Wednesday, September 12, 2018

B&W 4 U





A fine little girl, she waits for me
Me catch the ship across the sea
Me sailed the ship all alone
Me never think I'll make it home

     "[Influential 'We Five' singer] Beverly Ann Bivens was born in Santa Ana, California on April 28, 1946. ... Beverly attended Santa Ana High School (attended also by Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers, as well as members of the Chantays and actress Diane Keaton, who was her contemporary) and Orange Coast Junior College, where she majored in liberal arts." (From Wikipedia)
     Evidently, despite her obvious talent and charisma, she decided to drop out of the business in about 1967. See a live performance of this song here. She briefly reemerged in 2009 (here).

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...