- Title: Swingin’ Chicks of the ’60s A Tribute to 101 of the Decade’s defining women
- Author: Chris Strodder/Foreword by Angie Dickinson
- Year Published: 2000 (Cedco Publishing Company)
- Year Purchased: 2001/2002
- Source: Barnes & Noble clearance rack
- About: I owned the calender before the book. It was so cheery and bright-and full of fun facts-that I was sold on this volume as soon as I saw it at Barnes & Noble. It profiles 101 ‘It Girls’ of the ’60s: from Annette Funicello to Ursula Andress, Capucine to Hayley Mills, Nico to Diahann Carroll, every major show business medium is represented by a bevy of talented ladies. Each entry includes a short biography, relevant dates, trivia and, of course, deliciously swingin’ photos.
- Motivation: The title says it all. How could you not want to read this eye candy, pop culture gem?
- Times Read: 3
- Random Excerpt/Page 12: “In the late ’60s, every American soldier knew Chris Noel. More accurately, they knew her voice. It’s still the first thing one notices about her, that marvelously husky, tomboyish voice that cracks then soothes with the warmth of a summer afternoon. To hear her is to remember a picnic on a sunny California hillside, or a swimmin’ hole on a Midwest river, or white sand on a hot Florida beach.”
- Happiness Scale: A very cheesy, wholesome 9++
Screenshot of Capucine from the trailer for the film The Pink Panther (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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