Joanie Sommers (born Joan Drost, Buffalo, New York, February 24, 1941) is an Americansinger and actress with a career concerning jazz, standards and popular material and show-business credits. Once billed as "The Voice of the Sixties", and associated with top-notch arrangers, song-writers and producers, Sommers' popular reputation became closely tied to her biggest, yet most uncharacteristic, hit song "Johnny Get Angry."
Career
Sommers began singing in church choirs as a way to deal with "a difficult childhood", and in 1951 at age 10, appeared on a Buffalo television program singing Hank Williams' Your Cheating Heart, winning the amateur talent contest. In 1955 the family relocated to Venice, California. Sommers went on to win honors to become vocalist with her high school band at Venice High, and did so again at Santa Monica City College. Her break came after a friend took her to the Deauville Country Club (now Braemar Country Club) where she sang with arranger-composer Tommy Oliver whose band was resident at the time. Oliver arranged for a demo record to be cut and presented to Warner Brothers, whereupon Sommers was signed to the label.
Beginning her career as a dancer in travelling theatrical companies before debuting as a chorus girl on Broadway, Crawford signed a motion picture contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925. In the 1930s, Crawford's fame rivaled, and later outlasted, MGM colleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. Crawford often played hard-working young women who find romance and success. These stories were well received by Depression-era audiences and were popular with women. Crawford became one of Hollywood's most prominent movie stars and one of the highest paid women in the United States, but her films began losing money, and, by the end of the 1930s, she was labelled "Box Office Poison". But her career gradually improved in the early 1940s, and she made a major comeback in 1945 by starring in Mildred Pierce, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She would go on to receive Best Actress nominations for Possessed (1947) and Sudden Fear (1952).
Crawford was born to Monroe Crawford and Iris(Blan) Crawford. She was one of five children; she had two brothers and two sisters. Crawford became interested in basketball when she was only in fifth grade. She learned many of the fundamentals of the game from her brother Robert.
She learned enough about the game and was skilled enough to be invited onto the senior team in high school while only a freshman.
College and AAU
Crawford attended Clarendon Junior College on a basketball scholarship. She graduated two years later, after helping Clarendon advance to the quarterfinals of the AAU national tournament in 1957. Her performance earned her AAU All-America honors.
Crawford was offered a scholarship to Wayland Baptist University, one of the basketball powerhouses of the era, but chose to go to Nashville Business College, where Nera White, one of the outstanding players of the era, played. Crawford originally was enrolled in the school's business program, but dropped that and worked as a supervisor in the mail room. As an AAU team, the players did not have to be enrolled as students.
The album, which included the Top 40 hit "Burnin' for You" (#1 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart) represented a resurgence of the group's commercial standing after two albums with disappointing sales. Fire of Unknown Origin would be the final studio LP featuring the band's original lineup until 1988's Imaginos; during the subsequent tour, the band fired original drummer Albert Bouchard.
The album continues BÖC's tendency to write quirky songs, from the title track (featuring lyrics by Patti Smith) to "Joan Crawford". Many of the songs were intended for the soundtrack of the animated film Heavy Metal, such as "Vengeance (The Pact)", whose lyrics follow in detail the plot of the "Taarna" segment of the movie. However, only the song "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" (which, ironically, was not written for Heavy Metal), co-written by science fiction author Michael Moorcock, ended up in the film's final version and soundtrack.
The lighthouse is situated on a rocky skerry, which is elevated a maximum of 16 metres above the Baltic Sea. The first lighthouse on this islet was built in 1808. That construction was a brick building, chalked in white, about five metres high, with a lanternine on its top. The light source was modernized in 1866, and it was also raised to an elevation of eight metres. The lighthouse was given a third class lens system and a clockwork which rotated an oil lamp with a double wick. This gave the lighthouse beacon a reddish gloom.
