Jack Good, who created...

...and produced Shindig!, "a prime-time series with a frantic pace, go-go dancers and guests like the Beatles, James Brown and the Rolling Stones," died at age 86.

Shindig! aired on ABC from September, 1964 to January, 1966, and I remember it well. That's Jay and the Americans performing "Cara Mia" on the show in 1965. (How about that voice on Jay Black?*)

* Mr. Black, by the way, was in his own words a "very close friend of John Gotti," the mobster. Read this excellent 1994 profile of the singer here.