Review of Hawaiian Eye

During my late teens I was growing up in Kidbrooke, a dormitory suburb in south-east London. My family and I did not have a television until 1958 so we were restricted to listening to the radio. About that time I heard Connie Stevens sing "Sixteen reasons" on the radio. From her voice I pictured Connie as a pretty, blue-eyed blonde. I immediately bought the record. A little while later my family bought our first television. About eight months later I saw Connie playing the part of 'Cricket' in "Hawaiian Eye" so imagine my astonishment when she looked exactly as imagined when listening to her voice approximately one year earlier. This was the first of only two times I was right when putting a face to a radio/telephone voice to a person whom I had never seen.

Since then I have been a fan of Connie Stevens, and bought her compact disc some years' ago. Unfortunately I have not seen her biography on the shelving in London's bookshops. Near my place of employment in London's Covent Garden area is the Cinema bookshop, but again no pertinent biographic books and neither is there a signed photograph on display - how sad! I hope that Connie Stevens is keeping well and enjoying life. Should she visit London to give a show or perform in London's theatreland I would like to know as I would like to be in the audience as appropriate.

I also wish that "Hawaiian Eye" and "77 Sunset Strip" would appear again on British Television.