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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1050974" data-attributes="member: 1246">Funny, I just heard &quot;Blue Velvet&quot; yesterday.Bobby Vinton was big at the time !!!Plus we had a slew of Phillie boys trying to make it big too!&quot;During the 50&#039;s and 60&#039;s Philadelphia music exploded and it was heard around the world. Philly singers set the standards that others would follow. A partial list of Philly&#039;s contributors to the music of the era:The Dovells (Bristol Stomp), Bill Haley and the Comets (Rock Around the Clock), Danny and the Juniors (At the Hop), Chubby Checker (The Twist), Lee Andrews and the Hearts (Long Lonely Nights), Patti Labelle and the Bluebelles (I Sold My Heart to the Junkman), Frankie Avalon (Venus), Bobby Rydell (Wild One), Fabian (Turn Me Loose), Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes (If You Don&#039;t Know Me by Now), The Orlons (South Street) and James Darren (Goodbye Cruel World).&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1050974, member: 1246"] Funny, I just heard "Blue Velvet" yesterday. Bobby Vinton was big at the time !!! Plus we had a slew of Phillie boys trying to make it big too! [I][FONT=Arial]"During the 50's and 60's Philadelphia music exploded and it was heard around the world. Philly singers set the standards that others would follow. A partial list of Philly's contributors to the music of the era:[/FONT][/I]The Dovells (Bristol Stomp), Bill Haley and the Comets (Rock Around the Clock), Danny and the Juniors (At the Hop), Chubby Checker (The Twist), Lee Andrews and the Hearts (Long Lonely Nights), Patti Labelle and the Bluebelles (I Sold My Heart to the Junkman), Frankie Avalon (Venus), Bobby Rydell (Wild One), Fabian (Turn Me Loose), Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes (If You Don't Know Me by Now), The Orlons (South Street) and James Darren (Goodbye Cruel World)." [/QUOTE]

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