Wow!!--It'll be fifty years in April since I took the boys into Sound Plus studio in Philly to cut the song--Seems just like yesterday--What wonderfully memories.---Sy Kaplan
The song was played on KJR in Seattle,Washington in 1962 and was a coast to coast hit and killer of a tune! Anyone who heard this song will never forget it. Took me 25 years to finally get my own copy and of such things the magic of rock and roll are made!
HEA GUYS, JACK STRONG, JOHN SMITH, NEED YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS THIS IS JIM DILKS MY E-MAIL dilks-james@comcast.net LOVED TO HEAR FROM YOU MAN, ITS BEEN 50 YRS HOLY SHIT...I DON'T BELIEVE IT, SINGING AT PENNYS LOT, TERMINAL, ST ALICE DANCE...SAND IN THE AIR FORCE BEFORE VIET NAM, AT KEESLER MS, ME AND 3 BLACK GUYS, ONE WAS COUSIN OF BASSITT FROM SHEP AND THE LIMLITES, E-MAIL ME AND WE CAN TALK I WORK P/T WITH FBI AND ENTERPRISE..E-MAIL ME SO WE CAN TALK JIM DILKS
I WAS THE ORIGINAL LEAD JIMMY DILKS, WE WERE THE ELADS, ME, JEFF, JOHNNY, AND FREDDIE...JOEY CAME ALONG WHEN WE GOT THESE MANAGER WHO TOOK CREDIT FOR THE B-SIDES WHEN JOEY WROTE THEM, I LEFT THE GROUP AND WENT WITH TONY AND THE RAINDROPS...AS FAR AS I KNOW JIMMY IS THE ONLY ONE DECEASED, JEFF HAS A ROD AND GUN SHOP LANDSOWN AVE, AND JOHNNY SMITH AND FREDDIE GARACE ARE STILL AROUND, JOEY PASSED AWAY ALSO I BELIEVE OF DIABETES COMPLICATIONS....SO JOEY AND JIMMY ARE DECEASED.....DOO WOP FOREVER
hey Jmmy, i hope you remember singing with us on I know Somewhere around 63. Our firs trip to Sound Plus in the Northeast. I still talk with Bob Bintliff and Frank Torpey. Plase send me some of your music so i can play it on the doo wop cafe. I'm on every tursday from 6-8 pm and sunday mornings from 8-10. Jack Strong jpmusic@rcn.com
@body0guard Mr. Dilks, it's been along time! Catching the echos in Gimbles Parkie, or the stores along 69th St., and of course singing in the terminal Friday nights as everyone was going and returning to all the local dances during that era. Great times and you were a great lead and didn't we have some nice harmony! john smith
@body0guard Jeff Leonard's Bait Shop now has a recording studio in the basement. I think that his store used to be the "D and R" tavern when I was a kid on Harwood Avenue. Jeff stops into "Tip O'Leary's" some nights.
Thanks for the update about Jimmy pitching for Bonner.'s baseball team in 1962.
Man, this comment board sure brought back a lot of memories. I remember being at the Windrift in Avalon about ten years ago. A bunch of women got up and did the Wagner Walk.
In high school, I went to dances at Chez Vous, St. Alices, Holy Cross and St. Dennis (Havertown). I still live in Delaware County, but I don't think today's teens are having as much innocent fun as we did in the '60s.
@64TR4 Glad, I could help. I grew up in U.D., and know exactly where your coming from. Many, many dances to choose from. The 69th St. terminal was humming with kids on Fri. AND Sat. coming from and going to the various dances . When we started out singing we would make sure we would harmonize in the terminal during these weekend rushes, knowing we were guaranteed a large crowd. Those were the days my friend, those were the days............
Great song! Never heard it until a neighbor gave me a Roulette Golden Goodies album tghat had it back in 1970. Philly had some great people, including The Companions ("Help A Lonely Guy").
I might be wrong, but I played baseball for the Prep in '62 and '63. One day, while playing Bonner, the rumor was that Joey or one of the Flips was pitching for Bonner. Anyone know if any of the guys played baseball for Bonner?
@64TR4 Hello, Jimmy Meagher pitched for Bonner and was very good. Iknoow he pitched Freshman and Sophmore years(60,61). Not sure about Junior year(62), defintely did not pitch in 62. Unforyunately, Jimmy passed away in the early 90's. A former Flip.
OMG!...i cant believe somebody still has this song...i thought i would never ever hear it again...thanx lytation for making my day...now i know i can listen to it whenever i want...woot woot!
