{"id":447,"date":"2021-07-18T10:19:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T09:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennydenton.com\/stagingnew\/?p=447"},"modified":"2023-05-22T18:14:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T17:14:25","slug":"diana-dors-for-flucks-sake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennydenton.com\/?p=447","title":{"rendered":"Diana Dors &#8211; Oh For Fluck&#8217;s Sake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Place -Studio Two, Pye Recording Studios, London<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Time &#8211; 1970<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guest visitor &#8211; Diana Dors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diana Dors, born Diana Fluck, was Britain\u2019s answer to Marilyn Monroe.&nbsp;Her likeness appears on the cover of the Beatles album <em>Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s Lonely Hearts Club Band<\/em>. 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