My favorite song by one of the quintessential "girl singers" of the sixties, Lesley Gore. She would go on to sing (lip-synch) this on BATMAN as Catwoman's assistant Pussycat in January of '67 and the album would come out the following month.
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Jerry Lewis was amazingly popular in the sixties in spite of a spate of bad movies and a reputation for having an ego the size of the Moon. DC Comics had licensed Lewis along with then-partner Dean Martin for a comic book back in the fifties at the height of the duo's popularity. With the breakup, Jerry got custody of the comic.
Mostly written by Arnold Drake and with art usually by Bob Oksner, the comic book Jerry lived with his bratty nephew Renfrew and a rather obvious and stereotypical witch as a housekeeper.
As the year began, nearly every issue cashed in on the monster craze.
The real Jerry had met the Dynamic Duo on television in a brief cameo during a window climb. The comic book Jerry went one better by having an entire infamous but nostalgic adventure with Batman and Robin late in the year.
Sunday, 8 April 2012
Saturday, 7 April 2012
Thursday, 5 April 2012
The Small Faces made their Mod debut in 1966 with this self-titled album. Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Ian McLaglen and drummer Kenny Jones (later with the Who) were the main group members. In 1969, after a string of UK hits including "Itchycoo Park" (with its undeniable drug lyrics) and the classic concept album OGDENS' NUT GONE FLAKE, Marriott was replaced by singer Rod Stewart and guitarist Ron Wood (both after leaving The Jeff Beck Group) and the group was renamed simply Faces.
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
From the department of things you didn't see in '66. These are scenes form the opening of THE CAROL CHANNING SHOW, a seeming attempt to capitalize on the unique and undefinable talents of the great Broadway star of HELLO, DOLLY by turning her into a Lucille Ball clone!Produced and directed by Desi Arnaz and written by the writers generally credited with being Lucy's best over the years (as well as her favorites), it even looks to have been shot on Lucy's sets! Carol Channing was to have played Carol Hunnicutt (sp?), a small town girl trying and failing to make it in New York City show business.
Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed and someone realized that no one would believe Carol as a ditzy failure.
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