GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1755
“Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially thin.”
(the beginning of the poem “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson, 1869-1935)
HALCYON DAYS
The top five songs on the tenth Silver Dollar Survey on WLS radio, Chicago, Dec. 17, 1960: 1. Are You Lonesome Tonight? Elvis Presley…