Jill's career both on records and television peaked in 1957. Three
of her recordings for Columbia Records, I Love My Baby, Let It Be
Me and Love Me to Pieces were all selling well during
the year. In early September, Jill assumed the position of lead singer
on the venerable Your Hit Parade on NBC television, and she
was already in the process of filming Senior Prom, the movie
in which she starred for Columbia Pictures for release early the following
year. With all this celebrity, Jill became a candidate for an interview
by Edward R. Murrow on the very popular program Person to Person
on CBS television.
.. In advance of the broadcast on October 11th, Murrow sent the following telegram to Jill: .. |
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