1957
What did it cost in 1957?
A New Home $ 20, 000.00
A New Auto $ 2,100.00
The Average Income $ 4,454.00
The Minimum wage $ 1.00 per hour
Gas $ .24 per gallon
Milk $ 1.00 per gallon
Bread $ .19 per loaf
Eggs $ .82 per dozen
Postage stamp $ .03 (goes up to $0.41 IN 2007)
Dow Jones Average was: 435
The US Population was: 171,984,130
There Were: 2,974 AM radio stations
There Were: 530 FM radio stations
There Were 471 TV stations
Billboard Top 5 Singles 1957
1. All Shook Up Elvis Presley
2. Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone
3. Little Darlin' The Diamonds
4. Young Love Tab Hunter
5. So Rare Jimmy Dorsey
Billboard Top 5 R & B Singles 1957
1. Jailhouse Rock/Treat Me Nice Elvis Presley
2. Searchin' / Young Blood The Coasters
3. You Send Me Sam Cooke
4. Wake Up Little Susie The Everly Brothers
5. All Shook Up Elvis Presley
1957Academy Awards
1. Best Picture Around the World in 80 Days
2. Best Actor Yul Brynner - The King and I
3. Best Actress Ingrid Bergman – Anastasia
4. Best Song Que Sera Sera (Man who Knew too Much)
1957 Academy Awards
Best Play Long Day's Journey into Night
Best Musical My Fair Lady
Best Actor Fredric March-Long Day's journey into Night
Best Actress Margaret Leighton-Separate Tables
Best Actor - Musical Rex Harrison- My Fair Lady
Best Actress - Musical Judy Holiday - Bells are Ringing
1957 Academy Awards
Dramatic Series Gunsmoke
Best New Series: 7 Lively Arts (CBS)
Best Comedy The Phil Silvers Show
Best Actor Robert Young- Father Knows
Best Actress Jane Wyatt
Best Musical/Variety Dinah Shore Show
Best News Commentary Edward R Murrow
MOVIES in 1957
Bridge of the River Kwai
A Face in the Crowd
Funny Face
Gunfight at the OK Corral
Jailhouse Rock
The Pajama Game (with Doris Day)
Peyton Place
Sayonara
The Spirit of St. Louis
The Three Faces of Eve
12 Angry Men
Witness for the Prosecution
What we were watching on TV
I Love Lucy
The Ed Sullivan Show
General Electric Theatre
The $64,000 Question
December Bride
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
I've Got a Secret
Gunsmoke
The Perry Como Show
The Jack Benny Show
Dragnet
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
The Millionaire
Disney Land
The Red Skelton Show
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