This week we honor our Dads with a kaleidoscope of music videos. Starting on the sentimental side, here’s former Mouseketeer Paul Peterson singing, without a trace of irony, scorn or contempt, a ballad called “My Dad”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-vYuV3OmhE
Mambo-mania fell on the US in the early 50’s and Perry Como was right there to catch it. From 1954, here’s “Papa Loves Mambo”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYEgC2gI7hQ
James Brown may not have been the world’s greatest Dad, but he was the world’s Funkiest Father: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAp7uqnUYSA
Another Bad Dad stars in this Temptations classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s3SNHIH0bs
More early 50’s camp ‘n’ vamp from Marilyn Monroe oozing her way through “My Heart Belongs to Daddy”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QKK47bK_WA
