Live Dates
Listed here are all known confirmed & unconfirmed dates that Jimi played with Little Richard.
This page is intended as a reference listing of all known info, some of it is only rumors and speculation, some is backed up with some actual information.
Regarding the gigs for which newspaper ads exists, for starters we can never be sure that the band actually turned up nor do we know whether Jimi played on that particular night unless there is a review, photo or an eyewitness account. Most of the time none of these exist but one can assume that the majority of these dates were ones that Jimi did play so I'm listing all advertised dates for the period and adding a notes if any participation by Jimi is unlikely.
During this time Jimi also played with Ike & Tina Turner but we don't know whether that means that he didn't play certain Little Richard gigs or that he played with both bands. Jimi himself wasn`t very clear on the matter. For the Fillmore Auditorium gig where the line-up included both Ike And Tina Turner and Little Richard we have a photo of Jimi playing with Richard but we also have Jimi saying in an interview that he played "at the Fillmore with Ike and Tina and Little Richard". So does that mean that he actually played with both bands or just that both were on the same bill? Or were these two separate dates?
So there is still much to find out. If you attended one of these shows or have any information to add for any of these dates (or even a new date) please let me know at
Personnel
Most of the musicians who played in the band during this period have not yet been identified. Various sources give different reports as to who played what when and the musicians that participated in studio sessions were very likely different to those in the live band so there is practically no reliable information. The best source is the video of the Buddy & Stacy Night Train -performance (which did not feature Little Richard but used his band) where all players can be seen, unfortunately most still remain unidentified and the line-up that appeared that night may not have been the same that played with Richard on other dates. One known constant member was Glen Willings on guitar, for the rest of the musicians more information is needed.
Promotional pictures
Seem that a standard set of promotional pictures was send to all promoters and used in many of the 64-65 gig ads, some of the original shots are available at Getty Images and have been embedded below.
Getty Images credits the photos with a 1965 date, this is incorrect, the photo shoot was in 1964.11 All of the currently known newspaper ads, posters and programmes for the 1964 / 1965 dates use pictures from this session so they were clearly send out to all promoters.
Incidentally the Guardsmen shot used in the Allentown 1965 poster is not the same exact shot that Getty has. Notice the hand gesture Richard is making, these are two different shots from the same session so at least five different pictures exist of which Getty Images currently has four on it's website.
Note the booking agency address in the promotional photo:
Queen Booking Corporation
1650 Broadway, Suite 1410
New York, New York 10019
Phone: 265-3350
It`s pretty likely that most or all of the following 1964 / 1965 gigs were booked by the agency as the photo used comes from the same session as all of the photos used in the advertising of the 1965 dates. Which is significant mainly because of the address of the Queen Booking Corporation: 1650 Broadway. The building was also home to PPX & RSVP (both of Curtis Knight -recordings fame) among other companies, read more about it on the "locations - 1650 Broadway" -page.
FRIDAY 2 October 1964
Cancelled date
Little Richard was booked to tour the UK and Europe but cancelled at the last minute. The 10 October 1964 issue of the UK magazine Melody Maker reported as follows: "The tour should have started at Leeds Queen's Hall last Friday. But Little Richard failed to appear, even though he was advertised as being on the bill. [At the gig] audience were offered their money back as they pelted the stage with fruit, vegetables, concert programmes [etc etc] in disgust." The date of the Leeds concert would have been 2 October 1964, Little Richard was booked to appear along with the Pretty Things. 15
SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 1964
Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California
Jimi Hendrix definitely was not yet playing in the band (as he send his father a postcard from Florida on or around 8 October while on tour with the Bonnevilles).
Billed as "Little Richard". Complete line-up: Little Richard, The 4 T`s, Larry Laster, Malcolm Hayes and Little Richard`s Orchestra.
Sunday night with "Dancing 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The poster for the gig also states that "The King Is Back With Complete Show" and "Direct From His Record Breaking Tour Of England And European Continent". Seems that the posters were printed before it was known that the European dates had been cancelled? 16
Wednesday? 7? October 1964
Jimi writes a postcard to Al Hendrix, stamped Thursday 8 October 1964 in Cincinnati, Ohio
(Postcard depicts the skyline of Jacksonville, Florida):
" Dear Dad. Here we are in Florida, we're going to play in Tampa tomorrow - then Miami, we're playing all through the south. We'll end up in Dallas Texas. My home address is Atlanta. I hope everyone's ok tell Grama in Canada hi for me. Tell Leon to be kool and go to school. I must run now - take it easy - My address is 318 Fort St. APT. 3 Atlanta Ga. Jimmy" 21
The postcard tells us that Jimi had recently moved to Atlanta, probably just a few weeks earlier as he's only now letting Al know his address. So Atlanta seems to have been Jimi's home base circa September - December 1964, and it was apparently in Atlanta that he joined Little Richard's Royal Company.
October? 1964?
Seattle, Washington?
Possible Little Richard date? If so Jimi was not yet playing in the band, he send a postcard to his father in January 1965 (stamped 28 January 1965 in Dallas, Texas) where he said that "Little Richard left Seattle not too long ago - I wished I could've been with him then" 2 On 11 October (see next entry) Little Richard had a gig in Olympia, Washington. Olympia is only a circa 60 mile drive away from Seattle so there´s a good chance that the Seattle gig that Jimi mentions took place in October 1964. For now this is however complete speculation on my part.
Sunday 11 October 1964
Evergreen Ballroom, Olympia, Washington
Billed as "Little Richard". Complete line-up: Little Richard, The 4 T`s, Larry Laster, Malcolm Hayes and Little Richard`s Orchestra.
Sunday night with "Dancing 9 p.m. to 1 a.m." Jimi was not yet playing in the band.
The poster for the gig also states that "The King Is Back With Complete Show" and "Direct From His Record Breaking Tour Of England And European Continent". 33
SUNDAY 18 October 1964
Pacific Ballroom, San Diego, California
Billed as "Little Richard". Complete line-up: Little Richard, The 4 T`s, Larry Laster, Malcolm Hayes and Little Richard`s Orchestra.
Sunday night with "Dancing 9 p.m. to 1 a.m." Jimi was not yet playing in the band.
The poster for the gig also states that "The King Is Back With Complete Show" and "Direct From His Record Breaking Tour Of England And European Continent". A copy of the poster was auctioned in 2018 by hakes.com for $6,490 ! 25
FRIDAY 30 October 1964
Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Jimi was not yet playing in the band. The 29 October 1964 issue of the Albuquerque Journal includes a news item stating that "There will be a dance at 8:30 p.m. Friday in Civic Auditorium for persons 18 years in age or older, or younger persons if accompanied by parents. Music will be by Little Richard." One problem is that there were several Little Richards appearing all over the States at the time, the news item doesn´t make it clear if we in this case are talking about Richard Penniman.
Albuquerque, however, is roughly midway when traveling from San Diego (the previous known Richard Penniman date, see above) to Colorado Springs (the next known date, see below). So it seems very likely that this was a gig by "our" Little Richard since he was gigging in the area right at this time. Also, the Civic Auditorium had a 6000 person capacity, so this was a big appearance.
Thursday 5 November 1964
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Billed as "Little Richard". Complete line-up: Little Richard, The 4T`s, Larry Laster, Malcolm Hayes and Little Richard`s Orchestra. 24
Thursday night with "Dancing 9 p.m. to 1 a.m." Jimi was not yet playing in the band.
