The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool
The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool
March 2007
336
$24.95
Hundreds of Black-and-White Photos
Pop Culture
209781595800176
8½ x 11
Trade Paper
March 2007
336
$24.95
Hundreds of Black-and-White Photos
Pop Culture
209781595800176
8½ x 11
Trade Paper
Break Out Your Love Beads!
The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool profiles over 250 of the most intriguing personalities of the 1960s. The men and women covered in the book include a wide range of celebrities—from well-known superstars (The Beatles, Dustin Hoffman, Muhammad Ali) to lesser-known icons (Nico, Terry Southern, Bo Belinsky)—who had a significant impact on popular culture. The figures include musicians, actors, directors, artists, athletes, politicians, writers, astronauts . . . . anyone and everyone who made the 1960s the most influential decade of the 20th century!
The biographical entries are divided up by subheads that include: “Takin’ Care of Business” (Elvis’s slogan, here used for a description of their professional careers); “All You Need Is Love” (The Beatles’ song, here used for information on the star’s private/romantic life); and “My Back Pages” (Dylan’s song, here used for relevant notes, quotes, and facts). A “what happened on this day” calendar highlighting landmark events in the lives of those profiled runs throughout the book.
The tone of the writing is affectionate and humorous, which helps to make The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool a celebration of these icon’s lives and achievements. Scandals and drug-related deaths are not ignored but are also not dwelled upon. The memories evoked by the text are generally joyous, an important point for the readers who lived through and remember the sixties affectionately (and who are tired of seeing their favorite stars dragged through the tabloid mud, a la Marilyn and Elvis).
Over 200 vintage photographs and more than 50 sidebars pepper the book, and include of Best Picture winners, great quarterbacks, Playmates of the Year, memorable TV theme songs, favorite toys, Disneyland rides, Wimbledon champions, groovy screen cars, surf stars, Indy 500 winners, cool cartoons, sci-fi classics, Bond girls, “bubblegum” hits, beach-movie cameos, and legendary concerts. A “what happened on this day” calendar highlighting landmark events in the lives of those profiled appears on every page.
Entertaining and enlightening, The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool is truly a celebration of the grooviest people, events, and artifacts of the 1960s.
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| Foreword: Twenty Questions with Michelle Phillips, 10 Introduction, 12 Don Adams and Barbara Feldon, 14 Edie Adams (see Gunilla Knutson), 173 Lew Alcindor, 15 Muhammad Ali, 16 Woody Allen, 17 Herb Alpert, 19 Ursula Andress, 20 Mario Andretti, 21 Ann-Margret, 22 Michelangelo Antonioni, 24 Neil Armstrong, 25 Jane Asher, 26 Claudine Auger, 27 Ewa Aulin, 28 Frankie Avalon (see Frankie and Annette), 122 Burt Bacharach, 29 Joan Baez, 30 David Bailey, 31 Carroll Baker, 32 Lisa Baker (see Playmates of the Year), 249 Anne Bancroft, 33 Brigitte Bardot, 34 Dr. Christiaan Barnard, 36 George Barris, 37 Toni Basil, 38 Shirley Bassey, 39 Batmen, 40 The Beach Boys, 42 The Beatles, 44 Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, 49 Bo Belinsky, 51 George Best, 52 Daniela