The Year Was 1964–New television programs premiering this year included “Underdog,” “Flipper,” “Bewitched” and “Gilligan’s Island”…on the big screen, “Mary Poppins,” “Goldfinger” and “Viva Las Vegas”…on the pop music charts, Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman” along with “Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime” by Dean Martin…in the news, Khrushchev “resigned” in the USSR, three civil rights workers were killed in Mississippi, and President Johnson was re-elected in a campaign that featured the legendary “Daisy” TV ad.
KXEL@80–1964
Jeff Stein
May 8, 2023 | 6:23 AM
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