The original show ever before kept throughout the Coliseum, a few months after the venue’s February 1964 beginning, checked brand new Five Freshmen while the Four Preps. (Which was, naturally, the Greek Week inform you.) This new Five Season did the original Homecoming show here from inside the Oct ’64 (my friend Mindy Moore Bacon recalls heading, no matter if she was just in the junior high), and you will Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong put their All stars truth be told there to have a no cost show inside the March 1965, used about three days after because of the Johnny Mathis and also the Young People in the us.
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Due to issues concerning sound at the before shows, the latest school brought in Atlanta-centered Baker Music (which in fact had complete The newest Beatles’ 1965 reveal at the Atlanta Arena) to try and increase the voice getting Armstrong, but, contrary to popular belief, there wasn’t far they could carry out regarding cavernous stadium.
I asked folk We went along to college or university that have – and others which was born in Athens otherwise visited UGA – to talk about their most favorite show recollections on the tell you. Check out ones thoughts:
My classmate Tom Hodgson said brand new Coliseum concert the guy appeared send on the most is actually Jerry Butler singing their moves from “Brand new Frost Man Cometh,” and additionally “Precisely the Good Survive.” Tom said he recalls “Jerry, using a light fit having good quartet from beautiful female vocal harmony at the rear of. I really don’t contemplate whom my big date is, but she need I happened to be because the chill since the Jerry Butler, and i also without a doubt desired she was since the very hot since the those individuals vocalists.”