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'''Samantha Juste''' (born '''Sandra Slater''' on [[31 May]] [[1944]]), became |
'''Samantha Juste''' (born '''Sandra Slater''' on [[31 May]] [[1944]]), became known on British television in the mid-1960s as the “disc girl” on the [[BBC]]’s ''[[Top of the Pops]]''. In 1968 she married [[Micky Dolenz]] of the [[Monkees]]. Their daughter is the actress [[Ami Dolenz]]. |
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== Background and choice of name == |
== Background and choice of name == |
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Sandra Slater was born in [[Manchester]], [[Lancashire]]. Her mother Phyllis was |
Sandra Slater was born in [[Manchester]], [[Lancashire]]. Her mother Phyllis was a dressmaker and Sandra studied textile and dress design at [[Rochdale]] College of Art . |
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As a “leggy” blonde, Slater became a teenage model, taking the name “Samantha Juste” <ref>Samantha was |
As a “leggy” blonde, Slater became a teenage model, taking the name “Samantha Juste” <ref>Samantha was an uncommon name in Britain but growing through the character played by [[Grace Kelly]] in the 1956 film ''[[High Society]]''. During the 1960s it became more popular, particularly through the television series ''[[Bewitched]]'', in which [[Elizabeth Montgomery]] played f Samantha Stephens, but also through Samantha Juste herself.</ref>. |
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==''Top of the Pops''== |
==''Top of the Pops''== |
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''Top of The Pops'' was a weekly half-hour programme of current popular music, conceived and produced by [[Johnnie Stewart]] (1917-2005). It was first broadcast from a converted church in Manchester on 1 January 1964 and lasted until 2006. Samantha Juste was assistant to [[Cecil Korer]], the programme's assistant producer.<ref>[http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/interviews/cecilkorer.htm OFF THE TELLY: Interviews/Cecil Korer<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
''Top of The Pops'' was a weekly half-hour programme of current popular music, conceived and produced by [[Johnnie Stewart]] (1917-2005). It was first broadcast from a converted church in Manchester on 1 January 1964 and lasted until 2006. Samantha Juste was assistant to [[Cecil Korer]], the programme's assistant producer.<ref>[http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/interviews/cecilkorer.htm OFF THE TELLY: Interviews/Cecil Korer<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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After taking over from Denise Sampey, who performed the role for the first few programmes, Juste’s |
After taking over from Denise Sampey, who performed the role for the first few programmes, Juste’s function for 3½ years was to sit alongside the host (initially [[disc jockey]]s [[Jimmy Savile]], [[David Jacobs (disc jockey)|David Jacobs]], [[Alan Freeman]] and [[Pete Murray (disc jockey)|Pete Murray]]), to place records on a turntable and apply the needle as the artist was about to performtudio.<ref>[http://www.bakerlite.co.uk/pics/England/London/TOTP-8.jpg]. Juste is on the far left in this photograph, next to Pete Murray.</ref> [[Simon Dee]], who first introduced the show in 1966, recalled that “I got my introduction right [and] didn’t get too distracted by the luscious Samantha Juste, my lovely co-host”.<ref>Richard Wiseman (2006) ''Whatever Happened to Simon Dee?''</ref> |
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Some viewers found Juste’s ritual, though obviously for effect, incongruous since the artists were there to perform; however, since they were miming, something about which the BBC made no secret,<ref>See ''The Independent'', 4 May 2005, quoting the ''Radio Times''</ref> there was |
Some viewers found Juste’s ritual, though obviously for effect, incongruous since the artists were there to perform; however, since they were miming, something about which the BBC made no secret,<ref>See ''The Independent'', 4 May 2005, quoting the ''Radio Times''</ref> there was honesty about the procedure. Indeed, on one occasion, a record by the [[The Swinging Blue Jeans|Swinging Blue Jeans]] was played at the wrong speed.<ref>''The Independent'', 4 May 2005</ref> |
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==Recording career== |
==Recording career== |
