"Palisades Park" is a song written by Chuck Barris and recorded by Freddy Cannon.
A tribute to New Jersey's Palisades Amusement Park, the song is an up-tempo tune led by a distinctive organ part. It also incorporates amusement park sound effects.
Released by Swan Records as a B-side to "June, July and August", "Palisades Park" broke in when a Flint, Michigan radio DJ played it by mistake. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 12 March 1962, the biggest hit of Cannon's career.[1]
It was covered by Shelley Fabares on her 1962 album The Things We Did Last Summer, Gary Lewis And The Playboys on their 1965 album A Session With Gary Lewis And the Playboys, The Beach Boys on their 1976 album 15 Big Ones, and The Ramones on their 1989 album Brain Drain. It was also used as the stage introduction music for Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band's Tunnel of Love Express Tour in 1988.[citation needed]
Cannon recorded "Kennywood Park" in the mid-1980s, a reworking of the song about the Pittsburgh amusement park of the same name. It was issued as a limited edition 45 vinyl single and considered a collector's item.[citation needed]
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Beach Boys version
Details
- Album: 15 Big Ones
- Time: 2:27
- Produced by: Brian Wilson
- Arranged by: Brian Wilson
Performers
- Ben Benay - guitar
- Hal Blaine - drums
- Jerry Cole - guitar
- Steve Douglas - saxophone
- Carl Fortina - accordion
- Al Jardine - vocals
- Plas Johnson - saxophone
- John J. Kelson Jr. - saxophone
- Mike Love - vocals
- Ray Pohlman - bass guitar
- Lyle Ritz - upright bass
- Julius Wechter - percussion
- Brian Wilson - piano, organ, vocals
- Carl Wilson - synthesizer, lead vocal
References
- ^ Palisades Park - Mr. Freddy "BOOM BOOM" Cannon Epinions.com Accessed 28 October 2008
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