Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony ~ The Hustle 1975 Disco Purrfection Version

I will always remember this song as being the theme of the Bob-Lo Island Amusement Park, a place where I won four tickets from CKLW. The unique thing about Bob-Lo was that the only way to get there was by a steamboat with the big paddle at the back. “The Hustle“ was everywhere, there were even a group of disco dancers who did the box dance when it came on the steamboat’s sound system. It was the first of many times the family would pack up to spend the day there. You could even get a table and a grill! Years later a biker friend of mine mentioned that Bob-Lo was a big transfer point for marijuana. He explained that you bring a big cooler full of pot to the island and then take the other ferry that went to Amherst, Ontario. I remember there were a lot of hippies (long hair, leather, headbands etc) on board. Good times! We went back one more time in August before school started. I had just finished Walter Murphy’s “A Fifth Of Beethoven“ and feeling inspired, I again t