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The Ed Sullivan Show

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1948–1971·Ended·24 Seasons·1068 Episodes·45 min·CBS

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Overview

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

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Keywords

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Seasons

Season 112 episodes

1948

Premiere Show with Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis

Irving Berlin, The Ink Spots, Peter Lind Hayes, Nan Wynn, Paul Winchell & Jerry Mahoney

Joe DiMaggio, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

Lena Horne, Joey Adams, Joe Howard, Jr., Tony Canzoneri

Peggy Lee, Harry Hershfield, The Howard Brothers, The DeMarco Sisters

Irving Berlin, Nancy Donovan, Russ Morgan Orchestra, Vincent Lopez Orchestra

Lon Chaney, Jr., Count Basie and His Orchestra

Patricia Bright, Noro Morales

Season 253 episodes

1948

Sarah Vaughan, Gali-Gali Luxor

Louis Jordan, Benny Rubin

Bob Hope, Al Bernie

Betty Reilly, Les Compagnons de la Chanson

Joey Adams, Marc Platt, Tony Canzoneri, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

Frances Faye, Don Marcus, Les Compagnons de la Chanson

Benny Goodman, The Ink Spots

Dorothy Sarnoff

Monica Lewis, The Three Dunhills, Richard Buckley, Rachel & Bebe

Paula Bane, Dewey Marchand, Elsa & Waldo

The Blackburn Twins, Pat C. Flick, Pat Henning, Betty Jane Watson, Dollinoff and the Reya Sisters

Ray Morgan, Margaret Phelan, Virginia Austin, The Temperton Family, the Baltimore Colts Majorettes

Al Bernie, Dave Barry, Irra Petina

Nanette Fabray, Ezzard Charles, Hope Emerson, Bunny Briggs, Dolonoff, The Reyes Sisters, The Temperton Family

John Garfield, Dorothy Sarnoff, Frank Fontaine, Pat C. Flick, Tommy Farrell

Rudy Vallee, George M. Cohan, Jr., Sidney Blackmer, Pat C. Flick, The Ravens

Rudy Vallee, Nanette Fabray, Wally Boag, Jean Carroll, Bob Evans, Pat C. Flick

Jule Stein & Sammy Cahn, The Holloway Sisters, Byron Palmer & Doretta Morrow, Al Kelly

Tony Martin, Carol Bruce

Jackie Gleason, Rudy Vallee, Luise Rainer, Johnny Coy, W.C. Handy, Pat Henning

Rudy Vallee, Diana Barrymore

Faye Emerson, Donald Richards

Larry Storch, Patricia Morison, Don Cummings

Charles Laughton

Humphrey Bogart, Anne Jeffreys, Buddy Baer

Connie Haines, Rolland Tap

Nat King Cole Trio, Hal LeRoy, The DeMarco Sisters

John Carridine, The Costello Twins

Patricia Morison, Gali Gali

Jack Leonard, Gali Gali, Notre Dame Singers

Joey Adams, Pat Rooney, Yvonne Adair

Harvey Stone, Al Schacht, Gill Dorian

Charles Laughton

Jamila Novotna, Sigmund Romberg

Paul Winchell, Jane Kean, Ladd Lyon

Zero Mostel, Kitty Kallen

Harold Lloyd, Vincent Richards

Toni Harper, Sam Levenson

Richard Rodgers, Juanita Hall, Harvey Stone

Sarah Vaughan, Elaine Street, Ken Carr

Toni Harper, Tony Lavelli

Joan Merrill, Bill Tabbert, Illinois Jacquet, Brooklyn Dodgers team members

Cab Calloway, Jackie Robinson, Stan Musial

Buddy Rogers, Duke Alden, Sunny Howard, The Accordion Aces

Edward Everett Horton, David Powell, Marino Sisters, The Colstons

Eddie Albert, George Connolly, the Margo, Paul and Paulette Trio

Sonny Tufts, Hazel Scott

Bill Tabbert, Phil Foster, Lee Marks, Marie Gambarelli

Toni Arden, Sunny Skylar, Harold Lang, Billy Vine

Jack Williams, Annabelle Hill, Jose Toledano, Sebastian Castros

Buddy Lester, Alan Dale, Maggie Teyte

Season 352 episodes

1949

Louis Prima, Buddy Lester, Ruby Hill, Sonny Howard, Prince Mendez, Loretta & Klemis, The Wong Sisters

Victor Borge, Billy Vine, George Kirby, Dickinson Eastham

Ethel Waters, Frank Parker, John Golden, Fletcher Henderson, Harold Lang

Pearl Bailey, Oran Page, Joey Bishop, Victor Borge, Gracie Barrie, Ed Durlacher

Jack E. Leonard, Carol Lynne, Mary McCarty

Harvey Stone, Peggy Ann Garner

Georgia Gibbs, Bunny Briggs, Nancy Andrews

Joan Merrill, Frank Libuse, Claudia Pinza

Vaughn Monroe, Denise Darcel, Fran Warren, Leo Fuchs, Jack Waldron

Billy Eckstine, Carol Lynne

Lisa Kirk, Ralph Branca

Sarah Vaughan, Allyn McIerie, Adolph Green, Maria Neglia

Sigmund Romberg, Jarmila Novotna, Luba Malina

W.C. Handy, Harry Armstrong, Maude Nugent, Lenny Kent

Larry Storch, Mimi Benzell, Phil Jones Dancers, Johnny Marks

Charles Laughton, Joan Barton

Frankie Laine, Betty, Jane Kean

Lillian Roth, Frankie Laine, Virginia Lee

Joey Adams, Paul Draper, Les Compagnons de Chansons

Dinah Shore, Vic Damone, Alice Pearce, Joan Holloway

Teresa Brewer, Luise Rainer, Mickey Shaughnessy

Vaughn Monroe, Ziggy Talent

Mel Torme, Ted Williams, Diana Wynyard

Dave Barry, Gordon Jenkins, Sunny Howard

Margaret O'Brien, Vic Damone, Monica Lewis, Treni Rayes

The Ink Spots, Jack E. Leonard, Don Cornell

Mimi Benzell, Frieda Wing

Sheila Bond, Eileen Barton

Rose Murphy, Georges Guétary

Milton Berle, Ken Murray, Kathryn Lee

Jan August, Connie Mack, Juanita Hall

DeMarco Sisters, Willie Mosconi, Tony Lavelli

Kay Thompson, Connee Boswell, Bobby Winters

Nat King Cole Trio, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Dorothy Jarnac

