Malama pono 'oe, uheuhene
I ka poe pele, 'uhe'uhene
'O ili kaua la ilaila
'O ili kaua i ka puko'a
'Uhe'uhene
'O ka po'e kaulana, 'uhe'uhene
Kau i ka nuku, 'uhe'uhene
Nana a'o ho'owale nei i ka moana
'Uhe'uhene
Ha'awi ke aloha, 'uhe'uhene
Lulu lima, 'uhe'uhene
Me na huapala maka onaona
'Uhe'uhene
Kau aku 'oe, 'uhe'uhene
I ke ka'api'o, 'uhe'uhene
Pa ana ka uwepa kiani
'Uhe'uhene
Kupaianaha, 'uhe'uhene
Kahi kalaiwa, 'uhe'uhene
Ka lawe no a kiki'i pau
'Uhe'uhene
Ha'ina 'ia, 'uhe'uhene
Mai ka puana, 'uhe'uhene
O ka poe kaulana kau i ka nuku
'Uhe'uhene
Ha'ina 'ia, 'uhe'uhene
Mai ka puana, 'uhe'uhene
Goodbye kaua e ke aloha
'Uhe'uhene
[From the lyrics of "Leahi"]
Dick Jensen was a live musical performer of the Rhythm and Blues, Soul, and Gospel genres; a native Hawaiian athletic song stylist and a prime mover of nightclub shows. For a more detailed biography about him, I suggest that you have a look at this other post available here on Stereo Candies.
Born Richard Hiram Jensen in 1942, he first became interested in music through the numerous luaus his family
would attend. When the family was back from the barbecue, his mother would often play the guitar and Dick, along with his five brothers and sisters, would sing, and play along on the ukulele, or a nearby spoon and ladle, or whatever might be handy. His first experience on stage was in the fourth grade when he put together a group for a
teacher's show.
Dick continued to sing through his formative years and began to gain a local reputation. While he was at Honolulu's Farrington High School, he entered a local talent contest, winning first place, and adopted the stage name of Lance Curtis at the suggestion of Tom Moffatt and Earl Finch, both active as promoters in the local Hawaii scene; the name was choosen for its illusory Hollywoodian qualities.
The award gained Jensen a spot on one of Hawaii's major television shows and led to his first single recording Bye Bye Baby / Lover's Paradise published by Teen Records in 1959, which was the subject of a previous post.
Sympathy / Leahi, credited to Lance Curtis & The Uniques, was released on the same label the following year.
On side A we find "Leahi", which is reported to be the first Hawaiian song ever recorded with a rock beat. On the label the song is credited to a certain Owens, which I easily guess is Harry Owens, but other Internet sources credit the song to Johnny Noble and Mary Pula'a Robins... A version recorded in the early 70s by Gabby Pahinui was included in the soundtrack of "The Descendants" in 2011. Leahi is a 760-foot tuff crater and one of Hawaii's most famous landmarks. More information about the song and a translation of the lyrics are available here.
The flip side offers "Sympathy", a simple Doo-wop number which was penned by Jensen himself. The song features the usual vocal harmonies that this style implies and unobtrusive musical accompaniment.
The Uniques, exact date unknown, probably taken in 1959-1960
Here's the track list for this 7" single:
01. Leahi (1:56)
02. Sympathy (2:07)
Both tracks were remastered from vinyl in April 2013 and are available in FLAC lossless format or high-quality 320 Kbps MP3 files, both formats include scans of the original item in PDF format. Please have a look at the comments for the download links.
The following video offers a preview of the remastered single; the original vinyl was pretty worn, especially the flip side, it was a particularly difficult task this time so don't expect miracles... Anyway, I hope you will enjoy "Leahi"!
More information about Dick Jensen is available here:
I'm currently compiling a Dick Jensen biography, the first part of this work-in-progress covers the period 1942-1972 and is available here.
I'm also trying to compile a Dick Jensen exhaustive discography, my work-in-progress is available here.
