Ed McCurdy's 1959 Concert History

Ed McCurdy was born in 1919 in Willow Hill, Pennsylvania. His professional career started in 1937 as a Gospel singer over station SVKY in Oklahoma City, and he has since of worked as a niteclub and theatre performer (including a short stint in burlesque) and as a radio announcer.

Date Concert Venue Location
Oct 31, 1959
Ed McCurdy The Town Hall New York, New York, United States
Jul 11, 1959 –
Jul 12, 1959
1st Annual Newport Folk Festival
Odetta / Pete Seeger / The Kingston Trio / John Jacob Niles / Jean Ritchie / Leon Bibb / Jimmy Driftwood / Billy Faier / Bob Gibson / Joan Baez / Cynthia Gooding / Frank Hamilton / Kossoy Sisters / Ed McCurdy / The New Lost City Ramblers / Memphis Slim / Frank Warner / Oscar Brand / Barbara Dane / Reverend Gary Davis / The Clancy Brothers / Martha Schlamme / Tommy Makem / The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Hylo Brown and The Timberliners & Earl Scruggs / Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee / Alex Bradford Show all bands
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Freebody Park Newport, Rhode Island, United States

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Folk Festival at Newport 1959 Vol. 1


1st Annual Newport Folk Festival
Jul 11 - 12, 1959
 Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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Folk Festival at Newport 1959 Vol. 2


1st Annual Newport Folk Festival
Jul 11 - 12, 1959
 Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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Folk Festival at Newport 1959 Vol. 3


1st Annual Newport Folk Festival
Jul 11 - 12, 1959
 Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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