Your Hit Parade early cast and orchestra

Main vocalists from left: Eileen Wilson, Snooky Lanson, and Dorthy Collins

The music show Your Hit Parade premiered on NBC-TV and featured vocalists
covering the top hits of the week. It had been on radio since 1935. It moved to
CBS in 1958 but was canceled the following year, unable to cope with the
rising popularity of Rock ‘n’ Roll.  

Weissmuller in action

Competition swimmer and actor Johnny Weissmuller broke the world record
for 100-meter freestyle swimming set by Duke Kahanamoku‘s of Hawaii and
became the first person to swim the competition, held at Neptune Beach in
Alameda, in under one minute with a time of 58.6 seconds.

Olympians Johnny Weissmuller, left, and Duke Kahanamoku
at the 1924 Olympic games in Paris

The Ames Brothers

Ed Ames (Edmund Dantes Urick)

Ames is best known for his pop and adult contemporary hits of
the 1960s such as "My Cup Runneth Over". He was part of a
popular 1950s singing group called the Ames Brothers.

Sandy Kozel

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is 57 years old today