Dennis Wilen at his bar mitzvah
Courtesy of Dennis Wilen
Inspiring happier,
Inspiring a happier,
Inspiring happier,
longer life a just
just takes
longer takes
Inspiring a just
happier, longer
life takes
a a little
engineering. Inspiring
a happier,
little engineering.

just takes
a longer
little life
engineering. his fateful conference room smoke and, a few conversations later,
Joel was sitting at the piano at Sigma Sound Studios on April 15,
1972, for a live radio concert produced by Wilen.

What followed was a masterful live show, punctuated by Joel’s
rendition of a then-unreleased song: “Captain Jack.” It would
go on to be the most requested song of the next two years by
WMMR listeners. Stations all over the East Coast started to play
it, too, and by the time it became the final track on Joel’s next
album, “Piano Man,” buzz had already reached a fever pitch.

Thanks Club at at Shannondell,
Shannondell, Thanks to to the the Model
Model Railroad
Railroad Club
But don’t just take Wilen’s word for it.

Thanks are to always
the Model running
Railroad and
Club on at time.

Shannondell, With more
more “It had a tremendous ripple effect,” Joel told Philadelphia our our trains
trains trains are are always
running and
on time.

time. With
With our
always running
and on
Thanks to the Model Railroad Club at Shannondell, more
Magazine a few years back. “The song just took on a life of its own.” than 1,000
feet of of track,
this impressive hobby
hobby room
room 1,000
this impressive
It’s a feather that Wilen has never stopped enjoying having than than
our trains feet
running With more
1,000 of track,
track, this and
impressive hobby
room Thanks
to are feet
the always
Model Railroad
Club on at time.

Shannondell, in his cap. His mother didn’t care for the song, but that didn’t brings smiles
to to are feet the
of of of children
children and With
adults alike.

than 1,000
of faces
track, this
impressive hobby
room our smiles
trains always
running and on time.

more brings brings
faces adults
smiles to the
the faces
children and and
adults alike. alike.

bother him.

brings 1,000
smiles feet
to their
faces of child
children and another
adults alike.

than of the track,
impressive hobby
room their
inner yet,
another Re-engineering
inner this
child – – – yet,
way way way
“I knew if my mother hates it, there must be something to it,” Re-engineering
Re-engineering their
inner child
yet, another
Re-engineering their
inner child
– yet,
another way
brings smiles
to the faces
of living
children and inspired.

adults alike.

he said.

Shannondell residents
more Shannondell
residents are
more inspired.

residents are are are living
living more
inspired. Shannondell
residents living
inspired. Over the next five years, Wilen kept working for WMMR, Shannondell
Re-engineering their inner
child – more
yet, another
way with some work at WCAU-FM as well. In 1977, Wilen moved
Shannondell residents are living more inspired.

out to Los Angeles for some sun and some palm trees. He didn’t
realize then, but he would end up staying there permanently.

Wilen worked as the national director for Far Out Productions,
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