sixties

I have been waiting patiently for some record label to release the soundtracks from any of the AIP beach party movies for years.  Though AIP was shrewd in putting together some great artists to perform in the movies, they were never able to get it together regarding LP releases due to the musical performers’ various contracts with different record labels. Hence, Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello would re-record songs from the movies for their own LPs.  Donna Loren even re-recorded the entire Beach Blanket Bingo song score for an LP that is not too bad.

With that said, I was so excited to hear that La La Records was releasing the official Beach Blanket Bingo soundtrack (see link below).  However, it only includes composer Les Baxter instrumental music and the backing tracks for the vocals.  Seems the rights were too expensive to include the original songs from the movie. Very disappointing to have the title song (and others) without the vocals!

http://www.lalalandrecords.com/BeachBlanketBingo.html

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk3ZN3dSeDk

Click the below link to watch morning TV host Guy Farris of Sacramento & Co. give a nice plug to my first book Fantasy Femmes of Sixties Cinema.  Soft cover edition with minor revisions is due out this fall. Thanks Guy!

http://www.sacandco.net/story.aspx?storyid=93029&catid=196

Prolific producer/screenwriter/film historian Michael B. Druxman has just written his autobiography entitled My Forty-Five Years in Hollywood…and How I Escaped Alive from Bear Manor Media.  And he also found time to head his own PR company representing some of Hollywood’s biggest stars to aspiring starlets to popular TV shows in between his making movies.  His autobiography promises to be a fascinating read with stories about such big names as Elvis Presley, Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, the cast of Dallas, and many others.  Below is a link to Michael’s web site and to Bear Manor Media:

http://druxmanworks.com/

http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/id528.html

You lucky Utah residents have a chance to meet Bridget Hanley of Here Come the Brides TV fame at this weekend’s Western Legends Roundup in Kanab, Utah.  Bridget will be signing autographs along with Clint Walker, Peter Brown, Lee Meriwether, Denny Miller, and others. Check out the link below for more information:

http://www.westernlegendsroundup.com/

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PxyGci-SFE