Walt Disney (plus other influential male figures)

Walt Disney (1901-1966) is one of the world's greatest and most famous pop culture icons, but also the namesake of an iconic media empire.

Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto are some of the iconic and world-famous male Disney characters.

Fantasy, imagination and believing in dreams coming true are some of the optimistic philosophies that Walt Disney has often used.

The full name for Walt Disney is Walter Elias Disney

December 5, 1901 is when Walt Disney was born, and mid-December 1966 is when he died.

Chicago, Illinois is where Walt Disney was born.

Los Angeles, California is Walt Disney's main base.

Kansas City, Missouri is the base for Walt Disney's first animated studio called Laugh-O-Gram.

With New York being America's largest city, Chicago had been its second-largest from 1890 until April 1984, when Los Angeles shed its longstanding third place status.

Incidentally, Walt Disney bridges America's Second Cities: Chicago and Los Angeles.

The Media Capital of the World, based in the Los Angeles area, serves as the place where Walt Disney's eponymous studio is based, but also the place where he passed away.

Anaheim, which is also located in the Los Angeles area, is where Walt Disney's eponymous theme park known as Disneyland is active.

Glendale, also based in the Los Angeles area, is where Walt Disney was cremated and interred.

For Los Angeles, it is nicknamed the City of Angels, fittingly making Walt Disney its famous angel.

1901 is the year of the Ox, which, using 2 letters, has the shortest letter count of any Chinese zodiac in English, when Walt Disney was born.

The Buffalo, using 7 letters, is tied with the Rooster for the longest letter count of a Vietnamese zodiac being written in English.

If Water is added, the Water Buffalo has 12 letters, the longest of a Vietnamese zodiac in English.

Using a space, the Water Buffalo has 13 characters, the longest of a Vietnamese zodiac in English.

Jesus Christ is one of the best, greatest and most famous figures in the world, doubling as an iconic, an influential and an inspiring popular culture icon.

Having been a symbol in the religious sector, Jesus Christ is also a resilient figure for many boys/men around the world in the face of adversity.

Using emotional strength and perseverance, Jesus Christ is one of the emotional male figures.

George Washington (b. 1730's), Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson are just some of America's Founding Fathers.

David Sarnoff (b. 1890's) and William S. Paley (1901-1990) are some of the moguls shaping American radio and television.

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is one of the most famous broadcasters in both the United States and the world.

Having been the first (and oldest) major broadcaster in America since its 1926 inception, NBC is also a pioneer/innovator in the broadcast industry; its innovations shape modern radio and television.

Incidentally, NBC is one of the traditional Big Four broadcasters in the United States.

Each of the Big Four broadcasters, including NBC, is privately-financed, but each also uses advertising revenue.

For NBC, together with the other Big Four broadcasters, the modern ecosystem (including cable) mixes advertising revenue with consumer subscription fees.

Some of the longest continuously running programs on television, which NBC had originated, include Meet the Press, Today (NBC), the Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live (SNL),

Plus, the 3-note jingle for NBC (G-E-C) is an iconic and world-famous clarion call.

The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) is, like NBC, a world-famous American broadcaster.

Historically known for its strong news division and highly-viewed dramas, CBS has been, like NBC, a broadcast pioneer/innovator; similarly, its innovations shape modern radio and television.

Leonard Goldenson (1905-1990's) is an individual having been rooted in American cinema, who, when television comes calling, puts Hollywood techniques in this medium.

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is, like rivals NBC and CBS, a world-famous American broadcaster.

Having been a spin-off of the NBC Blue Network, ABC has had innovations.

Under the cinematic-rooted Leonard Goldenson, ABC partners with major Hollywood film studios to produce filmed content specifically for television.

This ABC strategy by Leonard Goldenson is distinct from live radio via NBC and CBS.

John Reith is the founder of the BBC, whose eponymous, iconic and world-famous philosophy features three of its components: entertainment, information and education.

Richard McDonald (1909-1998) and Ray Kroc (1902-1984) are some of the individuals who shape the eponymous McDonald's empire.

McDonald's is a symbol of the globalization process and the spread of the American way of life.

Enrico Caruso (d. 1921) is the first individual to deliver music on a recorded basis in order to become a celebrity on a global level.

In other words, Enrico Caruso is the first global media celebrity/recording star in the world.

For Enrico Caruso, he elevates the phonograph/gramophone from a low-quality toy into a high-quality household fixture.

Al Jolson (d. 1950) is also a innovative icon in pop culture, like Enrico Caruso.

What makes Al Jolson a similarly-innovative figure to Enrico Caruso is that he uses African-American music for mainstream white American pop culture to convey soul and emotion.

Besides, Al Jolson legitimizes talkies, the way Enrico Caruso popularizes recorded music.

W.C. Handy (d. 1950's) and Thomas A. Dorsey (1890's-1993) are black American music shapers.

For W.C. Handy, his 12-bar blues pattern leads to rhythm & blues and rock music; Thomas A. Dorsey's hybrid - gospel with jazz and blues - lays the foundation for soul music.

Perry Bradford (b. 1893) is a figure in writing the first commercial blues record by a woman.

George Washington Johnson (d. 1914) is the first individual having African-American heritage to offer music on a recorded basis.

Just before both Enrico Caruso and Al Jolson, George Washington Johnson is similarly-innovative.

Alexander Graham Bell (d. 1920's) and Guglielmo Marconi (d. 1937) are electrical pioneers.

Thomas Edison (d. 1930's) and George Westinghouse (d. 1914) are likewise electrical pioneers.

Elihu Thomson (d. 1937) and Edwin Houston (d. 1914) are also electrical industry individuals.

John Pierpoint Morgan (d. 1913) is an American financier and banker.

Merging the Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston companies in the early-1890's had forged General Electric (GE).

Charles A. Coffin (d. 1926) and Owen D. Young (d. 1962) are American businessmen shaping General Electric.

The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) is one of the world's largest and most influential companies specializing in broadcasting and electronics. 

RCA has been formed by GE, Westinghouse and the American Telephone & Telegraph Company.

Christopher Columbus is also one of the greatest and most famous figures in the world, doubling as an iconic, an influential, an inspiring and a controversial pop culture icon.

Leif Erikson is the first European to set foot on mainland North America.

