The above photo, taken by Earl Leaf, shows four GAZZARRI DANCERS on the set during a rehearsal break. In the front is DALE, and MIMI is behind her on the left. In the back, on the left, is JACQUI, and DEANN is on the right.
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This great photo shows six GAZZARRI DANCERS on the main stage. The dancer on the far left is probably MIMI (or JUNE). Directly to her right is DALE followed by DEANN. Next to DEANN is probably JACQUI. The two dancers on the far right are unidentified at this time.
The lower lighting levels used on this show are clearly evident here. Compare this darker set to that of one of the competing shows. It was producer AL BURTON'S idea to use movie lights instead of the usual TV floodlights.
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The photo on the right is of DALE VANN. It clearly was not taken on the HOLLYWOOD A GO-GO set and DALE is wearing an outfit not in character with what the dancers normally wore on the TV show.
It was taken at a Hollywood Professional School (HPS) show, where DALE attended, and she added the HOLLYWOOD A GO-GO logo to the top after the show hired her to add the photo to her growing portfolio.
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This photo from April 18, 1965 shows DALE and her HPS friend Valerie Romero on a double date with English singer Ian Whitcomb and his brother Robin Whitcomb. It was taken in the studio of Margo Vann, DALE'S mother, who was a professional photographer. In the background you can faintly make out other photos taken of DALE. Ian and DALE are on the left; Robin and his date on the right.
Ian was in the States promoting his new record, "This Sporting Life", and made his first appearance on HOLLYWOOD A GO-GO only a few days before the photo was taken. DALE was 17 at the time and had only been a GAZZARRI DANCER for a short while.
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This photo, taken on the HOLLYWOOD A GO-GO set, shows DALE VANN in the lower row on the left and DEANN MOLLNER in the middle. The upper row (left to right): JUNE WILSON, unknown dancer, OSCAR WILLIAMS, LUCILLE WILLS, MIMI MACHU.
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The photograph above was taken by famed photographer Earl Leaf in his Los Angeles home most likely in 1965. It shows two of the regular GAZZARRI DANCERS who were on many of the episodes of HOLLYWOOD A GO-GO. Standing on the left is JUNE (WILSON) FAIRCHILD and seated on the right is DALE VANN. The painting directly behind DALE is of Earl.
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Another photo of JUNE and DALE most likely taken in December 1969. This would have been almost four years since the end of HOLLYWOOD A GO-GO and the girls were still close friends. The little guy in the middle is DALE'S son Alfie (Jasen Strong). When asked about her leather outfit, JUNE recalls that it was red. The photographer was Earl Leaf.
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Friends both on the HOLLYWOOD A GO-GO set, as well as off, MIMI (left) and JUNE (right) dance it up at The Trip nightclub sometime in 1966 after the show ceased production. The band playing in the background is The Grassroots.
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This great photo was taken in June 1963, a full 18 months before the debut of HOLLYWOOD A GO-GO, and shows future GAZZARRI DANCERS MARIA POGEE (left) and JACQUI LANDRUM (right). Also in the photo is Larry Maldonado, who was one of the great choreographers from the 1950's and 1960's. JACQUI (who was still JACKIE LEVY at this time) had just been hired by Larry, and she was on her way to Camden, NJ for her first dancing job along with MARIA. The two dancers remained lifelong friends and it was JACQUI who brought in MARIA to fill in for MIMI MACHU, who had broken her ankle in early autumn 1965. Sharp-eyed readers might notice the alternate spelling, POHJI, of MARIA'S last name.
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This photo on the left shows (from front to back) GAZZARRI DANCERS JUNE, GWEN, MIMI, and DEANN lifting the spirits of some of our Vietnam-era servicemen.
JUNE remembers that the other three dancers and herself were sent to a military base in California to be part of a show in 1965. The stars of this show to entertain the troops were the Everly Brothers, Joey Paige, and the GAZZARRI ladies.
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At the same show as shown in the previous photo this lucky soldier has managed to corral the attention of both MIMI (left) and JUNE (right).
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This photo appeared as the cover on the November 28, 1965 issue of the HERALD AMERICAN TV Guide. Now known as the "turkey trot" photo, because it appeared as an ad for the show just after Thanksgiving, it shows four GAZZARRI DANCERS. In the back DEANN is on the left and JACQUI on the right. The front row has JUNE on the left and MARIA POGEE on the right.
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JUNE WILSON dancing up a storm on HOLLYWOOD A GO-GO.
This shows an example of the multi-positioning of the dancers. There are several GAZZARRI ladies on the main stage, as was normally the case, but JUNE is dancing solo on the dancefloor amongst the audience.
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The photo to the left and the two below were all promotional shots used in many markets to advertise the show. We see SAM in the middle with DEANN on the right and SHELLEY on the left. Also appearing in the two lower photographs is MIMI.
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