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By the time of its cancellation, the show had become the longest-running variety show in TV history. [7] In the 1960s, the show's emphasis changed from merely playing records to including live performers. During this period, many of the leading rock bands and artists of the 1960s had their first exposure to nationwide audiences.
Pages in category "1960s American music television series" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The week-long, three-shows-a-day presentations continued throughout the most explosive periods of civil rights unrest in the mid-'60s, culminating in Kaufman's final show at the Brooklyn Fox Theater with a line-up that included The Who and Cream in their American debuts. Murray was the author of a 1966 book, Murray the K Tells It Like It Is, Baby.
The Dick Clark Show (also known as Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut Show) was an American musical variety show broadcast weekly in the United States on the ABC television network 7:30-8 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Saturdays from February 15, 1958, through September 10, 1960, sponsored (except for the first two shows) by Beechnut Gum.
The show was not considered a hit in the ratings, attracting 1.3 million viewers, but was critically-acclaimed. [7] In 1989, the show was retitled Night Music (sometimes Michelob Presents Night Music) to allow syndicators to play it whenever they want. [8] SNL music producer Hal Willner was brought in as the new music producer for the show. [1]
U.S. 1 Trucking Show/Midnight Cowboy Radio Network, overnight country music and talk show based in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, targeted toward truck drivers, hosted by Bill Mack (1969–2003). Mack continues a show on satellite radio, while the original show itself is now the Midnight Radio Network , a talk-only program hosted by Eric Harley .
The Music Scene was conceived as a musical-variety show with rotating hosts and contemporary rock and pop artists. It led a completely revamped Monday night schedule, reflecting ABC's effort to balance programming that targeted younger viewers with legacy shows catering to an older audience, such as The Lawrence Welk Show. [1]
Shindig! was an American musical variety series which aired on ABC from September 16, 1964 [1] to January 8, 1966. The show was hosted by Jimmy O'Neill, a disc jockey in Los Angeles, [2] who created the show along with his wife Sharon Sheeley, British producer Jack Good, [3] and production executive Art Stolnitz. [4]