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Juste made a few records |
Juste made a few records. She was one of two British women signed to Strike records (whose first single and only "hit", [[Neil Christian]]'s ''That's Nice'', was issued in February 1966) and its subsidiary Go. The other was [[Jacki Bond]], a secretary with Strike, who, like Juste, had little musical experience.<ref>Sleeve notes for CD, ''Backcomb 'n' Beat: Dream Babes, Volume Three'' (2001)</ref> |
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Juste performed ''No One Needs My Love Today'', written by [[Phil Phillips]], on ''Top of the Pops'' on 24 November 1966. This record was produced by [[Miki Dallon]], the backing music |
Juste performed ''No One Needs My Love Today'', written by [[Phil Phillips]], on ''Top of the Pops'' on 24 November 1966. This record was produced by [[Miki Dallon]], the backing music provided by an orchestra conducted by [[Ken Woodman]], who had worked with [[Chris Andrews (singer)|Chris Andrews]] and [[Sandie Shaw]] and is best known for ''Town Talk'', which became the theme tune of ''The [[Jimmy Young (disc jockey)|Jimmy Young]] Show'' when BBC [[BBC Radio 1|Radio 1]] opened in 1967. ''No One Needs My Love Today'' was not a hit, but it was featured as a climber by the offshore [[pirate radio|"pirate"]] station [[Wonderful Radio London|Radio London]] in the week beginning 20 November.<ref>[http://www.radiolondon.co.uk/rl/scrap60/fabforty/nov66/nov663/fab201166.html Radio London - Field's Fab Forty - 20th November 66<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> One critic commented that "any vocal shortcomings on this single are outweighed by her charming delivery".<ref>Keiron Tyler, October 2001 (sleeve notes for CD, ''Backcomb 'n' Beat: Dream Babes, Volume Three'')</ref> Both ''No One Needs My Love Today'' and its "B" side, [[Pierre Tubbs]]' ''If Trees Could Talk'', were available on compilation discs and to [[download]] forty years later. |
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==Micky Dolenz and the Summer of Love== |
==Micky Dolenz and the Summer of Love== |
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During |
During ''Top of the Pops'' Juste met artists who contributed to the British rock boom of the mid 1960s. In January 1967 an American group called the Monkees, formed for an [[List of The Monkees episodes|eponymous television series]], reached the top of the British charts with ''[[I'm a Believer]]'', by [[Neil Diamond]]. The drummer Micky Dolenz<ref>"Micky" is spelt thus (as on Dolenz's official website and in his 1993 autobiography), although the form "Mickey" often appeared at the time of the Monkees' fame in the 1960s and has done so since (''e.g.'' in the ''Oxford Companion to Popular Music'' (1991) and the ''Guinness Book of British Hit Singles'').</ref> (b. 1945) recalled that, he spotted Juste as he passed a studio cafeteria: |
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<blockquote>She is tall, blond ''[sic]'', beautiful, and wearing an emerald green outfit that ends up in a short skirt (very short) which tops off her unbelievably gorgeous legs ... She hold his glance briefly then looks quickly away with that haughty sophistication that only the British can do so well.<ref>Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) ''I'm a Believer''</ref></blockquote> |
<blockquote>She is tall, blond ''[sic]'', beautiful, and wearing an emerald green outfit that ends up in a short skirt (very short) which tops off her unbelievably gorgeous legs ... She hold his glance briefly then looks quickly away with that haughty sophistication that only the British can do so well.<ref>Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) ''I'm a Believer''</ref></blockquote> |
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[[Image:Micky Dolenz by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Micky Dolenz]] at the [[Tribeca Film Festival]] , 2007]] |
[[Image:Micky Dolenz by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Micky Dolenz]] at the [[Tribeca Film Festival]] , 2007]] |
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During the show |
During the show, Dolenz was "in another world ... He just keeps watching the girl in the green dress as she plays a record, smiles, flirts with the audience, and dances".<ref>Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) ''I'm a Believer''</ref> |
