SURPRISE. SURPRISE.SURPRISE!
Remember when we had to get up to change the TV channels? Here are the top shows of 1965 your family might have watched in order of popularity: “Bonanza,” “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,” “The Lucy Show,” “Red Skelton Hour,” “Batman,” (the newest episodes), “The Andy Griffith Show,” “Bewitched,” “The Beverly Hillbillies,” “Hogan’s Heroes,” and “Batman,” (the old season).
HIGBEE’S
Higbee’s department store at 100 Public Square got an elegant remodel — a block-long main aisle lined with crystal chandeliers. The downtown stalwart was a “dress up” destination for thousands of shoppers. The 10th floor housed The Silver Grille, Winter Garden Restaurant and The Pronto Room.
AND THE BEAT GOES ON…
Tiger Beat magazine debuted in 1965. Did you save your babysitting money to buy it? Did you tape the posters to your bedroom walls? Did you think The Beach Boys just might want to relocate to Northeast Ohio? Yes. yes and yes.
HAIR CONTROL
Anyone who wanted picture-perfect hair that could withstand a windstorm knew just the product to buy: Dippity-do. It was invented in 1965. The tub was found on bathroom counters and dressing tables everywhere. Even late rocker Eric Carr, of Kiss, reportedly drenched his hair in Dippity-do when he was a teen and pulled a stocking over his head before bed in an attempt to get his curly hair to lie flat like the Beatles’, according to a CNN program on the history of cosmetics.
CLASSIC JAZZ AND A ROOFTOP SING-A-LONG
Jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrain appeared at Leo’s Casino Aug. 19- 22, performing songs from his classic album, “A Love Supreme.” Leo’s Casino was a popular destination for R & B and Motown artists. It was located in the Quad Hall Hotel at 7500 Euclid Ave.
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“Chim Chim Cher-ee” from “Mary Poppins” won best song at the 37th Academy Awards, which honored films from 1964. Music and lyrics were written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The ceremony was held April 5.
