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Discover the Wildwoods' rich music history from 1885–1969. Journey through iconic venues, legendary artists, and the rise of rock & roll in Volume I.
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Wildwood Music Memories: Entertainment & Nightlife, Volume I, 1885-1969

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Discover the Wildwoods' rich music history from 1885–1969. Journey through iconic venues, legendary artists, and the rise of rock & roll in Volume I.

From the authors of Wildwoods Houses Through Time and Images of America: Hunt’s Pier, Wildwood Music Memories: Entertainment & Nightlife, Volume I, 1885–1969 takes readers on a historical and nostalgic trip through the Wildwoods’ legendary live music scene.

It is the first in a series spanning decades, genres, and venues. At their height, Wildwood and North Wildwood were as happening as New York, Miami Beach, or Las Vegas. From hotspots like the Starlight Ballroom to the Surf Club, the Riptide to the Rainbow, and Club Avalon to the Manor Supper Club, readers are transported back to when the Treniers and Bill Haley & the Comets sparked a rock & roll revolution, Chubby Checker launched a world-changing dance craze, and the Isley Brothers performed with an unknown Jimi Hendrix.

Generations of fans arrived by train—and later the Garden State Parkway—and danced to jazz, swing, rhythm & blues, country western, and rock. And it all happened in bars, cafés, and nightclubs in the Wildwoods, New Jersey.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

Taylor Henry is an award-winning freelance journalist and lifelong resident of Wildwood, NJ, who has written for NJ.com, Cape May County Herald, Wildwood Sun Magazine, and SNJ Today. She studied writing arts and journalism at Rowan University and communication at Atlantic Cape Community College. Taylor is a Wildwood Historical Society board member who runs TinyChurchesNJ on Instagram, a microblog about NJ’s historic churches, and works at a Wildwood Boardwalk shop called What Goes On.



Rob Ascough is treasurer of the Wildwood Historical Society, co-author of Images of America: Hunt's Pier (2011), and editor of RollerCoaster!, the official magazine of American Coaster Enthusiasts.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781634996532
Publisher: America Through Time
Date: 11/30/2026
State: New Jersey
Series: America Through Time
Images: 102 photographs
Pages: 110
Dimensions: 6.5 (w) x 9.25 (h)
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