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D159018-4
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- 1970-09-24 (Creation)
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The Doodletown Pipers perform at the Grandstand show of the Western Washington Fair in Puyallup, September 24, 1970. They also appeared with actor/singer Dale Robertson during his Grandstand shows. Doodletown Pipers were a well-known musical group that had already appeared in six television specials and made numerous recordings. They were apparently formed in the mid-1960's and co-starred in the summer variety program "Make Your Own Kind of Music" along with the Carpenters (1971), the Ed Sullivan Show, as well as appearing extensively in Las Vegas and Tahoe. The group can be heard on Perry Como's "Live" album recorded in Las Vegas' International Hotel. Former members who went on to other endeavors after the group's disbanding in the late 1970's were the late Teresa Graves ("Get Christy Love"), Tom McKenzie (lead singer of the "Archies"), and Jim Gilstrap, who became a featured background vocalist for Stevie Wonder, Jackson Five, Barbra Streisand, and Ramsey Lewis. It is possible that he is the singer in the foreground of the above photograph. ALBUM 7.
Singers; Doodletown Pipers; Singing; Fairs--Puyallup; Western Washington Fair (Puyallup); Concerts; Celebrities;