THE TOP 30 SONGS OF 1951

1. Too Young, Nat King Cole

2. Because Of You, Tony Bennett

3. How High The Moon, Les Paul & Mary Ford

4. Come on-a My House, Rosemary Clooney

5. Be My Love, Mario Lanza

6. On Top Of Old Smoky, The Weavers

7. Cold, Cold Heart, Tony Bennett

8. If, Perry Como

9. The Loveliest Night Of The Year, Mario Lanza

10. Tennessee Waltz, Patti Page

11. Jezebel, Frankie Laine

12. I Get Ideas, Tony Martin

13. Mockin' Bird Hill, Les Paul & Mary Ford

14. Mockin' Bird Hill, Patti Page

15. My Heart Cries For You, Guy Mitchell & Mitch Miller

16. (It's No) Sin, Eddie Howard

17. Sound Off, Vaughn Monroe

18. Sweet Violets, Dinah Shore

19. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise, Les Paul & Mary Ford

20. My Truly, Truly Fair, Guy Mitchell & Mitch Miller

21. (It's No) Sin, The Four Aces

22. Aba Daba Honeymoon, Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter

23. Rose, Rose I Love You, Frankie Laine

24. Down Yonder, Del Wood

25. I Apologize, Billy Eckstine

26. Would I Love You (Love You, Love You), Patti Page

27. You're Just In Love, Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters

28. Undecided, Ames Brothers With The Les Brown Orchestra

29. The Thing, Phil Harris

30. Because of You, Les Baxter

THE TOP 100 SONGS OF 1957

1. All Shook Up, Elvis Presley

2. Love Letters In The Sand, Pat Boone

3. Little Darlin', The Diamonds

4. Young Love, Tab Hunter

5. So Rare, Jimmy Dorsey

6. Don't Forbid Me, Pat Boone

7. Singing The Blues, Guy Mitchell

8. Young Love, Sonny James

9. Too Much, Elvis Presley

10. Round And Round, Perry Como

11. Bye Bye Love, The Everly Brothers

12. Tammy, Debbie Reynolds

13. Party Doll, Buddy Knox

14. Teddy Bear, Elvis Presley

15. Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), Harry Belafonte

16. Jailhouse Rock, Elvis Presley

17. A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation), Marty Robbins

18. Come Go With Me, The Dell-Vikings

19. Wake Up Little Susie, The Everly Brothers

20. You Send Me, Sam Cooke

21. Searchin', The Coasters

22. School Days, Chuck Berry

23. Gone, Ferlin Husky

24. Diana, Paul Anka

25. A Teenager's Romance, Ricky Nelson

26. The Banana Boat Song, The Tarriers

27. Honeycomb, Jimmie Rodgers

28. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On, Jerry Lee Lewis

29. Dark Moon, Gale Storm

30. That'll Be The Day, The Crickets

31. Butterfly, Charlie Gracie

32. Moonlight Gambler, Frankie Laine

33. Teen-Age Crush, Tommy Sands

34. It's Not For Me To Say, Johnny Mathis

35. Silhouettes, The Rays

36. Butterfly, Andy Williams

37. Marianne, The Easy Riders

38. I'm Walkin', Fats Domino

39. Chances Are, Johnny Mathis

40. Send For Me, Nat King Cole

41. Rainbow, Russ Hamilton

42. Be-Bop Baby, Ricky Nelson

43. Short Fat Fannie, Larry Williams

44. Green Door, Jim Lowe

45. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter, Billy Williams

46. Old Cape Cod, Patti Page

47. Mr. Lee, The Bobbettes

48. Blueberry Hill, Fats Domino

49. Whispering Bells, The Dell-Vikings

50. Blue Monday, Fats Domino

51. Wonderful! Wonderful!, Johnny Mathis

52. Fascination, Jane Morgan And The Troubadours

53. My Special Angel, Bobby Helms

54. Stardust, Billy Ward And His Dominoes

55. Raunchy, Bill Justis

56. Love Me Tender, Elvis Presley

57. Jamaica Farewell, Harry Belafonte

58. Why Baby Why, Pat Boone

59. I Dreamed, Betty Johnson

60. Hula Love, Buddy Knox

61. Happy, Happy Birthday Baby, The Tune Weavers

62. Since I Met You Baby, Ivory Joe Hunter

