This was partly inspired by a couple of things Peter T said in another thread. I've kind of 'up-dated' and 'Down-trodden' it.

Who's been able to keep a sizeable audience the longest?

Just for the sake of arguement I'm gonna use the (audience) figure of Five thousand people as a minimum (feek free to change it)

Frank Sinatra certainly comes to mind as someone who commanded that size crowd in the mid-forties til the nineties (with some valleys in between)

Bing Crosby was a superstar by the early thirties, and may well have been an even bigger draw by the mid 80s (when d'he die?)

Peter mentions Louis Armstrong who was famous in the Twenties, and continued being popular til he died (seventies?). Long after he lost his lip, he was singing hit songs.

Hmmmm. Peter Paul and Mary did concerts in the early sixties and continue to this day. A tad over forty years.

How long was Harry Lauder's career?

Any other singers, players, comics, that have really been able to bums in the seats for a longggg time?

Cheers

Rick