Bianchi and Luciana Paluzzi, 53 Jane Birkin (see Serge Gainsbourg), 128 Joey Bishop (see The Rat Pack), 257 Jacqueline Bisset, 54 Honor Blackman, 55 Sonny Bono (see Sonny and Cher), 291 Craig Breedlove, 56 May Britt, 57 Helen Gurley Brown, 58 Jim Brown, 59 Lenny Bruce, 61 Richard Burton (see Liz and Dick), 192 Michael Caine and Terence Stamp, 61 Dyan Cannon, 63 Truman Capote, 64 Capucine, 66 Claudia Cardinale, 67 Corky Carroll, 68 Diahann Carroll, 69 Johnny Carson, 70 Johnny Cash, 71 Catwomen, 73 Richard Chamberlain, 75 Wilt Chamberlain, 75 Ray Charles, 76 Cher (see Sonny and Cher), 291 Julie Christie, 78 Chris Clark, 79 Dr. Eugenie Clark, 80 Petula Clark, 80 Patsy Cline, 82 James Coburn, 83 Judy Collins, 84 Sean Connery, 86 Mike Connors, 88 Sam Cooke, 88 Bill Cosby (see I Spies), 158 Yvonne Craig, 89 Robert Culp (see I Spies), 158 Bobby Darin, 90 Candy Darling (see Warhol Superstars), 319 Sammy Davis, Jr. (see The Rat Pack), 257 Jeanine Deckers (see The Singing and Starring Nuns), 287 Catherine Deneuve, 91 Pamela Des Barres, 93 Jackie DeShannon, 94 Donna de Varona, 95 Angie Dickinson, 96 Tom Donahue, 97 Donovan, 98 Angela Dorian (see Playmates of the Year), 249 Donna Douglas, 100 Patty Duke, 101 Faye Dunaway (see Warren Beatty), 49 Bob Dylan, 102 Shirley Eaton, 104 Barbara Eden, 105 Anita Ekberg, 107 Elvis’s Actresses, 108 Dolores Erickson, 111 John Facenda and Paul Frees, 112 Marianne Faithfull, 113 Mia Farrow, 115 Barbara Feldon (see Don Adams), 14 Federico Fellini (see Marcello Mastroianni), 212 Sally Field, 116 Peggy Fleming, 117 Jane Fonda, 118 Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, 120 Anne Francis, 121 Frankie and Annette, 122 Aretha Franklin, 124 Paul Frees (see John Facenda), 112 Betty Friedan, 125 Al Fritz, 126 Annette Funicello (see Frankie and Annette), 122 Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, 128 Art Garfunkel (see Simon and Garfunkel), 284 Marvin Gaye, 129 Judy Geeson (see Lulu), 201 Bobbie Gentry, 130 Astrud Gilberto, 131 Ralph J. Gleason and Jann Wenner, 132 Curt Gowdy, 133 Bill Graham (see The San Francisco Sound), 273 The Grateful Dead (see The San Francisco Sound), 273 Vince Guaraldi, 134 Che Guevara, 135 Monty Hall (see The Let’s Make a Dealers), 189 Mie Hama and Akiko Wakabayashi, 136 Françoise Hardy, 136 Linda Harrison, 137 Dolores Hart (see The Singing and Starring Nuns), 287 Susan Hart, 138 Goldie Hawn, 139 Tom Hayden and Abbie Hoffman, 140 Bob Hayes, 141 Joey Heatherton, 142 David Hedison, 143 Tippi Hedren, 144 Hugh Hefner, 145 Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut, 147 Anne Helm (see Elvis’s Actresses), 108 Jimi Hendrix, 149 Audrey Hepburn, 150 Abbie Hoffman (see Tom Hayden), 140 Dustin Hoffman, 151 Dennis Hopper (see Peter Fonda), 120 Paul Hornung, 153 Olivia Hussey, 154 Martha Hyer and Janette Scott, 155 Lee Iacocca, 157 I Spies, 158 Jefferson Airplane (see The San Francisco Sound), 273 Fran Jeffries, 159 Judy Jetson and Veronica Lodge, 160 Candy Johnson, 162 Carolyn Jones, 163 Tom Jones, 164 Janis Joplin, 165 Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies, 166 John and Jacqueline Kennedy, 167 Robert Kennedy, 169 Ken Kesey, 170 Jean-Claude Killy, 172 Martin Luther King, Jr., 172 Eartha Kitt (see Catwomen), 73 Gunilla Knutson and Edie Adams, 173 Sandy Koufax, 174 Marta Kristen, 176 Stanley Kubrick, 178 Sue Ane Langdon, 180 Joi Lansing, 181 Rod Laver, 182 Daliah Lavi, 183 Peter Lawford (see The Rat Pack), 257 