63. Four Walls, Jim Reeves

64. Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody, Jerry Lewis

65. Around The World, Mantovani

66. In The Middle Of An Island, Tony Bennett

67. Over The Mountain, Across The Sea, Johnnie & Joe

68. Marianne, The Hilltoppers

69. White Silver Sands, Don Rondo

70. Who Needs You, The Four Lads

71. Melodie d'Amour, The Ames Brothers

72. Little Bitty Pretty One, Thurston Harris

73. Party Doll, Steve Lawrence

74. Young Blood, The Coasters

75. Around The World, Victor Young

76. I Like Your Kind Of Love, Andy Williams

77. Dark Moon, Bonnie Guitar

78. Love Is Strange, Mickey & Sylvia

79. Rock and Roll Music, Chuck Berry

80. Jenny, Jenny, Little Richard

81. Bernardine, Pat Boone

82. Keep A-Knockin', Little Richard

83. Start Movin' (In My Direction), Sal Mineo

84. C.C. Rider, Chuck Willis

85. Lotta Lovin', Gene Vincent

86. Raunchy, Ernie Freeman

87. Valley of Tears, Fats Domino

88. Remember You're Mine, Pat Boone

89. Rock-a-Billy, Guy Mitchell

90. I'm Available, Margie Rayburn

91. Bony Maronie, Larry Williams

92. Mama, Look At Bubu, Harry Belafonte

93. Gonna Get Along Without Ya Know, Patience & Prudence

94. Jim Dandy, LaVern Baker

95. Gonna Find Me A Bluebird, Marvin Rainwater

96. Shangri-La, The Four Coins

97. Freight Train, Rusty Draper

98. Loving You, Elvis Presley

99. I'm Stickin' With You, Jimmy Bowen

100. Black Slacks, Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones

THE TOP 100 SONGS OF 1956

1. Heartbreak Hotel, Elvis Presley

2. Don't Be Cruel, Elvis Presley

3. Lisbon Antigua, Nelson Riddle

4. My Prayer, The Platters

5. The Wayward Wind, Gogi Grant

6. The Poor People Of Paris, Les Baxter

7. Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be), Doris Day

8. Hound Dog, Elvis Presley

9. Memories Are Made Of This, Dean Martin

10. (The) Rock And Roll Waltz, Kay Starr

11. Moonglow And Theme From Picnic, Morris Stoloff

12. The Great Pretender, The Platters

13. I Almost Lost My Mind, Pat Boone

14. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You, Elvis Presley

15. Love Me Tender, Elvis Presley

16. Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom), Perry Como

17. Canadian Sunset, Eddie Heywood & Hugo Winterhalter

18. Blue Suede Shoes, Carl Perkins

19. Green Door, Jim Lowe

20. No, Not Much, The Four Lads

21. Honky Tonk, Bill Doggett

22. Sixteen Tons, Tennessee Ernie Ford

23. Just Walkin' In The Rain, Johnny Ray

24. Allegheny Moon, Patti Page

25. I'm In Love Again, Fats Domino

26. Tonight You Belong To Me, Patience And Prudence

27. Be-Bop-A-Lula, Gene Vincent

28. Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers

29. Standing On The Corner, The Four Lads

30. The Flying Saucer, Buchanan And Goodman

31. Moonglow & Theme From Picnic, George Cates

32. Ivory Tower, Cathy Carr

33. See You Later Aligator, Bill Haley & His Comets

34. I'll Be Home, Pat Boone

35. On The Street Where You Live, Vic Damone

36. (You've Got) The Magic Touch, The Platters

37. Born To Be With You, The Chordettes

38. Band Of Gold, Don Cherry

39. More, Perry Como

40. Singing The Blues, Guy Mitchell

41. Blueberry Hill, Fats Domino

42. The Fool, Sanford Clark

43. The Happy Whistler, Don Robertson

44. True Love, Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly

45. Long Tall Sally, Little Richard

46. A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl, Teresa Brewer

47. Transfusion, Nervous Norvus

48. It Only Hurts For A Little While, The Ames Brothers

