May 10, 2012

60 years ago
1952

Hit Parade
#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Wheel of Fortune--Kay Starr (Best Seller--9th week at #1; Disc Jockey--9th week at #1); Juke Box--7th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Wheel of Fortune--Kay Starr (4th week at #1)
--Bobby Wayne
--Eddie Wilcox Orchestra with Sunny Gale
2 Blue Tango--Leroy Anderson and his "Pops" Concert Orchestra
--Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra
3 The Blacksmith Blues--Ella Mae Morse
4 A Guy is a Guy--Doris Day
5 Any Time--Eddie Fisher
6 Kiss of Fire--Georgia Gibbs
--Tony Martin
7 I'll Walk Alone--Don Cornell
--Jane Froman
8 Be Anything (But Be Mine)--Eddy Howard
9 Perfidia--The Four Aces
10 Forgive Me--Eddie Fisher

Singles entering the chart were I'm Yours, with versions by Don Cornell; and Eddie Fisher (#23); Two Little Kisses by the Four Aces (#41); What Does it Take for You to Take to Me by Nat "King" Cole (#42); and Gently Johnny by Doris Day and Guy Mitchell (#43).

50 years ago
1962

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Wonderful Land--The Shadows (8th week at #1)

On television tonight
The Untouchables, starring Robert Stack, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Case Against Eliot Ness

30 years ago
1982

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): I Love Rock 'N' Roll--Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (2nd week at #1)

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Lean on Me--Club Nouveau (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in France: Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison--License IV (5th week at #1)

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Prince of Wales Conference Finals
Philadelphia 6 @ Montreal 3 (Philadelphia led best-of-seven series 3-1)

20 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Tears in Heaven--Eric Clapton

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Das Boot--U 96 (7th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: To Be with You--Mr. Big (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
John Lund, 81. U.S. actor. Mr. Lund, who was born on the same day as Ronald Reagan, appeared in such movies as A Foreign Affair (1948); Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948); My Friend Irma (1949); The Mating Season (1951); High Society (1956); and The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960). From 1952-1954 Mr. Lund starred in the CBS radio series Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.

Sylvia Syms, 74. U.S. singer. Miss Syms, once dubbed "the world's greatest saloon singer" by Frank Sinatra, had her biggest hit record with I Could Have Danced All Night in 1956. She died of a heart attack on stage at the Algonquin Hotel in New York.

Basketball
NBA
Eastern Division Semi-Finals
Cleveland 114 Boston 112 (OT)

10 years ago
2002

Died on this date
David Riesman, 92. U.S. sociologist. Mr. Riesman was best known as co-author of The Lonely Crowd (1950), which analyzed American society by dividing people into “other-directed,” tradition-directed,” and “inner-directed” character types.

World events
The siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem by Israeli forces that had existed since April 2 was lifted with an agreement that many of the Palestinian gunmen within would be exiled.

Crime
Robert Hanssen, a former employee of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation who had been a double agent for the Soviet Union, was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.

Basketball
NBA
Eastern Conference Semi-Finals
Boston 66 Detroit 64