Video: '19560128 - Elvis Presley - Dorsey Brothers Stage Show-1'
(Saturday, January 28, 1956, 8:00-8:30 p.m. EST) — Elvis Presley, 21, made his first national TV appearance tonight on Stage Show, broadcast live from CBS Studios in New York City and hosted by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, performing “Shake, Rattle and Roll/Flip, Flop and Fly” and “I Got a Woman.”
(Saturday, January 28, 1956) — “(Love Is) The Tender Trap” by Frank Sinatra peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard Most Played by Jockeys chart for one week.
Video: 'Margaret & Barbara Whiting "Ain't We Got Fun" on The Ed Sullivan Show'
(Sunday, January 22, 1956, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — The Whiting Sisters (Richard Whiting’s daughters Margaret and Barbara) performed “Ain’t We Got Fun” on tonight’s live edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show from CBS Studio No. 50 in New York City.
(Saturday, January 14, 1956) — “Memories Are Made of This” by Dean Martin peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for five consecutive weeks (Jan. 14/21/28, Feb. 4/11, 1956).
(Saturday, January 14, 1956) — “Love and Marriage” by Frank Sinatra peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for one week.
(Saturday, January 14, 1956) — “Burn That Candle” by Bill Haley and His Comets peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Most Played in Jukeboxes chart for one week.
(Saturday, January 7, 1956) — “Nuttin’ for Christmas” by Art Mooney and His Orchestra, with six-year-old Barry Gordon as lead vocalist peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for one week (based on sales for the week ending Dec. 28, 1955).
(Saturday, December 31, 1955, New Year’s Eve) — “White Christmas” by The Drifters peaked at #80 on today’s Billboard Top 100 chart for one week.
Video: '1955 - You'll Never Know - Barbra Streisand'
(Thursday, December 29, 1955) — Barbra Streisand, 13, made her first recording today at Nola Recording Studios in New York City, “You’ll Never Know.”
Video: 'NORAD Tracks Santa 60th Anniversary'
(Saturday, December 24, 1955, Christmas Eve) — The Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, found itself fielding phone calls from children wanting to know the whereabouts of Santa Claus today after a newspaper ad mistakenly gave the Center’s number.
The result was a tradition continued by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) of tracking Santa’s location the night before Christmas.
