Alphabetical List Of Performers At Lagoon
This list will be updated as more information becomes available. Performers are listed alphabetical by first name with the date of performance and the venue if confirmed. Please use the Contact link above to submit additions or corrections.
VENUES
DP – Dance Pavilion · DV – Davis Pavilion · LS – Lagoon Stadium · PG – Patio Gardens · VG – Village Green
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? AND THE MYSTERIANS – 27 May 1967 PG
3 D’s – 3 Sep 1966 PG
AL DONAHUE – 1950
AL HURRICANE – 24 Jul 1982 DV
ALLAN SHERMAN – 1965 PG
ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS – 4 Jul 1986 LS
ALVINO REY – 1951
The AMES BROTHERS – 4-5 Jun 1954 PG, 1958 PG, 1959 PG
ANDY WILLIAMS – 1960
The ANIMALS – 1966 PG, 1968 PG
ANITA O’DAY – 28-29 Jun 1957 PG
ANSON WEEKS – 23-24 Aug 1950
The ARTIE SHAW ORCHESTRA – 1939 DP, 1988
The ASSOCIATION – 17 Sep 1966 PG, 22 Jul 1967 PG, 24 Aug 1968 PG, 16 Aug 1986 LS
The BEACH BOYS – 7 Sep 1963 PG, 1964 PG, 12-13 Jun 1964 PG, 11-12 Sep 1964 PG, 29 May 1965 PG, 9-10 Sep 1966 PG, 15 Jun 1968 PG, 7 Sep 1968 PG, 1969 PG, 5-6 Sep 1970 PG
BEAU BRUMMELS – 1966 PG
BENNY GOODMAN – Date unknown DP
BENNY STRONG – 1951, 1952
BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING CO. – 20 Jul 1968 PG
BILL HALEY & THE COMETS – 1962 PG
BILLY ECKSTINE – 14-15 Jun 1957 PG
BILLY MAY
BLUE BARRON – 1951
BLUE CHEER – 20 Jul 1968 PG
The BLUES MAGOOS – 19 Jul 1967 PG
BOBBY LEE – 1967 PG
BOBBY VINTON – 1964 PG
The BOSSMEN – 1967, 13 Apr 1968 PG, 29 Jun 1968 PG
The BOX TOPS - 7 Sep 1968 PG
BRENDA LEE – 1961 PG
The BROTHERS FOUR – 1960 PG, 30-31 Aug 1963 PG, 1965 PG
BRYAN HYLAND – 1969 PG
BUCK OWENS – 11 Jun 1966 PG, 1967 PG
The BUCKINGHAMS – 20 May 1967 PG, 1968 PG
The CHAMPS – 11 Apr 1964 PG
CHARLIE BARNET ORCHESTRA with DOC SEVERINSEN – 1950
CHET BAKER QUARTET – 28-29 Jun 1957 PG
CHRIS LEDOUX – 1982 VG, 3 Sep 1983 VG
CHUBBY CHECKER – 1988
CONNIE FRANCIS – 1961 PG
COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA – 1951 DP, 1954 PG, 4 May 1956 PG, 1958 PG, 1965 PG, 1988
The CROSBY BROTHERS – 1962
DAN SEALS – 1988
DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET – 1955 PG, 9-10 Aug 1957 PG, 15-16 Aug 1958 PG, 1960 PG, 7 Jul 1962 PG
The DAVE CLARK FIVE – 1966 PG
DAVID FRIZZELL - 2 Jul 1982 VG (with Shelly West), 1984
DAVID NELSON – 2-4 Sep 1961 (with Flying Viennes Trapeze Show)
DELL BUSH – 1948
DON MCLEAN & THE BUCKINGHAMS – 28 Jun 1986 LS
The DOORS – 8 Sep 1967 PG, 24 May 1968 PG
DUKE ELLINGTON - 1955 PG, 1956 PG, 1960 PG
EDDIE BRENDT – 1951
EDDIE CANO – 16 May 1959 PG
ELECTRIC PRUNES – 15 Apr 1967 PG
