Chubby Checker appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show where he sang "The Twist"/
"Let’sTwist Again" medley (with the "Do-Re-Mi" dancers) and "The Fly."
 
The show and was one of the highest rated and most heavily watched episodes in
the entire series run!

"True Love Ways" was written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty and
recorded with the Dick Jacobs Orchestra four months before the singer’s
death. It was Holly’s last studio session. The songs “It Doesn’t Matter
Anymore”, “Raining in my Heart”, and ”Moondreams” were also recorded 
during that final session.

Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)
(September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959)

The song "Love Is Strange" (1956) sold over one million copies and was awarded
a  gold disc by the RIAA. The duo eventually bought their own nightclub, formed
a publishing company, and formed their own record label. Although Mickey & Sylvia disbanded by the end of the 1950s, they continued to record together on an
infrequent basis until 1965 and Mickey eventually moved to France.

Mickey “Guitar” Baker (MacHouston Baker)
(October 15, 1925 – November 27, 2012)

Sylvia Robinson (Vanderpool) (March 6, 1936 – September 29, 2011)

The song "Big Girls Don’t Cry" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100
on November 17, 1962, and, like its predecessor "Sherry", spent five
weeks in the top position. The song also made it to number one, for
three weeks, on Billboard‘s Rhythm and Blues survey.

Frankie Valli (Francesco Stephen Castelluccio) turned 82 in May.

TIM MAGUIRE