Barbie Sings! 6 Terrific Teen-Age Tunes Sung By Barbie and Ken [contains 3 Records - 45 rpm]

Hawthorne, CA: Mattel, Inc. , 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good. "Barbie Sings! 6 Terrific Teen-Age Tunes Sung By Barbie and Ken." Contains three 45 RPM Records- 45 rpm. Hawthorne, CA: Mattel, Inc., 1961. Square Octavo (7 7/8" x 7 1/4 "). Illustrated cardboard boards, 8 illustrated pages with lyrics (2 of those being the endpapers, the other6 the front and back sides of the record envelopes). Charlotte Austin (daughter of singer/songwriter Gene Austin, from back in the day) and Bill Cunningham (who had been around himself) did the singing; words and music were by Eliot Daniel and Ken Darby. Very Good; some moderate creasing and rubbing at the outer covers, and a bit of dust. See all scans. Contents virtually Fine, with scant signs of handling. Those aren't smudges in the scans; the actual original art was done in a smudge-y way. Pure Pop Culture Americana - and not just for kids any more, of course. As the lowest title line on the cover says - And You Can Sing Along, Too!. In fact, my sis just did, nostalgically, just before this listing. She said, borrowing from the lyrics, "Barbie sings out loud and clear...she's got a yen for Ken". Now carefully sealed away flat on premises, of course. Ships in stout protection, of course. L11