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This #1 hit for the group came eight weeks after their TV series debut.

“ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING”…. Public address announcer 
Al Dvorin,pictured on the right, made what would become a well
known phrase at the end of an Elvis Presley concert in
Minneapolis. He was asked to make the announcement
in an effort to quiet the fans who continued to call for a
encore. Dvorin died in an auto accident in 2004.    

The “King of the Cowboys”…Roy Rogers and Trigger.

 
Actress Elke Sommer is 70 today.

  
NBA Hall Of Famer and former Portland Trail Blazer Bill Walton is 58.

 
Singer Art Garfunkel (of Simon & Garfunkel) is now 69.