Whereas Leif Erikson puts Europeans on North America (but in a short period), Christopher Columbus does the same (but on a permanent basis).

John Cabot, Walter Raleigh, John Smith and John Rolfe are individuals establishing English settlement being endured in North America.

Though he and his crew briefly reside on the Canadian coast, John Cabot puts the English language on North America, which has political and linguistic ramifications.

For Walter Raleigh, he makes a failed attempt to put the English language on the United States, a trend that both John Smith and John Rolfe would finally realize on a permanent basis.

Jamestown is North America's first permanent English settlement.

Carl Laemmle (1860's-1930's) and Harry Cohn (1890's-1950's) are early film pioneers.

Adolph Zukor, William Wadsworth Hodkinson (W.W. Hodkinson) and Jesse L. Lasky (d. 1950's) are likewise film moguls.

Harry Warner (d. 1950's), together with his younger sons Albert (d. 1960's), Sam (d. 1920's) and Jack (1892-1978), is also a film mogul.

Samuel Goldwyn (d. 1974) and Louis B. Mayer (d. 1957) are likewise film moguls.

William Fox (d. 1950's) and Darryl F. Zanuck (b. 1902) are likewise film moguls; they shape the 20th Century-Fox film studio.

Nunnally Johnson (1897-1977) is a collaborator of Marilyn Monroe.

1897 is the year of the Rooster, which, using 7 letters, has the most letters of any Chinese zodiac being written in English, when Nunnally Johnson was born.

The Rooster, using 7 letters, is tied with the Buffalo for having the longest letter count of a Vietnamese zodiac being written in English.

If Water is added, the Water Buffalo has 12 letters, the longest of a Vietnamese zodiac in English.

Saturday, which delivers the most syllables of all the 7 days of every week (3), is when 1977 began on January 1 and ended on December 31.

Using the format "nineteen seventy seven," 1977 has 20 letters, tied with 1973 and 1978 for having the most letters of any year name of the 20th century.

By using a space without a hyphen, 1977 has 21 characters, tied with 1973 and 1978 for a record in the 20th century.

Via a space/hyphen, 1977 has 22 characters, tied with 1973 and 1978 for a record in the 20th century.

Besides, 1977 has 7 syllables, making it the year with the most pronunciations of the 20th century.

Milt Kahl (1909-1980's), Ward Kimball (1914-2002) and Wolfgang Reitherman (1909-1985) are some iconic and famous members of the Nine Old Men that Walt Disney had forged and named.

Les Clark (b. 1900's), John Lounsbery, Eric Larson (b. 1905) and Marc Davis (b. 1913) are some other members of the Nine Old Men from Disney.

Ollie Johnston (1912-2008) and Frank Thomas (b. 1912) are, after Ward Kimball's 2002 death, the last surviving members of the iconic and famous Nine Old Men from Disney.

This Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas duo brings emotion to the Disney empire.

With Frank Thomas' death, Ollie Johnston becomes the final survivor of the Nine Old Men team from Disney prior to his 2008 death.

1912 is when Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas were born, with their deaths in the 21st century.

Marc Davis designs/animates 2 of the 3 original Disney princesses: Cinderella and Aurora, both using Helene Stanley as a live model.

Unconfined to the Disney ecosystem, Helene Stanley also appears in The Asphalt Jungle (1950), which features Marilyn Monroe, released the same year as Cinderella (Disney).

Cinderella and Princess Aurora are noted Disney princesses using Helene Stanley as a live model.

For The Asphalt Jungle, May 12, 1950 is its release date, which is after Cinderella (Disney).

Another film in the 1950's decade that involves both Marilyn Monroe and Helene Stanley is We're Not Married!

Saul Bass (1920-1996), Maurice Binder (1920's-1990's) and Pablo Ferro (1930's-2010's) are innovative figures in motion graphics.

New York is where both Saul Bass and Maurice Binder were born.

Los Angeles, California is the main base for Saul Bass, but also the place where he died.

Crossing the pond, London is the main base for Maurice Binder, but also the place where he died.

John Whitney (1917-1990's) is a trailblazing figure in computer graphics.

Lester Novros (b. 1909) is also an animator in the Disney ecosystem, whose own company was called Graphic Films Corporation.

Douglas Trumbull (1942-2022), Con Pederson (1930's-2026) and John Dykstra are noted visual effects trailblazers in futuristic Hollywood sci-fi fashion.

Robert Abel (1937-2001), who is an intern for Saul Bass and mentored by John Whitney Sr., is a noted trailblazer in both motion graphics and 3D computer graphics. 

Andrew J. Kuehn (b. 1937) is a figure in modernizing the movie trailer scene using techniques that are rooted in television commercials.

Cleveland, Ohio is where Robert Abel was born, with Chicago, Illinois being Andrew J. Kuehn's.

Los Angeles, California is Robert Abel's primary base, but also the place where he died, with Laguna Beach being Andrew J. Kuehn's.

John Whitney Jr., Gary Demos (b. 1950), Ed Catmull (b. 1945) and Alvy Ray Smith are the other key trailblazers in 3D computer graphics.

David C. Evans (1924-1998), Ivan Sutherland (b. 1938), James H. Clark, Jim Blinn (b. 1949), Henri Gouraud (b. 1860's) and Bui Tuong Phong (1942-1975) are CGI trailblazers.

Edward R. Murrow (1900's-1960's) and Walter Cronkite (d. 2009) are journalistic trailblazers.

Lowell Thomas (1890's-1981), Douglas Edwards (1917-1990) and John Facenda (1913-1984) are also trailblazers in television news.

Dave Garroway (1913-1980's) is one of the icons of television's early years, doubling as an iconic, an influential and a controversial figure in this medium.

Key qualities that make Dave Garroway a trailblazer in the television scene include charisma, charm, warmth, comfort and kindness.

The sign-off for Dave Garroway occurs when he raises the palm of his hand and utters "Peace."

Chicago, Ilinois is Dave Garroway's main base.

Schenectady, New York is where Dave Garroway was born, with Swarthmore, Pennsylvania being the place where he died.

Besides his fame, Dave Garroway's life is also marked by struggles, like mental health issues.

Unconventionality and mystery both surround Dave Garroway's life, career and death.

Still in all, Dave Garroway's influence on the television scene is inevitable, with his legacy extending across newsrooms, street-side structures, news tickers and clock displays.

