On August 18, 1965, the Beatles made their only Georgia appearance at a concert in Atlanta Stadium. Beatlemania was in full swing that summer and Atlanta’s anticipation was high. The Atlanta Journal had a story about how to give a Beatle haircut. At a pre–concert press conference, Mayor Ivan Allen gave the Beatles the keys […]
“Pop music is sex and you have to hit them in the face with it.” So said the Rolling Stones’ manager as they rolled onto the music scene in 1962. They were the vanguard of the British Invasion, a new breed of pop stars influenced by Elvis and Chuck Berry. The Stones made the Beatles […]
Build it and they will come. Atlanta Stadium was the city’s field of dreams, the brainchild of Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., who promised in his 1961 mayoral campaign to bring major league sports to Atlanta. With financial support from C&S Bank president Mills B. Lane, Jr., they chose a 62-acre site that had been a […]
He was born in a one-room shack in Barnwell, South Carolina, in 1933. He moved to Augusta, Georgia, when he was five. His mother abandoned him, he grew up in abject poverty and was sent to jail for petty theft at fifteen. But James Brown overcame it all to become one of the most influential […]
When the hit song, “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay,” went to number one on the charts in 1968, the artist who wrote and sang it had been dead for four months. Otis Redding became one of the most influential and popular soul musicians of all time. He was born in Dawson. When his […]
Vocabulary – Atlanta International Pop Festival Woodstock Noun Woodstock Music & Art Fair (informally, Woodstock or The Woodstock Festival) was a music festival, billed as “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music”. It was held at Max Yasgur’s 600-acre (2.4 km²; 240 ha, 0.94 mi²) dairy farm in the Catskills near the hamlet […]
Vocabulary – Burt Reynolds Draw Verb to pull something, or lead or pull somebody, in a particular direction, especially toward or away from something Box Office Noun the place where tickets are bought for entertainments such as movies, plays, or concerts, ticket sales for a theatrical or cinematic entertainment, or the income from these sales […]
Vocabulary – R.E.M. Quintessential Thriving Alternative Headquarters Audiences Commercial Rave Contract Unprecedented Inducted Glossary Quintessential: noun; the most perfect example of something Thriving: verb; growing, doing very well Alternative: adjective; unconventional, outside the establishment. In this case a form of music that is different than mainstream music. Headquarters: noun; main area or office. Audiences: noun; […]
Vocabulary – Fox Theatre Architectural Adjective Relating to architecture – design and creation of new buildings and structures Shriners Noun Shriners International is a fraternity based on fun, fellowship and the Masonic principles of brotherly love, relief and truth. With approximately 325,000 members in 194 temples (chapters) in the United States, Canada, Germany, Mexico, the […]
Vocabulary – Emancipation Proclamation Arc Noun The path or course of something. In this case the path of history. Emancipation Noun the act or process of setting somebody free or of freeing somebody from restrictions Proclamation Noun the act of announcing something publicly or formally Crusade Noun a vigorous concerted action to promote or eliminate […]
