The Highwaymen Long Island concert in 1990

“Big Girls Don’t Cry” hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on
November 17, 1962, and, like their previous hit "Sherry", spent five
weeks in the top position. The song also made it to number one, for
three weeks, on Billboard’s Rhythm and Blues survey.

Boris Karloff was the host of a long running series of factual radio programs
based on stories published in the Readers’ Digest.The extremely rare 1967
interview (below) features Karloff talking with Don Wilson and Bob Bogle.
founding members of The Ventures. Included is an original rare 1959
version of the their hit “Walk Don’t Run” featuring George Babbett on
the drums with the late Bob Bogel on lead guitar and Don Wilson with
the rhythm guitar. An unidentified studio player is on the bass guitar.

January, 1967

Don Wilson and Bob Bogel of The Ventures

(Staff reporter J. Cool)

1939

Kirk Douglas (Issur Danielovitch) is 96 years old today. He is one
of the last surviving actors from Hollywood’s "golden age".