In the ever-changing landscape of American pop culture, only a precious few manage to grow up in front of an audience and remain beloved across decades. Actress and singer Annette Funicello was one of ...

Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV’s “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the ’60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular ...

Annette To legions of Mickey Mouse Club fans she was magic Chosen by Walt himself as an original cast member Annette soon became the most popular Mousketeer and was given a daily series of her own ...

The theme song to “The Mickey Mouse Club” was written and sung by Cincinnati-born entertainer Jimmie Dodd, who also appeared as the head Mouseketeer on the children’s variety show on ABC-TV from 1955 ...

Was the Mickey Mouse Club a cult? I ask this not out of ridicule or regret for having watched the daily television show as a child. I kind of had a thing for Annette. I think I had a crush on her. So, ...