Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) best remembered for his film and television scores. He won a record number of Grammy Awards (20), including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1995. Two of his best known works are below, “Moon River” from the 1961 Blake Edwards movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the theme from the NBC-TV series Peter Gunn (1958-1961).
Country music singer and songwriter Loretta Lynn has written over 160 songs songs and released 70 albums. She has had ten Number 1 albums and sixteen Number 1 singles on the country charts. Lynn has won dozens of awards from many different institutions, including four Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, eight BMI awards, and ten Academy of Country Music awards. In 1972, Lynn was the first woman named "Entertainer of the Year" by the Country Music Association, and is one of six women to have received CMA’s highest award. She was named "Artist of the Decade" for the 1970s by the Academy of Country Music. Lynn was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1999. Lynn is ranked 65th on VH1’s 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. Loretta Lynn continues to be one of the most successful vocalists of all time.
Don Adams (April 13, 1923 – September 25, 2005) In his five decades on television, he was best known as Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) in the NBC- TV sitcom Get Smart (1965–1970, 1995), which he also sometimes directed and wrote. Adams won three consecutive Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Smart (1967–1969). He provided the voices for the animated CBS-TV series Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales (1963–1966) and the syndicated series Inspector Gadget (1983–1986) as their title characters.
The Phil Silvers Show (originally titled You’ll Never Get Rich) is a comedy TV series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959. The series starred Phil Silvers (center above) as U.S. Army Master Sergent Ernest G. Bilko. The show won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series.
strangers in the Night reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Easy Listening chart. It won Sinatra the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and the Grammy for Record of the of the Year in 1967. The musical arrangement of Ernie Freeman also won a Grammy.