The lighthouse men lived along with their families in a wooden house next to the lighthouse. A fog horn was constructed at the other end of the island by the beginning of the 20th century. The Imperial Russian Army began constructing defense works on this island when World War I erupted, but these were never completed. In 1918, Finnish maritime authorities manned the lighthouse.
Sommers is an Australian sports equipment company, specialising in cricket equipment. Sommers is a family business which started in 1999.
History
The company was established in 1999 when Sommers director John Rennie approached a well-known bat maker with a request to make twenty cricket bats. The bats were labelled with Sommers decals and sold to friends at cost price. From that stage the company has grown from producing cricket bats only for local cricketers to producing a whole range of cricket equipment for some of the worlds best cricketers; including Michael Bevan and Glenn McGrath.
Sponsored players
Sommers sponsors several international cricketers, they include;
Joanie Sommers -- Johnny Get Angry
one of my Mama's favorites,I like it too!!
plus it's got all that kazoo action!!!
love her voice too,very unique!!!
published: 19 Jan 2013
Joannie Sommers - Johnny Get Angry (Sha Na Na TV Show)
Joanie Sommers scored her biggest chart success with "Johnny Get Angry" in 1962. The single, her second solo release, peaked at the number seven spot and charted for more than two months. Her first solo record, "One Boy," was a number from the musical Bye Bye Birdie and only hit number 54 in 1960. She continued to record through the decade, but never had another winner that rose as high on the charts as "Johnny Get Angry." She later achieved a different kind of success in commercials with several different jingles that she sang for Pepsi during the '60s and again two decades later. (The title of one of her later albums, Come Alive, was even derived from one of the Pepsi ad campaigns.)
Sommers, whose real name is Joan Drost, was born in New York but grew up in California. During her high s...
published: 29 Oct 2014
Joanie Sommers, Jack Jones--"Call Me," introduced by Joan Crawford
Joanie Sommers and Jack Jones sing "Call Me" in this 1965 TV appearance with Joan Crawford.
published: 24 Feb 2016
Joanie Sommers - I'll Never Stop Loving You (1963)
Joanie Sommers performing I'll Never Stop Loving You (1963)
published: 29 Aug 2019
Joanie Sommers ~ One Boy (Stereo)
One Boy by Joanie Sommers ~ from 1960 ~ also on her 1962 album "Johnny Get Angry"
published: 12 Jun 2019
Joanie Sommers -- (Theme From) A Summer Place
Joanie Sommers -- (Theme From) A Summer Place
published: 31 May 2013
Joanie Sommers - I'D BE SO GOOD FOR YOU (1964)
NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED - (Warner Bros. 5437) Out of Los Angeles, this release recorded in April 1964 was produced by Barry Mann and written by he and his wife, Cynthia Weil. With a backing track arrangement in the style of Jack Nitzsche and right out of the 'Phil Spector Sound' instruction manual, this non-hit obscurity is one of Joanie's best.
published: 14 Oct 2010
Joanie Sommers and the Pepsi Generation!
What a delight to have Joanie Sommers visit our Facebook page and comment on her Pepsi "think young" radio jingle! Joanie ultimately earned the title "Voice of the Sixties" not only for her role in several fabulously successful Pepsi campaigns but also for her television and film appearances.
Joanie kicked off a brand new campaign in the summer of 1964 as baby boomers got a new name - the Pepsi Generation! As heard for the first time in July, 1964, here's the full-length Joanie Sommers Pepsi Generation commercial jingle. It has been transferred and restored from an original broadcast transcription by Joe Evelius at Audio Solutions: https://www.facebook.com/Audio-Solutions-audio-transfer-restoration-and-custom-recording-303055483093128/.
Thanks Joanie Sommers!
Please "like" and subscri...
Joanie Sommers scored her biggest chart success with "Johnny Get Angry" in 1962. The single, her second solo release, peaked at the number seven spot and charte...
