From LP cover lover, Jeff Missinne:  Here’s another of my favorite past pin-ups, DONA DRAKE.  Cute, vivacious, exotic, and frankly sexy as hell, in mostly B movies from the 40’s and early 50’s.  Dona was the singing leader of an all-girl band in the late 30’s, under the name Rita Rio, and appeared then in a handful of short subjects.  (It was typical for her to sing a jive version of “La Cucaracha” while leading her band with a baton in her left hand and pulling up her gown with her right so she could tap dance at the same time…)  She’s got a turntable AND a mike here, so I’m guessing the machine she’s using is a disc recorder/player like a Wilcox-Gay Recordette or similar.  (That’s for those anoraks who are looking at the turntable and not Dona!)

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