Dean Zanetos has worked as a producer and director of major film and television projects for nearly four decades. In 2013 Dean Zanetos produced his first documentary, The Clinger Sisters.
The Clinger Sisters: The First Girls of Rock and Roll is a 2013 documentary about the titular band, often credited as the first all girl band in the history of rock and roll. The film chronicles the band’s transformation from a pop and country-oriented group performing on network shows such as Andy Williams and Smothers Brothers to their hard rocking punk days as The Clingers on Columbia Records. While the band’s aggressive cover of the Vanda and Young Easybeats song “Gonna Have a Good Time” did not perform well as the original, the track lives on today as an important waypoint for female musicians in rock music, forecasting groups like the Bangles. The First Girls of Rock and Roll, directed by Lance Jonathan Mancuso, also provides unique insight into the inner workings of the music industry in the 60’s and 70’s.
The Clinger Sisters: The First Girls of Rock and Roll is a 2013 documentary about the titular band, often credited as the first all girl band in the history of rock and roll. The film chronicles the band’s transformation from a pop and country-oriented group performing on network shows such as Andy Williams and Smothers Brothers to their hard rocking punk days as The Clingers on Columbia Records. While the band’s aggressive cover of the Vanda and Young Easybeats song “Gonna Have a Good Time” did not perform well as the original, the track lives on today as an important waypoint for female musicians in rock music, forecasting groups like the Bangles. The First Girls of Rock and Roll, directed by Lance Jonathan Mancuso, also provides unique insight into the inner workings of the music industry in the 60’s and 70’s.