Groovin’ became an instant hit in May 1967, spending four weeks 
on the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified a gold 
record.

              Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983)

Gloria Swanson was one of the most celebrated stars during the silent film 
era under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille. She made dozens of silents and 
was nominated for the first Academy Award in the Best Actress category.

To this day Gloria Swanson is best remembered for her role as Norma
Desmond, a fading silent film star, in the critically acclaimed 1950 film
Sunset Boulevard.

Barbra Streisand, with Johnny Desmond, in 1964’s Funny Girl

The Broadway production of Funny Girl is a musical with a semi-biographical
plot based on the life and career of film star and comedienne Fanny Brice. It
starred Barbra Strieisand and opened at the Winter Garden Theater and
closed at the Broadway Theater, for a total run of 1,348 performances. The
musical was nominated for eight Tony Awards, but failed to win any. It faced
tough competition from Hello Dolly!.  

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Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks, The Baby Snooks Show 
on CBS radio (1944)

Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer

          
               Al Jolson (May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950)

Al Jolson was a singer, comedian and actor who,during the height of his
career, was dubbed "The World’s Greatest Entertainer” and  was also
the highest paid. Jolson is best remembered as the star in the first
full length talking movie, The Jazz Singer in 1927.

Spinach growers in Crystal City, Texas, erected a statue to honor E.C. Segar 
and his comic strip character Popeye for their positive influence on America’s
eating habits, making Popeye the first cartoon character to be immortalized in
public sculpture. 

E.C. Segar