ELLA FITZGERALD – 1949, 1960 PG, 1961 PG, 4 Jul 1962 PG
ERROL GARNER – 1962 PG
EVEL KNIEVEL – 1972 LS
The EVERLY BROTHERS – 1-2 Aug 1958 PG, 1959 PG, 1961 PG, 13-14 Jul 1962 PG, 1962 PG, 28-29 Jun 1963 PG, 19-20 Jun 1964, 28-29 Aug 1964 PG, 10-11 Jun 1965 PG, 30 Jul 1966 PG, 1967 PG, 1968 PG
FATS DOMINO – 1957, 1959, 1961, 25 Aug 1964 PG, 9-10 Jul 1965 PG
The FOUR ACES – 1958
The FIVE AMERICANS – 27 Jul 1968 PG
The FOUR COINS – 1955, 1958
The FOUR FRESHMEN – 1957 PG, 1958 PG, 29-30 May 1959 PG, 1960 PG, 1-2 & 4 Sep 1961 PG, 1963 PG, 1964PG, 1966 PG, 12 Aug 1967 PG, 6 Sep 1968 PG
The FOUR KNIGHTS – 1956 PG, 2-3 Aug 1957 PG, 1958 PG
The FOUR LADS – 1963
The FOUR LETTERMEN – 1962 PG
The FOUR PREPS – 29 Apr 1961 PG, 31 Aug, 1 & 3 Sep 1962 PG, 16 May 1964 PG, 1964 PG
FRAN WARREN – 1952
FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS – 29 May 1968 PG
FRANKIE AVALON – 1963 PG, 4-5 Sep 1964 PG
FRANKIE CARLE – 1955
FRANKIE LAINE – 1961, 1962
FRANKIE MASTERS – 1948
GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS – 28 May 1966 PG
GARY PUCKETT & THE UNION GAP – 19 Aug 1986 LS
The GAYLORDS – 1955 PG, 1956 PG, 11 May 1957 PG, 1958 PG, 2 May 1959 PG
GENE KRUPA – 1950
GENE WATSON – 1982 VG, 10 Jun 1983 VG
GEORGE ENGAR ORCHESTRA 1951, 1952, 1954
GEORGE GOBEL – 1962
GEORGE HAMILTON IV – 23 Aug 1958 PG
GEORGE SCOTT – 1960
GEORGE SHEARING – 2 Jul 1957 PG, 1959 PG, 1961 PG, 1962 PG
GLEN CAMPBELL – 1968
GLENN HENRY – 10 Jul 1950 DP, 1951 DP
GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA – 1958 PG, 1959 PG, 27, 28, 30 May 1960 PG (led by Ray McKinley), 1989
GLENN YARBROUGH – 1965, 1967
GOOD TIME SINGERS – 1 Jul 1967 PG
GRAND OLE OPRY – 9 May 1964 PG, 22 Aug 1964 PG, 11 Jun 1966 PG
The GRASSROOTS – 29 Jun 1968 PG, 29 Aug 1986 LS
GUY WILLIAMS – 1960
HALAU HULA O MOANA – 7 Jul 1986
HANK THOMPSON – 1958 PG, 1966 PG, 13 May 1967 PG, 22 Jun 1968 PG, 27 Jun 1980 LS
The HARMONICATS – 1962
HARPER’S BAZAAR – 1968 PG
HARRY JAMES – 1952, 3-7 Jul 1956, 1960
HENRY BUSSE – 1952, 1954
HERMAN’S HERMITS – 1966 PG, 19 Jul 1967 PG, 25 Jul 1968 PG, 29 Aug 1986 LS
The INK SPOTS – 1956
INNER NEEDS – 2 Jun 1967 PG
JACK GREENE & JEANNIE SEELY – 24 Jul 1975 LS
JAN & DEAN – 1964 PG
JAN GARBER – 29 & 31 May 1954 PG
JANA JOE – 11 Jun 1982 VG
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE – 6 Jul 1968 PG, 14 Aug 1968 PG
JERRY FIELDING – 1954
JERRY GRAY – 30 Jun-4 Jul 1950 DP
The JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE – 30 Aug 1968 PG
JIMMY DORSEY – 1953, 1960 PG
JOE “FINGERS” CARR – 31 Jul 1965 PG
JOE REICHMAN – 1948
JOE STAMPLEY – 30 Aug 1980 VG, 12 Jul 1983 VG
JOHNNIE RAY – 4-5 Jul 1958 PG
