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Jeannie Shrimpton

Date 1967
Track ID 36724
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1967.144.A3

Original Tape ID

SA1967.144

Summary

A comic song about a Jean Shrimpton, who causes a stir when she turns up to a horse race in Melbourne wearing a mini-skirt.

Bob Bertram's own composition.

Item Notes

2 verses of 4 lines; last line of verse 2 repeated. Bob Bertram's own composition. First in a series of four consecutive songs in a medley, all concerning short skirts (mini-skirts).

Jean Shrimpton (b. 1942), a successful English model, wore a mini-skirt at the Victoria Derby horse race at the Melbourne Cup in 1965; the crowd's disapproval was exacerbated by Shrimpton's lack of the traditional hat, stockings and gloves.

Item Subject/Person

Shrimpton, Jean

Language

English

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair