Week of February 22, 1957

Six Arab nations call on the U.N. Assembly to urge action on Israel for failing to

withdraw from Egypt and to giver her economic, military and financial sanctions.

The Yugoslav government accuses the Soviet Union of trying to discredit and

isolate Yugoslavia.

On a shortwave broadcast, marking the 15 th

anniversary of the Voice of America,

President Eisenhower assures nations of the

Middle East that they “can count on our help”

if the United Nations cannot protect them

against international Communism and they

ask American assistance.

The government’s cost-of-living index rises to

a new record high last month for the fifth

month in a row, recording a .2% rise between

December and January.

Fashion - Garters are back! Says one

manufacturer, “Everybody from

brides to broads are wearing

them. Women no longer use them to hold their stockings up as

they once did. The girdle does that. But garters make a woman

feel glamorous… give her a lift... bring out the siren in her. A

woman wears garters for the same reason she wears a plunging

neckline.”

Entertainment news - June Allyson and Dick Powell call their marriage quits after

11 years. Ms. Allyson told the press - “We have not been getting along for the

past few years even though we have tried and I have decided that Richard and I

have a better chance for happiness if we are apart from each other.”

Singer Pat Boone is shooting his first movie - “Bernadine.”

Friday night television -

CBS - Beat the Clock, West Point Story, Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theatre, Mr.

Adams and Eve, Playhouse of Stars, The Line-up, Person to Person

NBC - Eddie Fisher, Chet Huntley News, Blondie, Life of Riley, Chevy Show with

Roy Rogers, Boxing, Tonight Show with Jack Lascoulie

ABC - Rin Tin Tin, Adventures of Jim Bowie, Crossroads, Treasure Hunt, The

Vise, Ray Anthony Show

Week of February 22, 1957

West Point Story - A cadet seeking scholastic and athletic honor competes with

a colonel’s son who has had extensive prep training.

Rin Tin Tin - Rusty teaches a dictatorial officer’s conceited son how to get along

in the wilderness.

Person to Person - Edward M. Morrow visits Maj. Gen. Garrison Davidson of the

Military Academy and actress Kim Hunter.

Sunday

Night

Week of February 22, 1957

Television news - “I Love Lucy” sponsors

General Foods and Proctor & Gamble want the

show to continue, but Lucy and Desi have had

it. They do not want to produce the half-hour

series and instead, want another deal with

CBS.

Walt Disney begins auditions to fill out his

Mouseketter troupe. A cadre of seven

youngsters remain from last year’s group of 21.

They are - Annette Funicello, Darlene

Gillespie, Sharon Baird, Cubby O’Brien, Karen

Pendleton, Bobby Burgess and Doreen Tracey.

NBC raid on ABC… NBC-TV contacted the

sponsors of ABC-TV’s “Lawrence Welk,” “Rin

Tin Tin” and “Lone Ranger” to lure them over

the NBC.

The FCC orders WRGB-TV (Channel 6) to

move from VHF to UHF as channel 47, in order

to make the Albany

area an all-UHF

market. The station

says it will contest.

“Zorro” - the Disney-produced ABC series starring

Guy Williams will begin offering “cliffhangers” on its

episodes - the first cliffhangers produced for a regular

TV series. The show will have a running plot and

continuing characters, with a tense climax each week

designed to carry over home TV viewers with maximum

suspense to the next week’s episode. Walt Disney

believes the result will be a smaller percentage of

transient audience and a much bigger percentage of

permanent viewers as was true in the heyday of movie

theater serials.

Jerry Lewis’ first solo TV did great in the ratings. The

January 26 NBC special grabbed a 46.6 share of the

audience.

Week of February 22, 1957

Radio news - 1010WINS New York has a new morning

show as Bill Stern returns to the air on “Contact.” He’s

been off the air due to illness. It’s music and information

and interviews as Stern “contacts” someone either in the

news or entertainment world. And, he’ll play records from

the popular music lists. Mon-Fri 7:00-10:00am. Stern was

last with the ABC radio network.

More WINS as DJ Jack Lacy celebrates 10 years at the

station this week. A host of record artists will say their

congrats to Jack, both in studio and on the phone.

