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PLANNER PROJECT 2016... THE 80s! EDITOR’S NOTE: Listed below are the venues, performers, media, events, and specialty items including

automobiles (when possible), highlighting the years 1981 and 1986 in Planner Project 2016!

1981! 1981 / FEATURED AREA MUSIC VENUES FROM 1981 / (33)

Cleveland Agora / Aribica on Euclid Hts. / Casa di Baron (on W. 130th) / Blossom Music Center /

Cleveland Connection [opening period] / Coliseum Theater /Cuyahoga County Fair / Euclid Tavern /

French Creek Tavern / Front Row Theater / Geauga Lake Park / Ground Floor / Hennessey’s on Detroit

/ Jeff & Flash’s Monopolies (Lorain) [opening night / 1st Christmas party] / JCU’s Rathskeller / Music

Hall / Music Machine (9125 Brookpark Rd.) / New Corral / Peabody’s Cafe / Phantasy Nite Club /

Pirate’s Cove / Peabody’s Cafe / Pop Shop [opening night] / Public Hall / Rampant Lion (disco dancing)

/ Red Horse Hollow / Rick’s Cafe (Chagrin Falls) / Spanky’s / Theatrical Restaurant / Tucky’s [opening

weekend] / the Warehouse

AKRON / CANTON / KENT / YOUNGSTOWN AREA VENUES / (9) Akron Agora / The Bank / Filthy McNasty’s / J.B.’s (on N. River) / Kent State Rathskeller / Robin Hood

/ Stone Jug / Stuffed Mushroom / Youngstown Agora

1981 / FEATURED ARTISTS / MUSICAL GROUPS PERFORMING HERE IN 1981 / [(-) NO. OF TIMES LISTED]

FEATURED NORTHEAST OHIO / REGIONAL ARTISTS FROM 1981 /

[Individuals: (118) / Groups: (85)]

Abraxas / the Action / Mike ‘Mad Dog’ Adams Band / the Adults / American Noise (Craig & Bruce

Balzer, George Sipl, Tommy Rich, Jerry Moran, Greg Holt) / Jimmy Armstrong & the Pony Boys /

BAK 221 / Backseat Romance / Baloney Heads (Townhouse, Killowat, Savage, Foland, Duffy) / the

Barflys / Baskerville Hounds-Skywave / Berlin / Alex Bevan (with Tommy Dobeck, Steve Downey,

Martin Block) / Alex Bevan & Friends / Bleedin’ Hearts (Steve Knill, Dwight Krueger, Rich Reising,

Don Kriss, Rick Christyson) / Dr. Bloodmoney (with Tony Maimone) / Al Bonnis / Bopcats (with Mimi

Hart) / the Breaks / Buckeye Biscuit / Bursting Brains / Jerry Busch Group / Carrot / Champion

(Starfleet) / Cheetah Chrome & the Casualties / Johnnie Clampett & the Walkers / the Clocks / the

Cramps / Crystal Dawn (Boresh, Bodeker, Gorombol, Spence, Lawer, Zolac) / Pat Dailey / Dazz Band /

Deadly Earnest & The Honky Tonk Heroes / Dissidents / Easter Monkey / Easy Street / Flatbush (Phil

Barker, Joe Dickey, Russell Allen Gall, Larry Rice, Linn Roath) [final show] / Flexi-Digits / Full House

Band / Jim Glover / Todd Hart Band / Hollywood Slim Blues Band / Ida Red Band / Donnie Iris & the

Cruisers (Marty Lee Hoenes, Albritton McLain, Kevin Valentine, Mark Avsec) / I-Tal / Scott Jaeger /

Jazz Destroyers / Duke Jenkins Trio / Joey & the Radisheads / Kaya / Jonah Koslen / Don Kriss / Ernie

Krivda / Lazer / Al Leatherwood / Gary Lewis Band (Wirth, Dalton, Markle, Sparks) / Abby Linhart /

Robt. Lockwood, Jr. / Love Affair [L.A.] (Hudak, Spina, Zdravecky, Cukras, Coolbaugh) / Lucky Pierre

(Tom Lash, Denis DeVito, Dave Zima, Kevin McMahon) / Marionette (Latare, Hajak, Gallagher,

Metzger, Schneider) / Bill Pettijohn and Moonlight Drive / the Motion / Norm Nardini & his Tigers /

the Nelsons / The News (Wally Bryson, Dann Klawon, Frank Masarra, Artie Peeler) / Peanuts (emcee) /

Pony Boys / Private Eyes / Rapscallion / Raven Slaughter / Rock, Salt & Nails (Dennis McNulty, Tim

Ottom, Dave Kennard, Rick Roth, Fred Dawson) / Andrew Rollins Band (Rollins, Rodney Psyka, Bob

Benjamin, Leslie Lopez) / Glenn Schwartz / Separate Checks / Silencers / Slick (with Becky Boyd) /

Snake Rock / Souvenir (2) / Michael Spiro / Stairway / Michael Stanley Band (Stanley, Dobeck,

Pelander, Gismondi, Raleigh, Markasky) / Starfleet / Mr. Stress Blues Band / Dick Swain / Tarra & the

See / Teacher’s Pets / Terry & the Tornadoes / Frank Thedford / Tongue Thrust / Valiant / V-Necks

(Gunn, Duffy, Goodrich, Lange, Dorko) / V-Nervz / Joe Walsh (with Joe Vitale, Russ Kunkel, George

Perry, Mike Murray, David Lindley) / Charlie Weiner / Wild Giraffes (McGinty, Elliot, King, Ivan,

Reynolds) / Wild Horses

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FEATURED AKRON / CANTON / KENT ARTISTS / [Individuals: (-) / Groups: (-)]

15-60-75 (Numbers Band) / Bizarros / Breakout / F-Models / Fugitives / Gopher Broke Swing Band /

Hammer Damage (Mike Hammer, Dave Zagar [Donny Damage]) / Human Switchboard / Chrissie

Hynde & the Pretenders / Somatics / Otis Trotter and the Smokers / Trudee & the Trendsetters / Unit 5

(Thomas, Johnson, Teagle, Jendrisack, Ethington) / Waitresses (Chris Butler, Patty Donahue, Billy

Ficca, Dan Klayman, Mars Williams, Tracy Wormworth)

OHIO BASED ARTISTS / [Groups: 2]

Isley Bros. (Cincinnati) / McGuffey Lane (Columbus)

FEATURED NATIONAL ARTISTS PERFORMING HERE IN 1981 / [Individuals: (93) / Groups: (93)]

.38 Special / AC/DC / Air Supply / Allman Brothers Band / Ambrosia / Artful Dodger / Brian Auger /

Beach Boys / Pat Benatar / Tony Bennett / Chuck Berry / Bitch / Blackfoot / Black Sabbath / Bobby

‘Blue’ Bland / Blue Oyster Cult / Gary U. S. Bonds / Bosch / John Cale / Joe (King) Carrasco and the

Crowns / Cheap Trick / Alice Cooper / Crack the Sky / Danny & the Juniors / Def Leppard / John

Denver / the Drifters / Doobie Brothers (with Michael McDonald) / the Drifters / Duran Duran / D.V.C.

/ Electric Light Orchestra / Joe Ely / Eves / Fast Fontaine / FM / Ellen Foley / Dan Fogelberg (w/Joe

Vitale / Russ Kunkel / Kenny Passarelli) / Foghat / the Fools / The Force / Foreigner / Four Out of 5

Doctors / Four Tops / Peter Frampton / Franke & the Knockouts / Genesis / Go-Go’s / Grateful Dead /

Guess Who / Steve Hackett / Herman’s Hermits / Humble Pie (with Steve Marriott) / Ian Hunter & the

Rockets / Iggy Pop / Iron Maiden / Etta James / Jefferson Starship (with Grace Slick) / J. Geils Band /

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts / David Johansen / the Johnny’s of Detroit / Journey (with Steve Perry) /

Judas Priest / the Killers / B. B. King / Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King / the Kings / the Kinks (with Ray

Davies) / Leo Kotke / Alvin Lee / Peggy Lee / Little Anthony / Chuck Mangione / Frank Marino Band /

Ellen McIlwaine / Don McLean / Randy Meisner / Mink Deville / Midnight Flyer / the Models / Moody

Blues / Motorhead / The Muffs / Nazareth / Rick Nelson / Nighthawks / Novo Combo (with Steve

Hewlett) / Ozzy Osbourne / Papa / Joe Perry Project / Peter, Paul & Mary / Plasmatics (Wendy O.

Williams) / Point Blank / Producers / Quarterflash / Ramones / Rare Earth / Leon Redbone / Red Rider /

REO Speedwagon / the Rhythm Kings, Mick Jagger & the Rolling Stones / Linda Ronstadt / Todd

Rundgren & Utopia (Powell, Sulton, Wilcox) (2) / Rush / Sam & Dave / Santana / Savoy Brown / Sir

Douglas Quintet / Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes / Rick Springfield / Bruce Springsteen & the E

Street Band / Spyro Gyra / Billy Squier / Stormy Weather / John Kay and Steppenwolf / Donna Summer

/ Survivor / James Taylor / Teenage Head / Three Dog Night (Wells, Hutton, Negron) / Thrills /

Triumph / The Tubes / U2 - (Boy Tour) / U2 (Paul (Bono) Hewson, David (the Edge) Evans, Larry

Mullen, Jr., Adam Clayton) (October tour) / UFO / Uriah Heep / Valiant / Luther Vandross / Ventures /

Muddy Waters [last local appearance] / Whitford St. Holmes Band / Willie Phoenix / Beach Boy Carl

Wilson / Frank Zappa

FEATURED COUNTRY / COUNTRY ROCK / BLUEGRASS ARTISTS HERE IN 1981 / (8)

Rosanne Cash / Flying Burrito Bros. / Mickey Gilley / Waylon Jennings / George Jones / Johnny Lee /

Marshall Tucker Band / Urban Cowboy Band

FEATURED WOMEN OF MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 1981 / [Local: (5) / National: (13)]

LOCAL ARTISTS: Patty Donahue / Chrissie Hynde / Becky Boyd (with Slick) / Mimi Hart (with the

Bopcats) / Tracy Wormworth / NATIONAL ARTISTS: Pat Benatar / Rosanne Cash / Ellen Foley /

Go-Go’s / Etta James / Joan Jett / Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King / Peggy Lee / Ellen McIlwaine / Linda

Ronstadt / Grace Slick / Donna Summer / Wendy O. Williams

FEATURED ROCK HALL INDUCTEES PERFORMING HERE IN 1981 / (29)

Allman Brothers Band / Beach Boys / Chuck Berry / Black Sabbath / Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland / Cheap Trick

/ Alice Cooper / Earth, Wind & Fire / Genesis / Grateful Dead / Etta James / Journey (with Steve Perry)

/ the Kinks (with Ray Davies) / B. B. King / The Moody Blues / Rick Nelson / Ramones / Mick Jagger

& the Rolling Stones / Linda Ronstadt / Rush / Sam & Dave / Santana / Bruce Springsteen and the E

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Street Band / Donna Summer / James Taylor / U2 (Paul (Bono) Hewson, David (the Edge) Evans, Larry

Mullen, Jr., Adam Clayton) [Boy tour & October tour] / Ventures / Muddy Waters / Frank Zappa

FEATURED AREA DEBUTS FROM 1981 / [Local: (4) / National: (4)]

LOCAL: Crystal Dawn / Wally Bryson & the News / Tarra & the See / Bleedin’ Hearts /

NATIONAL: U2 / Journey (with Steve Perry) @ Blossom [two nights] / Plasmatics (Wendy O.

Williams) @ the Agora / Grace Slick (with Jefferson Starship) @ Blossom / Spyro Gyra @ Blossom

FEATURED CLEVELAND AGORA ENTRIES FROM 1981 /

SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL ITEMS / NIGHTS:

Cherry red & white ‘Agora Rocks Cleveland’ bumper stickers / Mug Night

15th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION:

With American Noise, Lazer, Pony Boys, the Clocks, Full House Band, Wild Giraffes, Private Eyes,

Starfleet / Mistake beneath Agora becomes Pop Shop’ with the Cramps, the Clocks

CONCERT DISTINCTIONS:

Wendy O. Williams later arrested for pandering obscenity after Plasmatics concert @ Cleveland

Agora / U2 plays the Cleveland Agora during 4th leg of first U.S. tour (Boy tour) [returns in

December during October tour]

1981 / MEDIA FEATURED FROM 1981 /

FEATURED AREA NEWSPAPERS (3) / REPORTERS (4)

Cleveland Plain Dealer (James Ewinger, Bill Nichols, rock reporter Jane Scott (with review notes on

Donnie Iris, U2, Jefferson Starship, The Tubes, Bruce Springsteen, Journey, Peter Frampton,

WMMS-FM’s Denny Sanders) / Cleveland Press (Bruno Bornino) / CLE Magazine [local debut] /

Akron Venture Magazine [local debut]

RADIO LISTINGS FROM 1981 /

FEATURED AREA RADIO STATIONS / (5)

WHK-AM / WCLV-FM / WGCL-FM / WMMS-FM / WNCX-FM/98.5

FEATURED AREA RADIO PERSONALITIES / (7)

WHK-AM (Gary Dee) / WMMS-FM (Jeff (Kinzbach) & Ed (Flash) Ferenc, Kid Leo, Denny Sanders,

Matt ‘The Cat’) / WRUW-FM (Lars Harper, Larry Collins)

WMMS-FM BUZZARD CONNECTION FROM 1981 / (11)

JOHN LENNON SPECIALS:

WMMS-FM airs ‘John Lennon: A Celebration’ / ‘John Lennon: The Man, The Memory’ upon

1st anniversary of Lennon’s death

WMMS-FM DISTINCTIONS:

WMMS-FM top-ranked local radio station / WMMS-FM rules January-March radio ratings

DENNY SANDERS ON WMMS-FM:

Celebrating 10 years @ WMMS-FM, Denny Sanders picks the Hi-Fi’s, Lucky Pierre, Generators,

Human Switchboard, Wild Giraffes as groups to watch

WMMS-FM COFFEE BREAK CONCERTS @ THE AGORA / (6)

Alex Bevan / Box Car Willie / Generators / Kaya / Norm Nardini & his Tigers / Paul Pope Band

WMMS-FM MONDAY NIGHTS OUT @ THE AGORA / (9)

‘Sir Douglas Quintet’ & ‘Four Out of 5 Doctors’ / Leo Kotke & Larry Coryell / Rich Spina & Love

Affair (L. A.), with new LP ‘Doyawanna’ simulcast over WMMS ($2.02) / ‘Easy Street’ &

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‘Moonlight Drive’ ($2.02) / ‘Survivor’ & ‘The Force’ / Randy Meisner & Rosanne Cash (broadcast

live) / ‘Crack the Sky’ & Jonah Koslen

5th ANNIVERSARY WMMS-FM / PLAIN DEALER MUSIC POLL:

With Michael Stanley Band best artist/group; Bruce Springsteen at the Coliseum best concert; The

Agora, best Cleveland rock club; Wild Horses best area band; Pat Benatar best female artist;

Pretenders as best new artist/group

WMMS-FM ON WARNER QUBE:

Columbus residents get WMMS-FM on Warner Qube

WMMS-FM / BUZZARD CARD NIGHT:

WMMS Buzzard Card Night @ Filthy McNasty’s ($1.01 w/card)

WMMS BUZZARD T-SHIRTS:

$6.99 WMMS Buzzard T-Shirts at J. P. Snodgrass

WMMS-FM LIVE REMOTES:

Donnie Iris & the Cruisers at soldout Agora (broadcast live) / Love Affair Doyawanna LP with Easy

Come (simulcast over WMMS-FM)

WMMS-FM LIVE EVENTS:

WMMS Geauga Lake Day with ‘Wild Horses’

WGCL-FM PARTY IN THE PARK ON MALL C:

With The Motion, Separate Checks

WWWM-FM (M-105) ROCK AROUND THE BLOCK:

Taping M-105’s ‘Rock Around the Block’ with Jimmy Z (@ Cleveland Connection) / Rock Around the

Block at 10 p.m. with ‘Rock Salt & Nails, American Noise, McGuffey Lane, Love Affair, Rapscallion

TELEVISION LISTINGS FROM 1981 / (5)

FEATURED AREA TELEVISION STATIONS / (3)

WJW-TV8 / WCLQ-TV61 / MTV / WARNER QUBE (Columbus)

FEATURED AREA TELEVISION PERSONALTIES / (3)

WJW-TV8 (Big Chuck, Lil’ John Rinaldi, Bob ‘Hoolihan’ Wells)

FEATURED LOCAL TELEVISION DEBUTS / (2)

MTV Debuts / WCLQ Channel 61 debuts in Cleveland (airs The Deer Hunter)

FEATURED AREA TELEVISION RELATED ITEMS / (2)

Nina (Taylor Miller) & Palmer (James Mitchell), of ABC’s ‘All My Children’ at Sea World /

WJW-TV’s Dick Goddard at Vermillion’s Woollybear Festival

FEATURED BIG CHUCK Lil’ JOHN FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIES ON WJW-TV8 / (4)

Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde / ‘Duel’ with special appearance by Hoolihan (Bob Wells) / Godzilla vs.

