Results tagged “Magnificent Men” from York Town Square

Concert organizer Chris Huber attributes the success of the 1960s northside teen hangout White Oak Park to The Del-Chords. The first night the band played at The Oaks the line never ended. The Del-Chords are associated with southside hangout Shady Dell as well, playing on the jukebox there, according to a new Web site specializing in The Dell. Background posts: Shady Dell was home away from home , Shady Dell: 'It was like family' and The Oaks: 'I would often look up there ...'

Tom Anderson is a native of York County and an avowed Shady Dell enthusiast.

The mention of that teen hangout in Violet Hill, located just south of York Hospital before it closed in the early 1990s, stokes memories, and Anderson has captured those years on his new Web site Shady Dell Music & Memories.

Tom views the site as part personal diary and part tribute, honoring the memory of its owners, the late John and Helen Ettline... .

Dave Bupp, right, and Buddy King, members of the homegrown soul band The Magnificent Men, are shown at their induction into the William Penn High School Hall of Fame in 2006. Bupp graduated in 1960, and King, in 1965. A trailer for a documentary on the group can be viewed below. Background posts: Memories about 'The Oaks' pile up and Del-Chords continue to jar memories.

Last post, we focused on the fact that anything about one-room schools causes local folks to want to know more.

An equally fascinating topic - perhaps for a different generation - are the lives and times of the York rock group The Magnicent Men... .

William Penn Senior High students view a trailer of 'This Magnificent Moment,' a documentary of the 1960s soul band The Magnificent Men, compiled by social historian David Zang of Towson, Md. The short film included samples of the all-white band's music and interviews with band members who played black venues in Philadelphia, New York and Detroit.

The Mag Men was one of the most successful bands with ties to York in the 1960s.

They scored a recording contract with Capitol records. They played soul music in venues where black musicians were denied. And they played locations where black musicians were accepted including the Apollo Theater in Harlem, including a set backing James Brown.

Now, those seeking to restoke memories of the soul band can see a trailer of an upcoming documentary on the group at mag men. (If you want to discuss the group and trailer, see exchange.)

Dave Bupp and Buddy King, homegrown members of the group, were inducted into the William Penn High School Hall of Fame. Bupp, 64, graduated in 1960, and King, 59, graduated in 1965.

A York Daily Record story on their induction into the William Penn High School Hall of Fame in 2006 follows: ...