New York World-Telegram Gotham-Go-Round: Edie Sedgwick Finds What's Happening at Peter Stark's Party
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Title
New York World-Telegram Gotham-Go-Round: Edie Sedgwick Finds What's Happening at Peter Stark's Party
Alternative Title
"Gotham Go-Round: Edie Sedgwick Finds What's Happening at Peter Stark's Party"
Subject
Popular music
New York world-telegram
Description
A New York World-Telegram society column by Joseph X. Dever describing a party at the Scene in New York City. The article identifies the Executives as the trio performing at the club and names Steve Wagner and Lou London among the group. It also discusses Edie Sedgwick, Andy Warhol, Steve Paul, and other attendees.
Initially called the Executives, the band was formed in 1963 by Jesse Cutler (then known as Lou London), Ricky Shutter and Steve Wagner. The band signed to Mercury Records in 1964, where they recorded a hit single called "Everybody Do the Duck". That same year, the band appeared as guests on the Joe Franklin Show, Wonderama, The Clay Cole Show, American Bandstand, Hullaballoo and Shindig. Over the next two years they performed at charity events and private celebrity parties all over Long Island and New York City. They played in the company of the Rolling Stones, Sammy Davis Jr., Barbra Streisand, Anthony Newley, Joan Collins and the Beatles. The group broke up in 1966.
Jesse Cutler has spent an illustrious career, beginning at age 12, as a musician, composer, actor, producer, and entrepreneur. Starting in New York City in the 1960s and then in Los Angeles from the early ‘70s through the late ‘90s, Jesse performed with his bands and in the original cast of Godspell on Broadway, made records that saw Billboard’s Top 100, formed his own companies and appeared on TV and radio and in national print.
Initially called the Executives, the band was formed in 1963 by Jesse Cutler (then known as Lou London), Ricky Shutter and Steve Wagner. The band signed to Mercury Records in 1964, where they recorded a hit single called "Everybody Do the Duck". That same year, the band appeared as guests on the Joe Franklin Show, Wonderama, The Clay Cole Show, American Bandstand, Hullaballoo and Shindig. Over the next two years they performed at charity events and private celebrity parties all over Long Island and New York City. They played in the company of the Rolling Stones, Sammy Davis Jr., Barbra Streisand, Anthony Newley, Joan Collins and the Beatles. The group broke up in 1966.
Jesse Cutler has spent an illustrious career, beginning at age 12, as a musician, composer, actor, producer, and entrepreneur. Starting in New York City in the 1960s and then in Los Angeles from the early ‘70s through the late ‘90s, Jesse performed with his bands and in the original cast of Godspell on Broadway, made records that saw Billboard’s Top 100, formed his own companies and appeared on TV and radio and in national print.
Creator
Dever, Joseph X.
Source
1 original New York World-Telegram clipping: Personal Collection of Jesse Cutler.
Publisher
Date Created
ca. 1963 to 1966
Date Copyrighted
ca. 1963 to 1966
Is Part Of
Format
image/jpg
Extent
1.52 MB
Medium
1 newspaper clipping
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
The Scene, New York City, New York
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Music Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Joseph X. Dever and published by New York World-Telegram.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Jesse Cutler and is provided here by RICHES for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
Source Repository
Private Collection of Jesse Cutler.
External Reference
Cutler, Jesse. "Starlust : The Price of Fame. Garden City, N.Y.: Morgan James Publishing. 2008.
"WINTER PARK HISTORY." Winter Park History Museum, Winter Park Historical Society. http://www.wphistory.org/explore-history/winter-park/.
Collection
Citation
Dever, Joseph X., “New York World-Telegram Gotham-Go-Round: Edie Sedgwick Finds What's Happening at Peter Stark's Party,” RICHES, accessed October 5, 2026, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/11478.