Last but not least, I'm also trying to build a collection of Dick Jensen pictures and memorabilia, my work-in-progress is available here.
All my posts dedicated to Dick Jensen on this blog are available here.
I will post more Dick Jensen stuff in the next weeks, if you have any other useful information about him and his releases or if you spot any dead links, just get in touch with me at stereocandies [at] hotmail [dot] com or leave a comment in the box below, thank you!
I stopped by your door, waited outside
couldn't forget what happened last night
for loving you is a lover's paradise
I walked to your door, wanting just you
found you were gone with someone new
oh, loving you is a lover's paradise
I left your home and searched for you
but couldn't find you left no clue
out of my head and in sorrow here
it was because of you
Now that you've found somebody new
guess I'm a fool for loving you
oh, loving you is a lover's paradise
[From the lyrics of "Lover's Paradise"]
Dick Jensen was a live musical performer of the Rhythm and Blues, Soul, and Gospel genres; a native Hawaiian athletic song stylist and a prime mover of nightclub shows. For a more detailed biography about him, I suggest that you have a look at this other post available here on Stereo Candies.
Born Richard Hiram Jensen in 1942, he first became interested in music through the numerous luaus his family
would attend. When the family was back from the barbecue, his mother would often play the guitar and Dick, along with his five brothers and sisters, would sing, and play along on the ukulele, or a nearby spoon and ladle, or whatever might be handy. His first experience on stage was in the fourth grade when he put together a group for a
teacher's show.
Dick continued to sing through his formative years and began to gain a local reputation. While he was at Honolulu's Farrington High School, he entered a local talent contest, winning first place, and adopted the stage name of Lance Curtis at the suggestion of Tom Moffatt and Earl Finch, both active as promoters in the local Hawaii scene; the name was choosen for its illusory Hollywoodian qualities.
The award gained Jensen a spot on one of Hawaii's major television shows and led to his first single recording Bye Bye Baby / Lover's Paradise published by Teen Records in 1959, which is the subject of this post.
Side A offers "Bye Bye Baby", a sober Rock'n'Roll number written by Frank McNulty, which is infused with Doo-wop and Rhythm'n'n Blues, and is mostly notable for its high-pitched vibraphone sound. A very nice debut for Mr. Jensen!
On the flip side we find "Lover's Paradise", which was penned by Jensen himself. This is a more straight Doo-wop piece, with minimal accompaniment and the usual vocal harmonies that this style implies.
Both tracks were remastered from vinyl in February 2013 and are available in FLAC lossless format or high-quality 320 Kbps MP3 files, both formats include scans of the original item in PDF format. Please have a look at the comments for the download links.
The following video offers a preview of the remastered single; the original vinyl was pretty worn, so don't expect miracles... Anyway, I hope you will enjoy "Bye Bye Baby"!
More information about Dick Jensen is available here:
I'm currently compiling a Dick Jensen biography, the first part of this work-in-progress covers the period 1942-1972 and is available here.
I'm also trying to compile a Dick Jensen exhaustive discography, my work-in-progress is available here.
Last but not least, I'm also trying to build a collection of Dick Jensen pictures and memorabilia, my work-in-progress is available here.
All my posts dedicated to Dick Jensen on this blog are available here.
I will post more Dick Jensen stuff in the next weeks, if you have any other useful information about him and his releases or if you spot any dead links, just get in touch with me at stereocandies [at] hotmail [dot] com or leave a comment in the box below, thank you!
Dick Jensen captured during a live performance in 1970, location unknown [from my own collection]
Here's a biography and other relevant information about the sadly missed Hawaiian singer, dancer, actor and performer Dick "The Giant" Jensen that I compiled gathering together and comparing different Internet sources (all listed at the bottom of this post) and other material at my disposal.
This first part of my work-in-progress covers the period 1942-1972, the second part (1972-2006) is still being compiled and will be posted in the next months.
If you have any useful information about Dick Jensen - especially corrections and improvements to this biography - please get in touch with me at stereocandies [at] hotmail [dot] com or leave a comment in the box below, thank you!