Lived at the Jersey shiore when this was released. Got the best of NY and Philly there This is one of the really great songs. Thanks for the post Super song!!!! Wonder the song would have sounded if Phil Specter had produced it. Yhis would have benn a great "Wall of Sound" piece. Thank you for the post.
lytation I wish I could remember the great quote Mark Twain made about the rumor of his death....suffice it to say I can assure you I am ALIVE and Jeff and Freddy were on Jan. 3rd of this year.. Glad to be able to respond a flip
Hi jaclyn, i'm pretty sure only one memeber is still alive. Jeff. I hope he is your dad. One of the other members Jimmy went to the same high school as me i believe. bonnner. thanks for the comments. Jack
they were two completely different groups. the dreamlovers were all black. joey and the flips were all white with the exception of joey hall. i have a pic of joey and the flips i can e mail you if you want, jack
Wow!!--It'll be fifty years in April since I took the boys into Sound Plus studio in Philly to cut the song--Seems just like yesterday--What wonderfully memories.---Sy Kaplan
Sykaplan1 1 month ago
Wow theres history right here on this comment thread, some great singers
davidforprez 1 month ago
The song was played on KJR in Seattle,Washington in 1962 and was a coast to coast hit and killer of a tune! Anyone who heard this song will never forget it. Took me 25 years to finally get my own copy and of such things the magic of rock and roll are made!
dewittseattle 2 months ago
Did a guitar player named Tony"Ants " Dicarolus play on this or was he the Tony in the nexst group. I know Tony went on to play with Frankie Vallee.
TheEttingoff 7 months ago
@TheEttingoff Ants did not play on Bongo Stomp. Later, he was witu the Flips when the were the house band on Jerry Blavit's T. V. show
jes92245 7 months ago
JIMMY MEAGHER UPPER DARBY PA.WAS FRIENDS WITH MY UNCLE BOB.HE WAS A FUN DUDE AND ALWAYS HAD A TOOTHPICK
TheBump29 7 months ago
HEA GUYS, JACK STRONG, JOHN SMITH, NEED YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS THIS IS JIM DILKS MY E-MAIL dilks-james@comcast.net LOVED TO HEAR FROM YOU MAN, ITS BEEN 50 YRS HOLY SHIT...I DON'T BELIEVE IT, SINGING AT PENNYS LOT, TERMINAL, ST ALICE DANCE...SAND IN THE AIR FORCE BEFORE VIET NAM, AT KEESLER MS, ME AND 3 BLACK GUYS, ONE WAS COUSIN OF BASSITT FROM SHEP AND THE LIMLITES, E-MAIL ME AND WE CAN TALK I WORK P/T WITH FBI AND ENTERPRISE..E-MAIL ME SO WE CAN TALK JIM DILKS
body0guard 7 months ago
I WAS THE ORIGINAL LEAD JIMMY DILKS, WE WERE THE ELADS, ME, JEFF, JOHNNY, AND FREDDIE...JOEY CAME ALONG WHEN WE GOT THESE MANAGER WHO TOOK CREDIT FOR THE B-SIDES WHEN JOEY WROTE THEM, I LEFT THE GROUP AND WENT WITH TONY AND THE RAINDROPS...AS FAR AS I KNOW JIMMY IS THE ONLY ONE DECEASED, JEFF HAS A ROD AND GUN SHOP LANDSOWN AVE, AND JOHNNY SMITH AND FREDDIE GARACE ARE STILL AROUND, JOEY PASSED AWAY ALSO I BELIEVE OF DIABETES COMPLICATIONS....SO JOEY AND JIMMY ARE DECEASED.....DOO WOP FOREVER
body0guard 9 months ago
hey Jmmy, i hope you remember singing with us on I know Somewhere around 63. Our firs trip to Sound Plus in the Northeast. I still talk with Bob Bintliff and Frank Torpey. Plase send me some of your music so i can play it on the doo wop cafe. I'm on every tursday from 6-8 pm and sunday mornings from 8-10. Jack Strong jpmusic@rcn.com
lytation 9 months ago
@body0guard Mr. Dilks, it's been along time! Catching the echos in Gimbles Parkie, or the stores along 69th St., and of course singing in the terminal Friday nights as everyone was going and returning to all the local dances during that era. Great times and you were a great lead and didn't we have some nice harmony! john smith
jes92245 9 months ago
@body0guard Sy Kaplan lives in Myrtle Beach SC these days.
dhqman 7 months ago
@body0guard Jeff Leonard's Bait Shop now has a recording studio in the basement. I think that his store used to be the "D and R" tavern when I was a kid on Harwood Avenue. Jeff stops into "Tip O'Leary's" some nights.
Dittoenvy 3 months ago
i expected more bongo sounds. they play the bongos for only 5 seconds. =(
Hellbat308 11 months ago
jes92245,
Thanks for the update about Jimmy pitching for Bonner.'s baseball team in 1962.
Man, this comment board sure brought back a lot of memories. I remember being at the Windrift in Avalon about ten years ago. A bunch of women got up and did the Wagner Walk.
In high school, I went to dances at Chez Vous, St. Alices, Holy Cross and St. Dennis (Havertown). I still live in Delaware County, but I don't think today's teens are having as much innocent fun as we did in the '60s.
