Vintage Commercials: Stylistics At The Apollo & WPLJ Rock Radio (1978)
‘The Apollo Theatre proudly presents The Stylistics…’
“The group that shaped your taste in music.”
Vintage commercial time! We’ve uncovered two lost spots from October 1978 for the New York City area.
First up, a promo for The Stylistics performing a three-night stand at The Apollo Theatre. Second, a spot for WPLJ FM 95.5. One of the most popular rock stations in NYC throughout the ’70s.
Previously on Vintage Commercials: Sony Stereo Systems (1979)
More of The Stylistics at Cherry Stereo: Playback!: The Stylistics, ‘Rockin’ Roll Baby’ (1973)
More radio commercials at Cherry Stereo: Vintage Commercials: WBLS FM Radio (NYC, 1978)
It’s interesting’ to find out that WPLJ is a radio station in New York. The Mothers Of Invention have a song called WPLJ on the album Burnt Weenie Sandwich. They don’t reference the radio station but instead sing White Port ‘n Lemon Juice. I wonder if WPLJ played WPLJ…
Looks like the station was named after the tune. According to Wikipedia:
“On February 14, 1971, the station’s call letters were changed to WPLJ,[12] chosen after Allen Shaw noticed the letter combination as the name of a song on the 1970 Mothers of Invention record, Burnt Weeny Sandwich. The song, ‘W-P-L-J’, was originally performed by the Four Deuces in 1955 and stood for ‘White Port and Lemon Juice’.’