
Other performers: Country Western Review with Dottie West, Lulu Roman, Champagne Review with Myron Floren, RCMP Mounties Loretta Lynn - 1971 Other performers: Anita Bryant, The Cowsills, Sonny James, Bobby Vinton, Bobby Burgess and Cissy King, Lorne Greene, Myron Floren Other performers: Country-Western Review with Buck Owens, Faron Young, Porter Wagoner, Waylon Jennings, Louis Armstrong, Helen O'Connell, Jo Ann Castle, Myron Floren, RCMP Mounties Merle Haggard - 1969 Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images Dolly Parton - 1968 Other performers: Allen and Rossi, Shari Lewis, Richard Hayman, Victor Borge, Hank Williams Jr.Īmerican Pop and Rhythm & Blues group the Supremes sing during a performance, mid to late 1960s. Other performers: Mike Douglas, George Kirby, Frank Fontaine, Arthur Godfrey, Barry Sadler, Dan Fleenor’s Hurricane Hell Drivers, Doan Helicopter rides Diana Ross and the Supremes - 1967 Other performers: Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Hell Drivers, the Ferko Mummers, Square Dance Festival The Andrew Sisters - 1966 CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images Wayne Newton - 1965 Music FestivalĪmerican singer Wayne Newton performs as the musical guest on 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' New York, New York, February 13, 1966. Other performers: Arthur Godfrey (and Goldie, his Palomino stallion), RCMP Mounties, Rodeo, the Eighth Air Force Band from Westover, ’64 Jr. Other performers: Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment, Hootenanny, Eighth Air Force Band, Strategic Air Command Drill Team, Jonny Rivers’ Western Thrill Circus Dale Robertson - 1964 Other performers: Lawrence Welk, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans (and Trigger), USAF Thunderbirds, USAF Drum & Bugle Corps, Chariot Races at the ESE Horse Show, Chief John Big Tree & the All American Indian Village Tennessee Ernie Ford - 1963 Liberace entertains the audience at The Royal Variety Show held in the presence of her Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. Other performers: Charlie Weaver, Mounties Musical Ride, Art Linkletter, USN Blue Angels, the US Army Band American Air Defense Command Band, Sky Divers, Northeast Square Dance Festival, Eastern Regional Competition of the “Best New Dance Band of 1960” at the Storrowton Music Theater Lawrence Welk - 1961

Other performers: Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians, Arthur Godfrey, Salute to the National Guard, Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards and the Pipes & Drums of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, the Marquis Chimps, Jerry Murad and his Harmonicats, USAF Thunderbirds, No. Gunsmoke Trio Amanda Blake, Mulburn Stone & Dennis Weaver - 1960 Over the years, that list of musicians has only grown as the fair continues to nab talent right before their eventual explosion onto the music scene - for example, Machine Gun Kelly last year.

In years past, the festival has secured both rising talent and bona fide legends that have gone on to shape the music industry, including Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, "Weird Al" Yankovic, The Supremes, Destiny's Child and Little Richard to name a few. This year, acts like Yung Gravy, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Chase Rice and Jimmie Allen, American Authors and Dropkick Murphys will play at the festival, which begins on Friday and runs through Oct.
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Though sweet treats and carnival rides are some of the major draws of the Big E fair in West Springfield, Mass., people come from all over New England to also experience the fair's offerings for live music. The Supremes, Fergie, "Weird Al" Yankovic and Paris Hilton are just some of the big names that have graced the stage of the Big E. (Clockwise) The Supremes, Fergie, "Weird Al" Yankovic and Paris Hilton are just some of the big names that have graced the stage of the Big E.
