San Diego’s The Legends are an eight-piece Motown, Doo-Wop, and oldies show band founded in 1987. Their show covers early Rock ’n’ Roll from the 1950s to the 1970s and can be scaled from a 30-minute revue to a full night of dancing.

The Legends are a San Diego-based eight-piece show band founded by Howard Blank in 1987. With over 20 years in the San Diego music scene, the group performs Motown, Doo-Wop, and early Rock ’n’ Roll from the 1950s through the 1970s.

The lineup includes drums, bass, guitar, keyboards, and sax, and the show can be tailored from a full evening of dancing to a 30-minute revue. Their repertoire includes music associated with Tina Turner, Dion, The Supremes, Frank Sinatra, The Marcels, and more, with wigs, costumes, and choreography as part of the presentation.

Over the years, Howard Blank has invited several area musicians to join The Legends, including members of Sha Na Na and The Syndicate of Sound. Members of the group have also included an original member of The Outsiders (Time Won’t Let Me, 1966), listed in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

Members of The Legends have performed at Sea World, La Costa Resort, Viejas, Pala, Barona, and other Southern California casinos, country clubs, resorts, concert series, as well as the 65th Annual Mother Goose Parade.

The Legends have shared the stage with The Coasters, The Drifters, The Shirelles, and Martha Reeves & the Vandellas. They also appeared in a fundraiser to benefit brain-injured veterans alongside Johnny Tillotson, Tommy Mara, Lou Christie, Ken Brady, Little Anthony, Dave Sumerville, Jocko from Sha Na Na, Sonny Turner, Lynn Anderson, Jimmy Stephens, and Nancy Sinatra, and showcased at the San Diego Convention Center through Dick Clark Productions. They were also part of Legends of Rock ’n’ Roll at the Concord Pavilion featuring Wolfman Jack and Bobby Freeman.