Smog Monster / Michael Landon in ‘I was a Teen-age Werewolf’

1981 / FEATURED ENTERTAINERS / AREA ENTERTAINMENT FROM 1981 /

FEATURED AREA AMUSEMENT PARKS / FESTIVALS / (2)

Geauga Lake Park free w/$8.95 admission (with Love Affair concert) / Woollybear Festival in Vermillion

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FEATURED AREA FUN & GAMES / (4)

Green beer @ the Agora for St. Patrick’s Day / Ping Pong tourney at Pirate’s Cove on Jamaica

Night / Artful Dodger’s only area appearance / 4th annual Baloney Heads Hefty Bag Party

FEATURED AREA DISCO DANCING / (2)

Disco dancing with Rock Hall inductee Donna Summer @ Blossom / disco dancing @ the

Rampant Lion in Berea

FEATURED AREA CONCERT DISTINCTIONS / (1)

Blues legend Muddy Waters performs locally for last time, sharing stage with local legend Robert

Lockwood, Jr. ($5.50) / Flatbush’s final show after 7-year career

FEATURED COMEDIANS / VENUES / (2) Morey Cohen (Akron Agora) / Jerry Seinfeld (Cleveland Comedy Club)

FEATURED AREA TICKET LOCATIONS / (2) Bruce Springsteen tickets (mailed to Coliseum) / Rolling Stone tickets ($15-mail only)

FEATURED RECORDS / ARTISTS /

HOT SINGLES / [Local: (4) / National: (7)]

LOCAL ARTISTS: Ah! Leah! (Donny Iris & the Cruisers) / Cleveland Browns’ Town (J. M. Street) /

Temporarily Out of Control (Generators) / Put-In-Bay from ‘Whiskey Morning’ (Pat Dailey) /

NATIONAL ARTISTS: Celebration / Every Little Thing She Does is Magic / Jessie’s Girl / Start Me Up /

Urgent / Waiting for a Girl Like You / Young Turks

HOT ALBUMS / [Local: (4) / National: (2)]

LOCAL ARTISTS / RECORD DEBUTS: Born and Raised on Rock ‘n’ Roll (Beau Coup) [ debuted @

Cleveland Agora] / New American Noise ‘Planet’ LP (American Noise) [debuted @ Akron Agora] /

North Coast (Michael Stanley) / Unbroken!’ Wild Horses’ debut LP (premiered on Kid Leo’s WMMS

show) / Doyawanna (Love Affair) [debuted @ Cleveland Agora with live WMMS broadcast] /

NATIONAL ARTISTS: ‘Blizzard of Oz’ (Ozzy Osbourne) ($6.68) / ‘The Innocent Age’ (Dan Fogelberg)

THE PRIDE OF CLEVELAND LP:

With Wild Horses, American Noise, the Jerry Busch Group, I-Tal, Don Kriss, Alex Bevan (with Tommy

Dobeck, Steve Downey, Martin Block), Generators, Rapscallion, Love Affair, Flatbush (benefits

WMMS Music Scholarship Program at Cleveland State)

FEATURED AREA RECORD STORES / (3)

Camelot Music / Peaches Records & Tapes / Tommy Edward’s Record Heaven on Fulton

FEATURED AREA RECORD COMPANIES / (1)

Agora Records (Cleveland Browns’ Town)

FEATURED AREA PROMOTERS / CLUB OWNERS / (2)

Belkin Productions-WMMS-FM (Tubes concert) / Cleveland Agora

FEATURED AREA MOVIES / ARTISTS / (2)

Tarzan The Ape Man (R) (Bo Derek) / The Blues Brothers (John Belushi, Dan Akroyd)

FEATURED AREA MOVIE HOUSES / (2)

Brookgate Cinema / Memphis Drive-In

FEATURED NORTH COAST ROCK PHOTOGRAPHERS / (2)

Janet Macoska / Anastasia Pantsios

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1981 / FEATURED AREA SPECIALTY EVENTS DURING 1981 / (7)

BROWNS ‘VICTORY’ PARTIES:

‘Browns Victory Party’ after the Browns-Oakland playoff game with Wild Horses 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. @

Pirate’s Cove / ‘Browns Victory Party’ after the Browns-Oakland playoff game with Wild Horses @ the

Agora @ 9:30 p.m.

MICHAEL STANLEY BAND @ BLOSSOM:

Michael Stanley Band’s record-setting three-night run with Donny Iris & the Cruisers

ROLLING STONES PLAY RICHFIELD COLISEUM:

Mick Jagger & the Rolling Stones play two-night stand with Etta James ($15-mail only)

CLE MAGAZINE BENEFITS @ AGORA’S POP SHOP:

CLE Magazine benefit with the Clocks, Lucky Pierre, Bernie & the Invincibles, the Guyettes, the

Bombers, WRUW-FM’s Lars Harper, Larry Collins

2ND CLE MAGAZINE BENEFIT NIGHT / with the Jazz Destroyers, Pony Boys, Easter Monkey, the

Dissidents, Joey & the Radisheads

LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL @ FRONT ROW:

With Little Anthony, the Drifters, the Diamonds with Rockin’ Robin, Danny & the Juniors, the

Rhythm Kings, Stormy Weather

RED HORSE SWALLOW MAY DAY FESTIVAL:

With Scott Jaeger, Dick Swain, Al Leatherwood, Al Bonnis, Jim Glover, Frank Thedford, Abby Linhart

BALONEY HEADS EVENTS @ PHANTASY NITE CLUB:

4th Annual Baloney Heads Hefty Bag Party / Rest in Pieces Baloney Heads parting party with Hammer

Damage, the V-Necks (Gunn, Duffy, Goodrich, Lange, Dorko), Baloney Heads (Townhouse, Killowat,

Savage, Foland, Duffy), Peanuts as emcee

FEATURED MARRIAGE / (1)

Valentine’s Day marriage of Gary Lewis to fiance Patty

FEATURED AREA PASSINGS / (1)

Veteran local radio DJ Tommy Edwards @ age 60

1981 / FEATURED SPECIALTY ITEMS FROM 1981 /

FEATURED AUTOMOBILES / (21) [Found in weekly auto ads]

AMERICAN MOTORS / (1)

6-cyl. ‘77 AMC Gremlin Coupe w/AC, power steering ($2,695-Ganley Olds)

CHRYSLER CORP. DODGES / (2)

Triple black V8 ‘78 Dodge Magnum XE ($3,250)

Chestnut brown metallic/light tan interior ‘79 Dodge Magnum w/V8, auto ($4,305-Andy Sims)

FORD MOTORS / (3)

‘70 Mustang Boss 429 w/Hemi motor, Hurst 4-speed, headers, traction bars, mags (only 200 still

registered-$9,000)

Red, white port hole top ‘57 T-Bird w/auto, power steering/brakes, skirts ($14,500)

Mint condition ‘78 Cougar XR7 w/AC, gauges ($3,900)

GENERAL MOTORS / (4)

Deep burgundy metallic/velour split seat interior ‘79 Buick Riviera ($8,995-Jackshaw)

Newly restored ‘68 Cadillac limo w/TV, bar, divider window ($48,000)

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White-gold stripe ‘78 Camaro Z-28 w/raised letter tires, AC ($4,895-Doraty)

Mint ‘66 Chevelle Malibu SS 2-dr. hardtop w/283 V8, Cragar mags ($3,900)

CORVETTES / (4)

Fully restored split-window 327 4-spd. ‘63 Corvette Coupe

Charcoal gray/black leather ‘74 Corvette Roadster ($7,990)

Silver ’79 Corvette L-48 w/auto, glass roof, AC ($11,500)

Midnight blue ‘80 Corvette w/4-spd. ($14,000)

PONTIACS / (2)

Brown & gold ‘77 Trans Am w/glass roof panels, crushed velvet interior ($5,990)

Triple black ‘79 Firebird T-Top w/wire wheels, AC ($6,500-Ganley Olds)

FOREIGN IMPORTS / SPECIALTY AUTOS / (2)

Ermine white/blue knit interior 100% original ‘74 VW camper ($2,985-Big ‘O’)

White ‘75 Bricklin

Bright yellow ‘75 Porsche 914 w/removable top, AM/FM radio ($5,288-Honda Cars of Cleveland)

Copper metallic/buckskin interior ‘77 Datsun 280 Z 2+2 w/5-spd, AC, stereo ($5,988)

Metallic red ‘80 Datsun 280 ZX w/5-spd., GL package ($9,995-Ed Wolf Shaker Saab)

FEATURED AREA FOOD / RESTAURANTS / (7)

2 Beef Corral roast beef sandwiches ($1.98)

Bob’s Big Boy $3.25 fish dinner

Dining at Pier W

$2 fish fry at Casa di Baron on W. 130th

$3 perogis at Casa di Baron on W. 130th

Happy hour at new Roxy Bar & Grill

Tick Tock Tavern’s “World Famous Ribs”

FEATURED AREA RETAIL SHOPPING / (8)

New waterbed at Waterbed Factory ($297)

Calling GA 1-2323 for an Aluminum Siding Corp. estimate

Round trip tickets to Las Vegas on United [Airlines] ($159)

Faberge Brut 33 Gift Sets @ Revco

British Sterling gift sets with cologne & handsoap @ Revco

9.26% a.p.r. National City Bank home loan

FEATURED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS / (2)

Gibson double neck guitar on sale yesterday at Sodja’s Music ($995-$1,529)

Fender Stratocaster on sale at Sodja’s Music ($385/$690 w/tremelo higher)

1981 / FEATURED SPORTS PLAYERS / TEAMS / VENUES FROM 1981 / (9)

Len Barker / Roberto Duran / Mike Nino Gonalez / Austin Carr / Cleveland Cavaliers / Washington Bullets

/ Richfield Coliseum / All-Star Game / [Morgana ‘The Kissing Bandit’]

1981 / FEATURED GENERAL HISTORY FROM 1981 / (1)

John W. Hinckley, Jr. fires shots hitting Pres. Reagan, knocked down by Garfield Hts. resident Alfred

Antenucci

1981 / FEATURED ENTRIES FROM 1981 / [(118) / Sports: (2)]

1/1 As ‘Easy Street’ brings in 1981at the Agora with WMMS’ Jeff & Flash; after selling out) its New Year’s

Eve show at the Coliseum, the Michael Stanley Band returns for a 2nd night with Indiana rocker John

Cougar’s “batch of hot tunes” opening the show ($10.50) -Plain Dealer reviewer Jane Scott notes as the

band joins Cheap Trick on a Southern tour later in the month, “1981 looks to be an even better year for the

group,” 1981

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1/2 After cruising in a triple black V8 ‘78 Dodge Magnum XE ($3,250), to buy a waterbed at Waterbed

Factory ($297), the Baskerville Hounds/Skywave play Pirate’s Cove, 1981

1/4 While Pirate’s Cove hosts a ‘Browns Victory Party’ after the Browns-Oakland playoff game featuring Wild

Horses from 4 to 6; as the Agora hosts a ‘victory’ party with Wild Horses starting at 9:30; M-105 airs

‘Rock around the Block’ at 10 p.m. featuring ‘Rock Salt & Nails,’ ‘American Noise,’ ‘McGuffey Lane,’

‘Love Affair’ & ‘Rapscallion,’ 1981

1/6 Tickets are $4.50-$5.50 to see the Dazz Band at the Agora (7:30 jazz/10:30 funk), 1981

1/9 The Music Machine at 9125 Brookpark Rd. rock ‘n’ rolls for 18 & over with the debut of the new ‘Crystal

Dawn’ (Boresh, Bodeker, Gorombol, Spence, Lawer, Zolac), 1981

1/15 After cruising yesterday to see Norm Nardini & his Tigers playing free during the Agora’s 11 a.m.

