Donna Loren sings "Call Me" (1966)
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18-year old Donna Loren performing live with the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra on a national television show which aired 9/16/66. Donna was signed as a regular on the show with Bobby Rydell, but the show was short-lived and she only appeared in four telecasts. Donna released a 45rpm record of this Tony Hatch penned tune in 1965 on Capitol Records in a completely different 'softer' style. You can hear or view that version on her website at www.donnaloren.net. "Call Me" was a hit for Petula Clark in the UK and Chris Montez in America.
Donna Loren was the one-and-only "Dr Pepper Girl" from 1963 to 1968. She was signed to a long-term contract with the soft-drink company to sing all television and radio commercials, do all magazine and billboard advertising representing them in every capacity, sometimes sharing the spotlight with American Bandstand's Dick Clark. This relationship led to her touring in Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars with other popular acts like Diana Ross and The Supremes and singing solos in the popular Beach Party films starring Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon. Later, she became the regular female vocalist on the popular 60's American live rock n roll TV show "Shindig" and she appeared in singing and acting roles in many iconic TV shows like The Monkees, Gomer Pyle, The Mothers-In-Law, Red Skelton, Dr. Kildare and various game shows. In the 60's she released 18 singles and an LP. Her new CD entitled "Love It Away" is her first new music in decades. Hear it at www.DonnaLoren.net. New Video: • Donna Loren - "It Only...
Check out her latest videos on the DONNA LOREN NOW channel and the DONNA LORENS SHINDIG channel.
Donna was always classy and so girl next door! As a teenager back then I had such a crush on her. Love her take on Call Me but as many of the comments have noted the absolute best was done by the great Chris Montez...a jazzy mellow version.
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This is much better than the version Donna sang on Hollywood Au Go-Go. Well done, Ms. Loren.
Strange......I grew up back then and was always listening to the radio and watching TV and I NEVER heard of this gal.....ever. She's beautiful and has a great voice to boot!!
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I love seeing clips from variety shows from the 60s. This particular one had a great lineup. Donna Loren was a cutie.
Great legs.
Miley Cyrus needs to watch this Lady and learn about beauty and class.
I was just a tot but I remember people calling Donna Loren and those' crazy kids' beach movies 'classless'. And Miley isn't necessarily being herself, she's just reflecting to times as an 'artist' to gain fame and profit, and doing a spectacular job at it. Both Miley and Donna aren't particularly great singers as well.
JudeJaded15 I beg to differ, sister.
JudeJaded15 if you can't see the difference between Miley Cyrus and Donna Loren I won't bother explaining. Go back to your Kim Kardashian videos.
Thumbs double UP!!!
Jude.....nice try at Miley. She has a brain and she was raised better. She CHOOSES to be classless, vile and crude in order to MAKE A BUCK off kids who are way too impressionable!! SHAME ON HER.....
Yep, 1960s -- greatest decade in the history of the world!!!! Thanks for posting!
Too bad the '60s also had: assassinations, riots, cities burning, Vietnam War, the corrupt LBJ as president, and ending the decade with Nixon. Other than that, the '60s did have one redeeming feature: superb music.
freeguy....Yep, Today we have assassination threats/attempts, riots, Afghanistan, ISIS, cities being looted and burned (ANTIFA), corrupt politicians (Comey, Hillary and Obama), threat of war with China, Russia and/or N.Korea and I'm TRYING to think of a redeeming quality for today........(crickets).......still trying.......(more crickets)........still trying.......
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Ah yes, the 60s!!
50,000 DEAD in Nam.
@@freeguy77 I think she meant to say it was the decade of greatest change worldwide.
I can't believe I didn't see this show back in the day since it had Batman, Green Hornet, and Kato. This was about 6 months after Donna had appeared on Batman.
Donna Loren is so pretty!
The background performers are staged very similarly to "The Telephone Hour" in "Bye Bye Birdie", which had been released a few years earlier.
I loved her singing Dr. Pepper commercial, same tune as Glow Worm Cha Cha.
I can hear the smile in Donna's voice!
Great version of a great track.
I LOVE THIS VERSION!!!!
This when they had real talent, real musicians, great comedy and super actors. Not anymore!
Glenn Johnson A great song from the 60`s by Tony Hatch and another version which i like very much.
OH WOW, I've never seen this just awesome! Love Donna Loren!
I lived for this show when I was a 7-year old, and I was heartbroken when It was cancelled.Little did I know that there'd been an earlier Berle show that had lasted longer than 13 weeks.
Some folks have commented about "class" or the lack thereof of today's "stars". Here's the bottom line: CLASS can be taught...start with teaching your children good manners and grow from there. TASTE, on the other hand, whilst it can be cultivated, most folk refuse to take the time to do so and what do we wind up with? People with NO CLASS and NO TASTE!!!
Thank you for being you😊
Great song
Cutie pie...
Beautiful woman with an outstanding voice!
GREAT CLIP. GREAT SONG. VERY NICE. AND MILTON BERLE IS A RIOT. LOVE HIM AND DONNA LOREN. FUNNY AT IT'S BEST.
Very talented gal for sure.......
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Just pure Joy!!! DL!!!
Fabulous song I've loved alday
💓💓💓💓I love it gorgeous 💓💓💓💓
@Zippertheslipper it's like watching something from another planet, huh?
It is for me.
Very 60s :) Great to see Uncle Miltie again.
dam superior I love DONNAS VERSION BEST
Gorgeous gal
How cool love this girl Bruce Lee as Kato, Adam West, Paul Revere LOL AWESOME boy has our culture de-evolved now :(
We have only this show with Donna singing Call Me. It was Show #2 which aired on 9-16-66. We are interested in any other of the 3 shows she was on if you have. Let me know which ones you have, Thanks!
