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Deny Fear

21 May, 13 tweets, 4 min read

The great photographer Popsie Randolph was born on May 15, 1920, just over 101 years ago 🎂🎉
A marvellous portrait of Sid Caesar, from 1958

Popsie Randolph
Tony Randall & Alfred Hitchcock dining together in New York, November 19, 1962
C'mon, Hitch! Cast Tony in one of your movies!

DJ Alan Freed & Salvador Dali at the Paramount Theater, February 22, 1957
A great shot by PoPsie Randolph

An early photo of Tina Louise, well before her Gilligan's Island days.
📷 PoPsie Randolph, July 1957

Gary Burton, Stan Getz, Gene Cherico & Joe Hunt at the Cafe Au Go Go, August 19, 1964
Photo: Popsie Randolph

A whole lotta jazz genius in one photograph:
Duke Ellington, George Shearing, Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine at Carnegie Hall, December 1, 1951
Photo: Popsie Randolph

The Lovin' Spoonful - John Sebastian, Steve Boone, Zal Yanovsky & Joe Butler - record Daydream, September 1965
Photo: Popsie Randolph

Kris Kristofferson at The Bitter End, New York
Photo: PoPsie Randolph, 1971

Stan Getz after a hard day of recording.
Photo: Popsie Randolph, August 1964
Zoot Sims said that Getz was "a whole bunch of interesting guys."

Coffee with Glenn & Helen Miller ☕️
With their Boston Terrier 'Popps'
Photo: Popsie Randolph, NY, 1940

Here's the man himself: photographer Popsie Randolph, in New York, 1958

Little Eva by Popsie Randolph
New York, January 10, 1963

Popsie Randolph
The Jazz Messengers at Birdland, April 2, 1959
Bassist Jymie Merritt, trumpeter Lee Morgan, & Art Blakey on drums

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