1964 in Showbiz

1964 in Showbiz/The Four Major Showbiz Awards from 1964

On our brother blog DJBC Adventures, the blog from The DJBC Happy Hour radio program on WCRS-FM in Columbus, Ohio, there is a bonus podcast from last night’s broadcast, which featured songs from 1964.  1964 was a big year in music.  Four young men from Liverpool, England made their first North American appearance on a television program on a Sunday evening in early February in New York City, launching “The British Invasion” of music.  There were a lot of great television programs, motion pictures, plays, musicals, and songs from that year.  Here is who won the Major Awards in 1964, and some of the entertainment culture from 1964.

Emmy Awards (Presented in May 1964 for 1963-64 Television Season, April 1963-April 1964):

Comedy Program: The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Drama Program: The Defenders (CBS)
Variety Program: The Danny Kaye Show (CBS)
Music Program: Bell Telephone Hour (NBC)
Program of the Year: The Making of the President 1960 (ABC)
Actor, Series: Dick Van Dyke, The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Actress, Series: Mary Tyler Moore, The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Single Performance, Lead Actor: Jack Klugman, The Defenders, “The Blacklist” (CBS)
Single Performance, Lead Actress: Shelley Winters, Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre, “Two Is The Number” (NBC)
Supporting Actor: Albert Paulsen, Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre, “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” (NBC)
Supporting Actress: Ruth White, Little Moon of Alban: Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC)

More Winners: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0151524.html

Popular Television Shows: The Beverly Hillbillies (# 1 in 1963-64 season), Bonanza (# 1 in 1964-65 season), The Ed Sullivan Show, Bewitched, Gomer Pyle USMC, The Andy Griffith Show, The Lucy Show, The Lawrence Welk Show, The Fugitive, The Red Skelton Show, Petticoat Junction

Television Show Debuts: The Addams Family (September 18, ABC; 1964-1966); Another World (May 4, NBC; 1964-1999), Bewitched (September 17, ABC; 1964-1972), Gilligan’s Island (September 26, CBS; 1964-1967); Gomer Pyle USMC (September 25, CBS; 1964-1969), Jeopardy (Date, NBC/Syndication; 1964-1975, 1978-1979, 1984-present); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (September 22. NBC; 1964-1968), The Munsters (September 24, CBS; 1964-1966), Peyton Place (ABC; 1964-1969)

Grammy Awards (Presented in 1964, for 1963 songs):

Album of the Year: The Barbra Streisand Album
Record of the Year: “Days of Wine and Roses” (Henry Mancini)
Song of the Year: “Days of Wine and Roses” (Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer)
Best New Artist: Swingle Singers
Vocal Performance, Male: “Wives and Lovers”, Jack Jones
Vocal Performance, Female: The Barbra Streisand Album, Barbra Streisand
Performance, Vocal Group: “Blowin’ in the Wind”, Peter, Paul, and Mary
More Winners: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0150546.html

Popular Songs: “She Loves You”, “I Want To Hold Your Hand”, “Twist and Shout”, “A Hard Day’s Night”, “Love Me Do”, “Eight Days a Week”, “I Saw Her Standing There”, “Can’t Buy Me Love”, “All My Loving”, “Please, Please Me” (ALL by The Beatles); “Baby Love”, “Come See About Me”, and “Where Did Our Love Go” (ALL by The Supremes); “Anyone Who Had a Heart”, “Walk on By”, and “Don’t Make Me Over” (ALL by Dionne Warwick), “Everybody Loves Somebody” (Dean Martin), “I Get Around” and “Fun, Fun, Fun” (The Beach Boys), “She’s Not There” (The Zombies), “All Day and All of the Night” (The Kinks), “Hello Dolly” (Louis Armstrong), “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” (The Righteous Brothers), “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” (Manfred Mann), “Hey, Paula” (Paul and Paula), “The House of the Rising Son” and “I’m Crying” (The Animals), “Oh, Pretty Woman” (Roy Orbison), “Viva Las Vegas” (Elvis Presley), “You Don’t Own Me” (Lesley Gore), “Dancing in the Street” (Martha and the Vandellas), “Rag Doll” (The Four Seasons), “The Girl From Ipanema” (Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto), “A World Without Love” (Peter & Gordon), “A Summer Song” (Chad and Jeremy), “Chapel of Love” (Dixie Cups), “Time Is On My Side” (The Rolling Stones), “Suspicion” (Terry Stafford), “Under the Boardwalk” (The Drifters), “Come a Little Bit Closer” (Jay and the Americans), “Little Children” (Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas), “The Last Kiss” (J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers), “Mr. Lonely” and “There! I’ve Said It Again” (Bobby Vinton), “Walk, Don’t Run ‘64” (The Ventures), “Baby, I Need Your Lovin’” (The Four Tops), “Cotton Candy” and “Java” (Al Hirt), “I Only Want to Be With You” and “Wishin’ and Hopin’” (Dusty Springfield)
More Popular Songs: http://tsort.info/music/yr1964.htm, http://www.songfacts.com/released-1964-1.php, http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/top-100-songs-of-the-year/?year=1964