‘Coffeebreak Concert’ hosted by WMMS-FM’s Matt the Cat; tomorrow, ‘Tarra & the See’ debuts at Deja

Vu on W. 117th, and on the 17th, ‘Lucky Pierre’ (Tom Lash, Denis DeVito, Dave Zima, Kevin McMahon),

rocks the Phantasy, 1981

1/16 “The album says it all: ‘The Pride of Cleveland,” writes Cleveland Press rock editor Bruno Bornino, as

WMMS-FM’s new homegrown album features ‘Wild Horses,’ ‘American Noise,’ the Jerry Busch Group,

‘I-Tal,’ Don Kriss, Alex Bevan (w/Tommy Dobeck, Steve Downey, Martin Block), the ‘Generators,’

‘Rapscallion,’ ‘Love Affair’ & ‘Flatbush’ (benefits WMMS Music Scholarship Program at Cleveland

State), 1981

1/20 ‘Plasmatics’ lead singer Wendy O. Williams, who collapses after the show and rushed to St. Vincent

Charity, is later arrested for pandering obscenity after the group’s destruction-filled ‘concert’ before 950+

at the Agora (‘Lucky Pierre’ opens - $5), 1981

1/22 After cruising to see the Hollywood Slim Blues Band at Peabody’s last night; tonight, it’s Robt. Lockwood,

Jr., Glenn Schwartz & Mr. Stress Blues Band at Pirate’s Cove, 1981

1/23 After listening to WHK’s Gary Dee in the A.M.; tonight, after 2 Beef Corral roast beef sandwiches ($1.98),

Deadly Earnest & The Honky Tonk Heroes play Peabody’s, 1981

1/29 It’s jazz & blues night at the Bank in Akron with Otis Trotter and the Smokers, 1981

2/1 After cruising to Kent tonight to see ‘Love Affair’ rock Filthy McNasty’s on ‘WMMS Buzzard Card Night’

($1.01 w/card); tomorrow, ‘Breakout’ rocks McNasty’s ($2), 1981

2/2 The results are in! The 5th Annual WMMS/Plain Dealer Music Poll reveals the Michael Stanley Band as

best artist/group; Bruce Springsteen at the Coliseum as best concert; The Agora, best Cleveland rock club;

‘Wild Horses’ as best area band; Pat Benatar as best female artist; and the ‘Pretenders’ as best new

artist/group, 1981

2/3 Cruising on Tuesday to the Akron Agora in a mint condition ‘78 Cougar XR7 w/AC, gauges ($3,900);

‘American Noise’ (Craig & Bruce Balzer, George Sipl, Tommy Rich, Jerry Moran, Greg Holt), previews

its new ‘Planet’ LP with ‘Crystal Dawn,’ 1981

2/11 After cruising tomorrow to Spanky’s where ‘Flatbush’ (Phil Barker, Joe Dickey, Russell Allen Gall, Larry

Rice, Linn Roath), plays a final time marking the end of a seven-year run; on the 13th, wedding cake marks

the Valentine’s Day marriage of Gary Lewis to his finance Patty, when the Gary Lewis Band plays Pirate’s

Cove, 1981

2/13 Cruising to Kent, last night, Charlie Weiner played the Stuffed Mushroom ($2), while the ‘Somatics’ &

‘Hammer’ Damage’ played J.B.’s Down; tonight, ‘Human Switchboard’ rocks the Rathskeller with ‘Lucky

Pierre;’ and on Valentine’s Day, Alex Bevan & Friends play the Stone Jug ($2.50), while ‘you can bop ‘till

you drop,’ with the ‘F Models,’ ‘Trudee & the Trendsetters,’ ‘Unit 5’ & ‘The Action’ at the Rathskeller,

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2/15 As ‘Cheap Trick’ rocks the 10,000-seat Coliseum Theater tonight with ‘UFO’ ($8.50- Jane Scott calls it

“its most rousing show so far” –Michael Stanley joins band on stage); you’ll find Donnie Iris rocking the

Youngstown Agora with Norman Nardini,’ 1981

2/16 Rockin’ the house with ‘Ah! Leah!,’ Donnie Iris & the Cruisers (Marty Lee Hoenes, Albritton McLain,

Kevin Valentine, Mark Avsec), play to a soldout Agora (broadcast live by WMMS-FM), with Norman

Nardini & the Tigers (Jane Scott calls Donnie, “a light-hearted tornado on stage”- Ah! Leah! No. 31 on

Billboard’s Top 100- $5), 1981

2/17 ‘Humble Pie’ (w/Steve Marriott), rocks the Agora tonight with ‘Willie Phoenix,’ 1981

2/27 While watching ‘Crystal Dawn’ at the Agora, in the lobby you’ll find 80 rock photos by nationally known

local photographers Janet Macoska & Anastasia Pantsios, 1981

3/2 Cruisin’ to soldout Music Hall with a cherry red & white ‘Agora Rocks Cleveland’ bumper sticker on a

metallic red ‘80 Datsun 280 ZX w/5-spd., GL package ($9,995-Ed Wolf Shaker Saab), the ‘Grateful Dead’

opens a two-night stand ($8.50), 1981

3/4 After the Sir Douglas Quintet & ‘Four out of 5 Doctors’ play there on Mon. the 2nd ($5); Box Car Willie

‘rocks’ today’s Agora Coffee Break Concert at 11 a.m. with WMMS’ Matt ‘The Cat’ (Columbus residents

can now get WMMS-FM on Warner Qube), 1981

3/6 Cruising in a charcoal gray/black leather ‘74 Corvette Roadster ($7,990), with ‘Celebration’ on the stereo

8-track, the Gary Lewis Band (Wirth, Dalton, Markle, Sparks), plays Pirate’s Cove; while cowboy boots

reign at the Front Row as Mickey Gilley, Johnny Lee & the Urban Cowboy Band open a two-night stand

($8.75), 1981

3/7 Owned by Cleveland Associates, offering a mix of free programming & ‘Preview’ subscription TV, WCLQ

Channel 61 makes its debut in the Cleveland market with a 33 share by airing ‘The Deer Hunter’ (with

parts filmed in Cleveland), in two parts, 1981

3/8 Cruising tomorrow on Monday to the Agora, former Eagles and Poco standout Randy Meisner shares the

stage with Johnny Cash’s talented daughter Rosanne ($5), 1981

3/10 The Paul Pope Band rocks Matt the Cat’s WMMS Agora ‘Coffeebreak Concert,’ 1981

3/13 After calling GA 1-2323 for an Aluminum Siding Corp. estimate; Mr. Mojo Risin awaits with Bill

Pettijohn and Doors tribute band ‘Moonlight Drive’ at the Phantasy, 1981

3/17 As Flugelhorn maestro Chuck Mangione opens a 2-night stand at the Front Row ($8.75); the Agora offers

green beer & Jonah Koslen with Ellen McIlwaine ($5), 1981

3/26 After dining on $3 perogis at Casa Di Baron on W. 130th before seeing Rick Nelson & Charlie Weiner

Mar. 24th at the Agora; yesterday found ‘Kaya’ at Matt the Cat’s Agora ‘Coffeebreak Concert;’ while

tonight, the Duke Jenkins Trio plays the Theatrical, 1981

3/30 “Gunman Wounds Reagan,” reports The Plain Dealer’s special front page the next day, after young

gunman John W. Hinckley, Jr. fires shots that hit President Reagan, before being knocked to the ground by

Garfield Hts. resident Alfred Antenucci, 1981

4/3 After cruising with Jeff & Flash on WMMS-FM in the A.M. in a silver ’79 Corvette L-48 w/auto, glass

roof, AC ($11,500), before seeing Todd Rundgren & ‘Utopia’ (Powell, Sulton, Wilcox-$10), last night at

the Coliseum in a new $6.99 WMMS Buzzard T-Shirt from J. P. Snodgrass; tonight, new Cleveland

Connection rocks with ‘American Noise’ & ‘Abraxas’ (taped for M-105’s ‘Rock Around the Block’ with

Jimmy Z), 1981

4/11 After cruising to see ‘Unit 5’ (Thomas, Johnson, Teagle, Jendrisack, Ethington), last night at the

Warehouse in the Flats; tonight, ‘Berlin’ & the ‘Clocks’ rock the house, 1981

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4/13 As the Front Row presents ‘Air Supply’ tonight ($8.75), and Don McLean on the 15th ($7.75); ‘REO

Speedwagon’ rocks the soldout Coliseum on the 17th ($10), 1981

4/17 After dining on a Bob’s Big Boy $3.25 fish dinner; down in Kent, the Gopher Broke Swing Band swings at

the Stone Jug, Robin Hood hosts ‘Buckeye Biscuit,’ & at J.B’s, the Numbers Band plays Up, while Johnnie

Clampett & the Walkers, ‘The Action’ & ‘Somatics’ play Down, 1981

4/18 Cruising to the Agora, ‘Souvenir’ rocks the house tonight; while on April 20th, Irish rockers ‘U2’ on the 4th

leg of the Boy Tour, play the Agora with ‘Bitch’ from Chicago (Jane Scott notes: “U2’s melodic but hard

rock received a hot response at the Agora”), 1981

4/25 After cruising to see Cheetah Chrome & the Casualties at the Mistake tonight; Pirate’s Cove hosts ‘Kaya’

on ‘Jamaica Night’ tomorrow (ping-pong tourney at 4 p.m.), ‘Rock, Salt & Nails’ (Dennis McNulty, Tim

Ottom, Dave Kennard, Rick Roth, Fred Dawson), on the 27th, ‘Hammer Damage’ (Mike Hammer, Dave

Zagar [Donny Damage]), & ‘Terry & the Tornadoes’ on the 28th, & ‘Tongue Thrust’ the 29th, 1981

4/27 Cruising in an ermine white/blue knit interior 100% original ‘74 VW camper ($2,985- Big ‘O’), tonight,

Leo Kotke & Larry Coryell play the Agora’s WMMS Monday Night Out; tomorrow, it’s Joan Jett & the

Blackhearts, ‘Teenage Head’ & ‘Berlin’ ($4), 1981

4/30 Red Horse Hollow’s 3-day ‘May Day Festival’ starts tomorrow with Scott Jaeger, Dick Swain, Al

Leatherwood, Al Bonnis, Jim Glover, Frank Thedford & Abby Linhart, 1981

5/1 While “Souvenir did bang-up sets,” reports Jane Scott, at the grand opening of Jeff & Flash’s Monopolies

in Lorain (lines halfway down the block); cruising to the Coliseum, ‘Savoy Brown’ opens as ‘Judas Priest’

rocks the house with WMMS ($8-$9), 1981

5/5 It’s a Front Row double treat sponsored by Belkin & WMMS-FM with ‘Ambrosia’ tonight (soldout); and

Donnie Iris with Jonah Koslen tomorrow ($7.75 each), 1981

5/7 ‘Rush’ opens a 2-night stand at the Coliseum tonight with special guest ‘FM’ ($9), 1981

5/7 “The message of the January-March radio ratings sweep is clear: Youth is being served,” writes the PD’s

James Ewinger, as WMMS-FM rules the local airwaves, 1981

5/10 Cruisin’ to the Phantasy, Hammer Damage & the V-Necks (Gunn, Duffy, Goodrich, Lange, Dorko), kick

off a ‘rest in pieces’ Baloney Heads (Townhouse, Killowat, Savage, Foland, Duffy), parting party, with

band alumni, & Peanuts as emcee, 1981

5/11 Music Hall rocks with Ozzy Osbourne & Motorhead ($10-‘Blizzard of Oz’ $6.68), 1981

5/13 Tonight finds the Andrew Rollins Band (Rollins, Rodney Psyka, Bob Benjamin, Leslie Lopez), at the

Ground Floor; & John Cale at the Agora with Fast Fontaine ($5), 1981

5/15 Cruising in a midnight blue ‘80 Corvette w/4-spd. ($14,000); after mailing your Bruce Springsteen ticket

order to the Coliseum for his July shows ($10-$12), rock ‘n’ rollers Steve Knill, Dwight Krueger, Rich

Reising, Don Kriss & Rick Christyson debut as the ‘Bleedin’ Hearts’ tonight at the Phantasy with ’Terry &

the Tornadoes,’ 1981

5/19 Cruising to the Agora last night on Monday, it’s Rich Spina & Love Affair (now L. A.), with its new LP

‘Doyawanna’ with ‘Easy Come,’ simulcast over WMMS ($2.02), 1981

5/22 After cruising to see ‘Ida Red Band’ at French Creek Tavern in a copper metallic/buckskin interior ‘77

Datsun 280 Z 2+2 w/5-spd., AC, stereo ($5,988); on Big Chuck & Lil’ John, the flick is ‘Duel,’ as

Hoolihan (Bob Wells) makes a special appearance, 1981

5/29 Cruising to the Memphis Drive-In in a red, white port hole top ‘57 T-Bird w/auto, power steering/brakes,

skirts ($14,500), it’s John & Dan in ‘The Blues Brothers,’ 1981

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6/7 After buying a Gibson double neck guitar on sale yesterday at Sodja’s Music ($995- $1,529), before

‘Lucky Pierre’ & ‘Carrot’ play the Mistake; tonight, the ‘News’ (Wally Bryson, Dann Klawon, Frank

Masara, Artie Peeler), debuts at Peabody’s; as ‘Franke & the Knockouts’ & ‘Papa’ play the Agora the 9th,

and Leon Redbone the 10th ($5), 1981

6/12 After seeing Nina (Taylor Miller) & Palmer (James Mitchell), of ABC’s ‘All My Children’ at Sea World,

before rockin’ to ‘Starfleet’ at the New Corral ($2.50); Blossom opens the season with ‘Santana’ tomorrow

($10), and James Taylor the 15th & 16th ($11), 1981

6/20 Cruising to Blossom after buying a Fender Stratocaster on sale at Sodja’s Music ($385/$690 w/tremelo

higher); Joe Walsh closes out a 2-night stand with friends Joe Vitale, Russ Kunkel, George Perry, Mike

Murray & guest David Lindley ($11), 1981

6/22 Cruising in a fully restored split-window 327 4-spd. ‘63 Corvette Coupe for ‘Put-In- Bay,’ Pat Dailey’s hit

from ‘Whiskey Morning’ at Tommy Edward’s Record Heaven on Fulton; next, Blossom hosts Grace Slick,

Jefferson Starship & .38 Special ($10) (Jane Scott writes, “the Starship seven-pack made almost a perfect

landing”), 1981

6/26 After catching Waylon Jennings at Blossom on the 24th ($11), and cruising tonight to the year’s first

Blossom sellout in a 6-cyl. ‘77 AMC Gremlin Coupe w/AC, power steering ($2,695-Ganley Olds), as

18,233 sing ‘I Get Around’ with the Beach Boys in their 20th year ($11); ‘Spyro Gyra’ debuts at Blossom

tomorrow with Leo Kotke ($10), 1981

6/29 Last night, ‘Iron Maiden’ played the Agora with ‘The Muffs’ ($4); ‘Lazer’ rocked the Cleveland

Connection; ‘Kaya’ & ‘Dr. Bloodmoney’ with Tony Maimone played Pirate’s Cove; & ‘Easy Street’ rocked

Jeff & Flash’s Monoplies with ‘Moonlight Drive’ on WMMS Night ($2.02), 1981

6/29 “The place resembled a rock love-in,’ notes Jane Scott, after Chuck Berry gets the Akron Agora ‘reelin’’

with hits like ‘Johnny B. Goode’ (the ‘News’ opens- $6.50), 1981

6/30 The Agora celebrates 15th years tomorrow with a 15-hour marathon starting at noon after the ‘Coffeebreak

Concert’ with Alex Bevan; featuring ‘American Noise,’ ‘Lazer,’ ‘Pony Boys,’ the ‘Clocks,’ ‘Full House

Band,’ ‘Wild Giraffes,’ ‘Private Eyes’ & ‘Starfleet;’ while tomorrow, the Mistake beneath the Agora

becomes the ‘Pop Shop,’ committed to power pop & newer music, with the ‘Cramps’ & the ‘Clocks’ as

openers, 1981

7/3 Last night, the Mike ‘Mad Dog’ Adams Band played Rick’s Cafe in Chagrin Falls; today, it’s the ‘Motion’

& ‘Separate Checks’ at the WGCL Party-in-the-Park on Mall C, 1981

7/5 Cruising to Blossom, tomorrow, it’s Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, & David Johansen ($10); The

Moody Blues changing the mood July 7th ($9); it’s Southside again July 8th; & country rockin’ with the

Marshall Tucker Band July 13th ($10), 1981

7/10 Cruising tonight, as the Bank in Akron offers ‘Teacher’s Pets,’ ‘Bursting Brains,’ the Nelsons, ‘BAK 221,’

‘V-Nervz’ and the Bizarros; the Pop Shop hosts the Silencers, 1981

7/13 Former Beach Boy Carl Wilson opens tomorrow for the Grammy winners, as the Doobie Brothers with

