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.

One of the four pairs of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the
1939 film “The Wizard of Oz.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — It will take more than three clicks of the heels to restore
the ruby slippers that whisked Dorothy back to Kansas at the end of “The
Wizard of Oz.”

The slippers, which for more than 30 years have been one of the most beloved
items at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, were crafted
almost 80 years ago by the MGM Studios prop department. Like most movie
props, they weren’t built to last. Now, the frayed shoes aren’t even ruby-
colored anymore — they’re more like a dull auburn.

The Smithsonian has asked the public to help save the slippers, launching
a Kick starter campaign to raise $300,000. In addition to restoring the shoes’
color, the money will go toward a technologically advanced display case that
will preserve them for future generations.

The Smithsonian’s museums are federally funded, but the institution frequently
solicits private and corporate contributions for major projects that its budget
doesn’t cover.

The song “I Second That Emotion” peaked for three weeks 
at #4 on the Billboard pop singles chart in December 1967.

It became the Miracles highest charting popular single since
"Shop Around" and also topped the Billboard Black Singles
Chart and was a million-seller hit for The Miracles, their sixth
overall.

William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. turned 76 in February.

Dawn Wells as Miss Nevada in 1959.

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Dawn Elberta Wells was born in Reno, Nevada.

Actress Dawn Wells played Mary Ann Summers on the CBS 
television series Gilligan’s Island (1964-1967). She later
opened boot camp for actors. Wells gained the title of Miss
Nevada after competing in the Miss America pageant. She 
made her TV debut in a 1961 episode of The Everglades,
playing the character Piney.

TIM MAGUIRE

Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is 90 today.

Chuck Berry performed for the first time at Sumner High School. He
became immortalized for songs such as "Roll Over Beethoven," which
reached #29 on the Billboard Top 100 chart.

According to authorities, Berry stole a car at gunpoint and was sent to
the Intermediate Reformatory for Young Men at Algoa from 1944 to
1947. He was among the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame on its opening in 1986.