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John Luongo
Jan 10, 20232 min read
"We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" - Katrina and the Waves with Eric Burdon
There was an enormously successful televison show called China Beach that was the number one show in the country and paid homage to the...


John Luongo
Jan 9, 20232 min read
NIGHTFALL - How To Be A Good Disco DJ, April 1975
With the disco scene reaching an all-time high, almost everyone that goes to the disco wants to get into the act. One constant question...


John Luongo
Jan 8, 20231 min read
NIGHTFALL-Concert Circuit, April 1975
What a line up of great Artists and Bands playing in Boston back in April and May 1975. With 250,000 college students populating Boston...


John Luongo
Jan 8, 20231 min read
ROBSON LUIZ of ZYC BRASIL Interviews John Luongo on his Career
John Patrick Luongo was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He started with music already back in his time in University. He studied Civil...


John Luongo
Jan 8, 20232 min read
Nightfall Magazine - 15-29 April 1975
MUSIC - WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING - DJ JOHN (TC) LUONGO EXTRACT Everyone appreciates disco for what they offer musically but in the past...

John Luongo
Jan 6, 20231 min read
Marilyn & Billy McCoo - Shine on Silver Moon
Marilyn & Billy McCoo the most talented and kind wonderful people you would ever want to meet. They appeared in Boston to perform their...

John Luongo
Jan 1, 20231 min read
My Start As A DJ in Boston
On a trip to Boston I was able to see my first boss and now dear friend, Tom Kershaw, the owner of the Townehouse in Boylston Street. It...

John Luongo
Jan 1, 20231 min read
Best New Record Label Award 1981
I started my Pavillion record label in 1981 and we won best new label of the year in just about every state. in our first year. I made it...

John Luongo
Jan 1, 20231 min read
Dan Hartman - Free Ride
Here is the Fender Double neck guitar / bass played by my beloved deceased Friend Dan Hartman. He played with Edgar Winter as well as...

John Luongo
Jan 1, 20231 min read
Sigma Sound Studio, NY - Blind Vision by Blancmange
Here I am at Sigma Sound Studios in New York with pictured from left to right Neil Arthur, David Rhodes (of Peter Gabriel's band) and...

John Luongo
Dec 31, 20221 min read
Eddie Kendricks at Whimseys, Boston
I'm not being cocky when I say I was very instrumental in creating the scene that the EDM DJs of today enjoy. The whole premise behind...

John Luongo
Dec 31, 20221 min read
Mandrill
One of the best funk band ever and I helped to break them out of Boston! This is Mandrill !!

John Luongo
Dec 31, 20221 min read
The 2" Analog Tape
There was a time where we used 2" analog tape to Record and mix music! The technology was not as current as today's but the sound was...

John Luongo
Dec 31, 20221 min read
Boston Record Pool
One of the very first three Record Pools in the world was stated in Boston my me! I hired a pool director named Roxy Myzal who tuned out...

John Luongo
Dec 31, 20222 min read
Marlena Shaw - Touch Me In The Morning
The early days of dance music were the best for so many reasons. Not because the music was better than any time ever, before or even that...


John Luongo
Dec 31, 20221 min read
DJ John (TC) Luongo - My Dream To Be In The Music Business
When people complain about the fact they are working too hard to "make it" in the music business I can only shake my head and think they...

John Luongo
Dec 31, 20221 min read
WBOS-FM Radio
I and Vinny Peruzzi were the very first two DJs hired as on the air Radio personalities by PD and on air Jock, Rob Robin for WBOS -FM...

John Luongo
Dec 31, 20222 min read
Cerrone - Back Track - Pavilion Records
If you're lucky enough in the music business, and I stress the word lucky, you may just get an opportunity to utilize the talent and the...

John Luongo
Dec 31, 20221 min read
Music Is My Way Of Life
I once worked on a song for Patti Labelle called Music Is My Way Of Life. As I look back through my history and where I am today, those...

John Luongo
Dec 31, 20222 min read
Huey Lewis & The News - I Want A New Drug
It's pretty funny when you look back at the different mediums that our business has gone through in order to judge the accuracy of the...
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