User:Cbl62/Entertainment
Film/TV[edit]
Early TV[edit]
| Rank | Title | Year | Size | Views | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Manulis | 2014 | 26,109 | 67,027 | Producer of early TV drama, including Playhouse 90 |
| 2 | Judgment at Nuremberg (Playhouse 90) | 2020 | 14,622 | 33,685 | 1959 TV play about the Judges' Trial |
| 3 | The Defender (Studio One) | 2020 | 9,286 | 32,200 | 1957 TV play about father/son defense team; stars Steve McQueen and William Shatner |
| 4 | In the Presence of Mine Enemies (Playhouse 90) | 2020 | 10,325 | 25,561 | 1960 TV play about Warsaw Ghetto, written by Rod Serling, starring Robert Redford |
| 5 | A Town Has Turned to Dust (Playhouse 90) | 2020 | 13,147 | 23,748 | 1958 TV play about lynching of young Mexican man; written by Rod Serling; starring Rod Steiger and William Shatner; John Frankenheimer director |
| 6 | Forbidden Area (Playhouse 90)  |
2020 | 10,642 | 23,533 | 1956 TV play about Russian submarine attack on US, Charlton Heston stars, Rod Serling screenplay, John Frankenheimer director |
| 7 | Sacco-Vanzetti Story | 2020 | 8,936 | 18,755 | 1960 TV play about immigrant anarchists executed for robbery and murder; directed by Sidney Lumet; written by Reginald Rose; starring Martin Balsam and Steven Hill |
| 8 | The Ford 50th Anniversary Show | 2020 | 14,942 | 21,571 | 1953 TV special live on both NBC and CBS; Jerome Robbins choreography; Mary Martin/Ethel Merman duet; Edward R. Murrow/Oscar Hammerstein II closing comments on nuclear war |
| 9 | The Plot to Kill Stalin | 2020 | 13,435 | 19,990 | 1958 TV play about plot to kill Stalin; Melvyn Douglas as Stalin; Soviet Union closed CBS Moscow news bureau in retaliation |
| 10 | A Night to Remember (Kraft Television Theatre) | 2020 | 16,550 | 20,353 | 1956 live TV drama about final night on the Titanic; directed by George Roy Hill; large cast; awards for technical production |
| 11 | Bang the Drum Slowly (United States Steel Hour) | 2020 | 8,999 | 16,887 | 1956 TV play about friendship between two baseball players, Paul Newman stars |
| 12 | The Strike (Westinghouse Studio One) | 2022 | 6,576 | 14,943 | 1954 TV play by Rod Sterling about officer in Korean War ordering an air strike on position of his own men |
| 13 | The Green Pastures (Hallmark Hall of Fame) | 2020 | 7,721 | 11,712 | 1957 TV musical with all black cast; nominated for best program of year; William Warfield as The Lord |
| 14 | For Whom the Bell Tolls (Playhouse 90) | 2020 | 12,401 | 11,802 | 1959 TV play based on Hemingway novel, John Frankenheimer, Jason Robards; Hemingway watched from "flea-bitten motel" and thought it was "terrific" |
| 15 | No Time for Sergeants (United States Steel Hour) | 2020 | 8,824 | 12,119 | Andy Griffith TV debut (1955) |
| 16 | The Moon and Sixpence | 2020 | 9,150 | 10,450 | 1959 TV movie starring Laurence Olivier as stockbroker who becomes artist and moves to Tahiti |
| 17 | Around the World in 90 Minutes (Playhouse 90) | 2021 | 4,179 | 9,618 | 1957 TV special broadcast live from Madison Square Garden hosted by Elizabeth Taylor with Walter Cronkite |
| 18 | The Mystery of Thirteen (Playhouse 90) | 2021 | 4,471 | 9,199 | 1957 TV play with Jack Lemmon as English physician/mass murderer |
