Postmark, August 21, 1907

Sandy Kozel

Barbara Eden (Barbara Jean Morehead) is best known for starring 
in the title role on the NBC television sitcom I Dream of Jeannie 
(1965-1970). At age 14, she began singing with local bands for $10
a night in local night clubs.

Larry Hagman and Barbara Eden, I Dream of Jeannie

Vera Miles (Vera June Ralston)

Miles.worked with director Alfred Hitchcock, most notably as Lila Crane,
the concerned sister of Janet Leigh’s character in the 1960 classic thriller
Psycho, reprising the role in the 1983 sequel, Psycho II. Other films include
The Wrong Man (1956), The Searchers, (1956) and The Man Who Shot
Liberty Valance (1962).  

Before fame, Vera Miles was crowned Miss Kansas in 1948 and was the
third runner-up in the Miss America pageant in 1951.

Alfred Hitchcock 

Vera Miles in a scene from Psycho

The Five Satins recorded “In the Still of the Night” in the basement of Saint 
Bernadette Catholic School in New Haven, Connecticut, February of 1956. It  
was originally released on the small Standard label, but was re-released by
Ember Records after strong local sales. It is the only song to have charted on
the Billboard Hot 100 three separate times, by the same artist with the same
version each time. After initially reaching #24 in 1956, it was released again
in 1960 where it reached #81. Then more than a year later in 1961 it reached
#99.