Michael McDonald open a 2-night stand at Blossom ($11), 1981

7/18 What do you want from life? Belkin Productions brings ‘The Tubes’ to the Coliseum with ‘Franke & the

Knockouts’ (Jane Scott notes “Quay Lude has gone preppy”), 1981

7/19 Cruising Tuesday night, the Agora takes a little magic carpet ride with John Kay and ‘Steppenwolf,’ &

‘Thrills,’ voted the No. 1 band in Long Island ($5.50-$6.60), 1981

7/24 After cruising to see Bo Derek in ‘Tarzan the Ape Man’ at Brookgate Cinema (R), in a deep burgundy

metallic/velour split seat interior ‘79 Buick Riviera ($8,995-Jackshaw); next, it’s rockin’ to ‘Snake Rock’

and the ‘Breaks’ at Hennessey’s on Detroit, 1981

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7/24 Legendary Cleveland radio DJ Tommy Edwards, credited with bringing Elvis Presley to Brooklyn High

School with Bill Randle in October of 1955, passes at age 60, 1981

7/27 After ‘Stairway’ rocks the Corral last night under its new name ‘Love Affair;’ and disco dancing tonight

with Rock Hall inductee Donna Summer at Blossom (lawn $9); tomorrow, Linda Ronstadt opens a 2-night

stand at Blossom with Joe Ely ($11), 1981

7/31 “Bruce Springsteen is still the boss, He proved it far into the evening Wednesday night at the Coliseum,”

writes the Plain Dealer’s Jane Scott, after Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band play the 1st of two

nights before 18,900, including Michael Stanley, 1981

7/31 Cruising to Peabody’s Cafe on S. Taylor in a ‘70 Mustang Boss 429 w/Hemi motor, Hurst 4-speed,

headers, traction bars, mags (only 200 still registered-$9,000), tonight, the ‘Generators’ (Addison, Bearcat,

Buchanan, Ley, Dilcue), rock the house with ‘Temporarily Out of Control;’ tomorrow, it’s Wally Bryson &

the ‘News,’ 1981

8/1 As Van Halen & the ‘Fools’ open a two-night stand at the Coliseum ($10), while WHK’S Gary Dee rules

local morning drive radio, with WMMS-FM the top-ranked local radio station; the music industry changes

forever today as MTV debuts, 1981

8/3 It’s WMMS $1.01 night at the Agora with ‘Lucky Pierre,’ Wild Giraffes & ‘Hi-Fi’s,’ 1981

8/4 Tonight, the ‘Guess Who’ rock Pirate’s Cove with two soldout shows; tomorrow, John Denver entertains

some 20,000 Blossom faithful with a 2 1/2 hour set ($15), 1981

8/4 It’s only $10 to see Gary U. S. Bonds with the Allman Brothers Band at Blossom, 1981

8/7 After cruising to Peaches Records & Tapes for ‘Unbroken!,’ the Wild Horses’ debut LP (premiered on Kid

Leo’s WMMS show-$5.97), tonight, they play a WMMS Geauga Lake Day event, as the ‘Wild Giraffes’

and ‘Hi-Fi’s’ open Tucky’s on W. St. Clair, 1981

8/10 Soldout Akron Agora rocks with Three Dog Night (Wells, Hutton, Negron-$6), 1981

8/14 At the Cuyahoga County Fair, the Gary Lewis Band rocks the grandstand ($3), 1981

8/17 Tonight, ‘Crack the Sky’ & Jonah Koslen play the Agora ($2.02); tomorrow, as Brian Auger plays the

Agora with WMMS ($5), it’s ‘Uriah Heep,’ ‘Valiant’ & M-105 at Pirate’s Cove, as the Euclid Tavern hosts

the Numbers Band; and the 19th, it’s the ‘V-Necks’ at Tucky’s, the ‘Fugitives’ at the Bank, & ‘Starfleet’

rockin’ the Agora’s ‘Mug Night,’ 1981

8/21 After Chrissie Hynde & the Pretenders play Blossom last night ($10); buying ‘North Coast,’ Michael

Stanley’s LP (Camelot Music-$6.49), & seeing the Isley Bros. at the Front Row tonight ($10.75); on Chuck

& John, it’s ‘Godzilla vs. Smog Monster,’ 1981

8/23 Cruising in a chestnut brown metallic/light tan interior ‘79 Dodge Magnum w/V8, auto ($4,305-Andy

Sims); the ‘Michael Stanley Band’ (Stanley, Dobeck, Pelander, Gismondi, Raleigh, Markasky), returns to

Blossom with Donnie Iris & the ‘Cruisers’ for the first of 2 soldout shows, and a record-setting 3rd night on

the 26th ($11), 1981

8/25 After ‘Artful Dodger,’ in its only area appearance, plays the Agora with ‘Wild Giraffes’ (McGinty, Elliot,

King, Ivan, Reynolds), on the 23rd ($5.50); tonight, Iggy Pop rocks the Agora with ‘The Clocks’ ($5.50),

as ‘Herman’s Hermits’ play Pirate’s Cove, 1981

8/31 Opening a 2-night stand in their Blossom debut, ‘Journey’ rocks 18,322 with a 2-hour, 20-song set (“Steve

Perry was dynamite,” notes Jane Scott-Point Blank opens), 1981

9/4 After cruising to Blossom in a brown & gold ‘77 Trans Am w/glass roof panels, crushed velvet interior

($5,990), as Pat Benatar opens a 2-nighter w/David Johansen ($10); on Chuck & Lil’ John, Michael

Landon stars in ‘I was a Teen-age Werewolf, 1981

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9/7 Cruising with ‘Jessie’s Girl’ on the stereo in a white-gold stripe ‘78 Camaro Z-28 w/raised letter tires, AC

($4,895-Doraty); ‘Love Affair’ (Hudak, Spina, Zdravecky, Cukras, Coolbaugh), rocks Geauga Lake Park at

2 p.m., free w/$8.95 admission, 1981

9/8 Though tomorrow’s concert wasn’t a sellout, Jane Scott later writes, “But an exuberant Peter Frampton

came on the Music Hall stage Wednesday night, and gave the best concert he has ever given here.,” as the

31-year-old Englishman ‘comes alive’ at the smaller venue prompting encores, with ‘Lucky Pierre’ as the

opening act, 1981

9/11 After cruising with ‘Urgent’ on the stereo in a newly restored ‘68 Cadillac limo w/TV, bar, divider window

($48,000), to pick up round trip tickets to Las Vegas on United ($159), enjoy happy hour at the new Roxy

Bar & Grill, & dine on the Tick Tock Tavern’s “world famous ribs,” next stop is disco dancing at the

Rampant Lion in Berea, 1981

9/12 Hennessey’s hosts Raven Slaughter’s Farewell Tour with the Johnny’s of Detroit, 1981

9/18 After dining at Pier W, cruising tonight to the Pop Shop at the Agora, it’s the CLE Magazine benefit

featuring the ‘Clocks,’ ‘Lucky Pierre,’ ‘Bernie & the Invincibles,’ the ‘Guyettes’ & the ‘Bombers’ with

WRUW-FM’s Lars Harper & Larry Collins, 1981

9/20 Tonight, ‘You Really Got Me’ and ‘20th Century Man’ rock Music Hall as the ‘Kinks’ with Ray Davies are

joined by ‘Red Rider,’ while the Pop Shop hosts ‘The Johnnys’ & ‘Bosch’ ($2); tomorrow, the ‘Killers’

reign at Peabody’s; & on the 21st, the ‘Wild Giraffes’ join the Ramones, “one of the godfathers of punk,”

at the Agora ($6.50), 1981

9/23 You’ll find the ‘Generators’ rocking with free tunes during the 11 a.m. WMMS-FM ‘Coffee Break

Concert’ with host Matt the Cat at the Cleveland Agora on E. 24th, 198

9/30 Cruising to Music Hall, tickets are $8 to see ‘Def Leppard’ open for ‘Blackfoot,’ 1981

10/4 After cruising to the 2nd Pop Shop CLE Magazine benefit to see the ‘Jazz Destroyers,’ ‘Pony Boys,’

‘Easter Monkey,’ the ‘Dissidents,’ Joey & the Radisheads & the ‘Flexi-Digits’ on the 2nd; seeing ‘Slick’

with Becky Boyd at Peabody’s on the 3rd; & today seeing Dick Goddard during Vermillion’s Woollybear

Festival; the Agora offers ‘Mink Deville’ tomorrow ($5.50), & the ‘Nighthawks’ with the ‘Eves’ on the 6th

($4), 1981

10/5 Tonight, the Akron Agora rocks with Alice Cooper & Charlie Weiner ($8.50), 1981

10/6 It’s a Pirate’s Cove 3-pack with ‘Rare Earth’ & Robt. Lockwood, Jr. w/M-105 tonight; soul men Sam &

Dave with their 10-piece band, & the ‘Bopcats’ with Mimi Hart tomorrow; & Duran Duran, the ‘Adults,’

and the ‘Models’ w/WMMS the 8th, 1981

10/7 While Peter, Paul & Mary reign tomorrow at the Front Row ($9.75); Cleveland rocks as the Coliseum hosts

Ian Hunter & the Rockets, with Norman Nardini & the Tigers tomorrow ($8.50); & Electric Light

Orchestra with Ellen Foley on the 11th ($9), 1981

10/13 After going country with George Jones & ‘The Flying Burrito Bros.’ at the Front Row on the 11th ($8.75);

& rockin’ to ‘Triumph,’ the Frank Marino Band & the ‘Kings’ last night at Public Hall ($8.50); it’s ‘The

Innocent Age’ at the Coliseum tonight with Dan Fogelberg and friends Joe Vitale, Russ Kunkel & Kenny

Passarelli ($9.50-$11.50), 1981

10/16 After cruising to dine on the $2 fish fry at Casa di Barons on W. 130th with ‘Start Me Up’ on the am-fm

stereo in a bright yellow ‘75 Porsche 914 w/removable top ($5,288- Honda Cars of Cleveland), next, it’s

rockin’ to ‘Backseat Romance’ at the Agora, 1981

10/24 After cruising tonight in a white ‘75 Bricklin with Kid Leo on WMMS ($13,000), to groove with the

‘Ventures’ at Pirate’s Cove, as the Aribica on Euclid Hts. & WCLV host Michael Spiro; tomorrow, Jerry

Seinfeld ‘rocks’ the Cleveland Comedy Club ($6), 1981

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10/25 At the Agora, it’s Steve Hackett tonight ($6.50); ‘Novo Combo’ (with Steve Hewlett), & ‘D.V.C.’

tomorrow ($2.02); & on the 27th, it’s rockin’ to ‘Champion’ (Starfleet), 1981

10/27 Cruising with J. M. Street’s ‘Cleveland Browns’ Town,’ Agora Records’ first 45 on M-105; it’s a night of

hard rockin’ “double trouble” at Richfield Coliseum as ‘The Whitford St. Holmes Band’ opens for ‘Blue

Oyster Cult’ and ‘Foghat” ($9), 1981

10/28 It’s ‘Marionette’ (Latare, Hajak, Gallagher, Metzger, Schneider), at Pirate’s Cove, 1981

10/30 The Phantasy hosts the 4th annual Baloney Heads Hefty Bag Party tonight; and Don Kriss and ‘Tongue

Thrust,’ with Jimmy Armstrong & the ‘Pony Boys’ tomorrow, 1981

11/1 After ‘Nazareth’ & the ‘Joe Perry Project’ rock Music Hall tonight ($8); tomorrow is a magical night at the

Agora, as blues legend Muddy Waters, performing locally for the last time, shares the stage with local

blues master Robt. Lockwood, Jr. ($5.50), 1981

11/2 Comic Morey Cohen joins Todd Rundgren & ‘Utopia’ rockin’ the Akron Agora, 1981

11/9 While ‘Survivor’ & ‘The Force’ rock WMMS-FM’s ‘Monday Night Out’ at the Agora ($2.02-$5);

tomorrow, ‘Earth, Wind & Fire’ rules the Coliseum stage ($11), as music legends Tony Bennett & Peggy

Lee open a 6-night stand at the Front Row ($8.75), 1981

11/15 After cruising last night to hear the sweet sounds of jazz saxophonist Ernie Krivda at Peabody’s ($5), with

‘Waiting for a Girl Like You’ on the stereo; tonight, it’s a rockin’ double treat at Richfield Coliseum with

‘Foreigner’ and Billy Squier ($9.50), 1981

11/16 It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but 18,764 got plenty of satisfaction from 39-year-old Mick Jagger & the Rolling

Stones in the first of two Belkin Productions concerts with special guest Etta James at the Coliseum

($15-mail only) (“a peaceful show”-only 13 arrests), 1981

11/20 After Frank Zappa plays Public Hall last night; tonight, Motown rules at the Front Row with the ‘Four

Tops,’ Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King & Luther Vandross ($9.75), 1981

11/22 While the Front Row rocks with ‘Let the Good Times Roll,’ featuring Little Anthony, the ‘Drifters,’ the

Diamonds with Rockin’ Robin, Danny & the Juniors, the Rhythm Kings and Stormy Weather ($8.75);

‘Genesis’ takes over the Coliseum ($10), 1981

12/1 After cruising to the soldout Coliseum Dec. 29th as ‘AC/DC’ & ‘Midnight Flyer’ rocked the house;

‘Quarterflash’ rocked the Agora last night ($5); while tonight, the Agora grooves to the ‘Go-Go’s,’ with

Joe (King) Carrasco and the Crowns ($5), 1981

12/4 Cruising to Kent tonight with ‘Every Little Thing She Does is Magic’ on the am-fm stereo in a triple black

‘79 Firebird T-Top w/wire wheels, AC ($6,500-Ganley Olds); at J.B.’s on N. River, it’s the ‘Waitresses’

(Chris Butler, Patty Donahue, Billy Ficca, Dan Klayman, Mars Williams, Tracy Wormworth), rocking with

‘Unit 5’ ($5), 1981

12/6 Richfield Coliseum presents a rockin’ holiday schedule with Black Sabbath & Alvin Lee tomorrow

($8-$9); & the J. Geils Band with ‘Red Rider’ Dec. 10th ($10-$11), 1981

12/8 Cruising on a Tuesday with ‘Young Turks’ on the stereo; after a successful April show, Irish rockers ‘U2’

(Paul (Bono) Hewson, David (the Edge) Evans, Larry Mullen, Jr., Adam Clayton), return to rock the Agora

with the ‘Producers’ (October tour-$5), 1981

12/8 WMMS-FM airs two 3-hour specials, ‘John Lennon: A Celebration,’ & ‘John Lennon: The Man, The

Memory,’ upon the 1st anniversary of John Lennon’s death, 1981

12/11 After securing a 9.26% a.p.r. National City Bank home loan, & seeing ‘Raven Slaughter’ at JCU’s

Rathskeller; on Big Chuck & Lil’ John, it’s ‘Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde,’ 1981

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12/16 Celebrating 10 years at WMMS, Denny Sanders tells Jane Scott, “per capita, we (Cleveland) sell more

records than anywhere else,” picking the ‘Hi-Fi’s,’ ‘Lucky Pierre,’ ‘Generators,’ ‘Human Switchboard’ &

