November 27, 2023

Viewfinder 1,500,000 Pageviews

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screenshot by Styrous®
 
 
A few days ago The Viewfinder hit one and a half million Pageviews!
        
        
        
        
Viewfinder links:        
        
        
        
         

 
WOW!
        
        
         
        
         
       
Styrous® ~ Monday, November 27, 2023                 













Charles L. Cooke articles/mentions

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mentions:     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Charles L. Cooke     
date & photographer unknown     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
 
 
 
 

Carmen McRae articles/mentions

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mentions:     
     
     
     
     
     
Carmen McRae - 1949
photo: Zita Cypress
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
 
 
 
 

Burt Reynolds articles/mentions

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mentions:      
Burgess Meredith ~ Everyman  
Jim Nabors ~ Shazam!     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

date & photographer unknown
     
     
     
      
     















November 14, 2023

20,000 vinyl LPs 339: Elvis Presley ~ Blue Hawaii

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vinyl LP front cover 
photo of album cover by Styrous®


On November 14, in 1961, the musical romantic comedy-drama film, Blue Hawaii, starring Elvis Presley premiered and started the Hawaii themed series of his movies. The film was announced in the fall of 1960 as Hawaii Beach Boy. At the time, film producer Walter Mirisch had a film titled Hawaii in production and he was upset that Hal B. Wallis had chosen such a similar name.      
 
 
Elvis Presley ~ Blue Hawaii
vinyl LP back cover 
photo of album cover by Styrous®
 
 
The screenplay by Hal Kanter was nominated by the Writers Guild of America in 1962 in the category of Best Written American Musical. The film opened at number two in box-office receipts for that week and, despite mixed reviews from critics, finished as the 10th top-grossing film of 1961 and 14th for 1962 in the Variety national box office survey, earning $5 million. The film won a fourth place prize Laurel Award in the category of Top Musical of 1961.         
 
For me the highlight of this album is Can't Help Falling in Love which was written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss and published by Gladys Music, Inc. The melody is based on Plaisir d'amour, a popular French love song composed in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini. The song was initially written from the perspective of a woman as "Can't Help Falling in Love with Him", which explains the first and third line ending on "in" and "sin" rather than words rhyming with "you".   
 
Angela Lansbury played the mother of Presley's character (Chadwick "Chad" Gates), Howard McNear was Mr. Chapman; ten years earlier McNear was in the Lucille Ball - Desi Arnaz film, The Long, Long Trailer and appeared again with Presley in 1963 in Fun in Acapulco.         


 
Elvis Presley ~ Blue Hawaii
vinyl LP record labels 1 & 2
photos by Styrous®



   
Tracklist:
       
Side 1:
        
A1 - Blue Hawaii, Backing Vocals – The Jordanaires, written by Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger - 2:35

A2 - Almost Always True, written by Ben Weisman (2), Fred Wise - 2:24

A3 - Aloha Oe, Adapted By, Arranged By Elvis Presley, Backing Vocals – The Jordanaires - 1:54

A4 - No More, Backing Vocals – The Jordanaires, written by Don Robertson (2), Hal Blair - 2:22

A5 - Can't Help Falling In Love, Backing Vocals – The Jordanaires, written by Fuller*, Peretti*, Creatore* - 2:59

A6 - Rock-A-Hula Baby, Backing Vocals – The Jordanaires, written by Weisman*, Fuller*, Wise* - 1:58

A7 - Moonlight Swim, written by Weisman*, Sylvia Dee - 2:18
       
Side 2:
       
B1 - Ku-u-i-po (Hawaiian Sweetheart), Backing Vocals – The Jordanaires, written by Weiss*, Peretti*, Creatore* - 2:22

B2 - Ito Eats, Backing Vocals – The Jordanaires, written by Tepper-Bennett - 1:25

B3 - Slicin' Sand, Backing Vocals – The Jordanaires, written by Tepper-Bennett - 1:34

B4 - Hawaiian Sunset, Backing Vocals – The Jordanaires, written by Tepper-Bennett - 2:30

B5 - Beach Boys Blue, Backing Vocals – The Jordanaires, written by Tepper-Bennett - 2:00

B6 - Island Of Love (Kauai), written by Tepper-Bennett - 2:40

B7 - Hawaiian Wedding Song, Backing Vocals – The Jordanaires, written by Hoffman*, King*, Manning* - 2:48
       
Companies, etc.
       
    Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
       
Credits:
       
    Backing Vocals – The Surfers (4)
       
Notes:
       
"LIVING STEREO" on cover,
"STEREO" on labels.
       
Barcode and Other Identifiers
 
1st Catalog Number as it appears on Cover
2nd Catalog Number as it appears on Labels

    Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): M2PY-2998
    Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): M2PY-2999
    Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout, Stamped): M2PY-2998-14S I ^1
    Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout, Stamped): M2PY-2999-14S I ^2
 
Elvis Presley – Blue Hawaii
Label:    RCA Victor – LSP-2426, RCA Victor – LSP 2426
Series:    Living Stereo
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Indianapolis Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1961
Genre: Rock, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Rock & Roll      


         
Viewfinder links:        
         
Desi Arnaz        
Lucille Ball        
The Jordanaires                 
Elvis Presley        
        
Net links:        
        
Brutally Honest Rock ~ Elvis Presley – Blue Hawaii       
Elvis Presley site              

        
YouTube links:        
        
Blue Hawaii          
Aloha Oe          
No More        
Rock-A-Hula Baby        
Moonlight Swim      
Ito Eats          
Slicin' Sand        
Hawaiian Sunset                  
Beach Boys Blue         
Hawaiian Wedding Song         
        
         
         
 

 
        
        
Styrous® ~ Tuesday, November 14, 2023       
       
 
 














The Jordanaires articles/mentions

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mentions:     
Elvis Presley ~ 
     All Shook Up & Otis Blackwell              
     Blue Hawaii 
     
     
     
     
The Jordanaires     
date & photographer unknown     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wyndham Lewis articles/mentions

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mentions:      
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) ~        Dazzle Ships             
     
       
        

       
      
     
     
Wyndham Lewis - 1913  
      
   
     
     
        














Angela Lansbury articles/mentions

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mentions:     
The Man In the Moon is a Lady     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Angela Lansbury - ca 1950
publicity photo
     
     
     
      
     















John Graham Kerr articles/mentions

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mentions:      
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) ~        Dazzle Ships             
     
       
 


     
     
photo by Walter Stoneman
      
   
     
     
        














Henri Gaudier-Brzeska articles/mentions

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mentions:      
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) ~  
      Dazzle Ships             
     
       
        

       
      
     
     
date & photographer unknown
      
   
     
     
        














Edward Wadsworth articles/mentions

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mentions:      
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) ~  
      Dazzle Ships             
     
       
 

     
     
date & photographer unknown
      
   
     
     
        














Filippo Tommaso Marinetti articles/mentions

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mentions:      
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) ~  
      Dazzle Ships            
      
 
     

 
 

 date & photographer unknown
      
   
     
     
        














November 12, 2023

Tracing Passages closing reception; time to celerate!

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Jan Watten - 2023
 
 
Yesterday, Saturday, November 11, 2023, Tracing Passages at the Gray Loft Gallery closed with a rousing reception with patrons from as far as Colorado and San Diego attending the event and it was definitely time to celebrate.     
 

photos by Styrous®
(except where noted)

 
 



Tom White 
 

                 Tom w/Suzy Barnard
 
 

 Stacey Mackey, Tom White 
 
 
 

Stacey Mackey, Tom White & Styrous
photo by Lynn Hardcastle
 
 
 
 
Ruth Boerefijn & family below 

 
 

 


 

 


 
 
 

 

 
John Wood above 
w/Cuong Ta below


 
 
 
                 Lynn Hardcastle 
 
  

Jenny Sampson & friends

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Dorie Meister & Jan Watten

 
 
Viewfinder links:      

Ruth Boerefijn       
Gray Loft Gallery              
Dorie Meister         
Jenny Sampson         
Cuong Ta         
Jan Watten      
Tom White   
   
Net links:      

Ruth Boerefijn       
Drawn and Quartered            
Gray Loft Gallery             
Dorie Meister         
Jenny Sampson         
Cuong Ta         
Jan Watten       
Tom White   




Gray Loft Gallery 
2889 Ford Street, Third Floor 
Oakland, CA 94601





Styrous® ~ Sunday, November 12, 2023