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A version of "The Syncopated Clock" recorded by Percy Faith in 1951 (released by Columbia Records with the flip side "On Top of Old Smokey" [6]) was noticed by the producers of a new WCBS-TV program called The Late Show, a nightly program of old movies that was the station's first venture into late night television.
The Carnation Contented Hour was a long-running radio music series, sponsored by the Carnation Milk Company, which premiered April 26, 1931 on the regional NBC West Coast network. The full network series began January 4, 1932, on the Blue Network and was broadcast for two decades until its final broadcast on CBS December 30, 1951.
From the '50s and '60s is a compilation album of television theme songs released by Tee-Vee Toons in 1985 as the first volume of the Television's Greatest Hits series. It was initially released as a double LP record featuring 65 themes from television shows ranging from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s.
"Mama Will Bark" is a novelty song written by Dick Manning and recorded as a duet between Frank Sinatra and Dagmar in 1951. When buxom hostess Dagmar appeared on Sinatra's CBS-TV show on April 7, 1951, Columbia Records A&R head Mitch Miller became intrigued by the comic chemistry he perceived between the unlikely duo.
Premiere is the first commercially sponsored television program to be broadcast in color. The program was a variety show which aired as a special presentation on June 25, 1951, on a five-city network hook-up of Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) television stations.
February 28, 1951 May 15 Once Upon a Tune: DuMont: March 6, 1951 June 17 Music from Chicago: DuMont: April 15, 1951 June 23 Small Fry Club: DuMont March 11, 1947 (with the title "Movies for Small Fry") June 23 Foodini the Great: CBS: August 23, 1948 June 26 Court of Current Issues: DuMont: February 9, 1948 June 29 Jacqueline Susann's Open Door ...
The trade publication Billboard report in September 1949 that CBS "has sunk a satchelful of loot into the giveaway". [17] The show later picked up more sponsors, including Sterling Drug [18] and Luden's. [19] Sing It Again initially was on Saturdays from 8 to 9 p.m. Eastern Time, replacing Suspense. [20] It was replaced by Songs for Sale. [21]
That's My Boy is a 1951 American semi-musical comedy film directed by Hal Walker and starring the comedy team of Martin and Lewis and marked the first time that Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis had "roles" as opposed to previous efforts in which they played an extension of their nightclub act. It was released on May 31, 1951 by Paramount Pictures.