I hope I'm not in too much trouble for my 1955 music memories posts in honor of a very special day. Happy Birthday, Chris!!!
Wednesday, April 06, 1955
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News Headlines This Week: |
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Apr 6 - "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 85 performances
Apr 6 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Apr 6 - Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam
Apr 9 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Apr 10 - Ruth Ellis shoots jilting lover David Blakely
Apr 10 - Syracuse beats Fort Wayne, 4 games to 3, for the NBA championship
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Songs for 1955 |
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Learnin' the Blues
by Frank Sinatra
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Sixteen Tons
by Tennessee Ernie Ford
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Autumn Leaves
by Roger Williams
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Moments to Remember
by Four Lads
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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
by Four Aces
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Rock Around the Clock
by Bill Haley & His Comets
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I Hear You Knocking
by Gale Storm
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The Yellow Rose of Texas
by Mitch Miller
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Ain't That a Shame
by Fats Domino
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A Blossom Fell
by Nat King Cole
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| 1955 Prices |
US
President |
| Bread: |
$0.18/loaf |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Milk: |
$0.92/gal |
US
Vice President |
| Eggs: |
$0.79/doz |
Richard M. Nixon |
| Car: |
$1,950 |
Academy Award Winners
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| Gas: |
$0.29/gal |
| Best Picture: | Marty |
| | Directed By Delbert Mann |
| Best Actor: | Ernest Borgnine |
| | in Marty |
| Best Actress: | Anna Magnani |
| | in The Rose Tattoo |
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| House: |
$17,600 |
| Stamp: |
$0.03/ea |
| Avg Income: |
$4,962/yr |
| Min Wage: |
$0.75/hr |
| DOW Avg: |
488 |
| People born on April 6 |
| 1944 - Michelle Phillips, rocker (Mamas & The Papas) |
| 1952 - Marilu Henner Chicago, actress (Taxi, Man Who Loved Women) |
| 1937 - Merle Haggard Bakersfield Calif, country singer (Death Valley Days) |
| 1892 - Lowell Thomas Woodington Ohio, newscaster (High Adventure) |
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On TV in 1955 |
| Make Room for Daddy |
Omnibus |
Lassie |
The Honeymooners |
U.S. Steel Hour |
| Gunsmoke |
This Is Your Life |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents |
Dragnet |
Jackie Gleason Show |
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Top Books in 1955 |
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The Strange Career of Jim Crow
by C. Vann Woodward
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The Ginger Man
by J. P. Donleavy
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The Wheel on the School
by Meindert DeJong
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Notes of a Native Son
by James Baldwin
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