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Samantha Juste (born Sandra Slater; 31 May 1944 – 5 February 2014)〔("Rest in Peace, Samantha Juste-Dolenz" )〕 became known on British television in the mid-1960s as the "disc girl" on the BBC’s ''Top of the Pops''. In 1968 she married Micky Dolenz of the Monkees. Their daughter is actress Ami Dolenz. ==Life and career== Sandra Slater was born in Manchester, England to a dressmaker named Phyllis and studied textile and dress design at Rochdale College of Art. The tall, long-legged blonde soon became a teenage model and took the name Samantha Juste. ''Top of The Pops'' was a weekly half-hour programme of current popular music, initially conceived and produced by Johnnie Stewart (1917–2005). It was first broadcast from a converted church in Rusholme, Manchester on 1 January 1964. Samantha Juste was an assistant to Cecil Korer, the programme's assistant producer.〔(OFF THE TELLY: Interviews/Cecil Korer )〕 After the first few episodes, Juste replaced Denise Sampey; for 3½ years she sat alongside the host (initially disc jockeys Jimmy Savile, David Jacobs, Alan Freeman and Pete Murray), to place records on a turntable and apply the needle as the artist was about to perform.〔(). Juste is on the far left in this photograph, next to Pete Murray.〕 Simon Dee, who first introduced the show in 1966, recalled that "I got my introduction right () didn't get too distracted by the luscious Samantha Juste, my lovely co-host".〔Richard Wiseman (2006) ''Whatever Happened to Simon Dee?''〕 Some viewers found Juste's ritual incongruous since the artists were there to perform. But since they were miming, something about which the BBC made no secret,〔See ''The Independent'', 4 May 2005, quoting the ''Radio Times''〕 there was honesty about the procedure. Indeed, on one occasion, a record by the Swinging Blue Jeans was played at the wrong speed.〔(Johnnie Stewart - Obituary ), ''The Independent'', 4 May 2005〕 Juste appeared briefly in the 1965 Swinging London film ''The Knack ...and How to Get It'', directed by Richard Lester, and also released a 45 single the following year. She was one of two British women signed to Strike Records (whose first single and only "hit", Neil Christian's ''That's Nice'', was issued in February 1966) and its subsidiary Go. The other was Jacki Bond, a secretary with Strike who, like Juste, had little musical experience.〔Sleeve notes for CD, ''Backcomb 'n' Beat: Dream Babes, Volume Three'' (2001)〕 Juste performed ''No One Needs My Love Today'', written by Phil Phillips, on ''Top of the Pops'' on 24 November 1966. This record was produced by Miki Dallon, the backing music provided by an orchestra conducted by Ken Woodman, who had worked with Chris Andrews and Sandie Shaw and is best known for ''Town Talk'', which became the theme tune of ''The Jimmy Young Show'' when BBC Radio 1 opened in 1967. ''No One Needs My Love Today'' was not a hit, but it was featured as a climber by the offshore "pirate" station Radio London in the week beginning 20 November.〔(Radio London - Field's Fab Forty - 20 November 66 )〕 One critic commented that "any vocal shortcomings on this single are outweighed by her charming delivery".〔Keiron Tyler, October 2001 (sleeve notes for CD, ''Backcomb 'n' Beat: Dream Babes, Volume Three'')〕 Both ''No One Needs My Love Today'' and its "B" side, Pierre Tubbs' ''If Trees Could Talk'', were available on compilation discs and to download 40 years later. During ''Top of the Pops'' Juste met artists who contributed to the British rock boom of the mid-1960s. In January 1967 an American group called the Monkees, formed for an eponymous television series, reached the top of the British charts with ''I'm a Believer'', by Neil Diamond. The drummer Micky Dolenz〔"Micky" is spelt thus (as on Dolenz's official website and in his 1993 autobiography), although the form "Mickey" often appeared at the time of the Monkees' fame in the 1960s and has done so since (''e.g.'' in the ''Oxford Companion to Popular Music'' (1991) and the ''Guinness Book of British Hit Singles'').〕 (b. 1945) recalled (in the third person) that he spotted Juste as he passed a studio cafeteria: She is tall, blond(), beautiful, and wearing an emerald green outfit that ends up in a short skirt (very short) which tops off her unbelievably gorgeous legs ... She holds his glance briefly then looks quickly away with that haughty sophistication that only the British can do so well. Juste and Dolenz began a relationship, prompting such headlines as "Samantha traps Monkee" and "Pops girl goes ape".〔 Dolenz appears not to have realised that Juste was a celebrity and the publicity took him by surprise. "Monkeemania" was such that some of the Monkees' female fans resented Juste — "she even showed up one day with ink stains on the emerald green dress" — and Dolenz claimed the couple spent a week in her London flat.〔 For much of 1967, Juste and Dolenz spent time together in England and California. Rick Klein, a friend of Dolenz and best man at his wedding, described a vacation with him in England during which Juste acted as "permanent guide", travelling with them to Stratford-upon-Avon in a rented Triumph car. Then, a few days later, savouring "Swinging" London: Micky and I went to the Carlton Towers to see Samantha Juste in a fashion show and she looked outasite ''()''. After the show, we took off for Carnaby Street again and we went crazy buying clothes ... Micky really dug all the clothes at Biba's and Susan Lockes and practically bought out the stores. He also bought a dress for Samantha. It was the same dress that Sam wore in the fashion show and it looked fantastic on her.〔("Never Enough..." The Official Micky Dolenz Website )〕 Juste wrote articles for the teenage magazine ''16'' about time with the Monkees.〔For example, ''16'', November 1967, reporting on the Monkees' European tour〕 She gave up ''Top of the Pops'' and moved with Dolenz to California, where they lived in Laurel Canyon in the Hollywood Hills. In June 1967, they attended the Monterey pop festival.〔Lisa Law (1987) ''Flashing on the Sixties''〕 Peter Tork (the Monkees ) and Micky turned up at the pop fest in Monterey, Peter acting as one of the emcees (of ceremony ), Micky wandering around the grounds dressed as an Indian with a lovely British (), Samantha Juste, at his side.〔Mitchell Cohen, March 1986 (notes for Arista CD, ''The Best of The Monkees'')〕 Juste and Dolenz were married in July 1968. Dolenz's stepfather, Dr. Robert Scott, officiated. The couple's daughter, Ami Bluebell Dolenz, became an actress.〔(Ami Dolenz website ); accessed February 11, 2014.〕 Dolenz and Juste hosted parties attended by musicians and celebrities; Ringo Starr of the Beatles dubbed Juste "Earth Mother" for her having made him a chip butty (a french-fry sandwich) and eggs when he arrived after a "rip-roaring all-nighter". Their friend, the songwriter Harry Nilsson, invited Dolenz and Juste to travel with him to Ireland to lend credibility (in Dolenz's words, "Samantha maybe ... but me?") when he met the parents of a woman he thought he might marry.〔 Juste's father, Leslie Slater, helped Dolenz construct a studio used for "jam" sessions by John Lennon, Brian Wilson and Alice Cooper.〔 The Monkees disbanded in 1971, and Dolenz's self-indulgence took its toll on his marriage. Juste and Dolenz divorced in 1975, Juste retaining custody of their daughter, although they were reconciled as friends by the early 1990s.〔 In 2002 Juste was photographed with Dolenz at Ami's wedding in Beverly Hills to actor and martial artist Jerry Trimble〔(Ami Dolenz Wedding )〕 and, a few months later, attended Dolenz's own wedding in Calabasas to his third wife Donna Quinter.〔(). Dolenz was married from 1977 to 1991 to Trina Dow, with whom he had three daughters.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samantha Juste」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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