The song Barbara Ann entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week ending
January 1, 1966. The week ending January 29, the song leaped from #15 to
#2 and almost made the #1 position.

       
         Grable’s iconic 1943 pose was a World War II bestseller.

Elizabeth Ruth "Betty" Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973)

Grable’s 42 movies during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than
$100 million. She set a record of 12 consecutive years in the top 10
of box office stars. The Treasury Department in 1946-47 listed her
as the highest-salaried American woman. She earned more than
$3 million during her career. Betty Grable died of lung cancer at age
56 in Los Angeles, California.

Betty Grable made her film debut at the age of 12 as
a chorus girl in the 1929 film Happy Days.

MIKE GRACIA

             
                               Wright Brothers National Memorial.

(Asbury Park Press) – The first car owned by Bruce Springsteen (above) is up for
auction on eBay and the price is rocketing.

As of Wednesday, the bidding has roared through the $100,000 dollar mark for
the ’57 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible.

The purchase will include the original vehicle registration, a temporary insurance
card, the Allstate insurance card issued in Springsteen’s name and address and
an 80 page book, “Out in the Street: Bruce Springsteen’s 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible.”

The car was put up for  auction by Springsteen historian Michael Crain and
was featured at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex in New York City from 
2008 to 2010 and it was also at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.

Bruce Springsteen driving his ’57 Chevy Bel Air convertible.

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen turned 67 in September.

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SANDY KOZEL

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966)