Ethel Merman Gets Your Gun

Sonny and Cher

Sonny Bono was never a hippie and Cher really wasn't either. Sonny was, in fact, a clever producer/songwriter and a bit of a marketing genius who molded teenaged Cherilyn into the other half of THE royal hippie couple of the sixties...at least in the public's eyes. This 16 Mag piece from January of '66 is surprisingly open and accurate about the couple so I suspect they may have actually written it themselves.

It's Always '66

Around here. it's always '66 but somewhere in 2012, I've fallen behind on paid work and need to take a breather of a week or so and try to catch up. 1966 shall return!

Lena Horne-Stormy Weather

Miss Lena's signature song was more than two decades old by '66 but she was still around and by then looked at as a pioneering African-American performer.

The Everly Brothers and Merv

The Everly Brothers were big hitmakers and surprisingly influential in the late fifties. Here they are with Merv Griffin in '66.

The Death Dealers-Mickey Spillane

Next to Mike Hammer, former comic book writer Mickey Spillane's most popular character was probably Tiger Mann. Here's his 1966 novel.

The Campy Champ-by Otto Binder and Carl Pfeufer

Coming at the tail end of '66 was this odd look from two middle-aged men as to what constituted "hip."