Let’s get caught up on what Petula’s doing. She had a nice chat with Lauren Moraski on CBS TV.
Here’s an extra bit with Petula talking about her Grammy wins.
And also from CBS News, of which I am an honorary family member, last night on the way home from work I heard this report on the WBZ radio, which carries the audio to the CBS Evening News.
There’s another Kelly besides Larissa to talk about. “Good Ol’ Freda,” the documentary about Beatles Fan Club secretary Freda Kelly, gets my best possible recommendation and it is now streaming on Netflix. Here’s Freda talking to CNN.
The story of Beatles Fan Club secretary Freda Kelly is now a documentary.
This year there’s a second V-J Day in August, because today the Beatles expert and author Bruce Spizer has released a digital edition of his groundbreaking book, long out of print, The Beatles Records on Vee-Jay.
The e-book is a PDF with almost 500 pages, and there are so many pictures that I can’t believe the file is only 60 MB. This is not a book for the casual Beatles fan. For serious fans it’s been unavailable for years, and a reprinting wasn’t possible because the original plates were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. I couldn’t even look at Denro’s copy, because his was lost in the flood at his house! Used copies have been going for hundreds of bucks, but now, for only $50, here’s an updated version, and it’s a must-have for frustrated fans like myself.
Happy Birthday to Prue,
Happy Birthday to Prue,
Happy BIRTH-day, dear Prudence,
Happy Birthday to Prue!
The Sixties didn’t really kick into full swing until 1965. That was when the Beatles movie HELP! was released, the Beatles played Shea Stadium for the first time, and on September 1, 1965, British designer Mary Quant’s Youthquake fashion show introduced her miniskirts to America. One of the models on that trendsetting day was none other than Prue Bury, who is on the right in this newspaper photo. By Christmas, miniskirts and go-go boots were everywhere on American TV.
Prue married Terry, her first husband, in early 1965, then they moved to New York City. Before leaving England, Terry reprised his croupier role from A Hard Day’s Night in an episode of the TV series Danger Man, or Secret Agent as it’s called in the United States. Here are some clips that I spliced together.
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I get a chuckle from seeing in the credits that, along with Terry’s name there is, of course, a Pratt.
Happy birthday, Prue!
