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Remember the Bristol Stomp? join record seekers at Sunnybrook
The Times Herald
The legendary Sunnybrook Ballroom in Pottstown will commemorate 50 years of The Bristol Stomp with the help of the Dovells on June 9. Radio personality Steve Kurtz has made an application to the Guinness World Records book that the event will compete ...

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Boyertown Berk Montgomery Newspapers
Dust off your Bristol Stompin' shoes
Boyertown Berk Montgomery Newspapers
Submitted photo: The Dovells are heading to Sunnybrook Ballroom where all of Pottstown is invited to set a Bristol Stomp record! On June 9, an event is planned at the legendary Sunnybrook Ballroom in Pottstown to commemorate 50 years of “The Bristol ...

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Philly's Very Own One-Hit Wonders
Philadelphia Magazine (blog)
This one comes with an asterisk, as Barry was the lead singer of the Dovells, who had major hits with the “Bristol Stomp” and “You Can't Sit Down.” But his song “1-2-3″ was a huge success in 1965, and the West Philly native reached #2 on the Billboard ...


 
Like him or not, Dick Clark helped define my times
Baltimore Sun
... of debate to this day - in the rise of the independent Philly labels of the late 50s that featured the likes of Chubby Checker, Frankie Avalon, Bobby Rydell, Fabian Forte, Dee Dee Sharp and groups like the Orlons and the Dovells, to name a few.

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Allentown Morning Call
Rock out at oldies music extravaganza
Allentown Morning Call
Performers 1-7 pm include The Dovells ("Bristol Stomp") at 6 pm and Bill Haley's Comets ("Rock Around the Clock") at 5 pm, tribute artists Lights Out (Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons) at 3 pm and Johnny Mullins (Elvis) at 4 pm, and regional favorite ...

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PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog)
Go See It This Weekend: Spiritualized, Siltbreeze Showcase, In The Pocket ...
PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog)
... ITP's been on a mission to record and perform some of Philly's “essential songs”—tracks originally written by Philadelphians and/or recorded here, including well-known ditties from Robert Hazard, the Dovells, Todd Rundgren and, yes, the Hooters.


 
Idyll Banter: Can you top the Bristol Stomp?
BurlingtonFreePress.com
Very likely, someone is going to parody the 1961 Dovells hit, the “Bristol Stomp.” Just for the record, that tune probably would not have reached the number two spot on the Billboard chart if the refrain had begun, “The kids in Pocock are sharp as a ...