‘Wild Giraffes’ as groups to watch, 1981

12/18 Cruising in a mint ‘66 Chevelle Malibu SS 2-dr. hardtop w/283 V8, Cragar mags ($3,900), ‘Wild Horses’

rocks Jeff & Flash’s Monopolies’ first Christmas Party, 1981

12/20 Both shows are sold out, as TV star Rick Springfield rocks the Front Row ($8.75), 1981

12/25 Tonight, Pirate’s Cove hosts its Christmas Party with the Barflys, Valiant & Todd Hart Band; tomorrow,

it’s Playboy Music Award winner Snake Rock & the ‘Action,’ 1981

12/28 Tonight, Alex Bevan shares the Agora stage with Columbus favorite ‘McGuffey Lane’ ($3); tomorrow, the

Agora hosts Jonah Koslen, ‘Wild Horses’ & ‘Wild Giraffes,’ 1981

12/31 It’s a rockin’ blues holiday weekend, as the ‘Michael Stanley Band’ brings in the New Year with the first

of two soldout Coliseum shows ($12.75); while at the Front Row, the blues reign as B. B. King and Bobby

‘Blue’ Bland bring in the New Year ($12.75), 1981

1981 / FEATURED SPORTS RELATED ENTRIES FROM 1981 / (2)

1/4 “An announced crowd of 3,902 showed up to honor Carr, who broke down before a standing ovation which

lasted several minutes during the half-time ceremonies,” notes the PD’s Bill Nichols, after the Cavaliers

retire guard Austin Carr’s No. 34 jersey during last night’s 132-113 win at the Coliseum over the

Washington Bullets, 1981

8/10 ‘Cleveland shines for big All-Star weekend’ offers the PD headline, after 78,610 watch pre-season football

on the 8th; while on the 9th, another 8,328 saw Roberto Duran win a 10-round decision over Mike Nino

Gonzalez at Public Hall, as 72,068 more saw the N. L. win baseball’s delayed All-Star Game at the

Stadium (Tribe’s Len Barker hurls two perfect innings, & gets kissed by Morgana, the kissing bandit), 1981

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1986! 1986 / FEATURED AREA MUSIC VENUES FROM 1981 / (43)

New Cleveland Agora Metropolitan Theatre complex [opening night] / Barney Google’s / Cleveland

Beach Club / Biggie’s Crooked River Saloon / Blossom Music Center / Brooklyn High School /

Brothers Lounge / Cheers Tavern / Cleveland Crate & Trucking Co. / Colony Theater / Cuyahoga

County Fair / D’Poos / Edgewater Park (Festival of Freedom) / Euclid Tavern / Fagan’s (in the Flats) /

Front Row Theater / Major Hooples / Maxwell’s (W. St. Clair) / Music Hall / Noisemakers [grand

opening] / Old Front Bar (Eastlake) / Party-in-the-Park on Public Square / Peabody’s Café / Peabody’s

DownUnder / Pearl Road Auto Wrecking / Phantasy Theater / Public Hall / Rascal House / Richfield

Coliseum / Rick’s Cafe / River’s Edge / Riverwood Café / Rumrunners / Sahara Club / Severance Hall /

Shadows Lounge / Sheamus’ Lounge / Silky’s / Spanky’s East / Sohio Riverfest (in the Flats) /

Spanky’s West / Streamers / Tangerine Fahrley’s / Tower City (after work party) / Tower City Center /

Variety Theater / Watermark

AKRON / CUYAHOGA FALLS / KENT STATE UNIVERSITY VENUES / (3)

Akron Agora in Cuyahoga Falls / Akron Rubber Bowl / J. B.’s Nite Club (celebrating 20 years) / Kent

State Homecoming (with Joe Walsh)

1986 / FEATURED ARTISTS / GROUPS PERFORMING HERE IN 1986 / [(-) NO. OF TIMES LISTED]

FEATURED NORTHEAST OHIO / REGIONAL ARTISTS FROM 1986 /

[Individuals: (64) / Groups: (59)]

Aces & Eights / ADM / American Noise / Axis / Back Up Band / Mike Baker / Beau Coup (Frank

Amato, Tommy Amato, Dennis Lewin, Bill March, Donald Krueger) / Eddy Best / Alex Bevan & the

‘Cuttlefish’ / Black Hole Jokers / Dave & the Blues Express / Bootleg Dog / Geoff Kelleher & the

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Bottles (with Sittin’ Ducks front man Wally Bryson) / Breakfast in India / Bryson/Kelleher Band /

Buddy World featuring Jimmy Armstrong / Eric Carmen / Ceilings Below / Champion (Tim

Kenworthy, Jerry Quade, Kevin Alexander, John Norman, David Mouk, George Unis) / Cleveland

(Polly, Peter & Michael Zaremba, John Burkett, Roger Reddy, Rich Chellemi) / the Cruisemasters /

Death of Samantha / Dave C & the New Sharptones / Destructor / Easy Crossing / Easy Street / Eddie &

the Edsels (Bill, Dan & Tristan Morris, Nancy Simone) / Eliminator / Exotic Birds (Tom Freer, Trent

Reznor, Andy Kubiszewski, Frank Vale, Mark Best) / Extra! Extra! / Fabulous Flashbacks / Fine Young

Minds / First Light / French Lenards / Forecast / Gunk / Hammer Damage (reunion) / Harmony Express

/ High Compression / Toni Huff / Human Switchboard / Greg Hurd / Hypstrz / The Imposters

(Globekar, Isaac, Leyda, Ellis) / the Infidels / The Innocent (Rodney Psyka, Alan Greene, Kevin

Valentine, Gary Lee Jones, Albritton McClain) / Donnie Iris and the Cruisers / Link / Lipstick / Me and

the Boyz / Mice / Jim Miller of Oroboros / Mirage / Joey Miserable & the Worms / Moonlight Drive

(Rick Wade, Brian Dossa, Bill Pettijohn, Scott Kormos, Bill Russell) / The Motion (Pecchio, Sferra,

Chavers, Tischler, Norman, Peplowski, Calvin, Kristen, Bunkley) / My Dad is Dead / the Names /

Nation of One (Addison, Atkins, Beavan, Hart, Hunter) / New Salem Witchhunters / Numbers Band /

Oroboros / Benjamin Orr of the Cars / Pink Holes / Purgatory / Pyramid / Quick / Red Dark Sweet /

Rich Reising / the Rest / Richard & the Heartbeats / Rockin’ Ravers / Rough Boys / Scarlet / Secret /

Serious Nature / Shok Paris (Berkshire, Erb, Marderwald, Hix, Sabo) / Wally Bryson’s ‘Sittin’ Ducks /

Slam Bamboo (Scott Hanson, Greg Thomas, Tom Kirker, Ron Musarra, Steve Harte) / Something

Different / Michael Stanley Band (Stanley, Pelander, Dobeck, Raleigh, Gismondi, Powers) / Michael

Stanley Band (Stanley, Pelander, Powers, Dobeck, Gismondi, Raleigh, Gary Rohan on sax) / Fred

Tobey / Undercover / Uzizi / Jeff Varga Band (Jeff Varga, Marl Alia, Tomy V) / Jim Volk / Joe Walsh /

Wild Horses / Wild Stares / Wombats / Wretch

FEATURED NATIONAL ARTISTS PERFORMING HERE IN 1986 / [Individuals: (79) / Groups: (76)]

10,000 Maniacs / AC/DC / Air Supply (2) / April Wine / The Alarm / America / American Girls / Joan

Armatrading / Autograph / Frankie Avalon / Bachman-Turner Overdrive / Bad Company / Anita Baker /

Stiv Bators & Lords of the New Church / Jean Beauvoir / Pat Benatar (Neil Giraldo on guitar, Myron

Grombacher on drums) / Chuck Berry / Black Sabbath / Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland / Blow Monkeys / Jackson

Browne / Belinda Carlisle and Charlotte Caffey / Peter Case / Tom Chapin / Chubby Checker / Chicago

/ Jimmy Cliff / Natalie Cole / Alice Cooper / David Crosby & Graham Nash / The Cult (local debut) /

Morris Day / Depeche Mode / Divinyls / Dokken / Fabian / Fats Domino / Donovan / Bob Dylan /

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Fabulous Thunderbirds / The Firm (Jimmy Paige, Paul Rodgers, Chris Slade,

Tony Franklin) / Ella Fitzgerald / The Fixx / John Fogerty / Peter Frampton / Michael Franks / Aretha

Franklin / Peter Gabriel [This Way Up Tour] / Stan Getz Quartet / Glass Tiger / Golden Palominos (Jack

Bruce, Jody Harris, Syd Straw, Bernie Worrell, Lisa Herman, Chris Stamey, Peter Blegved, Anton Fier)

/ Amy Grant / Grass Roots / Grateful Dead (Weir, Garcia, Lesh, Hart, Mydland, Kreutzman) / Great

White / Guess Who / Arlo Guthrie / Heart / Herman’s Hermits / The Hooters / Whitney Houston /

George Howard / Iggy Pop / Billy Joel / Elton John / Stanley Jordan / Journey (Steve Perry, Jonathan

Cain, Neil Schon) [Raised on Radio Tour] / Judas Priest / Keep It Dark / Albert King / B. B. King /

King Diamond / Gladys Knight & the Pips / Leo Kotke / Patti LaBelle / Cyndi Lauper / Annie Lennox

& the Eurhythmics / Julian Lennon / Gary Lewis & the Playboys / Jerry Lee Lewis / Loudness /

Loverboy / Map of the World / Megadeth / Midnight Star / Mike & the Mechanics / Eddie Money / The

Monkees (Tork, Dolenz, Jones) / Moody Blues / Gerry Mulligan / Graham Nash / Nazareth / New

Edition / Neville Brothers / Stevie Nicks / Billy Ocean (with Melissa Morgan) / Outfield / Out of the

Blue / Ozark Mountain Daredevils / Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers / Pieces of a Dream / Psychedelic

Furs / Pointer Sisters / Poison / Gary Puckett & the Union Gap / Quiet Riot / Bonnie Raitt / Rare Silk /

Leon Redbone / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Lou Reed (with Ricky Bell on sax) / R.E.M. / Lionel Ritchie &

Sheila E. / Mason Ruffner / Bobby Rydell / David Sanborn / Santana / Pete Seeger / Bob Seger & the

Silver Bullet Band / Soul Asylum / Spyro Gyra / Starship / Stephen Stills / Steppenwolf (with John Kay)

/ Tangerine Dream / James Taylor / Thelonius Monster / Richard Thompson / Tiny Tim / Triumph /

TSOL / Van Halen (with Sammy Hagar) / W.A.S.P. / Eugene Wilde / Tony Williams / Traffic alum

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Steve Winwood / Youngbloods founder Jesse Colin Young / Neil Young & Crazy Horse / [Ahmet

Ertegun]

FEATURED COUNTRY / COUNTRY ROCK / BLUEGRASS ARTISTS HERE IN 1986 / (12)

LOCAL ARTISTS: Roger Martin (plays Flats 1st time in 15 years) / NATIONAL ARTISTS: Alabama /

Almost Bros. / Bellamy Brothers / Merle Haggard / the Judds // Oak Ridge Boys / Eddie Rabbit / Ricky

Skaggs / Sylvia / Hank Williams, Jr. / Dwight Yoakum

FEATURED WOMEN OF MUSIC PERFORMING HERE IN 1986: / [(Local: (5) / National: (20)]

LOCAL ARTISTS: Polly Zaremba / Nancy Simone / Toni Huff / Lipstick / Kim Kristen / NATIONAL ARTISTS: American Girls / Joan Armatrading / Anita Baker / Pat Benatar / Belinda Carlisle / Charlotte

Caffey / Natalie Cole / Ella Fitzgerald / Aretha Franklin / Amy Grant / Heart / Whitney Houston / Patti

LaBelle / Cyndi Lauper / Annie Lennox / Stevie Nicks / Melissa Morgan / Pointer Sisters / Bonnie Raitt

/ Sheila E. / Sylvia /

FEATURED AREA DEBUTS / [Local: (2) / National: (5)]

LOCAL ARTISTS: Geoff Kelleher & the Bottles / The Motion / NATIONAL ARTISTS: Whitney Houson

(@ Blossom Music Center) / The Cult (@ Variety Theater) / David Crosby & Graham Nash together @

Front Row (first time as duo) / Steve Winwood @ Blossom (during 1st solo U.S. tour)

1986 / FEATURED ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM ENTRIES FROM 1986 /

FEATURED ROCK HALL INDUCTEES PERFORMING HERE IN 1986 / (38)

AC/DC / Chuck Berry / Black Sabbath / Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland / Jackson Browne / Chicago / Jimmy Cliff

/ Alice Cooper / David Crosby & Graham Nash / Fats Domino / Donovan / Bob Dylan / Stevie Ray

Vaughan & the Fabulous Thunderbirds / Aretha Franklin / Peter Gabriel / Grateful Dead (Weir, Garcia,

Lesh, Hart, Mydland, Kreutzman) / Heart / Journey (Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain, Neil Schon) / Billy

Joel / Elton John / Albert King / B. B. King / Gladys Knight & the Pips / Jerry Lee Lewis / Moody

Blues / Graham Nash / Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers / Bonnie Raitt / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Lou

Reed / R.E.M. / Santana / Pete Seeger / Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band / Stephen Stills / James

Taylor / Van Halen (with Sammy Hagar) / Neil Young & Crazy Horse

FEATURED INDUCTEES HONORED DURING FIRST INDUCTION CEREMONY / (14)

Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Everly Brothers, Fats

Domino, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Elvis Presley

USA TODAY ROCK POLL:

Cleveland tops USA Today Rock Hall site poll with 110,315 votes

ROCK HALL DAY IN CLEVELAND / (5 events)

Rock ‘n’ Roll Day’ with ‘Moondog Coronation Ball II’ at Tower City Center / Rock ‘n’ Roll Birthday

Bash at the Palace / Brooklyn Bandstand at Brooklyn High / Chubby Checker concerts at Maxwell’s /

Black Sabbath, W.A.S.P. @ Public Hall

ROCK HALL ANNOUNCEMENT:

Ahmet Ertegun announces Cleveland to host Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

ROCK HALL TRIBUTE:

Rock ‘n’ Roll Civic Tribute luncheon honors rock hall supporters with ‘Wild Horses,’ Foundation

chairman Ahmet Ertegun & Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner

CLEVELAND’S GUINNESS ROCK MARATHON RECORD:

‘Cleveland’ (Polly, Peter & Michael Zaremba, John Burkett, Roger Reddy, Rich Chellemi), breaks the

Guinness rock marathon record

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1986 / MEDIA FEATURED FROM 1986 /

FEATURED AREA NEWSPAPERS (1) / REPORTERS (3)

Cleveland Plain Dealer (Joe Frolik, Mary Strassmeyer, rock writer Jane Scott (with review notes on

Cleveland, The Motion, Chuck Berry, Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, INXS, Steve Winwood)

RADIO LISTINGS FROM 1986 /

FEATURED AREA RADIO STATIONS / (4)

WCSB-FM / WMMS-FM / WNCX-FM / WRQC/92.3FM

FEATURED AREA RADIO PERSONALITIES / (11)

WMMS-FM (Ed (Flash) Ferenc & Jeff Kinzbach [10th year], Kid Leo, Buzzard Morning Zoo (Jeff

