Before Chuck Barris became famous as the host and creator of The Gong Show, his song 'Palisades Park' was a Top 5 hit for singer Freddie Cannon. A Michigan radio station is credited with being the first to play the song.
And it happened by accident. The story is related in Remembering Flint, Michigan: Stories from the Vehicle City by Gary Flinn: the city's Top 40 station WTAC had added Freddie Cannon's 'June, July and August' to the playlist. However a disc jockey mistakenly played the B-side, 'Palisades Park.' The phones blew up with request to hear the song again and the rest is history.
Here's the song Barris wrote as a tribute to the New Jersey amusement park.
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