[last update: 12.06.2014]
Dick Jensen was a live musical performer of the Rhythm and Blues, Soul, and Gospel genres; a native Hawaiian athletic song stylist and a prime mover of nightclub shows inspired by Little Richard, whose "white hot soul" electrified audiences with his belting voice and imposing physical performances. His signature on-stage style incorporated strenuous dance moves similar to those of Jackie Wilson; he was noted for his glide - a proto-Moonwalk - well before Michael Jackson made it fashionable.
He was born as Richard Hiram Jensen on 9 April 1942 (...or 16, or 19 according to different sources...) in Kalihi, a neighborhood community of Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Son of a fuel depot fireman, he was of Hawaiian, French, Danish, English and Irish ancestry.
Jensen first became interested in music through the numerous luaus his family would attend. When the family was back from the barbecue, his mother would often play the guitar and Dick, along with his five brothers and sisters, would sing, and play along on the ukulele, or a nearby spoon and ladle, or whatever might be handy. His first experience on stage was in the fourth grade when he put together a group for a teacher's show.
Dick Jensen as Lance Curtis, circa 1959
Dick continued to sing through his formative years and began to gain a local reputation. While he was at Honolulu's Farrington High School, he entered a local talent contest, winning first place, and adopted the stage name of Lance Curtis at the suggestion of Tom Moffatt and Earl Finch, both active as promoters in the local Hawaii scene; the name was choosen for its illusory Hollywoodian qualities.
The award gained Jensen a spot on one of Hawaii's major television shows and led to his first single recording Bye Bye Baby / Lover's Paradise published by Teen Records in 1959.
Sympathy / Leahi, another single credited to Lance Curtis & The Uniques, was released on the same label the following year; "Leahi" is the first Hawaiian song ever recorded with a rock beat.
Acccording to Alan Cassaro, during those days Dick Jensen was involved in the production of his first single:
"I actually made my first record in Hawaii during my senior year in high school ("Hickory Dickory Dock") for the Mahalo label. My performing name was "Lane Cassaro". Mahalo set up a recording date, with Dick Jensen and Tom Moffatt co-producing the session. Dick Jensen stayed in the studio and directed the band, while Tom Moffatt was in the control room engineering and mixing the live performance of the song."
The Uniques, exact date unknown, probably taken in 1959-1960 [original image here]
In 1960 Jensen graduated from Farrington and forgot his music momentarily, as he began to pursue a career in athletics. After winning Hawaii's "Athlete of the Year" award, he accepted a swimming scholarship to the University of Washington. While at the Seattle campus he began to get together a group during spare time.
In the meantime, The Uniques released two instrumental singles: (Ghost) Riders in the Sky / Taboo on Amber Records, and Renegade / Malaguena on United Southern Artists, Inc. in the U.S.A. and Strand Records in Australia; both of them were released in 1961, it is unclear if they were recorded before Jensen's departure or not.
When Jensen returned to Hawaii in 1963, he re-estabilished his career ambition as a singer. At the time he appeared in shows at the now-defunct Civic Auditorium on King Street, fronting dance bands during a lively period in the Honolulu entertainment scene; more into rock now, he also began to perform on the Waikiki Strip. His reputation grew, enough so that some enterprising publicist named him the Islands "King of Swing".
During the same year he appeared on two singles: Swamped / Waikiki Rumble on Amber Records as part of The Swamp Men (a name probably inspired by Da Swamp club in Waikiki mentioned a few paragraph below), and Doin' the Tamure / Surfin' In Hawaii on Tom Moffatt's Mahalo Records; the latter was a split single offering Jensen's Doin' the Tamure on side A and Moffatt's Surfin' In Hawaii on the flip side.
On Swamped / Waikiki Rumble, Jensen gets the writing credits on the labels. Due to his involvement in the making of this record - which doesn't include any vocals, except some shouting on Side A - there is a chance that the two instrumental singles released by The Uniques in 1961 featured him on guitar.
