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...Thomas J. Downey (D.N.Y.), the chairman of the House arts caucus. "Wayne Newton doesn't transcend anything." "Help me Ronald, don't let him run wild," urged Re;. George Miller (D-Calif.). And Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kansas) suggested that Secretary Watt get going right away on a "surfin safari...
...shattering version of "Silent Night" that makes the infamous Neil Young rendition sound like chamber music. As for the Mals, they make Christmas in California a real treat. Who cares that there's no snow in Malibu. When Santa eschews his sleigh to hang ten in "Santa Goes surfin'" you forget all about the cold back East and groove to the good vibrations. Life is all fun and games for Mr. Claus in this carefully crafted, Beach Boyesque tune...
...words of a '60s platter, life meant "just a-surfin' all day and swingin' " all night. The superswingers, of course, were Warbler Frankie Avalon and matured Mouseketeer Annette Funicello, who boogied by the surf in a string of beach party movies. On Nov. 25 a Dick Clark special on NBC will be co-hosted by Funicello, now 36 and the mother of three, and Avalon, 38, father of eight. "The chemistry between us is just dynamic," giggles Funicello. Frankie agrees, and for good reason. Says he appreciatively: "Annette thinks I am the funniest guy in the world...
Time and fame pass quickly in the pop world-for everyone, it would seem, except the Beach Boys. One decade, 23 LPs and 20 million record sales after they racked up a hit (Surfin') on their first try, the Beach Boys appear to be cresting on a new wave of popularity. It is due partly to the same nostalgia kick that has given so many other rock "oldtimers" new commercial success. But the Boys' floating style also fits right in with the softening of rock's hard core that has brought composer-singers like Elton John...
Although it was three and a half years ago when the Boys first broke into the charts in Southern California, the details of the first recording session and appearances are very vivid to Dennis. They first played "Surfin'", which preceded the big hit "Surfin' Safari," at a dance for the local Veterans of Foreign Wars. "The crowd either foxtrotted or stood around not knowing how to move," Dennis says. A month later, they appeared at a Hawthorne Youth Canteen dance, against the will of a high school classmate now at Radcliffe, who insisted the Canteen should hire any other group...