West Virginia singer lands major independent label deal
Donny Rees of Chesapeake signs with ABC Dunhill after a long road of bands, USO tours, and local gigs. The single Mary-Go-Round, written by Kees, released May 30, aims for wide airplay and a breakthrough in major markets. Rees hopes Charleston stations spark a national breakout through strategic promotion and radio play.
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Donny Rees
Chesapeake
Fast Bank High School
Abc-Dunhill
Donny
West Side
Kees
Pete Kees
ABC Dunhill
Motown
Mary-Go- Round
ABC
New Orleans
Crossroads
Rees
Charleston
Progres
Career Education EBCE graduates first Kanawha class
An experimental program in Kanawha County named Employer-Based Career Education EBCE graduated its first class of about 40 seniors from six area high schools. Operated by Appalachia Educational Laboratory under a federal grant, EBCE places students at actual job sites for 13 weeks while integrating academic work toward graduation.
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Kanawha
Appalachia Educational Laboratory
National Institute of Education
EBCE
Harold Henderson
Kanawha County
Charleston High
Brenda Seals
Police Department
Stonewall
Vince McCormick
Valley Hospital
Bill Bramham
The
Charleston National Travel Service
Charleston
W. Va
Watergate goodies flood pop record and poster market
New York reports a flood of Watergate themed items from posters to records. Gemini Rising promotes witty Watergate poster art while Capitol, Island, RCA and others rush releases including The Watergate Comedy Hour, At the Watergate, and Watergate Singers with a mid June ship date for some titles.
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Watergate Goodies
New York
Gemini Rising
Capitol Records
Watergate Seven
Burns & Schreiber
Vibration Records
Island Records
Jim Capaldi
Traffic
GNP Crescendo Records
Mort Sahl
Donimus
RCA Records
Buddah Records
David Frye
Shelby Singleton
Monte Kay
Little David Records
Black Oak Arkansas to headline Civic Center July 17
A billing dispute over closing act led National Shows to reschedule Black Oak Arkansas as headliner on July 17 and Edgar Winter as star on September 2 at the Civic Center. Other season dates include War June 23 John Denver June 29 Glenn Campbell July 20 the Four Seasons July 27 Loggins and Messina August 3 and America August 19 with a few tentative dates.
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Black Oak Arkansas
Edgar Winter
Civic Center
National Shows, Inc
War
John Denver
Glenn Campbell
The
Four Seasons
Loggins & Messina
America
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West Virginia
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Peaches & Herb
Mel & Tim
Joe Tex
Rick Nelson
Chesapeake Kid
Birmingham
Ala
Poppa Don
Charlotte
Atlanta
Lana Reeves
South Charleston Library
Gazette
Jack Kern
Watts
Charleston Civic Center
Eric Burdon
Papa de Allen
Harold Brown
B.B. Dickerson
Lonnie Jordan
Charles Miller
Howard Scott
Lee Oskar
Henderson
James Wolford
Electronic Specialty Company
Keith Basham
Charles Black
Laura Bondurant
Sandra Brown
Randy Buchanan
Leisa Bullock
Mike Carnell
David Clark
Kathleen Duffield
Royce Dunn
Thomas Fish
Charlie Fourche
Butch Gandee
Kevin Garnett
Bill Gillespie
Larry Given
Edward Hamilton
David Harris
Beth Hill
Robin Hoover
Gina Johnson
Charles Larabee
Edward Larabee
Debbie Lewis
Richard Maddox
Vincent McCormick
Tanya McGhee
Escola Miller
Harriet
Gemini
Black Oak
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