[KNOCK-KNOCK] Written by: Dick Biondi{1} Performed by: Dick Biondi First released: Single: Circa 1959, Album: 2008.

Appears on:

Singles: Dick Biondi A-side: "The Pizza Song" B-side: "Knock-Knock" (WLS Radio, 45 rpm, #DJ-IRC-6904)-c.1959;

Albums: Rare Novelty, Vol. 1 [Various Artists] (CD, #NO-1955)-2008{2};

{1}Dick Biondi (born September 13, 1932, Endicott, New York, United States) is a Radio Hall of Fame Top 40 and Oldies disc jockey. Biondi gained national attention in the 1950s and 1960s as a disc jockey on leading AM radio stations in Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; and Los Angeles, California. Besides being among the first to play Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent ("Be-Bop-a-Lula"), and other early rhythm and blues artists, he was one of the original "screamers," known for his screaming delivery as well as his wild antics on the air and off, much to the consternation of parents coast to coast. Since 1984, Biondi has been a mainstay on Oldies stations in the city where he first earned his reputation, Chicago. Biondi is credited as the first U.S. disc jockey to play the Beatles, on Chicago's WLS 890 AM in February 1963, with the song "Please Please Me." Later, while working at KRLA 1110 AM in Los Angeles, he introduced the Beatles and Rolling Stones at their Hollywood Bowl concerts. In 1995, Biondi was featured in an exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with other legendary disc jockeys. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1998.

{2}Transcribed from the track on this album.