DJ Steve Scott "remembers the bandleader being pissed that Hendrix was getting so much attention" as recalled in the article "Rock of ages The Doors and the Dead? Hendrix and the Who? What were they doing here?" written by Bill Forman and published in Colorado Springs Independent 2 April 2009. The article states that "In 1965, Jimi Hendrix then known as James Hendrix played the City Auditorium as the already-show-stopping guitarist for Little Richard."
I haven`t been able to find any evidence for a 1965 Little Richard gig in Colorado Springs. The 9 January 1965 issue of mentioned that disc jockey Jerry Schaffer had brought Little Richard to the City Auditorium "late last year". There may have been another Little Richard gig in Colorado Springs later in 1965 but so far there is no evidence for that. Again the poster for the gig states that "The King Is Back With Complete Show" and "Direct From His Record Breaking Tour Of England And European Continent".
Image courtesy of Lisa Wheeler / www.elkbugles.com
WEDNESDAY 11 NOVEMBER 1964
St. Paul Auditorium Stem Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Billed as "Little Richard and his royal company". Complete line-up: Little Richard, The 4T's, Larry Lasters, The Great Malcom Hayes. 8:30 to 12:30 p.m. Admission $3.00. Jimi was not yet playing in the band. 38
Found on Newspapers.com
Friday 4 December - Sunday 13 DECEMBER 1964
Apollo Theatre, 125th Street near 8th Avenue, New York City, New York
Billed as "Little Richard Band & Revue". Complete line-up: Little Richard, Gladys Knight & the Pips, the Marvelettes, Patti LaBelle & the Blue Belles and the WNJR Herman Amis Show
Little Richard plays a 10 day run of shows at the Apollo. 23 Jimi was not yet playing in the band. Getty Images has photographs of all of the acts on the bill, shot on an unknown date during this booking.
The photos offer an excellent glimpse into what the show was like during the months that Jimi played guitar for Little Richard. The shots also include what probably was the shows finale with other artists on stage and the band dressed in (Beatle?) wigs and Richard having his cape put on and leaving the stage accompanied by the "royal guards".
There are two guitar players on stage, the one playing stage right is out of frame in every shot but in just one a guitar head stock can be seen - which tells us that both guitar players are playing right handed. As it's highly unlikely that Richard would have had three guitar players on stage the conclusion is that Jimi was NOT there for this engagement. All of the available evidence points to Jimi joining the Royal Company either in December 1964 or in January 1965.
Thu, Dec 3, 1964 – 774 · Daily News (New York, New York, United States of America) · Newspapers.com Little Richard
Little Richard
Gladys Knight and the Pips
The Marvelettes
Patti LaBelle and the Blue Belles
DECEMBER? 1964
Atlanta, Georgia
Jimi returns to Atlanta (while playing with The Mighty Hannibal?) and joins the Little Richard tour initially working as a valet for Gorgeous George but after a while progressing to Little Richard's guitar player. Little Richard's road manager Henry Nash recalls 17 that the band left Atlanta for Greenville and after the concert that night Jimi was allowed to participate in an after hours jam with the Upsetters.
THURSDAY 31 DECEMBER 1964?
Greenville, South Carolina
Roby & Schreiber list this location & date in "Becoming Jimi Hendrix" but no source for the information is provided. Regardless whether the date is correct Jimi may not have been playing in Little Richard's band yet instead appearing with Gorgeous George. Little Richard's road manager Henry Nash recalls 4 that the band left Atlanta for Greenville and after the concert that night Jimi was allowed to participate in an after hours jam with the Upsetters.
The dates get confusing here as someone is probably recalling things incorrectly: If Little Richard played Greenville 31 December 1964 right after Atlanta where Jimi first joined the tour then Jimi couldn`t have played with him in Colorado Springs in late 1964, one or more of these 1964 dates is incorrect or didn`t yet actually have Jimi playing in the band...
FRIDAY 15 JANUARY 1965
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh, North Carolina
Billed as "The Great Little Richard`s Show & Dance", time of concert given as "9 P.M. to 1 A.M.". Complete line-up: Little Richard, Larry Laster, Little Richard`s Royal Guards, The Famous 4T's, Malcolm and Eddie, Little Richard`s 10-pc. Orchestra. "Admission $2.50". 37
15 Jan 1965, Fri The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) Newspapers.comPOSSIBLY JANUARY 1965?
Harlem Duke Social Club, Prichard, Alabama
B.B.King recalls first meeting Jimi at "Tom Couch` place in Mobile" (Prichard is located next to Mobile) in a filmed interview available on YouTube. Starting at 1.30 B.B. recalls Jimi "was in the rhythm section for Little Richard". Read an article about the club here.
The date of the gig is unknown but since the tour started in Georgia on the East Coast and moved towards the West Coast finishing in Los Angeles it is likely that any gigs in Alabama took place before the known dates in Louisiana and Texas which follow.
Friday 22 January 1965
Bamboo Club, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Billed as "Little Richard and his Royal Show", time of concert given as "From 9 p.m. `til Friday Night". 39
Found on Newspapers.com
Postcard send by Jimi to Al Hendrix, stamped 25 January 1965 in Lafayette, Louisiana (Postcard depicts a Holiday Inn):
"Dearest Dad - I received your letter while I was in Atlanta. I'm playing with Little Richard now - We're going toward the West Coast. We're in Louisiana now. But my address will be Los Angeles when I write again. Jimmy" 1
Note that 25 January, the date that the card was stamped, was a Monday. Jimi may have written the card on Friday, posted it and it might have been sorted & stamped only on Monday. So, Little Richard may have had a gig in Lafayette but the entourage might also just have stopped there the night previous or after the Lake Charles appearance (Jimi doesn't specify a city in his postcard, just the state, Louisiana). The distance between Lake Charles and Lafayette, both in Louisiana, is 124 km / 77 miles.
Wednesday 27? January 1965
Club 500, Houston, Texas
Jimi jams with Albert Collins. That Jimi visited Houston with Little Richard is confirmed in a postcard that he send (see next date). Albert Collins recalled the jam and identified the location in an interview published in Guitar World November 1987, quoted in Univibes #17.
There are several recollections available from people who visited the Club 500 but I can`t find any contemporary print reference to confirm the name and location of the club never mind the date of the jam. It may have been situated on Elgin St in the Third Ward in Houston and it may have "officially" been called either "Club 500" or "500 Club" - or something else, if you have any information please email me at
Thursday 28? January 1965
unknown location, Dallas, Texas
Roby & Schreiber list this date in "Becoming Jimi Hendrix" as Soul City Club Thursday 28 January 1965". The location would however seem to be guesswork and incorrect:
The website bizpedia.com lists a registration for the company SOUL CITY CLUB INC in Dallas with "Filing Date: 04/07/1967". An ad for the Soul City -club published in the Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Texas) 27 August 1967 issue features the headline "Soul City Comes Alive" and seems to announce to opening of the club. And finally, an article on club owner Angus Wynne at austinnewsstory.com states: "Wynne and Calmes kept at it, and in 1967 they opened the Soul City nightclub on Greenville".
So the Soul City club in Dallas did exist but would seem to have been opened only in late 1967 so could not have been the location that Jimi played. Little Richard did appear at the club (circa) 1967 as recalled in a Dallas Observer -article by Angus Wynne:
"Angus first met Hendrix when he was a shy sideman in Little Richard's band, back when Jimi was known as Maurice James. Little Richard was a frequent booking at Angus's long-gone, far-away club Soul City -- a house-record-setter, matter of fact, Angus says. He recalls one '67 gig in particular: He was walking around backstage when Richard told him to come into his dressing room. There was a familiar face on the teevee set: Shouted Richard, "That's Maurice!" By then, Hendrix was well on his way to immortality." 40
The date 28 January date that Roby & Schreiber give for the Dallas appearance is most likely a guess based on Jimi's postcard (the full text follows below) where he writes "we're now in Dallas". The card was reproduced in Univibes issue #17, Jimi writes "Little Richard left Seattle not too long ago - I wished I could've been with him then But we'll make it up there again soon" implying that he is playing with Little Richard at the moment of writing the card, also the states that he mentions are the ones he toured with Little Richard in January 1965 and the tour finished in California like Jimi wrote on the card.
