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#7277: LIVELY ONES, THE

1962-08-23, KNBC, 15 min.

July 26, 1962-September 13, 1962; July 25, 1963-September 12, 1963.
Hosted by Vic Damone, this half-hour musical variety show was a summer replacement for "Hazel" for two seasons.

Host Vic Damone
Guests
Frank Gorshin (comedian-impressionist)
Jack Jones (singer)
Laurindo Almeida (Brazilian jazz guitarist)
Ruth Olay (West Coast Jazz singer)
Jack Marshall (lutentist)

Highlights:

Joined in progress, Jack Jones singing "Lollipops and Roses."
Later he sings "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World."

Singer of Jazz, Ruth Olay sings one number. It is a rare example of her television guest starring appearances (1957-1963). The song opens with an introduction to a Jazz instrumental with a narrator stating:

"You've got to flip for St. Louis. They got there from cardinals to seals to chimpanzees. Society cats who make the scene at the Chase Hotel. And, the kind of cats who dig back alley joints."

Ruth Olay sings:

"One name that walks right by my door today,
That man, man, walks right by my door today,
No let up. Just get goin' on his way.

Always thinking I can't hold on much more.
I can't hold on much more,
Seems like everyday I love you more than the day before.

You've been gone two years. I hope it ain't a gonna be two years more,
I need lovin bad, I'm keeping' mine in store.

Yea, when you come home I'm gonna lock you up baby like I did before, in a small pad up the California shore. And tell them all you've gone...

And lock this door and throw away the keys."

There are two solo performances by classical guitarist
Laurindo Almeida, including "Bad and the Beautiful."

Impressionist Frank Gorshin imitates Marlon Brando and Boris Karloff. Also, he sings "Mack the Knife."

NOTE:
THIS AUDIO RECORDING HAS INTERMITTENT ISSUES. IT IS A VERY DISCERNABLE, RECORDED DIRECT LINE AIR CHECK WITH EXCELLENT CLEAN PLAYBACK TONE AND VOLUME BUT THE OVER 60 YEAR OLD AUDIO TAPE HAS "CUPPING" ISSUES AND INTERMITTANTLY THE RECORDED PLAYBACK AUDIO PRODUCES A VERY SLIGHT "WOBBLING SOUND EFFECT."

HOWEVER, ENJOYABLE LISTENING TO SUCH RARE "UNAVAILABLE" PROGRAMMING.

#3023: HERE'S EDIE

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1963-01-20, WABC, 27 min.

      The Edie Adams Show, an Emmy Award winning SPECIAL, was a pilot for future Edie Adam's monthly SPECIALS...a total of eight half hour broadcasts were televised on ABC television, premiering October 23, 1962, followed by broadcasts on December 13, 1962, January 20, 1963, February 26, 1963, March 17, 1963, April 19, 1963, May 28, 1963, June 18, 1963 and called "Here's Edie." 

Third SPECIAL or the season has a Latin-American flavor. Guests include two exponents of the Bossa Nova-saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian jazz guitarist, Laurindo Almeida, and the Roger Wagner Chorale.
Edie sings, "Something's Coming," in a duet with Almeida "Habanera" and solo by Laurindo Ameida, "One-Note Samba."

#5437: SHIRLEY BASSEY SHOW, THE

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1968-09-13, WABC, 52 min.

British singer Shirley Bassey in an hour of song.

#1053: SHIRLEY BASSEY SHOW, THE

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1968-09-13, WCBS, 52 min.

Shirley Bassey welcomes guests Jimmy Durante, Noel Harrison, and Laurindo Almeida. Songs include the famous "Goldfinger," "The Impossible Dream" and "It's One of Those Songs (Bassey and Durante duet). Surprisingly, Durante was never advertised as a guest star when promoting this program.