Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. originally aired on CBS television from Friday September
25, 1964, to May 2, 1969 for a total of 150 episodes. The sitcom was a spinoff
of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth
season the The Andy Griffith Show on May 19,1964.

Jim Nabors became 81 years old on June 12

Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on the CBS television
network from Wednesday September 24, 1969 to September 6, 1976. The
lives of both doctors and patients at a fictitious university hospital in Los
Angeles were showcased each week.

Filming an episode of Medical Center

Chad Everett turned 75 on June 11

The Beverly Hillbillies is a situation comedy originally broadcast for nine seasons on
CBS from Saturday September 22, 1962 to March 26,1971. The stars of the series
were Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer,Jr.The show became
a huge ratings success for most of its nine-year run, ranking among the top twelve
most watched series for seven of the nine seasons.

Season one

 

CHiPs is a television drama series produced by MGM Studios that
originally aired on NBC-TV from September 15, 1977, to July 17,
1983 (139 episodes ). Although the show finished production in
1983, many regions did not complete their runs of the series until
the later 1980s, in some cases almost ten years after the show
had first appeared. The show starred Erik Estrada as Officer
Frank “Ponch” Poncherello and Larry Wilcox as his partner,
Officer Jon Baker. 

 
Erik Estrada                                              Larry Wilcox

 
                 (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959)

Buddy Holly, born Charles Hardin Holley, was a singer-songwriter and a pioneer of
rock and roll. His success lasted only a year and a half before his tragic death in a
plane crash along with Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson. Critic
Bruce Eder described Buddy Holly as “the single most influential creative force in
early rock and roll”. He has been a big influence with many musicians such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan. Holly was among the first inductees to
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. He was ranked number thirteen on Rolling Stones list of “The Fifty Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004.

Street sign in Buddy’s home town of Lubbock, Texas

Statue of Buddy Holly in Lubbock