Paul Anka was famous in the late 1950s and 1960s with hits such as 
"Diana", "Lonely Boy", and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder". He wrote
such well-known music as the theme for The Tonight Show Starring
Johnny Carson and one of Tom Jones‘s biggest hits, "She’s a Lady".

From The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show, 1959. The show
originated from the Little Theatre in Manhattan.

The WAVES, created by legislation signed by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, became a World War II division of the U.S. Navy, and
consisted entirely of women. The name was the acronym for "Women
Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service”.

Mildred McAfee (below), President of Wellesley College, was sworn in
as a Naval Reserve Lieutenant Commander in early August of 1942. She
was the first female commissioned officer in U.S. Navy history, and the
first director of the WAVES.

Lincoln High School

The New Christy Minstrels with Randy Sparks (seated)

Randy Sparks is the founder of The New Christy Minstrels. The group
was named after the original Christy Minstrels, formed in 1842 by Edwin
”Pop” Christy (below).

Singer/Composer Edwin Perce Christy

1963

The New Christy Minstrels today