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The Buckinghams to Appear in Benefit Concert for CrohnEUR s and Colitis Foundation
Chicago 60s Pop Rock band, The Buckinghams, will be featured entertainment at the Riverwalk Amphitheatre in Montgomery, Friday, April 10.
CHICAGO, IL, March 19, 2009 /Performing Arts PR News/ -- The Buckinghams are featured entertainers for the EURBack to the 60s Reunion, Volume 1,EUR at the Riverwalk Amphitheatre in Montgomery, Alabama, Friday, April 10. This 60s pop rock band from Chicago was featured on The Ed Sullivan Show, American Bandstand, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Good Morning America, and were named Billboard MagazineEUR s EURMost Listened to Band in AmericaEUR in 1967. The event is a benefit concert for the CrohnEUR s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), a nonprofit organization, and includes entertainment by Jay and the Americans and The Grass Roots in this 60s reunion event.
The Buckinghams, million-selling Columbia Records/Sony artists, are best known for hits, including EURDonEUR t You Care,EUR EURHey Baby, TheyEUR re Playing Our Song,EUR EURSusan,EUR and EURMercy, Mercy, MercyEUR among others. Lead singer Carl Giammarese says, EURThe Buckinghams always enjoyed playing in Alabama in our cross-country tours of the 60s. We look forward to playing the Riverwalk Amphitheatre, to take our fans and friends back to great memories. This benefit is also important to us because we want to increase awareness that almost 1.4 million Americans suffer from CrohnEUR s disease and colitis. We applaud the CCFA for establishing national chapters to help patients and their families.EUR The band is best known for their #1 hit, EURKind of a DragEUR and for originating the use of horns in their rock recordings, also made popular by bands including Blood, Sweat and Tears and Chicago.
Bass player Nick Fortuna notes, EURWhen The Buckinghams perform, our audiences canEUR t resist getting up to dance. We enjoy putting on a high energy show.EUR In addition to their hits, The Buckinghams will perform solid gold 60s medleys from Three Dog Night, Motown, and Chicago, plus songs from their newest release, EURReaching Back.EUR The Buckinghams were recently signed to national label, Fuel Records and released 3 CDs in 2008 while maintaining a busy national concert schedule.
The bandEUR s first tour in 1967 included over 300 dates. Giammarese said, EURThe Buckinghams reunited and have toured regularly again since the 1980s. We still play 70 to 80 dates a year, and enjoy performing with Jay and the Americans and The Grass Roots.EUR For ticket information for the Riverwalk Amphitheater, call 334-241-2100 or visit http://www.globalartistgroup.com/montgomeryapril09.html. For more on The Buckinghams, see www.thebuckinghams.com. For more on the CrohnEUR s and Colitis Foundation, visit www.ccfa.org.
About The Buckinghams
The Buckinghams are best known for Top 10 hits including EURKind of a Drag,EUREURHey Baby, TheyEUR re Playing Our Song,EUR EURDonEUR t You CareEUR EURMercy, Mercy, Mercy,EUR and EURSusan.EUR The million-selling 60s recording artists will perform all their hits, plus songs from EURReaching Back.EUR The concert is a benefit to support the nonprofit CrohnEUR s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA). Only 200 VIP tickets are available for $65; general admission tickets are $22 each. The evening begins at 7 pm and features a EURBack to the 60sEUR reunion, and includes music from popular bands, Jay and the Americans and The Grass Roots.
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