1793 . HANK WILLIAMS & HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS 1949 TOUR BLANK CONCERT POSTER . 11x17 ” on cardboard . Designed so that the “ Place ” “ Date ” and “ Admission ” for the concert could be hand printed . Additional text “ Writer And Singer Of The Nationally Famous Hit Song- ‘ Move It On Over ’” at top and “ Stars Of M . G . M . Records ” at bottom . Features a photo of The Drifting Cowboys w / the famous country western singer and his wife , Miss Audrey at center . Age toning at margins , minimal edge wear , corner bumps and upper left corner bite . VF . One of only three poster designs known that picture Williams . This was likely printed by Leon Johnson Printers . Johnson worked w / Williams during the early stages of his career printing song books that Williams sold and continued producing much of the concert promotional material for the group in the late 1940s . “ Move It On Over ” was Williams first major hit reaching # 4 on the Billboard Country chart in 1947 . Concert pieces for Williams are extremely rare and this particular item dates from the height of his creative output . Williams life and music continue to fascinate scholars and music lovers the world over and authentic concert pieces are infrequently offered in commerce . A special opportunity to obtain an outstanding artifact related to an icon of not only the Country & Western genre but of the totality of American music . ( L ) $ 1,000.00 1794 . HANK WILLIAMS AND HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS GRAND OLE OPRY 1950 PENNSYLVANIA CONCERT POSTER . 14x22 ” cardboard window-card . Promoting a concert in Womelsdorf , PA at Himmelreich ’ s Grove on “ Mon . Sep . 4 ” 1950 featuring country super star Hank Williams . Surface paper lift affecting border and diagonal bends that just break the surface paper at bottom right . Small horizontal margin tear above center along right side , corner rounding and light handling . Pencil notation “ 1950 ” at top left on back . Fine . 1950 saw Williams top the country charts three times w /“ Lovesick Blues ,” “ Long Gone Lonesome Blues ” and “ Why Don ’ t You Love Me .” Williams is an immortal figure in the annals of country music and was a major influence on rock ‘ n ’ roll and is among the few artists that have been enshrined in both the Country and Rock Hall of Fame . ( K ) $ 500.00 1795 . HANK SNOW ELGIN , ILLINOIS 1955 CONCERT POSTER . 14x22 ” window card on cardboard promoting an Elgin High School concert , presented by WSM Grand Ole Opry . Also featured are the Rainbow Ranch Boys , Billy Grammer , Alec Houston and Elmer the Ventriloquist . Center vertical and horizontal fold lines with scattered creasing , age toning at edges .
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The misspelled word “ Ventriloqoulist ” has been crossed out in pencil , with the proper spelling “ Ventriloquist ” written underneath . Pencil lines denoting the top and bottom edge placement for the text . Spelling errors like this were often never caught and were sometimes haphazardly left in these kinds of printings en masse . VG . ( H ) $ 100.00 1796 . JOHNNY WESTERN & VONNIE DEAN NORTH DAKOTA FAIR 1956 CONCERT POSTER . 14x22 ” window card on cardboard . Promoting a “ Country Music Spectacular ” concert in Bowman County , ND featuring Johnny Western , Vonnie Dean & the Southern Belles , and ventriloquist Grover Ruwe . General wear , corner bumps , minor foxing . VF . ( H ) $ 100.00 1797 . LESTER FLATT , EARL SCRUGGS KENTUCKY 1959 CONCERT POSTER . 14x22 ” window card on cardboard promoting a concert in Ashland , KY at the Trail Drive-In Theater . Presented by WSM Grand Ole Opry . Also featuring the Foggy Mountain Boys and sponsored on radio & TV by Martha White Mills . Creasing at center vertical and horizontal fold lines . Fine . ( H )
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1798 . JOHNNY CASH 1967 KRNT THEATER DES MOINES , IOWA CONCERT POSTER . 14x22 ” cardboard window card promoting three April 23 concerts at the KRNT Theater in Des Moines , IA . Presented by Smokey Smith , the concert also featured Cash ’ s soon to be wife June Carter , The Tenn . Three , Mother Maybelle & Carter Family , Statler Bros . and Carl Perkins . Light handling wear and faint moisture marks throughout . Fine . In 1967 the Cash & June Carter duet “ Jackson ” scored the future couple a Grammy win . Superb full standing image of the man in black make this a standout wall worthy design . ( K ) $ 500.00 1799 . TOMMY AND JIMMY DORSEY TERRYTOWN , NEW YORK 1953 CONCERT POSTER . 14x22 ” window card on cardboard . Tomdor Enterprises . Promoting Terrytown Arena concert . This show was before the brothers renamed their band to the “ Dorsey Brothers Orchestra ” later in 1953 , culminating in their appearance on Jackie Gleason ’ s CBS show , and later in a Gleason-produced weekly variety program , Stage Show , which ran from 1954 to 1956 . Scattered foxing and age toning , margin bites right edge , slight moisture spot upper right front and verso , scattered creasing upper and lower right , upper corner tip bumps . Fine . ( H ) $ 100.00 1800 . THE DRIFTERS , PEGGY LEE , BILLY ECKSTINE WICHITA , KANSAS 1954 CONCERT POSTER . 14x22 ” on cardboard . Promoting a Nov . 3 concert at the Wichita Forum . The “ Biggest Show Of ‘ 54 ”
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featured headliners Billy Eckstine , Peggy Lee , The Drifters and Pete Rugolo and his Orchestra . Additional acts inc . the Slate Bros ., George Kirby , the Three Arnauts and Harold King . Though Peggy Lee had been a consistent hit maker since the 1940s , The Drifters were a dominant force in 1954 w / hit “ Honey Love ” topping the Billboard R & B chart for two months . Other top 10 hits included “ Such a Night ,” “ Lucille ,” “ Bip Bam ” and “ White Christmas ”. Thin band of moisture along l / r and bottom edges . Corner bumps w / small loss at top left and bottom edge w / moderate age toning throughout . VG . Colors remain strong making this a guaranteed eye popper once framed . ( H ) $ 100.00 1801 . BILLIE HOLIDAY APOLLO THEATER HARLEM , NEW YORK 1946 CONCERT HANDBILL . 8.5x11 ” paper handbill featuring Billie Holiday , Roy Eldredge , Erskine Hawkins , and others at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem . Billie Holiday promotional pieces are rare . 2 ” vertical tear w / hole and paper loss on cover w / 3 ” horizontal tears veining from the top and bottom of the hole , held together w / clear repair tape on back of cover . Age toning upper half of cover , edge wear , center vertical and horizontal fold lines . Good . ( H ) $ 100.00
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