A+ Songs from B, C and D Movies. Part 1: Caution - Bikini Bunnies Are Bustin' Out All Over!

 Beaver, I just got a 

 disturbing call from 

 Miss Landers about 

 an essay you wrote. 

 Gee, dad... all I did was 
 prove that the earth isn't 

 flat. It's just the opposite! 

 When I saw this movie, 
 I found out the truth. 

 It's a bikini world! 

 THE 
 CASTAWAYS 

HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

Oh, Beaver... you never fail to

crack me up with those zingers

of yours! But, know something,
folks?... the little guy is right.
Skeptics might cry "Liar Liar,"
but The Castaways, the frat rock
garage band from the Twin Cities,
are here to prove Beav's theory.

Check out this performance by The Castaways, punctuated by that epic
primal scream on the original recording, in a scene from the 1967 beach flick
It's a Bikini World, winner of 50 Academy Awards including Best Picture! 😋

 "Liar Liar" - The Castaways 

 (Sept./Oct. '65, highest cht. pos. #12 Hot 100 & Cash Box, 
 scene from April 1967 movie It's a Bikini World) 

 THE TOYS 

It's a Bikini World also gave us a rare glimpse of the Jamaica, NY, trio
The Toys led by Barbara Harris. With a melody based on a Bach minuet,
"A Lover's Concerto" was the act's biggest hit, a #2 charting smash.
Their follow-up single, "Attack," featuring more of that angelic
girl group harmony, made the top 20 and is my Pick to Click!

 "Attack" - The Toys 

 (Jan. 1967, highest chart pos. #18, 

 from Apr. 1967 film It's a Bikini World) 

"Liar Liar" and "Attack" were
hit records, but bad beach
movies often relied on
throw-away songs and
nondescript instrumentals.
A good example is found
in this next scene from
Get Yourself a College Girl.
The rock & roll reel was
released around Christmas
in 1964, deep in the heart of
Beatlemania, yet the producers
would have us believe that
mid 60s teenagers preferred
jiggling to goofy, generic surf-
rock instrumentals. In the
following clip, look for stars
Mary Ann Mobley, Joan
O'Brien, Nancy Sinatra
and Chris Noel.

For me, what is particularly noteworthy about

this scene is one of the other dancers, the one

wearing a white blouse and black pants. It's

Roberta Tennes, the blonde beauty who

soon after became one of the Gazzarri

Dancers on the LA-based syndicated

television series Hollywood A Go-Go.
Shortly after that, Roberta wowed me

every weekday as a member of the

Action Kids, the dance troupe on

Dick Clark's Where The Action Is.
Sadly, Roberta died in 2015.

Let's relive happier days with

Roberta and the other women

as they take a dance lesson in

Get Yourself a College Girl!

 "Dance Lesson" (from Dec. 1964 

 movie Get Yourself a College Girl. 

 THE ANIMALS 

Recordings by Eric Burdon's Animals have been used in the soundtracks
of three dozen movies and television shows, and the Brit band made
live appearances in several of them, including the above featured
film Get Yourself a College Girl. Burdon and company are seen
here in brilliant HD performing a cover of the Chuck Berry

song "Around and Around," a track from The Animals'

1964 debut US album.

 "Around and Around" - The Animals 

 (from Aug. 1964 album The Animals, 

 scene from December 1964 movie 
 Get Yourself  a College Girl) 

 DICK AND DEE DEE 

In 1966 the popular duo Dick And Dee Dee joined Jay And The Americans,

The Astronauts, The Beau Brummels and Jackie & Gayle at Alpine Meadows

Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe, California, for the musical romp Wild Wild Winter

aka Snowball. Sadly Dick died in 2003 after falling from the roof of his house.

Let's turn back the clock and smile again as we watch this scene from the

film in which Dick And Dee Dee sing the soundtrack song "Heartbeats."

 "Heartbeats" - Dick and Dee Dee 

 (from Jan. 1966 film Wild Wild Winter) 

 DONNA LOREN 

Sixties "Dr Pepper Girl" Donna Loren appeared and performed in several
of the movies in American International Pictures' Beach Party series.
In 1965, in the 5th AIP release Beach Blanket Bingo, Donna sang
"It Only Hurts When I Cry" which, in some circles, is considered
her signature song (apart from the Dr Pepper jingle).

 "It Only Hurts When I Cry" - Donna Loren 
 (from April 1965 film Beach Blanket Bingo) 

 HERMAN'S HERMITS 

In 1966 Peter Noone and his British group Herman's Hermits starred

in the American musical comedy flick Hold On! aka Beat! Beat! Beat!

aka There's No Place Like Space. The cast included Shelley Fabares,

Sue Ane Langdon and Herb Anderson, the dad on Dennis the Menace.

In this scene, Herman's Hermits do one of their top 10 U.S.hits

and one of my favorites by the group-- "A Must To Avoid."

 "A Must To Avoid" - Herman's Hermits 

 (Jan. 1966, highest chart pos. #6 Cash Box/#8 Hot 100, 

 from June 1966 movie Hold On!) 

 Easy there, Gertrude. Maintain 

 your cool, Sam. Don't get your 

 panties in a wad, Mildred! In 

 Pt. 2, Shady's got more surfer 

 girls, beach honeys and even 

 ski bunnies boppin' to the 

 beat of super cool tuneage. 

 It's all comin' up after this 

 word from our sponsor. 

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R.I.P.

Ken Osmond

(Eddie Haskell)

(June 7, 1943 – May 18, 2020)