1962: Back When Your Mother / Grandmother / Great-Grandmother Was the KIMN Teen Queen of the Week

Hey all! I'm going to take a break from Colorado-music history, to post this recently-rediscovered find - a large cache of 1962 KIMN Teen Queen of the Week photos.

KIMN was a Denver radio powerhouse, for as long as anyone can remember. In 1962, the station promoted its Teen Queen of the Week. While the hit lists all show pictures of KIMN disc jockeys - Smiling Jack, Bellzapoppin Bell, Tiny Tim, Pogo Poge, Dave Stewart, Ray Bridges, Happy Holiday, Mike Metz, Don Martin, and Bob Scott - the front of each featured the winning teen. The pictures of these young ladies are fantastic, and a great time capsule look at the fashion and hair styles of the day. What's cool is that some these teens pictured are now possibly grandmothers (and great-grandmothers), now in their 70s.

Miss Jeanne Stephens (15 year old) - Mapleton High School
Teen Queen of the Week
February 7, 1962
#1 song - "Duke of Earl" - Gene Chandler.

Miss Marian Detemple (17 years old) - Alameda High School
Teen Queen of the Week
May 30, 1962
#1 song - "Loving You" - Ray Charles

Miss Joyce Parsons (18 years old) - College High School
Teen Queen of the Week
June 6, 1962
#1 song - "Loving You" - Ray Charles

 

 Miss Nancy Dunken (16 years old) - East High School
Teen Queen of the Week
June 12, 1962
#1 song - "Loving You" - Ray Charles

 Miss Kathy Hockett (16 years old) - Boulder High School
Teen Queen of the Week
June 20, 1962
#1 song - "The Stripper" - David Rose

Miss Janice Fear (17 years old) - West High School
Teen Queen of the Week
June 27, 1962
#1 song - "Roses Are Red" - Bobby Vinton

 Miss Nancy Russell (13 years old) - North Junior High School
Teen Queen of the Week
July 4, 1962
#1 song - "Roses are Red" - Bobby Vinton 

 Miss Priscilla Kay Bikker (16 years old) - Aurora High School
Teen Queen of the Week
July 11, 1962
#1 song - "Sealed with a Kiss" - Brian Hyland 

 Miss Peggy Cairns (16 years old) - George Washington High School
Teen Queen of the Week
July 18, 1962
#1 song - "Sealed with a Kiss" - Brian Hyland

 Miss Julie Allen (16 years old) - South High School
Teen Queen of the Week
July 25, 1962
#1 song - "Sealed with a Kiss" - Brian Hyland

 Miss Phyllis Milano (15 years old) - Mount Carmel High School
Teen Queen of the Week
August 1, 1962
#1 song - "Wolverton Mountain" - Claude King

 Miss Mary Helton (16 years old) - South High School
Teen Queen of the Week
August 8, 1962
#1 song - "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" - Neil Sedaka

 Miss Bonnie Schellhase (14 years old) - Thomas Jefferson High School
Teen Queen of the Week
August 15, 1962
#1 song - "Sheila" - Tommy Roe

 Miss Judy Doty (15 years old) - Rannum High School
Teen Queen of the Week
August 29, 1962
#1 song - "Sherry" - Four Seasons

 Miss Becky Shannon (17 years old) - Lincoln High School
Teen Queen of the Week
September 5, 1962
#1 song - "Sherry" - Four Seasons

The Teen Queen of the Week pictures stopped with the September 12, 1962 Hit Parade - replaced with pictures of disc jockeys and singers / bands. On December 5, 1962, the contest came back.

 Miss Mimi Simmons (15 years old) - Littleton High School
Teen Queen of the Week
December 5, 1962
#1 song - "Telstar" - Tornadoes

 Miss Maria Estellia Sanders (15 years old) - Morey Junior High School
Teen Queen of the Week
December 12, 1962
#1 song - "Go Away Little Girl" - Steve Lawrence

 Miss Holli Hudson (17 years old) - Golden High School
Teen Queen of the Week
December 19, 1962
#1 song - "Go Away Little Girl" - Steve Lawrence

 Miss Connie Martin (16 years old) - North High School
Teen Queen of the Week
December 26, 1962
#1 song - "My Dad" - Paul Peterson

 Miss Terry Thompson (15 years old) - Kepner Junior High School
Teen Queen of the Week
January 2, 1963
#1 song - "It's Up to You" - Rick Nelson

The KIMN Teen Queen of the Week contest appears to have ended after Terry Thompson was crowned the winner. The station resumed putting singers/bands, and disc jockeys on the cover of its Hit Parade weekly lists.