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===London and California=== |
===London and California=== |
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Juste and Dolenz began a |
Juste and Dolenz began a relationship, prompting such headlines as "Samantha traps Monkee" and "Pops girl goes ape".<ref>Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) ''I'm a Believer''</ref> Dolenz appears not to have realised that Juste was a celebrity and the publicity took him by surprise. "Monkeemania" was such that some of the Monkees' female fans resented Juste - "she even showed up one day with ink stains on the emerald green dress" - and Dolenz claimed the couple spent a week in her "trendy" London flat.<ref>Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) ''I'm a Believer''</ref> |
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For much of 1967, Juste and Dolenz spent time together |
For much of 1967, Juste and Dolenz spent time together in England and California. Rick Klein, a friend of Dolenz and [[best man]] at his wedding, described a vacation with him in England during which Juste acted as "permanent guide", travelling with them to [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] in a rented [[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]] car. Then, a few days later, savouring [[Swinging London|"Swinging" London]]: |
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<blockquote>Micky and I went to the Carlton Towers to see Samantha Juste in a fashion show and she looked outasite ''[sic]''. After the show, we took off for [[Carnaby Street]] again and we went crazy buying clothes ... Micky really dug all the clothes at [[Biba]]'s and Susan Lockes and practically bought out the stores. He also bought a dress for Samantha. It was the same dress that Sam wore in the fashion show and it looked fantastic on her.<ref>[http://www.hooloovoo.com/dolenz/articles/article3.html "Never Enough..." The Official Micky Dolenz Website<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref></blockquote> |
<blockquote>Micky and I went to the Carlton Towers to see Samantha Juste in a fashion show and she looked outasite ''[sic]''. After the show, we took off for [[Carnaby Street]] again and we went crazy buying clothes ... Micky really dug all the clothes at [[Biba]]'s and Susan Lockes and practically bought out the stores. He also bought a dress for Samantha. It was the same dress that Sam wore in the fashion show and it looked fantastic on her.<ref>[http://www.hooloovoo.com/dolenz/articles/article3.html "Never Enough..." The Official Micky Dolenz Website<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref></blockquote> |
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Juste wrote |
Juste wrote articles for the teenage magazine ''16'' about time with the Monkees.<ref>For example, ''16'', November 1967, reporting on the Monkees' European tour</ref> She gave up ''Top of the Pops'' and moved with Dolenz to California, where they lived at [[Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California|Laurel Canyon]] in the [[Hollywood]] Hills. In June 1967 they attended the [[Monterey Pop Festival|Monterey pop festival]], which ushered in the "[[Summer of Love]]", Dolenz being photographed in an [[Red Indian|Indian]] headdress:<ref>Lisa Law (1987) ''Flashing on the Sixties''</ref> |
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<blockquote>[[Peter Tork]] [of the Monkees] and Micky turned up at the pop fest in Monterey, Peter acting as one of the emcees [masters of ceremony], Micky wandering around the grounds dressed as an Indian with a lovely British bird, Samantha Juste, at his side.<ref>Mitchell Cohen, March 1986 (notes for Arista CD, ''The Best of The Monkees'')</ref></blockquote> |
<blockquote>[[Peter Tork]] [of the Monkees] and Micky turned up at the pop fest in Monterey, Peter acting as one of the emcees [masters of ceremony], Micky wandering around the grounds dressed as an Indian with a lovely British bird, Samantha Juste, at his side.<ref>Mitchell Cohen, March 1986 (notes for Arista CD, ''The Best of The Monkees'')</ref></blockquote> |
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===''Randy Scouse Git''=== |
===''Randy Scouse Git''=== |
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In the same month as Monterey, the Monkees’ recording of Dolenz’s |
