Thorndike Pickledish Choir

The Thorndike Pickledish Choir was the alias name for Robert Oh Smith (27 November 1942 - 30 May 2010) who was a radio DJ, who later on life did voice overs for animation films. He released several singles in the late 60's under the Thorndike name, some spelt as Thorndyke and others with titles such as the Thorndike Pickledish Pacifist Choir. None of them were commercial hits, but did get played on certain radio stations.

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John along with Johnny Darin, music director of KMEN and Tony Richland, a record promoter, were fans of Thorndike's Ballad Of Walter Wart record, where John and Johnny were photographed together with a sweatshirt promoting the record in the Cashbox magazine on 11th March 1967. Both were wearing 'Make Love Not Wart' sweatshirts, which may have been a reference to their political opposition to the Vietnam War, whose anti-war mottos included 'Make Love Not War'.