Real name: Joseph Nigro Jr.

Effective period / Period of releases: 1965

American disc-jockey (July 4, 1927 - June 4, 2004) took name Niagara from Niagara Falls, cause it was recognizable and non-ethnic sounding. He was well known on-air as the Rockin' Bird on the Philadelphia radio scene for more than 40 years (he started at WDAS on April 1947 playing 78 rpm records). In 1980 Guiness Book of World Records for playing the most consecutive different versions of Stardust (more than 500!) In 1998 was inducted into Broadcast Pioneers' Hall of Fame.