Ames Brothers, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Jack Marshall

Vic Damone, Katherine Dunham

Joey Bishop, Pat C. Flick

Patti Page, Deep River Boys, The Three Suns

Pauline Betz, Mindy Carson, Norman Evans

Paul Winchell, Harold Lang, Ben Hogan

Mimi Benzell, Sunny Howard, Rigoletto Brothers

Edward Arnold, Joey Bishop, Mary Curtis

Perry Como, Toni Harper, Chris Nelson

Jane Froman, The Carroll Sisters, Danny Crystal

Ray Middleton, Phil Foster, Kathryn Lee

Johnny Johnston, Ade Duval, Gaudsmith Brothers

Kay Starr, Henny Youngman, The Szonys

Alice Pearce, Fran Warren, Nip Nelson

Eddie Bracken, Linda Lee Jones, Tommy Hanlon Jr.

Jean Carroll, Eleanor Steber, Mel Allen

The Ink Spots, Billy Vine, Sam Urzetta

Frankie Laine, Patti Page, Victor Borge, Chester Gould

Season 451 episodes

1950

Gloria Swanson, Pat O'Brien, Hedy Lamarr, Mimi Benzell, Gordon Jenkins, Jean Carroll

Gloria Swanson, Rudy Vallee, Anna Maria Alberghetti

Jackie Robinson (cameo), Bert Lahr, Betty Kean

Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, Brandon DeWilde, Reginald Gardiner

Sarah Churchill, John O'Hare, Myron Cohen

Peggy Lee, Dave Barbour, Jerome Hines, Flora Robson

Margaret Truman, Victor Borge, Smith & Dale, Cornelia Otis Skinner

King Cole Trio, Nanette Fabray, Buster Keaton, Milton Berle

Buster Keaton, Arthur Lake, Jimmy Nelson, Mayor VIncent Impellitteri

Victor Borge, Jerome Hines, Victor Moore

Teresa Brewer, Nancy Walker, Eddie Mayehoff, Leonard Warren

Roberta Peters, Jean Carroll, Ana Ricardo, Ben Wrigley

Buster Keaton, Mimi Benzell, Jack E. Leonard

Victor Borge, Phil Rizzuto, Nancy Walker, Eleanor Steber

David Niven, Ted Mack, Lauritz Melchior

Mimi Benzell, Ben Wrigley, George Johnstone

James Melton, Ruth Casey

Anna Maria Alberghetti, James Melton, Sam Snead

Margaret Truman, Jan Murray, Roland Young, Jimmy Wakeley

Gloria Swanson, Roberta Peters, Vaughn Monroe

Nancy Walker, Margot Fonteyn, Russell Nype

Dick Haymes, Judith Anderson, Smith & Dale, The Maxwells

Sugar Ray Robinson, Ray McKinley, Molly Picon

Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, Alan Young, Bobby Van

Helen Forrest, James Melton, Byron Nelson, Trini Reyes

Rise Stevens, Victor Borge, Byron Nelson, Eva Le Gallienne

Nancy Walker, Roberta Peters, Lucienne Boyer

Terry Thomas, Byron Nelson, Phil Spitalny Orchestra, Paul and Grace Hartman

Les Paul & Mary Ford, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Phil Spitalny

1950-51 Drama Critics Circle Awards, Claude Rains

Jane Froman, Harvey Stone, Bill Tabbert, Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy

Jane Froman, Jan Peerce, Jean Babilee, Nathalie Philippart

Ralph Bellamy, Vaughn Monroe, Marc Connelly

Billy De Wolfe, Pinky Lee, Marcia Van Dyke, Johnny Johnston, Eddie Arcaro

Robert Alda, Robert Shaw Chorale, Isabel Bigley, Menasha Skulnik

Johnny Desmond, Mimi Benzell, Ken Murray, Billy De Wolfe

Bunny Briggs, Anita Arros, Gino Bechi

Frankie Laine, Roberta Peters, Pinky Lee, Tucson Boys Chorus

Jan Peerce, Walter Abel, Bil Baird, Joyce Bryant

Arthur Godfrey, Pinky Lee, Pat Flick, Blanche Thebom

Pinky Lee, William Crawford, Smith & Dale

Robert Merrill, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Pat Rooney Sr.

