Asbury Park Rock and Roll Museum Asbury Park New Jersey

View Photos -Thank you to Billy Smith who co-owned the Museum along with Stephen Bumball for making this possible and supplying the info - 1-10 All material copyrighted by the owners..
1.	View Inside	2.	E Street Band Member and the now Mrs. Springsteen
3.	Museum co-owner Billy Smith leads "The Boss" 1987 through the Palace	4.	Jon Bon Jovi visits the Museum
5.	Lance Larson & Lord Gunner Group	6.	"Tillie" Looking good in 1980
7.	Tillie at night, circa 1980 - real weird	8.	Asbury Park Boardwalk - 1953 Photo
9.	Bruce on Rail 1979 - CBS Promo Shot	10.	Bruce at "Stone Pony" 1984
11.	Debra Rothenberg Springsteen and others Photo Gallery.	12.
13.	Wonder Bar - 5th and Ocean Ave	14.	The Rock and Roll Tour of the Jersey Shore
15.	Dr. Zoom Ticket Sunshine Inn	16.	The WHO - Convention Hall 1966- Photo by Cal S.
17.	Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performing at Convention Hall '66. Photo Cal S.
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Before there was a Rock and Roll Museum in Cleveland (go figure) let's not forget that the FIRST such museum anywhere DID exist in Asbury! "The Asbury Park Rock & Roll Museum" opened inside "The Palace" in 1986 and was extremely successful. It drew thousands of visitors to the town who were interested in it's rich musical heritage.

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The Asbury Park Rock 'N Roll Museum drew over 5,000 people to the Palace in ONE night for the NY radio promotion "K-ROCK's Springsteen Record Release Party".

The Museum was featured in "Rolling Stone Magazine", "The New York Times" and the "L.A. Times" among countless other publications. It was featured on "MTV" and many other television and radio shows. Visitors from 31 countries came to the Museum, and celebrity visitors included Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, many members of "The E Street Band", Southside Johnny and Bo Diddley.	The 100 Top CDs

SEVENTEEN YEARS ago it certainly proved that the city SHOULD take advantage of it's musical history and it's "hometown stars" to promote tourism. Maybe the city's current leaders are finally realizing this. Sadly, when the Vaccaro Brothers (last operating Palace owners) decided to permanently close up, the Museum was also forced to close. But let's not forget the Museum, and it's many contributions to Asbury Park.

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