The Best Of The Rest of 1967: Another Clark Besch 1967 Bonus Feature (With A Decidedly Chicago Slant)

We've run a couple of pieces now featuring vintage clips of this era from Clark Besch's massive archives ...

Today's edition takes a look back from a Chicago perspective on April / May of 1967 ... Enjoy!

Here are a few items that are from the Chicago landscape of teenage angst, circa April and May, 1967!

The BIG event of April was when WLS toured about the city with Sonny & Cher helping promote their new movie,
"Good Times." Several of the DJs did different gigs with them, with Dex Card doing the bus tour with fans.

Below, Dex with S&C 50 years ago onstage together!

Obviously, some newspapers did NOT know who
DEX CARD (Rex?) was!

Below is a bit of WLS history circa April / May, 1967, including the advert for the above Sonny & Cher tour.
You'll also find info on WLS' "Super Summer",
the Yardbirds selling out (!),
the good ole "Radar Weather Eye" jingle,
those classic Compoz and Schlitz ads,
"Yellow Balloon!",
and a "dream job" ...
including giving tours of the WLS "complex!"

Some 1967 timely things from then such as a somewhat sexist toothpaste story from Dex Card, a soldier predicting the Vietnam war outcome, a VERRRY sad memory of Dr. Martin Luther King trying to bring us all together
just under a year before his untimely death.

AND the Silver Dollar Survey show with the one song that started Super Summer 67 on its' way to glory!

WLS' SUPER SUMMER OFF TO A GREAT START!

Below, WLS personality OFFICER VIC, (Ray Van Steen),
dons his crime fighting uniform as he emcees
another Sonny & Cher event this week, 1967.

Art Roberts would also do one gig with them,
and possibly others 'LS jocks?

Some of the other 'LS jocks doing dances
and appearances include:

Clark Weber likely flying his plane out west
to Sterling, Ill for a dance:

and just north of Sterling, Clark flies to Freeport
for a cool gig with THE HUNS!!!

Then, Art Roberts go IN STORE at Penney's with the Trolls!!

From the CFL V.I.P.'s, there were dances and hops as well!

From the 'CFL V.I.P.'s there were dances and hops as well!

WELLA WELLA!

Dick Williamson....

King Bee Ron Britain ...

I sent in some of the Cryan Shames' dates from 50 years ago and now here's a few more ...

Let's start with the Ides of March likely playing their new "My Foolish pride" single

at "the Barn" out west in Sterling, Il.

And back home at Oak Park with the "Maybees."

The Maybees were a band that James Holvay was in,

but I am pretty sure he was in the Mob by this time of 1967. Maybe he will shed some light on who

THESE "Maybees" are??

The New Colony 6 were busy breaking in their new additional singer, Ronnie Rice. With the Ray Graffia-sung "You're Gonna be Mine" high on WLS, it is almost time to unveil Ronnie singing on their next single "I'm Just Waitin'."

Below, they gig at Bookfield in on the western side.