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The Paper Doll Club, also known as Paper Doll, was an LGBT bar and supper club in operation from 1949 to 1961, and located at the corner of Cadell Place and Union Street (now 524 Union Street) in the North Beach neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It is believed to be one of the earliest lesbian bars in the city.
The Paper Dolls were a late 1960s British female vocal trio from Northampton, comprising lead vocalist Susie 'Tiger' Mathis, Pauline 'Spyder' Bennett and Sue 'Copper' Marshall. They were one of the few British girl groups of the late sixties. Each member of the group had a nickname, similar to the Spice Girls three decades later.
Johnny S. Black. " Paper Doll " was a hit song for The Mills Brothers. In the United States it held the number-one position on the Billboard singles chart for twelve weeks, [ 3] from November 6, 1943, to January 22, 1944. The success of the song represented something of a revival for the group after a few years of declining sales.
The Ink Spots were an American vocal pop group who gained international fame in the 1930s and 1940s. Their unique musical style predated the rhythm and blues and rock and roll musical genres, and the subgenre doo-wop. The Ink Spots were widely accepted in both the white and black communities, largely due to the ballad style introduced to the ...
Teru teru bōzu. Teru teru bōzu dolls. A teru teru bōzu ( Japanese: てるてる坊主 or 照る照る坊主, lit. 'shine, shine monk') is a small traditional handmade doll hung outside doors and windows in Japan in hope of sunny weather. Made from tissue paper or cloth, teru teru bōzu charms are usually white, ghost -like figures with ...
The song was composed by MacLeod and Tony Macaulay, [1] the songwriting duo who also wrote songs for Pickettywitch, The Flying Machine, Long John Baldry and The Foundations. [2] It was first released on PYE 7N 17456 on February 23, 1968. [3]
As part of the fundraising effort, the 1975 formation of the Paper Dolls reformed for a one-off concert in Bradford in March 2008. [11] Mathis had worked with Kirsty Howard, a 12-year-old fundraiser, who for the night became the Paper Dolls' unofficial fourth member when she sang with them on stage. [12]
Paper doll. Paper dolls are figures cut out of paper or thin card, with separate clothes, also made of paper, that are usually held onto the dolls by paper folding tabs. [ 1] They may be a figure of a person, animal or inanimate object. [ 2] Paper dolls have been inexpensive children's toys for almost two hundred years.