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James Darren (James William Ercolani) began his career as a teen
idol after,  being discovered by talent agent and casting director
Joyce Selznick. He was given roles in films, most notably, the role
Moondoggie in Gidget in 1959. He also had a string of pop hits for
Colpix Records, the biggest of which was "Goodbye Cruel World"
(#3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961). It sold over one million copies,
and was awarded a gold disc. Another big hit was "Her Royal Majesty"
(#6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962). Darren later had a regular role
as Officer James Corrigan on the television police drama T. J. Hooker
from 1983–1986 (ABC/CBS). 

Promo photo of James Darren for T.J. Hooker

“Only the Lonely” was written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. It
went to No. 2 on the  Billboard pop music charts in late-July 1960
and to No. 14 on the Billboard R&B charts.

In 1999, "Only the Lonely" was honored with a Grammy Hall of
Fame Award. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it #232 on their list
of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz) (June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010)

The acting career of Tony Curtis spanned six decades, but his greatest popularity
was during the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films in roles
covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama. In later
years, Curtis made numerous television appearances.

Curtis was the father of actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis by his first
wife, actress Janet Leigh.

1958

Dr. Dean Brooks (left) and Jack Nicholson from “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
Nest”

Dr. Dean Kent Brooks, former superintendent of the Oregon psychiatric hospital
where the Oscar-winning 1975 picture “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was 
filmed, and who had a small, well-received on-screen role as the fictional hospital’s superintendent ("Dr. John Spivey) died on Thursday at his home in Salem, Ore.,
according to his daughter Dennie Brooks. He was born in Colony, Kan. in 1916.

Sam Cooke’s “You Send Me” reach #1 for a two-week stay in December
1957, with sales estimated at 1.5 million copies. It become a landmark
record of the soul genre, which Cooke helped create. It was named as
one of the 500 most important rock and roll recordings by the Rock &
Roll Hall of Fame. In 2005, the song was voted #115 by members of
the music industry and press in Rolling Stone magazine’s The 500
Greatest Songs of All Time.