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Film/TV

Early TV

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1Martin Manulis201426,10967,027Producer of early TV drama, including Playhouse 90
2Judgment at Nuremberg (Playhouse 90)202014,62233,6851959 TV play about the Judges' Trial
3The Defender (Studio One)20209,28632,2001957 TV play about father/son defense team; stars Steve McQueen and William Shatner
4In the Presence of Mine Enemies (Playhouse 90)202010,32525,5611960 TV play about Warsaw Ghetto, written by Rod Serling, starring Robert Redford
5A Town Has Turned to Dust (Playhouse 90)202013,14723,7481958 TV play about lynching of young Mexican man; written by Rod Serling; starring Rod Steiger and William Shatner; John Frankenheimer director
6Forbidden Area (Playhouse 90) 202010,64223,5331956 TV play about Russian submarine attack on US, Charlton Heston stars, Rod Serling screenplay, John Frankenheimer director
7Sacco-Vanzetti Story20208,93618,7551960 TV play about immigrant anarchists executed for robbery and murder; directed by Sidney Lumet; written by Reginald Rose; starring Martin Balsam and Steven Hill
8The Ford 50th Anniversary Show202014,94221,5711953 TV special live on both NBC and CBS; Jerome Robbins choreography; Mary Martin/Ethel Merman duet; Edward R. Murrow/Oscar Hammerstein II closing comments on nuclear war
9The Plot to Kill Stalin202013,43519,9901958 TV play about plot to kill Stalin; Melvyn Douglas as Stalin; Soviet Union closed CBS Moscow news bureau in retaliation
10A Night to Remember (Kraft Television Theatre)202016,55020,3531956 live TV drama about final night on the Titanic; directed by George Roy Hill; large cast; awards for technical production
11Bang the Drum Slowly (United States Steel Hour)20208,99916,8871956 TV play about friendship between two baseball players, Paul Newman stars
12The Strike (Westinghouse Studio One)20226,57614,9431954 TV play by Rod Sterling about officer in Korean War ordering an air strike on position of his own men
13The Green Pastures (Hallmark Hall of Fame)20207,72111,7121957 TV musical with all black cast; nominated for best program of year; William Warfield as The Lord
14For Whom the Bell Tolls (Playhouse 90)202012,40111,8021959 TV play based on Hemingway novel, John Frankenheimer, Jason Robards; Hemingway watched from "flea-bitten motel" and thought it was "terrific"
15No Time for Sergeants (United States Steel Hour)20208,82412,119Andy Griffith TV debut (1955)
16The Moon and Sixpence20209,15010,4501959 TV movie starring Laurence Olivier as stockbroker who becomes artist and moves to Tahiti
17Around the World in 90 Minutes (Playhouse 90)20214,1799,6181957 TV special broadcast live from Madison Square Garden hosted by Elizabeth Taylor with Walter Cronkite
18The Mystery of Thirteen (Playhouse 90)20214,4719,1991957 TV play with Jack Lemmon as English physician/mass murderer
19P.O.W. (The United States Steel Hour)20208,9719,208TV play about suffering and brainwashing of US prisoners of war in Korea (1953)
20Victoria Regina20208,9109,0051961 TV film with Julie Harris as Queen Victoria
21The Killers of Mussolini20206,7168,690TV play about final days of Mussolini with Nehemiah Persoff
22The Turn of the Screw (Ford Startime)202011,6367,582TV adaptation of Henry James novella; Ingrid Bergman's TV debut
23The Jet Propelled Couch (Playhouse 90)20217,1287,5311957 TV play about psychiatrist (Donald O'Connor) and atomic physicist visiting alien world populated by beautiful women
24The Great Gatsby (Playhouse 90)20215,2357,0761958 TV adaptation directed by Franklin Schaffner
25The 80 Yard Run (Playhouse 90)20215,8297,0411958 TV play about former star athlete (Paul Newman) and rich girl (Joanne Woodward) in failing marriage
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Silent movies