Linda Lawson, 183 George Lazenby, 184 Timothy Leary and Owsley, 185 Janet Leigh, 186 Richard Lester, 188 The Let’s Make a Dealers, 189 John Lindsay, 190 Peggy Lipton, 191 Liz and Dick, 192 Veronica Lodge (see Judy Jetson), 160 Julie London, 194 Claudine Longet, 195 Jack Lord, 196 Donna Loren, 197 Sophia Loren, 198 Tina Louise and Dawn Wells, 199 Lulu and Judy Geeson, 201 Loretta Lynn, 202 Sue Lyon, 204 Patrick Macnee (see Diana Rigg), 263 | Meredith MacRae, 205 The Mamas and the Papas, 206 Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, 208 Pete Maravich, 210 Roger Maris (see Mickey Mantle), 208 Dean Martin (see The Rat Pack), 257 Dick Martin (see Rowan and Martin), 269 Lee Marvin, 211 Marcello Mastroianni and Federico Fellini, 212 Peter Max, 213 David McCallum (see The Men from U.N.C.L.E.), 219 Eugene McCarthy, 214 Patrick McGoohan, 215 Denny McLain, 216 Steve McQueen, 217 The Men from U.N.C.L.E., 219 Lee Meriwether (see Catwomen), 73 Carol Merrill (see The Let’s Make a Dealers), 189 Hayley Mills, 220 Yvette Mimieux, 221 Joe Namath, 233 Paul Newman and Robert Redford, 235 Julie Newmar (see Catwomen), 73 Nichelle Nichols, 237 Jack Nicholson, 238 Nico (see The Velvet Underground), 316 Chris Noel, 239 Kim Novak, 240 Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif, 241 Owsley (see Timothy Leary), 185 Anita Pallenberg, 243 Arnold Palmer, 244 Luciana Paluzzi (see Daniela Bianchi), 53 Barbara Parkins, 245 Allison Parks (see Playmates of the Year), 249 Julie Parrish (see Elvis’s Actresses), 108 Peter, Paul and Mary, 246 Wilson Pickett, 247 Sylvia Plath, 248 Playmates of the Year, 249 Sidney Poitier, 251 Stefanie Powers, 252 Elvis Presley (see The Presleys), 254 Priscilla Presley (see The Presleys), 254 The Presleys, 254 Juliet Prowse, 255 Mary Quant, 256 The Rat Pack, 257 Otis Redding, 260 Robert Redford (see Paul Newman), 235 Lynn Redgrave (see The Redgraves), 261 Vanessa Redgrave (see The Redgraves), 261 The Redgraves, 261 Mandy Rice-Davies (see Christine Keeler), 166 Cathy Rigby, 262 Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee, 263 The Rolling Stones, 265 Katharine Ross, 267 Ed Roth, 268 Dan Rowan (see Rowan and Martin), 269 Rowan and Martin, 269 Darrell Royal, 270 Wilma Rudolph, 271 Jim Ryun, 272 The San Francisco Sound, 273 Vidal Sassoon, 275 Lalo Schifrin, 276 Janette Scott (see Martha Hyer), 155 Jean Seberg, 278 Jay Sebring (see Sharon Tate), 304 Edie Sedgwick (see Warhol Superstars), 319 Peter Sellers, 279 Rod Serling, 280 Omar Sharif (see Peter O’Toole), 241 William Shatner, 281 Alan Shepard, 282 Jean Shrimpton, 283 Simon and Garfunkel, 284 Frank Sinatra (see The Rat Pack), 257 Nancy Sinatra, 286 The Singing and Starring Nuns, 287 The Smothers Brothers, 289 Elke Sommer, 290 Sonny and Cher, 291 Terry Southern, 293 Phil Spector, 294 Dusty Springfield, 296 Terence Stamp (see Michael Caine), 61 Barbara Steele, 297 Connie Stevens, 298 Stella Stevens, 299 Jay Stewart (see The Let’s Make a Dealers), 189 Jill St. John, 300 The Supremes, 302 Jacqueline Susann, 303 Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring, 304 Elizabeth Taylor (see Liz and Dick), 192 Leigh Taylor-Young, 306 Marlo Thomas, 307 Pamela Tiffin, 309 Tiny Tim, 310 François Truffaut, 311 Twiggy, 312 Roger Vadim, 313 Mamie Van Doren, 314 Robert Vaughn (see The Men from U.N.C.L.E.), 219 The Velvet Underground and Nico, 316 Kurt Vonnegut (see Joseph Heller), 147 Akiko Wakabayashi (see Mie Hama), 136 Deborah