This Sunday (September 13th), on what will
be his 88th birthday, Reel Stories Productions will be hosting a
virtual Dick Biondi Birthday Celebration and Fundraiser for the authorized film
documentary being put together to commemorate and celebrate the career of the
legendary rock and roll disc jockey … and we’re here to invite you to the
party!
It all kicks off at 2 pm CDT and runs “until the music
ends” and will be broadcast live from The Official Dick Biondi Film Facebook
Page:
Headlining the event are Chicago’s own New Colony Six,
with performances by Carl Giammarese, Jim Peterik, Dennis Tufano, Jimy Sohns,
Marshall Thompson and The Chi-Lites, The Chicago Experience, American English,
The Blooze Brothers, Maggie Aliotta and the Cave Dwellers, The Meteors, Rosie
and the Rivets, Windy City Elvis, Hot Rocks and more. Birthday wishes from Ronnie Rice, Frankie
Avalon, Tommy James, Tommy Roe, Neil Sedaka, Tony Orlando, Bill Medley, actor
Joe Montagna, Tom Doody and Robert Lamm, Lee Loughnane and Jimmy Pankow of
Chicago … and many more … will also be featured … and, if you act quickly, YOU
can wish Dick a Happy Birthday, too!
Just email a short video of yourself and your birthday
greeting to pam@dickbiondifilm.com …
but they MUST be received TODAY, September 10th, for a chance
to be included.
A suggested donation of $10 (of course, we’ll take
more!!!) will help toward completing post-production costs of the authorized
film documentary about legendary DJ Dick Biondi, The Voice That Rocked America: The Dick Biondi Story, directed and produced
by Pamela Enzweiler-Pulice.
Hosted by Pam Pulice, Joe Farina, Scott Mackay and John
Records Landecker (and other surprise guests), this promises to be a fun filled
birthday celebration.
Biondi is the first disc jockey to play a Beatles
record in America.
He was also the #1 DJ in America in the early ‘60’s. He promoted the early records of Bobby Darin,
Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley … and was one of the first DJs
to play rhythm and blues records in the south.
He introduced The Beatles on stage at The Hollywood Bowl … and is a member
of the Radio Hall Of Fame, Illinois Radio Hall of Fame, the Southern Tier
Broadcasters Hall of Fame and The Buffalo Broadcasters Hall of Fame … (and has
probably been fired from more stations than most disc jockeys have ever even
dreamed of working for!!!)
Please join in on all the fun … THIS SUNDAY, September
13th, at 2 pm CDT …
And get your birthday video in NOW so that you can be
included in all the festivities!
Thank you to our wonderful sponsors including: Paul
Shaffer, Onesti Entertainment, VC Plumbers, Douglas and Lynn Steffen, The
Village of Bolingbrook and Roger C. Claar, Mayor, Jim Peterik, Hagerty
Insurance, Beverly Records, Italian American Executives of Transportation, Jim
& Tracey Corollo, Katherine Konopasek, Dennis & Carolyn Terpin, Carol
"Chucko" Tenge, Michael Ungerleider & Stephanie Serna and Mike
Wolstein
Media Support: MeTV-FM, In a Nutshell TV Show, 95.9 The River
Acknowledgements: Newcity Magazine, Randolph Street Market,
www.WCFLchicago.com, We The Italians, Lawyers for the Creative Arts and the
Illinois Film Office (... and yours truly!)
