The awareness in America of Swinging London in the 60’s is evident in these guest appearances on one of the classiest old game shows, “What’s My Line?” First, Prue Bury’s friend and former boss, fashion designer Mary Quant, then their hairdresser Vidal Sassoon, followed by one of the first supermodels, Jean Shrimpton.
Category: Prue Bury and Swinging London
One of the first Mary Quant models, Prudence Bury was part of Swinging London at its beginning. Prue appeared with the Beatles in “A Hard Day’s Night” before Mary sent her to New York to introduce the miniskirt to America.
Abbey Road is in my ears and in my eyes
What’s happening right now at the most famous crosswalk in music history?
http://www.abbeyroad.com/visit/#
And click here to see Prue Bury’s favorite Beatles band, Los Brandys, working inside of the fabled Abbey Road recording studios.
Prue Bury à la TV Française
Kudos to Microsoft’s Bing for coming up with this link that Google missed, about the Beatles Weekend held in Ouistreham, Normandy, France back in November. But I wish there were more of Prue in the video.
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Españoles en las Obras
Prue Bury with Beatles band Los Brandys. Hold your mouse over the picture…
Prue Bury at the Beatles Weekend, Ouistreham
I had told Prudence Bury-Fuchs a while ago that she should be prepared to sign autographs at the Beatles Weekend in France. Prue thanked me for the thought, but she sincerely doubted that anybody would ask her!
Hi Doug,
You were right, I did not stop signing autographs. People were “thrilled” to meet me!!! So it was most enjoyable. You will have to organise a “Beatles Weekend” across the pond!
Of course I was right! Who wouldn’t be thrilled to meet her? In flawless French, Prue had no trouble charming the audience.
Prue must be the last person with a legitimate connection to the Beatles to make a first appearance at a fan event. I don’t have experience organizing shows, but now that Prue has come out of hiding from Beatles fandom, it is indeed time for her to make an appearance stateside, as well as in her native England, of course.
This is Prue with a gent named Yvon…
…and here she is with a fan named Jean-Claude. You lucky guys!
Les Beatles Weekend en France
By now, the Beatles Weekend in Ouistreham, Normany, with Prue Bury as a guest of honor, must be winding down. I hope somebody has been taking pictures. I would love to get hold of some.
I found thumbnails of other photos with Prue and Pattie from “A Hard Day’s Night,” seen nowhere else, that apparently are sealed in the Disney Vault.
I found this “Hard Day’s Night” dress on the Beatles Web site, which looks as though it were made for Prue:
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When I pointed it out to her, Prue replied…
“That is a great dress!! Can’t think why I haven’t got one!!”
I’m in the middle of helping Prue with a Christmas project she has in the works, by trying to secure performance rights for songs that aren’t in the Public Domain. So far I’ve found only limited success, but I’m hoping for better results this week. I would like to thank Mr. Lawrence S. Kartiganer for his help. He is a Hollywood attorney in the great and grand tradition, and a true gentleman. If there were more like him the world would be a better place.