Clay Cole The man, the missing link that brought Rock
n Roll to Television. First on WNTA (Ch 13 - now WNET) in September
1959 as Rate the Records, within two months the format was changed,
and an hour-long Saturday-night show was added. In the summer
months, the show was expanded to an hour, six nights a week, live
from Palisades Amusement Park, where Chubby Checker first performed
and danced "The Twist." When WNTA's licence was sold to a public
broadcasting foundation, the show moved to WPIX (Ch 11) where for
five years it was wildly successful, thanks to first-time guest
appearances of the Rolling Stones (on a program with one other
guest, The Beatles), Neil Diamond, Dionne Warwick, Simon & Garfunkel,
Richie Havens, Tony Orlando, and The Rascals. At the height of the
show's popularity, Clay Cole walked away in 1968. Channel 11 erased
all the historic tapes in a cost-cutting move; no tapes exist to
this day. Except for this one.
Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon
Here is a rare clip of
Freddy singing his classic 1962 song "Palisades Park." I'm not sure
what show this is but it's fun to watch.
Gary Lewis and the Playboys sing "Palisades
Park"
Palisades Park - Recorded Live Concord,N.H. July
1994
Line Dancing ??
Did you ever think you
would see people line dancing to the Freddy Cannon song "Palisades
Park?" Well, here it is.