People are attached to Dave Garroway for reasons beyond his television approach, voice and feel.

Ever since his death, Dave Garroway's TV influence has endured, extending his legacy to newsrooms, street-side structures, news tickers and clock displays.

J. Fred Muggs (b. 1950's) is a chimpanzee, doubling as an NBC personality.

Human-like comedy routines, impressive clothes and playful charm are key qualities making J. Fred Muggs a popular icon among children.

Besides his fame, J. Fred Muggs is also marked by wild antics.

Still in all, J. Fred Muggs' influence on television is inevitable, helping to revive Dave Garroway's own early-morning television program that, before him, was in the ratings doldrums.

Frank Blair (d. 1990's) is the news anchor for NBC's early-morning television program, having worked together with Dave Garroway and J. Fred Muggs.

Known for his calm and professional delivery of the morning news, Frank Blair offers a contrast to the lighthearted antics of this morning program on NBC.

Virginia Dare is the first person to be born in the New World having English ancestry.

Besides, another female figure with Virginia as her given name, who is Virginia Laydon, is the second person born in the New World with English ancestry and the first born in Jamestown.

Having been born to English parents, who were part of Sir Walter Raleigh's exhibition to establish the Roanoke colony, Virginia Dare vanished, however, as well as the colony itself.

As for Jamestown, it won its survival, as did Virginia Laydon, who became a significant later figure in establishing the English population in North America.

The Roanoke colony is one of the failed attempts by Sir Walter Raleigh to establish the first permanent English settlement in North America.

Jamestown, conversely, is the first permanent English settlement in North America.

For Virginia Laydon's parents, they wed in Jamestown, the first recording English wedding to be taken place in this colony.

Clark Gable (1901-1960) is one of the world's greatest and most famous pop culture figures, like Walt Disney.

Haaing been the King of Hollywood, Clark Gable appears together with some of the most famous and popular Hollywood actresses ever, including Marilyn Monroe, Jean Harlow and Vivien Leigh.

Los Angeles, California is Clark Gable's main career base, but also Hollywood's epicentre.

David Conover (d. 1980's) is an individual who launched the career of the iconic and world-famous Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe.

Ronald Reagan is President of the United States on January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989.

Mikhail Gorbachev (1930's-2022) is one of the noted game-changers in the Eastern Bloc.

Gennadi Gerasimov (1930-2010) is an individual who revolutionized public diplomacy in the Eastern Bloc by using Western pop culture references.

Helmut Kohl (1930-2017) is Chancellor of Germany during the 1980's and the 1990's

Boris Yeltsin (b. 1930's), Lech Walesa and Vaclav Havel (1936-2010's) are some other game-changers affecting the Eastern Bloc.

George Meany (1890's-1980) and Lane Kirkland (1920's-1990's) are the first leaders of the AFL-CIO union.

Henry T. Weinstein (b. 1924) is the producer of the last Marilyn Monroe film.

During the mid-to-late-1980's, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl have worked hard together to end the longstanding Cold War.

The successes created by Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl in ending the Cold War conflict, plus Boris Yeltsin, Lech Walesa and Vaclav Havel, led to Eastern Europe's liberalization.

For Ronald Reagan, he uses aggressive policies to bring both the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc to  their eventual collapses.

Glasnost and perestroika are noted policies spearheaded by Mikhail Gorbachev.

As for Helmut Kohl, he supports Ronald Reagan's aggressive policies to oppose communism.

Lech Walesa, whose Solidarity movement in Poland was supported by the US, created changes to the Eastern Bloc that ended the Cold War.

Similar to his own precursor George Meany, he had strong anti-communism; his strong support of the Polish-rooted Solidarity movement led to the collapse of the Eastern Bloc.

Not confined to being a politician, Ronald Reagan is also an actor, doubling as an individual who was involved in the US military during the Second World War.

While in the US military during WWII, Ronald Reagan assisted David Conover in launching Marilyn Monroe's career.

Having been discovered during World War II by David Conover (assisted by Ronald Reagan), Marilyn Monroe was also known as Norma Jeane Mortenson/Norma Jeane Baker/Norma Jeane Dougherty.

Nikita Khrushchev uses policies leading to the Soviet Union's brief liberalization.

In the late-1950's, Nikita Khrushchev visited the United States.

California is one of the US states that Nikita Khrushchev had travelled to during his 13-day US visit (in which he met Hollywood stars, including Marilyn Monroe).

Similarly, both Nikita Khrushchev and Mikhail Gorbachev are individuals who use Sergeyevich as their middle name, but also individuals who change the Eastern Bloc.

Likewise, Marilyn Monroe's spirit also brought Western pop culture/capitalism to the Eastern Bloc after Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl ended the Cold War.

For Gennadi Gerasimov, he revolutionized public diplomacy in the Eastern Bloc by using Western pop culture references, breaking with tradition.

During WWII, Ronald Reagan assisted David Conover in launching Marilyn Monroe's career; as US President, he worked to end the Cold War with Mikhail Gorbachev.

Plus, Nikita Khrushchev, who oversaw the Soviet Union's brief liberalization, met Marilyn Monroe.

Lane Kirkland's wife, whom he married in 1973, has her first husband Henry T. Weinstein, who is the producer of the last ever film for the iconic and world-famous sex icon Marilyn Monroe.

Ray Charles (b. 1930) is likewise one of the world's greatest and most famous pop culture icons and an iconic, an influential and a controversial legend.

Gospel, a genre rooted in sacred African-American churches, is the foundation for Ray Charles.

Besides, the secular music genres for Ray Charles include rhythm & blues, pop, jazz and country.

Some of the iconic and world-famous Ray Charles trademarks include his sunglasses, his gospel-rooted baritone voice and his big smile and humour.

Albany, Georgia is where Ray Charles was born.

Los Angeles, California is where Ray Charles passed away, but also Hollywood's epicentre.

For Ray Charles, he is the first musician to juxtapose his gospel roots with the secular rhythm & blues genre to create soul.

Sam Cooke (1930's-1960's) is also one of the legendary figures in the pop music scene, doubling as an iconic, an influential and a controversial figure.

Like Ray Charles, Sam Cooke is a figure in bridging the gap between gospel and secular pop music.