In the same month as Monterey, the Monkees’ recording of Dolenz’s song, "[[Randy Scouse Git]]" (title from a recurring phrase in the BBC TV series, ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]''<ref>"Randy scouse git" was an insult directed by [[Alf Garnett]] (played by [[Warren Mitchell]]) to his [[Liverpool|Liverpudlian]] son-in-law. The script was by [[Johnny Speight]].</ref>), was released.<ref>Released in Britain under the title ''Alternate Title''.</ref> Reaching number two in the British charts,<ref>Charlie Gillett & Simon Frith (1976) ''Rock File 4''</ref> though not issued as a single in America, it was based on Dolenz's time in England: "[[The Beatles]], Samantha, the parties, the chemicals [''i.e.'' drugs] ... It even has a reference to [[Mama Cass]] (Elliot of [[The Mamas & the Papas]]) who was in London at the same time".<ref>Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) ''I'm a Believer''</ref> The opening lines almost certainly referred to Samantha Juste: |
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:She's a wonderful lady |
:She's a wonderful lady |
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:That she won't come and lose my mind. |
:That she won't come and lose my mind. |
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Whether |
Whether Juste was the “girl in yellow dress” to whom it was easy to hum songs, it seems likely, given the intensity of her relationship with Dolenz, that she was “the being known as Wonder Girl”: |
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:It's not easy tryin' to tell her |
:It's not easy tryin' to tell her |
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==Married life== |
==Married life== |
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Juste and Dolenz were married in Laurel Canyon in July 1968.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/mickydolenzandsamantha/index MICKY & SAMANTHA: A YOUNG LOVE TO BE REMEMBERED!Tribute Micky & Samantha Dolenz<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Dolenz's stepfather Dr Robert Scott officiated |
Juste and Dolenz were married in Laurel Canyon in July 1968.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/mickydolenzandsamantha/index MICKY & SAMANTHA: A YOUNG LOVE TO BE REMEMBERED!Tribute Micky & Samantha Dolenz<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Dolenz's stepfather Dr Robert Scott officiated. The couple's daughter Ami Bluebell Dolenz, who became an actress, was born in [[Burbank, California|Burbank]] in January 1969.<ref>[http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.geocities.com/chataholic2a2/Sam___Ami6.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.geocities.com/chataholic2a2/MickyDolenzPg3.html&h=325&w=337&sz=14&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=-_d2ekuM1o4TjM:&tbnh=115&tbnw=119&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsamantha%2Bdolenz%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DX Google Image Result for http://www.geocities.com/chataholic2a2/Sam___Ami6.jpg<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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===Friends and celebrities=== |
===Friends and celebrities=== |
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Dolenz |
Dolenz recalled the order and sophistication that Juste brought to his home. They hosted parties attended by musicians and celebrities; [[Ringo Starr]] of the Beatles dubbed Juste "Earth Mother" for her having made him a [[chip butty]] (a french-fry sandwich) and eggs when he arrived after a "rip-roaring all-nighter".<ref>Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) ''I'm a Believer''</ref> Their friend, the songwriter [[Harry Nilsson]], invited Dolenz and Juste to travel with him to [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] to lend credibility (in Dolenz's words, "Samantha maybe ... but me?") when he met the parents of a woman he thought he might marry.<ref>Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) ''I'm a Believer''</ref> Juste's father, Leslie Slater, helped Dolenz to construct a studio used for [[jam sessions|"jam" sessions]] by [[John Lennon]] of the Beatles, [[Brian Wilson]] of the [[Beach Boys]] and the Dolenz neighbour Vince Furnier, who became known as [[Alice Cooper]]. |
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==Divorce and afterwards== |
==Divorce and afterwards== |
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The Monkees had disbanded by the end of the 1960s, and it is clear from Dolenz's own reminiscences that his |
