Jerry Blavat was an American disc jockey and performer.
With a career spanning over six decades, Blavat was the first disc jockey in the early ’60s to play music from the ’50s.
In 1953, Blavat came into the spotlight as a dancer on American Bandstand on WFIL-TV with Bob Horn.
In 1956, he managed a national tour for Danny and the Juniors and worked as Don Rickles’ valet between 1958 and 1959.
Blavat began his radio career in 1960 and by 1963, he was syndicated in Atlantic City, Trenton, Camden, Pottstown & Allentown Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware.
From 1965 to 1967, Blavat produced and hosted the weekly television show The Discophonic Scene in Philadelphia.
He bought a nightclub in Margate, New Jersey in 1972 and named it “Memories”.
Blavat’s memoir You Only Rock Once — whose title was shortened from one of his favorite sayings: “Keep on rockin’, because you only rock once!” — was published in 2011.
Blavat was inducted into the Philadelphia Music Alliance’s Hall of Fame in 1993, recognized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and was honored on the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia’s Hall of Fame in 2002.
Jerry Blavat Children: Did Jerry Blavat Have Kids?
Yes, Jerry Blavat had children.
Jerry Blavat had four daughters; Kathi Furia, Geraldine Blavat, Stacy Braglia and Deserie Downey.