Michael McKenna
@michaelmckenna
A work in progress. Lifetime Democrat. Old music, films and popular culture. Animal welfare.💙🌈😺☕️ 💿🏳️🌈💪 Resist! Love old electronics & old records. Eydie Gourmet foodie. Although very few people actually see my posts I enjoy issuing them anyway! No DMs
Where would we be without our morning coffee?? Doris Day pours a cup for a wary Robert Morse on the morning after the 1965 Northeast power blackout in the 1968 comedy “Where Were You When The Lights Went Out?” Terry-Thomas, Patrick O’Neal, Lola Albright, Jim Backus & Pat Paulsen co-starred.
"I'm A Believer" b/w "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone" by The Monkees became a hit prior to it's release!
Mob-run Roulette Records had Sarah Vaughan under contract. When she appeared in the 1961 film "Murder, Inc." she sang 2 brief songs, included on the soundtrack album. Roulette took the film producers to court & the judge decreed no new pressings of this LP were to be made and distributed.
The beautiful Maureen O'Hara ("The Quiet Man" star) had a wonderful singing voice. She (and I) wish you all a glorious St. Patrick's Day! Shure and Begorrah!
David Niven taking a break along with Doris Day and Spring Byington on the set of the comedy “Please Don’t Eat The Daisies “.
The fine 1958 comedy "Indiscreet" starred 2 old friends and former costars, Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman. It was filmed in England, and it would be another 10 years before Ingrid would return to America (and Hollywood) to film. The lovely theme song was recorded by Percy Faith.
Brenda Lee made a return to the charts in 1969 with "Johnny One Time" - one of her iconic and heartbreaking songs.
The inimitable Shirley Booth, as everyone's favorite maid, "Hazel". This was her family in the final season, when the show moved from NBC to CBS. Ray Fulmer, Lynn Borden, Bobby Buntrock ("Sport" - held over from the original cast) and Julia Benjamin are pictured.
Little Richard! Live! with "A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On!" Recorded 1967 when Richard was briefly on the OKeh label.
"I'm Fallin' Down" is the flip side to Lesley Gore's fabulous "Summer of Love (1967)" song, "Summer And Sandy" which was co written by her brother Michael and produced by Bob Crewe. A fantastic arrangement by Hutch Davie.
"Oh My My" was the final single released by The Monkees - at the time when the group was sadly reduced to simply a duo: Mickey Dolenz and Davy Jones.
Bette Davis about to kill her sister (poor Edith shoots rich, conniving Maggie) in 1964's "Dead Ringer". Andre Previn composed the atmospheric score.
Teenage sensation Linda Scott ("I've Told Every Little Star" - her song later featured in "Mulholland Drive") attempted to appeal to the adult audience and announced that she was more mature by way of her Kapp LP, "Hey, Look At Me Now!". Beautiful arrangements by Ray Ellis.
"Teenage Triangle" was released on Colpix Records in 1963, and featured James Darren from the movies ("Goodbye Cruel World", "Gidget"), Shelley Fabares ("Johnny Angel") and her TV brother from "The Donna Reed Show", Paul Petersen ("She Can't Find Her Keys"). Memories of a much simpler time.
Who was more handsome than Cary Grant? Noel Coward wrote his song "Mad About The Boy" with Cary in mind.
Bette Davis as Edith, just about to kill her sister (herself!) Maggie, in the extraordinarily clever crime film, "Dead Ringer" (1964). Karl Malden and Peter Lawford costarred with Bette.
Connie Francis: another iconic voice. Gone, but not forgotten.
Doris Day's final Columbia LP released on a rare "jukebox" stereo issue. "Doris Day's Sentimental Journey" came out in 1965. One of the iconic voices of the 20th Century.
Years before we had “Babel”, and online language teaching software, we had records to help ease us into a familiarity with other languages.
Symphony Hall mono portable phonograph with curved “Cinerama” speaker enclosure. Circa. 1962.