Bob and I always referred to Annette as our ‘lucky star.’ ” With The Beach Boys, Funicello recorded the single “The Monkey’s Uncle.” Paul Anka wrote the hit “Puppy Love,” about a ...

Annette Funicello made ... of Oz" star Ray Bolger. But "Uncle Walt" — as Disney was called by the young stars at his studio — fretted when, in 1963, Funicello was hired by American ...

I was a star-struck 9-year-old when I saw Annette Funicello in person ... “The Misadventures of Merlin Jones” and “The Monkey’s Uncle.” While still under contract to Disney, she went ...

Pop culture icon Annette Funicello ... In Toyland (1961), The Misadventures Of Merlin Jones (1964), and The Monkey’s Uncle (1965). In the early 1960s, Annette starred in a series of beach ...

Actress Annette Funicillo, the most popular Mouseketeer ... in Toyland," "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" and "The Monkey's Uncle." She also became a recording star, singing on 15 albums ...

LOS ANGELES (CNN) — Annette Funicello, one of the best-known ... Misadventures of Merlin Jones” (1964) and “The Monkey’s Uncle” (1965). The most enduring images of Funicello, though ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Annette Funicello ... Babes in Toyland," ''The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" and "The Monkey's Uncle." She also became a recording star, singing on 15 albums and hit singles ...

The beach films featured ample youthful skin. But not Funicello's. She remembered in 1987: "Mr. Disney said to me one day, 'Annette, I have a favor to ask of you. I know all the girls are wearing ...

NEW YORK — Annette Funicello ... Babes in Toyland," ''The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" and "The Monkey's Uncle." She also became a recording star, singing on 15 albums and hit singles such ...

Annette Funicello was hand-picked by Walt Disney at age 12 to ... Mouse Club,” and went on to make movies such as “Beach Blanket Bingo” and “The Monkey’s Uncle” in the ’60s and ’70s. Among the ...

Annette Funicello, one of the best-known members of the original 1950s “Mickey Mouse Club” and a star of numerous 1960s “beach party” films, died Monday at a California ho ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Annette Funicello ... Babes in Toyland," ''The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" and "The Monkey's Uncle." She also became a recording star, singing on 15 albums and hit singles ...