Music news - Due to his souring popularity - RCA Victor

is releasing 20 Harry Belafonte singles (all previously

released songs) - a newly packaged in special four-color

sleeves.

Thousands of teenagers storm the Paramount Theater for

another Alan Freed rock ‘n’ roll show. They smashed glass, danced barefoot in

the aisles and their screams drowned out the music. The event featured the

WINS DJ’s latest rock movie, plus stage show.

Porter Wagoner, star of “Ozark Jubilee” makes his last appearance there and

moves to become a regular on WSM’s (rival) “Grand Ole Opry” effective this

week. Wagoner joined KWTO, Springfield, MO, and home of the Ozark Jubilee,”

in 1951.

Norm Prescott , a DJ at WBZ in Boston, says Tab

Hunter may well replace Elvis Presley. He just conducted

a “win-a-date” where gals could win a date with Tab

Hunter, who’s riding high with “Young Love.” Prescott

says he pulled 11,000 letters in over two days. The

response was greater than when he offered three

genuine hairs from Presley’s sideburns last year.

Columbia signs the husband-wife duo Shirley Jones and

Jack Cassidy for an album deal.

Week of February 22, 1957

New teen star - Tommy Sands , who starred on the NBC-

TV “Kraft Theatre” drama “The Singin’ Idol” gets his first

single released. On Capitol it’s “Teenage Crush” and Hep

Dee Hoodle.” Sands got the TV break when Elvis was

originally approached for the roll, of which the video play

resembles. He turned it down because of previous

commitments. But Elvis’ manager, Col. Tom Parker

recommended Sands, who he knew as a folksinger from the

West Coast.

Don’t miss the touring “Birdland Stars of ‘57” with Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine

and Count Basie. First show’s kicked-off at Carnegie Hall and at White Plains,

NY.

Week of February 22, 1957

Top Country & Western -

Singing The Blues - Marty Robbins

Young Love - Sonny James

There You Go - Johnny Cash

I’m Tired - Webb Pierce

I’ve Got A New Heartache - Ray Price

Am I Losing You? - Jim Reeves

Train of Love - Johnny Cash

I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash

Top hits this week in 1957 -

Young Love - Tab Hunter

Young Love - Sonny James

Don’t Forbid Me - Pat Boone

Banana Boat (Day-O) - Harry Belafonte

Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell

Too Much - Elvis Presley

Marianne - Terry Glikyson

Moonlight Gambler - Frankie Laine

Marianne - Hilltoppers

Banana Boat Song - Tarriers

Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino

Love Me - Elvis Presley

Blue Monday - Fats Domino

You Don’t Owe Me A Thing - Johnny

Raye

Who Needs You? - Four Lads

I Dreamed - Betty Johnson

Jamaica Farewell - Harry Belafaonte

Green Door - Jim Lowe

Knee Deep In The Blues - Guy Mitchell

Top Rhythm and Blues -

Love Is Strange - Mickey & Sylvia

Blue Monday - Fats Domino

Since I Met You Baby - Ivory Joe Hunter

Jim Dandy - LaVern Baker

Without Love - Clyde McPhatter

Week of February 22, 1957

Top hits in Britain -

Young Love - Tab Hunter

Garden of Eden - Frankie Vaughan

Don’t Forbid Me - Pat Boone

Don’t Knock The Rock - Bill Haley & His Comets

True Love - Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly

Don’t You Rock Me Daddy-O - Lonnie Donegan

St. Therese of the Roses - Malcolm Vaughan

Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino

Singing The Blues - Tommy

Steele

Rock-A-Bye Your Baby - Jerry

Lewis

Top jazz albums -

Ella and Louis - Ella Fitzgerald

and Louis Armstrong

Ambassador Satch - Louis

Armstrong

Concert by the Sea - Erroll Garner

Cuban Fire - Stan Kenton

Kenton in Hi-Fi - Stan Kenton

Ellington at Newport - Duke

Ellington

Velvet Fire - George Shearing

At the movies -

The Spirit of St. Louis - James

Stewart

Battle Hymn - Rock Hudson

Walt Disney’s Cinderella

Written on the Wind - Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stick

The Teahouse of the August Moon - Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyo