“The Killer”, Jerry Lee Lewis               

“Great Balls of Fire” was recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis at Sun Records
in Memphis, Tennessee. It reached #2 on the Billboard pop charts, #3
on the R&B charts, and #1 on the country charts. It was ranked as the
96th greatest song ever by Rolling Stone and sold one million copies
in its first 10 days of release in the United States and would go on to
sell over 5 million copies, making it both one of the best-selling singles
in the United States as well as one of the world’s best-selling singles
of all time.

                  (photo: Larry Philpot) <[email protected]>

Jerry Lee Lewis turned  78 on September 29.                              

The Kate Hopkins 15-minute radio drama Angel of Mercy was heard for the first
time on CBS radio. It was written by Chester McCraken and Gertrude Berg, writer
and Emmy Award-winning actress of The Goldbergs. The title character was
played by Margaret MacDonald, Tom Hopkins, Kate’s husband, was played
by eventual Beat the Clock host Clayton ‘Bud’ Collyer. Ralph Edwards of future
This is Your Life fame was the announcer for the shows four year run. Maxwell
House coffee was the sponsor.

Bud Collyer

 

     Ralph Edwards

                           Ross Simpson

The CBS television sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show originally aired
until June 1, 1966. It was created by comedian Carl Reiner and won
15 Emmy Awards. In 2002, the series ranked at 13 on TV Guide’s 50
Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

Mary Tyler Moore is 76 (Dec. 29, 1936) and Richard Wayne “Dick” Van
Dyke is 87 (Dec. 13, 1925). They are shown here as they appeared on
the ‘Rachael Ray’ TV show in 2011.

   
    Camille Bohannon