The Monkees had disbanded by the end of the 1960s, and it is clear from Dolenz's own reminiscences that his self-indulgence took its toll on his marriage. Juste and Dolenz were divorced in 1975, Juste retaining custody of their daughter, although they were reconciled as friends by the early 1990s.<ref>Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) ''I'm a Believer''</ref> In 2002 Juste was photographed with Dolenz at Ami's wedding in [[Beverly Hills]] to actor and martial artist [[Jerry Trimble]]<ref>[http://pages.prodigy.net/monkeebiz/wedding.html Ami Dolenz Wedding<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and, a few months later, attended Dolenz's own wedding in [[Calabasas]] to his third wife Donna Quinter.<ref>[http://pages.prodigy.net/monkeebiz/MDW.html]. Dolenz was married from 1977 to 1991 to Trina Dow, with whom he had three daughters.</ref> |
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===Business interests=== |
===Business interests=== |
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While |
While in California, Juste began her own fashion business, which she moved to [[Acapulco]], Mexico, in 1976. She worked in Ireland, where she taught design, but returned to California, where she and Ami Dolenz began an [[on-line]] jewelery business called Bluebell Boutique. |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
Revision as of 14:08, 7 September 2008
Samantha Juste | |
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File:Top of the Pos Samanatha Juste and Pete Murray.jpg | |
Born | Sandra Slater |
Other names | Samantha Dolenz |
Spouse | Micky Dolenz (1968-1975) |
Samantha Juste (born Sandra Slater on 31 May 1944), became known on British television in the mid-1960s as the “disc girl” on the BBC’s Top of the Pops. In 1968 she married Micky Dolenz of the Monkees. Their daughter is the actress Ami Dolenz.
Background and choice of name
Sandra Slater was born in Manchester, Lancashire. Her mother Phyllis was a dressmaker and Sandra studied textile and dress design at Rochdale College of Art .
As a “leggy” blonde, Slater became a teenage model, taking the name “Samantha Juste” [1].
Top of the Pops
Top of The Pops was a weekly half-hour programme of current popular music, conceived and produced by Johnnie Stewart (1917-2005). It was first broadcast from a converted church in Manchester on 1 January 1964 and lasted until 2006. Samantha Juste was assistant to Cecil Korer, the programme's assistant producer.[2]
After taking over from Denise Sampey, who performed the role for the first few programmes, Juste’s function for 3½ years was to sit alongside the host (initially disc jockeys Jimmy Savile, David Jacobs, Alan Freeman and Pete Murray), to place records on a turntable and apply the needle as the artist was about to performtudio.[3] Simon Dee, who first introduced the show in 1966, recalled that “I got my introduction right [and] didn’t get too distracted by the luscious Samantha Juste, my lovely co-host”.[4]
Some viewers found Juste’s ritual, though obviously for effect, incongruous since the artists were there to perform; however, since they were miming, something about which the BBC made no secret,[5] there was honesty about the procedure. Indeed, on one occasion, a record by the Swinging Blue Jeans was played at the wrong speed.[6]
Recording career
Juste made a few records. She was one of two British women signed to Strike records (whose first single and only "hit", Neil Christian's That's Nice, was issued in February 1966) and its subsidiary Go. The other was Jacki Bond, a secretary with Strike, who, like Juste, had little musical experience.[7]
Juste performed No One Needs My Love Today, written by Phil Phillips, on Top of the Pops on 24 November 1966. This record was produced by Miki Dallon, the backing music provided by an orchestra conducted by Ken Woodman, who had worked with Chris Andrews and Sandie Shaw and is best known for Town Talk, which became the theme tune of The Jimmy Young Show when BBC Radio 1 opened in 1967. No One Needs My Love Today was not a hit, but it was featured as a climber by the offshore "pirate" station Radio London in the week beginning 20 November.[8] One critic commented that "any vocal shortcomings on this single are outweighed by her charming delivery".[9] Both No One Needs My Love Today and its "B" side, Pierre Tubbs' If Trees Could Talk, were available on compilation discs and to download forty years later.
