1966-02-15, ABC, 60 min.
This is a journey back to the roots of our popular music, exploring some of the diverse sources that have contributed to the type of song now dominating the music industry.
To show something of the past, producer Stephen Fleischman's cameras visit Preservation Hall in New Orleans, where some "elder statesmen" still come to play the kind of jazz performed at the turn of the century. Films of singers at the Morning Star Baptist Church and of the Supremes in a recording session illustrate the relationship between the two groups; responsive singing and heavenly accented rhythms. We also see The Grand Ole Opry of Nashville, Tennessee, the most famous showcase for Country and Western music, which originated with America's early Scottish, English, and Irish immigrants.
Among other musicians interviewed or performing...Rock N' Roll: The Temptations, The Dave Clark Five, Country and Western: Marty Robbins, Tex Ritter, Jazz: Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, Billy Taylor, Musical Comedy: Richard Rodgers, Pop: Tony Bennett.
Narrator: Bob Young. Consultants: George Simon, Fred Ramsey, Jr.
1967-01-22, WCBS, 52 min.
June 20, 1948-June 6, 1971. Television's longest-running variety show ran on Sunday nights for twenty-three years. Its host, Ed Sullivan.
1968-02-17, WABC, 44 min.
Jimmy Durante is host and welcomes guests Van Johnson, Jimmy Dean, Vicki Carr, Pat Henry, and The Temptations.
1968-12-09, NBC, 45 min.
1968 television special entitled TCB (taking care of business) featuring Diana Ross and the Supremes and the Temptations. Sponsored by Timex watch. The first musical TV special of the rock era on American television.
This program is a 45-minute excerpt.
1969-02-02, WCBS, 52 min.
June 20, 1948-June 6, 1971. Television's longest-running variety show ran on Sunday nights for twenty-three years. Its host, Ed Sullivan.
1969-03-01, WABC, 52 min.
January 4, 1964-February 7, 1970. This hour-long variety series was a midseason replacement for "The Jerry Lewis Show."
1969-05-05, WNBC, 54 min.
Dan Rowan and Dick Martin open this musical special which features the 1968
Grammy winners performing their hits.
Celebrities include The Temptations, Flip
Wilson, Jeannie C. Riley, The King Family, Jose Feliciano, Lou Rawls, Bobbie Gentry, Glen Campbell, Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Mama Cass Elliot, The Beatles, Nancy Sinatra, Mason Williams, Davy Jones, Bobby Goldsboro, Tiny Tim, Don Rickles,
Simon & Garfunkel, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Tom Smothers, Henry Mancini, and the Broadway cast of "Hair."
1969-07-12, WCBS, 52 min.
Broadcast at 11:30 PM on Saturday evening, this special starring The Temptations, spotlights guests George Kirby and Kaye Stevens.
1969-09-28, WCBS, 52 min.
June 20, 1948-June 6, 1971. Television's longest-running variety show ran on Sunday nights for twenty-three years. Its host, Ed Sullivan.
1969-11-12, NBC, 60 min.
The Motown Sound moves to Broadway in this musical hour with Diana Ross and the Supremes, and The Temptations. Cindy Birdsong, Mary Wilson (The Supremes), Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks, Dennis Edwards, Melvin Franklin, and Otis Williams (The Temptations).
1969-12-13, WNBC, 52 min.
September 27, 1962-September 3, 1967 (NBC); September 20, 1969-July 17, 1971 (NBC); 1976 (Syndicated). In 1962, Williams was finally given a fall series on NBC; the hour show lasted five seasons and featured The New Christy Minstrels and the Osmond Brothers. His third NBC series, which premiered in 1969, featured comics Charlie Callas and Irwin Corey, along with Janos Prohaska; the hour show lasted another two seasons. In 1976, Williams hosted a syndicated series, entitled "Andy." The half-hour show featured puppeteer Wayland Flowers.
1970-04-05, WCBS, 52 min.
June 20, 1948-June 6, 1971. Television's longest-running variety show ran on Sunday nights for twenty-three years. Its host, Ed Sullivan.
1970-10-01, WNBC, 52 min.
September 17, 1970-June 27, 1974. A successful variety hour hosted by Flip Wilson.
1970-10-24, WNBC, 52 min.
September 27, 1962-September 3, 1967 (NBC); September 20, 1969-July 17, 1971 (NBC); 1976 (Syndicated). In 1962, Williams was finally given a fall series on NBC; the hour show lasted five seasons and featured The New Christy Minstrels and the Osmond Brothers. His third NBC series, which premiered in 1969, featured comics Charlie Callas and Irwin Corey, along with Janos Prohaska; the hour show lasted another two seasons. In 1976, Williams hosted a syndicated series, entitled "Andy." The half-hour show featured puppeteer Wayland Flowers.
1970-11-19, WNBC, 52 min.
September 16, 1965-May 24, 1974. A variety hour hosted by Dean Martin. Several of the shows were celebrity "roasts," set at a banquet table, in which the guest of honor was showered with insults by other celebs. Regulars of the series included pianist Ken Lane (1965-1972), Kay Medford, Lou Jacobi, The Golddiggers, Marian Mercer (1971-1972), Tom Bosley (1971-1972), Rodney Dangerfield (1972-1973), Dom DeLuise (1972-1973), and Nipsey Russell (1972-1974).
1970-12-18, WABC, 52 min.
An hour of Motown music, with Smokey Robinson & the Miracles & guests: the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, the Temptations and Fran Jeffries.
1973-07-05, WNBC, 52 min.
June 28, 1973-August 16, 1973. Helen Reddy hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "The Flip Wilson Show."
The Temptations and singer-com poser Kenny Rankin join Helen for a musical hour, peppered with comedy by George Carlin and mellowed with a poetry recitation from "Ego Tripping" by actress Cicely Tyson.
Helen interviews fictitious character, Josh Wallace, played by George Carlin who states he discovered Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
At the end of the program all take questions from the audiences.
Helen Reddy - Has a house boy called George...first recording in Chicago in 1967...why referred God as a She.
George Carlin - Why he writes his own material...why he has grown his hair long now...a class clown in school.
Cecily Tyson - Best ever role she has ever played, "Sounder."...currently about to do a new film very excited about.
HIGHLIGHTS:
"You are the Sunshine of my Life,"
"It Never Changes"...................Helen Reddy, Kenny Rankin
"Hey Girl".....................................Temptations
"I Believe in Music," "I Don't Remember My Childhood,"
"Peaceful," "Old-fashioned Way".................Helen Reddy
"Daydreaming".......................Helen Reddy, Temptations
1973-12-05, WCBS, 52 min.
August 1, 1971-September 5, 1971; December 27, 1971-May 29, 1974. "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour" was introduced as a summer variety show and found a place in the network's schedule in midseason. By the 1973-1974 season it was television's top-rated variety series. Regulars included their daughter Chastity Bono, Peter Cullen, Freeman King, Teri Garr, Ted Zeigler, Billy Van, and Murray Langston.
1977-12-20, NBC, 52 min.
Special: Host Chuck Barris brings amateur acts from "The Gong Show" to complement music and comedy by celebrities (including a routine by Redd Foxx). Highlights include: "In a Lifetime" by The Temptations, "Victim of Romance" by Michelle Phillips, "Shake a Hand" by Linda Hopkins, "On and On" by Stephen Bishop, "Be My Life's Companion" by The Mills Brothers, and "It's a Game" by The Bay City Rollers.