Archive for August, 2013

TODAY IN HISTORY

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A young Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett today

Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) is 87 today

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JAY NORTH IS 62 TODAY

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Jay North began his career as a child actor at the age of
six. He is best known for his role as Dennis Mitchell on
the CBS sitcom Dennis the Menace (1959-1963). It was
based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip.

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1963

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"So Much in Love" was The Tymes first hit single.

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SHOW HOSTED BY AMERICA’S FAVORITE VOICE

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Arthur Godfrey (left)

Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts (also known as Talent Scouts) was a television 
variety show which premiered December 6, 1948 ran on CBS until January 1, 
1958.  Sponsored by Lipton Tea, According to the Nielsen ratings, it was the
highest rated television show for the 1951–1952 season.

On December 24, 1956, Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts became the first TV 
entertainment program to be videotaped for broadcast using the technology
of the new .Ampex quadruplex videotape machine (below).

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. The Ampex VRX-1000 – first video tape machine

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1975

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"One of These Nights" was written by Don Henley and Glenn
Frey
. It features a guitar solo from Don Felder. This was the
group’s second #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100
.

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Don Felder

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