By the middle of the decade, more than half of all American homes owned ... A popular Philadelphia radio program at the time ...

We had to [perform] to a tape. We couldn’t play it live, so we threw our mics on the ground and wrecked them," recalled Ad-Rock.

explaining the impact of "American Bandstand" and Cameo-Parkway Records, the Philadelphia label that specialized in novelty tracks like Chubby Checker's "The Twist." (Tarsia worked as an audio ...