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The Paramounts' first single, "Poison Ivy", produced by Ron Richards, was a cover of the Leiber and Stoller song, which had been a hit for The Coasters in 1959. It became a minor hit for the Paramounts, reaching No. 35 on the UK Singles Chart, and led to them appearing on TV shows such as Ready Steady Go!
The song discusses a girl known as "Poison Ivy". She is compared to measles, mumps, chickenpox, the common cold, and whooping cough, but is deemed worse, because "Poison Ivy, Lord, will make you itch". According to lyricist Jerry Leiber, "Pure and simple, 'Poison Ivy' is a metaphor for a sexually transmitted disease". [3]
Wilson was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, and grew up in Ponders End.In 1962 he joined a Southend on Sea group The Paramounts, who scored a hit with "Poison Ivy" in 1964.. After follow up singles failed to chart, the group disbanded in 1966 and Wilson went into session drumming, playing with Cat Stevens and L
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction is a 1997 American direct-to-video erotic thriller drama film directed by Kurt Voss and stars Jaime Pressly. It is a sequel to the 1996 film Poison Ivy II: Lily and the third installment of the Poison Ivy film series .
Kid actors — they grow up so fast. When multiplex audiences first met Drew Barrymore, she was a cherubic six-year-old scene-stealer in Steven Spielberg's 1982 family blockbuster, E.T. the ...
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Poison Ivy is a 1992 American erotic thriller film directed by Katt Shea. It stars Drew Barrymore , Sara Gilbert , Tom Skerritt and Cheryl Ladd . The original music score is composed by David Michael Frank.