{"id":2190703,"date":"2025-12-08T07:12:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2190703"},"modified":"2025-12-08T07:12:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:12:24","slug":"brooklyn-bridge-album-discussed-on-latest-limehof-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/brooklyn-bridge-album-discussed-on-latest-limehof-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Bridge Album Discussed on Latest LIMEHOF Podcast\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-574161\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix single-post-content\">\n<p>On this week\u2019s episode of the Long Island Music &amp; Entertainment Hall of Fame Podcast, host Tom Needham sits down with Brooklyn Bridge inductees Jimmy Rosica and Joe Ruvio for a rare, song-by-song look back at the group\u2019s landmark debut album. Together, they revisit the creation of classics like \u201cBlessed Is the Rain,\u201d \u201cWelcome Me Love,\u201d \u201cWhich Way to Nowhere,\u201d \u201cThe Worst That Could Happen,\u201d \u201cPiece of My Heart,\u201d and more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rosica and Ruvio of Brooklyn Bridge share vivid memories of working alongside music greats Johnny Maestro and Jimmy Webb, reflecting on the group\u2019s signature blend of harmony vocals and full horn arrangements that brought them national acclaim.<\/p>\n<p>Recorded during a packed live event at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/2024\/06\/17\/a-guide-to-new-yorks-music-halls-of-fame\/\">Hall of Fame<\/a>, the episode captures the energy of a room full of fans who later stayed to meet the band members and take photos. It\u2019s an intimate celebration of a breakthrough album that helped define an era of New York soul-pop.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-574163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1.jpeg 674w, https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1-336x210.jpeg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.limusichalloffame.org\/limehof-podcasts\/\">Long Island Music &amp; Entertainment Hall of Fame Podcast<\/a> is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Inside The Classic 1st Brooklyn Bridge Album with Jimmy Rosica &amp; Joe Ruvio on the LIMEHOF Podcast\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/3KTq2HFUSEI4vXf6eYweGc?si=BBDNBijVTI6b2FW-Tga6Ow&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/author\/tomneedham\/\" title=\"Browse Author Articles\"><span class=\"post-author-avatar\" itemprop=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-del=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/site\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/704\/70431f1421ecc0b3b63cdd973079db29x80.jpg\" class=\"avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-author-bio\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p>Tom Needham is a versatile producer, director, and radio host with over 30 years in the entertainment industry. He is the executive producer and host of The Sounds of Film, the nation\u2019s longest-running film and music themed radio show, and directed \u2018Countdown to X-Day,\u2019 which won Best Documentary at the Long Island Film Festival. Needham also produced the Manhattan cable show New York Jazz.<br \/>Active in the Long Island Music &amp; Entertainment Hall of Fame, Needham serves on its Board of Directors as Vice Chairman, as well as chairman of the Education Board and Nominations Committee. He is also the executive director of the LIMEHOF Music Documentary Film Festival.<br \/>Tom is the executive producer and host of both the LIMEHOF Podcast and the SOUNDS Podcast which features fresh conversations with renowned filmmakers, composers, authors, politicians, artists, scientists, and philosophers along with archival interviews from his long-running radio show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nysmusic.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this week\u2019s episode of the Long Island Music &amp; Entertainment Hall of Fame Podcast, host Tom Needham sits down with Brooklyn Bridge inductees Jimmy Rosica and Joe Ruvio for a rare, song-by-song look back at the group\u2019s landmark debut album. 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