Joan Halloway, Monica Moore, Georgie Kaye, Cass Franklin

Louis Prima, Lauritz Melchior, Bobby Sargent, The Dunhills

Robert Merrill, Jane Morgan, Jersey Joe Walcott

Yul Brynner, Cab Calloway, Rose Marie, Pinky Lee, Tony Fontane

Jeannette MacDonald, Gene Raymond, Peg Leg Bates

Johnny Johnston, Marcia Van Dyke, Will Masters Trio

Victor Borge, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Francis X. Bushman

Robert Alda, Isabel Bigley, Bobby Sargent, Eddie Mayehoff

Dolores Gray, Buster Keaton, Arlene Dahl, Henny Youngman

Season 553 episodes

1951

The Oscar Hammerstein Story featuring Lena Horne, Wally Cox, Mimi Benzell, Robert Merrill, Charles Winninger

Oscar Hammerstein Story Part 2 (Rodgers & Hammerstein tribute)

Elsa Lanchester; Evelyn Knight; Susan Meyer; Gil Hodges

The Helen Hayes Story with Mary Scott; Raymond Boyle; Bethel Leslie

Dick Haymes; Allie Reynolds; Sal Maglie; Bobby Thomson; Eddie Stanky

Humphrey Bogart / Yul Brynner / Yogi Berra / Phil Rizzuto

Broderick Crawford; Constance Bennett; Douglas Fairbanks Jr; April Stevens; Guy Mitchell

Rocky Marciano / Anne Jeffreys / Morton Downey Sr. / Mrs. Al Jolson (cameo)

Will Mastin Trio; Dorothy Sarnoff; Nino Martini; Michael Bentine

Dane Clark; Martha Scott; Helen Gallagher; Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy

The Robert E. Sherwood Story

Evelyn Knight; James Barton; Brani & Valenti

Joe E. Lewis; Roberta Peters; Robert Merrill; Jimmy Nelson

Dolores Gray; Michael Bentine; Nino Martini; Princeton Triagle Club

Sophie Tucker; Helen Gallagher; Harold Lang; Ferruccio Tagliavini

Gloria Swanson; Julie Harris; Ramon Novarro

Sugar Ray Robinson; Oscar Hammerstein II; Jeanette MacDonald; Helen Hayes; Alfred Lunt

Margaret O'Brien; Joe E. Lewis; Eddie Dowling; Willie Mosconi

George White tribute

New York Critics Awards / Mahalia Jackson / Phil Spitalny

Jessica Tandy; Hume Cronyn; Ted Lewis; Bert Wheeler

The Beatrice Lillie Story

Audrey Hepburn & Michael Evans / Roberta Peters / Ralph Branca / Bobby Thompson

George White Scandals

Cole Porter Story Part 1 (Tribute to Cole Porter)

Cole Porter Story Part 2

Nancy Walker; Lew Parker & Virginia Grey

Ted Lewis; Eddie Dowling; The Dublin Players

Eddie Fisher / Rex Harrison & Lilli Palmer / Virginia Grey & Lou Partier

Jackie Gleason & Art Carney / Tony Bennett / Senor Wences

Sophie Tucker; Montez O'Oca; Tuskeegee Choir

Marian Anderson; Jane Morgan; Cornelia Otis Skinner

Billy Eckstine; Evelyn Knight; Beatrice Lillie; Nancy Walker

Jackie Gleason; Jan Peerce; Dorothy Kirsten

Jackie Gleason; Pearl Bailey; Linon

Georgia Gibbs; Errol Flynn; Paulette Goddard

Dorothy Dandridge / Errol Flynn & Paulette Goddard / Sam Snead

Audrey Hepburn & Rex Harrison / Jack Smith

Eartha Kitt; Robert Merrill; Roberta Peters; Yehudi Menuhin

Tony Martin; Blanche Thebom; Willie Hoppe

Richard Rodgers Story Part 1 (Rodgers & Hart tribute)

Richard Rodgers Story Part 2

Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy; Nanci Crompton; Bill Lawrence

Broadway cast of "Wish You Were Here" / Billy Daniels

Teresa Brewer; Orson Bean; Sir Cedric Hardwicke; Bobby Feller

Will Rogers Jr.; Rise Stevens; Jack Carter; Ben Hogan

Roger Price; Ken Whittmer; Mena Marucci

Tony Martin; Joel Gray; Ben Dova; the Amin Brothers

Jack Carter; Pearl Bailey; Anna Maria Alberghetti

Victor Borge; Ken Whitmer; Artie Auerbach; Rosemary O'Reilly

William Bendix; Patti Page; Nicoli Lemeni

Hal Leroy; the De Marco Sisters; Bobby Shantz

Phil Silvers & "Top Banana" cast / Mary Small

Season 652 episodes

1952

Phil Silvers, Toni Arden, Walter Darewahl, Lou Willis, Jr.

Edith Piaf / Pat O'Brien / Joe E. Lewis / Van Velts

ASCAP Story, Part 1

ASCAP Story, Part 2

A Night At Sophie Tucker's House

Pearl Bailey; Bill Bailey; Hilde Gueden; Nanci Crompton

Joe E. Lewis; Connie Russell; Harry Mimmo

Frankie Laine / Sugar Ray Robinson / Barry Fitzgerald / Alec Templeton / the Szonys

Bert Lahr / Art Carney / Delta Rhythm Boys / Mimi Benzell

Henry Fonda / Edith Piaf / Mario Del Monico / Harrison & Fisher

Les Paul & Mary Ford / Paul Lynde / Johnny Mize / "My Darling Aida" cast

Roberta Peters; Ronny Graham; Leslie Randall

Samuel Goldwyn Story Part 1 with Bob Hope; Danny Kaye; Eddie Cantor

"The Samuel Goldwyn Story" Part 2 w/ Frank Loesser

Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy; Sonja Henie

Gloria DeHaven; Bobby Clark; Ronny Graham; Phil Jones

Billy Eckstine; Bill Sears; Maria Riva; Mickey Deems.

