Sammy was primarily known as a dancer and singer. He started his
successful career in Vaudeville at the age of 3 with his father and
uncle. He went on to become a world famous recording artist, TV
and film star. Davis was also a member of Frank Sinatra‘s "Rat Pack".
The “Rat Pack” from left: Peter Lawford, Sammy, Frank
Sinatra, Joe Bishop, and Dean Martin.
1972
Edward Bowes
Major Bowes Amateur Hour, radio‘s best-known talent show, was one of
the country’s most popular programs broadcast in the 1930s and 40s. It
was created and hosted by Edward Bowes who presided over the radio
program until his death on his 72nd birthday, June 14, 1946.
Bowes brought his amateur hour to New York City’s radio station WHN
in April 1934. On March 24, 1935, the NBC Radio picked up the show,
with sponsor Chase and Sanborn. It ran on NBC until September of
1936, when it moved to CBS Radio for the remainder of its run on
radio in 1952. By then the show was known simply as The Original
Amateur Hour.
Bowes with a young contestant on the CBS Radio show
Ed McMahon hosting NBC Monitor, 1965 to 1968
Monitor was a weekend radio program broadcast from June 12, 1955, until
January 26, 1975. It originally aired beginning Saturday morning at 8am and
continued through the weekend until 12 midnight on Sunday. The radio show
offered a magazine-of-the-air format featuring news, sports, comedy, music and
celebrity interviews along with other short segments.
New York Times ad for the first broadcast of Monitor Sunday, June 12, 1955.
SNL debut cast, 1975
