The legendary Grammy® nominated, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap. Puckett had six top 10 hits, including two #1s in the late 1960s. His band, the Union Gap (he grew up near Union Gap, Idaho), still wear the Union Army outfits from the Civil War era. They signed with Columbia Records and, in 1968, they had six consecutive gold records and sold more records than any other group, including the Beatles. Hits included “Woman, Woman” (#3 on the cashbox charts), “Young Girl” (#1 on cashbox and #1 in the UK), “Lady Willpower” (#1), “Over You” (#5), and “This Girl is a Woman Now”(#9). They played a command performance at the White House for Prince Charles and Princess Anne.

The Grass Roots had three top 10 singles, six top 20 singles and 14 top 40 singles, selling more than 20 million records worldwide, in the late ’60s and early ’70s. Hits include “Let’s Live for Today,” “Midnight Confession,” “I’d Walk a Million Miles,” “Temptation Eyes,” “Sooner or Later,” “Heaven Knows” and “Two Divided by Love.” In 1982, their July 4th performance on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. set an all-time attendance record of over half a million people.

Gary Lewis & the Playboys had the unique accomplishment of having their first seven singles all reach the top 10 on the charts. Despite 1965-66 charts being dominated by British bands, the hits were: “This Diamond Ring” (#1 on Billboard chart), “Count me In” (#2), “Save Your Heart for Me” (#2), “Everybody Loves a Clown”(#4), “She’s Just My Style” (#3), “Sure Gonna Miss Her” (#9), and “Green Grass (#8). Lewis and his band appeared on many popular music shows on television, including Ed Sullivan (five times), Shindig, Hullabaloo, and Johnny Carson’s Tonight show, as well as several of his father’s Muscular Dystrophy telethons (comedian Jerry Lewis).

Opening the show are The Brooklyn Bridge. Formed by combining Johhny Maestro’s Crests with Dion’s backup singers, the Del-Satins, the hits include “16 Candles,” “The Angels Listened In,” “Step by Step,” “The Worst that Could Happen,” ”Blessed is the Rain,” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” Lead signer Joe Esposito performed “Lady, Lady, Lady” in the 1983 hit movie Flashdance, “You’re the Best” in in 1984’s Karate Kid, and collaborated with Donna Summer on “Heaven Knows” and “Bad Girls.”