Robert Taylor; Eleanor Parker; Margaret Sullavan; Guy Mitchell

Ed Wynn; Joni James; Margaret Brown

Ed Wynn / Patachou / Patricia Moran & Jack Cassidy / Mercedes McCambridge

Gary Cooper; Ted Lewis; The Harmonicats

The Life Story of Walt Disney

Bing Crosby; Gene Autry; Jimmy Boyd; Roberta Peters

John Forsythe; Debbie Reynolds; Donald O'Connor

Humphrey Bogart; June Allyson; Johnnie Ray ; Helen Gallagher

Richard Widmark; Victor Moore; Sam Levenson; Patachou

Harry James; Helen Kane; Gracie Fields; Paul Ritts; Mary Halliday

Debbie Reynolds; Rex Harrison; Lilli Palmer

The Harlem Globetrotters; Rise Stevens; Gertrude Lawrence (on film)

Susan Hayward & Charlton Heston; Gracie Fields

Lilli Palmer & Rex Harrison; Jane Powell

Jane Powell & Farley Granger; Nanette Fabray; Senor Wences

Clark Gable & Gene Tierney; Roberta Peters & Jan Peerce

Joe Louis / Mercedes McCambridge / Dany Dauberson / Joe Termini

Dorothy Lamour, Byron Nelson, The Goofers

The Josh Logan Story with Jimmy Stewart; Paul Newman; and others

Harry James, Millard Hopper, The Zippy Monkeys

Tony Martin; Myron Cohen; Joey Forman; Jose Greco

The Story of Marge and Gower Champion

The cast of "Arthur Godfrey & Friends"; Julius LaRosa; McGuire Sisters

Gracie Fields (guest host); Kay Starr; Jan Pierce; Jimmy Nelson

Tony Martin (guest host); Roberta Peters; Joey Forman

Victor Borge (guest host); Monica Lewis; Miss Universe contestants

Gordon MacRae (guest host); Jack Carter

Ralph Meeker (guest host); Ted Lewis; Connie Russell; Helen Gallagher

Van Heflin; Farley Granger; Joan McCracken; Rosemary Clooney

Henry Fonda; Joey Forman; the Zippy monkeys

Burt Lancaster; Jay Lawrence; Brucie Weil

Frankie Laine / Gene Nelson / Betty Dodd / Jimmy Boyd

Roberta Peters; the DeMarco Sisters; Landray and Vernon; Larry Lynn

Nanette Fabray / Wally Boag / Brooklyn Dodgers

Anna Maria Alberghetti; Brandon de Wilde; Jay Lawrence

Season 751 episodes

1953

Gene Autry / John Raitt & Dolores Gray

Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy; Walter Dare Wahl

Guy Mitchell; Teresa Brewer; Joe Louis

Harry Belafonte; Gwen Verdon

Grace Kelly & Ralph Meeker; John Forsythe; David Wayne

Patti Page / Julius Larosa / The Step Brothers

Ann Miller / Bert Lahr / Art Carney / Julius LaRosa

Toast to the Met with Rise Stevens; Robert Merrill; Roberta Peters; Victor Borge

Gordon MacRae; Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy

Rex Harrison & Lilli Palmer; Charles Boyer

Sophie Tucker; Joe E. Lewis; The Harmonicats; Julius LaRosa

Charles Boyer; Julius LaRosa; Roberta Peters

The Nicholas Brothers / Frankie Laine / Jimmy Boyd

Christmas show with the Salzburg Marionettes

Rosemary Clooney; Julius LaRosa; Sam Levenson

Ice Capades of '54; Jose Greco; Richard Haydn; Robert Lamaret

Johnnie Ray; John Forsythe; David Wayne; Ed Hodges

Roberta Peters, Senor Wences, Ching the Magician

The Ames Brothers; Margot Fonteyn; Michael Somes

Patti Page / Richard Tucker / Judith Anderson / Rudy Horn

Dorothy Lamour; Orson Bean; Ruth Draper; Yehudi Menuhin

The M-G-M Story with Fred Astaire & Jane Powell

Tony Martin; Senior Wences; Myron Cohen

Betty and Jane Kean; Hilde Gueden; Eileen O'Dare; Colette Marchand

Nat "King" Cole / Janet Blair / Hurd Hatfield / Frank Fontaine

1954 Saint Patrick's Day Show

Eddie Fisher; Betty and Jane Kean; the Harmonicats

Eartha Kitt; Teresa Brewer; Roberta Peters; Sophie Tucker

Gary Cooper & Burt Lancaster (on film); Leonard Warren

Eddie & Margo Albert / Notre Dame Glee Club / Sam Snead

Chester Gould; Victoria de Los Angeles; Korean Children's Choir

The ASCAP Story, Part 1 with W.C. Handy; Bert Lahr; Julius LaRosa; Lilian Roth

The ASCAP Story, Part 2 with Julius LaRosa; Barbara & Margaret Whiting; music composers

Nat "King" Cole; Ted Lewis; David Wayne; Dick Contino

David O. Selznick (on film); Betty and Jane Kean; Mindy Carson

Patti Page; Red Buttons; Liberace; Hermione Gingold

Victor Borge; The Army Talent Championship winners

Janis Paige & John Raitt / Victor Borge / the Goofers / the Wichita Orphans

6th Anniversary Show with Jackie Gleason; Harold Arlen; Rise Stevens

Bert Lahr; Joni James; Pat Henning; Patachou

Bill Kenny / Dolores Gray / Eileen O'Dare / The Step Brothers

Rosemary Clooney; Four Lads; Joan Holloway; Miss Universe finalists

Vaughn Monroe; Carol Haney; Doretta Morrow; Rafael Mendez

"Tops in Blues" Air Force talent show

Polly Bergen; Ames Brothers; Smith and Dale; Lee Allen

Victor Borge; The Four Lads / scheduled: Audrey Meadows; Jack Whiting

Victor Borge (guest host); Janis Paige; Mata & Hari

Eartha Kitt / Celeste Holm/ John Raitt / Janis Paige

Eddie Fisher (guest host); Zouaves drill team; Joyce's Camel

Roberta Peters; Sonny Howard; Ice Capades of 1955

Season 854 episodes

1954

The Darryl F. Zanuck Story

A Salute to the U.S. Navy (with All-Navy talent)

Salute to the Cleveland Indians; Los Chavales De Espagna; Happy Wanderers

Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz

Patti Page; Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane. Plus: "A Star Is Born" preview

Bing Crosby (on film); Irving Berlin; Liberace; Orson Bean

Pearl Bailey; Robert Merrill; Carol Haney; the Treniers

Grantland Rice tribute / Nat King Cole / Bert Lahr & Art Carney / D. Fairbanks Jr.

