Telephone directory. A telephone directory, also known as a telephone book, telephone address book, phone book, or the white/yellow pages, is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory. Its purpose is to allow the telephone number of a subscriber identified by name and address to be found. The advent of the Internet and smart phones in the 21st century greatly reduced the need for a paper phone book. Some communities,
Near the very height of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, on March 5, 1966, American popular-music fans made a #1 hit out of a song called âThe Ballad Of The Green Beretsâ by Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler.
Roll Over Beethoven by The Byrds was written by Chuck Berry and was first recorded and released by Chuck Berry and His Combo in 1956. The Byrds released it on the audio album The Byrds in 1990. It was also covered by The Beatles, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Blair and 26 others.