Garfat, John Wolters, Bob Henke	Sha Na Na had appeared in the motion picture "Grease" released on June 16, 1978.	4	0
6542	1978	August	20	Rock	Meat Loaf			Prism		Marvin Lee Aday performed under the stage name "Meat Loaf."	1	0
6543	1978	August	22	Rock	Chicago					Terry Kath accidently shot and killed himself on January 23, 1978.	4	0
6544	1978	August	25	Country	Mac Davis					In his third MRF appearance, Davis performed without an opening act.	3	0
6545	1978	August	27	Jazz	George Benson					Benson opened with a Stevie Wonder song, "Remember Wes," an ode to his mentor, Wes Montgomery.	2	0
6546	1978	Septemb er	8	Rock	Ozark Mountain Daredevils			Heartsfield		Heartsfield was sometimes referred to as the "Grateful Dead of the Midwest."	2	0
6547	1978	Septemb er	9	Comedy	Richard Pryor			Patti LaBelle		No longer part of the group LaBelle, but backed by a nine‐piece band, Patti LaBelle performed "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "Lady Marmalade."	1	0
6548	1978	Septemb er	10	Rock	Captain & Tennille			Larry Groce		Later in his career, Groce became the artistic director of "Mountain Stage," a musical program on West Virginia public radio.	2	0
6549	1979	June	5	Rock	Heart			TKO		The signature MRF tent was not raised for the 1979 season.	2	0
6550	1979	June	12	Rock	Marshall Tucker Band			Pure Prairie League	Patrick Bolen, Vince Gill	As their first encore, the Marshall Tucker Band played "Can't You See."	3	0
6551	1979	June	13	Rock	Marshall Tucker Band			Pure Prairie League		Vince Gill joined Pure Prairie League as lead singer and guitarist in 1978.	4	0
6552	1979	June	16	Rock	America			McGuinn, Clark & Hillman	Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman, Greg Thomas, Johnny Sambataro	In addition to new material, McGuinn, Clark & Hillman played the Byrds's hits, "Turn, Turn, Turn" and "Eight, Miles High."	4	0
6553	1979	June	19	Rock	Stephen Stills					After the concert, Stills played for relaxation with Natalie Cole's band at the Edwardsville Holiday Inn motel.	3	0
6554	1979	June	20	Vocal	Natalie Cole			Lenny Williams		Cole performed with a six‐man band and two female dancers.	1	0
6555	1979	June	22	Jazz	George Benson					Benson performed "On Broadway" as his encore number.	3	0
6556	1979	June	23	Rock	Ozark Mountain Daredevils			The Faith Band		An Indiana quintet, the Faith Band included Carl Storie, Mark Cawley, Dave Bennett, John Cascella, and David Barnes.	3	0
6557	1979	June	28	Rock	Harry Chapin					Before beginning his concert with "Poor Damn Fool," Chapin asked the audience what had happened to the tent.	5	0
6558	1979	June	29	Rock	Allman Brothers			John Hammond		Hammond played classic blues on his guitar and harmonica.	1	0
6559	1979	July	4	Rock	James Taylor			Larry Coryell		On the Fourth of July, Taylor performed at 2:30 in the afternoon.	2	0
6560	1979	July	5	Rock	James Taylor			Larry Coryell		Guitarist Coryell was a pioneer of jazz‐rock fusion.	3	0
6561	1979	July	8	Country	Charlie Daniels					Daniels's "Million Mile Reflections" album, containing "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," was released in 1979.	1	0
6562	1979	July	13	Rock	Doobie Brothers			Night		Chris Thompson of Manfred Mann's Earth Band founded Night in 1979.	3	0
6563	1979	July	14	Rock	Donna Summer			Brooklyn Dreams	Bruce Sudano, Eddie Hokenson, Joe Esposito	In addition to her disco hits, Summer varied her concert with songs like "MacArthur Park" and "The Way We Were."		0
6564	1979	July	15	Rock	Donna Summer			Brooklyn Dreams		Donna Summer married her fellow artist, Bruce Sudano of Brooklyn Dreams.	2	0
6565	1979	July	20	Rock	Ashford & Simpson			Con Funk Shun, Raydio	Ray Parker, Jr.	Originally Project Soul, Con Funk Shun hailed from Vallejo, California. Ray Parker, Jr. formed Raydio and later recorded the "Ghostbusters" theme.	2	0
6566	1979	August	9	Rock	Joni Mitchell			Persuations		The Persuations were a legendary a capella singing group.	3	0
6567	1979	August	11	Jazz	Preservation Hall Jazz Band					In 1961, New Orleans art dealer Larry Borenstein opened a venue for veteran jazz artists that he named Preservation Hall.	3	0
6568	1979	August	15	Vocal	Charles Aznavour			Jane Olivor		Olivor and Johnny Mathis had recorded "The Last Time I Felt Like This, I Was Falling In Love," the theme from the film "Same Time, Next Year."	1	0
6569	1979	August	18	Rock	Poco			John Stewart		Richie Furay, Jim Messina, Randy Meisner, and Timothy B. Schmidt had at one time been members of Poco.	2	0
6570	1979	August	19	Rock	Beach Boys			Doucette		Johnston performed the song composed by him but assciated with Barry Manilow, "I Write the Songs."	3	0
6571	1980	June	22	Rock	Allman Brothers			Hank Williams, Jr.		The Allman Brothers performed "Jessica" and "Whipping Post" for encores.	2	0
6572	1980	July	5	Country	Charlie Daniels			John Prine		Daniels performed songs from an about‐to‐bereleased album, "Full Moon," as well as many earlier fan favorites.	1	0
6573	1980	July	8	Rock	Kenny Loggins			Firefall	Rick Roberts, Larry Burnett	Firefall performed the hit, "Just Remember I Love You."	4	0
6574	1980	July	27	Rock	Todd Rundgren & Utopia			Ambrosia	David Pack, Joe Puerta	Ambrosia performed the recent hit, "Biggest Part of Me."	2	0
6575	1980	August	3	Rock	Alice Cooper			Billy Squire		On the final number of his set prior to encores, Cooper performed "Elected" while parading around the stage in a Richard Nixon mask.	1	0
6576	1980	August	7	Rock	Beach Boys			Tremblers		While the Beach Boys appeared without Brian Wilson, the Tremblers featured Peter Noone, formerly Herman of Herman's Hermits.	3	0
6577	1980	August	16	Rock	Grateful Dead					The Dead performed two sets: songs from their albums including the recent "Go To Heaven" and then an extended jam session.	2	0
6578	1980	August	17	Country	Waylon Jennings			Waylors, Crickets		The show began with the Waylors, followed by the Crickets (Buddy Holly's sidemen), and then Jennings joined the Crickets in singing some Holly hits.	1	0
6579	1980	August	23	Rock	Z Z Top			Henry Paul Band		This concert marked the final performance of the Mississippi River Festival.	1	0
6580	1969	July	1	Rock	Janis Joplin			Aorta	Jim & Tommy Donlinger, Jim Nyeholt, Bobby Jones	Aorta evolved from The Exceptions.	1	7724

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