The Mills Brothers; Eddie Fisher; Kitty Kallen; Dane Clark

Elaine Stritch / Julius LaRosa / Elizabeth Taylor & Van Johnson interview

Roberta Peters; Jimmy Boyd / Gregory Peck (on film)

Florence Henderson; Josh Logan; Teresa Brewer

Kirk Douglas; Eartha Kitt; Ames Brothers; Jackie Miles; Carol Haney

The Crew-Cuts ("Sh-Boom"); Virginia Mayo; Sophie Tucker

The Chordettes / Patti Page / On film: Frank Sinatra, Robert Michum & other stars

Cab Calloway / Carl Ballantine / Hermione Gingold / Billy DeWolfe

Pearl Bailey; Ted Lewis; June Valli; Sam Levenson; Maria Neglia

Grace Kelly; James Michener; Guy Mitchell; Forrest Tucker; Jose Greco

Esther Williams; Alice Pearce; Hermione Gingold; Gloria Lane

Robert Taylor; Roberta Peters; William Warfield; Viveca Lindfors

A Cavalcade of Radio, 1920 - 1955 (with many stars from radio)

The Columbia Pictures Story with Kim Novak; Eddie Fisher; Maureen O'Hara

Les Paul & Mary Ford; Pearl Bailey & her brother Bill

Tribute to Gertrude Lawrence with Sarah Churchill; Helen Hayes; Dorothy Sarnoff

Eartha Kitt; the DeJohn Sisters; Shirl Conway; Nancy Andrews; etc.

Lillian Roth; the Fontane Sisters; Roy Franklin; Mata & Hari; etc.

Broadcast from Chicago: The Ice Capades; Victor Borge; Peg Leg Bates

Sarah Vaughan / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Sam Levenson

Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein w/Celeste Holm; John Raitt; Florence Henderson

Fred Astaire / Dorothy Dandridge / Sammy Davis Jr. / Julius LaRosa

Rosemary Clooney; James Cagney; Willie Mays; David Whitfield; etc

James Stewart; Louis Armstrong; Joey Bishop; Robert Merrill; etc.

Harry Belafonte; Marion Marlowe; Carol Haney; Jackie Miles

Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs; Lionel Hampton; Phil Foster

Eddie Fisher; filmed interviews with Hollywood stars

Louis Armstrong; Will Mastin Trio (Sammy Davis Jr.); Senor Wences

Shown from the USS Wisconsin: Burl Ives; Jack E. Leonard; June Valli

Andy Griffith / Pat Henning / Betty & Jane Kean / Lew Parker

Ricardo Montalban; Julius LaRosa; Gloria DeHaven; Carol Haney

U.S. Army Talent Contest Finalists

Mister Roberts salute with Henry Fonda; James Cagney, Jack Lemmon

7th Anniversary Show: Bob Hope; Pearl Bailey; Will Jordan

From the USS Antietam: Chordettes /scheduled: Step Brothers; Priscilla Wright

Marion Marlowe (guest host); Eartha Kitt; Joey Bishop; Joan Holloway

Ethel Merman (guest host); Russell Nype; Jimmy Edmonson (Prof. Backwards)

Guy Mitchell (guest host); Polly Bergen; Arthur Worsley

"Tops in Blue" (U.S. Air Force acts)

Bill Haley & His Comets / Jack Palance/ Christopher Plummer / Roddy McDowall

The Mills Brothers / The Four Aces / Interviews with Sports Celebrities

Rosalind Russell, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Albert, Tony Bennett

Eartha Kitt; Jay Lawrence; The Mariners; The Chicago Festival Singers

Georgia Gibbs / 1956 Ice Capades / Donna Atwood

Jane Russell & Jeanne Crain / Phil Silvers & "Bilko" cast / Ames Brothers

Julius LaRosa & the Winners of the Navy's World Wide Talent Contest

Season 952 episodes

1955

Robert Mitchum / Lillian Gish / Rocky Marciano

Nat King Cole / Fanny cast / Josh Logan

Johnny Carson / June Valli / on film: Frank Sinatra; Marlon Brando

scheduled: Edward R. Murrow; Dave Brubeck; Ed Begley; Tony Randall

scheduled: Nat King Cole & wife Maria; Jack Palance; Rod Steiger

Andy Griffith / Jean Simmons / Orson Bean

scheduled: Phil Silvers; Liberace; Rise Stevens

Edith Piaf / Shirley Booth / Al Hibbler / Arthur Worlsey

Bo Diddley / Laverne Baker / Five Keys / Rod Steiger & Jack Palance

scheduled: Pearl Bailey; Dick Shawn; Licia Albanese

scheduled: Abbott & Costello; Lillian Roth / Burt Lancaster (on film)

Sugar Ray Robinson / Teresa Brewer / Joyce Grenfell

scheduled: Orson Welles; James Mason & daughter; Orson Bean

scheduled: Gary Cooper & Rod Steiger; Jay Nemeth / Also: Ice Show remote

scheduled: Roger Williams; The Dreamweavers; Dick Duane

schedul: Pearl Bailey; Lily Pons; Lone Ranger & Silver

schedul: Jean Carroll; Billy Williams Quartet; The Matchmaker cast

ASCAP salute: Cab Calloway; John Raitt; Helen Kane; Mitch Miller

scheduled: Kim Novak & Susan Strasberg; Gracie Fields

Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz / Rodgers & Hammerstein / Orson Welles / Ames Brothers