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1Sex200910,955843,5591920 film featuring Louise Glaum spider dance, C. Gardner Sullivan
2Junior Coghlan200926,121101,914Child star
3Civilization 200918,63464,9351916 antiwar film, C. Gardner Sullivan
4The Italian 200919,26352,0221915 film about tenement life in NYC's Lower East Side
5Hell's Hinges200913,75928,0861916 western starring William S. Hart; C. Gardner Sullivan
6C. Gardner Sullivan200942,74919,422Silent film screenwriter
7George Beban200921,25418,813Actor and vaudevillian (1873-1928), star of 1915 classic The Italian
8The Coward20095,09017,4481915 film about boy forced to enlist in Civil War; C. Gardner Sullivan
9The Yankee Clipper20094,52511,8071927 adventure film with Junior Coghlan
10The Wolf Woman20095,33610,4881916 film about woman who preys on young men; Louise Glaum, Raymond B. West, C. Gardner Sullivan
11Wagon Tracks20097,85210,5751919 Western with William S. Hart; C. Gardner Sullivan
12The Witch of Salem20092,2259,4321913 film about orphan accused of witchcraft; C. Gardner Sulivan; Raymond B. West
13The Return of Draw Egan20097,7009,3641916 Western with William S. Hart and Louis Glaum; [[C. Gardner Sullivan
14Sahara20098,6598,0191919 film about music hall celebrity who goes blind and becomes drug addict; C. Gardner Sullivan
15Dulcy20093,1165,9581920 film adapted from Broadway play
16Naughty, Naughty!20092,9205,3731918 film about Kansas girl in NYC; C. Gardner Sullivan
17Happiness20092,2245,0741917 film about rich and snobbish orphan going to college; C. Gardner Sullivan
18Raymond B. West20097,0825,044Silent film director
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Art directors

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1Wiard Ihnen202011,24673,614Active 1919-1960, husband of Edith Head, two Academy Awards
2Henry Bumstead202015,23532,426Active 1937-2006; Academy Awards for To Kill a Mockingbird and The Sting
3Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame20095,69412,499Established by Art Directors Guild in 2005
4Ted Haworth202010,38112,606Active 1950-1992; Academy Award for Sayonara; nominated for Marty, Some Like It Hot, and others
5Wilfred Buckland200920,1308,415Art director 1914-1927 pioneered architectural sets, miniature sets, and lighting techniques
6Ernst Fegté202016,8805,054Active 1920s to 1970s
Jan Scott202012,4004,252Active 1950s to 1990s; won 11 Primetime Emmy Awards
Albert Heschong202015,7423,880Active 1949-1985, mostly TV
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Miscellaneous

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1John Herzfeld200915,860146,349Director, screenwriter, producer 1980-2014
2Paul Weiland20099,151120,636Director, writer and producer 1987-2008
3Aram Avakian20099,25772,610Film editor and director (1926-1987)
4Luke Matheny201114,41944,437Writer and director; won Academy Award in 2011 for "God of Love"
5Arnold Laven200916,99842,188Director and producer (1922-2009); producer of The Rifleman and The Big Valley
6Lorenzo Tucker20086,70121,360Actor (1907-1986) known as "Black Valentino"
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Music

Early R&B, blues, and rock

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1Winds of Change20076,232269,2531967 album by Eric Burdon & the Animals; Burdon's move to psychedelic music, including San Franciscan Nights
2The Twain Shall Meet20073,871187,2431968 album by Eric Burdon & the Animals, includes Sky Pilot and Monterey
3Mary Ann20132,671155,9471956 song by Ray Charles
4San Franciscan Nights20077,361116,6511967 song by Eric Burdon & the Animals
5Ark20075,90386,6471983 album by original members of The Animals
6Good Times (Eric Burdon and the Animals song)20072,51346,2321967 song by Eric Burdon & the Animals (unsourced)
7Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl20207,88533,4391931 blues song by Bessie Smith with double entendre lyrics
8Big Long Slidin' Thing20207,03120,7041954 R&B song by Dinah Washington with double entendre lyrics
9Fujiyama Mama20209,41120,309Rockabilly hit in 1957 for Wanda Jackson, lyrics compare woman's energy to Mount Fuji and atomic bombs dropped on Japan
10Confession Blues20132,83717,772Ray Charles song 1949
11Monterey (Eric Burdon and the Animals song)20076,02215,6271967 song by Eric Burdon & the Animals, recounting the Monterey Pop Festival
12It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion)20207,30414,3101951 R&B song by The Swallows with double entendre lyrics
13Keep On Churnin' (Till the Butter Comes)20206,53512,9501952 R&B song by Wynonie Harris with double entendre lyrics
14Wanda Jackson (album)20202,92410,9221958 album by Wanda Jackson
15What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again)20202,9268,4731942 song by Louis Jordan & Tympany Five, reached No. 1 on Billboard race chart
16Jack, You're Dead20202,8347,5471946 jump blues song by Louis Jordan & Tympany Five, reached No. 1 on Billboard race chart
17There's a Party Goin' On20202,3927,1311961 album by Wanda Jackson
18Rockin' with Wanda20202,8476,7651960 album by Wanda Jackson
19Right or Wrong20204,1515,9941961 album by Wanda Jackson including the hit song Right or Wrong
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Country

