3. Rodeo Ben, 3209 W. Cecil B. Moore Ave. The original store of the Western-wear tailor who created suits for Roy Rogers and Gene Autry. In the mid-1940s, a country singing greenhorn from Delaware County named Bill Haley acquired a second-hand cowboy outfit made at Rodeo Ben. A decade later, Haley and the Comets had the first chart-topping rock 'n' roll hit with "Rock Around the Clock," (a song co-written by James E. Myers of Oxford Circle). Rodeo Ben, now defunct, has been replaced by housing.
4. Electric Factory, 2201 Arch St. The psychedelic rock club where Sly and the Family Stone, the Who (when they locally introduced "Tommy") and Elton John performed. Members of Cream duked it out the dressing room, the same one shown in the inner-sleeve photo of Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush" album. A condominium now stands in its place.
5. Uptown Theater, 2240 N. Broad St. Philadelphia's answer to Harlem's Apollo. The movie house doubled as a stage for the likes of Stevie Wonder, James Brown and the Supremes in the '60s. The lineup for the venue's April 25, 1956, show included the Platters, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, LaVern Baker, Bill Haley and the Comets, Clyde McPhatter, Bo Diddley, the Drifters, Big Joe Turner and the Flamingos. Radio personality Georgie Woods, "The Man with the Goods," regularly hosted Uptown revues.
6. Benjamin Franklin High School, Broad and Green streets. Site of a talent contest in the mid-'60s that featured two young singing groups, the Monarchs and the Percussions. The two acts placed first and second and later formed the Stylistics, known for such early-'70s Top 10 hits as "You Make Me Feel Brand New" and "Betcha By Golly, Wow."
