1. Donna Loren was signed to Capitol Records in 1964, releasing several singles and the Beach Blanket Bingo LP soundtrack, which included her signature song "It Only Hurts When I Cry".
61 Facts About Donna Loren
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In 1968, Donna Loren retired from her career to marry and raise a family.
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Donna Loren Zukor was born March 7,1947, in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Donna Loren continued to perform and record through the late 1950s and early 1960s, with her songs released on Skylark and Ramada, as well as the American Publishing Company's new label Crest.
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Donna Loren had previously performed under the name Donna Zukor, and recorded under the names Donna Zuker, Donna Dee, and Barbie Ames.
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In 1960, Donna Loren appeared on the Playhouse 90 episode "In the Presence of Mine Enemies".
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Donna Loren's recording of "Dream World" written by Joy Kennedy was awarded four stars by Billboard in their new singles reviews.
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Donna Loren said of her early recording, "Somehow I had a knowledge in me that came through my voice and therefore more mature songs were chosen and adapted for recording".
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In 1963, while still a student at Venice High School in West Los Angeles, Donna Loren signed a contract with Dr Pepper as the "Dr Pepper Girl" to promote the drink to a younger demographic.
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Donna Loren performed "Bill Bailey" and her record "I Can't Make My Heart Say Goodbye".
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Donna Loren was contractually signed because she made much of the wardrobe she appeared in during television and live performances.
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Donna Loren was often featured in modelling and fashion spots geared towards teenagers, including for hats, exercise workouts, makeup, and dental care.
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Donna Loren regularly appeared on the cover of Teen magazine, as well as other teen, television, and movie magazines.
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In 1964 Donna Loren began appearing in the American International Pictures Beach Party series.
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The release of the single "Muscle Bustle", written by Brian Wilson, Gary Usher, and Roger Christian would be Donna Loren's final recording for Challenge.
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Donna Loren then appeared in Bikini Beach, and Pajama Party.
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Donna Loren appeared in the series in the fifth film Beach Blanket Bingo in 1965, performing "It Only Hurts When I Cry", which some regard as her "signature tune".
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The album was released on Capitol Records, which Loren had signed with in 1964, produced by David Axelrod, and arranged and conducted by H B Barnum.
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Donna Loren appeared in another AIP Beach Party film, Sergeant Deadhead, where she sang "Two Timin' Angel".
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Donna Loren was nominated for a 1965 Photoplay Gold Medal Award for "Most Promising New Star ".
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Donna Loren received a GeeGee Award for "Most Promising Singer" from 16 Magazine in 1965.
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Donna Loren sang on 26 shows, and appeared in the live theatre show Shindig '65.
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In 1991, Donna Loren appeared with several other cast members in the VH1 retrospective special of the series, The Shindig Show.
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Donna Loren guest-starred on a seven-part Dr Kildare in 1965 as Anna Perrona, a young woman in need of dialysis treatment.
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Donna Loren guest-starred on The Monkees as Princess Colette, who Davy is set to marry; and on Gomer Pyle, USM.
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Donna Loren made hundreds of appearances on music and game shows, including on American Bandstand, Hollywood a Go Go, Where the Action Is, The Red Skelton Show, and Hollywood Squares.
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Donna Loren appeared on the hour-long New Talent in Young America in January 1965.
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Donna Loren was regular performer at concerts and shows during much of the decade throughout the country.
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From 1967 to 1968, Donna Loren recorded with Reprise, releasing "Let's Pretend" again produced by Jimmy Bowen, and arranged by Don Peake, and "As Long as I'm Holding You", produced by Mike Post.
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Donna Loren starred as Greek-American Penny Kanopolis, whose brothers try to organize a courtship and marriage to Yani, even though she is already dating another boy, the non-Greek David.
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Donna Loren wrote and produced the songs for her own label Royalty Records.
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Donna Loren appeared on The Merv Griffin Show in 1984 performing "Somewhere Down the Road".
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Donna Loren hired Henry Mancini, 1983 Composer of the Year, and the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, and in her introduction she sang "Always" by Irving Berlin.