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1It Is No Secret20203,70562,4311951 Southern gospel song written and sung by Stuart Hamblen
2More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs20203,71445,553Marty Robbins album 1960
3Filipino Baby202013,38016,767Country song became a hit in 1946 for three different artists, including Ernest Tubb and Cowboy Copas
4Pick Me Up on Your Way Down20202,25312,3411958 song by Charlie Walker, reached No. 2 on Billboard country chart
5Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs20204,11411,5841971 Charley Pride album, 16 weeks at No. 1
6Adios Amigo20211,84811,5101962 song by Jim Reeves, reached No. 2 on Billboard country chart
7Stop the World (and Let Me Off)202013,31611,261Carl Belew song 1958, later a hit for Johnnie & Jack
8Country Charley Pride20202,1119,990Charley Pride's first album 1966
9For the Good Times*4,6149,4511970 Ray Price album
10Drivin' Nails in My Coffin20202,3879,0651946 county song by Floyd Tillman, reached No. 2 on Billboard folk chart
11The Cold Hard Facts of Life*3,6858,567Porter Wagoner album (1967)
12The Drifter*2,6138,0781966 Marty Robbins album
13Return of the Gunfighter*2,5247,9631963 Marty Robbins album
14The Country Way20203,6057,7551967 Charley Pride album, reached No. 1 on Billboard country album chart
15Pride of Country Music20203,3187,6051967 album by Charley Pride
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Exotica

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1Quiet Village: The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny20175,03818,8981959 exotica album
2Tak Shindo201120,82718,107Musician and composer (1922-2002) recorded exotica albums 1958-1962; later documentary about Manzanar where he was held
3Chaino20119,78113,337Bongo player (1927-1999) who released exotica albums promoted with fictional biography as orphan rescued by missionary after his tribe was massacred
4Primitiva20173,87911,6831958 exotica album by Martin Denny
5Hypnotique20172,65510,0811959 exotica album by Martin Denny
6Forbidden Island (album)20174,4359,9181958 exotica album by Martin Denny
7Orienta (album)201116,4999,4001959 album by The Markko Polo Adventurers (Gerald Fried) featuring sound effects and Asian-inspired music
Augie Colon20173,1384,053Percussionist from Hawaii (1927-2004), member of Martin Denny's band, voice of bird-calls and jungle sounds on "Quiet Village"
Polynesian Fantasy20115,8803,8991961 album by the Out-Islanders, including Charlie Barnet on saxophone; band formed by Billy May
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Latin

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1La Rebelión20213,76531,248Joe Arroyo salsa song about African couple sold into slavery in Cartagena in 17th century
2El Camino de la Vida20212,85423,416Chosen by the Academia Colombiana de Musica as the Colombian song of the 20th century
3El Año Viejo20217,81921,293Cumbia song first recorded 1953, now a traditional New Year song
4La Pollera Colorá20217,51719,279Cumbia song composed in 1960, rated the most iconic Colombian song of all time
5Macorina (song)20207,61615,7311961 song by Chavela Vargas, became a "lesbian hymn"
6El Preso20214,58911,855Fruko y sus Tesos song from 1975
7Celia & Johnny20202,22611,8421974 salsa album by Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco
8Los Corraleros de Majagual20214,26010,961Colombian music group from the Caribbean coast formed in 1961 with over 30 gold records
9Volver a los Diecisiete20204,7359,7371966 song by Violeta Parra
10Un gato en la oscuridad20201,7698,9711970 album by Roberto Carlos, selected by Billboard as one of the "50 Essential Latin Albums of the Last 50 Years"
11Tito Fernández20219,8108,941Chilean singer-songwriter and folklorist (1942-2023)
12La Noche20216,3547,922Salsa song by Joe Arroyo
13Se Va el Caimán20212,1457,479Cumbia song dating to 1945, ranked No. 6 on list of best Colombian songs of all time
14Celso Duarte201012,3047,431Virtuoso of Paraguayan harp and Mexican jarocho harp
15Colombia Tierra Querida20216,6887,129Cumbia song by Lucho Bermúdez, considered second national anthem
16Fina estampa (song)20209,5916,9621956 Peruvian waltz in música criolla style written and performed by Chabuca Granda
17Valentín Trujillo20215,7666,523Chilean pianist and arranger (born 1933) of popular music
18Cali Pachanguero2021-09-084,2906,162Grupo Niche song from 1984, anthem of Colombian salsa
19El Santo Cachón2021-09-083,2976,040Vallenato song about infidelities in a Barranquilla park
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Charts