Kinzbach, Ed (Flash) Ferenc, Len (Boom Boom) Goldberg, Ruby Cheeks) / WNCX-FM (ON-AIR

DEBUT) (with Paul Tapie, Bernie Kimble, Denny Sanders, Spaceman Scott, Nancy Alden, Operations

Manager John Gorman)

WMMS-FM / BUZZARD CONNECTION FROM 1986 / (5)

RATINGS DISTINCTIONS / (2)

WMMS-FM/100.7 Rolling Stone’s #1 station for 7th straight year / WMMS-FM dominates ratings

book

BUZZARD APPRECIATION NIGHTS / (6)

WMMS-FM Appreciation Night No. 1 with Night Ranger / MTV DJ Nina Blackwood / Beau Coup

WMMS-FM Appreciation Day No. 3 rocks the Colony Theater with Outfield and Nation of One

WMMS-FM Appreciation Day No. 4 w/Blue Oyster Cult / Platinum Blonde Party-in-the-Park Mall C

WMMS-FM Appreciation Day No. 5 with Fabulous Thunderbirds from the ‘Buzzard Barge’ near

Settler’s Landing during Sohio Riverfest

WMMS-FM Appreciation Day No. 6 with INXS and the Del Fuegos at Blossom

WMMS-FM Appreciation Day No. 7 at Public Hall with Southside Johnny & the Jukes

AIRING BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN CONCERT:

WMMS-FM airs Bruce Springsteen’s classic August 9, 1978 concert at the Cleveland Agora

RATINGS WAR:

For 10th straight quarter, WMMS rules as top station with Buzzard Morning Zoo (Jeff Kinzbach, Ed

(Flash) Ferenc, Len (Boom Boom) Goldberg, Ruby Cheeks)

10TH ANNUAL WMMS-FM / PLAIN DEALER MUSIC POLL:

Champion, Michael Stanley Band, Beau Coup as best area artist/band / Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins

& Lionel Ritchie best male vocalists / Madonna, Tina Turner & Pat Benatar best female vocalists

/Akron Agora, Peabody’s DownUnder & Spanky’s East best live rock clubs / A-ha, Whitney Houston,

Tear for Fears best new artist/groups

NEW WNCX-FM FEATURED FROM 1986 / (2)

CLOSET CLASSIC HALLOWEEN PARTY with MTV: New rock radio station WNCX-FM/98.5 hosts MTV ‘Closet Classic’ Halloween costume party at

Peabody’s DownUnder with The Motion, WNCX jocks, MTV cameras

ROCK & ROLL CAROL SING-A-LONG:

WNCX Rock ‘n’ Roll Carol Sing-a-Long at Public Square with Beau Coup (Frank & Tommy Amato,

Dennis Lewin, Bill March, Donald Krueger), Nation of One, Champion, the Motion, American Noise,

Exotic Birds (Tom Freer, Trent Reznor, Andy Kubiszewski, Frank Vale, Mark Best)

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TELEVISION LISTINGS FROM 1986 /

FEATURED AREA TELEVISION STATIONS / (4)

WEWS-TV5 / WJW-TV8 / MTV / Nickelodeon

FEATURED AREA TELEVISION PERSONALTIES / (3)

WJW-TV8 (Big Chuck, Lil’ John) / MTV (Nina Blackwood) / Larry, Darryl & Darryl (from hit ‘Newhart’

show)

FEATURED AREA TELEVISION PROGRAMMING / (6)

Twilight Zone / Dallas / Falcon Crest / Moonlighting / Jack and Mike / Mr. Ed on Nickelodeon

FEATURED BIG CHUCK & LIL’ JOHN FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIES ON TV8 / (6)

Asylum / Earth Invasion 2150 A.D. / The Exorcist / Food of the Gods / ‘Invaders from Mars’ starring

Helen Carter / Richard Burton & Lee Remick in ‘The Medusa Touch’

1986 / FEATURED ENTERTAINERS / AREA ENTERTAINMENT FROM 1986 /

FEATURED AREA PROMOTERS / CLUB OWNERS / (4)

WMMS-Belkin Productions / WHK-WMMS / Bill Peters’ Sweetest Day Metal Massacre with Auburn

Records @ the Agora Theatre / Nick Kostis, Tony Harris (Hilarities Comedy Club) [grand opening]

FEATURED AREA CELEBRATIONS / (5)

Jeff Varga Band (Jeff Varga, Marl Alia, Tomy V), marks its 2nd anniversary / Celebration Square to

Square / Festival of Freedom @ Edgewater Park (with Wild Horses) / Kent State Homecoming ‘A Tribute

to Rock ‘n’ Roll’ with Joe Walsh as parade marshall / celebrating Brown’s playoff win over San Diego

Chargers with $1 admission to Flats bars

FEATURED COMEDIANS (7) / COMEDY CLUBS / (3)

Dan O’Shannon, A.J. Jamal (Bill’s Riverfront Cafe in Huron) / Tom Parks, Steve Harvey (opening of

Hilarities Comedy Club, 1230 W. 6th) / Headliner Jimmy Malone, Drew Carey, Marc Jaffe (Cleveland

Comedy Club)

FEATURED RECORDS / ARTISTS /

SINGLES: / [Local: (4) / National: (2)]

LOCAL: Born and Raised on Rock ‘n’ Roll (Beau Coup) / The Rock Stops Here (Eric Carmen) /

NATIONAL: All I Need is a Miracle / Cleveland Rocks / Don’t Forget Me / Everybody Have Fun

Tonight / Honky Tonk Crowd / Hip to be Square / Living in America / Party all the Time / Stand by Me

/ The Sweetest Taboo / The Way It Is / True Colors / Typical Male / CONCERT TUNES: Don’t Think

Twice / Higher Love

ALBUMS: / [Local: (1)] - The Lace (Benjamin Orr of the Cars)

FEATURED AREA AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS / (1) Alice Cooper at Record Den in Severance Center

1986 / FEATURED AREA SPECIALTY EVENTS FROM 1986 /

BOWLING FOR BREATH BENEFIT / (7)

Vine Lanes & Old Front Bar host Bowling for Breath benefit with the Bottles, Wally Bryson’s ‘Sittin’

Ducks, Undercover, Secret, Easy Street, Bryson/Kelleher Band, the Names, Larry, Darryl & Darryl (from

the hit ‘Newhart’ show)

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CLEVELAND AGORA COMPLEX /

NEW AGORA COMPLEX OPENS / (3)

Old Metropolitan Theatre at 5000 Euclid Ave., opens as the new Agora complex with triple play of

‘Quiet Riot,’ ‘Poison’ & ‘Great White’ in the Metropolitan Room ($12-$13)

CLEVELAND AGORA 20th ANNIVERSARY PARTY/ (2)

Cleveland Agora 20th Anniversary Party with Cyndi Lauper, Eddie Money @ Richfield Coliseum

SWEETEST DAY METAL MASSACRE/ (4)

Bill Peters’ Sweetest Day Metal Massacre with Auburn Records groups Purgatory, Wretch, Destructor,

Shok Paris (Berkshire, Erb, Marderwald, Hix, Sabo)

1st ANNUAL CLEVELAND ROCKERS HALL OF FAME JAM @ BLOSSOM / (6)

With Michael Stanley Band, Nation of One, Wild Horses, Cleveland, Donnie Iris and the Cruisers, The

Innocent (Rodney Psyka, Alan Greene, Kevin Valentine, Gary Lee Jones, Albritton McClain)

MICHAEL STANLEY BAND FARWELL CONCERTS @ FRONT ROW:

Michael Stanley Band (Stanley, Pelander, Dobeck, Raleigh, Gismondi, Powers), 12 farewell Front Row

concerts

FILMING JUST AROUND THE CORNER TO THE LIGHT OF DAY / (2)

Michael J. Fox and crew in town filming movie ‘Just Around the Corner to the Light of Day / The Motion

returns from Chicago after filming segments

BUDWEISER SUPERFEST @ BLOSSOM / (4)

With Patti LaBelle, New Edition, Midnight Star, Morris Day

STAR SESSION ‘86 FOR CHARITY @ SILKY’S / (14)

With Moonlight Drive (Rick Wade, Brian Dossa, Bill Pettijohn, Scott Kormos, Bill Russell), Beau Coup,

Easy Street, Cleveland, the Innocent, Richard & the Heartbeats, American Noise, Jeff Varga Band,

Lipstick, Axis, Extra! Extra!, Quick, Scarlet, Mirage

OHIO BELL JAZZ FESTIVAL @ BLOSSOM / (10)

David Sanborn, Stan Getz Quartet, Natalie Cole, Out of the Blue, Tony Williams, Michael Franks, Stanley

Jordan, Ella Fitzgerald, Gerry Mulligan, George Howard

WCSB 10th ANNIVERSARY EVENT / (4)

WCSB marks its 10th anniversary w/ Ceilings Below, Red Dark Sweet, Wild Stares, My Dad is Dead

FESTIVAL USA ON MALL C /

With Tiny Tim at world’s largest kazoo band

4TH ANNUAL BLUES SOCIETY BENEFIT @ EUCLID TAVERN / (4)

With High Compression, French Lenards, Fine Young Minds, Bootleg Dog

J. BB.’s NITE CLUB IN KENT MARKS 20 YEARS / (8)

With 15-60-75, Hammer Damage Reunion, Aces & Eights, Fine Young Minds, Death of Samantha, The

Back Up Band, Joey Miserable & the Worms, ‘Black Hole Jokers’ ($5 Up/$3 Down)

JUNKSTOCK @ PEARL ROAD AUTO WRECKING / (9)

With ADM, the Pink Holes, Jim Volk, Angie, Jim Miller of Oroboros, Mike Baker, the Rest, Gunk, Toni

Huff

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SPECIALTY EVENTS / (2)

Michael J. Fox look-alike contest (@ Becky’s, 1762 E. 18th) / 2nd annual ‘Barrier Breaker Bash’ (@

Euclid Tavern)

1986 / FEATURED SPECIALTY ITEMS FROM 1986 /

FEATURED AUTOMOBILES / (17) [Found in weekly auto ads]

FORD MOTORS / (3) White ‘70 Ford Mustang w/new 351w, dual point exhaust, Edlebrock, Cragars ($3,450)

Jet black ‘83 turbo-charged Thunderbird ($9,000-Williams Ford)

White/red interior loaded ‘84 Anniversary Edition Mustang 350 GT convertible ($11,000)

GENERAL MOTORS / (6)

CHEVROLETS / (1)

Pewter metallic ’83 Berlinetta w/V8 ($8,599-Bob Gillingham)

CORVETTES / (2)

Silver/black interior ‘67 Corvette Stingray Coupe w/327

Charcoal metallic ‘81 Corvette w/4-spd., AC, aluminum wheels ($10,900-Ganley Mazda VW)

PONTIACS / (3)

Loaded all black ‘82 Trans Am w/T-Top ($6,950)

In a deep copper metallic ‘84 Firebird Trans Am w/T-Tops

Brilliant red ‘84 Pontiac Fiero SE w/sunroof ($5,800)

Black ‘85 Trans-Am convertible w/305 HO engine

FOREIGN IMPORTS / SPECIALTY AUTOS / (7)

White/red leather ‘83 Nissan 280 ZX w/T-Tops ($11,000)

Restored silver & burgundy-burgundy interior ‘59 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud 1 ($50,000)

Never titled Yugo with a free am-fm cassette stereo ($5,333-$88.89 mo.-10.95% a.p.r.-Hal Artz)

Black metallic/red wine interior ‘84 Mazda RX7 GLS SE ($10,990-Ganley Mazda VW)

‘82 Lancia Zagato ($3,990-West Park Chevy)

‘49 Silver Wraith Rolls Royce limo ($16,800)

Burgundy ‘82 Datsun 280 ZX w/sunroof, ($6,995-Lossman Yugo VW)

GASOLINE PRICES / (1)

Unleaded regular $1.03

FEATURED AREA FOOD / RESTAURANTS / (3)

Kenny King’s $3.89 ‘Captain’s Course’ with dessert

$6.95 Brown Derby sirloin steak dinner

Dining at Top of the Town

FEATURED AREA RETAIL SHOPPING / (20)

Cabbage Patch Kids (@ Gold Circle ($14.99))

Sony Betamax video tape recorder (@ B & B Appliance ($738))

FEATURED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS / (3) Gibson double neck guitar on sale [at Sodja’s Music ($995-$1,529)]

Fender Stratocaster on sale at Sodja’s Music

Gibson Les Paul Deluxe guitar at Sam’s Music Shoppe ($499)

1986 / FEATURED SPORTS OWNERS / PLAYERS / TEAMS / COACHES / VENUES FROM 1986 / (20)

Richard E. Jacobs (buys Indians with David Jacobs) / Joe Carter / Greg Swindell / Bernie Kosar / Brian

Brennan / head coach Kevin Mackey / California Angels / Cleveland Indians / Oakland Athletics / Miami

Dolphins / San Diego Chargers / Pittsburch Steelers / Buffalo Bills / Indiana Hoosiers / CSU Vikings / head

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coach Marty Schottenheimer / head coach Bobby Knight / NCAA basketball tournament / Municipal

Stadium

1986 / GENERAL HISTORY FEATURED FROM 1986 / (1) Developer Jeff Jacobs announces first phase of Nautica (boardwalk, retail, restaurant & nightclub, trolley

line & museum utilizing the old jackknife bridge, & 450-boat marina at Coast Guard Station)

1986 / FEATURED ENTRIES FROM 1986 / [(112) / Sports: (7)]

1/3 Cruising tonight, the debut of ‘Motion’ (Pecchio, Sferra, Chavers, Tischler, Norman, Peplowski, Calvin,

Kristen, Bunkley), brings Motown to Peabody’s DownUnder, 1986

1/7 The 10th annual WMMS/Plain Dealer Music Poll reveals Champion, Michael Stanley Band & Beau Coup

as best area artist/band; Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins & Lionel Ritchie as best male vocalist; Madonna,

Tina Turner & Pat Benatar as best female vocalist; the Akron Agora, Peabody’s DownUnder & Spanky’s

East as best live rock club; & A-ha, Whitney Houston & Tears for Fears as best new artist/group, 1986

1/12 “WMMS-FM 100.7 cleaned up,” writes the PD’s Joe Frolik, after the FM powerhouse dominates the latest

ratings book, especially in the A.M. with Kinzbach & Co., 1986

1/13 Tomorrow, Peabody’s Cafe hosts ‘Youngbloods’ founder Jesse Colin Young ($7), 1986

1/15 Dan O’Shannon & A.J. Jamal supply the laughs at Bill’s Riverfront Cafe in Huron, 1986

1/21 “We put pride back into Cleveland,’ states WMMS-FM’s Kid Leo after Cleveland tops the USA Today

Rock Hall site poll with 110,315 votes-103,047 over Memphis, 1986

1/24 With unleaded regular at $1.03, cruising to the Phantasy Nite Club with ‘Party all the Time’ on the stereo in

a jet black ‘83 turbo-charged Thunderbird ($9,000-Williams Ford), it’s ‘Breakfast in India,’ ‘New Salem

Witchhunters’ and ‘Mice,’ 1986

1/27 Cruising to Silky’s, Star Session ‘86’ rocks with ‘Moonlight Drive’ (Rick Wade, Brian Dossa, Bill

