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Giant Gene Arnold's "Sounds Of Philly" Radio The worldwide home of The Legendary Philly AM and FM Radio DJ who played hard-rock and disco long before they had a name. To hear your favorite "Philly Sounds" programs and interviews , Scroll Down and Click on your choice of current "updated" or restored broadcasts featured below. To hear more new Giant Gene Arnold Programs, click here for http://feeds.feedburner.com/PCTALKRADIOand scroll down for an all new programs with Philly Rock Icon Charlie Gracie, Rock-Folk-Country originator Russ Edwards."a Doo-Wop Dandees" show, Gene's "Am Underground" original radio show, a Philly Memories show with Terry Arnold, and an ABKCO Records, find those original masters, show with Terri Landi. There's also a great Essra Mohhawk special, along with other new restored WCAU Gene Arnold Talk Show programs. Visit Terryl's Showcase Page and Voice Demo at http://imterryl.tripod.com/terryl
E-mail Gene at comments@giantgene.com About Gene In the beginnings of his radio career. (after singing, acting, and writing and producing music), Gene joined RJ (Ron Joseph) in 1967 at WIFI-92 FM in Philly, and created the Number One FM Sound in the city, performing at dances and record hops throughout Eastern Pennsylvania and nearby South Jersey. For 3 summers, after he created "Gene Arnold's AM Underground" on WCAM, he also did the broadcast live from the "fun capital of the Shore"...Wildwood New Jersey, where he hosted and MC'd many of the top names in rock music in concerts there, at The Spectrum, The Electric Factory, and on his programs. They included Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, and many more. While credited with the first "progressive rock" shows in the area, and introducing groups he is still friendly with such as Nazz, his populariy grew from dance music and the dances and shows he performed at for fans throughout the Delaware Valley. Gene (who his fans started calling "Giant Gene" while "Long" John was another tall DJ of the era), later went on to WIBG.."Philly's WIBBAGE" and hosted a highly popular talk program on WCAU.."Gene Arnold's American Scene", heard nightly in 38 states and Canada on the CBS giant with the era's first "youth oriented" talk show. He was also heavily involved in "Earth Day" and hosting the first "Be-In's" in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. .Gene's son Jody wrote "The History Of Disco" as a high-school term paper in 1978, and Gene instantly saw the need for it to be transformed into a true audio history of the music, the stars, and those who made the dances happen. Today, it remains as one of the most popular programs worldwide, and earned Gene (and Jody) entrance into "The Disco Hall Of Fame", now officially hosted by The Library Of Congress. The series was broadcast originally on WZZD, (formerly WIBG) and then was syndicated across America as part of "Gene Arnold's Superstar Concert" programs, (some of which have been restored and can be heard here or on the world's leading source for soul music, www.soul-patrol.net In the interim, Gene operated an advertising company with his wife Terry, a very talented singer and voice-actress. Together the pair created many of the most popular youth-oriented campaigns in America, earning multi-millions of dollars for clients such as Deb Shops and Merry Go Round stores across the nation, as well as most of the leading national teen fashion chains. Those years were quite different from today, and with those memories, Gene and Terry recently appeared in a TV documentary by Emmy Award Winner David Kramer about the life of Jimi Hendrix to air worldwide. He was also invited to appear on VH1 TV's Disco Years program. Jody encouraged him to "get back into life" after an auto accident in 1988 made him feel "out of sorts" from a concussion, and unable to run his agency any longer. Living in Los Angeles, Jody mentioned that "almost everyone here is from Philly, or loves the music you were so much a part of..so why not bring your old shows back and let people hear them again." Thanks to Jody, Rich Levin of www.pctalkweb.net, and Bob Davis, of Soul-Patrol, and of course, Terry, who has produced most of these programs then, and now, we are here. This website is "done for fun", and we hope you enjoy listening to "radio like it was when you loved it." Our goal is to educate and inform you of the very historic "Sounds Of Philly" that Gene was a vital part of by introducing you to the people who made it, and their ever classic recordings of their worldwide hits. Most did not earn the fortunes today's rappers, (who own their rights) do...so to support your favorite Philly Oldies artists, visit their websites and purchase the CD's you want to own for your collection from the artists own sites. Just put their name in google.com, and google will take you there.
Writer and web-genius Bob Davis, creator of Soul-Patrol.com with Gene Gene was highly honored to receive the coveted "Legends Of Black Music Award", and was also recently named Number 25 on the "World's Best DJ" List. Europes leading Disco and DJ Magazine, the publishers of the list who can be found at www.djsportal.com. Gene is also featured in Wikopedia, the internets leading Encyclopedia, and on www.BestCelebrities.com, where you can place his name in their huge search engine of your favorite stars to go directly to their websites. Not being on the air for all those years, it's great to be remembered. This site is our way of thanking you by bringing you the info you want about the stars, the music, and the "behind the scenes" facts about how it all happened. We thank you all for making us so much a part of the internet music scene worldwide. Jody was right. People EVERYWHERE love "the Sounds Of Philly!" so we do it just for the fun of it. Thanks to good friend Marty Angelo for his efforts to keep Disco alive, and to Rich Levin www.pctalkweb.net , Bob Davis, and Dave Skalish, who lovingly have restored many of our original broadcasts, and of course, to Terry, who makes everything possible, and Jim, Kristy and our friends at www.netcetra.com who are easily the best web creators and site hosts anywhere. Thanks also to 309 Office Furniture www.309fx.com for the finest Home Office and Studio Furniture available. Here are the current programs you can listen to now with Real Player or Windows Media.
"Hello, It's Me"...Gene Introduces Nazz Gene is honored to be a member of The Disco DJ's Hall Of Fame , and The Philly Radio and TV Hall Of Fame, and a part of The New York Public Library's "A Decade Of Saturday Nights" bold Exhibit highlighting the people and places of Disco with highlights of the era well preserved and beautifully displayed. Links to stars, other sites, and music you'll love RJ Ron Josephs www.rjforever.com Nazz at http://www.itsaboutmusic.com/nazz.html 100 Great Disco Links http://www.70disco.com/70links.htm Philly's Own Hall and Oates www. hall and oates .com/ Great Disco site www.disco.com Your Favorite Stars www.bestcelbritysites.com Philly's Own LaBelle ttp://www.pattilabelle.com/index2.html Philly's Teen Idols: www.frankieavalon.com www.fabian.com www.chubbychecker.com The Rock Hall Of Fame www. rock hall .com/ The Kings Own Site www.elvis.com Find Your Favorite Philly CD's www.amazon.com Philadelphia Radio and TV Hall Of Fame http://phillymemories.tripod.com/id2.htm Hear Great Rock Music www.rock.com Get Ready For Howard Stern www.serius.com Our very own beloved www.jimcroce.com Philly's Own "Godfather Of Disco Vince Montana Jr More Internet Radio www.aolmusic.com / Copyright © 1997-2007
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