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Lost in the 1950s- The Cherry Bowl Drive In [And record covers from my childhood]
onmyfeetorinmymind.com ^

Posted on 09/22/2013 10:08:53 AM PDT by Bender2

Lost in the 1950s- The Cherry Bowl Drive In

The Cherry Bowl Drive In... is located about an hour south of Traverse City on US-31, just outside of the small town of Honor [Michigan]. It is proudly ‘family owned and operated since 1953′. A trip to The Cherry Bowl is like stepping back into the 1950s.

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[More photos at website]

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 1950s; driveins; hollywood
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To: Finny

“or even knew that Robert Conrad sang!!!”

Festus is the one that surprised me.

Ken Curtis “Tumbling Tumbleweeds” Festus Country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWR6FLnPack


21 posted on 09/22/2013 10:37:12 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If global warming exists I hope it is strong enough to reverse the Big Government snowball)
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To: Revolting cat!
I don’t believe one person or one family could have all those records.

Neither do I!

With a few exceptions: Louie Prima, Porter Waggoner, Ferlin Husky, Lionel Hampton, Roy Orbison(as well as a few others) almost all of that stuff was crapola.

Jack Webb, Pepino from the Real McCoys, Jayne Mansfield... LOL

22 posted on 09/22/2013 10:37:55 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (0bama lied, Stevens died, now 0bama covers up the lies.)
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To: Revolting cat!
Re: I don’t believe one person or one family could have all those records.

Hell, cat, I've got more than that right stacked in rows under my TV set. And some of these albums, we didn't own but I recall seeing at other people's houses or elsewhere in the 50s.

Such as this one... a 6-grade buddy of mine in El Paso sneaked out of his parents bedroom to show to me.

Or this one... that a 3rd grade classmate of mine brought to school for 'Show and Tell" in Natchez.

23 posted on 09/22/2013 10:39:19 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Bender2

My! You had a lively family with a great sense of humor! LOL.

I was serious about my question. Was this record put out by some off shoot company that picked up recordings from other sources and grouped them on an album with their own graphics? I really can’t imagine Lawrence Welk, Pat Boone, or the Lennon Sisters approving that picture on their work.

I don’t think artists had the same control in the 50s over the re-recording of their work as they have today. I remember Christmas albums being sold by the “4 Roses Society” (a whiskey company and sold in liquor stores) that were marketed for very little money (a couple of bucks apiece) that were consolidations of many artists singing Christmas songs. No naked ladies on the covers. But, they were sold cheap to get people into the liquor stores. I had several because they were only a couple of bucks apiece, whereas an LP album at a music store might cost $10.


24 posted on 09/22/2013 10:41:00 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Bender2

ping


25 posted on 09/22/2013 10:45:13 AM PDT by davius (You can roll manure in powdered sugar but that don't make it a jelly doughnut.)
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To: Revolting cat!
Re: Dare I axe? “We like... Johnny” who?

Gadzooks! Maybe we should re-name you... Doubtingcat?

But since you axe, although practically deaf, Johnnie Ray's tear-inflected delivery tabbed him as an early-'50s sensation and you may listen to him HERE

26 posted on 09/22/2013 10:46:19 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: null and void; Bender2

Is that our own Andy Griffith of Matlock fame?

I do remember reading one time that Griffith had been a music major in college. Ever since, I’ve noticed how often he incorporated a music theme into the various Matlock episodes.

Either he was conducting the church choir, or he was pickin’ on a guitar, or banjo, with some itinerant that he’d picked up and was defending. He was a good musician — at least the TV made him seem so.


27 posted on 09/22/2013 10:47:27 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Bender2

That collection is a blast. Thanks for sharing.


28 posted on 09/22/2013 10:48:40 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant
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To: La Lydia
Just added http://www.retrococktail.org/ to my Home Page Listings... Thanks!
29 posted on 09/22/2013 10:50:39 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Bender2

Fantastic stuff, Bender2. Brought back many a memory. Thanks for doing all that work and for sharing it.


30 posted on 09/22/2013 10:51:10 AM PDT by Robwin
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To: Bender2

Is this Jayne Mansfield falling out of her dress?

Did you realize that she's the mother of Mariska Hargitay of Law & Order, SVU fame? I keep trying to see a resemblance between the two and can't -- other than their statuesue physiques. Facially, they don't look alike.

31 posted on 09/22/2013 10:51:24 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic
When Jayne Mansfield was in an Alfred Hitchcock show, she didn't even look like Jayne Mansfield so much so maybe we are accustomed to a certain view of her though I don't know if the different hairstyle and look make it any better to check for resemblance, perhaps a little bit.
32 posted on 09/22/2013 10:56:16 AM PDT by BeadCounter (Really? Syria?)
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To: Bender2

Be sure and check out their Facebook page, too. New, “cool” stuff every day.


33 posted on 09/22/2013 10:56:38 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: Bender2
I had this record as a kid.


34 posted on 09/22/2013 10:59:09 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: BeadCounter

Yes. I can see a resemblance to Mariska there. I think that they made a marketing descision the try to make up Jayne to look as much like Marilyn Monroe as they could.


35 posted on 09/22/2013 11:00:21 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Michael.SF.
Re: "I don’t believe one person or one family could have all those records." Neither do I! With a few exceptions: Louie Prima, Porter Waggoner, Ferlin Husky, Lionel Hampton, Roy Orbison(as well as a few others) almost all of that stuff was crapola. Jack Webb, Pepino from the Real McCoys, Jayne Mansfield...

Instead of replying in my normal way... I would say probably you are just way too young to recall the 1950s.

So, Michael, I will just pity you... You do not know what you missed--

36 posted on 09/22/2013 11:01:55 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Bender2

Jack Webb smiling??!!! Jack Webb WITH A CIGARETTE??!!!


37 posted on 09/22/2013 11:05:06 AM PDT by ransomnote
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To: Bender2

I bow my head. How could I forget the deaf screaming Johnny Ray, the very precursor of rock and roll screaming! He’s changed, that’s why I din’t wreckognized ‘im, that’s it!


38 posted on 09/22/2013 11:06:44 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
And the gayest album cover goes to... [Bob Conrad]

Are you kidding me?! Between that one and Clint Eastwood, i almost never made it through the list. lol. Robert Conrad in "The Wild, Wild West"was one of my favorites growing up. I guess if you're a guy, though...

39 posted on 09/22/2013 11:07:54 AM PDT by Nita Nupress ( Use your mind, not your emotions. Refuse to be manipulated by Marxists!)
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To: Bender2

The Pat Boone album cover with the nekkid lady is racier than the Playboy one.


40 posted on 09/22/2013 11:25:12 AM PDT by PAR35
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