In the 1970s, charismatic actor James Garner, who died in 2014, and beloved actress Mariette Hartley, now 85, were paired for a series of TV commercials featuring the then-popular Polaroid camera.

In 1965, Barry Manilow landed a job in the mailroom at CBS and soon became known as the “piano-playing mail boy” while taking night classes at New York College of Music before attending Juilliard.