We were pining for the Fourth of July on a cold February morning the other day, and the conversation turned to the quality of concerts that have performed at the VP Fair (Now Fair St. Louis/Live on the Levy) through out the years. I knew I had seen some greats in my childhood, but I wanted to find out exactly who was there. I found this recap of 81' through 91' here.
Were you there?
1981 – Rained Out – Loreta Lynn
1982- Chuck Berry, Bob Hope, Dionne Warwick, Roy Clark, the Beach Boys, and Elton John
1983 – Harry Belafonte, the Charlie Daniels Band, the Osmond Family and Linda Ronstadt, as well as 100 additional acts running the gamut of musical styles from Dixieland to rock, jazz, blues, and country.
1984 – Chuck Berry and John Denver performed “Roll Over Beethoven” on the river overlook. len Campbell, Helen Reddy, John Denver, Nancy Wilson, Buddy Rich and Tom T. Hall. NBC weatherman Willard Scott also attended.
1985 – Ray Charles, Doc Severinsen with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Liza Minnelli, and Up With People
1986 – Dolly Parton on the main stage Saturday, July 5. Disney characters, charity fund-raising concerts by Ben Vereen and Lola Falana.
1987 – Tony Bennett, Suzanne Somers, Bernadette Peters, Chubby Checker, Natalie Cole, Peter Allen and the Rockettes. [68] Robert Urich and Oprah Winfrey co-hosted the show.
1988 – Patrick Duffy and Joanna Kerns, and featuring Glen Campbell, John Hartford, Kool and the Gang, Leroy Reems, Restless Heart, Judy Tenuta, Michael Winslow and Pia Zadora.
1989 – TBD
1990 – two actors from television’s Sesame Street. Fairchild, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, Natalie Cole, Juice Newton, the Temptations and the Four Tops, the Grass Roots, Johnny Rivers and the New Riders of the Purple Sage.
1991 – The 1991 Veiled Prophet Fair was moved to the Labor Day weekend. Mary Wilson (formerly of the Supremes), Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Huey Lewis and the News, Styx, Bill Cosby, Smokey Robinson and Kenny Rogers performing.
1992 – 2008 – TBD
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