=== Cruisin'WithThe Oldies.com ===

Entertainment

• Bobby Vee & The Vee's
• Paul Revere and The Raiders
• The Guess Who
• Dean Torrence and The Surf City Allstars
• The Original Comets
• The Fabulous Chancellors

We are very pleased and excited to announce that
Bobby Vee & The Vee's
will be joining us for our 50's & 60's Music Cruise
January 17-24!

'Devil or Angel' was certainly the foundation for a string of hit records reaching the nations top 20 throughout the entire 60's era. By 1963 he had collected seven top ten hits in England as well as a number 2 album called "Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets" and in 1963 shared the charts for forty weeks side-by-side with the Beatles. His forty plus year recording career has produced over twenty-five albums including a Gold Album from England for his 1981 "Singles Album" release. Back in the U.S., Billboard Magazine called him, "One of the top ten most consistent chart makers ever."

We are also pleased and excited to announce that
Paul Revere and The Raiders
will be joining us for our 50's & 60's Music Cruise
January 17-24!

Paul Revere organized the Raiders in 1958 in Idaho. A few of the highlights of Paul Revere's outstanding career are: Paul Revere and the Raiders were the first rock group to be signed with Columbia Records. In 1965-1966 Paul Revere and the Raiders were featured on the ABC TV five-day-a-week network show "Where the Action Is" produced by Dick Clark. In summer of 1971 the Raiders' recording of "Indian Reservation" sold nearly 4 million singles, making it the biggest selling record for Columbia Records in 10 years.

The chemistry of Revere's fun loving personality has been a major force in maintaining the Raiders popularity. Over the past 40+ years, he has created a highly polished act built on warmth and spontaneity. Revere uses his madcap comedy to bring back the pre-Beatle days when being carefree and having fun was where it was at. Revere has no plans to stop his rigorous touring schedule.

As Paul has said many times "I started this band over 40 years ago for the fun of it and I'm not going to quit till I stop having fun". To quote columnist Tim Woodward, "The hit records are gone but he is still at it, still in demand."

The Guess Who

The band that became Canada's first international rock music superstars, began in 1962 in Winnipeg as Chad Allen & the Reflections. Including members Randy Bachman (guitar), Jim Kale (bass) and Garry Peterson (drums), Chad Allen and the Reflections had become Chad Allen and the Expressions by the time they recorded a cover of "Shakin' All Over" released by Quality Records in 1965.

The song was a 1 single in Canada and reached 22 in America. Burton Cummings joined the group that same year, replacing the keyboard player and sharing lead vocals. Quality Records released the group's first single and album, Shakin' All Over, in a plain white record jacket with only the question "Guess Who?" written on it. The marketing ploy capitalized on curiosity and the promise of another British Invasion band. It worked. After selling two million copies the band had its trademark name: The Guess Who.

Dean Torrence and The Surf City Allstars

As the co-founder, co-lead singer, and co-writer of the hit surf duo, JAN & DEAN. Dean first teamed up with Jan Berry in the 1950's while they both attended High School in West Los Angeles. The duo went on to score a huge string of hit songs beginning in 1959 until Jan's horrible car crash in 1966. Since Jan's untimely death occurred in 2004, Dean has kept their music alive and brings the Greatest Hits of JAN & DEAN "Live" as a special guest of the SURF CITY ALLSTARS.

The Original Comets

On August 7, 1955, Rock & Roll music was introduced to U.S. television viewers when Bill Haley and the Comets performed their number one hit record "Rock Around the Clock" on Ed Sullivan's "Toast of the Town" TV show. More than 35 years later, the same Comets (minus Bill Haley, who died in 1981) are back and better than ever, playing their classic Rock & Roll to new generations of audiences the world over. In October 1987, The Original Comets -- Franny Beecher (lead guitar), Johnny Grande (piano), Joey Ambrose (tenor sax), Dick Richards (drums) and Marshall Lytle (bass) reunited. Since then, The Original Comets have made several tours of the U.S., Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain. They also headlined the third Annual Benefit dinner "It's Only Rock And Roll" on March 21, 2003 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, and have released two CDs, "We're Gonna Party" (1992) and "You're Never Too Old to Rock" (1996).

The Fabulous Chancellors

In the early 60's The Fabulous Chancellors rocketed to fame in the Northwest with their high-energy rock 'n' roll presentation. Based in Boise, Idaho, the band played sold-out local and regional teen clubs, leading to show performances with rising recording artists on tour as The Cavalcade of Stars. Although this original group disbanded in 1969, the banner of The Fabulous Chancellors remained an undying memory in the minds of countless fans.

In 1989, with the blessing of the founding members, Ross Miller re-formed The Fabulous Chancellors with one-time Chancellors bassist, Lou Mathews. Joining them were Joe Baldassarre and Grant Green, who filled out an all-Boise lineup, and the band was on its way once again. A 1990 reunion event that included the founders of the band created such excitement among area Chancellors’ fans, that the venue was filled to “standing room only” as a testimonial to the band's lasting legacy. Since that time, The Fabulous Chancellors have enjoyed continuous success in their home state of Idaho, and beyond, including repeat appearances with the popular Concerts at Sea Oldies Cruise hosted by Boise radio icon, "Big Jack" Armstrong, and sponsored by the regional travel giant, Harmon Travel.

The Fabulous Chancellors have been honored to work with, or open for some of the most famous recording artists in all of rock 'n' roll, including Merrilee Rush, Brian Hyland, Mark Lindsay, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Tokens, The Diamonds, The Byrds, The Turtles, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Bill Haley's Original Comets, and Bill Pinkney's Original Drifters, in addition to many others. Since the band's inception with Tom Lowe and Dale Rich in 1959, there have been over 30 musicians in the Chancellors’ fraternity.

Despite personnel changes, the format and purpose of The Fabulous Chancellors has remained constant: to provide the best possible entertainment for each and every fan, and to keep the memories of good times rock 'n' roll alive and well. The current lineup of The Fabulous Chancellors is: Ross Miller, Joe Baldassarre, Jamie Jensen, Jon McKay, Stephen Baldassarre and Chas Bauer.