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Giant Gene Arnold's "Sounds Of Philly" Radio
Thank's to all who enjoy our shows around the globe., and congrats to our USA Olympic Team
The worldwide home of The Popular Philly AM and FM Radio DJ who played hard-rock and then disco long before they had a genre'.
WEEZ, WIFI-FM-WCAM-WIBG-WCAU AM-FM-WTAF-TV29
To hear your favorite "Philly Sounds" programs and interviews , Scroll Down this page and Click on your choice of current "updated" or restored broadcasts featured on the lower half of this page. To see giant gene intro your favorite Philly groups at the Spectrum, go to www.youtube.com and put "giant gene arnold" into the search box. Thank you,.
After hearing shows here,visit a new site with Philly news music
pictures of Philly life ( including the PCC trolley's we grew up riding, Horn n Hardarts and more. There's a page for Terry's music and poems, a tribute to Philly Police, along with new Giant Gene Programs, Chuck Rabb's Car Of The Day Pages, A new Charlie Gracie interview, a new "Kensington Kid" interview, and more..
To visit "Our new Philly sights nSounds" click Philly Sounds
Terry is Gene's wife, long-time producer, singer, actress, and voiceover artist. To learn more visit her site.
Visit Terryl's Showcase Page and Voice Demo at http://imterryl.tripod.com/terryl
About Gene
In the beginnings of his radio career. (after singing, acting, and writing and producing music), Gene joined RJ (Ron Joseph) in late 1966 at WEEZ-AM radio, and then they rocked over to 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. He called his shows "Giant Gene's Discoscene", and later, wrote for Discoscene Magazine. 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, Frank Zappa, Iron Butterfly, Vanilla Fudge, The Allman Brothers, Chicago, and many more. While credited with the first "popular progressive rock" shows in the area before any major stations had gone to that format, 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 also hosted "Gene Arnold's American Scene" on CBS Radio's WCAU-1210, and his syndicated "Duperstar Concerts' and "History of Disco" series.
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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.
look for this logo at www.soul-patrol.net radio, and hear many of Gene's Soul Programs when you see this symbol. There are hundreds of great programs there, so scroll all the wat down.
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,Visit the writers and publisher at www.djsportal.com. Gene is also featured in Wikopedia, the internets leading Encyclopedia. Not being on the air for all those years, (with the exception of our syndicated re-runs and all those commercials on TV and Radio, 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. Ron's DanceTalk Magazine, published by Ron Bess, is another excellent source of dance music info.
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Here are the current programs you can listen to now with Real Player or Windows Media.
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New Songs: interview with Gil Saunders, lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
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The History of Disco, in the words and songs of the stars who made it!
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The History of Motown: Stevie, Diana, The Marvelletes, The Four Tops, and others talk about their hits
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The Ojays Talk and sing their big hits, and play DJ with Giant Gene
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The History of Philly Soul: All of your favorites from Philly, plus lots of details on the music
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Time in a Bottle: The Man Behind Jim Croce, Maury Meuhliesen, plays and sings with Jim
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NEW NAZZ-2 and OLD NAZZ: "Hello, it's Me" music, and a chat with Stewkey
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Frankie Avalon and Bobby Rydell: Philly faves talk with Gene about everything
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More on NAZZ: Stewkey talks about life after #1 hits, and his new NAZZ 2
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"Hello, It's Me"...Gene Introduces Nazz
Gene and The Creator Of The Sounds Of Philly, Kenny Gamble, go back a long way.
Here Gene introduces The Jimi Hendrix Experience at The Spectrum in 1969. He MC'd him 3 more times after that by his request over the years.Gene also MC'd The Doors, The Allman Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Cat Stevens, Chicago, Steppenwolf, Frank Zappa,and most of the beloved rock stars of that era.
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.He is also a Philadelphia Broadcast Pioneer Member.
We also 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,(of www.soul-patrol.net) and Dave Skalish, (Chief Technician CBS Radio Stations)who lovingly have restored many of our original broadcasts, and of course, to Terry, who makes everything possible, and Jim, Anna, and our friends at www.netcetra.com who are easily the best web creators and site hosts anywhere
Links to stars, other sites, and music you'll love
RJ Ron Josephs www.rjforever.com
Nazz at http://www.itsaboutmusic.com/nazz.html
Philly's "original" rocker..www.charliegracie.com
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
Philly's Own LaBelle www.pattilabelle.com/index2.html
Philly's Teen Idols:
www.frankieavalon.com
www.fabian.com
www.chubbychecker.com
www.bobbyrydell.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
Our very own beloved www.jimcroce.com
Philly's Own "Godfather Of Disco Vince Montana Jr
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RIP Al Alberts, Al Martino, Billy Burnett, Irv Homer, Fred Sherman, Teddy Pendregrass
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