CC wasn't working when I viewed this. So, I'll note here that the 1940 hit song "Pompton Turnpike" was named after this road and its then famous destination, Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook, a former dance hall and later dinner theater in Cedar Grove. The hall still stands, but is part of Sts. Kiril and Metodij Macedonian Orthodox Church (see 29:43). All the big bands played there. When he was just starting out, Frank Sinatra sang at the Meadowbrook as male vocalist with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Recordings of radio broadcasts from the Meadowbrook survive, most notably of the aforementioned Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Gene Krupa's band. During each broadcast, the announcer would identify the location by saying, "Folks, this music comes to you from Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook, located on Route 23, the Newark-Pompton Turnpike, in Cedar Grove, New Jersey."
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CC wasn't working when I viewed this. So, I'll note here that the 1940 hit song "Pompton Turnpike" was named after this road and its then famous destination, Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook, a former dance hall and later dinner theater in Cedar Grove. The hall still stands, but is part of Sts. Kiril and Metodij Macedonian Orthodox Church (see 29:43). All the big bands played there. When he was just starting out, Frank Sinatra sang at the Meadowbrook as male vocalist with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Recordings of radio broadcasts from the Meadowbrook survive, most notably of the aforementioned Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Gene Krupa's band. During each broadcast, the announcer would identify the location by saying, "Folks, this music comes to you from Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook, located on Route 23, the Newark-Pompton Turnpike, in Cedar Grove, New Jersey."