1950 WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM GOVERNOR JAMES DUFF PA TED MACK AMATEUR HOUR #1

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1950 WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM - GOVERNOR JAMES H. DUFF OF PENNSYLVANIA - TO TED MACK AMATEUR HOUR
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ADD 8% SALES TAX.
HISTORY:
THE ORIGINAL AMATEUR HOUR (HOSTED BY MAJOR BOWES ON THE RADIO & THEN TED MACK FOR ITS LONG TV RUN) WAS THE TRUE FORERUNNER OF PROGRAMS SUCH AS "AMERICAN IDOL", "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT", "THE VOICE" ETC.
SOME OF THE STARS WHO FIRST GOT THEIR START ON "THE ORIGINAL AMATEUR HOUR" INCLUDE:
JOEY BISHOP
ROBERT BLAKE
PAT BOONE
THERESA BREWER
MARIA CALLAS
IRENE CARA
JACK CARTER
NICK CARTER (OF THE BACKSTREET BOYS)
JOEY DEE & THE STARLIGHTERS
REV. LOUIS FARRAKHAN (ON VIOLIN UNDER BORN NAME LOUIS WOLCOTT)
JOSE FELICIANO
FRANK FONTAINE
CONNIE FRANCIS
THE GENTRYS
GEORGIA GIBBS
RAUL JULIA
STUBBY KAYE
ALAN KING
ROBERT KLEIN
GLADYS KNIGHT
ANN-MARGRET
PENNY MARSHALL
ROBERT MERRILL
PHYLLIS NEWMAN
BERT PARKS
FREDA PAYNE
REGINA RESNICK
JAMES SHIGETA
BEVERLY SILLS
FRANK SINATRA (WITH THE HOBOKEN FOUR)
JIM STAFFORD
LARRY STORCH
JERRY VALE
VERA-ELLEN
PAUL WINCHELL & JERRY MAHONEY