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Ann & Joe sitting at the organ with the Hammond Organ rep.
Frank Loesser wrote and circulated the song in 1945, but did not get a copyright until 1948.
A song done by Rosemary Clooney & Bing Crosby.
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This is a radio broadcast from 1948 in the "Anchor Room" of the "Lake Park Hotel" that once stood on the corner Park & 7th in Asbury Park, NJ. My dad (Joe Fontana) sang and played guitar. This medley are the hit songs from 1948. Listen for the radio station I.D. at the very end. "WCAP, AM & FM, Asbury Park".
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Joe Fontana sings, "I Don't Want To Walk Without You". Broadcast from the Anchor Room in the Lake Park Hotel in Asbury Park, NJ.1948. The music was written by Jule Styne, the lyrics by Frank Loesser. The song was published in 1941 and became a number one pop hit for Harry James and his orchestra in 1942.
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Words and Music by Sheldon Brooks 1917.
Seated from left to right: Carl & Ann Tesche, ? ,Joe Fontana. The woman is the middle was either a Miss NJ winner or Miss America winner, I'll have to research further.
The Anchor Room was located in the "Lake Park Hotel" in Asbury Park, NJ.1948
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Joe Fontana sings this popular song.
The music was written by Jule Styne, the lyrics by Sammy Cahn. The song was published in 1947.
The song was introduced in the 1948 movie "Romance on the High Seas", where it was sung by Doris Day.
A 40's postcard of the "Lake Park Hotel" in Asbury Park, NJ. The broadcast of the Stardusters in the"Archor Room" 1947-48.
Joe Fontana sings "Back To Sorrento" in Italian for his dad in Linden NJ.
This 80's cassette tape made from the original radio transcription record is in poor condition with drop-outs.
Here is part of that radio broadcast from the Anchor room in the Lake Park Hotel, Asbury Park, NJ in 1948. Listen at the end as to how much it cost in 1948 to go to a New Years Eve Party at the Anchor Room!
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"Ol' Man River" (music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II) is a song in the 1927 musical Show Boat, that tells a melancholy story of African American hardship and struggles of the time, related to the endless flow of the Mississippi River, from the view of a dock worker on a showboat. It is the most famous song in the show.
A song made famous by "Paul Robeson" in 1928.
Words and Music by B.G.DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson. 1927.
Seated left to right, Joe & Elsie Fontana, Anne & Carl Tesche.
Virginia Nordell singing.
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