Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013)

Funicello began her professional career as a child performer at the
age of twelve. She rose to prominence as one of the most popular
"Mouseketeers" on the original Mickey Mouse Club. As a teenager,
she transitioned to a successful career as a singer with the pop singles
"O Dio Mio," "Tall Paul" and "Pineapple Princess", as well as establishing
herself as a film actress, popularizing the successful "Beach Party" genre
alongside co-star Frankie Avalon during the mid-1960s.

In 1992, Funicello announced that she had been diagnosed with multiple
sclerosis. She died of complications from the disease at age 70.

      1963

Chubby Checker appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show where he sang "The Twist"/
"Let’sTwist Again" medley (with the "Do-Re-Mi" dancers) and "The Fly."
 
The show and was one of the highest rated and most heavily watched episodes in
the entire series run!

The song "Love Is Strange" (1956) sold over one million copies and was awarded
a  gold disc by the RIAA. The duo eventually bought their own nightclub, formed
a publishing company, and formed their own record label. Although Mickey & Sylvia disbanded by the end of the 1950s, they continued to record together on an
infrequent basis until 1965 and Mickey eventually moved to France.

Mickey “Guitar” Baker (MacHouston Baker)
(October 15, 1925 – November 27, 2012)

Sylvia Robinson (Vanderpool) (March 6, 1936 – September 29, 2011)

 "Heck Harper’s Cartoon Corral"                      Photo: Allan Delay/Thomas Robinson
                                                                                           

Heck Harper (Hector Vincent Flateau)     
(Sep. 20, 1919 – Nov. 2, 1998)
                                                                                                   

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.