the Rockin' Bird (Joe Niagara)
Joe Niagara, "...more 10th Anniversary" (Lost Nite Records compilation, 1966)
www.broadcastpioneers.com/joeniagara.html
In 1980, while at WPEN, South Philly's (10th & Oregon) Joe Niagara got into the Guinness Book of World Records for playing more than 500 different versions of "Stardust." Each day for two years, he played a different rendition.
In 1998, Joe Niagara was inducted into our Broadcast Pioneers' Hall of Fame. Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Museum and the NAB (the National Association of Broadcasters) also saluted him. Joe Niagara has a star on Philadelphia’s Walk of Fame on Broad Street.
the Rockin' Bird (Joe Niagara)
Joe Niagara, "...more 10th Anniversary" (Lost Nite Records compilation, 1966)
www.broadcastpioneers.com/joeniagara.html
In 1980, while at WPEN, South Philly's (10th & Oregon) Joe Niagara got into the Guinness Book of World Records for playing more than 500 different versions of "Stardust." Each day for two years, he played a different rendition.
In 1998, Joe Niagara was inducted into our Broadcast Pioneers' Hall of Fame. Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Museum and the NAB (the National Association of Broadcasters) also saluted him. Joe Niagara has a star on Philadelphia’s Walk of Fame on Broad Street.