The Beatles made their first appearance on television in a film clip shown
on the "Jack Paar Show”, January 3, 1964. It was a performance of the
song "She Loves You." Paar showed the film clips of The Beatles one  
month before their famous live appearance on the The Ed Sullivan Show.

Ed Donahue

Bo Diddley (Ellas Otha Bates) (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008)

Conway Twitty’s (Harold Lloyd Jenkins) only number-one single. It
was a hit in 22 different countries and sold over 8 million copies. 

January 17, 1959

Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Trigger

Roy Rogers (Leonard Franklin Slye) (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998)

Rogers was one of the most popular Western stars of his era. Known as the
"King of the Cowboys", he appeared in over 100 films and numerous radio
and television episodes of The Roy Rogers Show.

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993)

Considered one of the greatest jazz trumpeters in history, many call Dizzy
Gillespie the Ambassador of Jazz. His first professional gig was in 1935 with
the Frank Fairfax Orchestra, followed by stints with the orchestras of Edgar
Hayes, Teddy Hill, and Cab Calloway,