10th Anniversary
INDUCTIONS
November 6-9, 2008
Youngstown, Ohio
Celebrating
the Class
of
2005,
2006 &
2007
Induction Events:
Ceremony & Concert
(Includes Performances) Thursday 11/6
Concerts
Honoring
The
Class of
2005 Friday 11/7
2006 Saturday 11/8
2007 Sunday 11/9
Three Historic
Concerts
Hosted
by Class
of
1998 - 2004
Inductees
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Vocal Group
Hall of Fame
Video Promo of
Public Television
Special
in
Syndication
Click Here for
2004 Induction
Slide Show
The Columbia Theatre
Photo Gallery!
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Take a trip into the history of
The Columbia Theatre.
The Vocal Group Hall of Fame
New Musuem, Restaurant,
Banquet Center, and Piano Bar
will be closed while under construction until Fall of 2009.
Offices are now located inside
The Columbia Theatre 82 West
State St. Sharon, Pa. The new musuem
will open at located at
100 West
State St. Sharon, PA.
Speciel Events take place
at
the Museum & Theatre
with conditional use &
speciel permits.
(See Special Events Page) Vocal Group
Hall of Fame
Public
Attraction in
Sharon, Pennsylvania
will be closed
while
under renovation.
Office remain open at
The Columbia Theatre.
Museum & Theatre
will be under
Renovation until
Fall of 2009
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www.musicFIRSTcoalition.org
People who love music understand that creativity, talent and hard work are required to bring it to life.
The goal of musicFIRST is to
ensure that struggling performers, local musicians and well-known
artists are compensated for their music when it is played both
today and in the future.
Of all the ways we listen to music, corporate radio is the only one
that receives special treatment.
For more than 80 years,
big
radio has had a free pass
to play music – refusing to pay
even a fraction of a penny to the performers that brought it to life.
music FIRST is committed to
making sure everyone, from
up-and-coming artists to our
favorites from years-ago,
is guaranteed
Fair Pay for Air Play.
You can help by writing your member of Congress and telling them that you support
musicFIRST’s
effort to
make
a performance
right
a
reality for all
artists and musicians.
www.musicFIRSTcoalition.org
All Inducted Vocal Groups are Encouraged to Join the Coalition
FAIR PAY FOR
AIR PLAY!!
Radio’s promotional value is on
the decline. New music distribution platforms – such as satellite,
cable and internet radio – provide additional ways for consumers to enjoy music. With the exception of AM and FM radio, each platform
pays for the recordings they use regardless of any promotion that might occur as a result, including broadcasters who simulcast their programming on the Internet. However, the bottom line is that
this is about simple fairness:
the artists who bring the music
to life, who attract listeners to a station,
and who make it possible
for
radio to make money by
selling advertising deserve to
be compensated when
a radio
station uses their music
to compensate itself. |
August 24 ,1969
Ray, Goodman & Brown's
cover of The Platters
"My Prayer" (Polydor #47) became their last of 14
Top 100 entries including
11 as The Moments.
Top Single
"Working On A Groovy Thing" The 5th Dimension 1969 #20
Birthday
Ruby Lewis
(Drifters) 1936
__________
August 25 ,1955
The "Out Of Sight" (Capitol #23 Pop, #12 R&B). The Channels "The Five Keyse Closer You Are" (Whirlin Disc) and
The Dupuponts
"Must Be Falling In Love" Whinley) were released. The Duponts featured 16 year old lead, Little Anthony two years before he recorded with
The Imperials.
Top Single
"My True Love" Jack Scott And The Chantones 1958 #5
Birthday
Walter Wiliams
(O'Jay) 1942
__________
August 26 ,1957
The Shells "Baby Oh Baby" (#20) and The Schoolboys "Carol" (#91)
were issued.
Top Single
"Reflections"
The Supremes
1967 #8
Birthday
Bob & Dick Cowsill
(Cowsills) 1950
__________
August 27 ,1955
The Four Aces
"Love Is A Many Spledid Thing" (Decca#1) charted becoming the quartets 20th of 36 hits between 1951 and 1959.
Top Single
"You Can't Hurry Love"
The Supremes 1966 #7
Birthday
Harold Lucas
(Clovers) 1932
Valerio "Val" Puliuto
(Jaguars) 1936
__________
August 28 ,1957
Alan Freed's second
anniversary Rock & Roll
show at The Brooklyn Paramount featured
The Harptones, Penguins, Cleftones and Frankie
Lymon & The Teenagers.
Top Single
"How Can You Mend
A Broken Heart"
The Bee Gee's 1971 #1
Birthday
Wayne Osmond
(Osmonds) 1951
__________
August 29 ,1958
Alan Freed's Brooklyn
Fox show featured The Elegants, Cleftones, Danleers, Ponti-Tails, Royal Teens and
The Olympics. The Show ran
for ten days!.
Top Single
"Where Did Our Love Go"
The Supremes 1964 #1
Birthday
Michael Jackson
(Jackson Five) 1958
__________
August 30 ,1975
Tony Orlando & Dawn's
"Youre All I Need"
#34 Charted.
Top Single
"John Phillips"
(Mama's & Papa's) 1935
Birthday
Wayne Osmond
(Osmonds) 1951
__________
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Congratulations
Vocal Group
Hall Of Fame
2007 Inductees!
Duo
Sam & Dave
Pioneer
Award
The Hoboken Four
40's
The Five Red Caps
50's
The Chords
The Four Preps
Maurice Williams &
The Zodiacs
60's
The Capris
The Dixie Cups
The Jive Five
The Monkees
Ruby & The Romantics
Sly & The Family Stone
70's
Tony Orlando & Dawn
Harold Melvin &
The Blue Notes
Kool & The Gang
80's
The Travelin'
Wilbury's
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Thank You - 20/20
"Truth In Music"
segment
ABC News.com
Jon (BOWZER) Bauman
Vocal Group
Hall of Fame
TRUTH IN MUSIC
Committee Chairman
  
MSNBC.com
"Truth In Music" Has Arrived!
The Truth In Music Bill
was
created to protect the
artists
from Identity theft
and to
protect the Consumer from
being mis-lead to believe
they are seeing
the legendary
artists that
made the
hits
songs
famous,
when in
fact
they are not.
The Truth in Music Law
is designed to stop
unscrupulous
concert
promoters from
deceiving
the public
with “impostor groups”
which
have no connection,
legal
or otherwise, to the
authentic groups.
Fundamentally, this is a
consumer protection bill,
as the public pays hard-earned
money to see a show and has
no idea what it’s even getting.
The bill makes it mandatory
for a live performance to
include at least one recording
member of the group who still
has the right to use the group
name or Trademark.
Otherwise, the act
must be billed
as a “tribute”
or a “salute”
so that the
public knows
what
it’s paying for.
An ancillary effect of this
bill
is to help the authentic
artists themselves, who have
been struggling
for many
years
to
try
to
stop impostors
to no
avail.
The
impostor
groups
take their jobs, their
money,
their legacy
and
their applause.
The bill is necessary because
existing law has completely
failed to work and impostor
groups have multiplied.
There
may be as many
as
50 groups
of “Coasters” and “Platters”
performed
nationwide,
often
at the
same time in
different
venues.
The bill
shifts the
burden to
those
groups to
prove that
they
actually
have rights to
the group
names.
The specific
guidelines the bill
provides
give clarity to venues
as
to whom to book, and to
the state attorney general’s
office as to what constitutes
a violation. This is much more
efficient and cost-effective
than any other way of dealing
with this very specialized area.
Because of the above,
we have passed the BILL
in 26 states
including
NY, CA, FL, NV, TN,
TX, MO,
PA, NJ, MI,
MA, CT, IL, IN,
WI, VA, VT,
ME, CO, MD, MS,
MN,
RI, SC, ND and Now
Delaware.
Ohio is Next and makes 27
Some good news
Ohio Passes the Senate
Unanimousely.
Ohio jumps on the
Truth in Music bandwagon
Tribune Chronicle
Truth In Music Bill
This bill makes it a violation
of the consumer fraud act
for
any person to advertise
a live musical performance
or
production through
the use
of an affiliation,
connection
or association
between the
performing
group and
the
recording
group...
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