I was at this show

Living Catalogue of Rock
It was a night of polyester passion, with 18,000 people cheering for singing men in suits of cobalt blue, fire-engine red and electric yellow. For six hours Long Islanders cheered the voices of their youth, and their own youth.
Last Sunday the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum became home to a doo-wop woodstock. Never have so many rock-and-roll groups from the 50's and 60's performed together. Never have so many 50-year-olds made up an audience.
"This is absolutely great," said Bill Levine, 56, of Hicksville, who although sitting in the sixth row was using binoculars to watch Bobby Lewis "Tossin and Turning."
Age was a factor on both sides of the footlights. One of the Five Disks dislocated his, and that group had to cancel. Other singers had been in rock-and-roll so long that they performed in several groups. Tom Ferrara sang with the Capris ("Moon Out Tonight") and raced back to change into another polyester suit to sing with the Del Satins. Then two Del Satins rushed off to change so they could sing with their other group, the Brooklyn Bridge, which starred Johnny Maestro, who was also with the Crests.
And Juan of Don and Juan? He got stuck in traffic. So it became Don and Frank, as Frank Pitt of the Jive Five substituted on "What's Your Name?"
The extravaganza was organized as a tribute to the Richard Nader family. Mr. Nader, of Plandome, started the rock-and-roll revivals decades ago. Last summer a fire at his house took the life of his wife, Barbara, and injured two sons. To help defray medical costs and as a tribute to Mrs. Nader, more than 50 groups and individual singers signed up for the benefit.

"They're singing their hearts out," Mr. Nader said at the show. "My wife's spirit created this night."


The Naders were married for 23 years. Their song was "In the Still of the Night." Freddy Paris and the Satins were there to perform it. So many singers were there to perform that the show had to be divided into segments.
"We've got the duet segment," an organizer, Bob Nemser, said. "We've got the boys from New York City segment, the diva segment."
The diva, La Vern Baker, arrived in a wheelchair to sing. Other female performers included Little Eva, Peggy March, the Angels and Rosie and the Originals. It was like a high school reunion, as groups met in the corridor going to the coliseum floor. "Music history is being made here tonight," Cousin Brucie Morrow said as he watched the men and women embrace.
Many stayed to hear others sing. "This is a once in a lifetime," Rocky Marsicano of Holtsville, and the Capris, said as he listened to Lenny Dell of Commack and the Demensions. "We never get a chance to work with all these groups. Listening to them is a professional courtesy."
And more.
Lenny Welch asked Willie Winfield of the Harptones to join him on stage and sing "Since I Fell for You."
In the middle of the song, Mr. Welch shouted to the audience: "This is such an honor! This man started me in my career!" As he left the stage Mr. Winfield, who recorded his first rock-and-roll hit, "Sunday Kind of Love," in 1953, said: "I was so nervous. Was it O.K.?" It was more than O.K.

Tommy was on this show along with greats like Dave Somerville,Johnny Maestro and the brooklyn bridge,don k reed, cousin brucie,all the CBS,FM guys,Cathy jean and the Roommates, the encounters,lou christie,and so many more I can't remember.I did stay for the entire show.