Shirley Jones / Pearl Bailey / Carl Sanberg / Hal Holbrook

scheduled: Hermione Gingold; Billy DeWolfe; The Goofers; Jean Madeira

scheduled: Fred Waring; Lilian Roth; Al Capp, Rube Goldberg

Edith Piaf / Walt Disney; James Cagney; Jack Lemmon; Susan Hayward

scheduled: Roger Williams; Dick Duane; Jimmie Komack; Enzio Stuarti

sched: Marcel Marceau; Eli Wallach; Nat King Cole; Cesare Siepe

scheduled: Nat King Cole; Jack Carter; Reese & Davis

scheduled: Bob Crosby; Lili Palmer; Gloria & Carter DeHaven

scheduled: Noel Coward; Mitzi Gaynor; Andre Kostelanetz

scheduled: Helen Traubel; Ed Gardner / On film: Grace Kelly & Ralph Meeker

schedul: Ames Brothers; Senor Wences; Marion Marlowe; Sam Levenson

scheduled: Kate Smith; Eve Arden; Peters Sisters; Jean Carroll

scheduled: Tony Martin; Nat King Cole; Edie Adams; the Lovers; Will Jordan

Robert Young with the Mother of the Year Awards / Carlos Ramirez

Marcel Marceau / Jack Paar / Teresa Brewer / David Whitfield

scheduled: Kate Smith; Senor Wences; David Whitfield; Marion Marlowe

scheduled: Burt Lancaster & Tony Curtis; Helen Wood; Lily Ponds

scheduled: Nat King Cole; Bob Hope (on film); Jack Carter / film: A Short Vision

All-Army Talent Show with Gary Crosby, Charlie Applewhite & Richard Hayes

8th Anniversary: Harry Belafonte; Shelley Winters; Gregory Peck; Phil Silvers

John Huston salute: Gregory Peck; Orson Welles; Lauren Bacall; Edward G. Robinson

scheduled: Constance Bennett; Senor Wences; Cell Block 7; Patachou

Julie Andrews / Louis Armstrong / Bing Crosby (on film)

Jack Paar (guest host) / Ames Brothers / Ted Lewis / Prof. Backwards

sched: Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus' Top Acts (incl. Emmett Kelly)

scheduled: U.S. Air Force talent show

A Tribute to the Yankees / Phil Silvers / Teresa Brewer

scheduled: Frank Sinatra; Jeannie Carson; Don Cornell

scheduled: U.S. Navy talent show - with guest host Kirk Douglas

Patti Page (guest host) / Kay Ballard / Maria Neglia

Elvis Presley (1st appearance) / Charles Laughton / Dorothy Sarnoff

The Four Aces / Marion Marlowe / Brooklyn Dodgers, Milwaukee Braves

Season 1051 episodes

1956

scheduled: Edward G. Robinson; Edith Piaf; Helen Traubel; Jean Carroll

Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz / Yogi Berra / Gisele MacKenzie / Joyce Grenfell

scheduled: Eartha Kitt; Kate Smith; Joe E. Lewis; Ricky Layne;Richardi

Dedication of the Henry & Edsel Ford Auditorium / Johnny Carson

scheduled: Jack Paar / On film: Robert Mitchum; Rita Hayworth; Jack Lemmon

Elvis Presley (2nd appearance) / Senior Wences / Joyce Grenfell

scheduled: Maurice Evans; Nelson Eddy; Patti Page; Henri Salvador; Elliot Reed

Life Magazine Tribute with Julie Andrews; Bing Crosby; Phil Silvers

Fats Domino / Guy Mitchell / Elvis Presley (film clip)

Maria Callas & Rudolf Bing / Clark Gable (filmed interview)

Rosemary Clooney / Sophie Tucker / Anthony Newley / Modern Screen Awards

sched: Kate Smith; Sam Levenson; Joyce Grenfell; Gaelic Singers

scheduled: Rise Stevens; Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy; Jack Paar; Jo Sullivan

scheduled: Gracie Fields; Kaye Ballard; Dolores Wilson; Annie Cordy

scheduled: Look Award winners: Sid Caesar; Edward R. Murrow; Walt Disney

Elvis Presley (3rd appearance) / Carol Burnett / Sugar Ray Robinson

scheduled: Imogene Coca; Kate Smith; Professor Backwards

Sonny James / Fess Parker / Ivory Joe Hunter

scheduled: Louis Armstrong; Ella Fitzgerald; Dorothy Kirsten; Mario del Monaco

scheduled: Vic Damone; Jose Greco; Al Hibbler

scheduled: Benny Goodman; Victor Borge; Charlotte Rae

scheduled: Hugh O'Brian; Robert Wagner; Jeannie Carson

Lena Horne; Xavier Cugat; Abbe Lane; Doretta Morrow

Lerner & Loewe Tribute: Gene Kelly; Leslie Caron; Fred Astaire

scheduled: Henry Fonda (on film); Wilt Chamberlain; Don Ameche

scheduled: Robert Mitchum; Ames Brothers; Edie Adams

scheduled: Julie London; Rodgers and Hammerstein; Ella Fitzgerald

Fred Astaire / Fredric March / Peggy Wood / Buddy Knox / Ferlin Husky

scheduled: Judy Holliday; Henry Fonda; Alan King; Alma Cogan

Chester Gould, Don Murray, Donald O'Connor, Gale Gordon

Bill Haley & the Comets / Lena Horne / Tony Perkins

Walter Pidgeon, Johnnie Ray, Judy Scott, Sugar Ray Robinson, Gene Fullmer

Jack Dempsey, Bob & Ray

Tommy Sands, Rise Stevens

Red Skelton, Jayne Mansfield, Jack Webb

scheduled: Tony Martin; Sarah Vaughn; Janet Blair

scheduled: Joni James; Alan King; Harry Belafonte (on film)

