tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post6373268584379327942..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Jean Dinning, R. I. P.mybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-68621028393087649532011-03-12T10:03:48.388-06:002011-03-12T10:03:48.388-06:00And let's not forget "Leader of the Pack....And let's not forget "Leader of the Pack."mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-16263011104791190052011-03-12T09:26:59.996-06:002011-03-12T09:26:59.996-06:00Does anyone remember "Hello, This Is Joni&quo...Does anyone remember "Hello, This Is Joni" from the mid-1970s? The guy and his girlfriend had a fight and she was killed in a car accident that night, so the guy keeps calling her answering machine to hear her voice. (I think this might have been when answering machines were still a novelty.) From around the same time, there was "Run, Joey, Run" about a boy who gets a girl "in trouble," and stands in front of her to take the bullet from her father's gun. Lots of subtext going on in that one.<br /><br />The list goes on...<br /><br />/Jeez, I seem to know so much about this topic, I feel like Todd Mason.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-52535337592532833362011-03-12T08:32:27.669-06:002011-03-12T08:32:27.669-06:00And "Ebony Eyes" was 1961.And "Ebony Eyes" was 1961.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-6161418454119900952011-03-12T07:30:04.630-06:002011-03-12T07:30:04.630-06:00"Teen Angel" was 1959.
"Tell Laura ..."Teen Angel" was 1959.<br />"Tell Laura I Love Her" was 1960.<br />"Last Kiss" was 1964.<br /><br />OK?<br /><br />Signed,<br /><br />Mr. Trvia<br /><br />PS - I hadn't realized Mark Dinning himself died at 52.<br /><br />PPS - "Teen Angel" is the one with the classic lyrics:<br /><br /><i>Just Sweet Sixteen and now you're gone<br />They've taken you away,<br />I'll never kiss your lips again<br />...They buried you today.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-34336567385192798022011-03-11T20:37:48.274-06:002011-03-11T20:37:48.274-06:00I always get that song confused with "Last Ki...I always get that song confused with "Last Kiss" ("Oh where, oh where can my baby be...."). Jeez, there were some morbid songs back in the day.Debnoreply@blogger.com