Dancing in the Street

Played live by Grateful Dead on 134 nights, 6% of shows.

First: May 29, 1966 at California Hall, San Francisco, California
Last: April 6, 1987 at Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Nights per year

1966: 7 · 1967: 8 · 1968: 4 · 1969: 9 · 1970: 28 · 1971: 1 · 1976: 26 · 1977: 13 · 1978: 14 · 1979: 7 · 1981: 1 · 1984: 6 · 1985: 6 · 1986: 3 · 1987: 1

Most in 1970: 28 nights.

Next

  1. Drums: 15 times
  2. Wharf Rat: 7 times
  3. Dire Wolf: 6 times
  4. Samson and Delilah: 5 times
  5. The Wheel: 4 times
  6. Franklin's Tower: 4 times

Before

  1. Franklin's Tower: 6 times
  2. Friend of the Devil: 5 times
  3. Eyes of the World: 5 times
  4. Drums: 4 times
  5. It Must Have Been the Roses: 4 times
  6. Fire on the Mountain: 4 times

Latest nights

  1. April 6, 1987: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey
  2. December 27, 1986: Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, California
  3. June 29, 1986: Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin
  4. May 11, 1986: Frost Amphitheater, Stanford, California
  5. November 7, 1985: Rochester Community War Memorial, Rochester, New York
  6. November 1, 1985: Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, Virginia
  7. July 1, 1985: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland
  8. June 14, 1985: William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, Berkeley, California
  9. April 27, 1985: Frost Amphitheater, Stanford, California
  10. April 7, 1985: Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

All of Grateful Dead

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