The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard singles popularity chart
issued weekly by Billboard magazine. The first number-one song of the Hot
100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson on August 4, 1958. As of the
current issue for the week ending August 10, 2013, the Hot 100 has had
1,027 different number-one hits.

 
Arthur Godfrey (left)

Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts (also known as Talent Scouts) was a television 
variety show which premiered December 6, 1948 ran on CBS until January 1, 
1958.  Sponsored by Lipton Tea, According to the Nielsen ratings, it was the
highest rated television show for the 1951–1952 season.

On December 24, 1956, Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts became the first TV 
entertainment program to be videotaped for broadcast using the technology
of the new .Ampex quadruplex videotape machine (below).

. The Ampex VRX-1000 – first video tape machine

Published in The United Kingdom as a fan club magazine, The
Beatles Book (also known as Beatles Monthly continued for 77
editions until it stopped publication after the December 1969
edition. It was revived in 1976, and ceased publication in 2003.

  
     James Travis "Jim" Reeves (August 20, 1923 – July 31, 1964)

Reeves songs continued to chart for years after his death. Reeves died
at age 40 in the crash of a private airplane. He is a member of both the
Country Music and Texas Country Music Halls of Fame.

The crash site

1956 publicity photo

When Decca Records offered 9 year old Brenda Lee a recording 
contract, her first record was "Jambayala" backed with "Bigelow
6–200".

Brenda Mae Tarpley will be 69 in December