Walley (see Elvis’s Actresses), 108 Burt Ward (see Batmen), 40 Andy Warhol, 317 Warhol Superstars, 319 Dionne Warwick, 321 Raquel Welch, 322 Tuesday Weld, 324 Dawn Wells (see Tina Louise), 199 Jann Wenner (see Ralph J. Gleason), 132 Adam West (see Batmen), 40 The Who, 325 Natalie Wood, 327 Celeste Yarnall, 329 Susannah York, 331Sidebars 10 Great Boxers, 17 Indy 500 Winners, 22 10 Classic Concerts, 31 Tony-Winning Plays and Musicals, 34 More Cool Screen Cars, 37 40 Bat-tastic Guests on Batman, 41 Rolling Stone Magazine’s 10 Greatest Albums of All Time, 44 The Beatles by the Numbers, 46 10 Legendary Running Backs, 60 10 Surf Stars, 68 NBA Champions (and Runners-Up), 76 Oscars for Best Actress, 79 20 Mid-’60s British Invaders (and U.S. Hits), 81 Bond’s Conquests, ’62–’67, 87 ’60s Athletes in the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, 96 ’60s DJs in the Radio Hall of Fame, 98 Top Nielsen-Rated Shows, 101 30 Artists (of Thousands) Who Have Recorded Dylan’s Songs, 103 Elvis’s ’60s Movies (with Co-Starring Actresses), 109 A Dozen Disneyland Debuts, 113 A Dozen Beach-Movie Cameos, 123 30 Cool Toys (Year Introduced), 127 A Dozen Super Sportscasters, 133 Playmate Stats, 146 Heisman Trophy Winners, 154 Another 15 Sci-Fi Classics, 156 Motor Trend Magazine’s Car of the Year, 158 Another 15 Cool ’60s Cartoons (with Debut Year), 161 World Series Champions (and Managers), 176 Oscar-Winning Directors, 179 Wimbledon Winners, 182 League Leaders in Home Runs, 209 Oscars for Best Actor, 211 30 Classic War Movies, 218 A Dozen Late-’60s “Bubblegum” Hits, 224 10 Classic Quarterbacks, 234 Top-Grossing Movies by Year (Approximate U.S. Gross), 237 Masters Champions (with Winning Score and Margin of Victory), 245 Playmates of the Year (with Ages), 251 Stones’ U.S. Top 10 Hits in the ’60s, 266 10 Legendary Coaches, 271 10 More San Francisco Bands (and ’60s Hits), 274 20 Classic TV Themes and Composers, 277 The Mercury Seven (and ’60s Flights), 283 ’60s Stars in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (with Year of Induction), 286 Girl Groups with Top-Three Pop Hits (’60–’65), 295 15 More Horror Hits, 297 20 More Superstars, 320 30 Non-Elvis Movie Musicals, 328 Live-Action Science-Fiction/Fantasy TV Shows (with Years), 330 Oscars for Best Picture, 331 Peggy Moffitt, 222 The Monkees, 223 Marilyn Monroe, 225 Elizabeth Montgomery, 227 Keith Moon, 228 Jim Morrison, 230 Janet Munro, 232 Murph the Surf, 233 |
| Introduction Writing a book called The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool (what I informally named my Encycoolpedia) meant making lots of choices. The 1960s were so abundant with cool people, styles, artifacts, and events that not everybody and everything could be included in a single volume. So I had to set limits. One was chronological—while many great stars of earlier decades and later decades were working in the ’60s, I tried to pick 250 who peaked in the ’60s. Thus ’50s kings and queens like Robert Mitchum, William Holden, Lucille Ball, and Jayne Mansfield, and superstars of the ’70s like Gloria Steinem, Billie Jean King, Liza Minnelli, and Joni Mitchell, were not included, even though they all did prominent work in the ’60s. I realize that some of those I did include—Marilyn Monroe, Jack Nicholson, Toni Basil, to name three—thrived in other decades, but their inclusion was a personal choice because what they did in the ’60s was just too significant or interesting or fun to