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THIS SHOW MADE PHIL SILVERS A STAR!
The Phil Silvers Show (originally titled You’ll Never Get Rich) is a comedy
TV series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959. The series starred Phil
Silvers (center above) as U.S. Army Master Sergent Ernest G. Bilko. The
show won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series.
LAST EPISODE OF HULLABALOO, ON THIS DATE IN 1966
The musical variety series, Hullabaloo, ran on NBC-TV for two seasons from
Saturday January 12, 1965 to Monday April 11, 1966. The host of the first show
was singer Jack Jones with guests Woody Allen, Joey Heatherton. The New Christy
Minstrels, along with The Zombies, and Garry and the Pacemakers. The last episode
was hosted by Paul Anka and featured the talents of guests Lesley Gore, The Cyrkle,
and Peter and Gordon.
RECORDED ON THIS DATE IN 1966
strangers in the Night reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100
chart and the Easy Listening chart. It won Sinatra the Grammy Award for
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and the Grammy for Record of the
of the Year in 1967. The musical arrangement of Ernie Freeman also
won a Grammy.
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