Oscars (Academy) Awards (Presented in 1964 for 1963 movies):

Best Picture: Tom Jones
Best Director: Tony Richardson, Tom Jones
Best Actor: Sidney Poitier, Lilies of the Field (NOTE: Poitier was the first black actor to win an Academy Award)
Best Actress: Patricia Neal, Hud
Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas, Hud
Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Rutherford, The V.I.P’s
Best Original Song: “Call Me Irresponsible” – Papa’s Delicate Condition

More Winners: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148941.html

Popular Films that Came Out in 1964: “My Fair Lady” (Nominated for 12 Academy Awards, winning 8, including Best Picture), “Mary Poppins” (Nominated for 13 Academy Awards), “Becket”, “Topkapi”, “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”, “The Unsinkable Molly Brown”, “The Americanization of Emily”, “Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte”

Tony Awards (Presented in 1964 for 1963-64 Season):

Best Play: Luther (John Osborne)
Best Musical: Hello, Dolly! (Won a then-record 10 Tonys)
Producer, Play: The Deputy
Producer, Musical: Hello, Dolly!
Best Actor, Play: Alec Guinness, Dylan
Best Actress, Play: Sandy Dennis, Any Wednesday
Best Actor, Musical: Bert Lahr, Foxy
Best Actress, Musical: Carol Channing, Hello, Dolly!
Best Featured Actor, Play: Hume Cronyn, Hamlet
Best Featured Actress in a Play: Barbara Loden, After the Fall
Best Featured Actor in a Musical: Jack Cassidy, She Loves Me
Best Featured Actress in a Musical: Tessie O’Shea, The Girl Who Came to Supper
Best Director, Play: Mike Nichols, Barefoot in the Park
Best Director, Musical and Best Choreography, Musical: Gower Champion, Hello, Dolly! (both categories)
Best Author, Dramatic: Michael Stewart, Hello, Dolly!
Best Original Score: Hello, Dolly!
More Winners: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0153433.html

Plays That Debuted in 1964: Hello, Dolly!, Fiddler on the Roof, Funny Girl, The Subject Was Roses, After the Fall, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Foxy, Golden Boy (the Musical), Anyone Can Whistle

The 2014 (71st Annual) Golden Globe Awards Real-Time Reactions Recap

The 2014 Golden Globe Awards Real-Time Reactions

Bryan Curtiss
- The Bryan Awards & The DJBC Happy Hour

So, last night, the Golden Globe Awards aired on NBC.  The David O. Russell 1970s-era flick “American Hustle” won three Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.  Woody Allen won the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award for his years of work in film, which was accepted on his behalf by Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton.

(All Times are Eastern)

7:36PM – The 71^st Annual Golden Globe Awards are coming on in just a short moment on NBC, hosted for the second straight year by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.  Right now, I am watching the AFC Divisional Playoff between AFC West foes Denver and San Diego, with San Diego making a valiant effort to come back, twice down 17 points.  But, the Golden Globe Awards are the best of two worlds – Motion Pictures and Television.  This is called “The Party of The Year” for a reason.  The Golden Globe Awards are a pre-cursor, to some movie pundits to the Academy Awards, of which the nominees will be announced bright and early of Thursday morning.

7:55PM – The Broncos stave off a Charger comeback with a 24-17 win, one year to the day that the Broncos lost to the Ravens in the AFC Divisional Playoff, and one month to the day that the Chargers beat the Broncos at home.  And now, #Time2ChangeTheChannel.

7:56PM – The Red Carpet Show is winding down as people are heading to their seats.

7:58PM – Commercials, Commercials, Commercials…

7:59PM – This is a very hard show to predict, television-wise.  The Hollywood Foreign Press (basically a handful of foreign journalists) cling to the trendy (and sometimes) new programs.

