A
color glossy publicity photo of the band Shotgun who was
very popular in the mainline section of Philadelphia in
1980 and 1981. Shotgun, featuring a very sexy and
compelling female vocalist, Lenora, first performed at
Tony Mart’s in May of 1981. They were very well
received and quickly became a popular attraction.
Once again, Tony Mart’s was headed back towards the top
after the lull in the years 1979 and 1980. 1981
was actually the last great summer for the phenomenal
combination of commercial success, tremendous musical
entertainment and exciting ritual celebrations at Tony
Mart’s.
Carmen Marotta performs his MC duties for one of the
last times at Tony Mart’s during the “Tony Mart
Testimonial” held on September 13, 1982.
It was a great evening full of warm moments and
emotional nostalgia.
The entertainment highlight was the performance of the
Fall Guys who returned to Tony Mart’s, after 18 years,
to pay their final tribute to Tony Mart.
Tony Mart’s was sold to Harris and Leo Berman on
September 15, 1982. |
A wonderful full length picture of Lenora from Shotgun.
This reveals her uncanny resemblance to Chrissy Hyde of
the Pretenders. Even more remarkable was her vocal
renditions of the Pretenders, as well as Pat Benatar and
many of the “new wave” bands of the times such as The
B-52’s, The Talking Heads and Elvis Costello.
Shotgun also did a suburb and extremely popular
medley of Kinks rock-n-roll which really ignited Tony
Mart’s during the late hours of crowded weekend nights.
Shotgun brought notoriety from its popularity in
Philadelphia and attracted hundreds of partiers from
resorts in Cape May County where they previously
performed in Sea Isle City and other shore resorts.
 Joe,
the keyboard player and lead singer of the group
“Fanfare” performs on the big stage at Tony Mart’s in
the last summer –1982. Fanfare was justly popular for
its renditions of music by Super Tramp and Styx. Their
production rock and “heavy” music proved a bright spot
in the difficult summer 1982.
 Another
major attraction in the summer of 1981 was the
appearance of “Alien” performing the “Resurrection of
Jim Morrison and the Doors” on Tuesday nights when they
weren’t playing their regular gig at The Princeton
Lounge in Avalon. After entering in a coffin, their
front man, Dave, performed a truly inspiring tribute to
Jim Morrison which was incredibly popular with many
patrons at Tony Mart’s.
 One
of the promotional posters for the movie “Eddie and the
Cruisers” which was filmed for approximately 20 days at
Tony Mart’s in May of 1982.
Several of the scenes were filmed at The Mart. The
famous “Follow the Arrow” neon sign is prominently
displayed in the scene which features the excellent
rock-n-roll song, “Wild Summer Nights” performed by John
Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band.
Many regular Tony Mart patrons and Tony Mart employees
appeared as extras in several scenes filmed at Tony
Mart’s.
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