Handbill for a show in Waikiki, 1963 [original image here]
Also known to close friends as "Slugger" – a boxer who punches hard – Jensen earned the sobriquet "The Giant" because of his tall stature (6 feet 2 inches = 188 cm), but he had a talent to match that nickname. His vocal stylings came deep from his Hawaiian soul, as he danced around the stage. Some have compared seeing his physicality on stage to watching the seemingly effortless glide of a professional ice skater.
It seems that Jensen also spent 1964 and at least part of 1965 in Hawaii, here's how Don Griese / Saxman – a member of his accompanying band – remember those days:
"I gigged with Dick at "Da Swamp" (...now MacDonalds in Waikiki...) in 1964 and 1965. What great memories: Dick riding a motorcycle into the club setting up his skit as "Teen Idol", the slow-motion fight choreographed on the fly during the song "Big Boy Pete". He was a smooth MC with cool bassman Ray Hosino feeding him straight lines. And Dick could sure take care of any hecklers! What fun sitting on the beach in the daytime with Dick and Don Ho trading gags! I miss them both."
Jensen returned to the continental U.S. sometimes in 1965; later during that year he recorded his first single - in a series of three - for Loma Records. Active during the 1964-1968 period, Loma was a Los Angeles based subsidiary of Warner Brothers for Soul, Blues, Rhythm & Blues, etc. Attempting to cash in on the success of labels like Motown and Stax, it focused on releasing 45 RPM records aimed at the younger generations.
These releases were credited to Dick Jensen and The Imports, here's a list with pertinent catalogue numbers and release dates:
- Tom Dooley / Since I Fell For You (Loma 2021, November 1965)
- Back In Circulation / Uncle John's Good Time Band (Loma 2029, February 1966)
- Mr. Pitiful / You Don't Love Me Anymore (Loma 2055, August 1966)
An anonymous source recalls the days when Jensen used to perform with The Imports:
"I remember Dick Jensen from back in 1966, when he repeatedly starred at the Haunted House dance club in Hollywood with his tour band billed as "Dick Jensen and The Imports". My girl and I returned to see Dick Jensen and his band many time during the first half of 1966. Watching Dick perform in his inimetable style with all the cool moves and incredibly energetic dancing, coupled with his smooth singing voice that vibrated to the hot licks from his band, made me aware that once one watched and listened to Dick performing, one could never forget him. The drummer with the Imports (Ray?) was also a super talented, handsome, and magnetic guy, quieter than the effervescent Dick of course, but who wasn't? Some years later I caught Dick appearing on Johnnie Carson's Tonight Show, and he very definitely "still had it". The gals all loved him, and we guys liked him because he epitomized the essence of suavity, talent, and "cool". He was a truly nice guy, and that aspect of Dick was instantly evident. Dick had more charm than any entertainer I've ever known, and I've known a lot of them."
Tom Moffatt - the former impresario who had known Jensen throughout his career and brought The Rolling Stones to Hawaii (Honolulu International Center, 28.07.1966, closing date of their "1966 American Tour") choose Jensen as the opening act for them here:
"He was the best dancer to ever come out of Hawaii. He was doing the moonwalk before Michael Jackson was doing it. Of all the performers that I've experienced in Hawaii, if you had to get a performer to appear before an audience that knew nothing about Hawaii, knew nothing about Hawaiian entertainment, I would have picked Dick Jensen."
After his singles for Loma, Dick Jensen didn't have any release for about three years. Althought this lack of output, it was during this period that he became an international performer. His first major club date was the Flamingo in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1967; by 1968 he had signed with Don Costa Productions and began performing at the El Quid in Mexico City with The Dick Jensen Show which included The Imports and Cathy Carlson.
At this point he often divided his career between the Islands and Vegas, where he would appear at several hotels and casinos over the course of his career, including the Landmark. During his tenure in Vegas, he befriended a panoply of stars, including Sammy Davis Jr., Don Rickles, The Smothers Brothers, Dionne Warwick, Jerry Lewis, Tony Bennett, Lena Horne and Joey Bishop.
