Jerry Blavat was American by nationality.
The American disc jockey and performer promoted oldies music on the radio.
Blavat debuted as a dancer on American Bandstand on WFIL-TV with Bob Horn in 1953.
He managed a national tour for Danny and the Juniors in 1956, and worked as Don Rickles’ valet from 1958 to 1959.
Blavat started his radio career in 1960 and by 1963, he was syndicated in Atlantic City, Trenton, Camden, Pottstown & Allentown Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware.
Blavat was a partner in the Crimson and Lost Nite record labels and was part owner of the Record Museum record stores.
Between 1965 and 1967, Blavat produced and hosted the weekly television show The Discophonic Scene in Philadelphia.
Blavat also featured in a couple of movies including Cookie, Miss December, and Mancation.
He bought a nightclub in Margate, New Jersey in 1972 and named it “Memories”.
Blavat’s autobiography You Only Rock Once: My Life in Music was published in 2011.
Blavat was inducted into the Philadelphia Music Alliance’s Hall of Fame in 1993, he was featured in permanent exhibit at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame that opened in 1998, and he was honored on the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia’s Hall of Fame in 2002.
Jerry Blavat died of complications from myasthenia gravis and related health issues on January 20, 2023, at age 82 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.