FABULOUS PARTY. I was lucky enough to be Cousin Jan’s guest in about 2003 to the 80th birthday party of the Fabulous Ruth. Performing were Frankie Randall (at the piano) and legendary folk singer from the 60s Trini Lopez (left).
Fabulous Ruth belted out a rendition of a saucy cabaret number as well at this event in the fabulous Ritz Hotel, Palm Springs.
Frankie sounded much like that other Frankie on this 1966 RCA Victor album and Randall may have been part of the Rat Pack in better days. Randall headlined an unfortunate low budget movie, Wild on the Beach, with Sherry Jackson and Sonny and Cher. He also was a DJ on the network radio broadcast Music of Your Life that was heard on KLBB, Twin Cities.
I had originally heard Randall perform in 1963 at a Sunset Blvd. bar in LA with my roomie John Miller when we lived in Glendale and I was working at NBC News.
Did I say this was “fabulous”?
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We have been down to Palm Springs several times, but we were never able to get in touch with Jan there, although she was pretty sick by the time we started taking trips there. https://mvbarer.blogspot.com/search?q=palm+springs
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