ROSS SIMPSON

Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch) is 90 today.

Venus became Avalon’s first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot
100 chart, where it spent five weeks atop the survey. The song
also reached number ten on the R&B chart. 

Frankie Avalon (Francis Thomas Avallone) is 75

Sir Laurence Olivier was on the cover of "LIFE" magazine for
his starring role in Shakespeare’s "Hamlet."

Laurence Kerr Olivier
(May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989)

Original air dates: March 15, 1977 – August 29, 1981.

The show was modeled on the life of syndicated newspaper columnist
Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book
by the same title.

Thomas Wardell Braden (February 22, 1917 – April 3, 2009)

The song "Dizzy" was recorded by Tommy Roe, with instrumental
backing from L.A. session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew.

“Dizzy” was a major hit on both sides of the Atlantic, reaching number
one on the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in March 1969, and one 
week on the UK Singles Chart in June 1969.

Thomas David "Tommy" Roe will be 74 in May.