NJ Star-Ledger, May 25, 2012: Beach blanket beauty: The swinging ’60s of Donna Loren

Published: Friday, May 25, 2012, 4:12 PM    

 

"Some pretty big stars had featured songs in the "beach party" movies of the 1960s: Stevie Wonder, Nancy Sinatra, Dorothy Lamour, Dick Dale and, of course, Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello." So how did Donna Loren — whose claim to fame then was as the spokesgirl for Dr. Pepper — land songs in "Beach Blanket Bingo," "Bikini Beach," "Pajama Party" and "Muscle Beach Party"? Read Full Interview…  
 
 
 
 

                                         

 

               
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                                
 
 
 

Donna Interviewed by Rich Appel (9/3/11)

Donna is interviewed live by Rich Appel of WRNJ-Radio on his show "The Rest Of The Week", Saturday, Sept 3rd at 9:20am PST, 12:20pm EST.

Interview to be posted soon

About Rich: The Rest of the Week: Saturdays 6AM to 1PM – For Rich, what goes around comes around. After working on and off-air at a bunch of stations in New England, he hung up the headphones to concentrate on a career in research at television (ABC, CBS) and record labels. In 1996, Rich began writing Hz So Good, a lighthearted monthly e-newsletter about music, radio and music radio. In 2009, Rich was encouraged to take those headphones back down from the wall. Now he's at WRNJ Saturdays, and, like Sir Lew White, also DJs on WGHT in Pompton Lakes. Rich is also the co-writer of Book of Days: 60s and Book of Days: 70s, two fun reviews of each decade's pop culture. (You'll find each, bonus CD included, at Barnes & Noble).