Elvis Presley:
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, tagged A portrait of Eileen on December 8, 2020| 1 Comment »
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Portraits of Eileen, tagged A portrait of Eileen on October 1, 2019| 1 Comment »
ELVIS COSTELLO. Soundtrack. Notting Hill
Posted in Photography at The Jersey Shore, Photography in New Jersey, Photography: Faces at the Shore, Photography: Sandy Hook Series, tagged A portrait of Eileen on August 21, 2019|
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: New York City Street Series, Photography: portrait of Eileen, tagged A portrait of Eileen on April 26, 2018|
STAN GETZ (sax) and GARY BURTON (vibes) “Little Girl Blue” from the album Getz For Lovers.
Posted in Photography portraits, Portrait of Eileen, tagged A portrait of Eileen on March 31, 2018| 1 Comment »

Eileen. Age 16. Machine photograph. © Reposted from 2016.
KEN PEPLOWSKI and FRIENDS “All the Things You Are.” (From The International All Stars Play Benny Goodman.)
Posted in Portrait of Eileen, tagged A portrait of Eileen, Rosie and the Originals on May 13, 2017|

Eileen somewhere in France, riding bareback in the rain. Paul Goldfinger photo © Reposted from 1 year ago.
This is WOLFMAN JACK sending out this song by ROSIE and the ORIGINALS for Eileen who is exploring Indian country with her sister Hope in New Mexico. She is busy looking for turquoise and for the spirit of Georgia O’Keefe.
Posted in Portrait of Eileen, tagged A portrait of Eileen on October 29, 2016|
DICK HYMAN (ORGAN) AND RUBY BRAFF (cornet) From their album: America the Beautiful. “I’ve Grown Accustomed to her Face.” (From My Fair Lady.) Click on music player below and then keep reading.
Ruby Braff was about 5 feet tall. He was from New York,City but he often played in Jersey, including the Monmouth County Library* (Eastern Branch) Sunday jazz series. He took up the cornet because a trumpet was too large for him.
According to Jack Livinsgtone of the Monmouth County Library, Braff was an unusual character. One time there was a Sunday blizzard, and Braff called and said “Are you crazy, I’m not coming to that #@&* place in Jersey.” But then he walked in later and said, “Where is everybody?”
Dick Hyman was the musical director for many of Woody’s movies, and we heard him and Art Topilow (a Jersey Shore pianist) perform live a few years back at the Axelrod Theater in Deal.
*Source Jack Livingstone of the Monmouth County Library speaking at the Jewish War Veterans meeting at the JCC in Deal on Oct. 28, 2016. If you like jazz in Jersey, here is a link to the New Jersey Jazz Society www.njjs.org
Here is a link to another post on Blogfinger (2014) with these two artists. It is accompanied by a touching photo by Michael goldfinger, Blogfinger staff:
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography from Florida, Photography: girls in summer clothes, Portraits of Eileen, tagged A portrait of Eileen on September 23, 2016|
BOBBY DARIN from the Rare Capital Masters album:
Posted in Portraits of Eileen, tagged A portrait of Eileen on March 13, 2016|
These days, when Hope visits us in Ocean Grove, people think they’re twins. Magically, they both are now blonds. The photographer, their Dad Bernie, served in WWII in Europe. He spent most of his life working in the Garment District in New York. He ran a showroom where he was into ladies sweaters.
About five years after this photo, the family moved to Dumont, New Jersey. Bernie took a bus at the corner into the Port Authority. Their cat Sasha would walk to the bus stop to wait for him at the end of each work day.—–PG
JESSICA MOLASKEY “Growing Pains” This 1951 song by Arthur Schwartz (music) and Dorothy Fields (lyrics) was recorded by Tony Bennett with the Count Basie Orchestra. Jessica’s version was made with the Pizzarelli clan backing her up. Her husband is guitarist/singer John Pizzarelli. (“I Like Jersey Best.”)
“One day your momma drops the hem of your skirt,
Next day you give up yelling, “What’s for desert?”;
You can’t explain it, but you’re one solid hurt,
Baby, you’ve got growin’ pains!”
Posted in Portraits of Eileen, tagged A portrait of Eileen on December 6, 2015| 2 Comments »
KEVIN KLINE with Cole Porter song written for the 1934 Broadway show Anything Goes.
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photographic Gallery, Color, Photographs by Blogfinger, Portraits of Eileen, tagged A portrait of Eileen, Chesterwood on January 22, 2015|