The 28 January date of the stamp on the card gives us a possible date but not a definite one - there is no guarantee Jimi wrote the card on the date of the concert, nor is there any proof he mailed the card on the day that he wrote it or that the postal worker stamped it on the same day. So until firm evidence surfaces I'll list the Dallas appearance as having taken place at an unknown location circa 28 January 1965.
Postcard send by Jimi to Al Hendrix, stamped 28 January 1965 in Dallas, Texas (Postcard depicts the San Ann Motel in Dallas, Texas):
" Dearest Dad
Well - we just left Houston and we're now in Dallas. we'll play around here and Ft. Worth, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Louisiana for awhile, then we'll head for California - Little Richard left Seattle not too long ago - I wished I could've been with him then But we'll make it up there again soon. Tell Ben & Ernie that Houstons swinging, Jimmy" 2
LATE January? 1965
unknown location, Ft. Worth, Texas
Gig mentioned in Jimi's 28 January postcard to Al. 5
late January? 1965
unknown location, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Gig mentioned in Jimi's 28 January postcard to Al. 5
SUNDAY 31 January 1965?
Diamond Ballroom?, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
A gig in Oklahoma was mentioned in Jimi's 28 January postcard to Al. 5 Roby & Schreiber list this location & date in "Becoming Jimi Hendrix" but no source for the information is provided.
? February 1965
Jimi arrives in Los Angeles with Little Richard.
FRIDAY 5 FEBRUARY - SATURDAY 6 FEBRUARY 1965?
Red Velvet, 6507 Sunset, Hollywood, California?
Roby & Schreiber list this location & dates in "Becoming Jimi Hendrix" but no source for the information is provided. Frank Wood stated of his webpage that he played with Little Richard at Red Velvet in early 1965 and provides a photo but no-one in the picture would actually seem to be Little Richard? 13
SUNDAY 14 FEBRUARY 1965 - FALSE DATE, NOT LITTLE RICHARD
Mountain Home, Kingsport, Tennessee
This location & date is listed in "Becoming Jimi Hendrix" as a Little Richard "solo" date backed by The Caprees from Missisippi, no source for the information is provided. This would seem to be a case of mistaken identity, the band who played the date was probably actually "Lil" Richard and the Caprees from Nashville, Tennesee www.youtube.com/watch?v=iplgRJaUIBY.
Roby & Schreiber have Jimi playing with Ike & Tina Turner around this date but this seems to be mainly based on the assumption that Little Richard wasn't in Los Angeles which in turn seems to be based on this supposed solo date in Kingsport thus there is little evidence that Jimi wouldn't have been playing with Little Richard around this period. There was at least one date with Ike & Tina on the same bill (see 21 February 1965) but that doesn't necessarily exclude Jimi from playing with Little Richard as well.
Saturday 20 February 1965
An episode of the tv show "Hollywood A Go Go" featuring Little Richard is broadcast on this date, the recording date of the show is unknown. The appearance is listed in the tv guide for Saturday Evening as:
"9 - LITTLE RICHARD
on THE ONE! THE ONLY!
HOLLYWOOD a GO GO"
Unknown whether Hendrix participated in any way. According to information available online Little Richard only performed "Lucille" but I haven`t found the video (which apparently still exists) so can`t verify this. The program listing comes from the 20 February 1965 issue of "Pasadena Independent" (Pasadena, California). Scans of the issue are available at www.newspapers.com.
Janesville Daily Gazette (Janesville, Wisconsin) listed what apparently was a rebroadcast of the show on 11 March 1965, this includes a partial line-up:
"6:30 - Hollywood A Go Go, channel 9. The Platters, Little Richard, Donnie Brooks, the Challengers and Johnny Crawford, Pat and Lolly Vegas, and others in a one-hour show." Scans of the issue are available at www.newspapers.com.
Sunday 21 February 1965 (ALSO WITH Ike and Tina Turner?)
Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California
Jimi - "Yeah, I came out here before, yeah. I played here at the Fillmore with Ike and Tina and Little Richard about 4 or 5 years ago." Taped interview with Gus Gossert between 10-12 October 1968 at the Winterland Arena in San Francisco. Note that Jimi seems to say that he played with BOTH Ike & Tina and Little Richard on this date, is it possible that Jimi just filled in for a missing guitarist for Ike & Tina on this and perhaps some other dates and never fully joined the Turner revue?
John Goddard: "My favourite Fillmore show was Little Richard. The auditorium was packed, but then again, I never went to the Fillmore during that era when it wasn't packed. Charles Sullivan really brought in the big name acts. I was a huge Little Richard fan, and I was up front, taking tons of pictures. It was only years later that I found out that the guitar player, who kept getting in the way, was Jimi Hendrix. I remember him because he played with his teeth and behind his neck, but to me that night, he was just this guitar player who kept getting in the way of me taking pictures of Little Richard." From the book "Harlem of the West - The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era" by Elizabeth Pepin and Lewis Watts.
The date for the John Goddard picture (and hence the date of the concert) comes from the book "Becoming Jimi Hendrix" by Steven Roby & Brad Schreiber and is based on Goddard's calendar notes.
TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY 1965
Riverside Park, Phoenix, Arizona
Billed as "Little Richard and His Royal Company". Complete line-up: Little Richard, The 4T's, Larry Laster, Malcolm and Eddie and The Royal Guards. According to one ad "Admission $2.50 per person tax incl.". 40
Oddly there`s also an ad in the 1 March issue which states "Tonight!". The 1 March ad must have been run by mistake. There are 11 ads with the 23 February date, the 23 February ad states "Tonight! Feb. 23rd" thus including the date which the 1 March ad doesn`t do only stating "Tonight!" and finally Little Richard was advertised to appear at the 49er 1 March 1965 (see next date). It is of course possible that there was a last minute cancellation but based on available evidence en error seems more likely.
Found on Newspapers.com
Monday 1 March 1965
The 49er, 10715 East Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California
The date comes from an ad published in the 12 February 1965 issue of "Pasadena Independent" (Pasadena, California), Ike And Tina turner are listed as "Special monday night" (thus 15 February) and Little Richard is listed as "Coming Monday, March 1". Scans of the issue are available at www.newspapers.com. The Little Richard appearance is also mentioned in a column in the 26 February issue which states it will be "a one-night performance".
Found on Newspapers.com
Saturday 6 March 1965
Los Angeles, California
An episode of the tv show "American Bandstand" featuring Little Richard performing "It Ain't Whatcha Do" and "Lucille" is broadcast on ABC on this date. The show was presented by Dick Clark and filmed in Los Angeles, California. The performance is a playback (recording date unknown), not a live performance, but one of the royal guardsmen behind Little Richard is Jimi Hendrix doing a cameo.
Monday 8 March 1965
The Pink Carousel, 11500 Paramount Boulevard, Downey, California
Billed as "Little Richard Plus an All Star Cast". 41
Found on Newspapers.com
FRIDAY 19 MARCH - SATURDAY 20 MARCH 1965
Ciro's aka Ciro's Le Disc, 8433 Sunset Strip, Hollywood, California
Advertized in the Valley Times 12 March &19 March 1965 -issues, scans are available at www.newspapers.com.