Whereas Ray Charles fuses gospel with blues and jazz, Sam Cooke fuses gospel with smooth pop.

Plus, whereas Ray Charles uses the grit, gravel, harshness and blues structure of the Black church, Sam Cooke uses lush orchestration, light acoustic guitars and polished backing vocals.

Besides, both Ray Charles and Sam Cooke are pop music innovators.

Clarksdale, Mississippi is where Sam Cooke was born, Chicago, Illinois is where he comes from, Los Angeles, California is where he passed; the latter is where Ray Charles also passed.

Eugene Viollet-le-Duc (b. 1814) and Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841) are noted individuals being involved in the early modern architecture form.

William Le Baron Jenney (d. 1900's), Walter Gropius (d. 1969), Le Corbusier (d. 1960's), Mies van der Rohe (d. 1969) and Frank Lloyd Wright (1860's-1950's) are noted modern architects.

Phillip Johnson (1906-2005) is also a key individual in modern architecture.

Dankmar Adler (d. 1900) and Louis Sullivan (d. 1924) are masters of the Chicago School.

Elvis Presley (1930's-1977) is likewise one of the world's greatest and most famous popular culture/sex figures, but also an iconic, an influential and a controversial legend.

Charisma, charm, beauty, grace, youth, innocence, humour, wit, vulnerability and sex appeal are some enduring qualities making Elvis Presley an iconic sex symbol.

Likewise, Elvis Presley exudes sex, rebellion and the post-war American experience.

Some iconic and world-famous Elvis Presley trademarks include his left-sided grin, his jumpsuits, his pelvis moves, his husky voice with a Southern accent, his black pompadour, etc.

Known as the King of Rock & Roll or simply the King, Elvis Presley is one of the quintessential and ultimate American and global figures of the 20th century and beyond.

Not confined to being a singer, Elvis Presley is also an actor.

Tupelo, Mississippi is where Elvis Presley was born.

Memphis, Tennessee is Elvis Presley's hometown, doubling as the place where he died.

James Dean (1930's-1950's) is likewise a pop culture figure, doubling as an iconic, an influential and a controversial legend, like Walt Disney and Elvis Presley.

Charisma, charm, beauty, grace, youth, innocence, humour, wit, vulnerability and sex appeal are some enduring qualities making James Dean an iconic sex symbol.

Likewise, James Dean exudes sex, rebellion and the post-war American experience.

Some iconic James Dean trademarks include his white T-shirt, his red jacket and his blue jeans, plus his impulsive emotional acting approach and his portrayal of angry youths.

Marion, Indiana is where Elvis Presley was born.

Cholame, California is the place where James Dean died.

The Beatles are the most successful British figures to achieve international success, but also iconic and influential figures in music and pop culture.

John Lennon (d. 1980), Paul McCartney (b. 1942), George Harrison (d. 2001) and Ringo Starr serve as notable members of the Beatles.

Having been the greatest and most successful act of the British Invasion phenomenon, the Beatles also opened the floodgates for rock music from the United Kingdom on a global level.

Just before the Beatles, rock music used a model dominated by solo artists and session musicians.

But the Beatles broke from tradition with a model of self-contained groups doing self-written tunes and self-played instruments.

Cliff Richard is one of the first acts in rock music to produce authentic hits being produced outside the United States, but also the most successful rock act in British music before the Beatles.

The Shadows serve as Cliff Richard's backing band, but also a successful instrumental group.

Hank Marvin (b. 1941), Bruce Welch (b. 1941) and Brian Bennett are some of the core members of the Shadows.

Alan Hawkshaw (1937-2021) and Warren Bennett (b. 1962) are the other members of the Shadows.

Whereas Cliff Richard has won success in both the UK and the Commonwealth (but not in the United States), the Beatles have won truly successful global dominance.

Charles Dolan (1926-2020's) and Ted Turner (1938-2026) are some noted pioneers in introducing cable television, once a regional/local asset, to a national audience via satellite.

Michael Jackson (1950's-2009) is likewise one of the world's greatest and most famous pop culture/sex figures, but also an iconic, an influential and a controversial legend, like Marilyn Monroe.

Charisma, charm, beauty, grace, youth, innocence, humour and sex appeal are some enduring qualities making Michael Jackson an iconic sex symbol.

Having been a hot, sexy, gorgeous and charismatic person, Michael Jackson is likewise a world-famous symbol of resilience for many around the world.

Plus, Michael Jackson is also deeply loved and idolized by many, including girls worldwide.

Boys/men are attached to Michael Jackson for reasons beyond his sexy looks, voice and feel.

Ever since the 1960's, Michael Jackson's influence has endured, extending his legacy to modern media forms, like films, television, fashion and others.

Plus, boys/men have drawn inspiration from Michael Jackson's look, style and persona.

Not confined to being a world-famous sex figure, Michael Jackson is also a cultural figure for teens and young adults.

Almost every young person in the entire world knows, likes and loves Michael Jackson, who has never grown old, just timeless.

Incidentally, Michael Jackson is forever young, forever loved, forever sexual.

Not confined to being a singer, Michael Jackson is also an actor and a media personality.

Billy Wilder (1906-2002) is one of the film directors during the Golden Age of Hollywood; he directed Marilyn Monroe twice.

Patrick Curtis (1930's-2022) is Billy Wilder's nephew.

When regular commercial television operations began in New York, many programs have incorporated theatrical proscenium or radio layouts, separating the stage from the audience area.

In other words, the early studio set designs used by many programs coming from the New York-centric television scene were described as being austere, flat and claustrophobic like a cardboard box.

Plus, in the New York-centric television scene, individuals in radio/television spoke in a loud tone.

Besides, the New York-centric television scene had a fixed/static shot.

Lowell Thomas delivered the first television news broadcast on a commercial level on July 1, 1941 via WNBT (and NBC), which Sunoco sponsored, at fifteen minutes to 7 p.m. (or a quarter to 7).

Richard Hubbell also had the second commercial TV newscast at 8 p.m. via WCBW (and CBS), which came after Lowell Thomas' Sunoco newscast on WNBT (and NBC), also on July 1, 1941.

This 8 p.m. WCBW newscast, which Richard Hubbell delivered, went against Lowell Thomas' Sunoco newscast on WNBT, the world's first regular news competition for commercial television.