| 19 | P.O.W. (The United States Steel Hour) | 2020 | 8,971 | 9,208 | TV play about suffering and brainwashing of US prisoners of war in Korea (1953) |
| 20 | Victoria Regina | 2020 | 8,910 | 9,005 | 1961 TV film with Julie Harris as Queen Victoria |
| 21 | The Killers of Mussolini | 2020 | 6,716 | 8,690 | TV play about final days of Mussolini with Nehemiah Persoff |
| 22 | The Turn of the Screw (Ford Startime) | 2020 | 11,636 | 7,582 | TV adaptation of Henry James novella; Ingrid Bergman's TV debut |
| 23 | The Jet Propelled Couch (Playhouse 90) | 2021 | 7,128 | 7,531 | 1957 TV play about psychiatrist (Donald O'Connor) and atomic physicist visiting alien world populated by beautiful women |
| 24 | The Great Gatsby (Playhouse 90) | 2021 | 5,235 | 7,076 | 1958 TV adaptation directed by Franklin Schaffner |
| 25 | The 80 Yard Run (Playhouse 90) | 2021 | 5,829 | 7,041 | 1958 TV play about former star athlete (Paul Newman) and rich girl (Joanne Woodward) in failing marriage |
Silent movies[edit]
| Rank | Title | Year | Size | Views | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sex | 2009 | 10,955 | 843,559 | 1920 film featuring Louise Glaum spider dance, C. Gardner Sullivan |
| 2 | Junior Coghlan | 2009 | 26,121 | 101,914 | Child star |
| 3 | Civilization  |
2009 | 18,634 | 64,935 | 1916 antiwar film, C. Gardner Sullivan |
| 4 | The Italian |
2009 | 19,263 | 52,022 | 1915 film about tenement life in NYC's Lower East Side |
| 5 | Hell's Hinges | 2009 | 13,759 | 28,086 | 1916 western starring William S. Hart; C. Gardner Sullivan |
| 6 | C. Gardner Sullivan | 2009 | 42,749 | 19,422 | Silent film screenwriter |
| 7 | George Beban | 2009 | 21,254 | 18,813 | Actor and vaudevillian (1873-1928), star of 1915 classic The Italian |
| 8 | The Coward | 2009 | 5,090 | 17,448 | 1915 film about boy forced to enlist in Civil War; C. Gardner Sullivan |
| 9 | The Yankee Clipper | 2009 | 4,525 | 11,807 | 1927 adventure film with Junior Coghlan |
| 10 | The Wolf Woman | 2009 | 5,336 | 10,488 | 1916 film about woman who preys on young men; Louise Glaum, Raymond B. West, C. Gardner Sullivan |
| 11 | Wagon Tracks | 2009 | 7,852 | 10,575 | 1919 Western with William S. Hart; C. Gardner Sullivan |
| 12 | The Witch of Salem | 2009 | 2,225 | 9,432 | 1913 film about orphan accused of witchcraft; C. Gardner Sulivan; Raymond B. West |
| 13 | The Return of Draw Egan | 2009 | 7,700 | 9,364 | 1916 Western with William S. Hart and Louis Glaum; [[C. Gardner Sullivan |
| 14 | Sahara | 2009 | 8,659 | 8,019 | 1919 film about music hall celebrity who goes blind and becomes drug addict; C. Gardner Sullivan |
| 15 | Dulcy | 2009 | 3,116 | 5,958 | 1920 film adapted from Broadway play |
| 16 | Naughty, Naughty! | 2009 | 2,920 | 5,373 | 1918 film about Kansas girl in NYC; C. Gardner Sullivan |
| 17 | Happiness | 2009 | 2,224 | 5,074 | 1917 film about rich and snobbish orphan going to college; C. Gardner Sullivan |
| 18 | Raymond B. West | 2009 | 7,082 | 5,044 | Silent film director |
Art directors[edit]
| Rank | Title | Year | Size | Views | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wiard Ihnen | 2020 | 11,246 | 73,614 | Active 1919-1960, husband of Edith Head, two Academy Awards |
