Tuesday, June 9, 2015



I think I'm in love
I loved this recording when I was a kid (back in '65). I always assumed that the lead singer was male, but no, it was the lovely Beverly Bivens, as live video/recordings make clear. She attended Santa Ana High School and OCC, but the band hailed from the Bay Area. She bailed from the biz after a couple of years. Influential. Composer Sylvia Fricker's original version of this song (1964) is pretty good too, but lacks the jangly guitars and rock beat. Love those jangly guitars.

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...