(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
Replay: Some of Manie’s Friends
Some of Manie’s Friends, an extremely rare kinescope of a televised tribute to Manie Sacks, the recording-company executive, hosted by Perry Como and originally broadcast by NBC on March 3, 1959. In addition to Como, the performers include Sid Caesar, Rosemary Clooney, Betty Grable, Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, and Jack Webb: