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Starlets and Pin-ups

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Flower child

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Twiggy “Beautiful Dreams”/”I Need Your Hand in Mine”   Odeon Records Japan   (From Drill Pop)

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The girl can’t help it

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Jayne Mansfield on the cover here.   “Only For Dancing”   Belter Records Spain

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Platinum blonde

Here’s a rare one for sure.   This is Jayne Mansfield in fine form on the cover of a British compilation called “5 Star Party”   featuring cuts by Cliff Richard and the Shadows, Eddie Calvert, Russ Corway, The Dave Clark Five and Victor Silvester.   Columbia EMI Records.

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Look up

“Speak Low” Hal Otis and His Orchestra Westminster Hi-Fi. Jayne Mansfield doesn’t have to say anything at all.

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Funny face

The beautiful, stylish, sophisticated, elegant, adorable Audrey Hepburn.   Seeco Records.   “Oye Mi Piano”   Damiron con su piano y ritmo!   Here’s a fantastic clip of her winning an Oscar for “Roman Holiday”!

Does anyone know what movie this photo is from?

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Jayne is busting out all over

“Jayne Busts Up Las Vegas”   1961.   Jayne Mansfield starring in “House of Love” “A Gay Intimate Revue” with Bill Reddie and his Orchestra.     At the Arabian Room at the Dunes Hotel in fabulous Las Vegas.   20th Century Fox Records (“All You Hear Is Beauty”)   Jayne “Welcomes You To Her House Of Love” where you’ll meet Mickey Hargitay and some famous show business people as portrayed by the inimitable Arthur Blake (he does Louella Parsons, Bette Davis, Charles Laughton, Noel Coward and Tallulah Bankhead).   Check the Cool Wax graciously posted this with a download so you can listen.

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Dame on!

“Music For Big Dame Hunters”   Crown Records   “Sounds on a Thousand Strings”   Pin-up queen Irish McCalla, “Sheena, Queen of the Jungle”

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And God created Bardot

Brigitte Bardot “B.B.” Philips (1964) Featuring “Moi Je Joue”, the Brazilian song “Maria Ninguem” (as recorded by Cliff Richard) and the instrumental “St. Tropez”. Three delightful and highly collectable EPs were pulled from the album, as well as another trio of jukebox singles.   FYI:   When John Lennon met Brigitte Bardot.

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Is this Jayne Mansfield?

“Serenade By Moonlight”   The Jay Stevens Concert Orchestra   Tops Records.

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Sweet Jayne

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An Evening with Jayne Mansfield   Music performed by Kurt Jensen and his Orchestra.   Hollywood Records   (Photograph of Miss Jayne Mansfield by J. Julius Fanta.   This is just one of many great covers with bombshell Jayne Mansfield, perhaps the greatest album cover model of all time!

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