House Party premiered on CBS Radio and ran weekdays at 4 p.m., three days a
week, for 30-minutes through January 10, 1947. Following a break, it then ran
weekdays at 3:30 p.m. from December 1, 1947 to December 31, 1948. The long
running radio shows final broadcast was October 13, 1967. Other sponsors were
Pillsbury and Lever Brothers. The show was also on CBS television, debuting on
September 1, 1952.
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Adoline Ceciliani and Arkie Benedict on opening night, Dec. 1948
Adoline E. Ceciliani (Jan. 17, 1921 – Jan. 5, 2014)
Adoline and her husband, Charles Carl Ceciliani who passed away in 1995,
built and operated Division Street Corral (“D-Street”) on Portland’s eastside
near 174th and Division. The popular dance hall, now a housing development,
had one of the largest dance floors in the country until 1979. Some of the live
music artists included Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Roy Orbison, and Portland’s
own Heck Harper along with The Ventures and Paul Revere and the Raiders.
In 2006, Adoline sold the corral and moved out of the neighborhood she called
home for 63 years.
A funeral will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, January 18 at Lincoln Memorial.
Heck Harper being introduced on the “D-Street” stage
Ross Simpson
Record producer, and songwriter Berry Gordy, Jr.
Berry Gordy started Tamala Records, with an $800 loan
from his family along with royalties received from writing
for singer Jackie Wilson. He originally wanted to name
the new label “Tammy” Records, after the hit song by
Debbie Reynolds, but discovered it was already taken.
Tamala’s first release in 1959, in the Detroit area, was
”Come to Me” by Marv Johnson. It was released on the
United Artists label nationally. Tamala’s first hit was a
Barrett Strong number called “Money (That’s What I
Want)”, which went to number-two on the Billboard
R&B charts.
Marvin Earl Johnson (October 15, 1938 – May 16, 1993)
Sandy Kozel
