TV / Movies: Born Sep 25, 1944, He Starred In This Movie: Shining Through ?

Questions

whose bama lama bamo loo hit the charts in 1964?

what jetsetting author threw a much-talked-about masked ball at new york city's plaza hotel in 1965?

what was the first hit song the platters served up?

what beatles album featured back in the u.s.s.r?

what film offered the line 'you had it in you to be a great fighter, but you were lazy'?