Robert W. Morgan hosts the first chapter of The Golden Years. Ike and “Tricky Dick” are back for round two; the UCLA Bruins aren’t smelling the roses; it’s a perfect game for the DONALD (no, not that one) in the World Series; who is the first to have a hit on the Pop, Country and Rhythm and Blues charts; Bill Russell is making basketball history and he is not even in the NBA yet.
Gene Vincent’s Mom insists, and she was right; Little Richard had his own way of telling his boss he was full of $()*(*%&#$; the Coaster’s Bobby Nunn is the star of this month’s chapter of “we didn’t want to do this record;” Fats Domino shares the inspiration for his latest hit; and Gogi Grant makes a connection with UCLA.
Billy Haley says bye-bye to the green monster; Dean Martin gives us a lesson in memory making; the Platters can spot a phony anywhere; Elvis asks us to be kind; and <Shirley & Lee had one of the shortest but memorable records in the GOLDEN YEAR 1956! (Personal note from Norm Garr: I met Shirley & Lee, Chuck Berry, among others, at an oldies concert at the Hollywood Palladium in 1972!)