by Debbie Gold, Wyncote, Pa
I was working on a movie with Cameron Crowe when we heard the horrible news of Marvin Gaye’s murder. On the day he was buried, Cameron and I disappeared from the set (and later got reprimanded) so we could stand in line with about a thousand others — to walk by […]

by Debbie Gold, Wyncote, Pa
I stopped by The Record Plant NYC one day to visit Chuck Plotkin, during the mixing of what would become “Darkness On The Edge Of Town.” The studio was like Fort Knox — no one was allowed near it (this was just after Springsteen was involved with the famous lawsuit with […]

by Anita Regester, Parkesburg, PA
Amidst so many memories there is a musical moment that stands out, because for me, it was the beginning, the start of my lifelong love affair with music. I imagine that many of us remember a similar moment, almost like a rite of passage, though I think it is not as […]

by P.J. Fowler, Warrington, PA
I admit it…I’m “old”….but my motto this year is “55 & still alive”!
I was raised with music. My parents, Ray and Peg Fowler, with the help of Uncle Lew & my grandmom, used to run dances at Gloucester City Park, or Danceland on the Delaware as it was called. They started […]

by Linda Schalles, Wayne, PA
It was 1987 and I’m almost certain it was April 1st. Maybe I just kept thinking that 102 was playing a trick. My alarm/radio was playing this crappy oldies music next to my bed. What the heck?! As I kept listening for the signature WIOQ chimes or Harvey in the Morning […]

by Debbie Gold, Wyncote, Pa
Born and raised in Philly, at 19 I was hired by Jerry Garcia and transported to California where I worked for many years in the music industry. I worked with other legendary artists such as Dylan and Springsteen in management and production, and as a music supervisor for films and TV. […]

by Gary, Yardley, PA
Senior in High School in 1967, music: Kinks, Beach Boys, Beatles, Lovin’ Spoonful. Made our own mix on a Sony reel to reel.
College, late ’60’s early ’70’s, UW Madison, the live scene: Dead, Airplane, Hendrix, Joplin, Doors, Allman Bros and in Chicago, Blind Faith.
Over the years (40), kept the music on, my […]

by Bob Hill Sr., Oreland, PA
It was sometime in the fifties when I was watchin “Bandstand’ with my older sister who was 4 years older than me. I was around 8 years old. Ritchie Valens was a guest on the show and he sang “Donna”; it was wonderful. I loved that song. After he was […]

by Connie Kreischer Slingbuam, Havertown, PA
I was the youngest of three children, my older brother and sister were part of the Woodstock generation. That music festival served as a monumental cultural marker, a musical moment that they could share. For me that moment came on July 13, 1985 in my hometown of Philadelphia, Live Aid […]

by Bob Hill Sr., Oreland, PA
It was the day after the worst memory of my life; the events of 9.11.01 had left me numb with sorrow, pain and hate. I sat at work in a police car in a state of shock at the deaths of all those cops, firemen, emergency service workers and the […]