Joanie Sommers scored her biggest chart success with "Johnny Get Angry" in 1962. The single, her second solo release, peaked at the number seven spot and charted for more than two months. Her first solo record, "One Boy," was a number from the musical Bye Bye Birdie and only hit number 54 in 1960. She continued to record through the decade, but never had another winner that rose as high on the charts as "Johnny Get Angry." She later achieved a different kind of success in commercials with several different jingles that she sang for Pepsi during the '60s and again two decades later. (The title of one of her later albums, Come Alive, was even derived from one of the Pepsi ad campaigns.)
Sommers, whose real name is Joan Drost, was born in New York but grew up in California. During her high school and college years, she sang in school bands. She was 18 years old when Warner Bros. signed her to a contract in 1959 and paired her with Edd Byrnes on one of his singles. She also had a small role in 77 Sunset Strip, the television series that featured Byrnes in the role of Kookie. In addition, she sang on Byrnes' "I Don't Dig You" and "Hot Rock," which appeared on one of his albums. Sommers released an album of her own, the jazz-oriented Positively the Most, and it helped establish her presence in easy listening and adult circles. Fans and critics often cite her 1965 album, Softly the Brazilian Sound, as one of her best efforts.
In 1966, the singer signed with Columbia Records. One of her following recordings was a version of "Alfie," which both Cher and Dionne Warwick also covered it. While Sommers' version didn't get the notice that the other two did, she had the satisfaction of placing in the Top Ten in the easy listening category. She also appeared in On the Flip Side, a television special that starred Rick Nelson. The show's soundtrack contains two versions of "Try to See It My Way," one of which is a duet with Nelson while the other is a Sommers solo. The singer, married with three children, stepped out of the spotlight as the '70s approached. Before retiring, she made numerous television appearances on the shows of Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore, Dean Martin, Mike Douglas, Bobby Darin, and others. Sommers started singing and making appearances again during the '80s. ~Linda Seida, All Music Guide
PLEASE NOTE: I divided my uploads among multiple channels, Bookmark this link in your browser for instant access to an index with links to all of John1948's oldies classics. LINK: http://john1948.wikifoundry.com/page/John1948%27s+Youtube+Index
Joanie Sommers scored her biggest chart success with "Johnny Get Angry" in 1962. The single, her second solo release, peaked at the number seven spot and charted for more than two months. Her first solo record, "One Boy," was a number from the musical Bye Bye Birdie and only hit number 54 in 1960. She continued to record through the decade, but never had another winner that rose as high on the charts as "Johnny Get Angry." She later achieved a different kind of success in commercials with several different jingles that she sang for Pepsi during the '60s and again two decades later. (The title of one of her later albums, Come Alive, was even derived from one of the Pepsi ad campaigns.)
Sommers, whose real name is Joan Drost, was born in New York but grew up in California. During her high school and college years, she sang in school bands. She was 18 years old when Warner Bros. signed her to a contract in 1959 and paired her with Edd Byrnes on one of his singles. She also had a small role in 77 Sunset Strip, the television series that featured Byrnes in the role of Kookie. In addition, she sang on Byrnes' "I Don't Dig You" and "Hot Rock," which appeared on one of his albums. Sommers released an album of her own, the jazz-oriented Positively the Most, and it helped establish her presence in easy listening and adult circles. Fans and critics often cite her 1965 album, Softly the Brazilian Sound, as one of her best efforts.
In 1966, the singer signed with Columbia Records. One of her following recordings was a version of "Alfie," which both Cher and Dionne Warwick also covered it. While Sommers' version didn't get the notice that the other two did, she had the satisfaction of placing in the Top Ten in the easy listening category. She also appeared in On the Flip Side, a television special that starred Rick Nelson. The show's soundtrack contains two versions of "Try to See It My Way," one of which is a duet with Nelson while the other is a Sommers solo. The singer, married with three children, stepped out of the spotlight as the '70s approached. Before retiring, she made numerous television appearances on the shows of Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore, Dean Martin, Mike Douglas, Bobby Darin, and others. Sommers started singing and making appearances again during the '80s. ~Linda Seida, All Music Guide
PLEASE NOTE: I divided my uploads among multiple channels, Bookmark this link in your browser for instant access to an index with links to all of John1948's oldies classics. LINK: http://john1948.wikifoundry.com/page/John1948%27s+Youtube+Index
NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED - (Warner Bros. 5437) Out of Los Angeles, this release recorded in April 1964 was produced by Barry Mann and written by he a...
NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED - (Warner Bros. 5437) Out of Los Angeles, this release recorded in April 1964 was produced by Barry Mann and written by he and his wife, Cynthia Weil. With a backing track arrangement in the style of Jack Nitzsche and right out of the 'Phil Spector Sound' instruction manual, this non-hit obscurity is one of Joanie's best.
NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED - (Warner Bros. 5437) Out of Los Angeles, this release recorded in April 1964 was produced by Barry Mann and written by he and his wife, Cynthia Weil. With a backing track arrangement in the style of Jack Nitzsche and right out of the 'Phil Spector Sound' instruction manual, this non-hit obscurity is one of Joanie's best.
What a delight to have Joanie Sommers visit our Facebook page and comment on her Pepsi "think young" radio jingle! Joanie ultimately earned the title "Voice of ...
What a delight to have Joanie Sommers visit our Facebook page and comment on her Pepsi "think young" radio jingle! Joanie ultimately earned the title "Voice of the Sixties" not only for her role in several fabulously successful Pepsi campaigns but also for her television and film appearances.
Joanie kicked off a brand new campaign in the summer of 1964 as baby boomers got a new name - the Pepsi Generation! As heard for the first time in July, 1964, here's the full-length Joanie Sommers Pepsi Generation commercial jingle. It has been transferred and restored from an original broadcast transcription by Joe Evelius at Audio Solutions: https://www.facebook.com/Audio-Solutions-audio-transfer-restoration-and-custom-recording-303055483093128/.
Thanks Joanie Sommers!
Please "like" and subscribe!
Thanks,
Joe Evelius
What a delight to have Joanie Sommers visit our Facebook page and comment on her Pepsi "think young" radio jingle! Joanie ultimately earned the title "Voice of the Sixties" not only for her role in several fabulously successful Pepsi campaigns but also for her television and film appearances.
Joanie kicked off a brand new campaign in the summer of 1964 as baby boomers got a new name - the Pepsi Generation! As heard for the first time in July, 1964, here's the full-length Joanie Sommers Pepsi Generation commercial jingle. It has been transferred and restored from an original broadcast transcription by Joe Evelius at Audio Solutions: https://www.facebook.com/Audio-Solutions-audio-transfer-restoration-and-custom-recording-303055483093128/.
Thanks Joanie Sommers!
Please "like" and subscribe!
Thanks,
Joe Evelius
Joanie Sommers scored her biggest chart success with "Johnny Get Angry" in 1962. The single, her second solo release, peaked at the number seven spot and charted for more than two months. Her first solo record, "One Boy," was a number from the musical Bye Bye Birdie and only hit number 54 in 1960. She continued to record through the decade, but never had another winner that rose as high on the charts as "Johnny Get Angry." She later achieved a different kind of success in commercials with several different jingles that she sang for Pepsi during the '60s and again two decades later. (The title of one of her later albums, Come Alive, was even derived from one of the Pepsi ad campaigns.)
Sommers, whose real name is Joan Drost, was born in New York but grew up in California. During her high school and college years, she sang in school bands. She was 18 years old when Warner Bros. signed her to a contract in 1959 and paired her with Edd Byrnes on one of his singles. She also had a small role in 77 Sunset Strip, the television series that featured Byrnes in the role of Kookie. In addition, she sang on Byrnes' "I Don't Dig You" and "Hot Rock," which appeared on one of his albums. Sommers released an album of her own, the jazz-oriented Positively the Most, and it helped establish her presence in easy listening and adult circles. Fans and critics often cite her 1965 album, Softly the Brazilian Sound, as one of her best efforts.