49. A Tear Fell, Teresa Brewer

50. Rock Island Line, Lonnie Donegan

51. It's Almost Tomorrow, Dream Weavers

52. Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love), Pat Boone

53. Hey Jealous Lover, Frank Sinatra

54. Soft Summer Breeze, Eddie Heywood

55. Canadian Sunset, Andy Williams

56. Dungaree Doll, Eddie Fisher

57. A Rose And A Baby Ruth, George Hamilton IV

58. Cindy Oh Cindy, Eddie Fisher

59. You Don't Know Me, Jerry Vale

60. Moritat (Theme From The Threepenny Opera), Dick Hyman

61. Ivory Tower, Gale Storm

62. Garden Of Eden, Joe Valino

63. Cindy Oh Cindy, Vince Martin And The Tarriers

64. Ivory Tower, Otis Williams And The Charms

65. Angels In The Sky, Crew Cuts

66. Song For A Summer Night, Mitch Miller

67. Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Gale Storm

68. Teen Age Prayer, Gale Storm

69. Picnic, McGuire Sisters

70. After The Lights Go Down Low, Al Hibbler

71. Mama From The Train, Patti Page

72. That's All There Is To That, Nat King Cole

73. Band Of Gold, Kit Carson

74. Walk Hand In Hand, Tony Martin

75. Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Diamonds

76. Juke Box Baby, Diamonds

77. Are You Satisfied, Rusty Draper

78. It's Almost Tomorrow, Jo Stafford

79. You'll Never Never Know, Platters

80. Glendora, Perry Como

81. I Walk The Line, Johnny Cash

82. Can You Find It In Your Heart, Tony Bennett

83. Tutti-Frutti, Pat Boone

84. Eddie My Love, Fontane Sisters

85. Two Different Worlds, Don Rondo

86. True Love, Jane Powell

87. Moritat (Theme From The Threepenny Opera), Richard Hayman And Jan August

88. Night Lights, Nat King Cole

89. Speedoo, Cadillacs

90. The Church Bells May Ring, Diamonds

91. Mr. Wonderful, Peggy Lee

92. My Blue Heaven, Fats Domino

93. Treasure Of Love, Clyde McPhatter

94. Miracle Of Love, Eileen Rodgers

95. I Want You To Be My Girl, Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers

96. Tonight You Belong To Me, Lawrence Welk

97. Lay Down Your Arms, Chordettes

98. Theme From The Man With The Golden Arm, Richard Maltby

99. Bo Weevil, Teresa Brewer

100. Lullaby Of Birdland, The Blue Stars Of France

 

THE TOP 30 SONGS OF 1955

1 Cherry Pink (And Apple Blossom White), Perez Prado

2. Rock Around The Clock, Bill Haley And His Comets

3. The Yellow Rose Of Texas, Mitch Miller

4. Autumn Leaves, Roger Williams

5. Unchained Melody, Les Baxter

6. The Ballad Of Davy Crockett, Bill Hayes

7. Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing, The Four Aces

8. Sincerely, The McGuire Sisters

9. Ain't That A Shame, Pat Boone

10. The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry), Georgia Gibbs

11. The Crazy Otto Medley, Johnny Maddox

12. Melody Of Love, Billy Vaughn

13. Sixteen Tons, Tennessee Ernie Ford

14. Learnin' The Blues, Frank Sinatra

15. Hearts Of Stone, The Fontane Sisters

16. Tweedle Dee, Georgia Gibbs

17. Moments To Remember, The Four Lads

18. Mr. Sandman, The Chordettes

19. Let Me Go, Lover!, Joan Weber

20. A Blossom Fell, Nat King Cole

21. Unchained Melody, Al Hibbler

22. The Ballad Of Davy Crockett, Fess Parker

23. Honey Babe, Art Mooney

24. The Ballad Of Davy Crockett, Tennessee Ernie Ford

25. Ko Ko Mo ( I Love You So), Perry Como

26. Hard To Get, Gisele MacKenzie

27. The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane, The Ames Brothers

28. That's All I Want From You, Jaye P. Morgan

29. Only You (And You Alone), The Platters

30. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie, Somethin' Smith And The Redheads