Douglas Edwards is the first individual on television to be delivering the day's news on both a national and an on-camera basis.

In addition, Douglas Edwards is also the first newsreader on television to use videotape for time-delay broadcasts.

The Ampex VRX-1000, with quadruplex videotape, used Douglas Edwards with the News on CBS.

For Douglas Edwards, he is one of the individuals who succeeded Richard Hubbell as the WCBW-TV newsreader.

John Facenda is the main news anchor for WCAU-TV from 1948 to 1973, during which it became the ratings leader in the Delaware Valley.

Some notable innovations shaping the modern local television news concept, which John Facenda had pioneered at WCAU-TV, include the 11 p.m. news and a four-person news team.

Plus, WCAU-TV is a pioneer of the format being used in television news: news-sports-weather.

During its first decade since its debut in late-May 1948, WCAU-TV was a CBS network station being owned by the Philadelphia Bulletin newspaper.

The Levy brothers, which ran WCAU during WWII, have their brother-in-law William S. Paley.

Since William S. Paley served as the brother-in-law of the Levy brothers, WCAU served as one of the original CBS affiliates.

Altogether, both Douglas Edwards and John Facenda are the first individuals to be presenting the news stories of the day on television in front of the camera on both a national and a local level.

Whereas early newscasts relied on newsreels, audio-over-slides or behind the camera readers à la radio news, both Douglas Edwards and John Facenda were telegenic newsreaders.

Lowell Thomas and Richard Hubbell were pioneering news individuals on television.

Both the Golden Spike connection via DuMont station WDTV and the historic speech to the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference by Harry S. Truman led to network television.

The Chicago School of Television is a creative television philosophy being rooted in its namesake; its purpose is to counter New York's theatrical/radio grandeur and Hollywood's cinematic glamour.

Such noted techniques involving television's Chicago School include walking personalities, addresses directly to viewers, fluid/moving camerawork and studio sets as three-dimensional/3D canvases.

When regular commercial television operations began in New York, many programs have incorporated theatrical proscenium or radio layouts, separating the stage from the audience area.

In other words, the early studio set designs used by many programs coming from the New York-centric television scene were like a cardboard box, but also two-dimensional/2D canvases.

Besides, New York-centric television also used fixed/static shots, together with loud talkers.

However, the Chicago School circumvented the traditions of the New York-centric television scene.

During the early years of the era after the Second World War, some television programs emanated from Chicago, where Dave Garroway was a radio disc jockey on WMAQ-AM.

Using his laid-back and soft-spoken delivery, radio was Dave Garroway's early passion.

Television came calling for the radio-friendly Dave Garroway in 1949; his eponymous program called Garroway at Large was a key component of the Chicago School.

April 1949 is when Dave Garroway's Garroway at Large program started its run as a local program on WNBQ, before airing on a national basis on NBC, starting in June 1949.

For his eponymous Garroway at Large program, Dave Garroway broke television's old traditions for a more casual approach, in which the reality of the studio was acknowledged.

Using one camera, Dave Garroway walked around large studios and simple abstract sets as he directly talked to guests and television viewers for his eponymous Garroway at Large program.

Just over 2 years after NBC started Dave Garroway's eponymous Garroway at Large program, its rival CBS responded by launching See It Now with Edward R. Murrow in November.

Hear It Now, which served as a former weekly radio adaptation of the I Can Hear It Now spoken-word album series, is, in turn, the basis for Edward R. Murrow's See It Now (CBS).

The CBS Television control room at Studio 41 in Grand Central Terminal houses Edward R. Murrow's innovative and groundbreaking See It Now television program.

Dave Garroway's Garroway at Large (NBC) used moving cameras and unpainted studio walls, whereas Edward R. Murrow's See It Now (CBS) featured a control room with monitors.

Plus, whereas programs from New York-centric TV were like a cardboard box, the See It Now program being helmed by Edward R. Murrow had a control room.

Both Dave Garroway's Garroway at Large (NBC) and Edward R. Murrow's See It Now (CBS) rejected cardboard box-like sets and exposed real technical television production.

NBC also pioneered a new formula of television: early-morning television, which is being offered via Today (NBC), initially coming from the RCA Exhibition Hall.

Situated in the Rockefeller Centre complex, the RCA Exhibition Hall is based directly across from the iconic and famous headquarters of the Associated Press at 50 Rockefeller Plaza.

Contrasting to the iconic headquarters of the Associated Press, which represented print journalism, the RCA Exhibition Hall represented electronic media's fluid and transparent future.

Inside the RCA Exhibition Hall, parts of which were converted into the first Today (NBC) studio, was a newsroom/bullpen being adapted from the Associated Press at 50 Rockefeller Plaza.

Juxtaposing print journalism's industrial past, via the AP at 50 Rock, with electronic media's transparent future, via the RCA Exhibition Hall, the Today (NBC) bullpen was a television innovation.

Next to the Today (NBC) bullpen at the RCA Exhibition Hall was a desk, based behind a backdrop with clocks and television monitors.

Besides, Today (NBC) featured pedestrians on the street looking through the glass windows of the RCA Exhibition Hall to watch this program.

Plus, teletypes that came from the Associated Press (AP), United Press (UP) and the International News Service (INS) were used inside the Today (NBC) newsroom/bullpen at the RCA Exhibition Hall.

The on-screen ticker being adapted from the wire services in the Today (NBC) newsroom/bullpen at the RCA Exhibition Hall, featuring a clock display being adapted from clocks, was used.

Due to technical difficulties and having lacked viewer traction, this on-screen ticker being adapted from wire feeds for Today (NBC) was dropped after just a few months.

Undoing the past, Today (NBC) under Dave Garroway births modern broadcast design elements.

Some of the innovations surrounding the RCA Exhibition Hall for Today (NBC) under Dave Garroway include a newsroom/bullpen, a street-side studio, a news ticker and a clock display.

This borderless room, located at the RCA Exhibition Hall for Today (NBC) under Dave Garroway, was made in-house by NBC's engineering units and RCA's corporate exhibition teams.

With the RCA Exhibition Hall as its first base, Today (NBC) doubled down on the Chicago Style being honed at Dave Garroway's eponymous Garroway at Large program.

Likewise, with Dave Garroway at the helm for Today (NBC), the RCA Exhibition Hall bridged the gap between the Chicago Style, the AP newsroom/bullpen and the See It Now control room.

