Class of 1949! Share your memories about your senior year in high school! Who were your favorite teachers? What was your graduation like? Did you have a senior play?
Here are some facts about 1949 that should help jog your memory:
Music Hits of 1949: 1. (Ghost) Riders In The Sky - Vaughn Monroe 2. That Lucky Old Sun - Frankie Laine 3. She Wore A Yellow Ribbon - Eddie "Piano" Miller 4. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Les Brown 5. "A" You're Adorable (the Alphabet Song) - Perry Como 6. Some Enchanted Evening - Perry Como 7. Mule Train - Frankie Laine 8. A Little Bird Told Me - Evelyn Knight 9. You're Breaking My Heart - Vic Damone 10. Forever and Ever - Russ Morgan 11. Someday - Vaughn Monroe 12. Slippin' Around - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely 13. My Darling, My Darling - Jo Stafford & Gordon Mcrae 14. Careles Hands - Mel Torme 15. Cruisin' Down the River - Russ Morgan or Blue Barron
Sports: World Series- NY Yankees d. Brooklyn Dodgers (4-1) NBA Championship - Minneapolis Lakers d. Washington Capitols (4-2) Stanley Cup - Toronto d. Detroit (4-0) Wimbledon Women: Louise Brough d. M. duPont (10-8 1-6 10-8) Men: Ted Schroeder d. J. Drobny (3-6 6-0 6-3 4-6 6-4) Kentucky Derby Champion - Ponder NCAA Basketball Championship - Kentucky d. Oklahoma A&M (46-36) NCAA Football Champions - Notre Dame (10-0-0)
Movies: All the King's Men, Twelve O'Clock High, Sands of Iwo Jima, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Third Man