His riveting, furious performance style was part Tom Jones, part Engelbert Humperdinck, with dance accenting his booming vocals. One of his signatures pieces was the rock classic "Vehicle" by The Ides of March, usually used to open his show. Jensen was also known for a clever monologue involving Lone Ranger and sidekick Tonto, complete with sound effects.
Girl Don't Come / Groove With What You've Got, another 7" single, was released sometimes in 1969. This was Jensen's first and only single on Mercury Records; both tracks were arranged and conducted by Don Costa.
Advertisement for the "I'm Good For You / Jealous Feeling" single - From a 1969 issue of Billboard magazine [from my own collection]
After being briefly put under contract by Metromedia, a company that signed but never recorded him, for Dick it was about time to debut with his first album on Probe Records - a subsidiary of ABC Records - aptly entitled "White Hot Soul".
A few weeks before the LP came to light, I'm Good For You / Jealous Feeling were released as a single to give people a sneak peak of what was coming next. This single was also released later, in early 1970, in France with a nice picture cover.
The liner notes of "White Hot Soul", released in December 1969, were written in a firm and highly optimistic way, here's an excerpt:
"The most absolute, super-charged stone-sex-symbol to hit today's music scene is Probe's audio-visual dynamite new artist Dick Jensen. Jensen's in-person shows have brought super-raves which compare him only to Tom Jones. The latter, the reviews claim, would come off second best if they both appeared on the same night club floor together! This fantastically talented artist, whose moving, dancing wriggling excitement (read: Sex Appeal) is equalled only by his throbbing voice, now explodes with his first record on the music scene. He's been called an "American Tom Jones." It won't be long before he turns the tables, and Tom Jones becomes the "British Dick Jensen"! Check him out!"
Well, unfortunately for him, Dick never turned the table and despite his own great qualities Tom Jones has had a much longer and successful career, and is still active today... Anyway, Jensen didn't mind being compared to Humperdinck - a good friend - and to Jones:
"I have no problem with that, the bottom line was that I was already doing it, and both Engelbert and Tom opened the door into mainstream America, in the Las Vegases, the hotels across the country that never played Rock and Roll before. But now they realized this had some kind of a niche out there."
...and according to another statement of Jensen himself, it seems that his female fans would use the same method as those of Jones to express their approval: "I've already gone through 100 pairs of pants!"
"White Hot Soul" cover picture, 1969
By early 1970 Jensen had already appeared at the Century Plaza in New York - in his debut of that city, at the Diplomat in Hollywood, the Caribe Hilton hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the Copacabana, once again in New York, where he would be an almost stable presence until 1973.
During the early 70s Jensen was featured on most of the important network variety shows, including the Ed Sullivan, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, David Frost shows and other talkathons; he also made a half-dozen appearances on the Tonight show.
In the video below, taken from the Ed Sullivan Show, Jensen performs his medley of Try a Little Tenderness / Expressway To Your Heart / I Heard It Through the Grapevine / Yesterday as featured on the "White Hot Soul" LP.
One more single, featuring the new tracks Real Good Woman / Bird You Must Fly, was released on Probe Records in 1970 with a cool picture cover.
A second album - to be recorded again under the wise production of Don Costa - was planned and a few Billboard short articles mention the work-in-progress, but for unknown reasons this project was never completed.
From July to November 1971 Jensen was busy at the Landmark Hotel in Las Vegas, with "Aloha Hawaii", a show that featured him as the main act along with a cast of 40 actors and dancers involved in reconstructing historical and mythological episodes associated with and/or evoked by the exotic Hawaiian Islands.
His potential as a national mainstream recording artist resulted in a contract with Philadelphia International, one of the top Soul music labels of the early 1970s.
Jensen thus became part of an entertainment roster that included the O'Jays, Billy Paul, The Three Degrees, The Intruders and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes: he was one of the few Hawaiian entertainers of any genre to be signed by a national record label during the second half of the 20th century...