Jimi stated in the 15 June 1969 interview with Nancy Carter that he played Ciro's with Little Richard. One of these dates was described in the LA Sentinel 1 April 1965 -issue. This was actually an advance piece about the (then upcoming) second 9-10 April 1965 Ciro's Le Disc Little Richard -booking, but what the writer is describing here must be one of these 19-20 March 1965 appearances. To my knowledge this is the first reference to Maurice James aka Jimi Hendrix in a concert review? Though he isn't mentioned here by name you can recognize him easily enough:
"Little Richard At Le Disc
By popular demand, "King Richard The Beautiful" and his colorful revue returns to Ciro's Le Disc Thursday and Friday, April 9 and 10 for two evenings of super special entertainment.
A wonderful and talented group of musicians set the toe-tapping, hip-swinging tempo for the show, including a sensational guitarist who picks the strings with his teeth. Beautiful dancing girls add spice to the menu.
The amazing King Richard makes his dramatic entrance clad in fabulous attire, the likes of which show business has never seen. Scintillating gold and silver costumes enhance his wardrobe and flowing robes of many colors grace his royal shoulders. He is flanked by tall, stately honor guards and he brings down the house with the unique, often imitated but never duplicated "Lil" Richard brand of merriment which means that there is never a dull moment the entire evening." With thanks to Scott Morris. 46
Fri, Mar 12, 1965 – 16 · Valley Times (North Hollywood, California) · Newspapers.comA vintage film of Los Angeles from circa July 1964 36 is available on YouTube. Night time shots of clubs & restaurants on Santa Monica Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard including Ciro's Le Disc (at 1.30-1.55):
TUESDAY 23 March 1965 - saturday 27 MARCH 1965
THE BYRDS
(26-27 MARCH 1965 MAJOR LANCE & THE BYRDS) 34
Ciro's aka Ciro's Le Disc, 8433 Sunset Strip, Hollywood, California
Not Little Richard gigs but a residency by the Byrds. Jimi, however, seems to have been around for much of the time. Roger McGuinn:
"In the early days The Byrds worked with Little Richard when Hendrix was just the sideman playing guitar. We shared the stage at [Sunset Strip club] Ciro’s for a month or so. Then after Clarence White joined The Byrds, Hendrix came backstage at the Whiskey A Go Go, walked over to Clarence and told him how brilliant he was. He was a big admirer of Clarence’s guitar work, as we all were." 10
Found on Newspapers.com
Monday 29 MARCH 1965 (2 SHOWS)
Top Hat Club, 12220 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
Billed as "Little Richard His Majesty The King Of Rock `n`Roll", "With Company of 16 World-Famous Entertainers. 2 Shows".
The 26 March 1965 issue of the Valley Times reported: "KING OF THE ROCK `N` ROLLERS ... Little Richard will appear at the Top Hat Club, 12220 W. Pico Blvd. ... on March 29 only! So make your reservations NOW, for a fun-filled evening with Little richard and his troupe of 16 entertainers.
Fri, Mar 26, 1965 – 24 · Valley Times (North Hollywood, California) · Newspapers.comFRIDAY 2 April 1965
Rollarena, San Leandro, California
Photograph taken at the gig published in book "Becoming Jimi Hendrix" by Steven Roby & Brad Schreiber with location & date (Photo credited to Caesar Glebbeek / Univibes Collection). The location is given as "San Leandro Roller Rink", the actual name of the venue would seem to be "Rollarena" which was indeed a roller-skating rink in San Leandro http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/rockin-at-the-rollarena-pre-summer-of-love/
Friday 2 APRIL 1965 - ?
THE BYRDS
Ciro's aka Ciro's Le Disc, 8433 Sunset Strip, Hollywood, California
Not Little Richard gigs but another residency by the Byrds.
Fri, Apr 2, 1965 – 25 · Valley Times (North Hollywood, California) · Newspapers.comSATURDAY 3 APRIL 1965?
Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, California?
Roby & Schreiber list this location & date in "Becoming Jimi Hendrix" for a Little Richard gig but no source for the information is provided.
FRIDAY 9 APRIL - SATURDAY 10 APRIL1965
Ciro's aka Ciro's Le Disc, 8433 Sunset Strip, Hollywood, California
Little Richard appears at Ciro`s for a second booking
Fri, Apr 9, 1965 – 16 · Valley Times (North Hollywood, California) · Newspapers.comAPRIL 1965
New York City, New York
Jimi Hendrix arrives in New York City with Little Richard.
Friday 16 April 1965
Los Angeles?, California
An episode of the tv show "Shebang!" featuring Little Richard is broadcast on this date, in color. The show was presented by KRLA dj Casey Kasem and produced by Dick Clark Productions. Some shows still survive, whether this is one of them is not known, no video seems to circulate. The recording date & location is unknown.
Since the tv guide listed this as "Shebang! Casey Kasem, Little Richard" one assumes Richard was the headlining guest and thus did perform on the show - but was the show broadcast live or did they use a pre-recorded performance, did Little Richard appear in playback, solo or with a band? 6 As Little Richard had a gig in New York City on this date the appearance on the tv show had most likely been taped in advance during his February-April stay in California.
Friday 16 April 1965 - Saturday 17 April 1965
Paramount Theatre, New York City, New York
Headliner is comedian Soupy Sales, the line-up according to a flyer / poster also includes the Hullaballoos, the Detergents (featuring future the Archies lead singer Ron Dante), Shirley Ellis, Dee Dee Warwick, the Hollies, King Curtis, Little Richard, the Exciters, the Hullaballoo Dancers, the Vibrations, the Uniques and many others.
According to the The New York Times 17 April 1965 issue (available in the website archive) the show was promoted by Morris Levy who had rented the theatre for a year, the morning admission was $2.50 which became $3.00 at noon and the theater had a capacity of 3660 people.
An article in the 1 May 1965 issue of "The Pittsburgh Courier" (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) quotes Little Richard:
"They wanted me to cut my act to six minutes. I take that long just to warm up. It was an insult to me as an artist."
And a quote from Morris Levy: "Richard was uncooperative from the start. We had a long show, and to give every act a chance to get on and do its stuff, we limited all of the acts` time."
The article also adds that: ""Little" Richard indicated that he will file a suit against Levy`s firm, unless he gets paid his $3,500 for the 10 days, although he only played two.". Scans of the issue are available at www.newspapers.com.
Found on Newspapers.com
Sunday 25 April 1965
WPIX, New York City, New York
Clay Cole Show, at 18.30 on channel 11
WPIX in New York broadcasts a half hour show including guests Freddy Cannon, Little Richard, Laurie Burton, The Del-Satins and Steve Woodman. Unknown when the show was recorded and what the Little Richard -segment consisted of.
Sun, Apr 25, 1965 – 733 · Daily News (New York, New York, United States of America) · Newspapers.comFriday 30 April 1965
Union College Field House, Schenectady, New York
Complete line-up: The Shirelles, Gary (U.S.) Bonds and Little Richard. Concert at 8:30 p.m., tickets in advance (Miller's Music Store) and at the door $2.50. Line-up & ticket info comes from an ad published in the 30 April 1965 issue of "The Times Record" (Troy, New York) which tells us that the concert is "Tonight at 8:30 p.m." 12 Scans of the issue are available at www.newspapers.com.
