What entertainer did you 1st idolize?

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » March 24, 2006 11:58 am

For me, seeing a special on VH1 recently reminded me how "ga-ga" I was for Paul McCartney and the Beatles when I was a little kid. I was always captivated by Paul, and even now, and I could watch him work all day!

Another very early fav was Dean Martin! I actually wanted my mom to leave my dad and marry Dino!

And my siblings and family friends still make fun of my affection for "Dean Nartin novies!"

Why on earth am I sharing this??

Anyway, who are some of your early obsessions?

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » March 24, 2006 11:59 am

Donny Osmond and David Cassidy[/quote]

East Texas Parrothead · March 24, 2006 11:59 am

Frank Sinatra. And, at about the same time, George Harrison. ~Swoon~

balcony girls · Post by **balcony girls** » March 24, 2006 12:01 pm

. .Roger Smith . .aka . . Jeff Spencer on 77 Sunset Strip. . . ! !

. .wow. . .he did " unusual " things to my 10 year old (?) mind . . ! !

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » March 24, 2006 12:02 pm

I don't think I ever idolized any entertainers, unless you consider athletes entertainers. Then it would be Willie Mays.

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » March 24, 2006 12:04 pm

LIPH wrote:I don't think I ever idolized any entertainers, unless you consider athletes entertainers. Then it would be Willie Mays.

I thought this might come up, but you were in before I could get the athlete thread started!

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » March 24, 2006 12:05 pm

I can't say I ever idolized any performer but one of the first bands I remember being a fan of was Alice Cooper. Others from the same time period (early 70s) would have been Grand Funk Railroad, Lynyrd Skynyrd, that Buffett fella, Goose Creek Symphony, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, ZZ Top, Pure Prairie League, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, the Grateful Dead, Leon Russell, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and many, many more that were soon to follow once I got my hands on magazines like Creem, Hit Parader, Circus and Rolling Stone.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » March 24, 2006 12:14 pm

Mr. Rogers.

I was 3. He was the greatest.

Post by **SMLCHNG** » March 24, 2006 12:14 pm

The Osmond Brothers

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » March 24, 2006 12:15 pm

Michael Jackson

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » March 24, 2006 12:31 pm

I think I had impure thoughts about Barbara Eden when she was on I Dream Of Jeannie but I didn't idolize her.

NYCPORT · Post by **NYCPORT** » March 24, 2006 12:32 pm

Kiss!

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 24, 2006 12:33 pm

Ok, ummmm, I reallllly liked Prince at a very early age. Way sooner than I should have been listening to him.

And also, Pat Benetar.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 24, 2006 12:33 pm

When I got to be a pre-teen/teen it was Poison and GNR.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » March 24, 2006 12:34 pm

buffettbride wrote:Ok, ummmm, I reallllly liked Prince at a very early age. Way sooner than I should have been listening to him.

And also, Pat Benetar.

She's a Long Island girl.

smacky · Post by **smacky** » March 24, 2006 12:36 pm

buffettbride, you should be blushing over Poison, not Pat Benatar!

East Texas Parrothead · March 24, 2006 12:37 pm

balcony girls wrote:. .Roger Smith . .aka . . Jeff Spencer on 77 Sunset Strip. . . ! !

. .wow. . .he did " unusual " things to my 10 year old (?) mind . . ! !

Oh, I phorgot about him! And "Cookie," too. And Troy Donohue. And Fabian. And James Darren. Dreamy.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » March 24, 2006 12:37 pm

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buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 24, 2006 12:38 pm

LIPH wrote:
buffettbride wrote:Ok, ummmm, I reallllly liked Prince at a very early age. Way sooner than I should have been listening to him.

And also, Pat Benetar.
She's a Long Island girl.

And a classically trained vocalist!

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 24, 2006 12:38 pm

smacky wrote:buffettbride, you should be blushing over Poison, not Pat Benatar!

Come on, hit me with your best shot!