[to be continued]
Most of the information presented in this post was sourced from the following web pages:
- "White Hot Soul" vinyl LP liner notes;
- Chicago Sun-Times, 26 February 1970;
- various issues of Billboard Magazine published in the late 60s / early 70s;
- various issues of New York Magazine published in the late 60s / early 70s;
- official biography included on this Philadelphia International promotional release;
- "The Illustrated Discography of Surf Music, 1961-1965" by John Blair.
- "The Showman of the Pacific - 50 Years of Radio and Rock Stars" by Tom Moffatt and Jerry Hopkins;
- "Hawaii a Go-Go: The 50's-80's Rock, Pop & Contemporary Hawaiian Singles/45 Record Discography" by Tom Tourville.
Special thanks to Les Ross for sharing his memories about Dick Jensen and suggesting the title of this post and to Kevin Zulueta and Carol M. for their help.
I'm trying to compile a Dick Jensen exhaustive discography, my work-in-progress is available here.
I'm also trying to build a collection of Dick Jensen pictures and memorabilia, my work-in-progress is available here.
All my posts dedicated to Dick Jensen on this blog are available here.
If you have any useful information about Dick Jensen - especially
corrections and improvements to this biography - please get in touch with me at stereocandies [at] hotmail [dot] com or leave a comment in the box below, thank you!
Here's a collection of pictures of the sadly missed Hawaiian singer, dancer, actor and performer Dick "The Giant" Jensen. Some pictures were sourced from the Internet, some are from my own collection and are made available here for the first time.
This post is a work-in-progress, I will add more pictures and other memorabilia at a later date.
[last update: 27.04.2018]
A rare early/mid '80s picture of Dick Jensen, sorry for the awful quality!
Dick Jensen as he appears on the back cover of "The Writer" album, 1979 [from my own collection]
Dick Jensen as he appears on the front cover of "The Writer" album, 1979 [from my own collection]
Dick Jensen by Gaylord Davis, promotional picture, circa 1966-67 [from my own collection]
Dick Jensen by Gaylord Davis, promotional picture, circa 1966-67 [from my own collection]
Dick Jensen and The Imports by Gaylord Davis, promotional picture, circa 1966-67 [from my own collection]
An original tourist snaphost from the Dick Jensen show at The Oceania Empire Room, March 1978
An original tourist snaphost from the Dick Jensen show at The Oceania Empire Room, March 1978
An original tourist snaphost from the Dick Jensen show at The Oceania Empire Room, March 1978
An original tourist snaphost from the Dick Jensen show at The Oceania Empire Room, March 1978
An original tourist snaphost from the Dick Jensen show at The Oceania Empire Room, March 1978
Ad for Dick Jensen and the Smothers Brothers appearing at the Sahara Congo Showroom, Las Vegas, April 22 - May 5, 1976
Dick Jensen performing at The Oceania Empire Room, December 1975 (blow-up from the picture below)
Dick Jensen performing at The Oceania Empire Room, December 1975 (original 35mm Kodachrome slide)
Dick Jensen performing at The Oceania Empire Room, December 1975 (blow-up from the picture below)
Dick Jensen performing at The Oceania Empire Room, December 1975 (original 35mm Kodachrome slide)
An Oceania / Pan Am paper napkin or towel, circa mid '70s [from my own collection]
Front cover of the "Real Good Woman / Bird You Must Fly" single, 1970
Front cover of the "Dick Jensen" album, 1973
Back cover of the "Dick Jensen" album, 1973
Front cover of the French edition of the "I'm Good For You / Jealous Feeling" single, 1969
The Oceania Empire Room drink menu - front (1973, thank you Carol!)
The Oceania Empire Room drink menu - back (1973, thank you Carol!)
Dick Jensen performing at The Oceania Empire Room, August 1973 (picture by Carol, thank you!!!)
