Born 1927

Most people today associate “The Twist” with Chubby Checker, but the song was actually first recorded by Hank Ballard, born on this day in 1927…

Prior to finding fame as one of America’s most beloved TV dads, Tom Bosley enjoyed a rich career on stage and screen.

Ronald Reagan once called Andy Williams “a national treasure” – and millions of fans agreed.

In 1979 two stars of the entertainment world came together — along with a cast of, well, if not thousands, certainly hundreds — to create a spectacle like no other: …

In the 1950s, Althea Gibson joined the ranks of trailblazers like Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella and Jesse Owens when she became the first Black woman to compete on the world …

She played for the Muskegon Lassies, later the Kalamazoo Lassies.

Coretta Scott King was much more than just a wife and widow…

In this contentious election year, we could really use Pat Paulsen.

When I was a kid, my mom loved Erma Bombeck, the humorist who made homemaking hilarious. By extension, that meant I did too. 

Johnnie Ray would have turned 85 today. We offer a primer for those who only know him from the Dexy’s Midnight Runners song…