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1Billboard Top Country Singles of 196920216,0803,816"Daddy Sang Bass" by Johnny Cash was No. 1
2Billboard Most-Played Race Records of 194620205,6263,603"Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" by Lionel Hampton was No. 1
3Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 196220215,9103,579"Soul Twist" by King Curtis was No. 1
4Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 195920205,6293,480"Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price was No. 1
5Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 196520215,6353,362"I Can't Help Myself" by the Four Tops was No. 1
6Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 196320216,9593,250"Part Time Love" by Little Johnny Taylor was No. 1
7Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 196120215,1093,053"Tossin' and Turnin'" by Bobby Lewis No. 1
8Billboard Top R&B Records of 195520203,6182,805"Pledging My Love" by Johnny Ace was No. 1
9Billboard Top Country Singles of 196520215,2362,745"What's He Doing in My World" by Eddy Arnold No. 1
10Billboard Top Country Singles of 196720215,7462,708"All the Time" by Jack Greene No. 1
12Billboard Top Country Singles of 196620219,1022,663"Swinging Doors" by Merle Haggard No. 1
11Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 195820205,6822,524"What Am I Living For" by Chuck Willis No. 1
13Billboard Top R&B Records of 195220203,7262,428"Lawdy Miss Clawdy" by Lloyd Price No. 1
14Billboard Top R&B Records of 195420203,6972,304"Work with Me, Annie" by The Midnighters No. 1
15Billboard Top R&B Records of 195320203,5312,303"(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" by Ruth Brown No. 1
16Billboard Top R&B Records of 195620203,6412,179"Honky Tonk" by Bill Doggett No. 1
17Billboard Top R&B Records of 195720206,4922,168"Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley No. 1
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Miscellaneous

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1Leonard Skinner20109,356645,813Gym teacher and namesake of Lynyrd Skynyrd
2Shamir (musician)201422,453523,848Singer-songwriter (born 1994) from Las Vegas
3My Baby Just Cares for Me200710,643316,009Jazz standard by Walter Donaldson (music) and Gus Kahn (lyrics), Nina Simone version a hit in the 1980s
4My Mammy20074,331132,7681918 popular song, music by Walter Donaldson
5Yes Sir, That's My Baby (song)20079,993112,4551925 song by Walter Donaldson (music) and Gus Kahn (lyrics)
6You're Driving Me Crazy20078,53550,2511930 song by Walter Donaldson (music and lyrics)
7Wang Dang Sweet Poontang202013,56441,8281977 rock song by Ted Nugent
8A Sleepin' Bee20074,67637,754Popular song by Harold Arlen and Truman Capote written for the 1954 musical House of Flowers
9Music for Lovers Only202031,75024,480Jackie Gleason easy listening album 1952, No 1 for 153 weeks
10The Pink Panther: Music from the Film Score20205,26626,1631964 soundtrack album, music by Henry Mancini
11Northtown (EP)20144,51117,9372014 debut EP of Shamir
12America, Why I Love Her20206,49110,1411973 album of poetry recited by John Wayne
13Skip Miller20095,1427,325Record executive (1946-2009), president of Motown
14Charade: Music from the Motion Picture Score20204,5877,0331963 soundtrack album by Henry Mancini
15Sing Along with Mitch (album)20203,1815,5221958 "sing along" album by Mitch Miller & The Gang, No. 1 for eight weeks
16If It Wasn't True20147,5625,3672014 R&B, pop, dance song written and recorded by Shamir
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