Week of October 8, 1959

Britain - Prime Minister Macmillan and his Conservative party wins a sweeping

election victory.

Iraq’s revolutionary Premier Kasem is shot by an assassin in a Baghdad street

but escapes serious injury.

Declaring it will not be beaten, the United Steelworkers Union says a court order

may force an 80-day truce in the record steel strike, but their leader indicated

they might strike again, after a Taft-Harley truce.

President Charles de Gaulle calls for a vote to his Algerian

peace plan and puts it in front of the National Assembly.

A group of scientists wants the government to set up an agency

for - scientists - to keep the peace. The group - including two

Nobel Prize winners, would help solve “technical” problems

such as disarmament.

In a Gallup Poll - Most believe it takes a minimum of $79-per-

week income to make it as a family of 4.

The Weather Bureau respectfully rejects, for the time being at least, suggestions

that it try to knock out hurricanes with H-bombs. In the first place it knows of no

reason for believing the attempt would succeed. In the second place, it is

conceivable that an H-bomb explosion, instead of killing a hurricane, would make

it worse.

In a Gallup Poll, President’s Eisenhower’s popularity has risen to its highest point

since May 1957 as 66% like the way he’s doing his job.

Sports - The Dodgers crush the Chicago White Sox 9-3 as the Dodgers win their

second World Series. With homers by Duke Snider, Wally Moon and Chuck

Esseglan and 5-innings of pitching by Larry Sherry.

Entertainment news -

Pending outcome - Former TV quiz cash winner Charles

Van Doren i s suspended from his $50,000-a-year job as a

commentator-performer for NBC in the midst of congressional

hearings on “fixing” of two more quiz programs.

Week of October 8, 1959

Charles Van Doren ends a four day retreat to accept a subpoena in private to

appear before a congressional committee investigating fixed quiz shows and to

announce in public he had nothing to say on the subject before his November 2

appearance.

A House subcommittee has evidence that the “$64,000 Question,” first of the bi-

money TV quiz shows was rigged.

Fooling the public with rigged television sows is a fraudulent and deceptive

practice, but not an illegal one, the FCC tells congress. “We can’t determine who

has been harmed. The home viewer certainly didn’t pay his way into the show,”

said a spokesperson.

House investigators are told that Thomas Ervin, producer of the NBC quiz show

“Tic Tac Dough” has been fired because he refused to swear to the network that

contestants had not been given advance answers.

More entertainment news -

Passing - Tenor and movie actor Mario Lanza (38) dies in

Rome of a heart attack.

In Rome - over 3,000 lined the streets to watch Mario

Lanza’s funeral procession.

Elizabeth Taylor is reinstated by MGM studios after she

agreed to play role in the film version of “Butterfield 8,” the

controversial novel by John O’Hara. The temperamental

actress was suspended last week by the studio because of

her refusal to play the role. At that time she complained the

part was chosen for her “was little better than the role of a prostitute.”

Television news - Don’t miss Frank Sinatra’s first ABC-TV special next week.

Sponsored by Timex - it’ll feature Bing Crosby, Dean Martin and Mitzi Gaynor.

Monday night television -

CBS - Douglas Edwards with the news, Name That Tune, The Texan, Father

Knows Best, Danny Thomas, Ann Southern, Hennesey, June Allyson Show

NBC - Huntley-Brinkley news, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Love and

Marriage, Tales of Wells Fargo, Peter Gunn, Goodyear Theater, Steve Allen

Show, Jack Paar

Week of October 8, 1959

ABC - Cheyenne, Bourbon Street Beat, Adventures in Paradise, Behind Closed

Doors

Richard Diamond - Diamond tries t dodge bullets long enough to get a

confession from a rather pretty lady.

Cheyenne - A freight-hauling job leads Cheyenne

into a murder plot in Mexico.

Peter Gunn - A nightclub comic played by one

himself - Shelly Berman, turns to Gunn when he

fears for his life.

Steve Allen - Lee Marvin, the King Sisters and

vocalist Crystal Joy. (In color).

Radio news - Ted Steele quits his DJ shift at

WMCA to concentrate on his local “bandstand”

show seen on WNTA-TV (Channel 13). “Dance

Party” is seen every night at 11pm.

Dick Biondi of WKBW Buffalo issues the self-

penned “Disk Jockey Handbook” which lists

typical comments made to record pluggers from

DJ’s:

“Man, it’s a smash!” - Which is a warm-up for

how soon can I get the artist for my hop.

