Old Chicago: The Concerts
Not only did Old Chicago have rides and shops and a circus but big name national acts played the park and here's a sampling of them: 1975 Bobby Rydell, Ramsey Lewis Trio, New Kingston Trio, Wayne Cochran and the CC Riders
1976 Buffalo Bob Smith (without Howdy Doody), Susan of Sesame Street
1977 The Human Torch, Superman and Lois Lane
1978 R2D2, Chewbacca, C3PO and Darth Vader, Bo Didley, Freddie Boom Boom Cash, Gary "US" Bonds, The Coasters (How appropriate!), The Turks, Rickie Havens, The Shirells, Harvey Mandell, Blood, Sweat and Tears
1979 Chubby Checker, Soap Operafest - Stars of General Hospital, One Life To Live, Ryans Hope and All My Children, Chuck Berry, Willie Aimes (from Eight is Enough), Black Oak Arkansas, Jan & Dean, Conway Twitty, The Hudson Brothers, Gloria Gaynor, The Guess Who, Rick Nelson, Tommy Jones, New Christy Minstrels, Kingston Trio Also one of the people I work with said that she and her husband skipped school one day to hit the park and the Rammones played there that day. All the information (except for the last bit) is from the article "Dome brought stars to Bolingbrook" in the April 17, 1986 edition of the Met
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