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Rita is walkin’ and shoppin’ in a big indoor fashion mall. Our cameraman caught her at The Palladium, just before she hurried off to continue shopping. The Palladium is an upscale fashion mall in the center of Prague, Czech Republic.

Speaking of walkin’, today’s youtube features Rick Nelson singing I’m Walkin’ on the television sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. This was probably in 1957. The television show ran from 1949 until 1966.

This as Rick Nelson’s first hit and it was a cover of a Fats Domino number.

Here is the sound from the original recording of I’m Walkin’ by Rick Nelson. It was released on Verve 10047 in 1957. Good stuff!

Here is Rick Nelson and Fats Domino performing together on a television show from the 1970s.

Fats Domino: I’M WALKING

I’m walkin’, yes indeed and I’m talkin’ bout you and me
I’m hopin’ that you’ll come back to me, uh uh

I’m lonely as I can be, I’m waitin’ for your company
I’m hopin’ that you’ll come back to me.

Whatcha gonna do when the well runs dry
You gonna run away and hide
I’m gonna be right by your side
For you, pretty baby, I’d even die.

I’m walkin’, yes indeed and I’m talkin’ bout you and me
I’m hopin’ that you’ll come back to me.

Instrumental Break

Whatcha gonna do when the well runs dry
you gonna sit right down and cry
whatcha gonna do when I say bye bye
all you’re gonna do is dry your eye

I’m walkin’, yes indeed and I’m talkin’ bout you and me
I’m hopin’ that you’ll come back to me.

Deanna is the happy banker’s assistant and Woody Guthrie sings about The Jolly Banker.

Photo courtesy of Rasputin

Fashion model Anya from Kiev, Ukraine likes to wear designer jeans out in the country. This photo was taken at Kiev’s large Botanical Garden.
Today’s youtube has to be seen to be believed. The Tuttle Kids are from an amazing family of country pickers. They hail are from Palo Alto, California and play [...]

Anya poses in the park. Then Michal Tucný sings a sad country and western song Poslední Kovboj.

Georgia is in her country home and Django Reinhardt plays Sweet Georgia Brown.

Two Czech sisters pose in an old flat in Prague. They are dressed alike in short trousers and T-shirts.
Today’s youtube video is another great song by the songwriting team of Werich and Voskovec. Nikdy nic nikdo nemá, which translated mesns roughly Nobody Never Has Nothing. It is from the 1931 movie musical Pudr a [...]

Aljona does her homework before Jerry Lew Lewis sings the rock and roll song High School Confidential.

Aneta and Petra in a Prague kitchen. Then a duet of Czech song Život je jen náhoda from the 1932 movie Život Nebo Penize.

Photo courtesy of Pictor Photo Archive
As the old saying goes, “Nothing succeeds like Success!” This young up and coming professional is dressed to the nines for a meeting in the executive boardroom. She is wearing a short silver mini dress with short sleeves. Corporate executives that dress for success like Deeana can take home millions [...]

Photo by Rasputin (Фото в Григорий Ефимович Распутин)
Aljona rings in the New Year in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
“This is Broadway, the great white way, part of the world’s most exciting city–New York– and it’s time once again for, New Year’s Eve with Guy Lombardo… And now from the famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel on fashionable Park Avenue where [...]

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Bettie teases in her short silver mini dress, white thigh-high stockings and black patent leather 6-inch heels. Doesn’t our model bear a some resemblance to the notorious Bettie Page?
The Notorious Bettie Page
The original Betty Page was the quintessential 1950s pinup model. She was a popular camera club model in New York [...]

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Alena was photographed in the late afternoon while she strolled along the beach at low tide.  She was visiting Laguna Beach all the way from the city of Brno in the Czech Republic. She wore this short white dress and naturally was barefoot.
The lonely sea, the lonely sea
It never stops for [...]

Alica picked these green apples at an orchard in the countryside in Ukraine. She is wearing a sundress with green and yellow flowers.
Little Green Apples was a big hit for O.C. Smith in 1968. The song was written by Bobby Russell. It was also recorded by Roger Miller, Glenn Campbell and many other artists.
God didn’t [...]

Russian teenager Aljona likes to play and sing. She was singing the traditional Russian song Kalinka. She was wearing white shorts from Italian designer Anna Rita N and colorful sleeveless top.
Калинка, калинка, калинка моя!
В саду ягода малинка, малинка моя!
–Калинка
Here is an upbeat, pop version of Kalinka. The song was written by Ivan Larionov in 1860. [...]

Ukrainian teen model poses in Kiev’s Botanical Garden. Then the Scott McKenzie sings If Your Going to San Francisco.

I was feelin’ so bad
I asked my family doctor just what I had
I said Doctor (Doctor)
Mr. M.D. (Doctor)
Now can you tell me
What’s ailin’ me? (Doctor )
-Good Lovin’, The Young Rascals
Daria is ready for the start of a new school year. She is wearing rolled up blue jeans and purple flower-print tank top. Daria is a [...]

Tiffany strums on the guitar. She is wearing her favorite red shawl and denim jeans. Tiffany is originally from the United States of America but now lives in Europe. She has seen the world from both sides of the pond.
I’ve looked at life from both sides now
From give and take and still somehow
It’s life’s illusions [...]

Teen model Aneta uses a knife to slice onions for dinner. Let’s hope that is all she uses it for! She is wearing a denim miniskirt and long-sleeve pink top.
Oh the shark has pretty teeth dear
And he shows them pearly white
Just a jack-knife has Mac-heath dear
And he keeps it out of sight
–Kurt Weill, Mack the [...]

Anna dancers in her orange salsa dress.

Everybody loves to cha cha cha
Little children like to cha cha cha
They like to cha cha cha, they like to cha cha cha
Everybody likes to cha cha cha
–Sam Cooke, Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha (1959)
The youtube is a live performance of Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha by [...]

Like a character from a scene off a movie screen, Aljona was last seen standing out in front of this Prague musical venue early one evening in June. She has on designer jeans and a light pink top, with her mobile phone at the ready for instant communication.
She was more like a beauty queen from [...]