Lucia Pamela

Lucia Pamela May 1 1904 In St Louis Missouri – July 25 2002 Los Angeles California Was An American Musician Bandleader And Eccentric. She Is Remembered Today Largely For An Album And Coloring Book Concerning An Imaginary Trip To The Moon. Pamela Studied At The "Beethoven Conservatory Of Music And Voice" In Germany. She Joined Flo Ziegfeld's "Broadway Follies" After Her Return To America. She Was Voted Miss St. Louis In 1926. Citation Needed She Was Featured In Ripley's Believe It Or Not For Memorizing A Record 10 000 Songs. She Led The All-Girl Orchestra And Odeon Theatre House Band The Musical Pirates Said By Some To Be The First All-Female Orchestra And Hosted Radio Programs Including The Encouragement Hour Kansas City And Gal About Town Fresno.
She Produced Only One Album Into Outer Space With Lucia Pamela Circa 1969 Gulfstream And Later On L'Peg Whose Songs Are Mostly About An Imaginary Trip To The Moon. The Song "Flip Flop Fly" Was Featured On The Radio By Bob And Ray In 1973 But The Album Was All But Forgotten Before Being Reissued In 1992 Record Label Arf! Arf! Recorded From A Vinyl Source And Produced By Irwin Chusid To Greater Acclaim.
She Also Produced A Cartoon Coloring Book Into Outer Space With Lucia Pamela In The Year 2000. In 1994 The Pop Group Stereolab Recorded A Tribute To Her "International Colouring Contest" On Their Album Mars Audiac Quintet The Intro Of The Song Includes A Voice Sample Of Pamela Herself.
She Died In 2002 Age 98 In Los Angeles.
Later That Year Tony Kushner Wrote A Short Play About Lucia Pamela Called "Flip Flop Fly." The Play Imagines Pamela Meeting Queen Geraldine Of Albania Who Also Died In 2002 On The Moon. Her Daughter Was Georgia Frontiere 1927 - 2008 Owner Of The St. Louis Rams. read less