Jack Benny did his last live network radio broadcast after a run of 23 years. The
show debuted on May 2, 1932 and was aired over the NBC, Blue network. Jack then 
devoted his time fully to TV.

Radio show cast (left to right) Eddie Anderson, who played Rochester, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Mary Livingstone, Jack Benny, Don Wilson, and Mel Blanc.

Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson, later known as Rick Nelson, was a singer,
musician, and Golden Globe-nominated actor. With fifty-three Hot 100
hits between 1957 and 1973, including nineteen top-ten hits, Nelson was   
second only to Elvis Presley as the most popular rock and roll artist of the  
1950s and 1960s. Nelson began his entertainment career in 1949 playing 
himself, along with his mother and father and big brother David, in the  
radio sitcom series, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. 

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet on CBS radio, 1949 

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet aired on ABC-TV from October
3, 1952 to September 3, 1966.

1952 movie

1958

Teresa Brewer was born Theresa Breuer in Toledo, Ohio and was one of 
the most prolific and popular female singers of the 1950s, recording nearly 
600 songs.Theresa’s career began when she was taken by her mother to 
audition for the radio program, "Uncle August’s Kiddie Show" on Toledo’s 
WSPD. She won a number of talent shows in later years and played night 
in New York including the famous Latin Quarter. An agent, Richie Lisella,
heard her sing and took her career in hand, and soon she was signed to
a contract with London Records. She recorded, what became her signature
song, “Music! Music! Music!” on December 20, 1949. Brewer died of a
neuromuscular disease at the age of 76. 

Famous commentary by Herbert Morrison (below) of WLS Chicago

Herbert Morrison