JOHNNIE “SCAT” DAVIS – 28-29 Jun 1957 PG
JOHNNY CASH – 1959 PG, 1960 PG, 1961 PG, 1962 PG, 9-10 Aug 1963 PG, 1964 PG, 1965 PG, 1966 PG, 10 Jun 1967 PG, 13 Jul 1968 PG
JOHNNY DUNCAN – 12 Aug 1983 VG
JOHNNY MATHIS – 1960 PG, 1961 PG, 1962 PG, 1964 PG, 2-3 Jul 1965 PG
JOHNNY PAYCHECK – 1984
The JOKERS – 2 Jun 1967 PG
JONAH JONES – 3-4 Jul 1964 PG
JONI JAMES – 1953
JUNE CARTER – 10 Jun 1967 PG
JUNE CHRISTY – 9 May 1959 PG, 1961 PG
The KINGSMEN – 4-5 Jun 1965 PG
The KINGSTON TRIO – 1959 PG, 3-4 Jun 1960 PG, 1961 PG, 1962 PG, 1963 PG, 10-11 Jul 1964 PG, 1965 PG, 27 Aug 1966 PG, 3 Jun 1967 PG
The LENNON SISTERS – 1960
LES BROWN – 1954 PG, May 1956 PG, 30 May-1 Jun 1957 PG, Sep 1958 PG, 5-6 Jun 1959 PG, 1960 PG, 1961 PG
LES ELGART – 4 May 1957 PG
LES PAUL & MARY FORD – 1960 PG
The LETTERMEN – 1962 PG, 1964 PG, 23 Aug 1986 LS
LILLIAN ROTH – 25-26 May 1956 PG
The LIMELITERS – 1961, 1963
LIONEL CARTWRIGHT – 23-24 Jul 1990
LIONEL HAMPTON – 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1964
LOUIS ARMSTRONG – 1955 PG, 20-21, 23-24 Jul 1956 PG, 24-25 May 1957 PG, 14-15 Aug 1959 PG, 1960 PG, 1963 PG, 1964 PG, 4 Jun 1966 PG
LOUIS JORDAN – 1954
The LONE RANGER – 1 Jul 1958 (Appeared with local TV personalities in a 90-minute telecast)
The LOVE SONG – 19 Jul 1969 PG
The LYON’S SHER – 2 Jun 1967 PG
The MAMAS & THE PAPAS – 1988
MARTIN DENNY – 1963
MARTY ROBBINS – 1961
MEL HALL & HIS ORCHESTRA – 1959 PG
MEL TORME – 1956 PG
MERT DRAPER & HIS ORCHESTRA – 1951
The MILLS BROTHERS – 1,2 & 4 Jul 1960 PG, 1962 PG
MINNIE PEARL – 22 Jun 1968 PG
MITCH RYDER – 10 Jun 1967 PG
The MODERNAIRES – 1948
MOE BANDY – 1 Aug 1980 LS, 6-7 Aug 1983 VG, 22 Jul 1983 VG, 1984
MOJO MEN – 1967 PG
The MONKEES – 17 May 1968 PG, 29 Aug 1986
MOONPOOLS & CATERPILLARS – 16 Jun 1995
MURRAY JONES – 5 Jul 1950 DP
NAT KING COLE – 28 Jun 1958 PG, 1959 PG, 2-4 Aug 1962 PG, 1964 PG
NELSON RIDDLE & HIS ORCHESTRA – 1958 PG
The NEW CHRISTY MINSTRELS – 1963 PG, 1964 PG, 1965 PG
The NEW TYMES – 2 Jun 1967 PG
The OHIO EXPRESS – 10 Aug 1968 PG, 26 Jul 1969 PG
OLSEN’S ORCHESTRA – 8 Jul 1900
The OSMOND BROTHERS – 22 May 1965 PG
PAGE CAVANAUGH – 1951
PAT BOONE – 1961 PG
PAUL & PAULA – 18 Apr 1964 PG
PAUL CASEY – 1989, 1990
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS – 1965 PG, 18 Jun 1966 PG, 1967 PG, 17 Aug 1968 PG, 5-6 Sep 1969, 9 Aug 1986 LS
PETER & GORDON – 1964
PETER, PAUL & MARY – 1962 PG, 1964 PG, 8 Jul 1967 PG
The PLATTERS – 6 Jul 1962 PG, 1968 PG
POLACK BROS. CIRCUS – 1-2 Aug 1973
RALPH FLANAGAN – 1956
RAY ANTHONY – 1959
RAY CHARLES – 1963 PG, 1966 PG
RAY HERBECK – 6-8 Jul 1950 DP
RED NICHOLS – 1948, 7-8 Jun 1957 PG, 21-22 Aug 1959 PG
The RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS – 13-14 Aug 1965 PG
The ROLLING STONES – 23 Jul 1966 PG
ROY CLARK – 22 Jun 1968 PG, 1969 PG
The RUNAWAYS – 9 Sep 1966 PG
SAM THE SHAM & THE PHARAOHS – 1968 PG
The SANDPIPERS – 1967 PG
SARAH VAUGHN – 1949
SAUTER-FINEGAN – 1955
SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL ’66 – 1966 PG, 1967 PG
SHANGRI-LAS – 1965 PG
SHEDAISY (as The Osborn Sisters) – Date unknown
SHELLY MANNE – 23 Aug 1958 PG
SHEP FIELDS & HIS ORCHESTRA – 1948
SKINNAY ENNIS – 1954, 1955
The SMOTHERS BROTHERS – 1964 PG
The SOPWITH CAMEL – 19 May 1967 PG
SOUTHERN PACIFIC – 1988
SPIKE JONES – 1949, 16-17 Aug 1951, 1953, 1954
The SPIRAL STAIRCASE – 1969 PG
STAN KENTON – 1948, 1957 PG, 1958 PG, 24-25 Aug 1962 PG, 23-24 Aug 1963 PG
The STATLER BROTHERS – 1965, 10 Jun 1967 PG
STEWART GROW ORCHESTRA – 1951 PG, 1952 PG
STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK – 1968 PG
The SUNRAYS – 10 Aug 1965 PG
T. TEXAS TYLER – 1950
The TENDERS – 2 Jun 1967 PG
TENNESEE 3 – 10 Jun 1967 PG
TERRI GIBBS – 27 Aug 1982 VG
TEX BENEKE – 1952, 1953
THRASHER BROTHERS – 1984
THREE DOG NIGHT – 1988 LS
The THREE STOOGES – 1960 PG
TOMMY DORSEY – 17-18 Jul 1953 PG
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS – 2 Aug 1986 LS
TOMMY ROE – 1969 PG
TONY ANGELO – 1990
TONY PASTOR – 1947, 1955
The TURTLES – 24 Jun 1967 PG, 29 Jun 1968 PG, 21 Jun 1986, LS
UTAH ARTILLERY BAND – 16 Jul 1918 DP
UTAH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – 25 Aug 1950, 1964 PG
WAR OF ARMAGEDDON – 29 May 1968 PG
WE FIVE – 1966 PG
The WHO – 19 Jul 1967 PG
WOODY HERMAN – 1955 PG, 1956 PG, 1963 PG
WRANGLERS – 10 Jun 1967 PG
The YOUNG AMERICANS – 2-3 Jul 1965 PG
The YOUNGBLOODS – 29 May 1968 PG
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LINKS
Chronological List Of Performers At Lagoon
Alphabetical List Of Performers At The Terrace
Chronological List Of Performers At The Terrace
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SOURCES
Lagoon Press Kit
Various newspaper articles, advertisements, concert posters and emails to the author from 2001-present.




Just browsing the web for things on my Dad Jerry Gray, when I came across this info. I live in SLC now, but for years I carried a small souvenir knife (gold) with the inscription of the band and the opening at Lagoon, which I did not recognize until I moved here.
Al Gray
Very interesting! Would it be possible to submit a picture of the knife? I’m sure many others who come to this website would enjoy seeing it. If so, please contact me directly by using the ‘Contact’ page:
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