| 2 | Henry Bumstead | 2020 | 15,235 | 32,426 | Active 1937-2006; Academy Awards for To Kill a Mockingbird and The Sting |
| 3 | Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame | 2009 | 5,694 | 12,499 | Established by Art Directors Guild in 2005 |
| 4 | Ted Haworth | 2020 | 10,381 | 12,606 | Active 1950-1992; Academy Award for Sayonara; nominated for Marty, Some Like It Hot, and others |
| 5 | Wilfred Buckland | 2009 | 20,130 | 8,415 | Art director 1914-1927 pioneered architectural sets, miniature sets, and lighting techniques |
| 6 | Ernst Fegté | 2020 | 16,880 | 5,054 | Active 1920s to 1970s |
| Jan Scott | 2020 | 12,400 | 4,252 | Active 1950s to 1990s; won 11 Primetime Emmy Awards | |
| Albert Heschong | 2020 | 15,742 | 3,880 | Active 1949-1985, mostly TV |
Miscellaneous[edit]
| Rank | Title | Year | Size | Views | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Herzfeld | 2009 | 15,860 | 146,349 | Director, screenwriter, producer 1980-2014 |
| 2 | Paul Weiland | 2009 | 9,151 | 120,636 | Director, writer and producer 1987-2008 |
| 3 | Aram Avakian | 2009 | 9,257 | 72,610 | Film editor and director (1926-1987) |
| 4 | Luke Matheny | 2011 | 14,419 | 44,437 | Writer and director; won Academy Award in 2011 for "God of Love" |
| 5 | Arnold Laven | 2009 | 16,998 | 42,188 | Director and producer (1922-2009); producer of The Rifleman and The Big Valley |
| 6 | Lorenzo Tucker | 2008 | 6,701 | 21,360 | Actor (1907-1986) known as "Black Valentino" |
Music[edit]
Early R&B, blues, and rock[edit]
| Rank | Title | Year | Size | Views | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winds of Change | 2007 | 6,232 | 269,253 | 1967 album by Eric Burdon & the Animals; Burdon's move to psychedelic music, including San Franciscan Nights |
| 2 | The Twain Shall Meet | 2007 | 3,871 | 187,243 | 1968 album by Eric Burdon & the Animals, includes Sky Pilot and Monterey |
| 3 | Mary Ann | 2013 | 2,671 | 155,947 | 1956 song by Ray Charles |
| 4 | San Franciscan Nights | 2007 | 7,361 | 116,651 | 1967 song by Eric Burdon & the Animals |
| 5 | Ark | 2007 | 5,903 | 86,647 | 1983 album by original members of The Animals |
| 6 | Good Times (Eric Burdon and the Animals song) | 2007 | 2,513 | 46,232 | 1967 song by Eric Burdon & the Animals (unsourced) |
| 7 | Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl | 2020 | 7,885 | 33,439 | 1931 blues song by Bessie Smith with double entendre lyrics |
| 8 | Big Long Slidin' Thing | 2020 | 7,031 | 20,704 | 1954 R&B song by Dinah Washington with double entendre lyrics |
| 9 | Fujiyama Mama | 2020 | 9,411 | 20,309 | Rockabilly hit in 1957 for Wanda Jackson, lyrics compare woman's energy to Mount Fuji and atomic bombs dropped on Japan |
| 10 | Confession Blues | 2013 | 2,837 | 17,772 | Ray Charles song 1949 |
| 11 | Monterey (Eric Burdon and the Animals song) | 2007 | 6,022 | 15,627 | 1967 song by Eric Burdon & the Animals, recounting the Monterey Pop Festival |
| 12 | It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion) | 2020 | 7,304 | 14,310 | 1951 R&B song by The Swallows with double entendre lyrics |
| 13 | Keep On Churnin' (Till the Butter Comes) | 2020 | 6,535 | 12,950 | 1952 R&B song by Wynonie Harris with double entendre lyrics |
