Relive the hot crushes from everyone's favorite teen magazine--Donny and David, the Monkeys and the Hudsons, and all the pinups of the '60s and '70s. 16's fun-packed pages featured enduring celebrities like Jim Morrison and Elton John, and teenage crush objects like Leif Garrett and Bobby Sherman. Get a blast from the past with updated interviews and information on the icons and idols who papered the walls and fueled the fantasies of millions of girls.
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Unlike Seventeen magazine, which soothingly encouraged teenage girls to fixate on zits and the raging controversy over eye shadow versus eye color, 16 focused entirely on the raison d'être for Seventeen's fixation: boys. Here to fan memory's flames is the magazine's 40th-anniversary collection that culls the photos of and interviews with those smooth-chested, coifed teen idols from its first issue in May 1957, which featured Elvis as its cover boy, as well as the bad-boy, shaggy-haired groups of later issues.
Gloria Stavers, the personality behind the magazine, discovered a whole new audience in teenage girls. Their fan mail to 16 reminded her that when she was a teen, "the color of his eyes, the color of his hair--what adults would call 'dumb little things'" were all that mattered. She took that wide-eyed, breathless, adoring tone in her interviews with the teen idols that gave the magazine its flavor.
Who's Your Fave Rave? proves, in a way, that you can go home again, if just to marvel at the passions that pompadours unleashed in the early '60s, the hysteria induced by '70s hippies, or the euphoria that the feathered bangs of early '80s hunks inspired. This scrapbook--its grainy, cheap papery feel intact--will carry you back to the acne innocence of days gone by.
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Sure, every once in a while, Susan Dey or Maureen McCormick might sneak into 16's pages and dispense some fey wisdom about losing weight or staying true to oneself. But for the most part, it's been mop tops, meaningful looks, and smooth, hairless chests all the way. For the preteen girl, this amounts to some form of escape. Groundbreaking social reform, perhaps not. But still, a swoon of her own. -- Entertainment Weekly
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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A teenybopper's dream come true!,
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I wasn't sure what to expect when I ordered this book, so I was surprised and delighted to find that the book not only contained the story of Gloria Stavers and 16 magazine, but also featured reprints of actual pages from the magazine going back to 1950s. I was a reader of 16 magazine during the heyday of the Monkees, Paul Revere and the Raiders, and Bobby Sherman, so it was a real treat to see old articles about my favorites, but it also was fascinating to see how the magazine covered other teen idols over the years, from Ricky Nelson and Frankie Avalon to David Cassidy and John Travolta. Best of all, the authors include new interviews with many of the performers who had been prominently featured in the magazine, so the reader learns what the teen idol experience was like from the other side. And it's always nice to find out what your "fave raves" are up to today. My only complaint is that the book wasn't long enough. I wish that additional space had been available to print more old articles from 16 magazine, rather than just one or two about each featured performer. I understand that a second volume will focus on the late 1970s and the 1980s, but I hope that the authors will consider another volume of treasures from the '60s and '70s. All in all, this book is a wonderful trip down memory lane for all of us who grew up in the golden age of pop music.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Gotta have it!,
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This review is from: Who's Your Fave Rave? (Paperback)
Superbly packaged. Grouped by decade, teen idols reflect on their experience and have their memories punctuated by reprints of the articles most emblematic of their experiences. So many memories....Credit was also finally given to Gloria Stavers, who sheparded so many of us through pre-teenhood. Totally respectful of the teenboppers who saved their babysitting money so they could buy the magazine or send in for the contests. I'm hoping this is one of a series!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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"It's like trying to tell a stranger 'bout rock and roll!",
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If you're a woman (or a man) of a "certain age" you might just GET this book. But, if you don't... If you NEVER envied Gloria Stavers when you were a kid, and you NEVER actually wanted to really get to know not just Herman, but alllll the HERMITS, and not just wanted but NEEDED to know everything about Freddy AND alllllll the Dreamers...this book is definitely NOT FOR YOU. But if you did all those mysterious things, then get out your credit card NOW and get this book, 'cause, girlfriend -- it's CALLING YOUR NAME!
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