Notorious bank robber Bonnie Parker, who with her partner Clyde Barrow and their gang robbed and murdered their way through the central United States during the Great Depression in the early 1930’s, was born on this day in 1910. She was only 23 years old when she and Barrow (who was 25) were ambushed and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana by a posse consisting of lawmen from Texas and Louisiana. Interest in the pair spiked in 1967 when Arthur Penn directed the film Bonnie And Clyde starring Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. "The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde" was written by Mitch Murray and Peter Callendar, and Georgie Fame recorded it after seeing the movie. It was released in December 1967 and reached #7 in the US, #5 in Autralia, and #1 in Canada and the UK.
I remember this song well, John. And the movie although the ending was not easy to watch. Great casting in that movie.
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From what I remember of it, the end was rather disturbing, but the casting was great.
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It was very disturbing.
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I really liked Georgie Fame 💜💜💜
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I always liked “Yeh Yeh.” It looks like he had a fairly good career in the UK, but only had a couple of hits here.
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He was huge 💜
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