ABOUT
JOHN LUONGO

1975 to 1978:  John Luongo started the Boston Record Pool which was one of the first three record pools to begin the Record Pool phenomenon we know today.  Boston was the first record pool in the country to charge a fee and run a profitable operation by supplying records to DJs throughout New England.  John revolutionized the influence of Record Pools by tying their charts into radio station airplay and retail store awareness. John had the wonderful experience of working at Skippy White’s Records in Mattapan, Everett Music in Everett and ‘Strawberries’ which was a chain owned by the legendary Morris Levy of Roulette Record fame.  John spoke to the buyers because he saw them as his portal to reach the labels and become important and integral to labels, artists and managers.  John Luongo also became a Billboard Reporter for New England making his influence and clout more undeniable. John was able to constantly pick the groups and the hits that would not only enter but climb the charts starting in dance and crossing over to POP.  John published the first of many weekly NIGHTFALL magazines on April 1, 1975.
 
JOHN LUONGO's START IN MUSIC...
 
1973 to 1975: Upon graduation from Northeastern University, obtained a BS in Civil Engineering and worked for AJ Lane Construction and became the head engineer on a project to build an 8 Story 175 Unit apartment building in Mass.  John broke the record for the erection of the building and finished it in 11 months to the day he started. 
 
At this point John Luongo decided his real passion was to be in music and started to spin full time at The Rhinoceros.  He followed this by spinning for the largest club ever in New England called Whimseys which held over 2,500 people and was packed when it opened.  At this same time, John was working at both WNTN in Newton Mass and at WTBS in MIT where John reached thousands of music lovers with his late night signals.  This marked the beginning of his rise to success in his dance/ pop career. 
 
John Luongo's songs were heard by and influenced the black station (WILD) the POP station (WRKO) the AOR station (WBCN) and the alternative station (WAAF).  All who listened to John Luongo's show from their varied backgrounds, took the music he played and used the songs that applied to their formats as John always played a very diverse playlist but it had to be danceable to be included.  John Luongo called his show The Right Track and subtitled it "The Music That's Making America Dance!". The show became so popular that it was syndicated by Scott Knight and Rich Balsbaugh of Knight Quality Stations and broadcast on over 22 stations within their network alone.  John was asked to be PD of KISS 108 by Rich Balsbaugh but went to New York to pursue a recording career in music.
 
1969 to 1973:  Major in Civil Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass. While at Northeastern John Luongo was the morning DJ and played morning met which was a closed circuit radio station between the dorms and the school buildings
 
During college, John was introduced to the dance scene when he happened to stumble upon a place called The Towne House on Beacon Street in Boston.  The Towne House is above the Bull and Finch Bar which was the basis for the sitcom CHEERS!  It was here that John cut his DJ teeth and began spinning to hundreds of customers nightly.  I went from the Towne House to The Rhinoceros run by Jackie Gateman and his wife Enid.  Worked here and changed the face of music in Boston and New England.  John Luongo had crowds coming from Rhode Island to New Hampshire and New York to the southern states.