Post by Captain HowdyPost by Jim ColegroveHer website: http://dodiestevens.com/index.htm
She looks really good, but probably had some major plastic surgery among
other things.
celebrities, especially women lie about their age.
if you have the money even at age 60 you can look 35 years old.
Suzanne Sommers is a good example of a 61 year old who doesn't look her age.
if this lady was born in 1946 and recorded that the song must have been
recorded much later than 1959. if that is her actual
age and that was her recording which Uni uploaded it would have to had been
recorded in the mid to late 1960s and that
particular style of music seemed to be outdated by then, but maybe some
people still recorded 1950s style music in the late 1960s.
Geraldine Anne Pasquale was born February 17, 1946 in Chicago,
Illinois. When she was three the family moved to San Gabriel Valley in
California. Her parents were very musical, her mother a beautiful
dancer and her father had a wonderful voice, but neither did anything
professionally. From four on Geraldine took singing and dancing
lessons. At the age of eight in 1954, she sang her first record
"Merry-Go Round and Round," issued as by Geri Pace on Gold Star
Records, on the "Art Linkletter's House Party" TV show.
Over the next few years, Geraldine performed at U.S.O. functions,
veteran's hospitals and local television shows. Her vocal coach was
secretary to Frankie Laine and she got to appear on his show a few
times, before at eleven she made her fateful appearance on a local
show called "Strictly Informal" hosted by Larry Finley. Carl Burns the
president of Crystalette Records happened to see the show and
contacted her parents to inquire if she was available to make records.
When told that she was, he told them he would search around for the
right material and when he found it he would give them a call. It
would be a year and a half before they would hear from Burns.
The song Burns had for her was "Pink Shoe Laces." Geraldine, now
dubbed Dodie Stevens, was only twelve years old when she recorded
"Pink Shoe Laces." Dodie who was really into rock and roll, didn't
like the song or her new name. However, she felt that she had nothing
to lose by doing it, went ahead and recorded it and kept her fingers
crossed. It was a hit reaching number three on the national charts.
Post by Captain Howdythere were artists in the 1980s still recording 1960s and 1970s styles so
anything is possible.
what I do know is that lady was much older than 13 when she recorded that
song if that is indeed her.
I don't know when the picture on http://dodiestevens.com/index.htm
was taken but ir bears a strong resemblence to the one here:
http://www.history-of-rock.com/dodie_stevens.htm