Micky Dolenz and the Summer of Love
During Top of the Pops Juste met artists who contributed to the British rock boom of the mid 1960s. In January 1967 an American group called the Monkees, formed for an eponymous television series, reached the top of the British charts with I'm a Believer, by Neil Diamond. The drummer Micky Dolenz[10] (b. 1945) recalled that, he spotted Juste as he passed a studio cafeteria:
She is tall, blond [sic], beautiful, and wearing an emerald green outfit that ends up in a short skirt (very short) which tops off her unbelievably gorgeous legs ... She hold his glance briefly then looks quickly away with that haughty sophistication that only the British can do so well.[11]
During the show, Dolenz was "in another world ... He just keeps watching the girl in the green dress as she plays a record, smiles, flirts with the audience, and dances".[12]
London and California
Juste and Dolenz began a relationship, prompting such headlines as "Samantha traps Monkee" and "Pops girl goes ape".[13] Dolenz appears not to have realised that Juste was a celebrity and the publicity took him by surprise. "Monkeemania" was such that some of the Monkees' female fans resented Juste - "she even showed up one day with ink stains on the emerald green dress" - and Dolenz claimed the couple spent a week in her "trendy" London flat.[14]
For much of 1967, Juste and Dolenz spent time together in England and California. Rick Klein, a friend of Dolenz and best man at his wedding, described a vacation with him in England during which Juste acted as "permanent guide", travelling with them to Stratford-upon-Avon in a rented Triumph car. Then, a few days later, savouring "Swinging" London:
Micky and I went to the Carlton Towers to see Samantha Juste in a fashion show and she looked outasite [sic]. After the show, we took off for Carnaby Street again and we went crazy buying clothes ... Micky really dug all the clothes at Biba's and Susan Lockes and practically bought out the stores. He also bought a dress for Samantha. It was the same dress that Sam wore in the fashion show and it looked fantastic on her.[15]
Juste wrote articles for the teenage magazine 16 about time with the Monkees.[16] She gave up Top of the Pops and moved with Dolenz to California, where they lived at Laurel Canyon in the Hollywood Hills. In June 1967 they attended the Monterey pop festival, which ushered in the "Summer of Love", Dolenz being photographed in an Indian headdress:[17]
Peter Tork [of the Monkees] and Micky turned up at the pop fest in Monterey, Peter acting as one of the emcees [masters of ceremony], Micky wandering around the grounds dressed as an Indian with a lovely British bird, Samantha Juste, at his side.[18]
Randy Scouse Git
In the same month as Monterey, the Monkees’ recording of Dolenz’s song, "Randy Scouse Git" (title from a recurring phrase in the BBC TV series, Till Death Us Do Part[19]), was released.[20] Reaching number two in the British charts,[21] though not issued as a single in America, it was based on Dolenz's time in England: "The Beatles, Samantha, the parties, the chemicals [i.e. drugs] ... It even has a reference to Mama Cass (Elliot of The Mamas & the Papas) who was in London at the same time".[22] The opening lines almost certainly referred to Samantha Juste:
- She's a wonderful lady
- And she's mine all mine
- And there doesn't seem a way
- That she won't come and lose my mind.
Whether Juste was the “girl in yellow dress” to whom it was easy to hum songs, it seems likely, given the intensity of her relationship with Dolenz, that she was “the being known as Wonder Girl”:
- It's not easy tryin' to tell her
- That I shortly have to leave.