| 14 | Wanda Jackson (album) | 2020 | 2,924 | 10,922 | 1958 album by Wanda Jackson |
| 15 | What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again) | 2020 | 2,926 | 8,473 | 1942 song by Louis Jordan & Tympany Five, reached No. 1 on Billboard race chart |
| 16 | Jack, You're Dead | 2020 | 2,834 | 7,547 | 1946 jump blues song by Louis Jordan & Tympany Five, reached No. 1 on Billboard race chart |
| 17 | There's a Party Goin' On | 2020 | 2,392 | 7,131 | 1961 album by Wanda Jackson |
| 18 | Rockin' with Wanda | 2020 | 2,847 | 6,765 | 1960 album by Wanda Jackson |
| 19 | Right or Wrong | 2020 | 4,151 | 5,994 | 1961 album by Wanda Jackson including the hit song Right or Wrong |
Country[edit]
| Rank | Title | Year | Size | Views | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It Is No Secret | 2020 | 3,705 | 55,241 | 1951 Southern gospel song written and sung by Stuart Hamblen |
| 2 | More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs | 2020 | 2,894 | 37,119 | Marty Robbins album 1960 |
| 3 | Filipino Baby | 2020 | 7,405 | 11,305 | Country song became a hit in 1946 for three different artists, including Ernest Tubb and Cowboy Copas |
| 4 | Stop the World (and Let Me Off) | 2020 | 13,316 | 11,261 | Carl Belew song 1958, later a hit for Johnnie & Jack |
| 5 | Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs | 2020 | 3,230 | 8,480 | 1971 Charley Pride album, 16 weeks at No. 1 |
| 6 | Pick Me Up on Your Way Down | 2020 | 2,102 | 7,655 | 1958 song by Charlie Walker, reached No. 2 on Billboard country chart |
| 7 | Country Charley Pride | 2020 | 2,063 | 7,395 | Charley Pride's first album 1966 |
| 8 | Adios Amigo | 2021 | 1,495 | 6,880 | 1962 song by Jim Reeves, reached No. 2 on Billboard country chart |
| 9 | The Country Way | 2020 | 3,587 | 5,611 | 1967 Charley Pride album, reached No. 1 on Billboard country album chart |
| 10 | Drivin' Nails in My Coffin | 2020 | 2,387 | 5,759 | 1946 county song by Floyd Tillman, reached No. 2 on Billboard folk chart |
| 11 | Pride of Country Music | 2020 | 3,193 | 5,515q | 1967 album by Charley Pride |
Exotica[edit]
| Rank | Title | Year | Size | Views | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quiet Village: The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny | 2017 | 5,038 | 18,898 | 1959 exotica album |
| 2 | Tak Shindo | 2011 | 20,827 | 18,107 | Musician and composer (1922-2002) recorded exotica albums 1958-1962; later documentary about Manzanar where he was held |
| 3 | Chaino | 2011 | 9,781 | 13,337 | Bongo player (1927-1999) who released exotica albums promoted with fictional biography as orphan rescued by missionary after his tribe was massacred |
| 4 | Primitiva | 2017 | 3,879 | 11,683 | 1958 exotica album by Martin Denny |
| 5 | Hypnotique | 2017 | 2,655 | 10,081 | 1959 exotica album by Martin Denny |
| 6 | Forbidden Island (album) | 2017 | 4,435 | 9,918 | 1958 exotica album by Martin Denny |
| 7 | Orienta (album) | 2011 | 16,499 | 9,400 | 1959 album by The Markko Polo Adventurers (Gerald Fried) featuring sound effects and Asian-inspired music |
| Augie Colon | 2017 | 3,138 | 4,053 | Percussionist from Hawaii (1927-2004), member of Martin Denny's band, voice of bird-calls and jungle sounds on "Quiet Village" | |
| Polynesian Fantasy | 2011 | 5,880 | 3,899 | 1961 album by the Out-Islanders, including Charlie Barnet on saxophone; band formed by Billy May |
Latin[edit]
| Rank | Title | Year | Size | Views | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macorina (song) | 2020 | 7,622 | 13,566 | 1961 song by Chavela Vargas, became a "lesbian hymn" |
| 2 | Celia & Johnny | 2020 | 2,226 | 8,157 | 1974 salsa album by Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco |
| 3 | Volver a los Diecisiete | 2020 | 4,735 | 7,683 | 1966 song by Violeta Parra |
| 4 | Celso Duarte | 2010 | 12,123 | 6,976 | Virtuoso of Paraguayan harp and Mexican jarocho harp |
| 5 | Tito Fernández | 2021 | 9,810 | 6,954 | Chilean singer-songwriter and folklorist (1942-2023) |
| 6 | Un gato en la oscuridad | 2020 | 1,758 | 6,041 | 1970 album by Roberto Carlos, selected by Billboard as one of the "50 Essential Latin Albums of the Last 50 Years" |
| 7 | Valentín Trujillo | 2021 | 5,766 | 5,216 | Chilean pianist and arranger (born 1933) of popular music |
| 8 | Fina estampa (song) | 2020 | 9,591 | 5,418 | 1956 Peruvian waltz in música criolla style written and performed by Chabuca Granda |
Charts[edit]
Miscellaneous[edit]
| Rank | Title | Year | Size | Views | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonard Skinner | 2010 | 9,356 | 645,813 | Gym teacher and namesake of Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| 2 | Shamir (musician) | 2014 | 22,453 | 523,848 | Singer-songwriter (born 1994) from Las Vegas |
| 3 | My Baby Just Cares for Me | 2007 | 10,643 | 316,009 | Jazz standard by Walter Donaldson (music) and Gus Kahn (lyrics), Nina Simone version a hit in the 1980s |
| 4 | My Mammy | 2007 | 4,331 | 132,768 | 1918 popular song, music by Walter Donaldson |
| 5 | Yes Sir, That's My Baby (song) | 2007 | 9,993 | 112,455 | 1925 song by Walter Donaldson (music) and Gus Kahn (lyrics) |
| 6 | You're Driving Me Crazy | 2007 | 8,535 | 50,251 | 1930 song by Walter Donaldson (music and lyrics) |
| 7 | Wang Dang Sweet Poontang | 2020 | 13,564 | 41,828 | 1977 rock song by Ted Nugent |
| 8 | A Sleepin' Bee | 2007 | 4,676 | 37,754 | Popular song by Harold Arlen and Truman Capote written for the 1954 musical House of Flowers |
| 9 | Music for Lovers Only | 2020 | 31,750 | 24,480 | Jackie Gleason easy listening album 1952, No 1 for 153 weeks |
| 10 | The Pink Panther: Music from the Film Score | 2020 | 5,266 | 26,163 | 1964 soundtrack album, music by Henry Mancini |
| 11 | Northtown (EP) | 2014 | 4,511 | 17,937 | 2014 debut EP of Shamir |
| 12 | America, Why I Love Her | 2020 | 6,491 | 10,141 | 1973 album of poetry recited by John Wayne |
| 13 | Skip Miller | 2009 | 5,142 | 7,325 | Record executive (1946-2009), president of Motown |
| 14 | Charade: Music from the Motion Picture Score | 2020 | 4,587 | 7,033 | 1963 soundtrack album by Henry Mancini |
| 15 | Sing Along with Mitch (album) | 2020 | 3,181 | 5,522 | 1958 "sing along" album by Mitch Miller & The Gang, No. 1 for eight weeks |
| 16 | If It Wasn't True | 2014 | 7,562 | 5,367 | 2014 R&B, pop, dance song written and recorded by Shamir |