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Searching For The Cohen Sisters

Friday, January 19, 2007

This SOS arrived in our mailbox today.

My name is Chris Kennedy, I'm a researcher working for The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Regarding a project we're working on, I'm trying to locate Margaret & Lisa Cohen, who lived at 569 Park St., circa 1967-79.

Margaret attended Montclair High for a short time circa 1974 before transfering to Lacordaire Academy. Margaret was friends with Fiona Andrews.

Please let me know if you have any info, such as middle names of the girls or any leads as to where I can search for them.

So...tell us (and Chris) what you know....

Update from Chris, for all you inquiring minds:

The project we're working on concerns a missing, early rock & roll film from 1955 directed by Universal Newsreel director / producer Arthur Cohen. The film starred popular Cleveland DJ Bill Randle, Pat Boone, Bill Haley & The Comets, Elvis Presley, The Four Lads & Priscilla Wright.

Various titles have been rumored such as "The Pied Piper of Cleveland," "A Day in the Life of a Famous DJ," "The Fabulous Pied Piper" and "Top Jock."

I've been investigating this film's disappearance for two years and have made some exciting discoveries.

Director Arthur Cohen, who passed away in 1968, was Margaret & Lisa's father. We'd like to contact Margaret and Lisa to ensure their father gets his proper recognition for his involvement in this important piece of music history.

Now, if you can help Chris, maybe he'll throw in a couple of free tickets for this.

Posted by Annette Batson on January 19, 2007 4:25 PM
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One good bet is to contact Lacordaire and/or Montclair High and ask for someone who deals with alumni. Even if there isn't a formal alumni program in place like there is at universities, chances are good that somewhere there is a record of where one/both sisters went to college. In order to protect their graduates' privacy, alumni offices generally make the connection with the alum(s) rather than giving out whatever contact info they have on file.
He might also try going on sites like classmates.com or reunion.com (?) to see if he can find them or someone who knew them. Finally, hitting local sites like this is smart; he might also consider an ad in the Montclair Times.
Good luck!

Did they sleep with Keith Richards or something ?

Did they sleep with Keith Richards or something ?

No, but the two created the unique embalming fluid that's kept him going all these years.

My older daughter who was in the Montclair public schools at about that time received the same e-mail - she is now married and living in Houston, TX. Neither she nor any of her friends knew these girls - does anyone wonder (or care to speculate) just why the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" wants to get hold of the Cohen sisters? Hmmm... inquiring minds want to know. curious

LEONARD Cohen, maybe? That's the first name I thought of...

Assume you've verified that this guy is for real with the R&RHOF and not some kind of stalker.

And if he is on the level, please ask him why Blue Oyster Cult has not yet been inducted by his fine organization.

more cowbell

Anne,
Your question has just been answered. See update above.

Ev & All, thanks for the suggestions. Thru Classmates I was able to find someone who knew Margaret Cohen, back in circa 1974. She remembers her going to MHS for a short time then transferring to Lacordaire. But I havent had much luck confirming this with the alumni sources.

Crank...There's so many groups and individuals who deserve to be in and arent yet. I'll put in a good word for you re BOC!

Surprising (though hardly impossible) that someone named Cohen would attend Lacordaire. Wonder if that's accurate.

Good man!

Wish I could help with the Cohens but I didn't grow up here.

I went to MHS '71-'75 and don't recall these girls.

Margaret and Grace Slick used to be great friends.

Lisa was supposed to be the original "Mary" as in Peter ,Paul and ...

Lisa was supposed to be the original "Mary" as in Peter ,Paul and ...

Sorry, Leaving on a Jet Plane came out in 1969.
Grace Slick's only friend was a white rabbit.

The Pied Piper of Cleveland: A Day in the Life of a Famous Disc Jockey (1955)

IMDbPro.com

Directed by
Arthur Cohen

Cast (in alphabetical order)
Franny Beecher .... Comets musician

Pat Boone .... Himself
Johnny Grande .... Comets musician
Bill Haley .... Himself
Rudy Pompilli .... Comets musician

Elvis Presley .... Himself
Bill Randle
Al Rex .... Comets musician
Billy Williamson .... Comets musician

Produced by
Bill Randle .... producer

Cinematography by
Jack Barnett

Plot Summary: Elvis Presley's first film is a documentary on the career of disc jockey Bill Randle, who in the 1950s was as well known as Alan Freed...

Documentary on the career of Cleveland disc jockey Bill Randle, who was almost as famous as Alan Freed. Pat Boone, Bill Haley and Elvis Presley appear along with members of Haley's Comets. Randle sold the rights in 1992. Polygram International later bought the film, which has yet to be shown in a commercialized release. This was Elvis' first film. He sang "That's All Right," "Blue Moon of Kentucky," "Good Rockin' Tonight," "Mystery Train" and "I Forgot to Remember to Forget," accompanied by Scotty Moore on guitar and Bill Black on bass at Brooklyn (Ohio) High School in the afternoon with an evening concert at St. Michael's Hall in Cleveland, October 20, 1955. The Four Lads and Priscilla Wright were also on the bill. Presley's first concert north of the Mason-Dixon Line was in February 1955 at Cleveland's Circle Theater. He played there again the following month and also the night before the Brooklyn show. Headliners were Roy Acuff and Kitty Wells.

NOW HERE'S WHERE IT GETS WEIRD...

Scotty Moore's son, R. Stevie Moore, worked at Crazy Rhythms in Baristaville and played at Maxwell's.

Pied Piper of Cleveland achieved bizarre notoriety in the 1990s when it was linked to the infamous "Alien Autopsy" film circulated by producer Ray Santilli. According to Santilli, he was attempting to obtain a copy of Pied Piper from a man who claimed to have been the cinematographer on the film. Instead of the rare Elvis film, Santilli claims, the cameraman offered him footage he claimed to have shot in the late 1940s of an alleged autopsy of an alien recovered from one of the UFO crash sites.

The FOX network produced a popular documentary, Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction? centered around this footage, which was later dunked (by FOX) as being a hoax. This has led to some claims that Pied Piper is likewise a hoax, however documentation supporting the film's existence predates the Alien Autopsy affair by many years.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/ufo/alienaut.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pied_Piper_of_Cleveland

"Sorry, Leaving on a Jet Plane came out in 1969. "

Ahem ...Peter, Paul , and Mary were around WAY before 1969.

MAJOR CORRECTION ALERT: R. Stevie Moore is not, I repeat not, Scotty Moore's scon. His dad is Bob Moore who also played with Elvis Presley (stand up bass from 1959-1967) among countless other rock 'n' roll and country musicians. IRONY ALERT: Scotty Moore (Elvis' original guitarist and first manager) is friends with Bob Moore. That is all.

Thank you for the correction. The Scotty rumor has been circulating in Montclair for at least a decade.

http://www.scottymoore.net/studio_b.html

The Scotty rumor has been circulating GLOBALLY for DECADES.

"Moore, fils de Scotty!" Beam me up!

http://www.moorestevie.com/press/french1.html

This site was fabulous! Great photos and history.

http://www.scottymoore.net/studio_b.html

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