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The Buckinghams

Invoking nostalgia of a bygone era in music, 50s and 60s era artists specialize in or pay tribute to the sound of two of the most prolific decades in modern music. 50s and 60s era music acts are compliled from a number of popular genres and performers from the time, including doo-wop, traditional pop artists like Tony Bennett, the music of Elvis Presley, and R&B/rock and roll artist Little Richard. The Buckinghams is a shining example of a pivotal period in music.

50's and 60's era shows idolize a period when rock and roll was in its infancy, traditional pop and doo-wop still attracted the biggest audiences, and every performer wore a suit. The instrument most often heard at concerts in the 1950s and 1960s was the voice, and in a time before snythesizers and electric guitars, vocals were what carried the song. The era was dominated by groups like The Mills Brothers and The Chordettes and was marked by a transition in the type of music most popular with mainstream audiences. Relive one of the golden ages of music by getting The Buckinghams tickets from TicketRoom today!

The Buckinghams Concerts

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18.10.2024 08:00

Lake Delton

USA

Crystal Grand Music Theatre

18.10.2024 08:00

$58.80-$335.00

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If everyone on the northwest side of Chicago who claims to have hung out with the Buckinghams during their heyday had faithfully bought all their releases, the rock group might have sold more records than the Beatles. Popular attractions while still in high school, the quintet changed its name from the Pulsations to the Buckinghams to reflect the British Invasion craze and signed with Chicago's USA Records in 1966. Backing Dennis Tufano's buoyant lead vocals with prominent harmonies and punchy soul-styled brass, the group came across the wistful "Kind of a Drag," and in short order, the Buckinghams had a million-selling pop chart-topper on their hands. They quickly graduated to recording for Columbia. As long as songwriter Jim Holvay supplied more material of the same high quality as "Kind of a Drag," the Buckinghams were sitting pretty. Holvay co-wrote "Don't You Care," "Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)," and the pseudo-psychedelic "Susan," and they all proved to be major hits for the band. The group's R&B roots surfaced on a vocal adaptation of Cannonball Adderley's jazz standard "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy," their second-biggest hit.
But the Buckinghams' fortunes soon changed drastically -- one of the top-selling rock groups of 1967, they managed only one hit after early 1968. Two original members, guitarist Carl Giammarese and bassist Nick Fortuna, have since revived the Buckinghams and began touring full-time again in 1982.

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