If you were a teenager in love during the 1950s and ’60s­ or even if you weren’t, next week’s Lost in the ’50s will transport you back to a time of great music, lots of fun and the magic of the era that gave birth to rock ‘n’ roll.

With performances by Mary Wilson of the Supremes, La La Brooks of The Crystals, and Dennis Tufano, a member of the Buckinghams, this year’s concerts promise to be one for the record books. Brooks and Tufano will headline the Friday, May 18, show and dance and Wilson will headline the Saturday, May 19, show and dance. Both events will start at 7:30 p.m. with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. “House band” Rocky and the Rollers are slated to perform both nights.

Wilson, who is best known as a founding member of the Supremes, rose to fame with such hits as “Baby Love”, “Stop in the Name of Love”, and “Come On See About Me” along with fellow original band members Florence Ballard and Diana Ross. Ballard left the group in 1967, Ross in 1970 and Wilson in 1977, which prompted the group to disband.

Since then, Wikipedia notes that Wilson has had a successful career as a concert peformer, and released three solo album and two best-selling autobiographies. She was inducted along into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 — along with Ballard and Ross — as a member of the Supremes.

When the Buckinghams burst onto the scene in 1967, five of their songs, including “Kind of a Drag”, “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” and “Don’t You Care”, shot their way up the Top 40 charts. The group’s original lead singer, Dennis Tufano has been performing as a solo artist since the 1980s and done everything from performing with Oliva Newton John to writing the original theme song, “Us” to the 1980s classic TV sitcom “Family Ties”. He’s produced and written a documentary, acted, and written songs with Elton John’s lyricist, Bernie Taupin — and that is just the tip of of proverbial iceberg.

Like Tufano, La La Brooks is another newcomer to Lost in the 50s show and dance concert. The original lead singer of the Crystals, Brooks sang lead vocsls on “Then He Kissed Me” and “Da Doo Ron Ron”. In addition to singing with the Crystals, Brooks has sung on Broadway in such musicals as “Hair” and recorded with everyone from the Neville Brothers to Isaac Hayes.

And if THAT isn’t enough to get you bee-bopping all over town, consider that the weekend’s fun kicks off on Thursday, May 17, with Rock ‘n’ Roll Heaven, a vintage car parade through downtown Sandpoint the evening of Friday, May 18, followed by a street dance at the Jeff Jones Town Square, and a car show that fills the downtown all day Saturday.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Heaven, the annual tribute artist concert, will be highlighted by Justin Shandor performing as Elvis, Ray Anthony as Richie Valens and Lance Lipinsky as Jerry Lee Lewis. The fun begins at 6 p.m. at the Bonner County Fairgrounds.

Shandor was named the “World’s Ultimate Elvis” by Graceland and has performed in England, Australia, Malaysia, the Fiji islands, as well as Canada and Sweden. The talented performer looks (and sounds) so much like the King that Graceland once emailed a venue where he was set to perform saying they couldn’t use an image of Elvis to promote the event. As Shandor notes on his website, it wasn’t the King, it was him.

Friday, the fun continues with the vintage car parade with hundreds of classic rides revving their way through town. Cars meet up at Sandpoint High School and then make their way down Division Avenue, to Church Street, over to First Avenue and then Cedar Street. Following the parade, head over to the town square for a street dance with DJ “Bashful Dan” Young before heading out to the fairgrounds for the first of the weekend’s two show and dance concerts.

Saturday, downtown Sandpoint grooves back to another era with hundreds of hot rods and sweet classic rides fill the downtown. The show runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. with an awards ceremony following at First and Cedar. Once you’ve whetted your appetite on all things ’50s and ’60s, head on over to the fairgrounds to catch Saturday’s show with Mary Wilson.

For ticket information, call 208-263-9321. For dance tickets call either 208-265-LOST (5678) or 208-263-9321 — or head on over to Second Avenue Pizza, 215 Second Ave..

Information: facebook.com/lost50s