At various times I had several teen crushes. James Darren as Moondoggie in the Gidget movies. I was too young to have a crush when the movie came out but when I saw it on TV in the '60s, I was in love! George Harrison, my favorite Beattle, and Herman from Herman's Hermits.
We lived in a small town in 1967 and I remember begging my parents to let me and a girlfriend go a Herman's Hermits concert in the city. I might as well have asked to go to the moon.
Instead I had to settle for listening to their records, over and over again. I knew all the lyrics, and I used my babysitting money to buy Tiger Beat magazine so I could pour over all the tantalizing details of Herman's life.
Last year, almost forty-five years after surviving the disappointment of missing the Herman's Hermits concert, my mother and I went to see Peter Noone (Herman) perform.
It wasn't the concert I so desperately wanted to see in the '60s but it was fun, and I even got my old LPs autographed.
I haven't played these records in years, but I did have a look inside the covers before I went to the concert. I'm so glad I did, because look what I found.
Two drawings I made of Herman when I was about thirteen.
They were drawn on looseleaf paper, no doubt while I supposed to be doing homework. Peter/Herman was a good sport and signed them for me, asking if I'd become any better at drawing over the years. Sadly, no! But I did discover that while I got over my crush, I'll always be a fan.
Okay, now it's confession time. Who was your teen crush?
Until next time,
Lee
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12 comments:
Oh, what fun to find those drawings!!! I got to see Davy Jones a couple of times in concert in the past few years, but my rue teen crush - actually, I think I was more of a preteen - was Bobby Sherman. My money also went to WAY too many issues of Tiger Beat, just to get more pictures of him for my wall. I made quite an idiot of myself over him - but I'm always a bit proud to see that he is now an EMT. As opposed to, you know, David Cassidy. Grrr :-)
lol, Kris! I used to get in trouble for taping things to my walls because the tape took the paint off!
I still have most of my LPs from back in the day. Now I wish I'd kept all the 45s. I played "Rag Doll" by The 4 Seasons over and over and over. I'm surprised I didn't wear it out.
The first band I had had big time crush on was the Association. I did get to see them on concert when I was in high school. We got there early and they were still doing their sound tests. The drummer had his shirt off . . . oh, my! 8-D
Shirtless drummer....
Their hit "Cherish" was one of my all-time favorite songs.
Mine, too. I loved their harmonies. And yeah, the drummer looked just fine.
Shirtless drummers aside ;), I loved the music back then. Seems to me it was more about the voices, the harmonies, and the band members' abilities to play real instruments. When they sang, I could actually understand the lyrics. So much music today is electronically altered and it's hard to know what's real and what's been "enhanced." I think this officially makes me old!
I vote for Herman. I saw him on Ed Sullivan when I was small singing Henry the 8th. I didn't understand a word but my father killed himself laughing and translated. We didn't have records and magazines but we did have radio. More to imagine.
Lee, I love the photos in the blog! Makes me feel old though when I think back to listening to that music...even though I was very, very young at the time...lol!
What a neat post!
My crush was Donny Osmond - big time! Even now when I see pics of him when he was in his teens, I still think he was just so gorgeous.
Linda, thinking back, "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" is an unlikely hit song!
Thanks, Marin! It's always fun to take a stroll down memory lane!
Glad you enjoyed it, Jo! I wonder how many millions of women share your celebrity crush? lol
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