On September 15, 1962, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons’
"Sherry" hits the top of the pop music charts. It was the
start of a remarkable run of hits.

"Sherry" was written by Bob Gaudio who said the song took
about 15 minutes to write and was originally titled "Jackie
Baby” (in honor of then-First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy).

Gaudio stated the song was inspired by the 1961 Bruce
Channel hit …"Hey! Baby."

At the studio, the name was changed to "Terri Baby", and
eventually to "Sherry", the name of the daughter of Gaudio’s
best friend, New York DJ Jack Spector.

Jack Spector
(September 15, 1928 – March 8, 1994)

Singer Frankie Valli is 91 now.

Kingsmen (from left) Jack Ely, Lynn Easton, Bob Nordby, and Mike Mitchell.

The Kingsmen, a 1960s garage rock band from Portland, Oregon
are known for their 1963 recording of Richard Berry‘s "Louie
Louie". It  held the No. 2 spot on the Billboard charts for six
weeks and became a popular classic. Members Lynn Easton
and Jack Ely from David Douglas High School formed a band
that would eventually be named the Kingsmen. 

“We lost a member of our Kingsmen family today,
Saturday April 25.

Our deepest sympathies, hearts and prayers go
out to his family. RIP brother.”
(From the Kingsmen website)

CARLATA BRADLEY

It was on this day in 1983.

President Ronald Reagan

On this day in 1956.

A Sony tape recorder used to tape conversations in the White House.

Former Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling, who gained
infamy as the man who orchestrated the largest corporate
fraud in history, was sentenced to more than 24 years in
jail on this day in 2006.   

John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005)

Also known as the Elvis of hosting, Johnny Carson was an Emmy-
winning face of NBC’s Tonight show from 1961 to 1992.

SANDY KOZEL

Barbara Eden ( born Barbara Jean Morehead in Tucson,
Arizona

Eden starred as Jeanie on the NBC sitcom I Dream of Jeannie from
1965 to 1970. Her film credits include Voyage to the Bottom of the
Sea (1961), 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) and The Wonderful World
of the Brothers Grimm (1972). She began singing with local bands
at age 14 for $10 a night in local night clubs and studied singing at
the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Barbara Eden trained as
an actress with the Elizabeth Holloway School of Theatre. She made
her big screen debut as an unaccredited extra in the 1956 film Back
from Eternity and was first seen on TV in a 1956 episode of the series
West Point.