Dick Dale (Richard Anthony Monsour) will be 77 on May 4

"Runaway" was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a 
major international hit. It is No. 472 on Rolling Stone‘s list of The 500 Greatest
Songs of All Time from 2010.

Del Shannon (Charles Weedon Westover)

   (December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990)

Sandy Kozel

X Minus One was a half-hour science fiction radio drama series broadcast
from April 24, 1955 to January 9, 1958 in various timeslots on NBC.

(#3) May 8, 1955

The program opened with announcer Fred Collins delivering the countdown…

Fred Collins