Johnny Mathis / Polly Bergen / Rusty Draper / Bing Crosby (on film)

scheduled: Burt Lancaster; Gene Kelly; Helen Wood

Everly Brothers / Frances Farmer / Nancy Whiskey / Prince & the Showgirl premiere

Louis Armstrong / Teresa Brewer / Jack Paar / Gary Cooper / Betty Madigan

scheduled: Sal Mineo; Diahann Carroll; Don Cherry

scheduled: Ernie Kovacs; Myron Cohen; Four Aces

scheduled: Dan Dailey (guest host); the Crew Cuts; Roger Williams

Dan Dailey (guest host) / The Everly Brothers

U.S. Army Show with Jayne Mansfield; Carol Burnett; Buddy Knox

scheduled: Cab Calloway; Janet Blair; Sue Carson; Dick Contino

Sal Mineo / Guy Mitchell / Carman McRae / Wes Harrison

Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays, Floyd Patterson, Mickey Mantle

1958 Ice Capades / Della Reese / Jimmie Rodgers / Paul Anka

Andrews Sisters / Nick Todd / Billy Ward & the Dominos

Season 1150 episodes

1957

Betty Grable / Carol Channing / Harry James / Bobby Helms / George Raft

scheduled: George Burns & Gracie Allen; Johnnie Ray; Ida Lupino & Howard Duff

scheduled: Eva Marie Saint; Everly Brothers; Danny Thomas; Bob & Ray

The Sparkletones / Mills Brothers / Georgia Gibbs / Sammy Kaye

The Platters / Frances Farmer / Jane Morgan

Sam Cooke / Jimmie Rodgers / Paul Anka / Sparkletones

Robert Wagner & Joan Collins / Sarah Vaughan / Roger Williams / Billy Eckstine

Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps / Georgia Gibbs / Carol Burnett

scheduled: Rex Harrison; Kay Kendall; Tony Martin; the Four Aces; Barbara McNair

Buddy Holly and the Crickets / Sam Cooke / Bobby Helms

The Platters / Noel Coward / Ray Peterson

scheduled: Tony Bennett; Della Reese; Eddie Foy; Barbara Perry

10th Christmas Show - Frankie Lymon; Rise Stevens; Carol Lawrence

scheduled: Red Buttons; Roberta Sherwood / John Wayne (on film)

scheduled: The Everly Brothers; Johnnie Ray

Bing Crosby (on film) / James Arness / Mike Kellin & Sondra Lee

Mario Lanza (on film, interview) / Kirby Stone Quartet / Marissa Alotsio

Buddy Holly & the Crickets (2nd appearance) /Jimmie Rodgers / Ted Lewis

scheduled: Ted Lewis; Helen Gallagher; Georges Guetary

scheduled: Gina Lollobrigida; Sally Ann Howes; Jack Carter; Billy Kenny

scheduled: Vic Damone; Anna Magnani (on film, tour of Rome)

LaVern Baker / Victor Moore / Tina Robin

scheduled: Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; The Everly Brothers; Charles Manna

Everly Brothers / Jo Stafford / The Sparkletones

St. Patrick's Day / scheduled: Mickey Shaughnessy; Myron Cohen; Sue Carson

Rodgers & Hammerstein / Bert Lahr / The Rays / Four Preps

scheduled: Della Reese; Frankie Vaughan; Jane Morgan

Maurice Chevalier / Carol Burnett / Conrad Hilton

scheduled: Nat King Cole; Mickey Mantle; Yogi Berra; Jack Norworth

The Champs (Tequila) / Vivian Blaine / Hermoine Gingold

Everly Brothers / Sal Mineo / Patachou / Teresa Brewer

Lillian Roth / The Chordettes / David Seville / Helen Gallagher / Denise Darcel

scheduled: Eleanor Roosevelt; Connie Francis; Tony Martin

scheduled: Maurice Chevalier; Sophie Tucker; Carol Lawrence; Jack E. Leonard

scheduled: Frankie Lymon; Alan King; Hermione Gingold

scheduled: Wayne and Shuster; Jimmie Rodgers; Edie Adams

scheduled: Alan King; Hugh O'Brian; Jack E. Leonard; Roberta Sherwood

The Brussels World's Fair / Sophia Loren / The Platters

10th Anniversary Show (clips from past shows)

Moscow's Moiseyev Ballet

Esther Williams / Frank Sinatra (on film) / Princess Grace (film)

scheduled: Ann Blyth; The Four Preps; Anna Maria Alberghetti

scheduled: The 5th Annual Army talent show; Teresa Brewer (guest host)

Ernie Kovacs / Sheb Wooley / Gordon MacRae / Bobby Van

scheduled: Wayne and Shuster; Dolores Gray; Margaret Tynes

scheduled: 4th Annual U.S. Navy Talent Contest with guest host Sam Levenson

Gregory Peck (cameo) / Teresa Brewer / Carol Lawrence

scheduled: Frankie Lymon; Georgie Kaye; Wayne & Shuster

Dick Powell / Jack E. Leonard / Air Force Talent Show

Georgia Gibbs / Ice Capades / scheduled: Johnny Ray; Jane Morgan

Season 1252 episodes

1958

Tommy Edwards / West Side Story Broadway cast / Mickey Rooney

scheduled: The stars of the upcoming TV season

Shecky Green / Mickey Mantle / Yogi Berra / Sacha Distel

scheduled: Danny Thomas; Frankie Laine; Milwaukee Braves players

scheduled: Carol Channing; Genevieve; Line Renaud

Tony Martin / Roger Williams / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane

