“The Ol’ Pea-Picker” as an announcer at WOPI-AM in Bristol, Tennessee

“Sixteen Tons” spent ten weeks at number one on the country charts
and eight weeks at number one on the pop charts, and made Ford a
crossover star. It became Ford’s ‘signature song.’

The radio crime drama Dragnet, starring Jack Webb (above), debuted on television
in a special preview on NBC’s Chesterfield Sound Off Time on Sunday, December
16, 1951. The pilot was titled “The Human Bomb” and was adapted from a 1949
radio episode. After the pilot’s success, the Dragnet series officially began on
Thursday,  January 3, 1952. 

"You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin” by The Righteous Brothers became a number-
one hit single in 1965. Broadcast Music, Inc (BMI) ranked the song as having had
more radio and television air play in the U.S. than any other song during the 20th century. It was chosen as one of the Songs of the Century by RIAA and also ranked
#34 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

1957