Donna Loren with Bobby Sherman Cycle Set Shindig (1965)

More Info: Donna Loren s live performance of Cycle Set from the 1965 AIP movie Beach Blanket Bingo. Capitol Records rushed out the soundtrack album the same year based on the film s popularity with Donna singing all of the songs. Cycle Set was written by prolific songwriters Gary Usher and Roger Christian, best known for their surf and hot rod tunes. This Shindig show aired 51965 on ABCTV. Donna Loren was the oneandonly Dr Pepper Girl from 1963 to 1968. She was signed to a longterm contract with the softdrink company to sing all television and radio commercials, do all magazine and billboard advertising representing them in every capacity, sometimes sharing the spotlight with American Bandstand s Dick Clark. This relationship led to her touring in Dick Clark s Caravan of Stars with other popular acts like Diana Ross and The Supremes and singing solos in the popular Beach Party films starring Annette F