Rare MAMIE VAN DOREN Girl Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll LP SEALED 1986 Rhino Vinyl

Factory SEALED by Rhino

MVD

SINGING

THE ORIGINAL

TITILATING TUNES

FROM HER

FABULOUS FIFTIES FLICKS

INCLUDING

"THE BEAT GENERATION"

"TEACHER'S PET"

"BORN RECKLESS"

"UNTAMED YOUTH"

RHINO RECORDS

RNLP 70819

First and last paragraph ocr lifted so woth some errors but from liner notes by Alan Betrock

Born Joan Lucille Olander in tbe tiny town of

Rowena, South Dakota, By the time she was in ber mid-

teens, sbe was dotng pboto modeling and began to make

connections witb name photograpbers and sbow busi-

ness types. In 1951, sbe caugbt tbe eye offamed illustrator

Alberto Vargas and posed for bim. (You can check out the

results in tbe July '51 issue of Esquire.) Sbe became a

popular pbotographer's model and made ber first screen

appearance, small as it was, in 1951's 'Footligbt Varie-

ties' starring Jack Parr, and by 1953, she bad been signed

as a contract player at Universal Now tbe buildup and

training began in earnest -- more pictures, more lessons,

more exposure - and Mamie Van Doren was on ber way

(ber new name, by the way, picked from Dwigbt Eisen-

bower's wife, Mamie, and from Mark Van Doren, wbo bad

become a national celebrity witb bis eggbead victories on

several TV Quiz Shows.)

As the movie roles began, ber salary started to creep up.....

........

Presently, she is reviving her singing career with the

release of a 12" dance record to be released on Rhino

Records, and is also hard at work on her autobiography,

tentatively lifted Naked In The Rain which she says is

" the story of a survivor." While this record takes a look

back to some of bet earlier work, Mamie remains a viva.

cous, optimistic person, and It's encouraging to see that

Mamie Van Doren continues to look forward for a

Hollywood "sex symbol," that's the most heartening

thing of all

- Alan Betrack