House Party premiered on CBS Radio and ran weekdays at 4 p.m., three days a
week, for 30-minutes through January 10, 1947. Following a break, it then ran
weekdays at 3:30 p.m. from December 1, 1947 to December 31, 1948. The long
running radio shows final broadcast was October 13, 1967. Other sponsors were
Pillsbury and Lever Brothers. The show was also on CBS television, debuting on 
September 1, 1952.

 
   Sophie Tucker (Sonya Kalish) (January 13, 1887 – February 9, 1966)

Tucker was a Russian-born American singer, comedian, actress, and radio
personality. She was known for her delivery of comical and sometimes risqué
songs, Sophie Tucker was one of the most popular entertainers in America
during the first half of the 20th century.

Sophie Tucker on her final network television appearance originally aired 
Oct. 1965 on The Ed Sullivan Show in color.

The pilot for Dragnet, "The Human Bomb" aired on NBC-TV as a special
presentation of the variety series Chesterfield Sound-Off Time. The show
garnered such high ratings that sponsor Liggett & Myers Tobacco dropped
the variety show and went with the police drama. The series officially began
on January 3, 1952 and ran until 1959.

“Blueberry Hill’’ was still climbing up the charts on its way to #2 during
this time. 
 

Antoine "Fats" Domino Jr. turned 85 on February 26.

Thomas Daniel "Tim" Conway will turn 80 on December 15