In 1966, the singer signed with Columbia Records. One of her following recordings was a version of "Alfie," which both Cher and Dionne Warwick also covered it. While Sommers' version didn't get the notice that the other two did, she had the satisfaction of placing in the Top Ten in the easy listening category. She also appeared in On the Flip Side, a television special that starred Rick Nelson. The show's soundtrack contains two versions of "Try to See It My Way," one of which is a duet with Nelson while the other is a Sommers solo. The singer, married with three children, stepped out of the spotlight as the '70s approached. Before retiring, she made numerous television appearances on the shows of Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore, Dean Martin, Mike Douglas, Bobby Darin, and others. Sommers started singing and making appearances again during the '80s. ~Linda Seida, All Music Guide
PLEASE NOTE: I divided my uploads among multiple channels, Bookmark this link in your browser for instant access to an index with links to all of John1948's oldies classics. LINK: http://john1948.wikifoundry.com/page/John1948%27s+Youtube+Index
NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED - (Warner Bros. 5437) Out of Los Angeles, this release recorded in April 1964 was produced by Barry Mann and written by he and his wife, Cynthia Weil. With a backing track arrangement in the style of Jack Nitzsche and right out of the 'Phil Spector Sound' instruction manual, this non-hit obscurity is one of Joanie's best.
What a delight to have Joanie Sommers visit our Facebook page and comment on her Pepsi "think young" radio jingle! Joanie ultimately earned the title "Voice of the Sixties" not only for her role in several fabulously successful Pepsi campaigns but also for her television and film appearances.
Joanie kicked off a brand new campaign in the summer of 1964 as baby boomers got a new name - the Pepsi Generation! As heard for the first time in July, 1964, here's the full-length Joanie Sommers Pepsi Generation commercial jingle. It has been transferred and restored from an original broadcast transcription by Joe Evelius at Audio Solutions: https://www.facebook.com/Audio-Solutions-audio-transfer-restoration-and-custom-recording-303055483093128/.
Thanks Joanie Sommers!
Please "like" and subscribe!
Thanks,
Joe Evelius
Joanie Sommers (born Joan Drost, Buffalo, New York, February 24, 1941) is an Americansinger and actress with a career concerning jazz, standards and popular material and show-business credits. Once billed as "The Voice of the Sixties", and associated with top-notch arrangers, song-writers and producers, Sommers' popular reputation became closely tied to her biggest, yet most uncharacteristic, hit song "Johnny Get Angry."
Career
Sommers began singing in church choirs as a way to deal with "a difficult childhood", and in 1951 at age 10, appeared on a Buffalo television program singing Hank Williams' Your Cheating Heart, winning the amateur talent contest. In 1955 the family relocated to Venice, California. Sommers went on to win honors to become vocalist with her high school band at Venice High, and did so again at Santa Monica City College. Her break came after a friend took her to the Deauville Country Club (now Braemar Country Club) where she sang with arranger-composer Tommy Oliver whose band was resident at the time. Oliver arranged for a demo record to be cut and presented to Warner Brothers, whereupon Sommers was signed to the label.
Junkies down in Brooklyn are going crazy They're laughing just like hungry dogs in the street Policemen are hiding behind the skirts of little girls Their eyes have turned the color of frozen meat No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no-no, no, no, no Joan Crawford has risen from the grave Joan Crawford has risen from the grave Catholic school girls have thrown away their mascara They chain themselves to the axles of big Mac trucks The sky is filled with herds of shivering angels The fat lady laughs, "Gentlemen, start your trucks" Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no-no, no, no, no Joan Crawford has risen from the grave Joan Crawford has risen from the grave (Christina) (Mother's home) (Christina) (Come to mother) (Christina) No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no-no, no, no, no Joan Crawford has risen from the grave Joan Crawford has risen from the grave Joan Crawford has risen from the grave Joan Crawford has risen from the grave Joan Crawford has risen from the grave Joan Crawford has risen from the grave Joan Crawford has risen from the grave