THE VOICE THAT ROCKED AMERICA- THE DICK BIONDI STORY
Winner of the 2025 Route 66 International Film Festival “Hugh Moore Best of Fest” award.
Dick Biondi swamped by fans at the Pizza Faire in the early sixties while at WLS-AM radio in Chicago.
In the early sixties at WLS-AM in Chicago, Dick Biondi became the nation’s #1 Disc Jockey
In 1961 with the help of his WLS-AM listeners, Biondi recorded a 45 rpm vinyl record, “The Pizza Song” a parody of "On Top of Old Smoky". On the flip side was “Knock Knock”.
Dick Biondi’s “Young America” was the first radio network rock ‘n’ roll show; the syndicated program was broadcast on the Mutual Network from New York in 1964.
WLS 1962 air staff L-R: Gene Taylor - Art Roberts - Mort Crowley - Jim Dunbar - Dick Biondi - Clark Weber - Bob Hale
Dick Biondi’s Favorites. . .The Teenagers album, recorded in 1963
Dick Biondi and Fan Club President/Filmmaker Pamela Enzweiler-Pulice in 1962
Pamela Enzweiler-Pulice, Director & Producer of “The Voice That Rocked America: the Dick Biondi Story”