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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press contacts:
Jay Kelly, LCWA
[email protected] or 312.565.4623
Jim Jarvis, Paramount Theatre
[email protected] or 630.723.2474
C’MON! GET HAPPY! ENJOY THE BEST MUSIC OF THE 60s AND 70s
PERFORMED BY THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS WHEN THE HAPPY TOGETHER
TOUR HITS AURORA’S PARAMOUNT THEATRE ON AUGUST 23
Pictured, from left: The Turtles featuring Flo and Eddie, Gary Puckett, Chuck Negron, Mark Lindsay and Gary Lewis
Visit ParamountAurora.com/press-kits to download a hi-res version of these photos.
AURORA, IL, August 8, 2013 – In the three years since The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie brought back
some friends for the 25th Anniversary Tour in 2010, The Happy Together Tour has become one of the
most successful summer tours in existence, celebrating the music of the 60s for thousands of "Happy"
fans to enjoy across North America.
This year’s Happy Together Tour – with The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, Chuck Negron, formerly of
Three Dog Night, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Mark Lindsay, former lead singer of Paul Revere &
The Raiders and Gary Lewis & The Playboys – makes its third annual Chicago-area stop exclusively at
the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, Friday, August 23 at 8 p.m.
Don’t miss the original pop rockers playing songs you used to play on your car radio and sound-tracked
your favorite memories, from “Happy Together,” “Joy to the World” and “Young Girl” to “Indian
Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)” and “This Diamond Ring.” Tickets are
$59.50. For tickets and information, go to ParamountAurora.com, call the Paramount box office at
(630) 896-6666, or visit the box office Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and two hours prior
to evening performances.
Get Happy Before the Show at Paramount’s Season Kick Off Party
Just prior to The Happy Together Tour is Paramount’s 2013-14 Season Kick Off Party from 5 to 7 p.m. in
the Grand Gallery. Join fellow Paramount fans to sample amazing appetizers prepared by local
restaurants and dining partners and enjoy a refreshing drink from the cash bar while you peruse silent
auction items. This premier event always sells out, so reserve your tickets early. Tickets are $10. Tickets
for The Happy Together Tour must be purchased separately.
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More about The 2013 Happy Together Tour
“This year’s Happy Together Tour will be the biggest and most successful tour we have done in the past
seven years," said Mark Volman (aka "Flo") of The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie. "We’re playing 54 cities
over nine weeks, and the groups on this year’s show bring with them hours of hit songs and memories
certain to please every fan of the 60s.”
Hours of hit songs, indeed. In all, the five artists on this year’s tour have over sixty Top 40 hits to choose
from, including six number one songs. Half of those Top 40 hits were Top 10!
“Happy Together” by The Turtles hit #1 on the charts in 1967 (displacing the Beatles’ “Penny Lane”) and
remains a staple on classic rock radio to this day. Although their biggest hit and signature song, it’s just
one of their nine Top 40 hits, which includes such popular songs as “She'd Rather Be With Me,”
“Elenore,” “You Showed Me” and “It Ain’t Me Babe.” For more information, visit theturtles.com.
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap was one of the most successful musical groups of the 60s, boasting five
Top 10 singles. Pucket’s unmistakable signature voice garnered six consecutive gold records and top ten
Billboard hits such as “Young Girl” and “Woman Woman.” In 1968, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap sold
more records than any other artist including the Beatles. For more, visit www.garypuckettmusic.com.
Chuck Negron co-founded the hugely popular, multi-platinum band, Three Dog Night in 1967. The group
went on to become one of the most successful bands of the late 60s and early 70s with 21 Top 40 hits
and three number one songs including “Joy to the World,” “Black and White” and “Mama Told Me (Not
to Come).” The band's first gold record was “One,” which featured Negron on lead vocals as did “Joy to
the World” and many other of the band's biggest hits including “Old Fashioned Love Song.”
chucknegron.com
Mark Lindsay is the former lead singer of Paul Revere & The Raiders, whose “Indian Reservation” hit #1
on the charts in 1971 and sold over 4 million copies. This massive hit followed quite a few that came
before it from the band including “Kicks,” “Hungry,” “Just Like Me” and “Good Thing” (as well as the
Mark Lindsay Top Ten solo hit, “Arizona,” from 1970). In all, the band would achieve no less than fifteen
Top 40 hits, five going Top 10. marklindsay.com
It was the summer of 1964 when Gary Lewis & The Playboys were discovered by producer Snuff
Garrett. By the following year, they had a song go straight to the top of the charts called, “This Diamond
Ring.” After the second hit titled, “Count Me In,” went to number two, Lewis and the band proved they
would be a continued success. They followed with more Top 10 songs such as “Save Your Heart for Me,”
“Everybody Loves A Clown,” “She's Just My Style,” “Sure Gonna Miss Her” and many more (seven in all).
In 1965, Lewis, himself, was Cash Box magazine's “Male Vocalist of the Year,” winning the honor over
other nominees Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra. He was the first and only artist during the 60s to have
his first seven releases reach Billboard Top 10 on the Hot 100 chart. garylewisandtheplayboys.com.
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About The Paramount Theatre
The Paramount Theatre is the center for performing arts, entertainment and arts education in Aurora,
the second largest city in Illinois. Named "One of Chicago's Top 10 Attended Theatres" by the League of
Chicago Theatres, the 1,888-seat Paramount Theatre, located in the heart of downtown Aurora at 23 E.
Galena Blvd., is nationally renowned for the quality and caliber of its presentations, superb acoustics
and historic beauty.
The Paramount Theatre opened on September 3, 1931. Designed by nationally renowned theater
architects C.W. and George L. Rapp, the theater captures a unique Venetian setting portrayed in the art
deco influence of the 1930s. The first air-conditioned building outside of Chicago, the Paramount
offered the public a variety of entertainment, including “talking pictures,” vaudeville, concerts and circus
performances for more than 40 years.
In 1976, Aurora Civic Center Authority purchased the Paramount and closed the theater for restoration.
The $1.5 million project restored the Paramount to its original grandeur. On April 29, 1978, the
Paramount Arts Center opened, offering a variety of theatrical, musical, comedy, dance and family
programming. In 2006, a 12,000-square-foot, two-story Grand Gallery lobby was added, with a new,
state-of-the-art box office, cafe and art gallery.
Today, the Paramount Theatre continues to expand its artistic and institutional boundaries under the
guidance of President and CEO Tim Rater, Artistic Director Jim Corti, a dedicated Board of Trustees and
a devoted staff of live theater professionals.
Paramount’s 2013-14 General Season is sponsored by the Daily Herald. The 2013-14 Paramount
Broadway Series is sponsored by BMO Harris Bank. The 2013-14 season is partially supported by a grant
from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. For more, visit ParamountAurora.com.
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