Pettijohn, Scott Kormos, Bill Russell), ‘Beau Coup,’ ‘Easy Street,’ Cleveland, ‘the Innocent,’ Richard &

the Heartbeats, ‘American Noise,’ Jeff Varga Band, ‘Lipstick,’ Axis,’ ‘Extra! Extra!,’ ‘Quick,’ ‘Scarlet’

and ‘Mirage’ raising funds for the needy, 1986

2/7 After cruising with WMMS-FM/100.7 on the stereo, (nation’s #1 station for the 7th straight year-Rolling

Stone), to the Coliseum where ‘Autograph’ opens for ‘Heart’ ($15); tomorrow, Shadows Lounge features

‘Cleveland’ and ‘Serious Nature,’ 1986

2/15 As the Jeff Varga Band (Jeff Varga, Marl Alia, Tomy V), marks its 2nd anniversary at Sheamus’ Lounge

on Lorain, while the ‘Rough Boys’ rock Biggies; Peabody’s DownUnder rocks with ‘Champion’ tonight,

and ‘Slam Bamboo’ tomorrow, 1986

2/16 “Neither rain, nor sleet, nor sound board, nor snow can stop rock ‘n’ roll in Cleveland,” declares emcee Kid

Leo during the 1st WMMS-FM Appreciation Night, as soldout Public Hall rocks with ‘Night Ranger,’ local

native MTV DJ Nina Blackwood, and ‘Beau Coup,’ who introduced their hit, ‘Born and Raised on Rock

‘n’ Roll,’ 1986

2/19 ‘The Alarm’ opens, as WMMS & Belkin bring Pat Benatar to the Coliseum with husband Neil Giraldo of

Parma on guitar & Myron Grombacher on drums ($15), 1986

2/21 Cruising tomorrow, ‘Champion’ (Tim Kenworthy, Jerry Quade, Kevin Alexander, John Norman, David

Mouk, George Unis), rocks the Akron Agora in Cuyahoga Falls, 1986

2/28 After cruising with ‘Living in America’ on the stereo in a pewter metallic ’83 Berlinetta w/V8 ($8,599-Bob

Gillingham), to dine on Kenny King’s $3.89 ‘Captain’s Course’ with dessert; the ‘Cruisemasters’ headline

at Peabody’s DownUnder, 1986

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3/2 Developer Jeff Jacobs announces the first phase of Nautica, a $60 million project on the Flats’ west bank

(boardwalk, retail, restaurant & nightclub, trolley line & museum utilizing the old jackknife bridge, &

450-boat marina at Coast Guard Station), 1986

3/7 Big Chuck & Lil’ John fans! After watching TV8’s Friday night lineup of ‘Twilight Zone,’ ‘Dallas,’ &

‘Falcon Crest,’ tonight’s midnight movie is ‘Food of the Gods;’ 1986

3/8 Cruising tonight with ‘The Sweetest Taboo’ on the stereo, after dining on a $6.95 Brown Derby sirloin

steak dinner, the Old Front Bar in Eastlake features ‘Secret,’ 1986

3/11 Tickets are $9 to rock with ‘Nazareth’ & ‘April Wine’ tomorrow at the Coliseum, 1986

3/13 As ‘Loverboy’ & ‘The Hooters’ rock the Coliseum ($15); the ‘Golden Palominos’ (Jack Bruce, Jody

Harris, Syd Straw, Bernie Worrell, Lisa Herman, Chris Stamey, Peter Blegved, Anton Fier), rock

Peabody’s DownUnder (Numbers Band opens-$7), 1986

3/14 After cruising to Rascal House in a black ‘85 Trans-Am convertible w/305 HO engine to watch coach

Kevin Mackey’s CSU Vikings shock Bobby Knight’s Indiana Hoosiers, 83-79, in the NCAA tourney; it’s

‘Earth Invasion 2150 A.D.,’ on Chuck & Lil’ John, 1986

3/14 While Old Front Bar in Eastlake rocks tonight with the debut of Geoff Kelleher & the ‘Bottles’ with ‘Sittin’

Ducks’ front man Wally Bryson sitting in; it’s a double treat at Peabody’s DownUnder tonight with ‘10,000

Maniacs’ and ‘Map of the World,’ 1986

3/16 The Rock Hall of Fame’s first Induction Ceremony last night in N. Y.’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel honors

Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Everly Brothers, Fats Domino,

Buddy Holly, Little Richard & Elvis Presley, 1986

3/19 Cruisin’ tomorrow, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils rock Peabody’s DownUnder, 1986

3/21 In the quest to win the Rock Hall, it’s ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Day’ with ‘Moondog Coronation Ball II’ at Tower

City Center starring Chuck Berry, Eric Carmen (‘The Rock Stops Here’) & the ‘Innocent;’ a Rock ‘n’ Roll

Birthday Bash at the Palace starring Chubby Checker; ‘Brooklyn Bandstand’ at Brooklyn High; & two

Chubby Checker concerts at Maxwell’s; as Public Hall hosts heavy rockers ‘Black Sabbath’ & ‘W.A.S.P.’

($13), 1986

3/28 ‘Buddy World,’ featuring Jimmy Armstrong rocks the Phantasy with ‘Pyramid,’ 1986

4/5 The Variety Theater hosts ‘The Cult’ (making local debut), & the ‘Divinyls’ ($10), 1986

4/7 Hoping to break the Guinness record, the group ‘Cleveland’ begins a 100-hour & 30-minute rock marathon

at the Rascal House (WRQC/92.3 airs live in the A.M.), 1986

4/11 “‘Cleveland Rocks,’ the song they kicked off with was their finale song,” writes Jane Scott after

‘Cleveland’ (Polly, Peter & Michael Zaremba, John Burkett, Roger Reddy, Rich Chellemi), breaks the

Guinness rock marathon record at the Rascal House, 1986

4/12 Cruising last night to Kent, after hosting acts like Bo Didley, with the James Gang once the house band,

J. B.’s Niteclub on N. Water St., marking 20 years, begins a two-day party with free food and 12 hours of

music each day including ‘15-60-75,’ a Hammer Damage Reunion, ‘Aces & Eights,’ ‘Fine Young Minds,’

‘Death of Samantha,’ ‘The Back Up Band,’ Joey Miserable & the Worms, & ‘Black Hole Jokers’ ($5

Up/$3 Down), 1986

4/14 Cruising tonight to the Coliseum, it’s ‘Love of Another Kind,’ as Rich Mullins opens for top-selling

contemporary Christian artist, 25-year-old Amy Grant ($12.50), 1986

4/18 Tonight, the Sahara Club hosts ‘Eliminator;’ ‘Me and the Boyz’ play Spanky’s West; Riverwood Cafe

hosts ‘Dave & the Blues Express’ & ‘First Light’ plays Peabody’s, 1986

4/23 Moved from the Hanna Theatre to the Colony Theater, WMMS-FM Appreciation Day No. 3 rocks the

movie house with ‘Outfield’ and ‘Nation of One’ in concert, 1986

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4/25 Cruising in a white ‘70 Ford Mustang w/new 351w, dual point exhaust, Edlebrock, Cragars ($3,450),

Euclid Tavern hosts the 2nd annual ‘Barrier Breaker Bash,’ 1986

5/2 Hank Williams, Jr., Merle Haggard & Ricky Skaggs rock the Coliseum ($12-$14), 1986

5/5 “I’m 33 years old and I’ve been waiting for a day like this all my life,” states WMMS top jock Jeff

Kinzbach, after rock hall Board Chairman Ahmet Ertegun announces Cleveland will rock as host city of the

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, 1986

5/9 After cruising to hear ‘Heat’ tonight at Rick’s Cafe; tomorrow, Old Front Bar & Vine Lanes host a

‘Bowling for Breath’ cystic fibrosis benefit with the ‘Bottles,’ Wally Bryson’s ‘Sittin’ Ducks,’

‘Undercover,’ ‘Secret,’ ‘Easy Street,’ Bryson/Kelleher Band, the ‘Names,’ and Larry, Darryl & Darryl

from the hit ‘Newhart’ show on TV8, 1986

5/10 As Stiv Bators & Lords of the New Church rock the Phantasy with ‘American Girls’ & the ‘Infidels;’

British super group, ‘The Firm’ (Jimmy Paige, Paul Rodgers, Chris Slade, Tony Franklin), plays Richfield

Coliseum with Mason Ruffner ($15), 1986

5/11 For the 10th straight quarter, WMMS-FM/100.7 rules as the city’s top station over WQAL-FM &

WMJI-FM, with the Buzzard Morning Zoo (Jeff Kinzbach, Ed (Flash) Ferenc, Len (Boom Boom)

Goldberg, Ruby Cheeks) dominating morning radio, 1986

5/13 While Michael J. Fox and crew are in town filming ‘Just Around the Corner to the Light of Day,’ Jane

Scott writes, “The Motion returned from Chicago three days later,” after the group shot scenes for the

upcoming movie as the ‘Flashnites,’ 1986

5/17 While future Rock Hall inductees Gladys Knight & the Pips play the Front Row with Eugene Wilde tonight

($15.75); ‘Oroboros’ rocks Peabody’s Cafe tomorrow; as the Front Row goes country with Eddie Rabbit

and special guest Sylvia ($13.75), 1986

5/20 Cruising tonight, ‘Depeche Mode’ headlines Peabody’s DownUnder in the Flats, 1986

5/23 After cruising to the 4th WMMS-FM Appreciation Day concert with Blue Oyster Cult & Canadian rockers

‘Platinum Blonde’ playing free for thousands at Party-in-the-Park on Mall C; next, ‘Aerosmith’ & Ted

Nugent rock the Coliseum for $15, 1986

5/23 Cruising to the Stadium after the Park party, 61,340 ‘Citizens Night’ fans see baseball & fireworks, as the

Indians come from behind to beat the California Angels, 3-1, 1986

5/30 Big Chuck & Lil’ John fans! After rocking to ‘Judas Priest’ & ‘Dokken’ at the Coliseum ($14), or seeing

‘Mr. Hurdy, Gurdy Man’ ‘Donovan’ at Peabody’s DownUnder ($10- $12); tonight’s midnight movie is

‘Invaders from Mars,’ starring Helen Carter, 1986

5/31 The picnic starts at 3 p.m. for the 1st annual Cleveland Rockers Hall of Fame Jam today at Blossom

featuring the ‘Michael Stanley Band,’ ‘Nation of One,’ ‘Wild Horses,’ ‘Cleveland,’ Donnie Iris and the

Cruisers and ‘The Innocent’ (Rodney Psyka, Alan Greene, Kevin Valentine, Gary Lee Jones, Albritton

McClain) ($7), 1986

6/1 Blossom rocks tonight with Spyro Gyra, the Neville Brothers & Leo Kotke ($13), 1986

6/6 After cruising to see the ‘Fabulous Flashbacks’ at Party-in-the-Park on Public Square during the city’s

weekend ‘Celebration Square to Square,’ with ‘All I Need is a Miracle’ on the am-fm stereo in a white/red

leather ‘83 Nissan 280 ZX w/T-Tops ($11,000); next, Blossom goes country with ‘Alabama’ & the

Bellamy Brothers (lawn $13), 1986

6/8 Opening yesterday at Blossom with David Sanborn, Stan Getz Quartet, Natalie Cole, ‘Out of the Blue’ &

Tony Williams; the ‘Ohio Bell Jazz Festival’ continues with Michael Franks, Stanley Jordan, Ella

Fitzgerald, Gerry Mulligan & George Howard ($28), 1986

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6/13 After dining at the Top of the Town last night before cruising to see Leon Redbone at Peabody’s

DownUnder; Blossom offers a sweet treat double play tonight and tomorrow with Stevie Nicks and special

guest Peter Frampton ($16-$13 lawn), 1986

6/17 Last night, ‘Keep It Dark’ joined Mike & the Mechanics at Music Hall ($13), 1986

6/20 Cruising to Severance Hall for Blossom seats to Stevie Ray Vaughan & the Fabulous Thunderbirds

(24th/$13), & Julian Lennon (26th/$14); Music Hall hosts Tangerine Dream on the 24th ($13), and Billy

Ocean with Melissa Morgan the 25th ($14), 1986

6/23 The beat’s at Peabody’s Down with Belinda Carlisle and Charlotte Caffey ($11), 1986

6/27 Cruising in a loaded all black ‘82 Trans Am w/T-Top ($6,950), Tom Chapin opens as WHK and WMMS

bring ‘America’ & Stephen Stills to the Front Row ($15.75), 1986

7/3 Cruising to the Akron Rubber Bowl yesterday in a restored silver & burgundy-burgundy interior ‘59 Rolls

Royce Silver Cloud 1 ($50,000), reserved seats were $20 as 35,000 joined rockers Bob Dylan; the Grateful

Dead (Weir, Garcia, Lesh, Hart, Mydland, Kreutzman), & Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (Jane Scott notes

it was, “the first time ever,” as Dylan sings ‘Don’t Think Twice’ with the Grateful Dead band), 1986

7/4 300,000 join the ‘Wild Horses’ during the Festival of Freedom at Edgewater Park, 1986

7/5 While a whole lot of shaking on ‘Blueberry Hill’ takes place at the Front Row with Hall of Fame piano

men Fats Domino & Jerry Lee Lewis ($14.75); at 6 p.m., WMMS-FM airs Bruce Springsteen’s classic

August 9, 1978 concert at the Cleveland Agora, 1986

7/8 After Aretha Franklin plays Blossom June 30th; tonight, the Moody Blues return to Blossom with ‘The

Fixx;’ tomorrow, Peter Case opens for Jackson Browne ($14), 1986

7/10 Folk reigns at the Front Row last night with Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie ($15.75), 1986

7/11 After cruising in a white/red interior loaded ‘84 Anniversary Edition Mustang 350 GT convertible

($11,000), to hear ‘Nation of One’ (Addison, Atkins, Beavan, Hart, Hunter), at Party-in-the-Park on Mall

C; on Big Chuck & Lil’ John, it’s ‘Asylum,’ 1986

7/14 Co-sponsored with WMMS-FM, the Michael Stanley Band (Stanley, Pelander, Powers, Dobeck, Gismondi,

Raleigh w/Gary Rohan on sax), opens a 2-night stand at Blossom, their 19th & 20th Blossom shows, with

‘Slam Bamboo’ (Scott Hanson, Greg Thomas, Tom Kirker, Ron Musarra, Steve Harte) & 5 video monitors

($14-$12), 1986

7/19 After cruising to the Wild Horses’ 12th Anniv. party at Streamers last night; the Front Row hosts

‘Steppenwolf’ with John Kay, & the ‘Guess Who’ the 21st ($12.75), 1986

7/25 Last night, ‘Santana’ rocks Blossom ($13); tonight, Van Halen (w/Sammy Hagar), & Bachman-Turner

Overdrive open a 2-night stand tonight at the Coliseum ($16); while tomorrow, WMMS-FM Appreciation

Day No. 5 features the Fabulous Thunderbirds from the ‘Buzzard Barge’ near Settler’s Landing during the

Sohio Riverfest, 1986

7/27 After the city’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Civic Tribute luncheon tomorrow at Stouffer’s Inn on the Square honoring

rock hall supporters with ‘Wild Horses’ & Foundation chairman Ahmet Ertegun; ‘King Diamond’ and

