During my growing up years in the late 1960's
and the 1970's summer was not summer without
listening to the Top 40 pop music played over the air waves
from Philadelphia and WFIL-AM radio.
"The Boss" station, also known as the "Famous 56"
broadcasting from the City of Brotherly Love,
broadcasting from the City of Brotherly Love,
could be heard all across South Jersey and down the shore,
south to the city of Wilmington, Delaware and
as faraway to the north as Staten Island, New York.
Although AM-radio was gradually replaced by
higher frequency FM-radio, and WFIL today has a
religious talk show format, the memories of listening
to "The Boss" on the car radio while riding with
my parents going down the shore, playing on the beach
or at picnics, or on my portable transistor radio in
the backyard while swinging higher and higher on
the swing set with my bare feet pushing
against the thick humid air of a sultry June night
are never far from my mind these days now
that summer is here once again.
Some of my favorite song memories
from "The Boss" WFIL-AM:
The Monkees
Petula Clark
Glen Campbell
The Archies
Neil Diamond
Up Around The Bend
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Octopus' Garden
The Beatles
The Beatles
Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
The Fifth Dimension
Ride Captain Ride
Blue Image
Blue Image
Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes
Edison Lighthouse
Close to You
The Carpenters
Joy To The World
Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night
The Jackson 5
Sailcat
Paul McCartney and Wings
Looking Glass
(Starry Starry Night)
Don McLean
Beach Baby
First Class
Ray Stevens
Elvis Presley
The Eagles
The Stylistics
Black Water
The Doobie Brothers
Signs
Five Man Electrical Band
Five Man Electrical Band
Moonlight Feels Right
Starbuck
Arlo Guthrie
Heatwave
The Bee Gees
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
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