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In 1985 Donna Loren was invited to appear in Tokyo, Japan at an International Ballroom Dancing event, and opened for Jerry Lee Lewis in a show in Beverly Hills, CA.
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In 2004, Donna Loren was guest stylist on an episode of A Makeover Story, with one of her boutiques featured on the show.
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Donna Loren's first release in August 2009 was a remake of "It Only Hurts When I Cry", which she produced and arranged, releasing it both as a music video on YouTube and as a single to download.
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Magic was a collection of songs Donna Loren recorded at Amigo Studios during the early 1980s, with musicians such as John Thomas and James Burton.
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Donna Loren produced the album, and it was recorded at Lava Tracks.
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Donna Loren recorded new versions of "Beach Blanket Bingo" and "Muscle Bustle", as singles to download.
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Donna Loren again worked with Charles Michael Brotman on this project.
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In July 2010, Donna Loren released the dance-electronic "Eloquent" as a single to download.
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The release is Donna Loren's second recording of a Christmas song; the first was "I Think It's Almost Christmas Time" when she was 10 years old.
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Donna Loren explained on radio show The Sheena Metal Experience on November 4,2010, the evolving of the concept:.
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The song "Loving You" was recorded at Lava Tracks Studio and represented Donna Loren's moving from "my beloved Hawaii" to California.
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The selection of other Presley songs further fits the concept nature of the EP for, as Donna Loren acknowledged, "Elvis and Hawaii go hand-in-hand".
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Donna Loren recorded with the Elvis Presley TCB Band for her 1980's single "Sedona" during the Amigo Studios recording sessions which produced "One Night" from the EP.
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Donna Loren performed "One Night" at the 26th Annual Elvis Birthday Bash at the Echo in Los Angeles on January 8,2012, and again performed at the 28th Annual Elvis Birthday Bash at the Echo on January 5,2014.
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Donna Loren accompanied the release of her new material with numerous appearances on radio shows, interviews, and public appearances.
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An article in Beverly Hills Courier in March 2010 profiled her new work, beginning with "Donna Loren was the "It Girl" long before Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian hit the streets of Beverly Hills".
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Donna Loren hosted a "Beach Party Movie Marathon" presented by American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood on February 11,2010, debuting the medley of her Beach Party songs.
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On June 25,2010, Donna Loren was interviewed on the nationally syndicated radio show Little Steven's Underground Garage, hosted by Steven Van Zandt.
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Since returning to performing in 2009, Donna Loren regularly attends autograph shows and conventions, where she meets fans and performs.
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Donna Loren appeared and performed at the Monkees Convention in both 2013 and 2014.
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On May 9,2011, Donna Loren performed in The Vagina Monologues, as part of V-Day Valley 2011, produced and directed by Sheena Metal at CAP Theater.
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Donna Loren promoted the book at book signings and personal appearances, in print interviews, and on radio and television, including the TV interview series Ken Boxer Live on April 19,2018, Studio 411 hosted by Larry DaSilva on May 30,2018, and LIVE Magazine TV on June 30,2018.
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Donna Loren was her personal photographer, with many of his photos utilized by publications at the time, as well as in Loren's 2017 book Pop Sixties.
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In 1968, Donna Loren married music producer Lenny Waronker, president of Warner Bros.
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Donna Loren and Cargman, who was a member of the surf band The Fantastic Baggys, knew each other in the 1960s and Cargman was her prom date.
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The compilation consists of the Beach Blanket Bingo LP, all of Donna Loren's other Capitol-released material, songs not released until the 2000s, and eight previously unreleased songs.
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The unreleased material includes work with producers, arrangers and writers with whom Donna Loren worked on her released Capitol material, such as Steve Douglas and Jack Nitzsche and the song writing team of Gerry Goffin-Carole King.
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Loren has been featured on a number of other compilations, including one of all her 1960s-released songs from Capitol, The Very Best of Donna Loren Featuring Beach Blanket Bingo, a product of EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets and distributed by Collectables Records.