Freddy Cannon - Palisades Park (1962)

[my2cents2u]

Visited the park many times before ir closed in '71. What a place. Wish I could bring my entire family back in time just for one day there.

[momac71]

Hey john1948Five Love your posts to bits but what does bookmark, multiple channels etc mean? Allow for us 70+

[John1948Five]

@momac71 I have over 20 channels. That tells you how to find the others.

[barbj7121]

wow/ this is classic and classy :)

[John1948Five]

@barbj7121 No one could out-rock Freddy!

[peterinthout]

in the '60 he was also in the Kurhaus , Scheveningen Holland.

[dannyvanore]

He's the man and he's Italian!!!!

[johndaly13909]

Cannon holds the record for most appearances on American Bandstand, just ahead of Bobby Rydell.

[John1948Five]

@johndaly13909 I didn't know that. I did know that he wrote the Bandstand theme song.

[johndaly13909]

@John1948Five I didn't know that.We're even.

[specialk1965]

I think he partied with the Trololo guy at an amusement park in Berlin.

[Johnny1angry1Johnny]

First concert ever, Uncle took me when I was 10...it was amazing.

[ziggster59]

here's an eye opener...

However, one of his biggest hits came in May 1962 with "Palisades Park", written by future TV Gong Show host Chuck Barris.

[edsphoto]

One of my Faves;)

[arlichar11]

he looked so unatural, more like a talk show host than performer... and kinnda looks like that nerdy guy from 80s, he was in war games and midnight madness

[John1948Five]

@arlichar11  Yeah and he was one of the best rockers ever!

[FenianandLimey]

I loved Palisades Park; it was everything back then. A saltwater pool, rides, Cousin Brucie, it is a complete wonderful segment of my childhood. We baby boomers had it very lucky. We had the best of the 60's and the 70's

[John1948Five]

@FenianandLimey  Amen!

[boricuapower1186]

when this song came out i wasnt even thought of.....

[Reycied]

Jeez....I was born in the wrong era. I was in high school in the early 2000's, and all I would (and still) listen to is smooth jazz, blues, doo-wop and good ol' late 50's / early 60's rock like this.

I will say this, though. The best kiss in my relatively young life was, indeed, at the top of a stopped ferris wheel.

[007shifty]

freddy is the man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[michaelj20011]

remembering the good old days....when ROCK was ROCK

[oceanbound222]

i am on the floor

totally awesome

[John1948Five]

The dance floor I hope. LOL

[wendydale1]

Freddy "BoomBoom" Cannon. Man was this a great BIG hit. Good old days of summer, romance and music. One of the greatest! Thanks Freddy.

[Mrveendam]

Wow i can still remember taking the Public service bus from Hoboken to the park!!! It was the best place in the world for a kid growing up in Jersay !!

[quatt47]

I am in process of writing my autobiography from birth in 1947 to starting work in 1964. Just got to Youth Club days in 1962 and remembered this record that I used to dance to (jive and bop). Playing it here brings back so many memories, Amazing how many hits were less than 2 minutes long in those days to satisfy the greed of the juke box companies, who assumed that the shorter the records the more plays the juke box would get.

[John1948Five]

I believe the 2 minute song limit was to satisfy the am radio format of the day.

[roofbacon]

@John1948Five

the 2 minute limit was the max playing time of 78s and 45s.

When disco came along, artists switched to the 33 rpm discs to accomodate the longer playing time.

[John1948Five]

Where did you get that? Long-playing (LP) record albums are 33⅓ rpm vinyl records, generally either 10 or 12 inches in diameter. They were first introduced in 1948, and served as a primary release format for recorded music until the compact disc began to significantly displace them by beginning of 1988.

[jekiwe]

thank you so very much for this "Boom Boom" video

[Blazer7x70]

Talk about a blast from the past,we knew how to dance to this aswell,not like the stuff today,Todays moves would break these ole bones!TY for this very GREAT POST John,

[cottonceena]

Why is it I like these great rockin' old songs of my pre-teen years, more than the Beatles and Stones of my teen years? LOL Seems like eating icecream at the soda fountain and going to drive-ins would have been more fun than protesting the war and getting high. Guess I was born too late. Great song, thanks for posting!

[Bertrandd06]

j'ai découvert FREDDY sur internet aujourd'hui et j'aime beaucoup, je commande le best off 2009

[Joseph03743]

Freddy's the Man! This song was one of my favorites in those days. I think I was in 7th grade then.

[jrzgirl56]

A nice tribute to one of the best amusement parks of it's time, and also to the great State of New Jersey.

[ford2n2003]

Great song written by Chuck Barris of gong Show Fame.

[anthonytorelli]

Hey Diane Wanna go to POP Friday night?

(Mil;likan High 1962)

[hrpman]

Freddy Cannon - a true blast from the past! An excellent posting!