Groovy Friday – Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah!
It’s Friday! This week we pay tribute to actress Janet Waldo who passed away earlier this week at the venerable age of 96. A radio, film and television actress, she enjoyed her greatest success...
Author: André Dupuy
Andre Dupuy is the youngest of five children, a fourth-generation Californian and he knows how to drive a Model-T Ford.
Groovy Friday – Que Bella Rita.
It’s Friday! Allow me to introduce you to Italian superstar Rita Pavone. She was a pop and rock star, first in her native Italy and later, internationally. She scored her first hit in 1963 at...
Groovy Friday – Joey Heatherton has got your number
It’s Friday! Time for Some Joey Heatherton. Joey Heatherton! Look at her. She’s a firecracker, small and powerful and ready to kick off your weekend. Dancer, entertainer...she comes from a...
Groovy Friday – Synthetically Yours
It’s The Orlons. Not The Rayons or The Nylons. The Orlons. Is that a great name or what? Legend has it that it was a playful stab at another singing group at their high school known as The...
Groovy Friday – Danish Sharks and Copenhagen Call Girls
It’s Friday! Meet The Danish Sharks. There’s practically nothing about them on the internet. Nothing. Oh, you can find their music at most music sites, but info about the band? Forget...
Groovy Friday – Between Raquel and a Hard Place
It’s Friday! Welcome to Groovy Friday, Raquel Welch! We’ve been waiting for you. There are a lot of wonderful adjectives you can apply to Raquel Welch and “groovy” is definitely one of...
Groovy Friday – Calypso Twist Italiano
It’s Friday! This is a delightfully groovy little clip featuring Lara Saint Paul. She started her career in 1962 as Tanya. A couple of years later, she’s rocking the Buckingham Palace look...
Groovy Friday – What Is It Good For?
It’s Friday! Edwin Starr secured his place in pop music history with his #1 1970 anti-Vietnam War hit “War.” He started his musical career in Cleveland fronting his own Doo-Wop Group, The...
Groovy Friday – Shake, Shake, Shake
It’s Friday! I know nothing about this clip except that it’s groovy and it comes from the Greek film “Teddy Boy Agapi Mou.” In the five years I’ve been doing “Groovy Friday,”...
Groovy Friday – Get Your Satisfaction
It’s Friday! Meet David Winters. You’ve never heard of him before, have you? Neither had I. I just liked this clip. Then I started doing some research and what I found was...