November 10th, 1965

60 YEARS AGO TODAY:

11/10/65 – Marianne Faithfull gives birth to her son Nicholas.  The father is her husband John Dunbar, who she married earlier this year (with Peter Asher as John’s best man)

 

November 9th, 1965

60 YEARS AGO TODAY:

11/9/65 – Willie Mays is named the National League’s MVP

It is the second time he has been so honored.  (He also won the award in 1954 when helped lead The Giants to the NL Pennant, hitting .345 with 41 home runs.)

This past year, Mays hit what would turn out to be a career high 52 homers and batted .317.

The Say-Hey Kid earned MVP votes for EVERY season he played between 1954 and 1966.  During his incredible career, he was named to the All-Star Team 24 times.

Lots more on Willie here:

https://www.mlb.com/news/willie-mays-best-stats-and-accomplishments

The Saturday Survey / 60 Years Ago Today: November 8th, 1965

 

The Toys continue to hold on to the #2 spot (now for the fourth week in a row) while The Rolling Stones remain at #1 with "Get Off My Cloud."  "I Hear A Symphony," "1-2-3" and "Let's Hang On" are all Top Ten Hits with bullets for The Supremes, Len Barry and The Four Seasons respectively.

"Turn! Turn! Turn!" continues to climb for The Byrds ... it's up fourteen spots from #29 to #15.  And it looks like Dean Martin has ANOTHER big hit on his hands as "I Will" vaults from #57 to #33.

And this week's top debut, "I Got You" by James Brown, will go on to become a '60's classic.

The Dave Clark Five are also back with their remake of "Over And Over" ... it debuts at #60.

  

60 YEARS AGO TODAY:

11/8/65 – The soap opera “The Days Of Our Lives” premiers

You can watch the very first episode here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_4mjbOBB98

Also on 11/8, The Dave Clark Five perform for Queen Elizabeth at The Royal Variety Show

Also on 11/8, columnist Dorothy Kilgallen died of an apparent overdose

(Some say her digging into the Kennedy assassination may have had something to do with it)

This was not the only scandal Dorothy covered over the years ...

Her history is really quite remarkable ...

Many will remember her from the television series "What's My Line," on which she was a panelist for fifteen years, coming into our living rooms every Sunday Night.

Kilgalen also spoke out quite boldly about the Sam Sheppard murder trial.  (Sheppard was the doctor accused of murdering his wife that many believe inspired "The Fugitive" television series.)  She accused the judge of bias.  (Kilgalen said the judge told her at a dinner party that he was convinced Sheppard was "guilty as hell" before the trial even began.)  The verdict was ultimately overturned and Sheppard was set free.

Her newspaper columns had a far reach ... and she was considered to be very influential at the time.  When she butted heads with Frank Sinatra (after publishing a front-page article titled "The Real Frank Sinatra Story"), it made headlines across the globe.

Dorothy was a tough lady ... well-respected and trusted ... I don't know that she really had a history for mixing booze and pills so her cause of death (ruled "not a suicide") seemed pretty shocking at the time.

You'll find much more here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Kilgallen