Wildwood Days

"Wildwood Days"
Single by Bobby Rydell
B-side "Will You Be My Baby"
Released 1963
Format Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Genre Rock and roll
Length 2:27
Label Cameo-Parkway
Writer(s) Kal Mann & Dave Appell
Bobby Rydell singles chronology
"Butterfly Baby"
(1963)		 "Wildwood Days"
(1963)		 "The Woodpecker Song"
(1963)

"Wildwood Days" is a song released by Bobby Rydell in 1963.[1] The subject of the song is Wildwood, New Jersey, a city famous for its nightlife, which was a popular location for rock and roll performances at the time the song was recorded.[2]

Rydell's version spent 9 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 17,[3] while reaching No. 14 in Australia,[4] and No. 21 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.[5]

In 1966, Bobby Curtola released a version of the song, which reached No. 36 on Canada's "RPM 100".[6]

Chart performance

Chart (1963) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 17
Australia - Music Maker[4] 14
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade 21

References

  1. ↑ Bobby Rydell - Wildwood Days, norwegiancharts.com. Accessed July 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ Strauss, Robert. "The Heart of Rock 'n' Roll Is in Wildwood", The New York Times, September 4, 2005. Accessed July 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bobby Rydell - Chart History - The Hot 100", Billboard.com. Accessed July 25, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Billboard Hits of the World", Billboard, July 27, 1963. p. 42. Accessed July 25, 2016.
  5. ↑ CHUM Hit Parade - Week of June 13, 1963 at the Wayback Machine (archived November 7, 2006). Chart No. 325. CHUM. Accessed July 25, 2016.
  6. ↑ "RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 6, No. 4, September 19, 1966. Accessed July 25, 2016.
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