Ray Barretto Probable one of my favorite tunes is that of "El Watusi." Enjoy. El Watusi - MFT Return to Marty's Oldies Music Index:...

Here is a picture of Class 7-2 in 1954 at St. Joseph School. I'll add a few names to some of the boys and girls in the above picture....

St. Patrick Cathedral. For those that attended Cardinal Hayes High School, we graduated out of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The day that I...

Scientific Name: Hyophorbe lagenicaulis Common Name: Bottle Palm Tree Seeds #59 S Type: Palm Tree Seeds This is one of the latest Palm...

Avalons The Avalons. This group has a unique sound that caught my attention and I started to look for more tunes. Enjoy the Avalons of...

The Marcels, also known as Jets (aka Marcels). One tune had Ruben as the lead. Enjoy. A Sunday Kind Of Love Anything Blue Moon - MFT...

St. Monica School. Photo taken from the book on the history of the parish. Recalling some of the memories, Marty Dougherty Return to the...

Scientific Name: Mimosa pudica Common Name: Touch Me Not TO63 Type: Flowering Plant Mimosa pudica - Wikipedia One of the plants that was...

Valrays with one of my earliest Marty's Favorite Tunes. Yo Me Pregunto Return to Marty's Oldies Music Index: Marty's Oldies Groups (G-1)...

The Ocapellos were famous for this one tune called. The Stars - MFT ​ Return to Marty's Oldies Music Index: Marty's Oldies Groups (G-1)-...

Here is an old picture of the original RKO movie theatre on the NW corner of 86th Street and Lexington Avenue. I believe that was a drug...

Most of my memories of the Good Humor Truck were down at Carl Schurz Park. And the name that keeps coming into my mind is that of Eddie....

The official boss of the Dougherty Family. I knew her as "Mom." She raised three boys in Yorkville. She was the recipient of assorted...

Central Commercial High School Central Commercial High School was located at 214 East 42nd Street. Did anyone go to Central Commercila...

This is the New York Public Library on 79th Street. If memory serves me right, it was between 2nd and 3rd Avenues on 79th Street. My love...

The McCready family of Yorkville. If and when I get the street, I'll add a link to this this picture via the family name on the Avenues...

And now the Meadowlarks, or, Don Julian and the Meadowlarks, as they are more known by. Enjoy. Always And Always - MFT Devil or Angel...

Barbara and Jim Bray of Bray's Candy Store. The Bray's Candy Store was located near the SE corner of 85th Street and 2nd Avenue. Over the...

If you lived in Yorkille, you spent a lot of time in the parks. Both parks, Carl Schurz Park and Central Park. The above scene is from...

Del Vikings Here are the Del Vikings an a few of their tunes that made it to Marty's Favorite Tunes. Enjoy. Come Along With Me Come Go...