Found on Newspapers.com
Postcard to Al Hendrix, stamped Sunday 2 May 1965 in New York City
(Postcard depicts a Unisphere, a sculpture made for New York World's Fair 1964-65):
" Dear Dad. Well, I made another drastic move. We're in New York now. We've been here for about a week now. I guess we'll stay here about a month, playing diffrent jobs around town here, and New Jersey. So, take it easy, write back soon. Jimmy My adress is Theresa Hotel 2090 Rm 416 7th Av NY"
Saturday 8 May 1965?
Syracuse College, Women's Building, Syracuse, New York?
Roby & Schreiber list this location & date in "Becoming Jimi Hendrix" but no source for the information is provided.
May? 1965?
Back Bay Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
Back Bay Theatre has also been known as Loew's State Theater, Donnelly Theatre and Donnelly Memorial Theater. A recording of this concert with (supposedly) Jimi Hendrix on guitar is claimed to exist. Roby & Schreiber list this concert with a 12 May 1965 date in "Becoming Jimi Hendrix" but no source for the information is provided. I have been unable to confirm exactly when the concert took place or if Jimi Hendrix was a member of the band at the time, please see "The Live Tape" page.
Peter Guralnick:
"Maybe what stands out most of all for me, though, is Little Richard’s epic “I Don’t Know What You’ve Got (But It’s Got Me).” As Joe wrote on the final page of the book, it is “arguably the greatest soul ballad of all time. The Mt Rushmore of soul.” And it is. I can remember seeing Richard with Jimi Hendrix on guitar at the Donnelly Theater in Boston in May of 1965 around the time he recorded the song. (I ushered the show!) He didn’t sing “I Don’t Know What You’ve Got” that night. His showstopper was “Shake a Hand,” on which he left the mike and came to the edge of the stage, projecting his voice effortlessly without amplification and imploring the audience to join him. Which, without hesitating for a second, they very soulfully did." From www.peterguralnick.com/post/51797896602/a-word-from-mr-c-lost-soul
Monday 17 May 1965
WABC-TV, New York City, New York
An upcoming tv appearance by Little Richard was advertised on the WABC 11 May 1965 radio survey: "Next week, Cousin Brucie's "Go Go" TV guests are Ruby & the Romantics, Timi Yuro, and Little Richard"
Billboard reported in it's 30 January 1965 issue about the WABC-TV program "Go!Go!" as follows: "WABC-TV in New York recently debuted a 30-minute video record artist stanza spotlighting WABC radio disk jockeys Scot Muni and Bruce Morrow. Aired 7-7:30 p.m. Mondays, "Go!Go!" ... The audience is seated in bleachers arranged in a semi-circle with the guest performing within the area. This enables director-producer Jorn Winter's cameras to shoot them with the audience as a backdrop. ... The mikes are left on during the vocalizing to catch audience reaction and response minimizing the dead effect of the lip synch."
So this was most likely a lip sync exercise. Still, as Jimi did a cameo during the American Bandstand -broadcast you never know what to expect if this program still exists in the archives. As the appearance was a playback this is likely to not have been a live broadcast but instead a pre-recorded performance, date unknown, possibly April 1965?
The information in Billboard seems to have been completely accurate as a TV listing in the Monday 17 May 1965 issue of The Courier-News (Bridgewater, New Jersey) includes the show under the "Monday Evening" -listing on WABC channel 7 at 19.00:
"7:00 ( 7)-Go! Go! Variety. Guests include Ruby and the Romantics and Little Richard."
Buddy Miles played with Ruby and the Romantics for awhile, it would be interesting to know if he was in the band at the time of this broadcast. According to David Henderson in his book "Jimi Hendrix" Jimi first met Buddy at the Uptown Club in Montreal when Jimi was playing with the Isley Brothers and Buddy with Wilson Pickett. No date is given but the text suggests that this would have been in 1964 so if correct Jimi & Buddy would already have known each other in 1965.
Wednesday? May? 1965
Long Pond Inn, West Shore, Greenwood Lake, New York
Peter Sando (of the Rahgoos / Gandalf) and Eddie Gamble (playing in a band with drummer Johnny Gerard) both attend. 9
Eddie Gamble:
"I then moved into the local club scene many years ago in Paterson, NJ, playing bass and singing with a stand-up drummer named Johnny Gerard and his multi-faceted bands. Eventually we began playing the clubs that lined the shores of Greenwood Lake, New York, mainly the Long Pond Inn, where we played opposite a group called John Rehill and the Rockin' Royals, featuring Lou Caddy on bass, and also at Mothers and Mountain Lakes Inn, summer home of recording stars Bob D'Andrea (Andre and Cirelle) and the Knockouts. At the Long Pond Inn, Wednesday nights were "celebrity night" and when Little Richard came in with his entourage to share a dressing room with us, we became fast friends with his lead guitarist, a young guy named Jimi Hendrix."
I haven`t been able to find a date but with two people giving rather detailed accounts the gig clearly did take place. The question is, when? It seems certain the gig did NOT take place in July - August 1965. There isn`t a trace of Little Richard to be found in the local news publication Greenwood Lake Buzzer which came out every Friday during the summer season. Which leaves April - June 1965 as the date for the gig. The Long Pond Inn was open throughout the year, not just the summer season. 31
There were several appearances by Queenie Lyons and Johnny Rehill and the Rockin` Royals at the Long Pond Inn in July - August 1965, in fact they were probably the house band during this period. 26 At least circa 31 July 1965, possibly other dates as well, Johnny Jerard and the Sonics was also a part of the line-up, confirming Eddie Gambel`s recollections since both groups he mentioned appeared on the same bill.
Here are dates by other artists that I have been able to confirm. The big name artists appeared on Wednesdays, again confirming what Eddie Gamble recalled:
Wed 21 April 1965 The Ronettes, The Rockin` Royals 35
Wed 28 April 1965 Little Anthony & The Imperials 35
Wed 30 June 1965 Chubby Checker 28
Wed 4 August 1965 Jerry Lee Lewis 26
Wed 11 August 1965 the Ronettes 27
Wed 18 August 1965 the Drifters 29
Wed 25 August 1965 Fats Domino 26
Wed 1 September 1965 Jackie Wilson 30
Wed 8 September 1965 the Del Satins 31
FRIDAY 21 MAY - SATURDAY 22 MAY 1965
Flamingo Dance Club, Newport, Kentucky
Billed as "LITTLE RICHARD AND HIS REVUE" 44
THE CINCINNATI POST AND TIMES 20 MAY 1965
May 1965
Jimi receives payment from "Little Richard's Productions" for the "period ending May 27", netto sum $166.55. 8
June? - July? 1965
WLAC-TV studios, L & C Tower, 159 4th Avenue North, Nashville
Jimi appears as a guitar player with "The Royal Company" playing back-up for Buddy & Stacy on the WLAC-TV Channel 5 show "Night Train" performing "Shotgun". On the same show Jimmy Church performs "In The Midnight Hour", the Wilson Pickett version of the song was released in early June 1965. Little Richard did not appear in the show.
According to Roby & Schreiber in "Becoming Jimi Hendrix" the date was 6 July and Little Richard performed at the New Era Club that evening with Jimi having a jam session with Glen Willings, George Yates and Johnny Jones afterwards at the Del Morocco. No source for the information is provided.
THIS IS THE LAST ACTUALLY CONFIRMED LITTLE RICHARD & JIMI HENDRIX DATE THAT WE HAVE. For the rest of the dates that follow there is no confirmation about Jimi`s participation, he may or may not have been in the band...
