THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, August 11, 1994              TAG: 9408100137
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN              PAGE: 12   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: BY FRANK ROBERTS, STAFF WRITER 
DATELINE: SUFFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   47 lines

NORTH TOWER TO PERFORM FRIDAY AT CONSTANT'S WHARF

If you like beach music, Motown, top-40, The Platters, The Four Tops, even the old Big Band sound of Glenn Miller, it is all available from North Tower.

The versatile North Carolina band will be part of the city's ``Summer Celebration'' on Friday at Constant's Wharf.

The popular series of outdoor concerts, presented by the Department of Parks and Recreation and sponsored by WJQI and Budweiser, looked to Raleigh for some musical versatility.

North Tower prides itself in not offering what the band calls, in its press release, ``the same old thing'' as other groups.

Instead, band members try to read the crowd and perform accordingly. The variety they can offer allows them to do that.

If the crowd wants to swing, North Tower can come up with ``In the Mood,'' ``Pennsylvania 6-5000,'' ``Tuxedo Junction'' and ``String of Pearls'' by Glenn Miller, as well as Duke Ellington's ``Take the A Train.''

Are you into country? The band can offer such Oak Ridge Boys' items as ``Bobbie Sue,'' ``Come On In'' and ``Elvira.''

North Tower's mainstays are such early rock offerings as ``Midnight Hour'' by Wilson Pickett, ``Good Golly Miss Molly'' from Little Richard, and Billy Ocean's ``Love Really Hurts.''

Songs by Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Commodores, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas and other Motown acts are all on the North Tower play list.

The band originated in the late 1970s as a vocal group at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

They lived in the north tower of the ``Old Fast'' dorm - hence, the name. MEMO: Suffolk Summer Celebration, presented by the Department of Parks and

Recreation, is offering music by North Tower from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday

at Constant's Wharf. The entertainment is free. Food and beverages are

available. On-site parking is free. For information, call 925-6325.

ILLUSTRATION: Photo

The North Tower Band is coming south to Suffolk Friday for the TGIF

concert.

by CNB