ignore.In addition, I had to decide what was cool, a word that has a different meaning for everybody. In picking athletes, for instance, I didn’t simply choose the best players, I chose those who offered something unique to fans (thus playboy Bo Belinsky is in, while family man Willie Mays is out, even though Willie’s the Hall of Famer). In picking which writers and performers to include, I went with those who peaked in the ’60s—yes, Hunter Thompson (Hell’s Angels, ’66) and CSN (Crosby, Stills, and Nash, ’69) were all working back then, but to me they truly belonged to the ’70s.In choosing actresses, I didn’t simply pick a cool body (Lara Lindsay—out), I chose a cool body of work, or actresses who had something of special interest (Liz Taylor, Oscar-winner with a notorious lovelife—in). This was a frequent comment I got about my earlier Swingin’ Chicks of the ’60sbook—”How could you leave out so-and-so?” Well, sure, so-and-so was beautiful or sexy or whatever she was, but seriously her movie moments were too brief (Carol Wayne), or really she was more ’70s than ’60s (Ali MacGraw). My apologies to the fans, to Lara, to Carol, to Ali, to anyone else who brought something tasty to the ’60s buffet but who didn’t make the menu. Maybe a supplemental Encycoolpedia for the ’60s, and Encycoolpedias about the ’50s and ’70s, will answer all critiques.Finally, for your edification I’ve included people either unknown to the masses (Al Fritz) or known but not traditionally thought of as cool (Tiny Tim, anybody?). These entries reward those anonymous specialists who created something cool (Al’s awesome Sting-Ray bike) or those unique stars who certainly got our attention (somebodybought millions of Tiny’s albums—you know who you are). As for some of my more unusual choices (the nuns, for instance, or perhaps a scientist or singer you don’t know), well, indulge me, these were interesting people to me so I included them. That’s the beauty part about writing a book, you get to do what you want, so I did.Oh, just to clarify, the subheads for each profile have musical connotations—”Takin’ Care of Business,” of course, was Elvis’s slogan, “Everybody Loves Somebody” is the bestselling Dean Martin song that knocked the Beatles from #1 in ’64, and “My Back Pages” is a Dylan classic. This book was researched and written between September 2005 and March 2006. Research material was gathered through correspondence and phone interviews, supplemented by long hours at the wonderful Marin County libraries and speedy deliveries over my wireless laptop (once you’ve gone wireless you’ll never go back). My thanks go to all the celebrities who spoke with me or replied to my many e-mails and letters. I also am deeply grateful to the friends who helped with photos, either sending me cherished items from their own collections or assisting with recruitment and scanning, especially Annie Helm, Lisa Flood, Russ Lanier, Tara Macia Pollard, Alan Parowski, Dr. Robert Rush, C. Robert Rotter (owner of the amazing photo collection atglamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com), and Ferenc Dobronyi, just to name a few of the many people who helped. Thanks to publisher Jeffrey Goldman for e-mailing me out of the blue one summer day with a book idea and for answering all my endless questions for the next six months. And to Sheryl Patton, the hardestworkin’ woman I have ever known. |
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