SATURDAY 3 JULY 1965
Unknown location, Wildwood, New Jersey
A possible Little Richard & Jimi Hendrix -gig.
This date was discussed on the www.atlanticcityweekly.com -website. The page included this recollection by Jerry Blavat:
"Do you remember hosting an historic Little Richard show at a vacant Acme market site in Wildwood the summer of 1965 or '66? My brother and I attended this show and we have both believed for years that the guitarist in Richard's band that night was the unknown "Jimmy" Hendrix. -- Rick Vito
Sure do, Rick. And your memory is excellent. It was a record hop I held on July 3, 1965, which I remember because it was my birthday. And you're right -- at that time Jimi Hendrix was a member of Little Richard's band, as was Preston Epps ("Bongo Rock"), who was then Richard's drummer. They had come from L.A., where Richard was living at that time, and were touring with him." 14
TUESDAY 6 JULY 1965?
New Era Club, Nashville, Tennessee?
A possible Little Richard & Jimi Hendrix -gig.
Roby & Schreiber list this location & date in "Becoming Jimi Hendrix" but no source for the information is provided.
FRIDAY 9 JULY - SATURDAY 10 JULY 1965
Flamingo Dance Club, Newport, Kentucky
A possible Little Richard & Jimi Hendrix -gig.43
An article about liquer licences published in the Friday 2 July 1965 issue of (Cincinnati, Ohio) includes the following:
"Charles Stegman, owner of The Flamingo, a former gambling casino which now features rock and roll bands, said the ruling may force him to close too" ... "We got Little Richard coming in here for two nights next week and it`s costing us $3000. We can`t do stuff like that if we got to close early."
THE CINCINNATI POST AND TIMES 9 JULY 1965
MONDAY 12 JULY - THURSDAY 15 JULY 1965 - A FALSE DATE
Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, New York
The supposed existence of a Little Richard date with Jimi Hendrix at the Apollo seems to be completely based on a quote from the book "The Life And Times Of Little Richard".
Robert Penniman:
"It came to a head in New York where we had been playing the Apollo, and Hendrix missed the bus to Washington, D.C., I gave him the word that his services were no longer required. We had some words. I explained why we were doing this. I was running the road for Richard and I didn't accept that kind of bullshit." 7
Apollo advertised it`s gigs on a daily basis, I went through every ad published in the period of 1 April 1965 - 31 August 1965 21 and there were NO appearances listed for Little Richard. There WAS a 10 day run of shows at the Apollo between Friday 4 December - Sunday 13 December 1964 so it seems that Robert Penniman simply remembered the sequence of events incorrectly and Jimi was NOT with Little Richard when Richard played the Apollo.
This is quite significant as it means we don`t actually have any reliable information about when Jimi was fired from Little Richard`s band: since the Apollo part of Robert Penniman`s recollection doesn`t seem to be correct it`s hard to trust the Washington, D.C. -bus part of the story either.
Roby & Schreiber gave the 12 July - 15 July 1965 dates for the Apollo gigs in the book "Becoming Jimi Hendrix" but no source for the information was provided. The dates are probably incorrect, based on contemporary daily newspaper ads the actual Apollo booking for this period was as follows:
Friday 9 July - 15 July 1965
The MOTOWN Revue: Martha and the Vandellas, Contours, Stevie Wonder, Bill Murray, Choker Campbell, Spinners, Velvelettes and Brenda Holloway
Thu, Jul 8, 1965 – 445 · Daily News (New York, New York, United States of America) · Newspapers.comFRIDAY 16 JULY 1965
The Coral Reef, Newburgh, New York
A possible Little Richard & Jimi Hendrix -gig.
Billed as Little Richard & His Revue. Advertised in "Poughkeepsie Journal" (Poughkeepsie, New York) 16 July 1965. Scans of the issue are available at www.newspapers.com.
Found on Newspapers.com
THURSDAY 22 JULY 1965
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh, North Carolina
A possible Little Richard & Jimi Hendrix -gig. Billed in advance news items (but not in the one actual gig ad that I could find) as "The Biggest Show of Shows for `65" and "The Biggest of Shows for `65". Time of concert given as "8:30".
Complete line-up: Jay And The Americans, Little Richard, Sir Douglas Quintet, The 4T'S, Malcolm and Eddie, The Chiffons, The Angels, Jimmy Velvet, The Royal Guards, Larry Laster, Little Richard Great Orch. Admission "ADV. SALE $2.50". 42
Little Richard played at least two gigs with the Sir Douglas Quintet on the same bill, Raleigh 22 July 1965 and Allentown 25 July 1965. Augie Meyers of the Sir Douglas Quintet states that Jimi was playing guitar with Little Richard at the time. 45
21 Jul 1965, Wed The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) Newspapers.com SUNDAY 25 JULY 1965
Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown, Pennsylvania
A possible Little Richard & Jimi Hendrix -gig.
Complete line-up: Jay and The Americans, Little Richard, The Chiffons, Sir Douglas Quintet, The Halos (formerly the Angels), Jimmy Velvet, The 4T's, Malcolm & Eddie and Larry Laster.
A poster for this gig was auctioned by hakes.com 17 March 2017. The poster also separately mentions "The Little Richard Revue And Orch" and "The Royal Guards". Allentown Fairgrounds is still in use today.
Image courtesy of www.hakes.com
Tuesday 27 July 1965
New York City, New York
Jimi signs an "Exclusive Recording Artist Contract" with Sue Records, Inc. & Henry "Juggy" Murray Jr. at the Sue office on 265 West 54th Street. Little Richard had been playing in Allentown Pennsylvania two days prior but there is only a 2 hour drive from Allentown to New York City. So even though the contract suggests Jimi may have left Little Richard at this point it doesn`t necessarily exclude him from playing gigs with Richard in the New York area.
July? 1965
New York City, New York
Jimi quits Little Richard.
- "I guess about, I guess I played with him for about 6 months, I guess. About 5 or 6 months. And I got tired of all that, played some shows with Ike and Tina Turner, and I went back to New York and played with King Curtis and Joey Dee" Interview with Klas Burling Stockholm 25 May 1967.
- "He scraped together enough money to make it to Atlanta, Georgia, where he joined the Little Richard package tour, again touring all over, finally playing with Ike and Tina Turner on the West Coast. When the tour arrived in New York Jimi left Little Richard and became one of Joey Dee's Starliters." Sleeve notes of the UK release of "Are You Experienced".
July? 1965
New York City, New York?
Jimi joins the Isley Brothers
By early August Jimi had quit Little Richard and joined the Isley Brothers. Jimi may have played some gigs with the Isley Brothers in July but there are no confirmed dates yet available which would help pinpoint exactly when Jimi left Little Richard.
Thursday 5 August 1965
Atlantic Studios, New York City, New York
with the Isley Brothers
"Move Over And Let Me Dance" and "Have You Ever Been Disappointed" by the Isley Brothers are recorded. 22 See Univibes #40 for photo by Frank Seay. This is the first confirmed date for Jimi playing with the Isley Brothers so he had definitely left Little Richard by this date.
TUESDAY 9 NOVEMBER 1965 (BROADCAST DATE)
"Where The Action Is!"
A TV series by ABC, 30 minute episodes. I have compiled a partial list of performers and songs featured in this episode. 18
Little Richard - "Lucille"?
Jackie DeShannon - "A Lifetime Of Loneliness" ?
The Gentrys - "Keep On Dancing"?
All pre-recorded playback performances, the date of filming for the Little Richard segment is unknown. I haven`t seen the clips so it`s not possible to say whether Jimi participated in any way but it`s likely that he did not.
