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Tan shoes walk on
Bragging Rights to Dodie Stevens
Jun 24, 2004 --
Temple City folks are collecting names of famous alumni and former residents in connection with the 50th anniversary of the TC Unified School District.
Top Hits of 1959
Not bad company. We'd guess that NO ONE who was in high school in 1959 cannot at least whistle every one of these.
- Mack The Knife, Bobby Darin
- The Battle Of New Orleans, Johnny Horton
- Personality, Lloyd Price
- Venus, Frankie Avalon
- Lonely Boy, Paul Anka
- Mr. Blue, Fleetwoods
- The Three Bells, Browns
- Come Softly To Me, Fleetwoods
- Kansas City, Wilbert Harrison
- Dream Lover, Bobby Darin
- Sleep Walk, Santo & Johnny
- Put Your Head On My Shoulder, Paul Anka
- Stagger Lee, Lloyd Price
- Donna, Ritchie Valens
- ('Til) I Kissed You, Everly Brothers
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Platters
- Charlie Brown, Coasters
- Quiet Village, Martin Denny
- My Heart Is An Open Book, Carl Dobkins Jr.
- Tan Shoes with Pink Shoelaces, Dodie Stevens
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One who comes to mind is Dodie Stevens (or Geri Pasquale as she is recorded in the school district annals).
Her career as child star began at age eight, and she became internationally known in 1959 with her hit single, "Tan Shoes with Pink Shoelaces," which rose to #3 among popular songs in April of '59, while she was in the 8th grade at Oak Avenue School.
With the gift of an adult voice as a teenager, she made many other popular records, some of which had ranked hits on both sides of the old 45s.
TC had a substantial musical tradition, and Geri/Dodie often lent her professional status to student talent shows and campus events. One wonders if the "handlers" of today's youthful performers would allow children to be children. Forgive us if we think then was better. -RC
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Samples
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Notes and Resources
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Music is externally sourced. We urge you to check copyrights before copying or downloading. Notice of obsolete links is appreciated. Excerpts linked from this page are for Fair Use review only. To our current knowledge all recordings are out of production. We'd be happy to post info on acquiring Dodie Stevens records. Contact the editor.
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