Ginny Arnell - Dumb Head - 1963

Dumb Head is the song that introduced me to the wonderful sound of Ginny Arnell, not in its own time of 1963 mind you, but rather in 2001. I was visiting Chicago on business and the song came on while in the shower and I was entranced by its infectuous and danceable beat, but more so by the voice of the singer. It's no coincidence that the song was being played on Chicago's Oldies radio station, since Dumb Head had been a huge hit in the Chicago area in 1963-1964. It actually peaked the first week of January of 1964 at #3. The song was also a hit nationally peaking at #50 on the Hot 100 Billboard Chart. It probably would have done even better had it not been for the somber mood of nation then, you see, the song was released at around the time of President Kennedy's assassination.

I then began researching all I could about Ginny, and found and bought the Marginal CD compilation, and now more recently, the even better compilation released by Poker. I am glad that new people are discovering Ginny like I did, and here is her biggest hit for all to enjoy.

A little background about the video, the song is about a self deprecating 60's teenager, so I tried choosing retro images and borrowed most of them from the great contemporary pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. His images are inspired by comic book type illustrations with over-the-top drama captions that I thought fittingly captured the mood and feel of this single. Of course, in this case, I changed the captions to fit the song.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• pop
• rock
• Dumb
• Head
• Ginny
• Arnell
• Girl
• Groups
• Teen
• Singers
• Idols
• Rare
• 1963
• 1964

[boopkid]

Happy Birthday, Ginny! YOU are the best!

[boopkid]

Happy Birthday, Ginny! Thank you for your great songs!

[Petemonster62]

This song stands out by having the singer admit that they ruined the relationship. Ginny's voice does remind me of Leslie Gore! And you added great graphics that fit the song like a glove!.

[boopkid]

@Petemonster62 Thank you for your kind post!

[crescentmooncomics]

FANTASTIC VIDEO! Goes perfectly with the music... love the kazoos!

[boopkid]

Thanks, Larry. Me too!

[mangarda]

LoL the kazoos!!! i love it!!!

[zurabinho]

Just heard it on Jamie dell'Apa's show on WWOZ... excellent! thanks for posting

[westphillybob]

Man, I heard this song on Sirius XM the other day and immediately fell in love with it. Thanks for posting it here.

[archie977]

i love you ginn you are blessed love all your songs are great :}

[archie977]

hehe nice song

[lonrgrrl59]

Never heard this song before in my life until I heard it recently on Radio Rewound which played all-(mostly) 60s music on Labor Day weekend. I added on to my favorites, and for some, it DOES bring back memories. A must to enjoy!

[BloodyCatastrophee]

hahaha this song is so funny and i love it! =D

[GJoeJ010841]

It seems to me when she sang with Pitney she sounded a lot like Teresa Brewer! Joe

[AtlantaGymFan]

Everytime I hear this song I feel 14 again! Of course I bought it and I'm so glad others enjoyed her voice as I did!