For the want of some relevant sounds that haven't struck me to share lately here's a few articles from my other interests and I check sites like The Selvedge Yard and image sites like favourites Nebulously Burnished or the brilliant, several images per day, site like mudwerks over at the Sloth Unleashed Since a fascination with all things burlesque and an especial penchant for Betty Page I loved the 'innocence' of the appearance of folk like Candy Barr, Sequin, and Lili St Cyr and the names never struck me at first as being puns I just assumed that was their names (sic!) util it was about the time of more modern artists like Dita Von Teese did the penny drop! Candy Barr?! Oh wait I get it! DOH!
Candy Barr - Her Story at The Selvedge Yard . . . .
During the 1950s the burlesque stripper, Candy Barr, received nationwide attention for her stripping career in Dallas, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. Then there were her encounters with the law, the death of her second husband, and her sentence to a prison term for drug possession. Candy Barr was a darling of the mob and had relationships with both Mickey Cohen and Jack Ruby.
Whew!
And follow the link for a revealing story and timeline of her assorted history and the legendary Dallas strip clubs where it all began.
Texas Stripper Candy Barr poses with guns a-blazin’, circa 1950s
a different story is revealed . . . . . . .
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