George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985)

Welles was an actor, director, writer and producer who worked extensively in
theater, radio and film. He is best remembered for his debut of the Mercury
Theatre; The War of the Worlds (1938), the most famous broadcast in the
history of radio; and Citizen Kane (1941), which many critics and scholars
name as the best film of all time.

Gene Vincent (center) and the Blue Caps in the recording studio

Gene Vincent first performed “Be-Bop-A-Lula” on a radio show in Norfolk, Virginia
during which time a demo was recorded and passed on to Capitol Records, who
were looking for a singer to rival Elvis Presley. Vincent and the Blue Caps recorded
the song for Capitol in Nashville. It was released in June 1956 and peaked at #7 on
the Billboard pop music chart, #8 on the R&B chart, and also made the top ten on
the C&W Best Seller chart reaching the #5 spot. By the following year “Be-Bop-A-
Lula” had sold over two million copies.

Bob Edwards hosting All Things Considered circa 1974.

All Things Considered (ATC) is the flagship news program on the broadcast
network National Public Radio (NPR). It was the first news program on NPR,
and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets.

NPR is a privately- and publicly-funded non-profit media organization that
serves a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. It replaced
the National Educational Radio Network on February 26, 1970.

       Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977)

Bing Crosby was one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, 
with over half a billion records in circulation. He won an Academy Award for
Best Actor for his role as Father Chuck O’Malley in the 1944 motion picture
Going My Way, and was nominated for his reprise of the role in The Bells of
St. Mary’s the next year, becoming the first of four actors to be nominated
twice for playing the same character. In 1963, Crosby received the first
Grammy Global Achievement Award. 

Bing Crosby and co-star Barry Fitzgerald with their Oscars from
Going My Way.

Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney (1960 – 62)