TUESDAY 23 NOVEMBER 1965 (BROADCAST DATE)
"Where The Action Is!"
A TV series by ABC, 30 minute episodes. I have compiled a partial list of performers and songs featured in this episode. 19
Johnny Tillotson - ?
Freddy Cannon - ?
Dusty Springfield - "Wishin' and Hopin'" (filmed at the Riverside International Raceway, Moreno Valley, California?)
Little Richard - "Jenny, Jenny" (filmed at Ports O'Call, California?)
Little Richard - "Long Tall Sally" (filmed at Ports O'Call, California?)
The Spokesmen - ?
Bobby Vee - ?
Gloria Jones - ?
The Action Kids - "Dancing In The Streets" (dancers)
All pre-recorded playback performances, the date of filming is unknown and I haven`t seen the clips it`s not possible to say whether Jimi participated in any way but it`s likely that he did not.
TUESDAY 21 DECEMBER 1965 (BROADCAST DATE)
"Where The Action Is!"
A TV series by ABC, 30 minute episodes. I have compiled a partial list of performers and songs featured in this episode. 20
Barry Young - "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" (filmed in Phoenix)
Barry Young - "In The Chapel In The Moonlight" (filmed in Phoenix)
Little Richard - "Lucille"
Little Richard - "I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me"
Keith Allison ? - "Walking the Dog" ?
All pre-recorded playback performances. I haven´t seen "Lucille" but "I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me" is Little Richard solo lip syncing to the single A side version of the song (take 1, side A of a 45 with the track split in two over the A & B sides, see the Little Richard discography). As the single was released months after Jimi had left Little Richard he wasn`t involved in the making of this clip in any way. If the filming location Ports O'Call for the Little Richard clips broadcast in the 23 November 1965 episode is correct then this may also have been the location where "I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me" was filmed as a harbor is visible in the background.
The clip of "I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me" can be found on YouTube (currently unavailable, I'll link this again once it shows up again). It`s mislabeled as being from the "Dick Clark Show" (which cannot be correct as the show was cancelled in 1960). "Where The Action Is!" was a Dick Clark production and the style of this clip matches the other available clips from the show so I believe this to be the 21 December 1965 "Where The Action Is!" broadcast performance of "I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me":
SOURCES
1 Reproduced in the book "Jimi Hendrix A Visual Documentary" by Tony Brown. Better quality (but incomplete) scans of the postcard were published on the Experience Hendrix Facebook-page.
2 Reproduced in Univibes #17. The date on the postal stamp is impossible to read in the small pic except for "JAN". The date is given as 28 January 1966 in Univibes but the card is clearly from 1965. Caesar Glebbeek of Univibes cleared this up via an email 28 December 2018: "The 1966 year error originates from Al Hendrix, he wrote the year "1966" on the postcard [next to the postal date stamping]. The year is VERY hard to read as that postal stamp ended up stamped slightly over Jimmy's writing. But it is indeed 1965 [the 8 cents for stamps also fit the period]."
3 The date comes from an ad published in the 22 January 1965 issue of "Lake Charles American-Press" (Lake Charles, Louisiana). Scans of the issue are available at www.newspapers.com (registration required).
4 "The Life And Times Of Little Richard" by Charles White p.126 (Omnibus Press 2003 edition)
5 Roby & Schreiber list the location in "Becoming Jimi Hendrix" as Will Rogers Auditorium and the date as 29 January but no source for the information is provided, likely to be guesswork based on Jimi's postcard.
6 The date comes from a program listing published in the 11 April 1965 issue of "Independent Press-Telegram" (Long Beach, California). Scans of the issue are available at www.newspapers.com (registration required).
7 "The Life And Times Of Little Richard" by Charles White p.131 (Omnibus Press 2003 edition)
8 This receipt was a part of the Joey Dee photo & clippings collection sold on eBay in 2003.
9 Eddie Gamble bio at www.eddiegamble.com
10 A feature on the Classic Rock -magazine website tiled "The Byrds' Roger McGuinn on the night he jammed with Hendrix and Clapton" 15 November 2016
11 The dating of the photos at Getty Images is all over the place. Apart from wearing two different jackets Richard has the exact same hairdo & mustache, the same shirt & continental tie and the same arm bracelet in all pictures. Three of the shots at Getty are credited to Gilles Petard with a 1965 date, the actual date is 1964. Little Richard signed with Vee-Jay in 1964 and one of these shots was used for the December 1964 Apollo gigs. All of the currently known newspaper ads, posters and programmes for the 1964/1965 dates use pictures from this session so they were clearly send out to promoters for advertising in 1964 &1965. One portrait of Little Richard with the address of his booking company listed at the bottom is dated circa 1957 at Getty but all four pictures embedded on this page come from the same shoot, done in 1964.
12 This appearance was listed in Tony Brown's "A Visual Documentary" but with a slightly incorrect date, Tony listed the appearance as 1 May 1965, the correct date is 30 April 1965
13 the website www.frankwood.net/richard.html is now offline but copies of the picture are still to be found on the internet
14 the webpage www.atlanticcityweekly.com/news-and-views/hendrix_in_wildwood-50788537.html has now been deleted
15 Concert ad published in Telegraph & Argus, available on the website https://www.bradfordtimeline.co.uk/m641002a.jpg. Additional information provided by webmaster David Boocock via email 21 August 2017
16 A picture of the poster was published in Univibes issue #56 April 2008
17 "The Life And Times Of Little Richard" by Charles White p.126 (Omnibus Press 2003 edition)
18 Compiled from listings (various newspaper TV listing editors made different decisions on whom to highlight) published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel 8 November 1965, the San Bernardino County Sun 9 November 1965 and the Tucson Daily Citizen 8 November 1965. Scans of the issues are available at www.newspapers.com (registration required). None of the TV program listings mention any of the song titles, these have been added from www.tv.com which does list the song titles but no source for the information is provided.
19 Compiled from listings (various newspaper TV listing editors made different decisions on whom to highlight) published in the Tucson Daily Citizen 22 November 1965, the Independent Press-Telegram 21 November 1965 and the Pantagraph 20 November 1965. Scans of the issues are available at www.newspapers.com (registration required). The program listings do not name the dance troupe but "The Action Kids" is the name used for other episodes in the series. Without seeing this particular episode I of course can`t be sure that they used the name for this broadcast but I`m assuming that they did. None of the TV program listings mention any of the filming locations, these have been added from www.tv.com which does list some of the locations but no source for the information is provided.
20 Compiled from listings (various newspaper TV listing editors made different decisions on whom to highlight) published in the Tucson Daily Citizen 20 December 1965 and The San Bernardino County Sun 21 December 1965. Scans of the issues are available at www.newspapers.com (registration required). None of the TV program listings mention "Walking the Dog" by Keith Allison, this has been added from the listing on www.tv.com.
21 the Apollo bookings for the period of 1 April 1965 - 31 August 1965 were confirmed from ads published daily in the Daily News in New York City, the scans of the issues are available at www.newspapers.com. Every date during these 5 months had performers listed except for two periods when the Apollo seems to have been closed, Monday 12 April to Thursday 15 April and Thursday 22 July to Friday 12 August.
The ad on Monday 11 April stated "LAST DAY" with no act listed for the following day. Apollo`s usual system for announcing new bookings in this April - August 1965 -period was to announce the last day of the current booking together with an announcement for a new one starting the next day, both in the same ad, so there clearly was nothing booked for 12 April. An ad published on 15 April in turn stated "STARTS TOMORROW" with no booking listed for the day of the ad so this clearly was a gap with no bookings and not a case of ads missing from the paper.