“I’d like to play it, but the rest of the guys in the

meeting didn’t dig it.” In reality, the jock forgot to

bring the record to the music meeting.

“I’m getting calls for it every night.”

ABC Sunday Night

Week of October 8, 1959

Music news -

Top rhythm and blues -

You Better Know It - Jackie Wilson

Sea of Love - Phil Phillips

Poison ivy - Coasters

I Loves You Porgy, Nina Simone

Say Man - Bo Diddley

Hey Little Girl - Dee Clark

Broken-Hearted Melody - Sarah

Vaughan

I’m Gonna Get Married - Lloyd

Price

Red River Rock - Hurricanes

Sleep Walk - Santo and Johnny

Mary Lou - Ronnie Hawkins

Three Little Pigs - Lloyd Price

Don’t You Know - Della Reece

Put Your Head On My Shoulder -

Paul Anka

Best selling albums -

Heavenly - Johnny Mathis

Kingston Trio At Large -

South Pacific - Soundtrack

More Johnny’s Greatest Hits -

Johnny Mathis

Inside Shelly Berman

Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini

No One Cares - Frank Sinatra

From The Hungary I - Kingston Trio

Johnny’s Greatest Hits - Johnny Mathis

Kingston Trio

My Fair Lady - Original Cast

Gigi - Soundtrack

But Not For Me - Ahmad Jamal

More Music From Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini

Bolides But Goodies - Assorted Artists (Original

Sound)

Party Sing Along With Mitch - Mitch Miller

Porgy and Bess - Soundtrack

Week of October 8, 1959

Top Country & Western -

I Ain’t Never - Webb Pierce

The Three Bells - The Browns

I Got Stripes - Johnny Cash

Country Girl - Faron Young

Partners - Jim Reeves

Don’t Tell Me Your Troubles - Don Gibson

Under Your Spell, Again - Buck Owens

Same Old Me - Ray Price

Family Man - Frank Miller

Old Moon - Betty Foley

(‘Til I) Kissed You - Everly Brothers

Jimmy Brown The Newsboy - Mac Wiseman

Top Hits -

Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin

Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Paul Anka

(‘Til) I Kissed You

- Everly Brothers

Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson

The Three Bells - The Browns

Sleep Walk - Santo and Johnny

Primose Lane - Jerry Wallace

Just Ask Your Heart - Frankie Avalon

Red River Rock- Johnny and the Hurricanes

I’m Gonna Get Married - Lloyd Price

Poison Ivy - The Coasters

Deck of Cards - Wink Martindale

Battle Hymn of the Republic - Mormon

Tabernacle Choir

Worried Man - Kingston Trio

Battle of Kookamonga - Homer & Jethro

Don’t You Know - Della Reese

Morgen - Ivo Robic

The Angels Listened In - Crests

I Loves You Porgy - Nina Simone

Danny Boy - Conway Twitty

Sea of Love - Phil Phillips

In The Mood - Ernie Fields

Broken-Hearted Melody - Sarah Vaughan

Hey Little Girl - Dee Clark

Makin’ Love - Floyd Robinson

You Were Mine - Fireflies

Week of October 8, 1959

Just As Much As Ever - Bob Buekham

I Want To Walk You Home - Fats Domino

Top hits in Britain -

(‘Til) I Kissed You - Everly Brothers

Here Comes Summer - Jerry Keller

Only Sixteen - Craig Douglas

Sea of Love - Marty Wilde

Living Doll - Cliff Richard

Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin

High Hopes - Frank Sinatra

Three Bells - The Browns

40 Miles of Bad Road - Duane Eddy

Travellin’ Light - Cliff Richard

Mona Lisa - Conway Twitt

Dynamite - Cliff Richard

Sombone - Johnny Mathis

Peggy Sue Got Married - Buddy Holly

Broken-Hearted Melody - Sarah Vaughan

At the movies -

But Not For Me - Clark Gable, Carroll Baker

A Hole in the Head - Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker

Pillow Talk - Rock Hudson, Doris Day

Blue Denim - Carol Lynley, Brandon deWilde

It Started With A Kiss - Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds

Aren’t We Wonderful? - Johanna von Koczian, Hansjorg Felmy

The Anatomy of Love - Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Toto

Doctor at Sea - Brigitte Bardot, Dirk Bogarde

Odds Against Tomorrow