The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool

From Publishers Weekly
Aimed at baby boomers as well as their kids, author and Web designer Strodder (Stories Light and Dark) has provided more than 250 profiles of actors, musicians, writers, politicians, athletes and others who defined a decade. Using a light, humorous approach, complimented by hundreds of vintage photographs and trivia sidebars-including lists of Wimbledon champions, memorable TV theme songs and "Record-Setting '60s Playmates"-each profile is divided up into subheads concerning career, love life and miscellany. Though he doesn't attempt analysis of people's lives or legacies (the darker moments of icons like Marilyn Monroe and Elvis get a sentence or two at best), and tracking down some names can be tricky (Kurt Vonnegut doesn't have an entry in the V's, but rather shares his with Joseph Heller), Strodder does an admirable job sharing professional and personal tales from just about everyone relevant to the storied decade.
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* Paperback: 336 pages
* Publisher: Santa Monica Press (March 1, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1595800174
* ISBN-13: 978-1595800176

Review
"An essential catalog of 1960's culture. . . . The text has the quirky, tongue-in-cheek tone of An Incomplete Education." —Library Journal

"A kind of old-fashioned MySpace of our generation." —AARP The Magazine

"A groovy blast from the past. Get the low-down on more than 250 personalities who made a significant contribution to '60s pop culture." —Inside Entertainment

"Want a fun, eminently groovy read this weekend? Check out The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool." —quickstopentertainment.com

"Just when you think you've read every cool book on the 60s, here comes the coolest yet!" —The Beat magazine

"An affectionate salute to those long-gone days we thought would never die." —Hartford Courant

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Foreword:
Twenty Questions with Michelle Phillips, 10
Introduction, 12
Don Adams and Barbara Feldon, 14
Edie Adams (see Gunilla Knutson), 173
Lew Alcindor, 15
Muhammad Ali, 16
Woody Allen, 17
Herb Alpert, 19
Ursula Andress, 20
Mario Andretti, 21
Ann-Margret, 22
Michelangelo Antonioni, 24
Neil Armstrong, 25
Jane Asher, 26
Claudine Auger, 27
Ewa Aulin, 28
Frankie Avalon (see Frankie and Annette), 122
Burt Bacharach, 29
Joan Baez, 30
David Bailey, 31
Carroll Baker, 32
Lisa Baker (see Playmates of the Year), 249
Anne Bancroft, 33
Brigitte Bardot, 34
Dr. Christiaan Barnard, 36
George Barris, 37
Toni Basil, 38
Shirley Bassey, 39
Batmen, 40
The Beach Boys, 42
The Beatles, 44
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, 49
Bo Belinsky, 51
George Best, 52
Daniela Bianchi and Luciana Paluzzi, 53
Jane Birkin (see Serge Gainsbourg), 128
Joey Bishop (see The Rat Pack), 257
Jacqueline Bisset, 54
Honor Blackman, 55
Sonny Bono (see Sonny and Cher), 291
Craig Breedlove, 56
May Britt, 57
Helen Gurley Brown, 58
Jim Brown, 59
Lenny Bruce, 61
Richard Burton (see Liz and ~censored~), 192
Michael Caine and Terence Stamp, 61
Dyan Cannon, 63
Truman Capote, 64
Capucine, 66
Claudia Cardinale, 67
Corky Carroll, 68
Diahann Carroll, 69
Johnny Carson, 70
Johnny Cash, 71
Catwomen, 73
Richard Chamberlain, 75
Wilt Chamberlain, 75
Ray Charles, 76
Cher (see Sonny and Cher), 291
Julie Christie, 78
Chris Clark, 79
Dr. Eugenie Clark, 80
Petula Clark, 80
Patsy Cline, 82
James Coburn, 83
Judy Collins, 84
Sean Connery, 86
Mike Connors, 88
Sam Cooke, 88
Bill Cosby (see I Spies), 158
Yvonne Craig, 89
Robert Culp (see I Spies), 158
Bobby Darin, 90
Candy Darling (see Warhol Superstars), 319
Sammy Davis, Jr. (see The Rat Pack), 257
Jeanine Deckers
(see The Singing and Starring Nuns), 287
Catherine Deneuve, 91
Pamela Des Barres, 92
Jackie DeShannon, 94
Donna de Varona, 95
Angie ~censored~, 96
Tom Donahue, 97
Donovan, 98
Angela Dorian (see Playmates of the Year), 249
Donna Douglas, 100
Patty Duke, 101
Faye Dunaway (see Warren Beatty), 49
Bob Dylan, 102
Shirley Eaton, 104
Barbara Eden, 105
Anita Ekberg, 107
Elvis’s Actresses, 108
Dolores Erickson, 111
John Facenda and Paul Frees, 112
Marianne Faithfull, 113
Mia Farrow, 115
Barbara Feldon (see Don Adams), 14
Federico Fellini (see Marcello Mastroianni), 212
Sally Field, 116
Peggy Fleming, 117
Jane Fonda, 118
Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, 120
Anne Francis, 121
Frankie and Annette, 122
Aretha Franklin, 124
Paul Frees (see John Facenda), 112
Betty Friedan, 125
Al Fritz, 126
Annette Funicello (see Frankie and Annette), 122
Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, 128
Art Garfunkel (see Simon and Garfunkel), 284
Marvin Gaye, 129
Judy Geeson (see Lulu), 201
Bobbie Gentry, 130
Astrud Gilberto, 131
Ralph J. Gleason and Jann Wenner, 132
Curt Gowdy, 133
Bill Graham (see The San Francisco Sound), 273
The Grateful Dead
(see The San Francisco Sound), 273
Vince Guaraldi, 134
Che Guevara, 135
Monty Hall (see The Let’s Make a Dealers), 189
Mie Hama and Akiko Wakabayashi, 136
Françoise Hardy, 136
Linda Harrison, 137
Dolores Hart
(see The Singing and Starring Nuns), 287
Susan Hart, 138
Goldie Hawn, 139
Tom Hayden and Abbie Hoffman, 140
Bob Hayes, 141
Joey Heatherton, 142
David Hedison, 143
Tippi Hedren, 144
Hugh Hefner, 145
Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut, 147
Anne Helm (see Elvis’s Actresses), 108
Jimi Hendrix, 149
Audrey Hepburn, 150
Abbie Hoffman (see Tom Hayden), 140
Dustin Hoffman, 151
Dennis Hopper (see Peter Fonda), 120
Paul Hornung, 153
Olivia Hussey, 154
Martha Hyer and Janette Scott, 155
Lee Iacocca, 157
I Spies, 158
Jefferson Airplane
(see The San Francisco Sound), 273
Fran Jeffries, 159
Judy Jetson and Veronica Lodge, 160
Candy Johnson, 162
Carolyn Jones, 163
Tom Jones, 164
Janis Joplin, 165
Christine Keeler and
Mandy Rice-Davies, 166
John and Jacqueline Kennedy, 167
Robert Kennedy, 169
Ken Kesey, 170
Jean-Claude Killy, 172
Martin Luther King, Jr., 172
Eartha Kitt (see Catwomen), 73
Gunilla Knutson and Edie Adams, 173
Sandy Koufax, 174
Marta Kristen, 176
Stanley Kubrick, 178
Sue Ane Langdon, 180
Joi Lansing, 181
Rod Laver, 182
Daliah Lavi, 183
Peter Lawford (see The Rat Pack), 257
Linda Lawson, 183
George Lazenby, 184
Timothy Leary and Owsley, 185
Janet Leigh, 186
Richard Lester, 188
The Let’s Make a Dealers, 189
John Lindsay, 190
Peggy Lipton, 191
Liz and ~censored~, 192
Veronica Lodge (see Judy Jetson), 160
Julie London, 194
Claudine Longet, 195
Jack Lord, 196
Donna Loren, 197
Sophia Loren, 198
Tina Louise and Dawn Wells, 199
Lulu and Judy Geeson, 201
Loretta Lynn, 202
Sue Lyon, 204
Patrick Macnee (see Diana Rigg), 263
Meredith MacRae, 205
The Mamas and the Papas, 206
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, 208
Pete Maravich, 210
Roger Maris (see Mickey Mantle), 208
Dean Martin (see The Rat Pack), 257
~censored~ Martin (see Rowan and Martin), 269
Lee Marvin, 211
Marcello Mastroianni and Federico Fellini, 212
Peter Max, 213
David McCallum
(see The Men from U.N.C.L.E.), 219
Eugene McCarthy, 214
Patrick McGoohan, 215
Denny McLain, 216
Steve McQueen, 217
The Men from U.N.C.L.E., 219
Lee Meriwether (see Catwomen), 73
Carol Merrill (see The Let’s Make a Dealers), 189
Hayley Mills, 220
Yvette Mimieux, 221
Peggy Moffitt, 222
The Monkees, 223
Marilyn Monroe, 225
Elizabeth Montgomery, 227
Keith Moon, 228
Jim Morrison, 230
Janet Munro, 232
Murph the Surf, 233
Joe Namath, 233
Paul Newman and Robert Redford, 235
Julie Newmar (see Catwomen), 73
Nichelle Nichols, 237
Jack Nicholson, 238
Nico (see The Velvet Underground), 316
Chris Noel, 239
Kim Novak, 240
Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif, 241
Owsley (see Timothy Leary), 185
Anita Pallenberg, 243
Arnold Palmer, 244
Luciana Paluzzi (see Daniela Bianchi), 53
Barbara Parkins, 245
Allison Parks (see Playmates of the Year), 249
Julie Parrish (see Elvis’s Actresses), 108
Peter, Paul and Mary, 246
Wilson Pickett, 247
Sylvia Plath, 248
Playmates of the Year, 249
Sidney Poitier, 251
Stefanie Powers, 252
Elvis Presley (see The Presleys), 254
Priscilla Presley (see The Presleys), 254
The Presleys, 254
Juliet Prowse, 255
Mary Quant, 256
The Rat Pack, 257
Otis Redding, 260
Robert Redford (see Paul Newman), 235
Lynn Redgrave (see The Redgraves), 261
Vanessa Redgrave (see The Redgraves), 261
The Redgraves, 261
Mandy Rice-Davies
(see Christine Keeler), 166
Cathy Rigby, 262
Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee, 263
The Rolling Stones, 265
Katharine Ross, 267
Ed Roth, 268
Dan Rowan (see Rowan and Martin), 269
Rowan and Martin, 269
Darrell Royal, 270
Wilma Rudolph, 271
Jim Ryun, 272
The San Francisco Sound, 273
Vidal Sassoon, 275
Lalo Schifrin, 276
Janette Scott (see Martha Hyer), 155
Jean Seberg, 278
Jay Sebring (see Sharon Tate), 304
Edie Sedgwick (see Warhol Superstars), 319
Peter Sellers, 279
Rod Serling, 280
Omar Sharif (see Peter O’Toole), 241
William Shatner, 281
Alan Shepard, 282
Jean Shrimpton, 283
Simon and Garfunkel, 284
Frank Sinatra (see The Rat Pack), 257
Nancy Sinatra, 286
The Singing and Starring Nuns, 287
The Smothers Brothers, 289
Elke Sommer, 290
Sonny and Cher, 291
Terry Southern, 293
Phil Spector, 294
Dusty Springfield, 296
Terence Stamp (see Michael Caine), 61
Barbara Steele, 297
Connie Stevens, 298
Stella Stevens, 299
Jay Stewart (see The Let’s Make a Dealers), 189
Jill St. John, 300
The Supremes, 302
Jacqueline Susann, 303
Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring, 304
Elizabeth Taylor (see Liz and ~censored~), 192
Leigh Taylor-Young, 306
Marlo Thomas, 307
Pamela Tiffin, 309
Tiny Tim, 310
François Truffaut, 311
Twiggy, 312
Roger Vadim, 313
Mamie Van Doren, 314
Robert Vaughn (see The Men from U.N.C.L.E.), 219
The Velvet Underground and Nico, 316
Kurt Vonnegut (see Joseph Heller), 147
Akiko Wakabayashi (see Mie Hama), 136
Deborah Walley (see Elvis’s Actresses), 108
Burt Ward (see Batmen), 40
Andy Warhol, 317
Warhol Superstars, 319
Dionne Warwick, 321
Raquel Welch, 322
Tuesday Weld, 324
Dawn Wells (see Tina Louise), 199
Jann Wenner (see Ralph J. Gleason), 132
Adam West (see Batmen), 40
The Who, 325
Natalie Wood, 327
Celeste Yarnall, 329
Susannah York, 331
Photo Credits, 332
The Encycoolpedia’s Encycoolpediast, 334