1. "Music to Watch Girls By" (1967) by Bob Crewe
Fans of lounge music know that there were certain songs that wound up on nearly every album, covered over and over again. Perhaps, "The Girl from Ipanema" wins the prize, or is it "Caravan"? Whatever the case, you could be guaranteed you'd hear these two songs playing at every self-respecting space-age bachelor pad.
"Music to Watch Girls By" is another cocktail hour classic. It was popularized by Andy Williams, but my favorite version is an instrumental by Jay Murad's Harmonicats. [Note: In some browsers to listen to the music you have to view the full post (not the truncated one with "read more" at the bottom)]
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2. "I'm a Girl Watcher" (1968) by The O'Kaysions
This song was really the only hit for the O'kaysions (yeccch! What a lousy name!). I've heard this song all my life (never a big fan of it), but always thought they were black - it never occured to me this band was as white as the wind driven snow!
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For more girl watching ephemera, click the "read more" link...
The whole series of these girl watcher cigarette ads can be found here
Dr. Monkey has the entire vintage girl watcher bar guide on his blog. Check it out.
This one is from (where else?) the incredible LPCoverLover
