Who were your teen idols?

I, too, loved Cliff and the Shadows.................but after reading the Bonanza 'stuff', I remembered how much I loved watching it with my absolute teen idol..........my lovely Dad Is that allowed under this thread..........?

syberia; did you see that interview with Robert Plant that was on BBC4 a few months ago? Such an interesting man and so funny. A mobile phone went off in the background and he said 'oh, that must be the wife' then chuckled and said 'oh, I haven't got one'. kiitylester; another Mike Smith fan I see. Oh I forgot; Keith Relf from the Yardbirds.

Elvis without question.You had to be an Elvis or Cliff fan back then.Also the
Beatles especially Paul. I moved on to the Rolling Stones Saw them at the City
Hall Newcastle. You could actually sit on the stage behind them for half a crown.They were the cheap seats then but we were so close it was brilliant
even if Mick did have his back to us.

I love David Essex too but now find it difficult, watching him in Eastenders, to believe he could be so horrid to one son in preference to the other one. Dorsetpennt luckily I didn't fancy Dave Clarke was just worried about coming to a tragic and early end if the balcony collapsed. I loved Mike Smith who, I think, played keyboard.

Marc Bolan, so pretty! David Essex, Robert Plant, Jimi Hendrix in fact it seems I liked most male singers circa 1970. I could not bear the Osmonds though!!

Silverfoxygran, you`ve triggered another memory now with your mention of Robert Horton, wasn`t he GORGEOUS?!! He was the only reason for my sitting through Wagon Train each week!

Well, my first was Pat Boone when I was 12 years old - he was on Family Fabourites singing nearly every Sunday singing "I'll be Home" whilst my Mum was serving the Sunday lunch. I saw every one of his films (awful if you see them now) wrote to him and bought his books Twixt Twelve and Twenty and Between Me, You and the Gatepost. When I saw him recently on American TV I felt so ashamed to have felt this way about him as he is so right wing, ultra religious and part of the gun lobby, so everything I abhor - so I am so glad I grew out if him and went onto the Beatles, Elvis Presley and now............Tony Bennett (that's a sign of the times!!!!!).

First was Adam Faith - I loved his brooding looks - Cliff was too squeaky clean. Then I loved Bob Dylan,The Stones, The Kinks, John Lennon. Kittylester I had a friend who lived in Curzon Street [London] opposite Dave Clark who's flat had a balcony - he had loads of parties all with young men only hmmmmm - anyway everytime we saw him we would hang a loud speaker outside the window and play 'Glad All Over' at top whack. We thought it was hilarious bet he didn't!

David Essex - sucker for blue eyes!

shysal it was called Bonaza and it was the best on the TV at the time,I used to sit in front of TV and not move when it was on.

As well as the usual Cliff and the Shadows, I loved Michael Landon playing Little Joe in the western at the Ponderosa (can't remember the title)and later as the dad in "Little House on the Prairie"

Two completely contrasting singers - Elvis and Pat Boone.
Manolito from The High Chaparral and James Mason

Oh crimson it would have been a case of virtual conception,how innocent we where then.

Oh crikey; yes I remember those two, and very tasty they were. James Garner was everyones favourite actor was he not and made several different series after Maverick. On the subject of actors, I liked Horst Bucholz [sp] in The Magnificent Seven and Gill Favour in Wagon Train [not Rowdy Yates]. I also had an old film annual with a picture of Rudolph Valentino in Son of the Sheik, and fancied him so much [don't laugh] I used to worry that I could get pregnant by being in love with someone from afar [we were very naive in those days!].

Do you remember how all the concerts had loads of different groups in them. I remember sitting under the balcony and bits if the ceiling falling on us when Dave Clarke was playing "Glad All Over". It was being dislodged by people stamping to the title!!

Does anyone else remember Robert Horton in Wagon Train? I loved him but not nearly as much as James Garner as Maverick.

Cliff Richard and Paul McCartney - O dear!

I don't think I ever had teenage crushes, although I listened to pop music when I could – buying singles was not allowed in our house, so I mostly relied on Radio Luxembourg and then the pirate stations. In my horribly pretentious teen years I wanted to be Françoise Sagin or Simone de Beauvoir. Later, as a student, I had the classic Che Guevara poster (plus one of Dylan) on my bedroom walls.

First crush was Peter Noone from Herman's Hermits followed by Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd [grew out of the former but not the latter and cried buckets when he died]. However, the mention of the Dave Clark Five made me remember a secret crush I had on the organist from that group..so secret I never really admitted it to myself even. So pretend I never said it ....

Billy J Kramer was one of my favourite pin-up's and of course The Beatle's but I could listen to Barry White all day long,I thought Dave Clark was fab and Stevie Marriot from The Small Face's.

Yes I liked Donovan too. Used to sit with first daughter on lap and singing Jennifer Juniper to her. Those were the days

Oh yes, Donovan, wasn`t he pretty for a boy?

The Kinks, The Stones, I even liked the 'gentleness' of Donovan - still do!

Loads of people, all male, but primarily Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley, Billy Fury and Marty Wilde. Groups I liked were The Shadows and The Hollies, oh, and The Searchers.

I do ,I loved him, I also remember he gave financial advice in on of the newspapers, The mail?