Great Album Covers: The Score, Head Games & Vacation

For their breakthrough 1996 album, The Score, The Fugees lifted the font and styling used for the cover of Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and then added the heavily-shadowed faces of group members Wyclef Jean, Pras Michel and Lauryn Hill.

Foreigner's 1979 album Head Games featured the grainy image of a nubile high school girl seemingly startled as she's caught in the act invading a boy's bathroom. Seventeen-year-old Lisanne Falk (daughter of Peter Falk, aka TV's Columbo) was the teen model used for the photoshoot and years later she would gain fame as one of the Heathers in the 1988 movie of the same name.

Just like in the iconic video for the album's eponymous first single, the Go-Go's Vacation featured the group posing as professional water skiers. A popular all-female team from Cypress Garden, Florida (dressed in white chiffon-like skirts and matching head pieces) was filmed synchronized skiing and waving to the camera. The Go-Go's heads were then superimposed on the skiers' bodies and the result was the postcard-inspired cover for band's sophomore effort.

Related Posts:

Great Album Covers: Honey, 1984 & Parallel Lines

Great Album Covers: Breakfast in America, Big Lizard in My Backyard & She's So Unusual

Beauty and the Beat Turns 40

Go-Go's Rock the Sunset Strip

Go-Go's Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (About F**king Time!)

Shout Out to: Dian Parkinson

Now defunct Stuff magazine (the sister publication of Maxim) used to have a department called “Babes of Yore” which would remember female sex symbols of the past (e.g., Heather Locklear, Farrah Fawcett, Raquel Welch.) Stuff is no longer around but in that same spirit this particular entry in the “Shout Out to:” series recognizes babe of yore Dian Parkinson. 

Dian was one of the three models appearing on The Price is Right game show during its heyday in the 1970s and 80s. Beginning her career as a beauty pageant winner (Miss World USA 1971) Diane started on TPIR four years later and quickly became a favorite among male fans of the show. Recognizing Dian's seductive look and buxom figure, plus sex appeal that came right through the TV screen, TPIR producers made it a point to showcase (no pun intended) her assets on a regular basis. Male viewers would always tune in for the last ten minutes of the show hoping the showcases at the end would include a hot tub, trip to Hawaii, or some other prize that would feature Dian appearing in a bikini. Incredibly, Dian was able to keep her amazing figure well into her 40s. 

Regrettably, Dian never branched out to do movie roles, TV guest spots or anything other than TPIR. In 1991 however, Playboy, which had pursued her for years, finally convinced her to pose for their magazine. The result was one of the highest selling issues of all time and a curtain call second pictorial in the May1993 issue. A Playboy newsstand special and celebrity centerfold video followed, but again Dian never capitalized on her popularity and the boost the Playboy publicity gave her. She finally retired from TPIR at age 49 after filing a lawsuit against Bob Barker for sexual harassment. The suit was later dropped and Dian has since disappeared from public life. Still, she apparently remains in the memories of many others — so much so that there are several compilations of her TPIR swimsuit work all over YouTube.

Unbelievably, Dian turns 77 in November but for those who grew up in the 70s and 80s, she remains the ultimate sexy older woman and late morning game show treat.

Related Posts:

Shout Out to: The Sorels

Shout Out to: Lippy the Lion

Shout Out to: Found Item Clothing

Shout Out to: "The Payback"

Shout Out to: Force M.D.'s

Shout Out to: Dara Torres

What the Hell Happened to Maxim?