Tiger the biggest celebrity ever to come to Tulsa?

[RecycleMichael]

I can only think of two others that would come close. Both Elvis and the Beatles played concerts here and their overall career was maybe bigger, but Tiger got us on the national news three days in a row.

His reputation is all good guy and he is known throughout this country, and plays tournaments in Asia, Dubai, and all over the world.

My five-year-old daughter and my ninety-two-year-old grandmother can only name one current athlete, Tiger Woods.

Tiger put us on a big stage for the week he was here. I bet the television ratings for today's final day come close to records for golf.

I am glad he won. So did we.

[brunoflipper]

if only he'd gotten that 62 on friday...

[TulsaTV]

I think I missed that Beatles concert.[]

[MichaelBates]

Enrico Caruso sang one of his last concerts here at the Brady Theater. Some people claim he's still hanging around.

[RecycleMichael]

quote:Originally posted by TulsaTV

I think I missed that Beatles concert.[]

Maybe it was one of those tribute bands...I am easily duped...

[AMP]

Nothing against stick and ball sports celebs, but I never understood the attraction.  Guess the action gets pretty intense out there on the golf course.

Are we talking sports celebrities or celebs all rolled into one.  If all in one, Willie Nelson has performed in Tulsa several times and is also known world wide, and is stil played on the radio on many stations daily.  

According to Google Dot Com if you put a name in quotes you can find the total number of instances that name appears online of pages available to the search spider on the web. One needs to keep in mind that many celebrities that are no longer with us may of had a large following of fans that actually bought tickets and watched them perform LIVE prior to the Internet, so they may not have as many instances online as there were live eyeballs watching them back in their day. Also, a few of the new names are catching up with the vintage performers. LOL Elvis is still alive and doing very well online it appears.

Here are the Google search results, for whatever they are worth:

Elvis 48,300,000
Hanson 29,700,000
Tiger Woods 12,300,000
Caruso 10,700,000
Bon Jovi 2,730,000
Willie Nelson 2,240,000
Neil Diamond 2,080,000
Tony Stewart 1,800,000

F1 103,000,000
NBA 101,000,000
NFL 61,900,000
MLB 44,700,000
NASCAR 41,000,000
PGA 34,100,000
WWE 23,500,000
MOTOGP 12,500,000
NHRA 3,560,000


Sports celebrities, let's see: Chili Bowl brings in a few, Indy's A.J. Foyt, and Nascar's Tony Stewart.  Then there is the World of Outlaw King Steve Kinser. Nascar Bush Series J.J. Yeley to name a few.  


NASCAR Tony Stewart holding his two coveted Chili Bowl Golden Driller trophies

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NHRA stars "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, and Mattel Toys Funny Car giants Tom "Mongoose" McEwen, Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, have all competed in Tulsa.  



The late great Tulsan Top Fuel shoe Steve Carbone defeated Garlits at an AHRA National Challenge race at Tulsa International Raceway driving the Crietz and Greer Top Fueler. The Top Fuel final round at Indy in 1971 will forever be remembered as the "great burn-down" race, the one where Steve Carbone outlasted Don Garlits in a battle of nerves and then won the biggest race in the sport.

World famous stuntman Evel Knievel also performed at Tulsa International Raceway.  

   

Led Zeppelin performed in Tulsa at the Civic Center August 21, 1970.  Patti Pig jumpped onto the stage during their performance and wrapped her legs around Robert Plant, then was escorted off the stage by security. Ian Anderson, Jerry Garcia, ZZ Top, Peter Framton, Niel Diamond also performed in Tulsa.





HANSON SCORES BIG ON THE GOOGLE HIT COUNTER

[marc]

While The Beatles never played Tulsa (or anywhere in Oklahoma), George Harrison did perform here in 1974. Elvis Presley played numerous concerts, the first in 1956, and the last one on July 4, 1976.

Bob Hope, Bill Cosby, Jerry Seinfeld, John Wayne and William Shatner have visited Tulsa, as have Richard Nixon, Margaret Thatcher, JFK and Mikhail Gorbachev. Lots of great concerts over the years, including Elton John, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones (in 1965).

But I agree that Tiger Woods is a great athlete, and his playing in and winning the PGA tournament put us on the map big time for a few days. I am sure the anti-Tulsa crowd was very annoyed this past week.

[rwarn17588]

Not to express support for him, but Garth Brooks (he of the 100 million albums sold and a certified megastar during the 1990s) has played here and actually lives in the area.

But, all things considered, I'd rather hear Willie or even Hanson.

Addendum: Brooks registers 2.06 million hits on the Google-meter -- about the same as Neil Diamond.

[rwarn17588]

I think, in terms of someone who was actually widely known during their visit here, it's close between Tiger and Caruso.

It seems strange to write this now, but the opera singer was hugely popular during his prime, and he was at the peak of his popularity during his visit here.

You know someone is big when all you have to do is say just *part* of their name, and you know instantly who it is. Tiger and Caruso are good examples.

[Aa5drvr]

>>You know someone is big when all you have to do is say just *part* of their name, and you know instantly who it is. Tiger and Caruso are good examples.

"Larry The Cable Guy."

60 Minutes featured him last night.  
He received @2500,000 to 300,000 per performance.
That was about 3rd or 4th at the PGA this for the week.

[brunoflipper]

U2 played here, twice
Google gives them 45 million hits

[restored2x]

My favorite - one word:

Clapton

[Aa5drvr]

Charo

[Lewis]

Babe Ruth and JFK both stayed at the Mayo. I don't think you can get much bigger than that!

[MichaelBates]

quote:Originally posted by AMP


NHRA stars "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, and Mattel Toys Funny Car giants Tom "Mongoose" McEwen, Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, have all competed in Tulsa.  

Don't forget Shirley Muldowney! Those names sure bring back memories of TV ads for drag races. "SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!"