Walt Disney proudly holds the Oscar for “Flowers and Trees”
“Flowers and Trees” was the first Academy Award winning cartoon and the first
cartoon short to use Technicolor.
Walt Disney proudly holds the Oscar for “Flowers and Trees”
“Flowers and Trees” was the first Academy Award winning cartoon and the first
cartoon short to use Technicolor.
One of the best known versions of “Why Don’t You Do Right” was recorded by
Peggy Lee with the music of Benny Goodman. It sold over 1 million copies and
brought her to nationwide attention.
The instrumental "Sleep Walk" was recorded at Trinity Music in Manhattan,
New York City, New York. It entered Billboard‘s Top 40 on August 17, 1959
and rose to the number-one position for two weeks in September (the 21st
and the 28th) and remained in the Top 40 until November 9. "Sleep Walk"
also reached number four on the R&B chart. It was the last instrumental to
hit number one in the 1950s and earned Santo & Johnny a gold record.
This stamp was issued in 2006 as part of a set of four commemorating the
300th anniversary of Franklin’s birth.
The United States Post Office (USPO) was created in Philadelphia under Benjamin
Franklin by decree of the Second Continental Congress.Today Franklin is referred
to as the “Father of the United States Postal System”.
The Franklin Post Office on 316 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA is
still open for business.
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"Cow Cow Boogie” was written for the 1942 Abbott & Costello film Ride’ Em
Cowboy, which included Ella Fitzgerald as a cast member. The song was
recorded by 17- year-old Ella Mae Morse with the music of Freddie Slack
& his Orchestra. It was the first release by Capitol Records and their first
million seller. Ella never obtained a huge following, but continued to record
until 1957. She died of respiratory failure in 1999 at age 75.