Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams
(December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012)

Andy Williams released seventeen Gold- and Platinum-certified
albums. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a television variety
show, from 1962 to 1971 on NBC, and numerous TV specials.

Before fame, Andy and his brother performed on multiple radio
stations as The Williams Brothers (below).  

The Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri is named after the
song he is most known for singing—Johnny Mercer and Henry
Mancini‘s "Moon River".

The Williams Brothers with Andy, third from the left

Buddy Holly and The Crickets first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show 
fresh off the release of their debut album. The band consisted of Niki
Sullivan (rhythm guitar), Joe Mauldin (stand-up bass), Jerry Allison
(drums), and Buddy (lead guitar and vocals). The foursome played
“That’ll be the Day,” the first single off their album. The result was
pure gold: the track would reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 soon
after their performance on the show.

Original air date on NBC television: October 2, 1956 to June 25, 1957

The first example of a videotape recording was broadcast by NBC television
when The Jonathan Winters Show was seen coast to coast on Tuesday,
October 23, 1956.

Maude Frickert was perhaps Winters most famous character

Original television run on ABC: October 3, 1957 to June 23, 1960

The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom is a half-hour variety show that starred the
young singer Pat Boone who at 23 was still attending Columbia University in
New York City when the program began production. Boone, the No. 10 all-
time vocalist in sales, was at the time the youngest person to host his own
network variety program until ABC’s The Donny & Marie Show, with two
hosts, broke the record in 1976.

Pat Boone upon graduating from Columbia University in
1958

Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone turned 80 on June 1

Edward Vincent "Ed" Sullivan (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974)

Born in New York City, Ed Sullivan worked as a journalist before hosting
variety shows in the 1930s and ’40s. He eventually became host of The
Ed Sullivan Show, the longest-running TV variety program in history,
which featured acts like the Supremes, the Beatles, Jerry Lewis, and 
Elvis Presley.