Carol Deck
Carol Deck wrote extensively for the KRLA Beat from 1965 to 1967, then for Soul, an American biweekly rhythm and blues newspaper. From 1967 to 1973 she was responsible for all west coast coverage for Flip, a national teen magazine. She was also a ghost writer for several celebrity columns for British teen magazine Mirabelle.
33 articles
List of articles in the library
The Great Society: A Sloppy Great Society Offers Some Free Advice
Profile by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 25 December 1965
THE GREAT Society is about to give out with some free advice, musical type free advice. ...
Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler: Barry Sadler Sings Of War Without Protest
Profile by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 26 February 1966
ON THE POP charts right now are songs by attractive young men and women about love and the loss of it, about silence and stomachs ...
Live Review by Carol Deck, Flip, December 1968
THE ONLY THING really wrong with the Newport Pop Festival held recently in Orange Country, Calif, was that it wasn't in Monterey. ...
Van Morrison: "I Can't Mix – My Problem"
Profile and Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 2 December 1967
VAN MORRISON is hunting for himself. ...
Report by Louise Criscione, Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 9 April 1966
HOLLYWOOD: In the finest tradition of glittering Hollywood premieres and openings, the Eighth Annual Grammy Awards were presented in the International Ballroom of the Beverly ...
Jefferson Airplane: The Airplane Takes Off
Profile by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 10 September 1966
IN THIS business you meet so many new groups that they all tend to fade into one long line of starving but hopeful musicians and ...
Lamont Dozier, The Supremes: Holland & Dozier: Motown's Money
Profile and Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 10 September 1966
THE SUPREMES strolled into the crowded club where the Temptations were playing and instantly everyone in the room knew they were there. ...
Them: The Intense and Mysterious Them
Profile by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 25 June 1966
THEM ARE more than just an awkward name to fit grammatically into a sentence. ...
The Four Tops: Four Tops On The Four Tops
Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 22 October 1966
WHEN FOUR handsome young men from Detroit put out a record that immediately grabs everyone's attention, people soon want to know everything there is to ...
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: Class and Soul Spell Success For Miracles
Profile and Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 11 December 1965
WHEN THE Miracles are performing in a club you don't eat. You don't drink. You don't even think. You just feel. ...
The Mojo Men: Mojo Men Seek New Gold Rush
Profile by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 13 November 1965
THEY CAME from New York and Florida like pioneers heading West and now they are seeking their place in the scene. ...
The Monkees: A Very Personal Day With The Monkees!
Report by Carol Deck, Flip, August 1968
CAROL DECK (FLIP'S GIRL IN HOLLYWOOD) TAKES YOU ALONG TO SPEND A DAY ON THE MAD, MAD SET OF THE MONKEES' MOVIE! ...
Bobby Hebb: 'The Beatles Are An Oak Tree — Mighty'
Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 10 September 1966
"IT TAKES ALL kinds of trees to make a forest. And like the Beatles are an oak tree — tall and mighty. And maybe the ...
Simon & Garfunkel: Simon And Garfunkel Selling Intellectualism
Comment by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 17 December 1966
INTELLECTUALISM has always been an underground movement in America. It is something that the majority of people view as just a fad — like swallowing ...
Bob Dylan: Blonde On Blonde (Columbia)
Review by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 16 July 1966
Bob Dylan Gets Into The Album Controversy Too ...
Jefferson Airplane Taking Off...Fast
Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 15 April 1966
INTERVIEWING an airplane is kind of an absurd idea but interviewing the Jefferson Airplane, a fast rising group from San Francisco, verges on ridiculous. It's ...
Profile by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 30 April 1966
THEM ARE truly a mystic group. ...
The Mamas and The Papas: A Tale of Mama's and Papa's
Profile by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 30 April 1966
ONCE UPON a time there were four people. Actually there were more but you don't write fairy tales about the entire human race so let's just ...
The Vejtables: Vejtables Growing in San Francisco
Profile and Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 1 January 1966
THE LAST thing on anybody's mind would be to call themself a vegetable, but five young San Franciscans have gone one step farther and call ...
The Four Seasons: Taping A TV Show With The Four Seasons
Report and Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 22 January 1966
THE STAGE was cold and there were very few people around. This wasn't the usual chaotic taping session, for although they were in America, what ...
Barbra Streisand: No Second Hand Roses
Profile by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 19 February 1966
A LOT OF words have been used to describe Barbra Streisand but the one that pops up most often is unique. ...
The Beatles, Bud Shank: Bud Shank: A Jazzman Speaks Out On The Beatles
Profile and Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 19 February 1966
JAZZ. OF THAT word didn't scare you away and you're still reading, congratulations, you're among a maturing generation of pop fans whose world expands daily. ...
The Monkees, Michael Nesmith: Mike Nesmith Tells It Like It Really Is!
Interview by Carol Deck, Flip, December 1968
MIKE NESMITH has always been the most outspoken of the Monkees, but in this exclusive FLIP interview Mike reveals an astonishing honesty and candor about ...
Billy Joe Royal: Pace Change for Billy Joe Royal
Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 5 February 1966
STILL LAMENTING the fact that he'd missed Batman the night before because of a filming, Billy Joe Royal took a little time out from his ...
Evie Sands — A Sparkling Young Lady From Brooklyn
Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 15 January 1966
I KNOCKED softly on the door of the swank hotel room and a cheerful woman opened and said, "Hi. Come on in. Evie's getting dressed. ...
The Modern Folk Quartet: MFQ Members Are Zany Philosphers
Profile and Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 6 November 1965
From Folk to Rock ...
Freddy Cannon: Freddy's Dedicating Songs To Everyone
Profile by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 12 March 1966
FREDDY CANNON took us 'Where The Action Is' and now he's back dedicating songs to everyone in town. ...
The Changing Times: A Chat With The Changing Times
Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 15 January 1966
"I WAS BORN," he stated very positively as he sprawled across the end of the bed staring curiously at the ceiling like he'd never noticed ...
The Turtles: From Machine to Group
Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 25 March 1967
SOME OLD friends of The BEAT's have come up with another huge hit — their fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh, depending on what part of the ...
Herb Alpert: No Movie For The Brass, They Want Their Rights
Report by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 7 May 1966
THE POP world is going movie mad. ...
The Sandpipers Are Following Herb Alpert's Good Example
Profile and Interview by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 31 December 1966
1966 WAS A big year for three young men who are a rarity in the entertainment world, particularly the pop portion of that world. ...
The Astronauts, The Beach Boys, The Righteous Brothers, The Rolling Stones: One Day On The Beat
Report by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 9 April 1966
SO YOU'D like to be a BEAT reporter, huh? So you think we lead an interesting exciting life full of nothing but fun and games ...
The Animals, Herman's Hermits: Chaos At The Airport — Animals Join Herman
Report by Carol Deck, KRLA Beat, 23 July 1966
IT LOOKED for sure like we'd lost Herman this time, but somehow he really did make it on the plane and then who should join ...
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