Playing Live for Feb. 3, 2012
February 1, 2012 3:46PM
The Salute to the '60s show set for Feb. 3 at Star Plaza Theatre will include Herman's Hermits featuring Peter Noone.
SALUTE TO THE ’60S
Star Plaza Theatre, 8001 Delaware Place, Merrillville, Ind., will present this show at 8 p.m. Feb. 3.
With 23 hit singles, Peter Noone and Herman’s Hermits were a household name in the 1960s.
Songs like “I’m into Something Good,” “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” and “There’s a Kind of Hush” are just a sampling of hits that made Herman’s Hermits an international sensation during the famed British Invasion of the ’60s.
In the history of rock ’n’ roll, only nine bands have charted more hits on Billboard’s Hot 100 than the Grass Roots having hit the charts with tunes like “Temptation Eyes,” “Sooner or Later” and “I’d Wait a Million Years.”
Chicago natives the Buckinghams were propelled into the spotlight with the two-minute recording sensation “Kind of a Drag.”
Signed to a contract, the Buckinghams followed their smash hit with five more including “Don’t Care,” “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” and “Susan.
Tickets are $34 at (800) 745-3000 or starplazatheatre.com. Group tickets are available at (219) 757-3593.
Updated: March 4, 2012 8:07AM
Here is a look at upcoming concerts throughout the area.
BAILEY’S: 17731 S. Oak Park Ave., Tinley Park, (708) 429-7955: Feb. 4, Last Envy.
BLARNEY STONE PUB: 15400 Cicero Ave., Oak Forest, (708) 535-4800: Feb. 4, Sean & Charlie.
THE BRAZEN HEAD: 13602 S. Cicero Ave., Crestwood, (708) 388-8862: Fridays, Karaoke by Guido; Feb. 4, Lindsey & Coax; Thursdays, Safe Haven.
CARRAIG PUB AT CHICAGO GAELIC PARK: 6119 W. 147th St., Oak Forest, (708) 687-9323: Feb. 3, Week Back; Feb. 4, the Rockets; Feb. 4 in the main room, the Merry Ploughboys (call for tickets); Mondays, set dancing; Tuesdays, ceili dancing; Thursdays, Irish music session.
CD&ME: 23320 S. LaGrange Road, Frankfort, (815) 469-7315: Thursdays, Laugh the Night Away! series with comedians Steve Iott and Tiffany Ellen and musician Dave Rudolf on Feb. 3.
ED & JOE’S RESTAURANT & PIZZERIA: 17332 S. Oak Park Ave., Tinley Park, (708) 532-3051: Feb. 3, Iron Horse (rockabilly); Feb. 4, Stillgrass (fiddle, guitar and harmonica playing folk and Americana); Feb. 9, open mike with Hall Hanes.
FREEDOM HALL: 410 Lakewood Blvd., Park Forest, (708) 747-0580: Feb. 7, Ryan DeHues.
This abundantly gifted singing prodigy ignites audiences with his impressive vocal styling and incredible command of the stage. He valiantly keeps the flame burning for singing in the tradition of his influences: Jack Jones, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme and featuring songs from the Great American Songbook.
While still in high school, DeHues was the uncontested winner of the national “Search for America’s Next Great Crooner” sponsored by singer Pat Boone. DeHues also has been called “a new young voice for the timeless classics.”
J.W. HOLLSTEIN’S SALOON: 17358 S. Oak Park Ave., Tinley Park, (708) 429-7000: Feb. 3, Audiomatic; Feb. 4, Dueling Pianos.
THE LINGER MARTINI BAR: 4142 W. 167th St., Oak Forest, (708) 960-0481: Feb. 4, Andrea McNeal & The Guys (rhythm and blues); Sundays, the Experience Sunday featuring DJ Hi-Speed.
MR. BENNY’S STEAK & LOBSTER HOUSE: 20857 S. Cicero Ave., Matteson, (708) 481-5800: Feb. 9, variety open mike night with Frank Rossi and Tommy Panici. Musicians and singers are encouraged to sit in and jam.
191 SOUTH: 10160 191st St., Mokena, (708) 479-6873: Feb. 3, Poison’d Crue; Feb. 4, Hyperflo; Feb. 7, karaoke.
PAPA JOE’S: 14459 S. LaGrange Road, Orland Park, (708) 403-9099: Tuesdays (two-for-one pasta) and Thursdays (half-priced martinis), Afterglow.
TOMMY NEVIN’S PUB: 9680 Lincolnway Lane, Frankfort, (815) 464-1000: Feb. 3, the Fret Brothers; Feb. 4, Gerard Haughey.
THE TRIBES ALEHOUSE & GRILL: 11220 W. Lincoln Highway, Mokena, (815) 464-0248: Sundays, An (Un)Traditional Irish Music Session; Mondays, open bluegrass jam; Wednesdays, open mike with John Condron.
ZANTE LOUNGE & EATERY: 8888 W. 159th St., Orland Park, (708) 364-0100: Saturdays, DJ Billy and a guest disc jockey.
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