 

NETWORK

THIS STORY IS ABOUT HOWARD BEALE WHO WAS THE NETWORK NEWS ANCHORMAN ON UBS-TV. IT IS 7:14 P.M., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1975, AND WE ARE WATCHING THE NETWORK NEWS PROGRAMS ON CBS, NBC, ABC AND UBS-TV, THE NETWORK OF OUR STORY. THE AUDIO IS OFF; AND HEAD SHOTS OF WALTER CRONKITE, JOHN CHANCELLOR, HOWARD K. SMITH AND HARRY REASONER, AND OF COURSE, THE ANCHORMAN OF OUR NETRWORK, HOWARD BEALE, SILENTLY FLIT AND FLICKER ACROSS THE FOUR TELEVISION SCREENS, INTERSPERSED WITH THE NEWS OF THE DAY--PRESIDENT FORD'S NEW ENERGY PROGRAM, A HEARING ON PATTY HEARST'S BAIL, TRUCE VIOLATIONS IN BEIRUT, BUSING TROUBLE IN BOSTON..

IN HIS TIME, HOWARD BEALE HAD BEEN A MANDARIN OF TELEVISION, THE GRAND OLD MAN OF NEWS, WITH A HUT RATING OF 16 AND A 28 AUDIENCE SHARE---

IN 1969, HOWEVER, HE FELL TO A 22 SHARE, AND, BY 1972, HE WAS DOWN TO A 15SHARE. IN 1973, HIS WIFE DIED, AND HE WAS LEFT A CHILDLESS WIDOWER WITH AN 8 RATING AND A 12 SHARE. HE BECAME MOROSE AND ISOLATED, BEGAN TO DRINK HEAVILY, AND , ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1975, HE WAS FIRED, EFFECTIVE IN TWO WEEKS. THE NEWS WAS BROKEN TO HIM BY MAX SCHUMACHER----

WHO WAS PRESIDENT OF THE NEWS DIVISION AT UBS AND AN OLD FRIEND. THE TWO MEN GOT PROPERLY PISSED---

HOWARD (CLUTCHING THE CORNER MAILBOX TO KEEP FROM FALLING) WHEN WAS THIS?

MAX 1951---

HOWARD I WAS AT CMS WITH ED MURROW IN 1951. DIDN'T YOU JOIN MURROW IN 1951?---

MAX MUST'VE BEEN 1950 THEN. I WAS AT NBC. MORNING NEWS. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER. I WAS A KID, TWENTY-SIX YEARS OLD. ANYWAY, THEY WERE BUILDING THE LOWER LEVEL ON THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE, AND WE WERE DOING A REMOTE THERE. EXCEPT NOBODY TOLD ME! --

DOUG HILDEBRANDT       BILL HILDERMAN       DOREEN HINZ       CHERYL HOLBIRD


BRIAN HOLUBETZ       ED HUMPHREYS       BOB HUTCHINSON       TOM JANZEN


NORLANE JENSEN       CHERYL JONES       JOANNE JONES       CHERYL KINCHEN


SUSAN KINZEL       MARILYN KLASSEN       JAY KLEIMAN       CAROL KOHANIUK LEAH KOPLOVICH WAYNE KOSTYK DEBRA KROHN JIM KULYK FRANK KUZMA SHIRLEY LANGFORD ROSALIND LAU
 

DON FLATEN       RICK FORRESTER       STEWART FORRESTER       DIANE FRIESEN      


BRUCE FRISKIE       BRUCE GLOVER       JEAN GOERTZEN       BOB GOING       JOHN GOW


BOB GRAVES       KATHRYN GREENAWAY       NORA GUENTHER       GREG HALES


GERALD HAMOLINE       BRIAN HARGREAVES       JAY HARMAN       BRENDA HART BRENDA LAWRENCE JONI LAWTON
LYNDA LESKO DEBBIE LEWIS JIM LINDSAY ALLAN LISTOE STEVE LIVERGANT DEBBIE LONGUEIL