Tina Turner Performed in Rockford on January 22, 1983

Tina Turner performed at the MetroCentre in Rockford on Saturday, January 22, 1983.

Enjoy these newspaper advertisements, photographs, and an article of the event.

Source: Rockford Register Star, January 21, 1983, page 22.

Source: Rockford Register Star,  January 23, 1983, page 6. Photography by Brad Burt.

Source: Rockford Register Star, January 24, 1983, page 2. Photography by Brad Burt.

Source: Pat Cunningham, Rockford Register Star, January 26, 1983, page 9.

Local Artist, Major Fashion Designer Virgil Abloh Dies At 41

 

 

 

Source:  Thibault Camus/ AP File

 

Source:  Rockford Register Star, USA Today Network, Nov. 29, 2021.

Rainbo Room  Hotel Faust  April 21,1935

Rainbo Room Hotel Faust April 21,1935

Source: Morning Star  April 21,1935   pg.24

Source: Ebay Image

Dave Remington and his Dixieland Six

 

In May 1958, Dave Remington and his Dixieland Six started performing at Walt Williamson’s renowned Wagon Wheel Lodge just outside of Rockford. Members of the band, from left, were Joe Levinson, bass; Dick Oakley, trumpet (who replaced Bobby Lewis, the original trumpet player); Chuck Hedges, clarinet; Wayne “Happy” Gormley, drums; Dave Remington, trombone; Mel Grant, piano. The Dixieland Six played for many occasions in and around Rockford.

Source: Rockford Memories 977.331 R682 v.2

Prohibition: The Noble Experiment That Failed

Source: Northwest Quarterly, Summer/Fall 2019

Veterans Who Have Passed: Angelo Joseph Salvi

Source:  Rockford Register Star, Feb. 2, 2020.

Ken Staaf 1939- 2019 ‘He just considered everybody a friend’

Source: Rockford Register Star      December 21, 2019  Sec. A pg. 1  Sec. A pg.5