For Today (NBC), under Dave Garroway, the RCA Exhibition Hall mixed Chicago's creativity with the industrial newsroom/bullpen (AP) and the technical network news nerve centre (CBS).

The early-1950's US presidential election, the second one being held during the Cold War period, was likewise the first to offer television coverage on a massive and multi-faceted level.

For the early-1950's US presidential election, the newly-completed microwave/coaxial system via the American Telephone & Telegraph Company solved the issues of the past televised ones.

Chicago, in which Dave Garroway pioneered a casual television style being brought to New York, also hosted the political conventions in the early-1950's at the International Amphitheatre.

For the Republican National Convention in this early-1950's era, it was the first to be presented live on television on a national level.

Whereas past conventions, including the 1948 gatherings, were simply being televised all over the East Coast, Chicago's political conventions in the early-1950's were televised nationwide.

Using the air conditioning process being installed at the International Amphitheatre, Chicago's political conventions, held in the early-1950's, were the first to do so.

Just before Chicago's major political conventions in the early-1950's era, summer political conventions notoriously suffered heat in venues without A/C, making citizens sweaty.

However, the addition of the A/C process and the American Telephone & Telegraph Company's coaxial television uplink for Chicago's early-1950's political conventions helped modernize these rituals.

For these early-1950's political rituals, held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, the major US television networks erected makeshift broadcast booths inside the convention halls.

The television service with the most notice to cover Chicago's political conventions in this early-1950's period was CBS, which brought Walter Cronkite to national prominence.

Echoing Dave Garroway taking Chicago's techniques with him to New York for Today (NBC) upon its launch in the early-1950's, the Chicago political conventions led to the New York election nights.

Similar to the newsroom/bullpen being adapted from the print field by Today (NBC) for television, the major US television networks used this print-style trend for their early-1950's elections.

Due to Walter Cronkite at the desk, CBS' nationally-televised coverage of these early-1950's American political events had a print-style newsroom/bullpen, which he adapted from the UP wire service.

For Walter Cronkite, he worked with producer Don Hewitt to put the newsroom/bullpen on television's political map, but also on the traditional windowless television studio map, via CBS.

Plus, this nationally-televised coverage of the early-1950's US presidential election was the first to be driven by computers.

One of the computers being utilized for this nationally-televised early-1950's US presidential election coverage was the UNIVAC I.

Standing for the Universal Automatic Computer I, the UNIVAC I was innovative in that it was the first American-made general-purpose commercial electronic digital computer.

Magnetic tape was for mass storage and mercury delay lines for memory, both for the UNIVAC I.

The Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC), founded by its namesakes J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly and based in Philadelphia, built the UNIVAC I.

Remington Rand purchased EMCC in 1950, under which the UNIVAC I was completed.

Having used the UNIVAC I for its televised early-1950's US presidential election coverage was CBS.

With the real UNIVAC 1 iteration being deemed too heavy to carry from Philadelphia to New York, its mock-up prop was installed at CBS' unified Studios 41/42 in New York's Grand Central Terminal.

For this mock-up UNIVAC I prop, it featured blinking Christmas tree lights to create a futuristic visual effect for CBS' nationally-televised early-1950's US presidential election coverage.

At half past 8 p.m., this UNIVAC I computer from the Remington Rand hub in Philadelphia accurately predicted that Dwight D. Eisenhower could win the US presidency; this was via CBS Television.

NBC adapted the newsroom/bullpen from the print scene for television under Dave Garroway.

CBS adapted this newsroom/bullpen element from NBC as a studio set feature being placed in a usual windowless room for television journalism under Walter Cronkite and Don Hewitt.

In the early-1950's, CBS Television innovated the newsroom/bullpen trend for televised election night coverage, in the mid-1960's with an evening news twist, and in March 1973 with a local twist.

Search (1972-1973) is a sci-fi television series produced by Warner Bros. Television for NBC, with its basis being a 2-hour television film Probe (1972).

For Search/Probe (1972-1973), the Probe Control Centre is a fictional room based on NASA's Mission Control Centre.

What describes the Probe Control Centre for Search/Probe (1972-1973) is the fact that it uses a similar monitor matrix to the real-life NASA Mission Control Centre.

Designing the Probe Control Centre for Search/Probe (1972-1973) is Fred Harpman.

Besides, the Probe Control Centre, which Fred Harpman made for Search/Probe (1972-1973), directly inspires his television studio design called the NewsCentre.

Using architectural geometry, angled desks and glass partitions, Fred Harpman's NewsCentre set design contrasts with traditional ones whose framing was flat, shallow and two-dimensional.

Besides, the NewsCentre design by Fred Harpman features NASA-like banks of active video feeds/data monitors.

In addition, mezzanine/stairs also add to Fred Harpman's NewsCentre design.

Rooted in Hollywood's science fiction genre, Fred Harpman's high-tech and cinematic NewsCentre set design was made to have a working newsroom feel.

Plus, Fred Harpman's high-tech and cinematic NewsCentre studio design mirrored the boundless room inside the RCA Exhibition Hall for Today (NBC) under Dave Garroway.

Fred Harpman's NewsCentre is also based on Edward R. Murrow's See It Now (CBS) control room.

Chicago, in which Dave Garroway pioneered a casual television style being brought to New York, also housed WCIU-TV, which pioneered financial news on television.

In the West Coast, KWHY-TV pioneered financial news on television like WCIU-TV.

Both KWHY-TV and WCIU-TV are pioneers in offering financial and business news to television.

November 14, 1966 is when KWHY-TV was the first television station in both the US and the world to deliver financial and business news, with WCIU-TV following suit later.

The Financial News Network (FNN) started in November 1981, with the Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) in April 1989, both merging in the early-1990's.

Quotron, a financial device being made in 1960 by John Scantlin and his eponymous company Scantlin Electronics, is the first to directly stream real-time stock market data to an electronic screen.

Scantlin's Quotron system replaced traditional, slow and mechanical ticker tape machines.

NASDAQ is the world's first fully electronic stock market, which evolved from Quotron.

The 1977 Trinity and the 1981 IBM Personal Computer are the blueprints for personal computers being included in the newsroom/bullpen for television in the modern era.

