1338 East Sharpneck Street
West Oak Lane
Philadelphia, PA
My age: 5-6
School- St Raymond’s Grade School. Sister Angela Marie was my teacher. We crossed the street from our house and walked up the alleyway to the school.
Home- we lived in a 3 bedroom, one bathroom row home in North Philadelphia. There were 8 of us at the time. My parents had the master bedroom. The four girls were in one room and the two boys had the bedroom that wasn't much bigger than a closet.
Music- I've heard these songs all my life. But I can't be sure I've known all of the songs since I was five.
- The Boll Weevil Song - Brook Benton
- Crazy (Willie Nelson) -- Patsy Cline
- Crying - Roy Orbison
- Dedicated To The One I Love - The Shirelles
- Every Breath I Take - Gene Pitney
- Hit The Road, Jack -- Ray Charles
- A Hundred Pounds Of Clay - Gene McDaniels
- Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) -- The Tokens
- Michael (Row The Boat Ashore) -- The Highwayman
- Moon River -- Henry Mancini/ Andy Williams
- Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes
- Runaround Sue - Dion
- Runaway - Del Shannon
- Run To Him - Bobby Vee
- Shop Around - The Miracles
- Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King
- Stand By Me - Ben E. King
- Take Good Care Of My Baby - Bobby Vee
- Town Without Pity -- Gene Pitney
- Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson
- Walk On By - Leroy Van Dyke
- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?- The Shirelles
- Mister Ed
- The Yogi Bear Show- I loved cartoons
- The Flintstones- I wanted to go back to the stone age.
- Car 54, Where Are You? - I thought this show was hilarious
- Hazel
- Password - I thought these contestants were so smart.
- The Dick Van Dyke Show - I thought Mary Tyler Moore was beautiful.
- October 4 - The Alvin Show on CBS (1961-1962)
- Candid Camera- I loved this show.
News Events
- John Kennedy was sworn in as the US president and my parents were Republicans so he was the enemy.
- Yuri Gagarin, from the USSR, became the first human in space and this was a huge embarrassment for the USA.
- U.S. President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps.
- US Cuban Exiles and CIA mounted unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Castro known as the Bay of Pigs
- The USSR tests the "Tsar Bomba," the largest nuclear bomb ever. We were in the midst of a cold war with many communist countries.
- East German closed the border between east and west Berlin and the construction of the Berlin Wall began. I never thought this war would come down.
- NASA launches the Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) mission. We were determined to surpass Russia in this area.
- Disney releases their first live action musical film, "Babes In Toyland." I vaguely remember seeing this movie.
- The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) started and continues to be a positive force fro wildlife.
Family
- I started grade school. I was very excited to start but then school became a tremendous chore as I had terrible reading problems.
- My dad started his law practice in Philadelphia. He was in a firm with three other men and their office was on 13th and Chestnut in Philadelphia. He used to take me to work from time to time and I loved going there with him. Usually another sibling came along and we played while he worked. Than he would take us to Horn & Harrardt’s cafeteria for lunch.
- My grandfather died sometime around this time but I am not exactly sure what year it was.
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