8:00PM – Let the show begin!

8:01PM – “Welcome to the 71^st Annual Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s Lee Daniels ‘The Butler’ Awards” – Tina Fey

8:01PM – “This is Hollywood, and if someone likes something, they will do it until they are sick and tired of it.” - Fey

8:03PM – “Danny and Danny and Bobby say ‘hi’.” – Amy Poehler (to Martin Scorsese); Who are Danny, Danny, and Bobby?

8:04PM – “Hi, Julia, you know us from TV.”  (Another classic Globes jab)

8:06PM – (Off the Record) “Sleep with your limo driver tonight, before he gets famous.” – Amy Poehler

8:08PM – “The Wolf of Wall Street broke Hollywood records by saying the ‘F’ word 506 times”.  That joke never gets old.

8:09PM – “You’re not going to be smug when SnapChat is up here accepting the award for Best Drama.” – Amy

8:10PM – “We’re going to get this show done in three hours, or as Martin Scorsese calls it, ‘Act One.’” – Fey

8:10PM – Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks the Golden Globe for Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.

8:11PM – Jennifer Lawrence wins the Golden Globe for Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for “American Hustle”.

8:13PM – Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis present the Golden Globe for Supporting Actress in (Television).

8:14PM – Jacqueline Bisset wins the Golden Globe for the Starz movie “Dancing on the Edge”.

8:17PM – Bisset is rambling on as the cut-off music plays on.

8:18PM – We are at Commercial Break # 1

8:21PM – Welcome back.  Naomi Watts and Mark Ruffalo presents the Golden Globe for Miniseries or Made for Television Movie.

8:23PM – The HBO film “Behind the Candelabra” which won a record 11 Emmys in September, nabs the Golden Globe for Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie.

8:24PM – Watts and Ruffalo also present the award for Miniseries or Made for Television Movie.

8:25PM – Elisabeth Moss wins the Golden Globe Award for Actress in a Miniseries or Made for Television Movie for the BBC America Miniseries “Top of the Lake”.

8:28PM – Matt Damon introduces the first Motion Picture – Drama nominee “Captain Phillips”.

8:28PM – “He really is a national treasure.” – Matt Damon (on Tom Hanks)

8:29PM – Commercial Break # 2

8:34PM – Theo Kingmar, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association President addresses the crowd.  “Welcome to the President’s Speech, or for those of you watching at home, ‘bathroom break.’”

8:36PM – Margot Robbie and Jonah Hill present the first nominee for Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, “The Wolf of Wall Street.”  But first, Hill and Robbie are staring in space.  Hill acknowledges a prompter error.

8:37PM – Aaron Eckhart and Paula Patton present the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a Television Series – Drama.

8:38PM – Bryan Cranston wins the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a Television Series – Drama for “Breaking Bad”.

8:40PM – Eckhart and Patton also present the Golden Globe for Television Series – Drama.

8:41PM – The final half of the final season of “Breaking Bad” wins the Golden Globe for Television Series – Drama.

8:43PM – Commercial Break # 3

8:48PM – Steve Coogan and (real-life) Philomena Lee present the second nominee for Motion Picture – Drama, Philomena (who played by movie royalty, Dame Judi Dench).

8:49PM – Sean Combs, Kate Beckinsale, and Usher (Raymond IV) present the Golden Globe for Score in a Motion Picture.

8:50PM – Alex Ebert wins the Golden Globe for Score in a Motion Picture for composing the score to the motion picture “All Is Lost”.

8:51PM – “We were partyin’ on the same bus.” – Sean Combs; “He was behind me, unbuttoning my coat, saying ‘Let it flow!’” – Ebert

8:52PM – The trio (Combs, Beckinsale, and Usher) also present the Golden Globe for Best Original Song.

8:54PM – “Ordinary Love” wins the Golden Globe for Best Original Song for the Irish rock band U2 and Brian Burton for “Mandela: A Long Walk to Freedom”.

8:55PM – “This is amazing.” – The Edge, accepting the Golden Globe for “Ordinary Love”

8:56PM – “This is very personal for us, very, very personal.” – Bono, acknowledging the late South African leader Nelson Mandela

8:58PM – Commercial Break # 4

9:01PM – Taylor Kinney, Jesse Spencer, and Amber Heard present the Golden Globe for Supporting Actor in a TV Series, Miniseries, or Made for Television Movie.