For the Financial News Network (FNN), some of its original personnel were from KWHY-TV, such as Rodney Buscher and Eugene Inger.

Both the Financial News Network (FNN) and KWHY-TV originated in Los Angeles.

Upon its 1981 launch, the Financial News Network (FNN) pioneered the scrolling digital stock market ticker being based across the lower third of the television screen.

In general, the FNN ticker had the top white band for stocks and the bottom blue band for index.

Mirroring the short-lived ticker being adapted from teletypes in the Today (NBC) bullpen under Dave Garroway, FNN's digital ticker is the first continuous on-screen ticker for cable television.

Locally, this on-screen stock market ticker being created for both KWHY-TV and WCIU-TV featured scrolling text from bottom to top (vertical).

FNN's ticker featured scrolling text moving from right to left (horizontal).

Conversely, upon its mid-April 1989 launch, CNBC used a different ticker from FNN.

With the young and upstart CNBC merging with the iconic and famous, yet scandal-ridden FNN in the early-1990's, CNBC adopted/modernized FNN's scrolling 2-band digital stock market ticker.

Just prior to the Financial News Network (FNN), continuous financial and business tickers were being restricted to local TV stations for several hours.

However, FNN's true breakthrough was to make the stock market ticker a 24-hour standard

Just before both Dave Garroway and Edward R. Murrow, television news studio sets were divided into three separate formulas:

• News anchors sitting at one desk in a studio with a cardboard box feel behind blank walls

• Journalists working in a newsroom/bullpen being filled with teletype machines and noises

• Technical staff operating in a dark and windowless control room, featuring monitor banks

However, both Dave Garroway and Edward R. Murrow broke down the cardboard box-like television studio set walls, turning television news studio sets into three-dimensional/3D canvases.

By the mid-1950's period, the Chicago School of Television had started to fade, as television network production had become a centralized duopoly between New York and Los Angeles.

The East Coast (New York) houses American television's corporate/news operations.

Due to its proximity to Wall Street, plus its political corridors, the East Coast (New York) houses live broadcast journalism, morning news and late-night satire involving current events.

Incidentally, New York is American broadcasting's main financial and executive command centre.

As for the West Coast (Los Angeles), it uses the television industry's entertainment, variety and filmed sectors, capitalizing on.Hollywood's infrastructure and cinematic pool.

Still, the DNA of the Chicago School has had an impact on television.

The casual delivery and open-plan studio sets being rooted in television's Chicago School lead to those being used by national newscasts, nationally-televised elections and 24-hour cable news channels.

Plus, the Chicago School DNA is in sports, and most notably, social media, like YouTube and TikTok.

Expanded formats beyond the quarter-hour serve as modern blueprints for global television news.

For the nationally-televised early-1950's US presidential election, it serves as the modern blueprint for nationally-televised election broadcasts from democracies around the world.

Mirroring the host city of the early-1950's political conventions (coupled with its innovative television philosophy), the box-like election studio sets were torn down for the newsroom/bullpen trend.

21st-century television news studio set designs endure a pivot away from the newsroom/bullpen trend being driven by computers (inspired by print and the UNIVAC I), but others bring it back.

Juxtaposed with the newsroom/bullpen being adapted from print for television by Today (NBC) under Dave Garroway, the UNIVAC I also changed election nights on television.

Whereas 21st-century television election studio designs pivot away from this newsroom/bullpen trend being driven by computers (inspired by print and the UNIVAC I), others bring it back.

Modern 21st-century news studio designs cannot leave behind Dave Garroway's television traits; they instead use digital technology to merge and evolve them into flexible ecosystems.

Some of the innovative Dave Garroway traits that modern 21st-century news studio designs can never leave behind include a newsroom/bullpen, a street-side studio and a news ticker/clock display.

In addition, modern 21st-century televised election studio set designs could not also leave behind these similar Dave Garroway traits to those being used in the television news business.

Likewise, modern 21st-century business/financial news studio set designs cannot also leave the similar Dave Garroway traits behind to those being used in television news.

The struggling ABC network joined with Leonard Goldenson's UPT empire in 1953, which saved this network from extinction, but also provided capital.

Barred from filmmaking due to court rulings, Leonard Goldenson used his UPT connections to secure foundational deals with Hollywood studios.

For instance, Walt Disney, who was an iconic and world-famous cinematic symbol, signed a deal with ABC's Leonard Goldenson to put Hollywood's cinematic production levels on television.

Walt Disney pioneered the synergy model, which used his spots being aired on television to take a look behind the scenes at upcoming films and progress reports on theme parks.

Due to the huge success of his own Disneyland television series, Walt Disney built his own theme park located in Anaheim, which was also known as Disneyland.

Both Douglas Trumbull and Con Pederson worked at Graphic Films, led by Lester Novros.

While working as an intern for Saul Bass, in the 1950's period, Robert Abel entered computer graphics under John Whitney Sr.

Just decades after entering computer graphics, Robert Abel joined forces with Con Pederson, who, like Douglas Trumbull, worked at Graphic Films, to form their own computer graphics company.

Con Pederson was involved with VFX, which began at Graphic Films, led by Disney animator Lester Novros.

Having been around for sixteen years, Robert Abel & Associates refined the slit-scan, backlit and streak techniques, but also pioneered CGI ones, like full ray-traced renders and fluid animation.

Plus, Robert Abel & Associates had its subsidiary: Abel Image Research (AIR).

For its original trilogy starting in 1977, the Star Wars franchise has innovations in special effects.

In 1975, with him needing a special effects team for Star Wars after 20th Century-Fox's in-house visual effects department closed, George Lucas founded his own company based in Van Nuys.

Seeing this location as light industrial, George Lucas named his company Industrial Light and Magic.

George Lucas first approached Douglas Trumbull to lead the special effects team for Star Wars.

However, Douglas Trumbull declined to do special effects for Star Wars due to other commitments and instead recommended his assistant John Dykstra to take his place.

John Dykstra created the Dykstraflex, the first motion control camera controlled by a digital computer.

Before the Dykstraflex, special effects shots were often static with locked-off cameras.

The Dykstraflex means that special effects shots feature dynamic and seamless camera movements, all adding fluidity, realism and excitement to them.

VistaVision is a widescreen film format that Industrial Light and Magic had used to film special effects shots of the original Star Wars trilogy.

