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The Duke – Where and When

A Chronicle of Duke Ellington's
Working Life and Travels


Old Orchard Beach

Last updated
2014-08-10


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1926 08 12
Thursday
.Old Orchard Beach, MaineOcean Pier...
Duke Ellington, Music is My Mistress, Doubleday, 1973 and Da Capo Press, 1976, p.74 photo.2011
1927 07 14
Thursday
.Old OrchardOrchard PierOne-nighter
Mark S. Tucker, Ellington, the Early Years, University of Illinois Press, 1991, p.204, citing Portland Press Herald....Added 2011

updated 2013 01 01
1927 07 25
Monday
.Old Orchard, Me. Old Orchard PierOne-nighter
Mark S. Tucker, Ellington, the Early Years, University of Illinois Press, 1991, p.204, citing Portland Press Herald...Added 2011

updated 2013-01-01
1927 09 03
Saturday
.Old OrchardOrchard PierOne-nighter
Mark S. Tucker, Ellington, the Early Years, University of Illinois Press, 1991, p.204, citing Portland Press Herald....added 2011

updated 2013-01-01
1932 05 28
Saturday
.Old Orchard Beach, MaineOcean PierDancing
  • Ad, Boston Herald, 1932-05-23, p.14
  • Vail I
....Added 2011

updated 2013-09-07
1935 08 16
Friday
.Old Orchard Beach, MaineOcean......2011
1936 07 24
Friday
.Old Orchard Beach, MaineOcean...05,1-7..2011
1939 06 17
Saturday
.Old Orchard Beach, MaineOcean Pier.Stratemann p.159....2011
1939 08 13.Old Orchard Beach, MaineOcean PierSteiner: A reported gig on Sunday, 13Aug39 at the Old Orchard Pier in Orchard Beach, Maine is confirmed: "Concert 10 P.M. Till Midnight, Dancing Midnight Till 2 A.M." (Biddeford Daily Journal, 12Aug39)
The venues are less than 100 miles apart, so it is not impossible for Ellington to have played both locations this day, depending on the time of day he finished at the hotel.
..03,2-10..2011
1940 06 05
Wednesday
.Old Orchard Beach, MaineOcean Pier...04,2-22..2011
1949 08 04.Old OrchardOrchard Pier....Vail I .2011
1959 07 03
9 PM - 1 AM
.Old Orchard Beach, MaineOld Orchard PierDance; admission $2.25Ad, Biddeford-Saco Journal, Biddeford-Saco, Maine 1959-07-02 p.5...djpAdded 2011

updated 2013-07-09

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