Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
The “Martin & Lewis” radio show premiered on the NBC network. Their guest on
the inaugural program was Bob Hope. It drew lackluster reviews in the April 30
issue of Billboard magazine. The series ran until 1952.
Belle Baker
Singer and actress Belle Baker hosted a radio variety show on
WABC in New York City from a moving train in the area. It was
a first for radio broadcasting. She talked about everything from
the current weather conditions to local news from various towns.
Philco Cathedral radio, 1932
The Bee Gees made their US television debut when they appeared on The
Ed Sullivan Show. They performed "To Love Somebody" and "Words."
Barry Alan Crompton Gibb is 67 and the last surviving
member of the Bee Gees.
The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for a third consecutive week. The
taped segment showed The Fab Four performing "Twist and Shout", "Please Please
Me" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand.
Will Rogers (far right), Art Gillham, Wendell Hall, Carson Robison, Eveready Quartet, Graham McNamee and the Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra.
"The Eveready Hour" became radio’s first commercially sponsored network variety
program. The National Carbon Company was the first sponsor of the show which
originated from WEAF Radio in New York.
The AR-812, manufactured in 1924, was the first commercial superhet.