Dick Jensen performing at The Oceania Empire Room, August 1973 (picture by Carol, thank you!!!)
Dick Jensen and The Imports by Gaylord Davis, promotional picture, circa 1966-67 [from my own collection]
A Dick Jensen autograph on the back of the picture above, circa 1966-67 [from my own collection]
Dick Jensen with Larry Newton, Joe Carlton and Don Costa, Billboard, late 1969 [from my own collection]
Dick Jensen and The Imports by Gaylord Davis, promotional picture, circa 1966-67 [from my own collection]
Dick Jensen and The Imports by Gaylord Davis, promotional picture, circa 1966-67 [from my own collection]
Dick Jensen, circa 1965-66 [blow-up from the picture below, from my own collection]
Dick Jensen and The Imports, promotional picture, circa 1965-66 [from my own collection]
Dick Jensen, circa 1966-67 [from my own collection]
The Uniques, exact date unknown, probably taken in 1959-60
Autographed picture taken during a live performance in 1970, location unknown [from my own collection]
Collage for a Chicago Sun-Times short article - February 26, 1970 [from my own collection]
Chicago Sun-Times - short article - February 26, 1970 [from my own collection]
Dick Jensen - Bahamia Club King's Inn - Freeport, Grand Bahama, circa 1969-1970 [from my own collection]
Dick Jensen + Iva Kinimaka - Duke Kahanamoku's, Waikiki, Honolulu, circa 1969-1970
Signed promotional picture, circa mid-70s [from my own collection]
Dick Jensen + Sons of Hawaii - Duke Kahanamoku's, Waikiki, Honolulu, circa early-70s
Dick Jensen with Ronnie Lewis (left) and James Clark (right) - circa late-70s
Dick Jensen performing live, 1969 [from my own collection]
Dick Jensen performing live, 1969 [from my own collection]
Dick Jensen performing live, 1969 [from my own collection]
Dick Jensen official portrait, circa 1968-69 [from my own collection]
Dick Jensen as Lance Curtis, circa 1959 (blow-up from the picture below)
Program for a show in Hawaii featuring Dick Jensen performing as Lance Curtis, probably 1959
"White Hot Soul" back cover picture, 1969
"White Hot Soul" left inner panel picture, 1969
"White Hot Soul" front cover picture, 1969
"White Hot Soul" right inner panel picture, 1969
Advertisement for the "Jealous Feeling / I'm Good For You" single - From a 1969 issue of Billboard magazine [from my own collection]
Advertising postcard for a show at the Landmark Theatre, circa 1970
Advert for a show at the Caribe Hilton hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, circa 1969
Handbill for a show in Waikiki, 1963 [original image here]
From the 1971 "Aloha Hawaii" show program [from my own collection]
From the 1971 "Aloha Hawaii" show program [from my own collection]
Captured during a live performance in 1969, location unknown [from my own collection]
Captured during a live performance in 1970, location unknown [from my own collection]
From a 1982 brochure of The Oceania Empire Room. According to the information I received from a visitor of this blog - thank you Carol! - who was lucky enough to attend a Dick Jensen performance at the Oceania in 1973, in this picture Dick is wearing his stage dress; the picture was also present both on the 1973 Oceania brochure and the drink menu, so it was probably taken that year or in 1972. [from my own collection]
Promotional portrait, exact date unknown, probably taken during the 70s [original image here]
The Uniques, exact date unknown, probably taken in 1959-1960 [original image here]
"The Giant", exact date unknown, probably taken in the late 90s / early 00s [original image here]
More information about Dick Jensen is available here:
I'm currently compiling a Dick Jensen biography, the first part of this work-in-progress covers the period 1942-1972 and is available here.
I'm also trying to compile a Dick Jensen exhaustive discography, my work-in-progress is available here.
All my posts dedicated to Dick Jensen on this blog are available here.
If you have any useful information about Dick Jensen, or if you spot any dead links, please get in touch with me at stereocandies [at] hotmail [dot] com or leave a comment in the box below, thank you!
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