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Harvey Sheldon might be 3000 miles away living in Anaheim Hills, California but has never forgotten his roots of his home town, being the city he loves, Philadelphia. He has donated and created major libraries at the Unversity of Pennsylvania, The Harvey Sheldon Rock N' Roll Music Video Research Library and the Harvey Sheldon Jewish American Music Video Research Library. Earlier this year launched a web - radio station Harvey Sheldon Bandstand, playing the hits from that TV show, that would make Harvey, Philly's first TV Teenage Idol for co creating the Bunny Hop.

Now launched this year Harvey Sheldon another web radio station to be dedicated to Philly talent... HARVEY SHELDON PHILLY RADIO created that we should never forget the great singers, musicians and the big bands that were from the greater Philadelphia area. From the Yiddish theater of Molly Picon, The King of Jazz of Paul Whiteman, The great singers of Lillian Roth, Gogi Grant, Eddie Fisher,Mario Lanza, Buddy Greco, Kitty Kallen, Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon, Pearl Bailey, Sandy Stewart, Brook Benton, Bobby Vinton, Al Alberts and the Four Aces, Al Martino, Bob Manning, Billy Eckstine and James Darren.

Philly had the greatest of musicians who created and performed the best in Jazz, Swing and dance music. The talents of Red Rodney, Jan Savitt band, Billy May band, Elliot Lawrence band, Terry Gibbs, Buddy Defranco, John Coltrane, Mundell Lowe, Charlie Ventura, Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz, Al Cohn, Zoot Simms, Red Garland, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey Bands, Elliot Lawrence band Dizzy Gillespie band and Harvey Sheldon band.

There's nothing quite like a favorite old song to stir memories from our Philly talent. I have gathered all of their records and nearly a thousand songs of their wonderful music which takes on a tuneful trip back in time... back through almost four decades of original recordings. The Philly talent of their hit records made history.

The collection from the record library of Harvey Sheldon looks back over the golden age of popular music, that magical period that embraced the 1930's,1940's and the 1950's. Harvey Sheldon, was Philly's first TV TEENAGE IDOL, and co created the BUNNY HOP DANCE on Bob Horn's TV SHOW - BANDSTAND on WFIL TV channel-6 in 1952. A disc jockey in Philly, big band leader, a dancer on NBC TV with Benny Goodman, "Swing into Spring" TV shows, throughout the 1950's. Sheldon recalls in retrospect the hits that touched the hearts of music lovers that Philly were listening to and formed a sound track of music that now you can hear again - 24 hours a day-7 days a week-nothing but Philly music on...harveysheldonphillyradio.com ...Forth coming, soon to be announced a Broadway musical production of the life of Harvey Sheldon, aptly titled THE BUNNY HOP. Based on the book "The Bunny Hop" Story of Harvey Sheldon and the Bandtand Years" now on sale at all book stores and Amazon.

The concept of programming was to bring back memories of those romantic years and nostalgic packed times we had going to the Earl theater, Palumbo's, Latin Casino, Ciro's, Celebrity Room, Peps, The Blue Note, Showboat.Steel Pier,and Sunnybrook Ballroom, and our prom dances.The coolest spot in Philly was the intersection of 22nd and Walnut street,where you could dance the Mambo and the Cha Cha Cha with Pancho playing records at WPEN every night and at the Rittenhouse you could listen to The Harvey Sheldon Jazz All Stars. Sunday's Philly was swinging at the Town Hall on Broad Street where the Big Swing Band of Harvey Sheldon performed with the biggest names in Jazz would come from the Big Apple to sit in and play.

On radio listening to Doug Arthur's Danceland on WIBG, Grady & Hurst on WPEN, Joe McCaulery on WIP, Bob Horn on WFIL, Eddie Newman on WDAS. Jack Pyle on KYW and Harvey Sheldon on WHAT, during the Golden Age of Pop Music, of the 1950's. Emerging on the scene and would be Philly's all time disc jockey as we were both on WHAT, was Hy Lit.

The records were chosen from Juke Box and radio plays and from those that sold a million records. The collection of records of only Philly singers and musicians brings you the best, the most melodic, the most outstanding hits ever to touch your lives in a Harvey Sheldon musical spectacular event that you will cherish for years to come.

Are you looking for the greatest speaker, story teller and for an evening of laughs and just old fashioned entertainment... look no further than to Harvey Sheldon. Maybe it is musical entertainment...again The Big "SWING" Band of Harvey Sheldon....You have the BAGELS and I am available and I guarantee "A Good Time Will Be Had By ALL" No Big Band in Philly can equal the musical talents of Harvey Sheldon. To listen Philly's Greatest=Swingest Big Band - tune in harveysheldonbandstand.com... click to SWINGTIME OR LISTEN FOR IT ON harveysheldonphillyradio .com. In the 1950's played to S.R.O AUDIENCES and was critically acclaimed as a great JAZZ/SWING big band.