To kick off my Tenth Annual Summer Music Festival on June 20, 2025, I uploaded to YouTube a brief 1 minute 39 second video using the song “Coney Island” by Terry Berkson [YouTube link], which gave us a glimpse of the 2024 Coney Island fireworks finale.
On the night of June 20, 2025, the first full 13+ minute Coney Island Fireworks Display kicked off and it was shown on Earthcam. I was able to record the entire sequence. For those of you who can’t attend tomorrow night’s final fireworks display of the Coney Island 2025 summer season, I’ve put together a group of “Coney Island” songs as the soundtrack to that Earthcam video. The songs include:
“Coney Island Baby” (Peter Alonzo / Vincent Catalano) – The Excellents (excerpt)
“Coney Island” (Jimmy Radcliffe / Ora Mae Diamond) – Clyde McPhatter
“Coney Island” (Mark Gordon / Chester Pipkin / Frank Wilson) – Martha and the Vandellas
“Coney Island” (Barry Manilow) – Barry Manilow
“Coney Island” (Don Banks) – Sinfonia of London (excerpt)
“The Coney Island Waltz” (Andrew Lloyd Weber) – From “Love Never Dies”, Original London Cast Recording
Coney Island is deep in my Brooklyn heart and I will forever celebrate its majesty.
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