It isn't always classic-rockers, teeny-boppers, country acts and Top 40 bands at the State Fair. Every once in a while, the bookers pull in a wild card, as is the case with Gnarls Barkley this year. Here are five other surprise bookings:

The New York Dolls (1973 or 1974, Teen Fair stage)

Redd Foxx (1974)

Neil Young and the International Harvesters (his country band; 1985)

Fat Boys (1986, opening for Nu Shooz, first and only hip-hop act to play the grandstand -- not counting Vanilla Ice or Fergie)

Flaming Lips and Sonic Youth (2006)