The Dial-a-President radio program, featuring President Jimmy Carter (above)
and CBS news anchorman Walter Cronkite, aired for the first time. It was the
idea of both Cronkite and CBS, a test-run to see if a show of its nature could
be successful. Approximately 9 million calls flooded the CBS switchboard in
New York during the two-hour broadcast. Nerveless, the program never
aired again.

Walter Cronkite

A scene from the 1951 movie “Love Nest” was used

“Tonight Show” host Jack Paar walked off the set while live on the air with four
minutes left in the show. He did this in response to censors cutting out a joke
from the show the previous night.

  
                          Buddy Morrow (born Muni Zudekoff)   
                        (February 8, 1919-September 27, 2010) 

Morrow was a trombonist and bandleader, known for his mastery
of playing the upper range. He was once a member of The Tonight
Show Band. His early 1950s records such as “Night Train” appeared
on the Billboard charts.

Buddy Morrow was awarded the International Trombone Association’s
Lifetime Achievement Award. Prior to his death he was the leader of
the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.

Recorded and released on the American Pie album in 1971, the title
song was a number one hit for four weeks in 1972 and is McLean’s
signature song.

Don McLean turned 66 in October