Elvis Presley (center) and Buddy Holly (far right) appear together at Fair Park
Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas where Buddy opened for Elvis. They also both appeared at an autograph session at Connelly’s Pontiac car dealership in
Lubbock to promote the gig.
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SINGERS TOGEATHER ON THIS DAY IN 1955
CLINT WALKER IS 87 TODAY
Clint Walker (Norman Eugene Walker)
Walker is a retired actor best known for his cowboy role as Cheyenne
Bodie in the ABC television western series, Cheyenne (1955-1963).
He worked as a doorman and club bouncer before finding success in
Hollywood.
TODAY’S CLASSIC TV MOM
June Lockhart will be 89, June 25
June Lockhart is remembered as the mother in two TV series. She played
Ruth Martin, the mother of Timmy (played by Jon Provost) in the 1954 CBS
series, Lassie (a role that she played from 1958–64). She was also Maureen
Robinson on the classic CBS sci-fi series Lost in Space from 1965-1968.
WELL ‘’SEASONED’’ SINGER IS 80 TODAY!
Frankie Valli (Francesco Stephen Castelluccio)
Front man Frankie Valli was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
with the Four Seasons in 1990. He has had twenty-nine top forty hits with
his distinctive falsetto voice that include “Sherry” (1962) “Big Girls Don’t Cry”
(1962) “Walk Like A Man” (1963) and “Rag Doll (1974). Valli once worked as
a barber until his singing career was enough to support him.
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KID’S SHOW HOST BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1907
Pinky Lee (Pincus Leff) (May 2, 1907 – April 3, 1993)
Lee was burlesque comic and host of a Emmy-nominated afternoon
children’s television program The Pinky Lee Show in the early 1950s
on NBC. It was followed each day by the Howdy Doody Show.
In later years, Lee worked as a teacher and appeared in local area
musical theater productions.
Pinky’s last show from 1956
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