Before it was a Disney Channel staple in the late '80s and early '90s, The Mickey Mouse Club originally aired on ABC from 1955 to 1959. Once the kid's channel was launched, Disney Channel began ...

Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV’s “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the ’60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular ...

“The original series ran from October 3, 1955, to September 25, 1959, and included 260 one-hour episodes in the first three seasons and 130 half-hour shows in the fourth season. Due to its popularity, ...

Karen Pendleton, one of the original Mouseketeers on “Mickey Mouse Club,” died of a heart attack in Fresno, Calif. on Sunday. She was 73. Pendleton appeared on the classic children’s television series ...

The theme song to “The Mickey Mouse Club” was written and sung by Cincinnati-born entertainer Jimmie Dodd, who also appeared as the head Mouseketeer on the children’s variety show on ABC-TV from 1955 ...

Karen Pendleton, one of the original Mouseketeers on “The Mickey Mouse Club,” died from a heart attack on Sunday in Fresno, Calif. She was 73. Disney historian and author Lorraine Santoli made the ...