#popsie randolph

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Nat "King" Cole, Billy May, and Johnnie Ray rehearsing backstage, May 5, 1952.

Photo: PoPsie Randolph via Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images/Decware

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Connie Francis recording her album Country & Western Golden Hits at MGM Records in New York. Photographed by Popsie Randolph on July 10, 1959.

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On October 23, 1968, Joni opened a one-week engagement at The Bitter End in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, performing early renditions of “Both Sides Now,” “Urge for Going” and “Chelsea Morning.” Photos by PoPsie Randolph.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The marquee at the Brooklyn Fox Theater reads "Alan Freed In Person, with The Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, Frankie Avalon, The Kalin Twins, The Elegants, The Danleers and more plus screen fare," August 29, 1958.

Photo: Popsie Randolph via Getty Images/ABC News

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Sarah Vaughan plays the piano backstage at Carnegie Hall while Duke Ellington and Billy Eckstine look on, December 1, 1951.

Photo: PoPsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

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A bemused Rock Hudson autographs the cuff of a Playboy Bunny at a dinner for the Motion Picture Pioneers Association held at the Playboy Club in New York, photos by PoPsie Randolph, November 19th, 1962. These photos were taken two days after Rock's 37th birthday. Other celebrities who attended the party included director Alfred Hitchcock, actors Tony Randall and Gregory Peck, and singers Bobby Darin and Jackie Wilson, who also performed at the event.

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

Joni Mitchell's career is undoubtedly on the rise, and a year from now, she may well be a star.” - The Cash Box on Joni’s one week engagement at the Bitter End in New York City that occurred 55 years ago today.

Photo by PoPsie Randolph

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Little Stevie Wonder / Popsie Randolph 1963