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Today's CoronaVinyl category is "E," and the only album I have left by an "E" artist I haven't already featured is the soundtrack to the 1960 film College Confidential by Dean Elliott.
Elliott was a TV and film composer, from the '50s to the '80s. He composed music for several famous cartoons, like Mr. Magoo, Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, Heathcliff, Alvin & The Chipmunks, and several Dr. Seuss TV movies, among others.
Among the films he scored was 1960's College Confidential, starring Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Mamie Van Doren, Rocky Marciano, and Conway Twitty. I've never seen or heard of the movie before, but here is the description of the plot on Wikipedia: "Sociology professor Steve McInter conducts a survey at Collins College about the lifestyles and sexual urges of the younger generation. One of his students, Sally Blake, excels with the survey and may be having an affair with the professor. Reporter Betty Ducayne receives an anonymous tip that Steve is corrupting the youth and she discovers the dark past which he had fled." Color me intrigued!
The film was directed by Albert Zugsmith, who directed such other films as 1960's Sex Kittens Go to College (for which Elliott also composed the soundtrack), 1962's Confessions of an Opium Eater, 1966's Psychedelic Sexualis, 1966's Movie Star, American Style or; LSD, I Hate You, and 1974's Violated!
College Confidential the album is all jazz. It's not bad, and definitely good background music for when you're trying to work and have college basketball on mute. I couldn't find the album on Spotify or YouTube, so I'm not going to bother you by telling you my favorite songs on each side, as it is highly unlikely you will ever listen to this album. But given the Wikipedia description, you may want to check out the movie.
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