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Released by Swan Records as a B-side to "June, July and August," "Palisades Park" broke in when a Flint, Michigan, radio DJ played it by mistake. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 23–30 June 1962. [3] On the Hot R&B Sides chart, the song went to #15. [4] "Palisades Park" was the biggest hit of Cannon's career. [5]
"Palisades Park" is a 2014 song released by Counting Crows on Capitol Records as the lead single from the album Somewhere Under Wonderland. Adam Duritz has said that the song is "about the best thing I've written in my life. It's an epic story of two kids from New York in the late '70s and their lives in Basin Park.
With lyrics written by his mother, he prepared a new song which he called "Rock and Roll Baby", and he produced a demo which McDermott took to the writing and production team of Bob Crewe and Frank Slay. They rearranged the song, rewrote the lyrics, and offered to produce a recording in return for two-thirds of the composing credits. [4]
Two pop songs about the park were released as singles: "Palisades Park," a 1962 hit for Freddy Cannon, and a 2014 song of the same name by the American rock band Counting Crows. The Counting Crows song includes many references to the amusement park in the lyrics, including the Sky Rocket and the Wild Mouse .
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The jingle was used until the park closed in 1971, rhyming "Palisades Amusement Park" with "swings all day and after dark." [1] [4] Shelley also wrote the theme song for the Little Miss America pageant, which debuted at Palisades Park in 1961 as a children's version of Miss America for girls aged 5 to 10. [5]
PALISADES PARK — Borough Administrator Dave Lorenzo may be terminated at a special council meeting on Wednesday, just two months after he was placed on administrative leave with pay and after he ...
PALISADES PARK — The borough's business administrator has filed another lawsuit against the borough and mayor, his second since he was placed on administrative leave last month.