I'm up late - dawn soon. My elder brother and sister had poor taste so I got Lonnie Donegan and Sasha Distel singing 'My Old Man's a Dustman' and 'Mon Beau Chapeau'. Molded a few 78s into useless plant pots.
On Jul 21, 7:34 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > These women were of my mother's time but still very popular as I was > growing up. For instance, those photos of Peggy Lee reminded me of > hats of her day but particularly the "coffee table" reminded me of the > '50's. BTW, I still have cartons of those 78's packed away and hear > they are becoming hot again. I used to break some- Xavier Cugats (?) > on a player that was supposed to flip the records automatically but > sometimes missed and know a few Nat King Coles split by overpacking a > box. Oh well. > > Peggy's theme for this forum might be "Is That All There Is?" :-) > > I think one influence was Audrey Hepburn and her particular style. > Jackie was okay but could look rigid. Liz Taylor had a terrible > fashion sense but who cared? Etc. These things are just toys and > amusements, gentlemen!
