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Show turn professional. After engagements in Village night clubs, Manhattan's Blue Angel, and Broadway's Strand Theater, their success was such that they were invited to give a concert in Carnegie Hall. In their many concert tours of the U.S. The Weavers have brought to a large audience folk songs from the great reservoir and tradition of America, introducing intro-ducing for the first time many folk songs from around the world never before sung in this country. ' -, -'' V :..-'.. J-,,:, Artists Series' 1956-57 season, The Weavers will present & program of their popular folk songs. The Weavers became America's favorite quartet when "Good Night, Irene," and 'Tzena Tzena Tzena," both sides of their first recording, became Hit Parade selections, eventually selling over three million copies. Now disk jockey polls have rated them in the first ten in popularity, with over 380 radio stations throughout the country featuring their best-selling records. They were awarded first prize by "Cast Box" Magazine, the trade publication publi-cation of the record industry, for their recording of "Good Night, Irene." Among their latest record releases re-leases are "When the Saints Go Marching In," "Across the Wide MiMouri," and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine." The Weavers are an informal group who first banded together simply because they loved folk singing. For more than a year they were indispensable at parties in Greenwich Village, gaining such popularity that they decided to Recording Artists of Hit Parade Set Date For Kingsbury Hall Performance The Weavers, popular recording artists who brought folk music to the Hit Parade, will make an appearance in Kingsbury Hall on the U. campus at 8:15 p.m. on April 4. Appearing under the auspices of the University of Utah Extension Exten-sion Division as the last event on the University Lecture and |