9:02PM – Jon Voight wins the Golden Globe for Supporting Actor in a TV Series, Miniseries, or Made for Television Movie for his role on the Showtime drama “Ray Donovan”.

9:05PM – Olivia Wilde presents the second Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy nominee, the virtual romantic comedy “Her”.

9:06PM – Robert Downey Jr. presents the Golden Globe for Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.  “No matter whose name is in this envelope, I am the winner.” – Robert Downey Jr.

9:07PM – Amy Adams wins the Golden Globe for Actress in a Motion Picture for “American Hustle”.

9:08PM – “I always cry when I’m not supposed to, and when the director tells me to cry, I can’t, and it sucks.” – Amy Adams, accepting her Golden Globe for “American Hustle”; “Thank you (David O. Russell) for letting me know that a princess can punch.”  Adams acknowledges that this is her 15-year anniversary on moving to Hollywood.

9:09PM – Commercial Break # 5

9:14PM – Husband-and-wife actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick introduce their daughter, Sosie Bacon, Miss Golden Globe. 

9:15PM - “And Mister Golden Globe, my son, Randy (Amy Poehler dressed in drag)”.

9:16PM – Bacon and Sedgwick present the Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a Television Series – Drama.

9:17PM – Robin Wright wins the Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a Television Series – Drama for her role as Claire Underwood in the Netflix drama “House of Cards”.

9:18PM – “Completely unexpected.  I have no speech.” – Robin Wright (who also acknowledges Merritt Wever’s Emmy upset last September); “Kevin, you’re the best play date ever.”  Short and sweet.

9:19PM – Jim Carrey presents the third Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy nominee, the 1970s flick “American Hustle”.  “Dying is easy, Comedy is Hard.  I believe Shia LeBeouf said that.  Very young and very wise.”

9:20PM – Christoph Waltz presents the Golden Globe for Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.

9:21PM – Jared Leto wins the Golden Globe for his role for Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture in the film “Dallas Buyers Club” as a transsexual with AIDS.

9:23PM – “To all the Rayonnes in the world, you are an inspiration.  Thank you very much.” – Jared Leto

9:23PM – Commercial Break # 6

9:27PM – Emma Thompson presents the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay.

9:28PM – Spike Jonze wins the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay for his motion picture “Her”.

9:29PM – “I’m a terrible public speaker, and I’m bad at speaking English, and English is my only language.” – Spike Jonze, accepting his Golden Globe

9:31PM – Laura Dern presents the fourth nominee for Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, “Nebraska”, which stars Dern’s father Bruce.

9:33PM – Julie Bowen and Seth Meyers present the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a Series – Comedy or Musical.

9:34PM – “Best night ever.  Andy Samberg!” – Seth Meyers reading the envelope

9:34PM – Andy Samberg wins the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical for his role as Detective Jake Peralta in the Fox hit comedy series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”.

9:35PM – “Oh, No!” – Andy Samberg, accepting his award, citing that he didn’t expect to win; “The Writers Kick ‘A’”.

9:36PM – Commercial Break # 7

9:40PM – Orlando Bloom and Zoë Saldana present the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.

9:41PM – The Italian film “The Great Beauty” wins the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.

9:44PM – Jimmy Fallon and Melissa McCarthy present the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Made for Television Movie.

9:46PM – Michael Douglas wins the Golden Globe for his role as the flamboyant pianist Liberace in the HBO film “Behind the Candelabra”.  NOTE to Announcer: Douglas won as a PRODUCER for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, NOT as an Actor.

9:48PM – Commercial Break # 8 (yup, I’m keepin’ a count)

9:52PM – Emma Watson and Chris Pine present the Golden Globe for Animated Feature Film (only three nominees).

9:53PM – “Frozen” wins the Golden Globe for Animated Feature Film.

9:55PM – The fifth and final nominee, “Inside Llewyn Davis” is presented (sorry, I wasn’t paying attention to who the presenter was, I was busy Facebooking) by Colin Farrell.

9:55PM – Chris O’Donnell and Emilia Clarke present the Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a TV Series – Musical or Comedy.

9:56PM – Golden Globe co-host Amy Poehler wins the Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a TV Series – Musical or Comedy for her role as Leslie Knope in “Parks and Recreation”.  “Saturday Night Live” sweeps the Comedy Lead Acting races.

