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HERE ARE SOME VINTAGE BOXING STYLE CONCERT POSTERS

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BOXING STYLE POSTERS HAVE BEEN USED TO PROMOTE
POPULAR MUSIC CONCERTS FOR SEVERAL DECADES.
BELOW PLEASE ENJOY POSTERS FROM THE 1930S
TO THE 1960S!

JAZZ AND BIG BAND POSTERS

OLD BLUE EYES!
THIS IS THE BEST
SINATRA POSTER KNOWN TO EXIST!
LOOK AT THE GRAPHICS ON THIS BEAUTY!

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BILLIE HOLIDAY (THE LADY) WAS ONE OF AMERICA'S FOREMOST
JAZZ SINGERS. THE POSTER ON THE LEFT DATES FROM THE 1940S.
THE "ART" SHAW POSTER ON THE RIGHT DATES FROM THE
1930S AND BILLIE HOLIDAY WAS A SINGER IN HIS
ORCHESTRA. THIS POSTER IS SO EARLY THAT BILLIE
HOLIDAY ISN'T GIVEN ANY BILLING AND "ARTIE" SHAW
IS STILL BEING PROMOTED AS "ART SHAW."

LIONEL HAMPTON AT THE PALACE PIER IN TORONTO
MOST BIG BAND POSTERS WERE "BOXING STYLE POSTERS"

THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL WAS GLENN MILLER
THIS POSTER DATES FROM JUST PRIOR TO WORLD WAR II

AND HERE WE HAVE CHICK WEBB
NOTICE THE SMALL PRINT AT THE BOTTOM
IT SAYS "INTRODUCING ELLA FITZGERALD!"
THERE ARE NUMEROUS BOOTLEGS OF THIS POSTER,
BUT THIS IS THE ONLY ORIGINAL I'VE EVER SEEN.

1950's CONCERT POSTERS

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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT
B.B.KING AT THE PLEASURE PIER IN GALVESTON, TEXAS CIRCA 1955
(BEFORE HE GOT FAT AND FAMOUS!)
LITTLE RICHARD IN KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, CIRCA 1956
(LOOK AT THAT HAIR!)
and
FATS DOMINOE PLAYS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON IN 1956

THE BLUES BOY IS NOW A KING!!!

WOW! ITS AN ELVIS CONCERT AT THE SEYMOUR HIGH SCHOOL!
THIS CONCERT WAS HELD IN APRIL 1955. AND
LOOK AT THE MAY 1955 POSTER!
CAN YOU FIND ELVIS' NAME ON THIS CONCERT POSTER?

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TWO POSTERS FROM BIGGEST SHOW OF STARS FOR 1957--WHAT A SHOW!!!
FATS DOMINOE, FRANKIE LYMON, CHUCK BERRY, LAVERN BAKER, THE CRICKETS (WITH BUDDY HOLLY),
EDDIE COCHRAN AND THE DRIFTERS
THE POSTERS ARE FOR THE SAME TOUR, BUT THEY ARE DIFFERENT. CAN YOU FIGURE OUT WHICH ACT WAS PICKED UP AND ADDED TO THE TOUR FOR TUESDAY'S SHOW?

HERE IS ANOTHER GREAT SHOW!
CHUCK BERRY IN 1955 SINGING HIS FIRST
HIT SINGLE!

THIS INCREDIBLE POSTER PROMOTES A 1954 SHOW
FEATURING RUTH BROWN, CHARLES BROWN, RAY CHARLES
LOWELL FULSOM AND MUDDY WATERS.
ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES!!!

YES, ITS NONE OTHER THAN LITTLE RICHARD
AND A FULL LINE-UP OF STARS ON THIS 1956 POSTER!

SAM COOKE, JACKIE WILSON AND EVERYONE ELSE
APPEARED AT THIS 1959 SHOW!

CHECK OUT THIS LINE UP! B.B. KING, RUTH BROWN
JIMMY REED, BOBBY "BLUES" BLAND AND JUNIOR PARKER
(PLUS MORE) ALL APPEARED AT THIS 1957 SHOW!
AND THE PRICE WAS $1.50 ADVANCE ADMISSION!
ALONG WITH THE MUDDY WATERS/RUTH BROWN ABOVE,
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE POSTERS FROM THIS SERIES.

THIS IS ANOTHER ICONIC 1955 POSTER FROM
THE CHATTANOOGA SERIES.
BIG JOE TURNER, THE CLOVERS, BO DILLEY,
ETTA JAMES, THE FIVE KEYS AND OTHERS ALL
ON THE SAME STAGE FOR A COUPLE OF BUCKS!
YES, A DOLLAR DID GO FURTHER "BACK IN THE DAY"

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HERE'S AN INCREDIBLY RARE POSTER THAT FEATURES THE
WINTER DANCE PARTY (INCLUDING BUDDY HOLLY)
ONLY A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE THEIR PLANE
CRASHED NEAR CLEAR LAKE, IOWA.
BUDDY HOLLY, THE BIG BOPPER AND RITCHIE VALENS
WERE KILLED IN THE CRASH

HERE'S THE EARLIEST KNOWN POSTER
PROMOTING A SHOW BY JERRY LEE LEWIS
NOTICE THAT IT IS "INTRODUCING" HIM!
THIS DATES FROM DECEMBER, 1956.

