
Don Paulsen Photos
A passion project to bring my father's photos of 1960s musical icons to a wider audience.

A music photojournalist in the 1960s and 70s, my father, Don Paulsen, left behind a treasure trove that I am working to share with the world

Don Paulsen shows his magazine, Hit Parader, to The Ronettes
For Dad's birthday, I rounded up photos of him with some of the musicians he interviewed in the 1960s. See more here

Smokey Robinson teaching The Temptations how to sing "My Girl"
Dad was backstage at the Apollo Theatre one day in October 1964 when Smokey Robinson first taught The Temptations their hit song, "My Girl." Read the story here

Don Paulsen Photo Cards
I created photo cards of Dad's photos, available on Etsy

Bob Dylan with Sonny & Cher
In 1965 Bob Dylan crashed a Sonny & Cher recording session in NYC for one purpose. Read the story here

Bo Diddley frying chicken backstage
Bo Diddley holds his twang machine as he fries chicken backstage at Madison Square Garden in 1972. Read the story here

Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry onstage at Madison Square Garden in 1972. See more photos here

Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye at Freedomland Amusement Park in the Bronx, NY in 1964. Read the story here

Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton backstage in NYC in 1967. Check out an interview Don Paulsen did with Clapton in 1967 here

Kris Kristoffersen
Kris Kristoffersen in the elevator after a radio interview in Memphis, Tennessee, 1968. More photos and a behind the scenes look at Janis Joplin here

Ray Charles
Ray Charles performing at Yankee Stadium in 1966.

The Who
The Who (Roger Daltrey, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle) at their first NYC press party in 1967. Pete is looking to plug in his electric suit.

Bob Dylan with Brian Jones and Jerry Schatzberg
Photographer Jerry Satzberg, Rolling Stone Brian Jones, and Bob Dylan at a party for the Rascals in New York City in 1966.

Sonny Bono with The Lovin' Spoonful
Sonny Bono and The Lovin' Spoonful (Joe Butler, John Sebastian, Steve Boone, and Zal Yanovsky) listen to the playback during the recording of "But You're Mine" at Atlantic Records studios in NYC, 1965. Read more here