Last Gigs Quiz

[enitharmon]

It's not really a meme, just a bit of bad-taste fun I thought up, based on the discussion in Another Place.

Some performers make a whole second career out of farewell performances. Other farewell performances aren't intended as such. Who definitely played his or her last gig at:

1. Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake, Iowa, on 2 February 1959?
   
2. Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, Kansas City, on 3 March 1963?
   
3. St David's Hall, Cardiff, on 5 April 2006?
   
4. Hippodrome Theatre, Bristol, on 16 April 1960?
   
5. Mothers Club, Birmingham, on 12 May 1969?
   
6. Phoenix Theater, New York, on 26 May 1959?
   
7. Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, on 28 May 1984?
   
8. Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, on 16 September 1970?
   
9. Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, on 29 September 1975?
   
10. The Woman's Club, Minneapolis, on 30 November 1996?
    

No googling, or it will be on your conscience on the day of judgement!

Comments

[tvor.livejournal.com]

1. Buddy Holly

That's the only one i could even hazard a guess without looking it up

[swanofkennet.livejournal.com]

You're quite right though.

Perhaps I should add that the finality of the gigs varies considerably, from no time at all to in excess of eight years in one case. But final, all the same!

[jedsmom1.livejournal.com]

Number 3 is Gene Pitney?

[swanofkennet.livejournal.com]

It certainly is!

One gig short of emulating number 4, too.