The Recording Years
The first recording was an instrumental titled “Blast Off.” The song was written by Mike (Mickey) Aversa. It was supposed to be the “B” side to “The Land of Broken Hearts.” I believe it was Produced by Lou Adler.
I recently saw this original recording available for $500.00. Wow!
Then one day we were rehearsing when we gat a phone call from Dick Biondi.
He called to let us know that he had two friends in Los Angeles who had started a production company and said he had given us as someone they should sign, and if we were interested. We said we were interested and then he gave us his friends’ names and phone numbers. His friends were Charlie O’Donnell and Harvey Miller.
Charlie was disc jockey at KRLA radio station, and who had moved to Los Angeles from Philadelphia. In Philadelphia, Charlie worked as the announcer for Dick Clark and the TV show “American Bandstand.”
Harvey Miller was better known as “Humble Harve.” He was a disc jockey, no, he was the most listened to disc jockey at radio station KHJ.