Fond’a Jane
Mel Torme sings “Sunday in New York” from the movie of the same name and “Manhattan” (by Rogers and Hart).
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(35 votes, average: 3.46 out of 5) Loading ...Bewitching
A beautiful, young Elizabeth Montgomery on this rarely seen early Sixties Japanese Lp “Invitation to Modern Jazz” on Japan Prestige. From 1964 – 1972, Montgomery played Samantha Stevens in ABC-TV’s hit series “Betwitched”.
(66 votes, average: 4.44 out of 5) Loading ...On the set
A nice Italian picture sleeve with Marilyn Monroe. Anyone know which film?
(38 votes, average: 4.13 out of 5) Loading ...Famous busts
Jayne Mansfield: “Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky & Me” MGM Records. (1964) Jayne recites Shakespeare’s sonnets and poems by Marlowe, Browning and Wordsworth against a background of Tchaikovsky’s music.
Opening / How Do I Love Thee / The Indian Serenade / Good Night / You Say I Love Not / If This Be Love / The Lady’s “Yes” / She Walks In Beauty / Cleopatra / Was This The Face / Whiteness, Or Chastity / Madrigal / Jenny Kiss’d Me / Verses Copied From The Window Of An Obscure Lodging House / The Enchantment / The passionate Sheperd To His Love / Upon The Nipples Of Julias Breast / Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes / The Lovers / To the Virgins, To Make Much Of Time / Inclusions / When You Are Old / Daffodils / Take, O, These Lips Away / Mark How The Bashful Morn / Oh! Dear, What Can The Matter Be? / The Millers Daughter / The Fire Of Love / The Constant Lover / Why Should A Foolish Marriage Vow / Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms / Love Me Little, Love Me Long
The New York Times described the album as the actress reading “30-odd poems in a husky, urban, baby voice”. The paper’s reviewer went on to state that “Miss Mansfield is a lady with apparent charms, but reading poetry is not one of them.”
(31 votes, average: 3.61 out of 5) Loading ...Where’s Papi?
Bridget Bardot. Microfon from Argentina. Bai La Mos Papi?
(39 votes, average: 4.31 out of 5) Loading ...Cover girl: Julie Newmar
“Sleepy Beauty Ballet” on Hollywood Records. Fifties pin-up fave and TV idol villian — Cat Woman, Julie Newmar.
(54 votes, average: 4.54 out of 5) Loading ...Gingerly
“Tina” “Her Portrait in Hi-Fi” Tina Louise sings. (1957) Louise made four record albums, this one and “It’s Time for Tina” on Concert Hall, and two others on the Urania label in 1958 and 1959. Before being forever remembered as Ginger on the TV Land staple, “Gilligan’s Island”, Tina Louise was in films like “God’s Little Acre,” on Broadway in the musical “Lil’ Abner (with Batman’s future “Catwoman” Julie Newmar) and one of the favorite pin-up girls and models of the fifties, appearing in Playboy and many other men’s magazines of the time. Her last notable film role was in 1975’s “Stepford Wives”.
(38 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5) Loading ...Stop blogging and come to bed!
A great shot of French film actress Annie Cordy.
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Beautiful, sexy Brigitte Bardot on the cover of “Guitare Magique” by Johnny Smith. CID Records
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Bettie Page – The “Carmen” cover. On the Acorn budget label. One of just three Bettie covers from the late fifties/early sixties.
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