Tallulah & Martha Raye 

The 5 O'clock stood on Collins and 22nd Street, near the famous 21st Street Beach, so Martha had lots of Tallulah's crowd coming in. The beach was a favorite of Clyde Tolsen and J. Edgar's. The Stonewall II Club and Bachelors were on the same street later on in the early 70s. I was a boy then, growing up on Miami Beach. I couldn't wait to grow up and go to such sophisticated clubs.

I trained for work with the Social Security Administration for a few months in 1972. I remember going to a lot of the clubs on Miami Beach and how charming the Cocoanut Grove area was at the time. It was a different time and a different place! @@albertmorris6162

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Martha wasn't witchypoo, that role was played amazingly by the unforgettable Billy Hayes. Martha played the chief witch in one episode of HR Pufnstuf. And Mama Cass was in that episode as well when there was a witch's convention held on the island! That episode had amazing music in it. The witch's were like fabulous kooky 70s hippies with some kaleidoscopic trippy camera angles. I remember it well. Was very cool. On the Pufntsuf record album, there was a shot of Martha Raye as chief witch standing next to witchypoo. I always thought as a kid Martha had such massive big teeth! They stood out! I suppose her big choppers were her comedy trademark.

I thought Martha Raye was very pretty. She had a nice figure and was such a great singer! She had some soul and could dance so well. It was crazy how talented she was. Aside from her comedy, she was such a mega talent.

You are right. Martha's voice resembles Doris Day's a bit. I always found Doris a phenomenal singer too. That Old Black Magic. I love the arrangement. Very 1940-1950, with a heavenly choir like what Walt Disney used so often in his animation movies.

They ALL got it from Tallulah.