Wildwood Days - Bobby Rydell 1962

“Wildwood Days“, originally recorded by Bobby Rydell in 1962, is about a cluster of small communities known as The Wildwoods located on the New Jersey shore where the Rock & Roll scene thrived, especially during summer vacation when school was out, every day was a holiday, and every night was a Saturday night. ---- A very talented singer, entertainer, and musician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bobby Rydell was the quintessential Rock & Roll teen idol like Frankie Avalon and Fabian in the early 1960’s. Rydell notched 34 Top 40 hits, placing him in the Top 5 artists of his era. As a young entertainer of 9 years old, he did impersonations of well-known entertainers of the day on a teen club amateur TV show. At 21, he co-starred with Ann-Margret and Dick Van Dyke in the movie Bye Bye Birdie in 1963. Rydell continued to perform internationally as of 2013, mostly as a solo act, in front of sold out audiences.