Southwest Florida. Ft. Myers, Tropicana Co-op. Paul Goldfinger Jan 17, 2021. © Click once to enlarge
DEAN MARTIN From his album Pretty Baby (1957.)
“Sleepy time gal, when all your dancin’ is through
Sleepy time gal I’ll find a cottage for you
You’ll learn to cook and to sew
What’s more you’ll love it I know
When you’re a stay-at-home , play-at-home
Eight o’clock sleepy time gal.”
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Notice the woman on the album cover with Dean’s photo. He is avoiding her gaze, but what about her clothes?
I was in high school in 1957 when this album was made. The girls would wear tight sweaters with pointy directionals. If you danced with one and you were dangerously near her, you might get ideas; and you might get stabbed in the chest. Eileen tells me that there were special bras designed for self defense.
Her straight skirt heads south all the way down near her ankles, but she probably wasn’t wearing bobby sox like the girls did in my school did along with shapeless skirts nearly reaching the sox.