64TR4 1 year ago
@64TR4 Glad, I could help. I grew up in U.D., and know exactly where your coming from. Many, many dances to choose from. The 69th St. terminal was humming with kids on Fri. AND Sat. coming from and going to the various dances . When we started out singing we would make sure we would harmonize in the terminal during these weekend rushes, knowing we were guaranteed a large crowd. Those were the days my friend, those were the days............
jes92245 1 year ago
One of the writers Mr. Levin was a teacher at George Washington High in Philadelphia. Girls had a crush on him.
sean991000 1 year ago
Great song! Never heard it until a neighbor gave me a Roulette Golden Goodies album tghat had it back in 1970. Philly had some great people, including The Companions ("Help A Lonely Guy").
Gerry50ify 1 year ago
Sounds like Bristol Stomp.
Persian1Cat 1 year ago
@Persian1Cat Supposedly the Dovells "borrowed" that lick for Bristol Stomp.
yardlet6 1 year ago
The summer of '62!!! Literally makes me want to "stomp"....Especially at the bongo breaks...Just like if I were putting out a campfire! Ha!!
mrob75 2 years ago
Aah, Concord roller rink, Chez Vous, & Wagners...Hy Lit & Jerry (Geator) Blavat
playing stomp tunes all night.
106732 2 years ago
To be a teenager in Philly in the 60's Sunday afternoons at Wagners, Sunday nights at Concord Ron Diamond were are you?
jbcsra 2 years ago
Concord Ballroom - right up front!
Marianne2651 2 years ago
@Marianne2651
I might be wrong, but I played baseball for the Prep in '62 and '63. One day, while playing Bonner, the rumor was that Joey or one of the Flips was pitching for Bonner. Anyone know if any of the guys played baseball for Bonner?
64TR4 1 year ago
@64TR4 Hello, Jimmy Meagher pitched for Bonner and was very good. Iknoow he pitched Freshman and Sophmore years(60,61). Not sure about Junior year(62), defintely did not pitch in 62. Unforyunately, Jimmy passed away in the early 90's. A former Flip.
jes92245 1 year ago
@64TR4
jes92245 1 year ago
@64TR4 Meant to say definely not in 63.
jes92245 1 year ago
@jbcsra YEAH Wagner's with Jerry
DAVERIDGWA 1 year ago
OMG!...i cant believe somebody still has this song...i thought i would never ever hear it again...thanx lytation for making my day...now i know i can listen to it whenever i want...woot woot!
jusmenel 2 years ago
The rhythm of this song is similar to the Dovells' (Len Barry) "Bristol Stomp" from the same era -- another Phildelphia doo-wop hit...
50Emerald 2 years ago
Jeff is my unlce and is still very much alive. Owns Leonards hunting and fishing store in Upper Darby. Not sure who else is still around
rlubeski 2 years ago
Lived at the Jersey shiore when this was released. Got the best of NY and Philly there This is one of the really great songs. Thanks for the post Super song!!!! Wonder the song would have sounded if Phil Specter had produced it. Yhis would have benn a great "Wall of Sound" piece. Thank you for the post.
aceshigh130 2 years ago
jes9245, Mark Twain quote: "The rumor of my death is greatly exaggerated."
GrowthLinx 2 years ago
what a great record!!! I need to add this to my radio show!!!!
ROUTE66OLDIES 2 years ago
I can still hear the auditorium reverb at St Augs in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh...
Gopherreznick 2 years ago
Great one. Thanks for the post.
rdf1947 3 years ago
Do you know if HOT ROD is posted?
DooWopRob 3 years ago
Did this group do a song called MY HOTROD?
DooWopRob 3 years ago
Yes they did. It remained unreleased till it was pressed on Monogram records out of phila. Hot Rod is the title. Thanks, Jack
lytation 3 years ago
bought this when it first came out
hah13 3 years ago
lytation I wish I could remember the great quote Mark Twain made about the rumor of his death....suffice it to say I can assure you I am ALIVE and Jeff and Freddy were on Jan. 3rd of this year.. Glad to be able to respond a flip
jes92245 3 years ago
That's my dad that sang in this group!
jaclyn1019 3 years ago 4
Hi jaclyn, i'm pretty sure only one memeber is still alive. Jeff. I hope he is your dad. One of the other members Jimmy went to the same high school as me i believe. bonnner. thanks for the comments. Jack
lytation 3 years ago
Upper Darby High School, not Bonner. Joey was a mixed race kid from Chester. They sang in the 69th Street Terminal.
Dittoenvy 2 years ago
@jaclyn1019 I believe Jim was in my class at Bonner; Class of '63.
Walter Whitehead
cinnaman1 1 year ago
@cinnaman1
My dad is John... he is listed above as jes92245... I think he was '63 also; he went so Saint Alice's before Bonner
jaclyn1019 1 year ago
So COOL!
jaemel1 1 year ago
HeyJack, many years ago someone that they were the Dreamovers also. Do you know of any truth to that ?
Howieshet 3 years ago
they were two completely different groups. the dreamlovers were all black. joey and the flips were all white with the exception of joey hall. i have a pic of joey and the flips i can e mail you if you want, jack
lytation 3 years ago
Jack, thanks for posting this excellant Philly sound. I bought this in Times Square. Sound still knocks me out.
Howieshet 3 years ago