Week of March 15, 1959

Russia assails the Iranian government, asserting that clauses of the 1921 Soviet-

Iranian treaty giving the Soviet Union the right to enter Iran with armed forces

under certain conditions remain effective.

President Eisenhower beams proudly as his wife receives an honorary Doctor of

Laws degree from St. Joseph’s College.

The Communist East Germans deny that Soviet Premier Khrushchev has backed

down on his demands for the end of the occupation of West Berlin.

President Eisenhower welcomes the President of Ireland, Sean T. O’Kelly and for

the occasion of St. Patrick’s Day, proclaiming, “everyone in the United States is

Irish today.”

British Prime Minister Macmillan sits down with President Eisenhower in Camp

David and gives him a firsthand account of his missions to Moscow, Paris and

Bonn. Both agree to stand firm on Berlin.

vets dies this week. He was 112. Only Walter Williams (116)

remains. Salling retained his mental faculties until his last illness

and enjoyed talking about his boyhood experiences. He was only

16 when he enlisted in the Virginia forces opposing the Yankees.

Yale University officials close their gates indefinitely to any off-

campus social functions for undergrads. The action comes in the form of a stern

warning placing the entire undergraduate body, about 3,900 students, on general

probation. The reason - two outbursts with the last week in which 40 undergrads

were arrested.

Internationally known gourmet and author who built a

profitable business by recommending restaurants

and hotels to travelers.

Passing - Potato chip queen Laura Scudder.

Week of March 15, 1959

Television news -

English television comedian Dave King will replace Milton Berle on NBC’s “Kraft

Music Hall” Wednesday nights starting May 20.

Week of March 15, 1959

CBS - Burns and Allen, MacKenzie’s Raiders, To Tell The Truth, Arthur Godfrey,

Red Skelton, Garry Moore

NBC - Dragnet, Eddie Fisher, George Burns Show, Bob Cummings, The

Californians, Mike Hammer

Rifleman, The Naked City, Alcoa

Presents

Arthur Godfrey - St. Patty’s Day

show - Carmel Quinn, McMiff Irish

dancers and Genevieve Duffy harpist.

Red Skelton - Clem Kaddidlehopper

worms his way as a guest on Garry

Moore’s show.

Bob Cummings - Bob takes a

sudden interest in the stars when he

finds that a beautiful girl is interested in astrology.

George Burns - George tries to save Ronnie’s career by taking over his nightclub

engagement.

records his radio station, WKBW receives from labels are

off-center.

Murray the K is now doing mornings at WINS, New York in

what the station is billing as “The Happy Sound.”

WIBG Philadelphia kicks-off a “big sound” contest after the station ups its power

to 50,000 watts from 10,000. Phone numbers were selected at random. Listeners

answering the calls with the phrase, “50,000 Watts” won one of the following

prizes:

50,000 minutes of music from Columbia Records; 50,000 newly minted pennies

from Philly’s U.S. Mint;’ 50,000 Top Value Trading Stamps; 50,000 miles and

more of driving pleasure in a 1959 auto.

In Chicago, Howard Miller begins a two-hour show over WMAQ from 9-11am.

What’s interesting is, he does a show on competitor WIND from 6:30am to 9am.

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Week of March 15, 1959

Alan Freed’s Mon-Fri afternoon show over WNEW-TV New York is now seen on

Saturday nights. It immediately follows Dick Clark’s Saturday night show on ABC-

TV.

- which will produce five movies over the next 18 months, four or six-hour or 90-

minute long musical spectaculars on ABC-TV this year, and a new version of

“This is Show Business,” with Clark as emcee. In addition, Dick Clark will

continue his daily, two-hour ABC-TV show, “American Bandstand,” in the

afternoon, and his Saturday night television show.

April 4 - don’t miss it! He’s sure to sing his latest - “Turn Me

Loose.”

Week of March 15, 1959

just left Roulette for RCA-Victor, say

they are into Yoga. “In this business,

honestly, nobody ever relaxes,”

explains Luigi Creatore. “And that’s

where you go wrong if you press and

try too hard, you can’t make good

records. Hugo and I have found the

answer to this problem lies in practicing the art of yoga.” About talent, Creatore

says he and his partner look for talent that can last. “We don’t want to see any

managers who come on with a story about how their act is as good as the next.

We want ‘em better than the next. We want to find artists who have a willingness

to become a record act. The world is overloaded with club acts who figure they

will take a crack at making a record because maybe a record will raise their going

rate at the clubs. That’s the greed aspect of the business.”

More Henry Mancini - at 34 years-old and with the success of “Peter Gunn,” -

Mancini is besieged by offers to arrange and compose for movies and other TV

shows. He says the success he has had with Peter Gunn is due largely to the

free hand producer Blake Edwards gives him.

Business is great - GAC currently has every one of its

rock and roll acts booked solid. The new “Biggest Show

of Stars for ‘59” package starts March 28 with 12 stars

and is booked for four weeks and 2 days. The stars

Link Wray.

Jazz is popping up more and more in the mainstream -

on TV and on the pop charts. You don’t have to look far

to see the success of “Peter Gun” and artists such as Cozy Cole and Chris

Barber. Other jazz artists appearing on the best-selling album charts include jazz

artists such as Ahmad Jamal, Jonah Jones, Hi-Lo’s Dakota Station, Ernestine

Anderson, the Four Freshman, Duke Ellington, Dukes of Dixieland, Charleston

City All Stars, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Erroll Garner, Stan

Kenton, June Christy and Count Basie.

Week of March 15, 1959

Hot on the charts -

“The Impalas” - from

Brooklyn - Tony Carlucci,

Larry Renda, Richie

Wagner and Joseph

(Speedo) Frazier. All 18

years-old.

Dave “Baby” Cortez - From Detroit. He’s 20.

Elvis Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker is planning a blockbuster “welcome

home” for Presley when he leaves the Army next year. Parker wants to re-

introduce Elvis via a closed circuit telecast - beamed to 100 cities. Each location

would probably collect sizeable admissions from several thousand fans.

Week of March 15, 1959

Top hits in Britain -

As I Love You - Shirley Bassey

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Platters

A Pub With No Beer - Slim Dusty

Little Drummer Boy - Beverley Sisters

Petite Fleur - Chris Barber

Side Saddle - Russ Conway

Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour - Lonnie Donegan

Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me - Shirley Bassey

Top Rhythm and Blues -

I Cried A Teal - LaVern Baker

It’s Just A Matter of Time - Brook

Benton

Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price

Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson

Try Me - James Brown

Pretty Girls Everywhere - Eugene

Church

The Right Time - Ray Charles

Teardrops In Your Letter - Hank

Ballard

Charlie Brown - Coasters

Who Cares! - Don Gibson

Don’t Take Your Guns To Town -

Johnny Cash

When It’s Springtime In Alaska - Johnny Horton

Billy Bayou - Jim Reeves

Come Walk With Me - Wilma Lee

Country Music is Here To Stay - Simon Crum

Which One Is To Blame! - Wilburn Brothers.

White Lightening - George Jones

I’ve Run Out Of Tomorrows - Hank Thompson

Week of March 15, 1959

Week of March 15, 1959

At the movies -

MacMurray, Jean Hagen, Tommy Kirk,

Annette Funicello. Tim Considine, Kevin

Corcoran

Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter

Brennan, Ward Bond, John Russell

Anthony Perkins, Lee J. Cobb, Sessue

Hayakawa, Henry Silva

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer