Gary:”This would be the year I turned 18 it was not really the legal age in 1958, because the age to consume or purchase alcoholic beverage was still 21. It was an excellent year for music and for me in general.
Yes, believe it or not I still had the same girl friend, Judy Muir, but this would change late in the year. I would turn 18, but Judy would turn 19, she would graduate and become employed at IBM. Our relationship, worked briefly, but as the months rolled on, she was in the work world and I was still in High School, the worlds just did not mesh, so we parted late in 1958, my first love was gone.
I still had my part-time job at the Post Office, when the union workers got a raise, we, the part-timers where included.
I did not really have to work the dating scene until late in the year, so Judy & I went to lots of dances, and dance contests (we did win) and I guess the usual teenager stuff. I would run the school dances and during the middle of the year would get very involved with starting our own dances for the Willow W Club.
I found out very early in life that “Teenagers” are not really trusted, so when we attempted to rent halls for dances, unless we had some sort of affiliation, we just could not rent anything. So we learned a lesson and went to Toronto and got an affiliation with the Y.M.C.A. and we became the Willow Y Club.
My buddy, Jack, and I discovered when we actually read the agreement, that the YMCA got 50% of our profits. We did very well, so we bought everything in site and took the members on weekend sabbaticals, yeah right. We where learning about business at a very young age and, I guess, figured out how to become resourceful.
Things that I remember from 1958:
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Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13 year old cousin, which pretty much ended his career.
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The program we watched “$64,000 Questions” was rigged and people where given the answers ahead of time.
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The really bad Sack Dress became popular!
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A Drug called Thalidomide caused thousands of birth defects.
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The Nuclear Submarine “Nautilus” went under the North Pole.
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Dick Clark’s Saturday Night Show was launched. All of the Rock and Roll Stars where there.
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Elvis reports to the Local Draft Board and his mother dies and is buried on August 16 and unfortunately Elvis will die 19 years later on this date.
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Hank Ballard writes a song called “The Twist”.
Sports:
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Yankees win World Series over Milwaukee.
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NFL, Baltimore beats the NY Giants 23-17.
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Montreal wins the Stanley Cup beating Boston.
Movies of 1958:
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Best Actor / David Niven / Separate Tables
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Best Actress / Susan Hayward/ I want to live
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Best Picture / Gigi /
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Gary’s favourite Movies from 1958
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The Defiant Ones /
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Vertigo /
New TV shows in 1958:
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Maverick /
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The Rifleman /
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Wagon Train /
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The Real McCoys /
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Peter Gunn /
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The Donna Reed Show /
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These are the cars I wanted, but could not have, in 1958
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1958 Plymouth Fury /
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1958 Desoto Adventurer /
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The Thunderbird went to a four seater
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1958 Chevrolet Impala / I loved it /
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1958 Chevrolet Corvette /
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1958 Pontiac Bonneville /
New Rock and Roll artists that would make an impact in 1958:
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My favourite / Bobby Darin /
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Frankie Avalon /
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The Champs /
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Dion & the Belmonts /
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Another favourite / Duane Eddy /
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Connie Francis /
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Canadian / Jack Scott /
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The Kingston Trio /
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The Shirelles /
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Neil Sedaka /
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Ritchie Valens /
These are the songs that I remember & purchased during the year 1958:
Dede Dinah / Gingerbread / Frankie Avalon 
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?? and Elvis
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