Late in 1955 the five - man rock 'n' roll band El Dorados went on a fifteen-city tour that-lasted two months. They began in South Bend, Indiana, on 6 November and ended in Detroit the day after Christmas. In between they played, in order, Boston, Washington, Baltirnore, Gary, Pittsburgh, Ypsilanti, Atlanta, Newark, Newport News, Philadelphia, Canton, Lima, and Flint. Over the course of the tour they grossed a."total of $4186.8O, of which the agent took 10 percent. Their nightly earnings ranged from $150"for the concert" in Boston to $800 for the date in Philadelphia. By the end of the tour each band member had earned $753.62. The agent maintained a drawing account for expenses, on the road. On 31 December the account balance was $132.62: each musician had $26.52 to show for his work.

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Philip Ennis, The Seventh Stream: The Emergence of Rocknroll in American Popular Music (Hanover & London...