Van Halen on a centre-spread poster in Bravo of 21 June 1979. I think Dave wants to make lurve to you…
Bravo 21 June 1979
Three “hot rock aunties” feature on the cover of Bravo of 21 June 1979: Leslie Knauer of Promises, Debbie Harry of Blondie, and Marion Valentino of The Dolls
This week 38 years ago, Germany’s youth read about:
• Rock’s hottest women at as glance. Besides the three on the cover, they were Stevie Nicks, Siouxie Sioux, Alice Spring of Darling, Yvonne Lory of disco group Ganymed, Pauline Murray of Penetration, and Rita Ray of Darts.
• “Brown Pearl” (really!) Amii Stewart and her hit “Knock On Wood”
• Mick Jagger in pics
• How an abused teen landed on the street
• Disco singer Patrick Hernandez at home in Paris
• Funk-rock band Mother’s Finest
• When will Starsky & Hutch return to German TV screens?
Rex Gildo 1969 (cover)
Singer and actor Rex Gildo features, not for the only time, on the cover of Bravo of 23 June 1969.
Jethro Tull 1976
Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson on a single-page poster in Bravo of 16 June 1976. This is the third time Anderson features here.
o.b. Tampon ad 1976
An advert for o.b. tampons in Bravo of 16 June 1976. Since Bravo was read by teenage girls, there were frequent tampon ads in the magazine, which sometimes served as sex education as well.
Asterix & Obelix 1976
Asterix & Obelix on a centre-spread poster in of Bravo of 16 June 1976.
Jodie Foster 1976
13-year-old actress Jodie Foster on a single-page poster in Bravo of 16 June 1976.
Bravo 16 June 1976
Future Schlager star Ingrid Peters on a motorcycle on the cover of Bravo of 16 June 1976. That week 41 years ago Germany’s youth read about:
• The false rumours of ABBA’s lethal plane crash
• Jethro Tull and Smokie on their Germany tours
• How Status Quo got into a fist-fight with Austrian airport security
• Profile of teenage actress Jodie Foster
• Bay City Rollers strike back at Sweet’s critique of them
• Actor Barry Newman (Petrocelli) at home
• A meeting with Yes keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman
• How disco-trio Silver Convention improved their stage show
• Ron Wood: How he rocks and loves
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David Cassidy 1973
David Cassidy on a life-sized Starschnitt poster, parts of it would be collected over several weeks and then be glued together. It ran in Bravo through June 1973.
(h/t www.bravo-archiv.de)
Siw Inger 1977
Swedish singer Siw Inger on a sungler-page poster in Bravo of 16 June 1977.
