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By late August, a small band of admirers had noticed her as she traveled the same route each day. They timed her daily arrival and spread the word to their co-workers. For three weeks, the crowd of gawkers grew steadily larger until, on September 18, there were 2000 people waiting to watch her stroll by.
The term "sweater girl" was made popular in the 1940s and 1950s to describe Hollywood actresses like Lana Turner, Jayne Mansfield, and Jane Russell, who adopted the popular fashion of wearing tight, form-fitting sweaters that emphasized the woman's bustline. [1] [2] The sweater girl trend was not confined to Hollywood and was viewed with alarm ...
Holt was born on April 28, 1928, in Snyder, Texas, to Malcolm C. and Verna Vesta Stavely, née Chandler. [1] [2] [3] After she graduated from high school in Hagerman, New Mexico, she attended McMurry University in Abilene, Texas.
Julia Jean "Lana" Turner (/ ˈ l ɑː n ə / LAH-nə; [a] February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life.
The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has a widely recognized album cover that depicts several dozen celebrities and other images. The image was made by posing the Beatles in front of life-sized, black-and-white photographs pasted onto hardboard and hand-tinted.
The band's profile was raised by tours with the Pat Travers Band and UFO, in the midst of the new wave of British heavy metal explosion. [3] Girl recorded a pre-L.A. Guns version of the song "Hollywood Tease", which peaked at No. 50 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1980. [4]
Dee Clark (November 7, 1938 – December 7, 1990) [1] was an American soul singer and songwriter best known for a string of R&B and pop hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including the song "Raindrops", which became a million-seller in the United States in 1961.
Antonia Christina Basilotta (born September 22, 1943), [2] better known by her stage name Toni Basil, is an American singer, choreographer, dancer, actress, and director.Her cover of the song "Mickey" topped the charts in the US, Canada and Australia and hit the top ten in several other countries.