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JERRY LEE LEWIS WAS A SUPERSTAR IN THE MID-1950S.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE MARRIED HIS 13-YEAR COUSIN
WHILE STILL MARRIED TO ANOTHER WIFE.
THE SCANDAL SET BACK HIS CAREER

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BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS PERFORM IN OKLAHOMA CITY
ON OCTOBER 16, 1955.
ALTHOUGH NOT LISTED ON THE POSTER, ELVIS ALSO
PERFORMED AT THIS SHOW!!!

TALK ABOUT TWO CLASSICS!!!
ONE POSTER PROMOTES A 1953 SHOW WITH JOHNNY ACE
(THE FIRST CAUSALITY OF ROCK AND ROLL)
AND BIG MAMA THORNTON, "THE HOUND DOG GAL"
SINGING "HOUND DOG" THREE YEARS BEFORE ELVIS!!!
THE OTHER IS AN INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL RUTH BROWN POSTER
FROM THE SAME CLUB AND VINTAGE!
WOW!!! WOW!!! AND DOUBLE WOW!!!
IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!!!
THESE ARE THE BEST SUNSET TERRACE POSTERS KNOWN TO EXIST!

NICE GRAPHICS ON THESE 1950s R&B CLASSICS!!!

MORE NICE GRAPHICS!

"TAKE IT AWAY, LEON!!!!"
EVEN COUNTRY & WESTERN POSTERS
WERE PRINTED IN THE BOXING STYLE TRADITION.
THIS WONDERFUL POSTER PROMOTES A SHOW BY BOB WILLS,
THE UNDISPUTED KING OF WESTERN SWING,
IN LONGVIEW, TEXAS.

1960's CONCERT POSTERS

WOW! JAMES BROWN AND THE BROWNIES!

THREE 1960S FREDDIE KING POSTERS DATING FROM
THE EARLY 1960s (LEFT) TO THE LATE 1960s (RIGHT)
FROM HIS HOMETOWN (DFW)

HERE ARE THREE CLASSIC POSTERS FROM THE HISTORIC PLADIUM CLUB,
OF HOUSTON, TEXAS DURING THE EARLY 1960s

CHUCK BERRY AT THE PLADIUM IN MAY 1961
THIS POSTER WAS USED TO PROMOTE THE ROCK
AND ROLL LEGEND'S PERFORMANCES IN THE
LATE 1950s AND EARLY 1960s AND IS WIDELY
CONSIDERED TO BE THE BEST CHUCK BERRY
POSTER IN EXISTENCE

A POSTER PROMOTING A SHOW
BY COOKIE AND THE CUPCAKES AT THE
ROXY THEATER ON LYONS AVENUE
IN HOUSTON, TEXAS DURING THE EARLY 1960s

CLARENCE GREEN WAS A HOUSTON AREA
BLUES AND R&B LEGEND FROM THE 1950s UNTIL
HIS PASSING IN 1997. THIS POSTER IS FROM
LA PORTE, TEXAS. LOOKS LIKE TUESDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHTS (25 cent night)
WAS A PRETTY GOOD DEAL!!!

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THE ROLLING STONES ON THEIR SECOND TOUR OF AMERICA IN 1964
(NO ONE SHOWED UP FOR THE CONCERT!)
BUT MORE FANS SHOWED UP FOR THE 1965 SHOW IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS!

WOW! AN ENTIRE COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPHED BOXING STYLE
POSTERS FROM THE MID-1960s!!!
AMERICA WAS JUST DRIFTING INTO THE PSYCHEDELIC ERA
WHEN THESE "GROOVY" BANDS CAME TO LIMA, OHIO!!!

TWO BOXING STYLE POSTERS FROM THE
SAFARI CLUB IN BAYTOWN, TEXAS
CIRCA MID-1960s

BOXING STYLE POSTERS FROM THE MUSIC HALL
IN HOUSTON, TEXAS (AGAIN MID-1960s)

THREE BOXING STYLE POSTERS FROM THE
CATACOMBS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
WHEN THESE POSTERS WERE PRINTED, THE CATACOMBS
WAS STILL LOCATED ON POST OAK ROAD IN HOUSTON.
THE CLUB LATER MOVED OVER TO THE INTERSECTION
OF UNIVERSITY AND KIRBY AND EVENTUALLY
BECAME THE CLUB KNOWN AS "OF OUR OWN."
THE GREAT THING ABOUT THESE POSTERS ARE THE
INCREDIBLE BACK-UP BANDS WHICH ARE
CLASSIC TEXAS GARAGE BANDS
(INCLUDING THE BABY CAKES, SPARKLES, THE HEARD,
AND THE FUGITIVES).

BOXING STYLE POSTERS ALSO PROMOTED PSYCHEDELIC
BANDS--AT LEAST THEY DID IN HOUSTON, TEXAS!!!
NOTICE THE BACK-UP BANDS ON THE ERIC BURDEN POSTER.
THEY INCLUDE THE MOVING SIDEWALKS AND THE CHESSMEN!
STEVIE RAY'S OLDER BROTHER FORMED THE CHESSMEN
AND SOMETIMES HE WOULD TAG ALONG

DID SOMEONE SAY PSYCHEDELIC? OR WAS IT PSYCHODELIC?
HOWEVER YOU SPELL IT, THESE POSTERS PROMOTED GREAT SHOWS
BY THE REASONS WHY--AN INCREDIBLE TEXAS 60s PUNK BAND
WHOSE 45RPM RECORDS CAN COMMAND FOUR FIGURE PRICES!!!