Diablos. Also known as the Velvet Angels and their lead singer Noland Strong. Enjoy a ferw tunes by the Diablos. Adios, My Desert Love -...

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...

Smokey Robinson Smokey Robinson. Man of the Hour/Decade/Era. We'll call my tunes Favorite Tunes From Marty from here on...it's a WIX...

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...

Here is a picture that most of us never got a chance to take of the gang that we used to hang around with from the old neighborhood....

72nd Street in Central Park. What were your memories of this area in Central Park? How many times in the summer did you wish you could...

Jay and the Americans were a popular group and even had a few great tunes which are part of Marty's Favorite Tunes. Enjoy. Cara Mia...

Back in the time when I had the energy to do a little extra and had the enthusiasm, I did a few collages of Yorkville pictures. Here is...

Paramounts A group from the Bronx, New York called the Paramounts. I just hope there is not another Paramount group. Enjoy. In A Dream -...

Five Keys With the Five Keys, we go back to the start of Rock N Roll with the Five Keys. I think the words, Rock N Roll, are the wrong...

Scientific Name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Common Name: Red Flowering Hibiscus Type of Plant: Flowering This Hibiscus plant still has me a...

Delmonicos. I'm trying to find an old picture of the Delmonicos but lack the ability to find one. Here are a few tunes that made Marty's...

Here is a picture of the Yorkville Clock, labeled "Then and Now." What's missing on the new clock compared to the old Yorkville Clock and...

Crows Basically, it all started with the Crows and "Gee." Our new era of music started out with an uptempo tune that set the stage for...

Scientific Name: Euphorbia milii Common Name: Crown of Thorns I have several Euphorbia milii plants in the Dougherty Garden with an...

The Dougherty family of 324 East 85th Street. We lived on the 2nd Floor in Apartment 2D. We were the supers of the building. What I loved...

72nd Street and 1st Avenue 72nd Street On WIX: 72nd Street - Memories of 72nd Street Yorkville Landmarks #028 - Loew's on 72nd Street...

Dells The Dells are a unique group that keeps on producing a great bunch of tunes. Rather than talk about the Dells, I'll make a listing...

If you see a current picture of this area, it has been renovated and changed. For most of us from the area in 1950s, it was clearly a...