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Carol Doda
Carol Ann Doda (August 29, 1937 – November 9, 2015) was an American topless dancer based in San Francisco, California, who was active from the 1960s through the 1980s. She was the first public topless dancer in the United States.
In 1964, Doda made international news, first by dancing topless at the city's Condor Club, then by reportedly enlarging her breasts from size 34B to 44DD through silicone injections. Notably, this reported transition would have been impossible. Possibly, Doda enlarged her breasts to measure 44 inches around the bust, and the 44DD assertion resulted from journalists misunderstanding how bra sizing works. A year later, she was arrested along with the owners of the Condor Club, but all three of them were cleared of charges. Her breasts became known as Doda's "twin 44s" and "the new Twin Peaks of San Francisco".
Carol Ann Doda was born August 29, 1937, in Vallejo, California, and grew up in San Francisco. Her mother's maiden name was Hoss. Her parents divorced in 1942 when she was four, and Doda dropped out of school and became a cocktail waitress at age 14.
Doda attended the San Francisco Art Institute and worked as a waitress and lounge entertainer at the Condor Club, located at the corner of Broadway and Columbus in the North Beach section of San Francisco. Doda's act began with a grand piano being lowered through an opening in the ceiling by hydraulic motors: Doda would be on top of the piano dancing. She go-go danced "The Swim" to a rock-and-roll combo headed by Bobby Freeman as her piano settled on the stage. (In 1983, assistant manager James "Jimmy the Beard" Ferrozzo was crushed to death by the hydraulic piano while lying on top of his naked stripper girlfriend, Theresa Hill. Hill survived.) From the waist up, Doda imitated aquatic movements such as the front crawl. She also performed the Twist, The Frug, and the Watusi.
On June 19, 1964, when Doda was twenty-six years old, the Condor's publicist, "Big" Davy Rosenberg, gave Doda a monokini topless swimsuit designed by Rudi Gernreich. She performed topless that night, the first known entertainer of the era to do so. The act was an instant success. Two months after she started her semi-nude performances, the rest of San Francisco's Broadway went topless, followed soon after by entertainers across America. Doda became an American cultural icon of the 1960s.[citation needed] She was profiled in Tom Wolfe's 1969 book The Pump House Gang, and appeared that same year as Sally Silicone in Head, the 1968 film created by Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson, and featuring The Monkees. In the movie, produced by Columbia Pictures, she appears in a Golden Boy parody segment with Annette Funicello, Sonny Liston, and Davy Jones.
Encouraged by her success, Doda underwent silicone injections to enlarge her breasts. Doda became renowned for her bigger bust, and was one of the first well-known performers to have her breasts artificially enlarged. She had 44 injections, a large dose of silicone, at a cost of US$1,500. Reportedly, her breasts were insured for $1.5 million with Lloyd's of London.
For the topless and waterless Swim, Doda wore the bottom half of a black bikini and a net top which ended where a bathing suit generally began. She performed twelve shows nightly so the management could keep crowds moving in and out. A large illuminated sign in front of the club featured a cartoon of her with red flashing lights representing her nipples.
On September 3, 1969, Carol Doda began dancing bottomless (i.e., totally nude) at the Condor. She danced bottomless until the California Alcoholic Beverages Commission passed a rule in the autumn of 1972 prohibiting nude dancing in places that served alcohol.
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Carol Doda
Carol Ann Doda (August 29, 1937 – November 9, 2015) was an American topless dancer based in San Francisco, California, who was active from the 1960s through the 1980s. She was the first public topless dancer in the United States.
In 1964, Doda made international news, first by dancing topless at the city's Condor Club, then by reportedly enlarging her breasts from size 34B to 44DD through silicone injections. Notably, this reported transition would have been impossible. Possibly, Doda enlarged her breasts to measure 44 inches around the bust, and the 44DD assertion resulted from journalists misunderstanding how bra sizing works. A year later, she was arrested along with the owners of the Condor Club, but all three of them were cleared of charges. Her breasts became known as Doda's "twin 44s" and "the new Twin Peaks of San Francisco".
Carol Ann Doda was born August 29, 1937, in Vallejo, California, and grew up in San Francisco. Her mother's maiden name was Hoss. Her parents divorced in 1942 when she was four, and Doda dropped out of school and became a cocktail waitress at age 14.
Doda attended the San Francisco Art Institute and worked as a waitress and lounge entertainer at the Condor Club, located at the corner of Broadway and Columbus in the North Beach section of San Francisco. Doda's act began with a grand piano being lowered through an opening in the ceiling by hydraulic motors: Doda would be on top of the piano dancing. She go-go danced "The Swim" to a rock-and-roll combo headed by Bobby Freeman as her piano settled on the stage. (In 1983, assistant manager James "Jimmy the Beard" Ferrozzo was crushed to death by the hydraulic piano while lying on top of his naked stripper girlfriend, Theresa Hill. Hill survived.) From the waist up, Doda imitated aquatic movements such as the front crawl. She also performed the Twist, The Frug, and the Watusi.
On June 19, 1964, when Doda was twenty-six years old, the Condor's publicist, "Big" Davy Rosenberg, gave Doda a monokini topless swimsuit designed by Rudi Gernreich. She performed topless that night, the first known entertainer of the era to do so. The act was an instant success. Two months after she started her semi-nude performances, the rest of San Francisco's Broadway went topless, followed soon after by entertainers across America. Doda became an American cultural icon of the 1960s.[citation needed] She was profiled in Tom Wolfe's 1969 book The Pump House Gang, and appeared that same year as Sally Silicone in Head, the 1968 film created by Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson, and featuring The Monkees. In the movie, produced by Columbia Pictures, she appears in a Golden Boy parody segment with Annette Funicello, Sonny Liston, and Davy Jones.
Encouraged by her success, Doda underwent silicone injections to enlarge her breasts. Doda became renowned for her bigger bust, and was one of the first well-known performers to have her breasts artificially enlarged. She had 44 injections, a large dose of silicone, at a cost of US$1,500. Reportedly, her breasts were insured for $1.5 million with Lloyd's of London.
For the topless and waterless Swim, Doda wore the bottom half of a black bikini and a net top which ended where a bathing suit generally began. She performed twelve shows nightly so the management could keep crowds moving in and out. A large illuminated sign in front of the club featured a cartoon of her with red flashing lights representing her nipples.
On September 3, 1969, Carol Doda began dancing bottomless (i.e., totally nude) at the Condor. She danced bottomless until the California Alcoholic Beverages Commission passed a rule in the autumn of 1972 prohibiting nude dancing in places that served alcohol.