[1] Al Alberts recorded it and increased its broadcast exposure on local radio and TV.
[2] The song has been played through a variety of 21st-century radios, including XM, Internet and Delaware Valley AM and FM.
The lyrics are about a love story and journey which begins with the intro mentioning Ocean City.
Traveling southward, they mention of Sea Isle City, Avalon, Stone Harbor, and Wildwood leading to talks of marriage around the town of Cape May Court House.
Comedian Cozy Morley, who owned Club Avalon, a nightclub in North Wildwood from 1958-89 and where a life-size statue of him now stands in front of the site of the club (which was demolished in 1989 and is now Westy's Irish Pub), made "On the Way to Cape May" his signature song and performed it many times during his acts in the Philadelphia and South Jersey areas.