My, how times have changed.
48 years ago today, ABC aired a live broadcast gala celebration titled The Stars Salute Israel at 30.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stars_Salute_Israel_at_30
48 years ago today, ABC aired a live broadcast gala celebration titled The Stars Salute Israel at 30.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stars_Salute_Israel_at_30
Quote:
Performers included Anne Bancroft, Daniel Barenboim, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Debby Boone, Pat Boone, George Burns, Carol Burnett, Sammy Davis Jr., Kirk Douglas, Marvin Hamlisch, Kate Jackson, Gabe Kaplan, Gene Kelly, Alan King, Billie Jean King, Gelsey Kirkland, Barry Manilow, Paul Newman, Bernadette Peters, Flip Wilson and others. Sally Struthers sang "Happy Birthday Israel" accompanied by a group of children. She was followed by a short speech by the Vice President of the United States, Walter Mondale. Manilow performed "It's a Miracle". A comic skit featured Henry Winkler and Henry Fonda. Peters performed "Thank You for Being a Friend". Davis and Boone sang "This Land Is Mine". The ballerinas Galina and Valery Panov danced to the music of Star Wars by John Williams. The show concluded with Barbra Streisand accompanied by Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Streisand performed "Tomorrow", "People" and "Happy Days Are Here Again". She then had a conversation via video link with the former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.