Douglas Trumbull, who was initially approached (but declined) to do VFX for Star Wars, was involved with VFX, which began at Graphic Films, led by Disney animator Lester Novros.

John Dykstra was recommended to do VFX for Star Wars.

Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets is the tune that puts rock music on the map.

Crazy Man, Crazy, also by Bill Haley & His Comets, is the first tune in the rock music genre to achieve success on the national American pop music charts.

Blackboard Jungle features Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets, not just in its opening sequence, but four additional times.

For Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets, its inclusion in Blackboard Jungle marked the first instance of a major Hollywood film featuring rock music.

Rock Around the Clock is also the name of a film, whose title track is used in its opening sequence.

Unlike Blackboard Jungle, which is a social commentary, Rock Around the Clock is a musical, the first musical film entirely dedicated to rock music.

For the Rock Around the Clock film, it capitalizes on Bill Haley's fame and the tune's global success.

Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets topped the national American pop charts.

Moving across the pond, Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets did the same, but in the United Kingdom.

Beyond its Atlantic success, Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets also topped the pop charts in other parts of the world, notably mainland Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

Whereas Crazy Man, Crazy by Bill Haley & His Comets wins lukewarm national success in the United States (but not worldwide), Rock Around the Clock earns truly successful global dominance.

Just before Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets, pop music was homogenized.

Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets, however, opened the floodgates for rock music's dominance on a global and mainstream pop music level.

Glenn Ford suggested his younger son Peter (who was interested in both the rhythm & blues and rock music genres) to choose Rock Around the Clock as the theme tune for Blackboard Jungle.

Former Disney musician Charles Wolcott adapted the music for Blackboard Jungle (which introduced rhythm & blues-rooted rock music to mainstream pop music).

Elvis Presley's 1954 version of the 1949 Arthur Crudup tune That's All Right is his debut single, which introduced his unique sound (blues/country fusion) to a wide audience, released by Sun Records.

Recorded at Sun Studios, Elvis Presley's version of That's All Right is a regional success.

Besides Elvis Presley on acoustic rhythm guitar, his session musicians in his That's All Right iteration include Scotty Moore on electric lead guitar and Bill Black on string bass.

With his lead guitarist Scotty Moore being his first manager, Memphis radio personality Bob Neal was Elvis Presley's second.

In addition, Baby Let's Play House is Elvis Presley's first tune to appear on a national chart, whereas I Forgot to Remember to Forget is his first to top the music charts on a national level.

Colonel Tom Parker, a Dutch-born American music executive, who managed other singers, like Eddie Arnold, Hank Snow and Tommy Sands, masterminded Elvis Presley's rise as a global icon.

RCA Victor, the label for both Eddie Arnold and Hank Snow, took Elvis Presley's Sun contract.

Having been signed to RCA Victor in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley achieved national and international recognition with Heartbreak Hotel, which topped the US pop charts.

Across the pond, Heartbreak Hotel reached number 2 on the UK pop charts.

Back in the United States, Heartbreak Hotel reached number 3 on the rhythm & blues charts, but also topped the Country & Western charts.

For Heartbreak Hotel, it is Elvis Presley's first million-seller and his first single for RCA.

In addition, Heartbreak Hotel also achieved feats unheard of by reaching the top 5 position in the pop, country and rhythm & blues charts simultaneously.

Elvis Presley's self-titled debut album is historic: by becoming the first album in rock music to top the album charts, but also the first in this genre to sell a million copies.

Carl Perkins' Blue Suede Shoes also reached the top 5 position in the pop, country and rhythm & blues music charts simultaneously, before Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel

Yet, Carl Perkins' Blue Suede Shoes did not top the pop and rhythm & blues charts, just country.

Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel topped the pop and country charts, but not rhythm & blues.

The Elvis Presley version of the Carl Perkins tune Blue Suede Shoes was not released as a single until after its original version had peaked.

Elvis Presley's Blue Suede Shoes peaked at number 20 on the US pop charts, less successful than Carl Perkins', yet still remains one of the most iconic performances for Elvis Presley.

In contrast to Bill Haley & His Comets, who, as rock music pioneers, endured a clean-cut image, Elvis Presley, as the King, cultivated a youth-friendly, sexual, provocative and rebellious persona.

While Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets initially ignited mainstream interest in rock music, Elvis Presley's charisma and sexual, rebellious, youth-oriented style sexed up this genre.

Elvis Presley, with his charisma, his hip-shaking moves and his raw and soulful singing voice, shocks post-WWII America in its traditional and conservative form.

Chuck Berry and Little Richard are also rock music pioneers, like Bill Haley & His Comets and Elvis Presley.

For Chuck Berry, he established the electric guitar as the main instrument for rock music, with his duck walk, stage moves and innovative riffs.

Little Richard infused gospel into rhythm & blues, creating a dynamic sound that broke boundaries and foreshadowed rock's future.

Plus, Little Richard had a flamboyant style, explosive energy and rebellious spirit.

Maybellene, Johnny B. Goode, Roll Over Beethoven, School Days come from Chuck Berry.

Tutti Frutti, Long Tail Sally, Good Golly Miss Molly, Lucille and The Girl Can't Help It are from Little Richard.

Chuck Berry's guitar playing inspired Little Richard's drummer Charles Connor to create drum riffs.

Bo Diddley and Fats Domino are likewise rock music pioneers, like Bill Haley & His Comets, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Little Richard.

For Bo Diddley, his title song is innovative in blending African percussion, rock music and guitar.

On the other hand, Fats Domino, a New Orleans native, endured innovations as well.

The Fat Man by Fats Domino is one of the first rock music songs, but also became the first in the rock genre to sell a million copies, bridging the gap between rhythm & blues and rock.

I Got a Woman, performed by Ray Charles, is the secular version of the sacred gospel tune It Must Be Jesus by the Southern Tones, which he heard on a car radio in summer 1954.

Fusing gospel music with secular lyrics and a jazz-inspired rhythm, Ray Charles' I Got a Woman song catapulted him to stardom, but also became a prototype for soul music.

The bridge for Ray Charles' I Got a Woman is inspired by Living on Easy Street by Big Bill Broonzy.

What'd I Say by Ray Charles is the song that, after his run of hits in the rhythm & blues genre, finally brought him to mainstream pop music and sparked soul.

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