‘Megadeth’ play Peabody’s DownUnder, 1986

7/28 After cruising to Blossom tonight to see ‘Starship’ & ‘Outfield’ ($14); & tomorrow to see ‘Loverboy’ with

‘Dokken’ ($14); Graham Nash opens for Joan Armatrading on the 30th at Music Hall with his “fresh

phase” sound (8 synthesizers & drum machine), 1986

8/1 Cruising in a never titled Yugo with a free am-fm cassette stereo ($5,333-$88.89 mo.-10.95% a.p.r.-Hal

Artz), Gary Lewis & the Playboys play the Park party on Mall C, 1986

8/2 Velvet Underground alum Lou Reed rules the Music Hall stage tomorrow with a 17-song set & 3 encores

(mentions playing at La Cave- Ricky Bell plays sax- $14), 1986

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8/6 It’s only $3 to see ‘Hypstrz,’ Eddy Best and the ‘Wombats’ rock the Pop Shop, 1986

8/7 “INXS is heading for the top,” writes Jane Scott, after WMMS-FM Appreciation Day No. 6 features the

Aussie sextet with the Del Fuegos at Blossom, 1986

8/8 After laughs with Tom Parks & Steve Harvey at the opening of Hilarities Comedy Club, 1230 W. 6th (2 for

1-$7); tomorrow, the Cleveland Comedy Club offers headliner Jimmy Malone, Drew Carey & Marc Jaffe

($7) - (Mary Strassmeyer notes, “Club owners Nick Kostis & Tony Harris believe the new club is the

largest in the country”), 1986

8/11 Blossom offers the Pointer Sisters tonight ($17.50-$11); the ‘Psychedelic Furs’ & ‘Blow Monkeys’ the

12th ($13); & James Taylor’s 28-song set to 20,000 the 13th ($13), 1986

8/15 After watching coach Marty Schottenheimer’s Browns, with QB Bernie Kosar, beat Miami, 17-10, in

pre-season play on TV5; tomorrow, the Budweiser Superfest plays the Coliseum with Patti LaBelle, New

Edition, Midnight Star & Morris Day ($18.75), 1986

8/18 After buying a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe guitar at Sam’s Music Shoppe ($499), & cruising to soldout

Blossom where 22-year-old Whitney Houston debuts at the venue ($17.50); tomorrow, piano man Elton

John’s 2-hour set rocks 20,000 ($17.50), 1986

8/22 You’ll find ‘The Imposters’ (Globekar, Isaac, Leyda, Ellis), at Barney Google’s, 1986

8/27 As Cleveland State radio station WCSB-FM marks its 10th anniversary at the Phantasy w/ ‘Ceilings

Below,’ ‘Red Dark Sweet,’ ‘Wild Stares’ & ‘My Dad is Dead’ the 30th; Pearl Road Auto Wrecking hosts

‘Junkstock’ the 31st, including ‘ADM,’ the ‘Pink Holes,’ Jim Volk, ‘Angie,’ Jim Miller of Oroboros, Mike

Baker, the ‘Rest,’ ‘Gunk’ & Toni Huff, 1986

8/29 After joining Tiny Tim playing the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ in the world’s largest kazoo band at Noon

during ‘Festival USA’ on Mall C; Euclid Tavern hosts the 4th annual Ohio Blues Society benefit concert at

night featuring ‘High Compression;’ the ‘French Lenards;’ ‘Fine Young Minds’ & ‘Bootleg Dog’

($3.50-$3 OBS members), 1986

9/2 It’s $14 to see Annie Lennox & the Eurhythmics with Jean Beauvoir at Blossom, 1986

9/5 Cruising tonight, you’ll find ‘Cleveland’ at the Sahara Club; ‘Link’ at Spanky’s West; ‘Names’ at Cheers

Tavern; & the Riverwood Cafe featuring ‘High Compression,’ 1986

9/6 Tonight, it’s the ‘Rockin’ Ravers’ at Biggie’s; & ‘Easy Crossing’ at Spanky’s East, 1986

9/10 Only lawn seats were left to see AC/DC rock Blossom with ‘Loudness’ ($14-$12), 1986

9/14 After rockin’ last night with golden boys Bobby Rydell, Fabian & Frankie Avalon; the soldout Front Row

goes country with the Judds and Dwight Yoakum ($13.75), 1986

9/18 After 10,000 see Jimmy Cliff open at Blossom last night for Traffic alum Steve Winwood during his first

solo U.S. tour (Jane Scott writes, “By ‘Higher Love’ he was sizzling”- $13); tonight, Blossom offers John

Fogerty & Bonnie Raitt ($15-$11), 1986

9/26 After catching ‘Eddie & the Edsels’ (Bill, Dan & Tristan Morris, Nancy Simone), at the after work party in

Tower City; ‘Harmony Express’ plays Major Hooples; ‘Dave C & the New Sharptones’ play Cheers; &

Brothers Lounge hosts ‘Something Different,’ 1986

9/30 On TV, it’s ‘Moonlighting’ & ‘Jack and Mike’ on TV5; & ‘Mr. Ed’ on Nickelodeon, 1986

10/3 The old Metropolitan Theatre at 5000 Euclid Ave., which once served as the old WHK Auditorium,

reopens as the new Agora complex with an opening night triple play of ‘Quiet Riot,’ ‘Poison’ and ‘Great

White’ in the Metropolitan Room ($12-$13), 1986

10/4 Cruising to Kent State, the homecoming theme is ‘A Tribute to Rock ‘n’ Roll,’ with Joe Walsh as parade

marshall & in concert at Memorial Gym ($12/$8 w/KSU ID), 1986

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10/10 After cruising to Gold Circle in an ‘82 Lancia Zagato ($3,990-West Park Chevy), for a Cabbage Patch Kid

($14.99), Neil Young & Crazy Horse rock the Coliseum ($16), 1986

10/11 Cruising tonight with ‘Don’t Forget Me’ on the stereo in a ‘49 Silver Wraith Rolls Royce limo ($16,800),

‘Journey’ (Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain, Neil Schon), brings its ‘Raised on Radio’ tour to the Coliseum with

‘Glass Tiger’ the opening act ($16), 1986

10/22 “We’re putting in 15-hour days trying to beat the clock,” Operations Manager John Gorman tells Jane

Scott, as WNCX-FM/98.5 hits the air with Paul Tapie 6-10, Bernie Kimble 10-2; Denny Sanders 2-6;

Spaceman Scott 6-10 & Nancy Alden 10-2 a.m., 1986

10/23 As R.E.M. rocks Music Hall with Richard Thompson ($14); the Plain Dealer’s Mary Strassmeyer asks,

“Will the Flats ever bottom out,” as Noisemakers opens in the Flats with Ed (Flash) Ferenc & Jeff

Kinzbach who are celebrating 10 years on WMMS, 1986

10/24 After rockin’ to ‘Chicago’ tonight at the Coliseum ($15); the new Agora’s Metropolitan Club at 5000

Euclid Ave. rocks tomorrow with Bill Peters’ ‘Sweetest Day Metal Massacre,’ as some 800 turn out for

Auburn Records groups ‘Purgatory,’ ‘Wretch,’ ‘Destructor’ & ‘Shok Paris’ (Berkshire, Erb, Marderwald,

Hix, Sabo) ($5.50-$7), 1986

10/29 Cruising with ‘True Colors’ on the stereo in a charcoal metallic ‘81 Corvette w/4-spd., AC, aluminum

wheels ($10,900-Ganley Mazda VW); it’s a Cleveland state of mind tonight with ‘Piano Man’ Billy Joel

live at the soldout Coliseum ($17.50), 1986

10/31 WMMS-FM/100.7 hosts ‘Halloween ‘Fright Night’ (Buzzard Appreciation Day no. 7), at Public Hall for

6,000, with a concert featuring Southside Johnny & the Jukes, 1986

10/31 After cruising to Peabody’s Down as new rock station WNCX-FM/98.5 hosts an MTV ‘Closet Classic’

Halloween costume party with ‘The Motion,’ WNCX jocks & MTV cameras catching the action; tonight’s

Chuck & Lil’ John flick is ‘The Exorcist,’ 1986

11/7 Benjamin Orr of the Cars returns to town to promote his new solo LP ‘The Lace,’ 1986

11/8 Cruising last night with ‘Typical Male’ on the stereo to see Iggy Pop at the tender age of 39 play the

Phantasy Theater in Lakewood with ‘Death of Samantha’ ($10); tomorrow, ‘Honky Tonk Hero’ Roger

Martin brings some country to Biggie’s Crooked River Saloon, playing the Flats for the first time in 15

years ($2.50), 1986

11/15 After ‘Uzizi’ plays Peabody’s Cafe last night; cruising tonight with ‘Honky Tonk Crowd’ on the stereo, the

Front Row hosts the Oak Ridge Boys and ‘Almost Bros.’ ($15), 1986

11/17 Tonight at the Coliseum, it’s ‘The Monkees’ (Tork, Dolenz, Jones), with the ‘Grass Roots,’ ‘Herman’s

Hermits’ & ‘Gary Puckett & the Union Gap’ ($15); while tomorrow, the Coliseum rocks as the next stop on

Peter Gabriel’s ‘This Way Up Tour’ ($16), 1986

11/20 Cruising to the soldout Front Row, it’s sultry Anita Baker & ‘Pieces of a Dream,’ 1986

11/22 It’s a party at the Coliseum w/Lionel Ritchie & Sheila E. ($17.50-1st of 2 nights), 1986

11/28 Cruising in a silver/black interior ‘67 Corvette Stingray Coupe w/327, it’s ‘Nation of One’ at Peabody’s

Down tonight, ‘Soul Asylum’ the 3rd, and ‘Rare Silk’ the 4th, 1986

11/28 Tonight, the Front Row hosts 61-year-old B. B. King, Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland & Albert King ($13.75);

tomorrow, Alex Bevan & the ‘Cuttlefish’ ‘rock’ Peabody’s DownUnder, 1986

11/30 Cruising with ‘Hip to be Square,’ on the stereo in a deep copper metallic ‘84 Firebird Trans Am w/T-Tops;

the Coliseum hosts a rockin’ double play with ‘Triumph’ & ‘Bad Company’ ($14); while ‘Air Supply’

headlines the Front Row ($17.75-soldout), 1986

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12/5 After catching Rich Reising at Cleveland Crate & Trucking Co.; tomorrow, it’s David Crosby & Graham

Nash at the Front Row in their first time as a duo ($14.75), 1986

12/12 After cruising in a brilliant red ‘84 Pontiac Fiero SE w/sunroof ($5,800), to B & B Appliance for a Sony

Betamax video tape recorder ($738), with ‘Stand by Me’ on the stereo, next stop is the WNCX Rock ‘n’

Roll Carol Sing-a-Long at Public Square with local groups ‘Beau Coup’ (Frank & Tommy Amato, Dennis

Lewin, Bill March, Donald Krueger), ‘Nation of One,’ ‘Champion,’ the ‘Motion,’ ‘American Noise’ &

‘Exotic Birds’ (Tom Freer, Trent Reznor, Andy Kubiszewski, Frank Vale, Mark Best), 1986

12/14 After cruising to see Alice Cooper at Record Den in Severance Center before his Public Hall show last

night; tonight, Peabody’s DownUnder rocks with ‘Thelonius Monster,’ ‘TSOL’ & the ‘Red Hot Chili

Peppers;’ while the Coliseum hosts a Cleveland Agora 20th Anniversary Party starring Cyndi Lauper and

Eddie Money ($15), 1986

12/15 It’s a repeat! Clevelander Fred Willard hosts, as ‘Devo’ plays ‘Saturday Night Live,’ 1981

12/16 After 13 years & 11 albums, the Michael Stanley Band (Stanley, Pelander, Dobeck, Raleigh, Gismondi,

Powers), kicks off 12 farewell Front Row concerts- including a New Year’s Eve show- with a special

3-hour affair at the soldout venue ($15.75), 1986

12/19 After cruising with ‘The Way It Is’ on the stereo in a burgundy ‘82 Datsun 280 ZX w/sunroof,

($6,995-Lossman Yugo VW), to join Chuck & Lil’ John for a Michael J. Fox look-alike contest at Becky’s,

1762 E. 18th; Richard & the Heartbeats (Somebody Loves You), join Beau Coup (It Must Be Christmas),

at Peabody’s DownUnder, 1986

12/21 Toasting the Browns’ playoff win over the Chargers with WMMS, $1 cover gets you into Fagan’s, the

Watermark, Noisemakers (w/Jeff & Flash), Peabody’s Down, D’Poos, Biggies, Rumrunners, Tangerine

Fahrley’s, Cleveland Beach Club & River’s Edge, 1986

12/26 After cruising with ‘Everybody Have Fun Tonight’ on the stereo to dine at the Watermark where Fred

Tobey & Greg Hurd entertain, & see ‘Forecast’ at Maxwell’s on W. St. Clair; Chuck & John’s flick is

Burton & Remick in ‘The Medusa Touch,’ 1986

1986 / FEATURED SPORTS RELATED ITEMS FROM 1986 / (7) 5/23 Cruising to the Stadium after the Park party, 61,340 ‘Citizens Night’ fans see baseball & fireworks, as the

Indians come from behind to beat the California Angels, 3-1, 1986

8/9 It’s a pre-season Stadium triple header, as 58,982 watch QB Bernie Kosar lead coach Marty

Schottenheimer’s Browns over the Buffalo Bills, 19-17; followed by fireworks and music by ‘The Michael

Stanley Band’ and ‘Air Supply’ ($11.50-$19.50),1986

9/12 Cruising to the Stadium in a black metallic/red wine interior ‘84 Mazda RX7 GLS SE ($10,990-Ganley

Mazda VW), the 5th-place Indians rout Oakland, 9-3, before 11,019 at the Stadium (rookie hurler Greg

Swindell 2nd straight win-Joe Carter 3 hits), 1986

11/23 After more than 3 1/2 hours, a 36-yard TD pass from QB Bernie Kosar to Webster Slaughter seals a 37-31

Browns (8-4) win over the Pittsburgh Steelers before 76,452 at the Stadium, as Kosar passes for 414 yds. &

2 TDs, his second 400-yd. day in 3 weeks (Mack 106 yds., 1 TD/Slaughter, 6 catches, 134 yds./ Brennan 5

catches, 87 yds.), 1986

12/9 ‘It’s an important asset to the city,’ cites Richard E. Jacobs, after major-league owners ratify his purchase

of the Cleveland Indians with brother David for $35 million, 1986

9/15 After watching coach Marty Schottenheimer’s Browns, with QB Bernie Kosar, beat Miami, 17-10, in

pre-season play on TV5; tomorrow, the Budweiser Superfest plays the Coliseum with Patti LaBelle, New

Edition, Midnight Star & Morris Day ($18.75), 1986

12/22 The Plain Dealer headline proclaims, “Browns Charge to 12-4 Record,” after Cleveland manhandles the

San Diego Chargers yesterday, 47-17, before 68,194 at Municipal Stadium, ending the regular season with

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the best record in the American Football Conference (QB Bernie Kosar ends regular season with 3,854

yards passing, 12 TDs & only 10 interceptions / WR Brian Brennan 55 receptions with 6 TDs), 1986