Radio disc jockey Bruce Morrow (Cousin Brucie) is host for this musical concert featuring The Platters, The Del Vikings, Lloyd Price, The Drifters, Jay And The Americans, The Mellow Kings, and The Chiffons.                       

The 15th Annual Grammy Awards from the Tennessee Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee.  

Host: Andy Williams        

Beginning in 1929, a New Year's Eve Tradition...Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians. Guy Lombardo was best known to TV audiences for his annual New Year's Eve telecasts. His brothers Carmen (the band's musical director), Victor, & Lebert were all members of the orchestra. Guy, the eldest, was designated the leader. For most of his years in television, Guy Lombardo represented nostalgia for the '30s and '40s. At midnight the traditional welcoming in of the New Year at Times Square is presented. Ben Grauer brings in the New Year from Times Square.             

The 16th Annual Grammy Awards from the Hollywood Palladium, in Los Angeles, California.

Host: Andy Williams.            

Country music stars perform on stage at the Grand Ole Opry House. Stars include Tennessee Ernie Ford, Johnny Cash, and Roy Acuff.        

Beginning in 1929, a New Year's Eve Tradition...Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians. Guy Lombardo was best known to TV audiences for his annual New Year's Eve telecasts. His brothers Carmen (the band's musical director), Victor, & Lebert were all members of the orchestra. Guy, the eldest, was designated the leader. For most of his years in television, Guy Lombardo represented nostalgia for the '30s and '40s. At midnight the traditional welcoming in of the New Year at Times Square is presented. Ben Grauer brings in the New Year from Times Square.     

Duplicate of #5385.                                 

Beginning in 1929, a New Year's Eve Tradition...Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians. Guy Lombardo was best known to TV audiences for his annual New Year's Eve telecasts. His brothers Carmen (the band's musical director), Victor, & Lebert were all members of the orchestra. Guy, the eldest, was designated the leader. For most of his years in television, Guy Lombardo represented nostalgia for the '30s and '40s. At midnight the traditional welcoming in of the New Year at Times Square is presented. Ben Grauer brings in the New Year from Times Square.    

Duplicate of #5385.                                   

Beginning in 1929, a New Year's Eve Tradition...Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians. Guy Lombardo was best known to TV audiences for his annual New Year's Eve telecasts. His brothers Carmen (the band's musical director), Victor, & Lebert were all members of the orchestra. Guy, the eldest, was designated the leader. For most of his years in television, Guy Lombardo represented nostalgia for the '30s and '40s. At midnight the traditional welcoming in of the New Year at Times Square is presented. Ben Grauer brings in the New Year from Times Square. With commercials. 

Repeat of #17930. 

Duplicate of #5385.                                                             

Guy Lombardo's traditional New Year's Eve show on CBS television. 
He hand his Royal Canadian orchestra have stayed popular fo nearly 50 years, playing, he once said, "for people in love, not acrobats." 

This year, Aretha Franklin joins Lombardo and his Royal Canadians at New York's Waldorf-Astoria. As Midnight drawn near, cameras switch to Times Square, where thousand cheer the countdown to 1976.

Beginning in 1929, a New Year's Eve Tradition...Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians. Guy Lombardo was best known to TV audiences for his annual New Year's Eve telecasts. His brothers Carmen (the band's musical director), Victor, & Lebert were all members of the orchestra. Guy, the eldest, was designated the leader. For most of his years in television, Guy Lombardo represented nostalgia for the '30s and '40s. At midnight the traditional welcoming in of the New Year at Times Square is presented. Ben Grauer brings in the New Year from Times Square.             

The 18th Annual Grammy Awards from the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California.   

Host: Andy Williams.           

A tribute to composer George M. Cohan. 60 minute version of 90 minute broadcast on September 12th, 1970.                        

The Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Herbert von Karajan, performs Beethoven's Overture "Coriolan", Op. 62 and Brahm's "Symphony No. 1 in C Minor".

    Beginning in 1929, a New Year's Eve Tradition...Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians. Guy Lombardo was best known to TV audiences for his annual New Year's Eve telecasts. His brothers Carmen (the band's musical director), Victor, & Lebert were all members of the orchestra. Guy, the eldest, was designated the leader. For most of his years in television, Guy Lombardo represented nostalgia for the '30s and '40s. At midnight the traditional welcoming in of the New Year at Times Square is presented. Ben Grauer brings in the New Year from Times Square.





    This live annual New Year's special was Guy Lombardo's 48th consecutive New Year's Party. It was to be his last. Lombardo died on November 5, 1977. He was 75 years old.     

Duplicate of #5387.        

The 19th Annual Grammy Awards from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Host: Andy Williams.

This would be the final time hosting for Andy Williams.                        

    Beginning in 1929, a New Year's Eve Tradition...Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians. Guy Lombardo was best known to TV audiences for his annual New Year's Eve telecasts. His brothers Carmen (the band's musical director), Victor, & Lebert were all members of the orchestra. Guy, the eldest, was designated the leader. For most of his years in television, Guy Lombardo represented nostalgia for the '30s and '40s. At midnight the traditional welcoming in of the New Year at Times Square is presented. Lee Jordan brings in the New Year from Times Square.



    Guy Lombardo died on November 5, 1977, but the tradition he began on radio in 1929 lives on as his brother Victor Lombardo leads the Royal Canadians in a New Year's Eve Concert. There is a special tribute to Guy Lombardo.    

Duplicate of 5388.        

The 20th Annual Grammy Awards from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. 

Host: John Denver.              

A concert of American music. This program is a repeat. Leonard Bernstein leads the New York Philharmonic in his own Overture to "Candide," and serves as pianist and conductor for George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." The program also includes "Gershwin's "An American in Paris."

Composer Aaron Copland conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic in five of his own works. This program is a repeat.

The 21st Annual Grammy Awards from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. 

Host: John Denver.            

The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy, performs the following: a Handel concerto, Debussy's "La Mer," Stravinsky's "The Firebird," and others.

Special: An Atlanta concert by Larry, Steve and Rudy Gatlin, who reflect on their Texas roots and show-business start, but mostly just sing and strum their old and new hits.

"The Glen Campbell Show," a pilot for a possible syndicated series, features the country singer and musical guests. Sheena Easton sings "You Could Have Been with Me."