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Wishing You a 'Powder, Lipstick, Rouge' Friday

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Rest in Peace: Davy Jones

Rest in Peace, Davy Jones (1945-2012).

From 1965 to 1971, Jones was a member of The Monkees, a pop-rock group formed expressly for a television show...

He was a MAJOR pop icon in his day for kids my age...

He is believed to have suffered a massive heart attack in his sleep.

Warm Up Wednesday: Gotham Summer Underwear

Hump Day Sing-A-Long: Patty Duke Show Theme

Back when TV theme songs were great...

Still Thinking of the Best Lil Doggy

Still feeling the loss of The Best Little Doggy in the Whole Wide World.

It's been two years as of today...

Damn!...

He was such a masterpiece...

Wow.

Six years just wasn't enough...

Remembering Doris Belack

Rest in Peace Doris Belack. 1926-2011.

We worked together on a Children's Television Workshop series...

I was thrilled to work with her, having admired her scene stealing work in Tootsie...!

Here is the New York Times obituary for Doris Belack...

She was still working in her 85th year!

The Photography of Roy Blakey

For many years, when I was in the business of show, Roy Blakey did all my promotional photography...

Needless to say my publicity pictures were *nothing* like these artistic shots now posted on the Artistry of Male Gallery...

As a lady cabaret performer pointed out to me when I first booked a session with Roy... "He's like a little elf jumping all around".

His studio was up a steep stairwell in Chelsea and he would virtually run down the stairs to let one in and then dash back up the hill like a little leprechaun ahead of you...

He was great fun to work with and so the shots he got were always fun looking...

But not as fun as these shots shown here, I'm afraid... LOL!

I wonder whatever happened to Roy Blakey? I know he sold his NYC studio and moved out West many years ago. I think of him often and fondly... And especially when I'm in the area where his studio used to be... Near 24th Street next to what was once Billy's Stopless, a treasured Manhattan landmark for many years.

Both Roy and his colleague Kenn Duncan were famous for show business photography for After Dark magazine

Babyface Sunday

Soooo tacky Lawrence Welk Show, 1968. The fabulous Jo Anne!!!

Margaret Whiting: Farewell to a Great Lady

“Age doesn’t make you boring; boring makes you boring.”
-- Margaret Whiting, 1924-2011