Things are a bit less clear for the period of Thursday 22 July to Thursday 12 August: the last available ad for the Shirelles on 21 July makes no mention whether this is the last day of the booking nor does it announce a new booking. The Philadelphia Inquirer 23 July 1965 issue however features an ad for the Shirelles appearing at "Riptide" "NOW THRU JULY 29" so the Shirelles booking at the Apollo had indeed ended on the 21st (or the 22nd by the latest).
A 20 day period of no published ads follows until two ads for Billy Eckstine appeared on Wednesday 11 August and Thursday 12 August. Both stated in unusually (for an Apollo ad) bold letters "STARTS FRIDAY". So for whatever reason there apparently was a long period without any bookings (summer vacation break?) and Apollo wanted to make sure that everybody knew about the first new booking starting on Friday after the break by publishing two advance ads on Wednesday and Tuesday, neither ad listing any current booking.
22 Atlantic Records Discography Vols. 1 & 2 (compiled by Michel Ruppli)
23 daily ads for the shows were published in the Daily News in New York City, the scans of the issues are available at www.newspapers.com.
24 information taken from a gig poster from the collection of Lisa Wheeler / http://www.elkbugles.com/2018/04/more-colorado-music-in-posters.html. I have no way of authenticating the poster as I haven`t seen it in person but the design is identical to this poster designed by the same company: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ6zj-rwCpY, Tilghman Press, 1217 - 32nd Street, Oakland. So I believe that it´s genuine.
25 a copy of the poster was auctioned by Hakes on 12 July 2018, a picture and a description of the poster was included on their website at https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/224299/HISTORIC-LITTLE-RICHARD-1964-PACIFIC-BALLROOM-SAN-DIEGO-CALIFORNIA-CONCERT-POSTER
26 Note that the Buzzer was only published during the summer season, in 1965 this was between 2 July 1965 - 3 September 1965
- ad in the Greenwood Lake Buzzer 30 July 1965
Sat 31 July 1965 Queenie Lyons, Johnny Rehill and the Rockin` Royals, Johnny Jerard and the Sonics Coming attractions Jerry Lee Lewis.
Queenie Lyons and Johnny Rehill also mentioned:
Fri 20 August 1965 This weekend! Queenie Lyons, Johnny Rehill and the Rockin` Royals, the Fabulous Kickers
27 ad in the Greenwood Lake Buzzer 6 August 1965
Fri 6 August 1965 Queenie Lyons, Johnny Rehill and the Rockin` Royals, the Fabulous Kickers. Coming attractions the Ronettes.
28 Greenwood Lake Buzzer 9 July 1965, a Chubby Checker appearance is mentioned among other 4th of July weekend happenings. It seems, however, that the gig toook place Wednesday 30 June 1965. A picture taken at of the Teemates on stage at the Long Pond Inn has an ad banner for the upcoming Chubby Checker gig on the background. The caption says "Long Pond Inn, Greenwood Lake NY, The week we backed up Chubby Checker. This was always my favorite place to play"
29 ad in the Greenwood Lake Buzzer 13 August 1965
Fri 13 August 1965 Queenie Lyons, Johnny Rehill and the Rockin` Royals, the Fabulous Kickers. Coming attractions the Drifters.
30 ad in the Greenwood Lake Buzzer 27 August 1965
Fri 27 August 1965 This weekend! Queenie Lyons, Johnny Rehill and the Rockin` Royals, the Fabulous Kickers. Coming attraction Jackie Wilson.
31 ad in the Greenwood Lake Buzzer 3 September 1965, "OPEN ALL YEAR"
Fri 3 September 1965 This weekend! Queenie Lyons, Johnny Rehill and the Rockin` Royals, the Fabulous Kickers. Coming attraction Del Satins.
32 a news item in the 29 October 1964 issue of the Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico
33 the 11 October 1964 Little Richard poster is reproduced in the booklet for the Experience Hendrix "West Coast Seattle Boy" boxset. Thanks to Caesar Glebbeek / Univibes for the tip.
34 ad in the Valley Times, North Hollywood, California 26 March 1965
35 ad in The New, Paterson, New Jersey 21 April 1965. Note that the ads states "THIS WEEK-END APR. 21st" for the Ronettes but the date given was a Wednesday so this is likely a typo.
36 I couldn`t date the film exactly but here are the available clues:
- Troubadour has The Dillards & Phil Ochs appearing. Couldn`t find any dates fore these.
- Whisk à Go Go has Folies Bergere & Johnny Rivers. Couldn`t find any dates fore these.
- Ciro`s has George Teddy and The Condors & SWIM. There are several dates possible for this line-up. For example Valley Times published an ad on 24 Jul 1964 which stated "Featuring: George & Teddy & The Condors" and a "Swim Contest" asking people to "Come In & Swim". "Swim" refers to the dance and the 1964 single "C`mon And Swim" by Bobby Freeman (with Sly Stone writing and producing). So I dated the film as being shot circa July 1964 but it might be possible to refine this by dating the other gigs.
37 The date comes from an ad published in the "The News and Observer" (Raleigh, North Carolina) 15 January 1965. Scans of the issue are available at www.newspapers.com. With thanks to R.MacNeill for the tip.
38 The date comes from an ad published in the 11 November 1964 issue of "" (Minneapolis, Minnesota). Scans of the issue are available at www.newspapers.com.
39 The date comes from an ad published in the 22 January 1965 issue of "Lake Charles American-Press" (Lake Charles, Louisiana). Scans of the issue are available at www.newspapers.com.
40 The date comes from ads published in the "Arizona Republic" (Phoenix, Arizona) 4, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22 & 23 February 1965. Scans of the issues are available at www.newspapers.com.
41 The date and line-up info comes from an ad published in the 7 March 1965 issue of "Independent Press-Telegram" (Long Beach, California). Scans of the issue are available at www.newspapers.com.
42 The date and line-up info come from ads published in the 18 July 1965, 21 July 1965 and 22 July 1965 issues of "The News and Observer" (Raleigh, North Carolina). Scans of the issues are available at www.newspapers.com.
43 Roby & Schreiber listed 9 & 10 July 1965 at the Flamingo Club in Newport, Kentucky in "Becoming Jimi Hendrix" but no source for the information was provided. The dates were listed by Roby & Schreiber but I originally though they were listed incorrectly. I got confused because the location of the club is a bit complex.
An article about liquer licences published in the Friday 2 July 1965 issue of (Cincinnati, Ohio) includes the following:
"Charles Stegman, owner of The Flamingo, a former gambling casino which now features rock and roll bands, said the ruling may force him to close too" ... "We got Little Richard coming in here for two nights next week and it`s costing us $3000. We can`t do stuff like that if we got to close early."
This made me conclude that the Flamingo was located in Cincinnati. In reality, the city of Cincinnati is in the state of Ohio, and on the other side of the Ohio River is the city of Newport, in the state of Kentucky. So as a non-American (or just out of plain stupidity) I didn`t realize that though the two in practice form one city on the the map there are two different cities in two different states split apart by a river which is the state line. The lesson learned: ALWAYS look at the map... So Roby & Schreiber had the right dates and the right location to begin with.
The date and location was confirmed by Steven Rosen.
44 date and location courtesy of Steven Rosen, thank you.
45 Augie Meyers replied via private message on 8 June 2021 to a question that I send him on Facebook, asking whether Jimi was in the band at the time of these gigs.
46 article research by Scott Morris www.dookieplatters.com