The 6ft 6in Edmund "Tiny" Ruffner (right) was the host of The Better
Half.
The radio quiz show The Better Half was aired for the first time on Mutual. The
show involved 4 married couples pitted against each other in various feats to
find out which of them was the "better" one.
The song "Twistin’ the Night Away" was written by Sam Cooke. It became
very popular, charting in the top ten of both the Billboard Hot 100 (#9)
and Billboard’s R&B chart (#1).
The popular Boston-based soul band The Chicken Slacks take their name
from a commonly misheard lyric in the song’s second verse; Cooke is
actually singing about a "chick in slacks.”
Raymond Edward Johnson was "Your host, Raymond,"
Inner Sanctum Mystery, also known as Inner Sanctum, is a popular radio
program that originally aired from January 7, 1941 to October 5, 1952,
was created by producer Himan Brown and was based on the generic
title given to the mystery novels of Simon & Schuster. A total of 526
episodes of the anthology series were broadcast.
The first Sunday strip of Peanuts (above) appeared in the half-page format,
which was the only complete format for the entire life of the Sunday strip. Most
of the other characters that eventually became the main characters of Peanuts
did not appear until later. The comic strip was written and illustrated by Charles
M. Schulz and premiered on October 2, 1950 in nine newspapers.
Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000)
Happening ’68 was co-hosted by Mark Lindsay and Paul Revere
with their band Paul Revere and the Raiders making frequent
appearances on the show.
Happening ’68 was a rock & roll variety series produced by Dick Clark
Productions, which aired on the ABC television network. The show
followed American Bandstand on Saturday afternoons. Happening ’68
was popular enough that ABC added a weekday spin-off. It’s Happening
ran on Mondays through Fridays from July 15, 1968 through October 25,
1968. When 1968 ended, Happening ’68 became just Happening, which
was canceled in October 1969.
1966 ~ 1972
Morning Reign reunited to perform at the "Salem’s Rockin’ 60’s Show" at
the Salem Armory Auditorium in Salem Oregon on October 20, 2012. Band
members were Ric Seaberg (lead vocals), Craig Chastain (guitar & vocals),
Steve Tate (drums), Doug "the shadow" Heatherington (bass guitar), Gene
Heliker (guitar & vocals) and Bob Baker (keyboards & vocals). The group
once opened for The Doors, The Dave Clark Five, Dino, Desi & Billy, Peter
& Gordon and others when they appeared on stage at the Salem Armory.