Check out a show called Shindig.
Pretty Cutie
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You have to love the hair helmet...Back in those days they went through hair spray by the gallons...And check the guests on this Berle show...Variety was a fun genre back then...Today the closest thing is Idol...Too bad an entire generation will not know about this program format...
I too regret that DL chose to retire, but I can't blame her for doing so; as I understand, she'd gotten married and wanted to raise a family.
@sleepypie It's not impossible...Basil was a dancer/choreographer for years before her hit song "Mickey"
A real Mary Tyler Moore vibe in this clip.
whats that stuff connecting the phones
Uncle Miltie was always funny and his shows were great. The ABC show was not given a chance. He was the greatest all around comedian of all time.
WOW ANOTHER PRETTY LADY OF THE PYSCHADELIC 60'S!!.
I'll bet those land line phones were rotary dial.
It is truly sad.
Looks like the Telephone Hour from Bye Bye Birdie.
She was hot all right, but I'm sorry! I've heard the others sing this and I'm still not convinced that any of these girls sing it like Tanya from the Lawrence Welk Show
Go to her website (in video description).
They don't make women like Donna Loren anymore.
Who is she? 3:04 and them too 3:31??
5:16 LOL
@floralparkkid Especially after what Berle had to do to get it...convince NBC to remove the exclusivity clause from his famous contract (in 1951 he signed a 30-year deal at $100K a year to be Peacock property...I understand in return the money was reduced to $40K).
When she was 12 she made a guest appearance on the Mickey Mouse Club.
She had style modern singers are usually tacky. Real music is warm and full of life Donna Loren is really classy
The Milton Berle Show(or special)
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I agree. And wear their hair that way too.
Is that Mickey Dolan?
AKA Donna Zukor
@TheBlueGlasses
Funny thing, this is a constant desire from old guys like me but now commenting on these clips and many live band performances of the 60's, young folks are wishing the same thing. They know, well at least the smart ones, they are being short changed by a jaded and immoral society.
Sounds like distant shore a little bit from steven universe
Wow! "The controversial Joe Pyne" (mentioned in but not shown) is who every right-wing ass with a talk show on radio or TV wishes he could be. The cover of Petula Clark's tune probably sold some records but isn't one for the history books.
So says the left-wing ass.
Shouldn’t she have a princess phone?
I thought she was going to sing the blondie song
See here is a TV personality, Milton Berle, who was gay, every knew and it was no big deal and he didn't wear it on his sleeve, unlike todays celebs.
There is "0" evidence of Liberace being homosexual/gay. He was once
engaged to actress Joanne Rio & frequently dated countless other
women; not men! He testified (under oath) & denied being homosexual
(or ever taken part in homosexual practices) in a 1956 defamation trial
against the Daily Mirror. He further won a libel suit (1957) against
Confidential Magazine for publishing a malicious article alluding to him
being a homosexual. In Liberace's biography 'The Wonderful 'Private'
World of Liberace' there is no mention of him being homosexual, engaging
in homosexual practices, or an affair with Scott Thorson??? Chapter
Three does mention his affairs with women. Liberace was not gay!!!
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What? Next you'll be saying he didn't support right wing causes of the time???
Seadweller451D maybe the guy he was living with and was banging for years gave him away.
Fuck this,they'res 2 other channels,I'm changing it!
Where's the clicker!
Nice version, but it was written for Petula Clark and she was even better. Still, even her version was surpassed by Chris Montez.
you overcooked dinner ? ha ha don't worry my obedient dear little wifey , you didn't ruin the beer ha ha , my little sex kitten !
The Taylor Swift of 1966? She's one time has forgotten about, but she was kicking some serious a** back then. Hmm. I'm thinking she can't hear the orchestra... she's quite sharp... and that's not like Donna Loren. The other singers are in perfect tune. As soon as she comes back in... she's in tune. It wasn't easy to sing on those shows I'm guessing.
Why was Joe Pyne controversial?
even kim kardashian doesn't promote herself with big letters
3:17 ...now a she.
That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.
Better than the Pet Clark original, but not as swinging as the Chris Montez hit.
Yeah, it is a rare Pet Clark misfire. I wonder what Dusty Springfield would have done with it.
Good question, but with Chris Montez's high voice, I guess it was uni before uni became fashionable, and it worked! Kinda like Bob Goulet singing "Danke Schoen." lol
Never heard of her...
What the hell happened to my culture?
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That is the worst version I have ever heard!!! OMG she's awful.
I know this performance was for a variety show. The song itself is done so much better by the original artist, Chris Montez
Actually apparently Donna Loren was the original version and Chris Montez followed, but I fully agree - Chris is much better.
@@es3359 It appears that Petula Clark did the first recording in 1965. I just looked it up and listened to it. Chris Montez's version is the best out of all of them.
Her singing is mildly tone deaf, too affected and immature. She looks very good though. I still prefer this song on that Wes Montgomery/Jimmy Smith commercial jazz sell-out album.
women should dress like this nowadays
Donna Loren should have been a far bigger star. Maybe she was just too damn beautiful? I guess she wan't meant to be Grace Slick, Diana Ross, or Janis
DickAllen4HOF ???
DickAllen4HOF She should have been indeed. Again, my assumption for her lack of bigger success in the music business is probably the choice of written music (given to her).
often it's their manager. How can this clown call into question the singing talent of Diana, Grace, or Janis??? Why doesn't he thrown in Babs while he's it??? You know, the other reason is that other than the throw away BEACH BLANKET BINGO soundtrack, she didn't record an LP in this 60's. And thus, no CD.
EXCUSE ME! Janis, Grace, and Diana are my three FAVORITE singers of the Sixties
Pretty Cutie