Advertorial : November 2005
BIKINIS, BLACK DENIM & BITCHEN SOUNDS
"A Musical Appreciation Of Female Surf, Hot-Rod
And Related Recordings 1961-1967"
8.5" x 11.5"
280 pages, including 53 pages of black and white photos,
7 pages of full colour, 7 pages of graphics, full index,
perfect bound with a full colour glossy cover
Gidget established the concept of the girl surfer in the minds of hundreds of thousands of individuals around the world via print and film, thanks to Frederick Kohner’s best selling 1957 book Gidget: The Little Girl With Big Ideas and Columbia Pictures’ 1959 box-office smash Gidget, staring Sandra Dee.
But females singing the praises of surfing, and its related offshoot of hot-rod music, was largely a 1960s phenomenon which has never been fully explored -- until now, that is! Bikinis, Black Denim & Bitchen Sounds chronicles this brief yet fascinating phenomenon.
- FEATURING -
- Girls who sang about surfing, hot-rods, drag racing and motorcycles.
- Actresses from "The Beach Party" film genre who recorded songs.
- The exploits of female performers who fell under the creative wing of Brian Wilson, Gary Usher, Bruce Johnston, Terry Melcher, Joe Saraceno, Phil Sloan and Steve Barri & Gary Zekley.
- The "Girl Group" musical genre.
- Areas and individuals largely ignored elsewhere.
- A bountiful supply of information and trivia.
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