9:56PM – “I’ve never won anything like this!” – Amy Poehler, accepting her Golden Globe for Parks & Recreation

9:58PM – Commercial Break # 9

10:02PM – Emma Stone introduces the clip show for Woody Allen, who is this year’s Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award winner.

10:06PM – Diane Keaton talks about Woody Allen (director/writer of 74 films in 48 years).

10:07PM – “179 of the most captivating actresses have appeared in Woody’s films” – Diane Keaton.  “They are in fact the hallmark of Woody’s work.”

10:11PM – Commercial Break # 10

10:15PM – Liam Neeson presents the third nominee for Motion Picture – Drama, “Gravity”.

10:16PM – Ben Affleck presents the nominees for Best Director of a Motion Picture.

10:17PM – Alfonso Cuaron wins the Golden Globe for Best Director of a Motion Picture for the film “Gravity”.

10:20PM – Chris Evans and Uma Thurman presents the Golden Globe for Television Series – Comedy or Musical.

10:21PM – Fox’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” wins the Golden Globe for Television Series – Comedy or Musical.

10:22PM – Commercial Break # 11

10:26PM – The lovely Jennifer Lawrence presents the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.

10:27PM – Leonardo DiCaprio wins the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical for the Scorsese flick “The Wolf of Wall Street”.

10:27PM – “I never guessed that I would never win for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical.” – Leonardo DiCaprio

10:28PM – DiCaprio lauds the work of Bruce Dern

10:28PM – “I grew up in a generation of actors who adored your work.” – DiCaprio (on Scorsese)

10:29PM – Reese Witherspoon introduces the fourth nominee for Motion Picture – Drama, “12 Years a Slave”, directed by Steve McQueen (not the guy who starred in “Bullitt” and “The Thomas Crown Affair”)

10:31PM – Commercial Break # 12

10:35PM – Chris Hemsworth and Austrian race car driver Niki Lauda present the fifth and final Motion Picture – Drama nominee, “Rush”, directed by Opie Taylor/Richie Cunningham himself, Ron Howard.

10:37PM – Drew Barrymore presents the Golden Globe for Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.

10:38PM – “American Hustle” wins the Golden Globe Award for Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.

10:40PM – Commercial Break # 13

10:45PM – Leonardo DiCaprio presents the Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.

10:45PM – Cate Blanchett wins the Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for the (2014 Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Winner) Woody Allen film “Blue Jasmine”.

10:46PM – “That creeped up under my belt.  A few vodkas later, and here we are.” – Cate Blanchett, accepting her award

10:48PM – Jessica Chastain presents the Golden Globe for Lead Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama.

10:49PM – Matthew McConaughey wins the Golden Globe for his role as a tough cowboy with AIDS in “Dallas Buyers Club”.

10:50PM – “We weren’t TV kids.  We weren’t movie kids.  We played outside.” – Matthew McConaughey on what he did growing up

10:51PM – “This film wasn’t about dying, it was about living.  Let’s keep!” – McConaughey

10:51PM – Commercial Break # 14; Up next, future Golden Raspberry Winner (for “The Lone Ranger”) Johnny Depp (best known for his roles as Tom Hanson, Captain Jack Sparrow, and Sweeney Todd) presents the Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama.

10:56PM – Johnny Depp presents the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama, perhaps the Oscar frontrunner heading into Thursday.

10:57PM – “12 Years a Slave” wins the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama.

11:01PM – That is all for the 71^st Annual Golden Globe Awards.  Now I have to come up with material for a podcast that I am recording in the morning for the DJBC Adventures blog.  Thursday morning, the Oscar Nominations, and Wednesday morning, the Razzie Nominations.  #BusyMovieAwardsWeek

Bryan Curtiss is the host, head writer, and executive producer of “The DJBC Happy Hour” radio show on WCRS-FM, an all-volunteer operated community radio station in Columbus, Ohio.  The DJBC Happy Hour airs every Monday night at 8PM on WCRS-FM, which can be heard at the frequencies of 102.1 (i.e. New Albany, Easton, Bexley, Reynoldsburg, Westerville) and 98.3 (i.e. Upper Arlington, the Hilltop, Downtown Columbus, German Village, Clintonville) FM.  To find a podcast of the radio show, go to http://www.wcrsfm.org.  For The DJBC Happy Hour’s Tumblr blog, go to http://djbcadventures.tumblr.com.