Dennis Albee of Macomb, Illinois started performing at a very young age.  His parents had a square and round dance band and young Dennis was...

Jam Factory at Limestone Community High School, 1969 Advertisements from the summer of 1968 described Peoria's own Jam Factory as "...

The Changing Times at Bradley University fraternity dance, 1968 The Changing Times were a teenage group from Bartonville, Illinois that perf...

African American gospel 45s from downstate Illinois are few and far between but every once in a while a new one turns up.  This obscure sing...

The Ashes of Dawn formed in late 1967 on the campus of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.  The six students that made up the pop gr...

Freeport Journal-Standard, March 27, 1968 The Frost were a short-lived group of high schoolers from northern Illinois.  A few of the young m...

John Mark Edmunds was a talented singer and songwriter from north-central Illinois whose professional career started when he was just 14-yea...

Rick Miller, Cloyd Shank, Mike Supp, Tim Frazier, Chuck Olmsted The Shades of Blue were a group of fun-loving college students from Danville...