Married life
Juste and Dolenz were married in Laurel Canyon in July 1968.[23] Dolenz's stepfather Dr Robert Scott officiated. The couple's daughter Ami Bluebell Dolenz, who became an actress, was born in Burbank in January 1969.[24]
Friends and celebrities
Dolenz recalled the order and sophistication that Juste brought to his home. They hosted parties attended by musicians and celebrities; Ringo Starr of the Beatles dubbed Juste "Earth Mother" for her having made him a chip butty (a french-fry sandwich) and eggs when he arrived after a "rip-roaring all-nighter".[25] Their friend, the songwriter Harry Nilsson, invited Dolenz and Juste to travel with him to Ireland to lend credibility (in Dolenz's words, "Samantha maybe ... but me?") when he met the parents of a woman he thought he might marry.[26] Juste's father, Leslie Slater, helped Dolenz to construct a studio used for "jam" sessions by John Lennon of the Beatles, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and the Dolenz neighbour Vince Furnier, who became known as Alice Cooper.
Divorce and afterwards
The Monkees had disbanded by the end of the 1960s, and it is clear from Dolenz's own reminiscences that his self-indulgence took its toll on his marriage. Juste and Dolenz were divorced in 1975, Juste retaining custody of their daughter, although they were reconciled as friends by the early 1990s.[27] In 2002 Juste was photographed with Dolenz at Ami's wedding in Beverly Hills to actor and martial artist Jerry Trimble[28] and, a few months later, attended Dolenz's own wedding in Calabasas to his third wife Donna Quinter.[29]
Business interests
While in California, Juste began her own fashion business, which she moved to Acapulco, Mexico, in 1976. She worked in Ireland, where she taught design, but returned to California, where she and Ami Dolenz began an on-line jewelery business called Bluebell Boutique.
Notes
- ^ Samantha was an uncommon name in Britain but growing through the character played by Grace Kelly in the 1956 film High Society. During the 1960s it became more popular, particularly through the television series Bewitched, in which Elizabeth Montgomery played f Samantha Stephens, but also through Samantha Juste herself.
- ^ OFF THE TELLY: Interviews/Cecil Korer
- ^ [1]. Juste is on the far left in this photograph, next to Pete Murray.
- ^ Richard Wiseman (2006) Whatever Happened to Simon Dee?
- ^ See The Independent, 4 May 2005, quoting the Radio Times
- ^ The Independent, 4 May 2005
- ^ Sleeve notes for CD, Backcomb 'n' Beat: Dream Babes, Volume Three (2001)
- ^ Radio London - Field's Fab Forty - 20th November 66
- ^ Keiron Tyler, October 2001 (sleeve notes for CD, Backcomb 'n' Beat: Dream Babes, Volume Three)
- ^ "Micky" is spelt thus (as on Dolenz's official website and in his 1993 autobiography), although the form "Mickey" often appeared at the time of the Monkees' fame in the 1960s and has done so since (e.g. in the Oxford Companion to Popular Music (1991) and the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles).
- ^ Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) I'm a Believer
- ^ Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) I'm a Believer
- ^ Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) I'm a Believer
- ^ Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) I'm a Believer
- ^ "Never Enough..." The Official Micky Dolenz Website
- ^ For example, 16, November 1967, reporting on the Monkees' European tour
- ^ Lisa Law (1987) Flashing on the Sixties
- ^ Mitchell Cohen, March 1986 (notes for Arista CD, The Best of The Monkees)
- ^ "Randy scouse git" was an insult directed by Alf Garnett (played by Warren Mitchell) to his Liverpudlian son-in-law. The script was by Johnny Speight.
- ^ Released in Britain under the title Alternate Title.
- ^ Charlie Gillett & Simon Frith (1976) Rock File 4
- ^ Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) I'm a Believer
- ^ MICKY & SAMANTHA: A YOUNG LOVE TO BE REMEMBERED!Tribute Micky & Samantha Dolenz
- ^ Google Image Result for http://www.geocities.com/chataholic2a2/Sam___Ami6.jpg
- ^ Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) I'm a Believer
- ^ Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) I'm a Believer
- ^ Micky Dolenz & Mark Bego (1993) I'm a Believer
- ^ Ami Dolenz Wedding
- ^ [2]. Dolenz was married from 1977 to 1991 to Trina Dow, with whom he had three daughters.