Concert
The Biggest Show of Stars for '57 - Pittsburgh 1957
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A stop on 'The Biggest Show of Stars for '57', the autumn edition of Irvin Feld's touring package - booked across 28 states and five Canadian provinces for some 80 performances - at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh on Tuesday 12 November 1957. A return to the hall where the autumn tour had opened on 6 September, two months and most of a continent earlier. Eddie Cochran had joined the tour on 15 October in Los Angeles, with Buddy Knox and Jimmy Bowen. The travelling cast was headed by Fats Domino and his orchestra, with Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, the Everly Brothers, LaVern Baker, Clyde McPhatter, the Drifters, Frankie Lymon and Paul Anka, compered by Harold Cromer and backed throughout by Paul Williams and his orchestra. The Diamonds were added to the bill from 1 November.
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