Esther Williams (guest host) / Johnny Mathis / Janet Blair

Itzhak Perlman / Carol Lawrence & Larry Kert / Film: Ed Sullivan Visits Jerusalem

Friar's Club roasts Ed Sullivan w/Walter Cronkite; Maury Amsterdam; Joey Bishop

scheduled: William Shatner; Lou Costello; Dody Goodman

Kathryn Grayson / Herb Shriner / The Four Coins

scheduled: Teresa Brewer; Hal March; Jean Carroll

From Alaska: Dody Goodman; Jill Corey; Dick Lord Buckley

scheduled: Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Flower Drum Song cast

scheduled: Jose Ferrer & Lois Smith; David Seville; Rise Stevens

Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward / Maurice Gosfield & Joe E. Ross

Imogene Coca / Shelley Berman / Trude Adams / Phil Ford & Mimi Hines

Fidel Castro (on film) / Jason Robards / George Grizzard / Alan King

Edith Piaf / Celeste Holm / Betty Comden & Adolph Green / Pat Suzuki

scheduled: Charlton Heston; Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs

Johnny Cash / Frankie Laine / Richard Boone

scheduled: Itzhak Perlman; Dody Goodman; Jack Carter; Jane Morgan

scheduled: Dennis Weaver; Roger Williams; Pat Henning

The Platters / scheduled: Abbe Lane; Xavier Cugat; Carol Lawrence

Fred MacMurray / Jane Russell / David Seville / Samuel Goldwyn (on film)

Edward Mulhare / Myron Cohen / Paul O'Keefe

From Portugal: Maurice Chevalier; The Ames Brothers

scheduled: Shelley Winters; Connie Francis / James Stewart & Lee Remick (on film)

The Fleetwoods / Billy Williams Quartet / Jean Carroll

Johnnie Ray / Brook Benton / Gertrude Berg / Teresa Brewer

scheduled: Tallulah Bankhead; Della Reese; Betty Comden & Adolph Green

Johnny Mathis / Rod Steiger / Henny Youngman

scheduled: Lionel Hampton; Gogi Grant; Billy Daniels

Louis Prima & Keely Smith / Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy / Andy Griffith

Louis Prima & Keely Smith / Shelly Berman / Jack Carter

Fabian / Myron Cohen / Ed Wynn / Carol Lawrence

Bobby Darin / Edith Piaf / Wayne & Shuster

James Cagney tribute / Johnny Horton / Al Martino

Connie Francis, Henny Youngman

Fabian / Georgia Gibbs / Kirby Stone Four / John Wayne (on tape)

Duke Ellington / Lloyd Price / Frankie Avalon / Jean Carroll

scheduled: Ames Brothers; Patachou; Alan King; Ford & Hines

Carol Channing / Georgia Gibbs / Wayne & Shuster / Bob Lewis

Spoleto Festival (taped in Italy): Sir John Gielgud; Eileen Farrell

Eartha Kitt / Charlton Heston (on film) / Roger Williams

The Platters / scheduled: Roberta Peters; Shelley Berman

Jane Russell / Sid Kroft / Shecky Greene / Toni Arden

scheduled: Lionel Hampton; Teresa Brewer; Jan Murray

scheduled: Luise Rainer; Alan King; Dolores Wilson

Army Talent Show with Steve Lawrence; Henny Youngman

Bobby Darin / Frankie Laine / Teresa Brewer

scheduled: Edith Piaf; Itzhak Perlman; Jack Carter

Season 1349 episodes

1959

Louis Armstrong / Rosemary Clooney / Jose Ferrer / Alan King

Invitation to Moscow

Danny Thomas / Eartha Kitt / Julius LaRosa

Mario Lanza (on film) / Ethel Merman / Larry Blyden

Harry Belafonte (on film) / Ames Brothers / Wilt Chamberlain

scheduled: Della Reese; Wayne & Shuster; Betty Johnson

Paul Anka / The Step Brothers / Castle Sisters

Johnny Mathis / Gracie Fields / Jan Murray

scheduled: Suzanne Pleshette; Tom Poston; Georgia Gibbs

scheduled: Carol Channing; Count Basie; Joe Williams

Dick Van Dyke & Bess Halliday / Dorothy Collins / Marion Marlowe

scheduled: Lionel Hampton; Teresa Brewer; Jack Carter

Dorothy Dandridge / Brook Benton / David Seville / Ames Brothers

Polly Bergen / Gertrude Berg / Paul O'Keefe / Harry Simeone Chorale

Charlton Heston / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Leon Bibb

Bobby Darin & Connie Francis / Edgar Bergen / Gene Krupa & Sal Mineo

Wayne & Shuster (guest hosts) / Frankie Avalon / Birgit Nilsson

scheduled: Rosemary Clooney; Nelson Eddy; Carol Lawrence

Takarazuka Dance Theater / Ford & Hines / Kim Sisters

Rowan and Martin, The Wanderers

Charles Laughton / Dorothy Dandridge / Harry James / Wayne & Schuster

scheduled: Jack Carter; Myron Cohen; Earl Grant; Barry Sisters

Bobby Darin / Connie Francis / Della Reese / Senor Wences

scheduled: Eartha Kitt; Leon Bibb; Anna Maria Alberghetti

scheduled: Eileen Brennan; Pat Rooney; Sean O'Casey; Barry Fitzgerald

Circus Stars from All Over the World

Dorothy Dandridge / Teresa Brewer / Jack Carter / Myron Cohen

scheduled: Chris Connor; Ames Brothers; Jill Corey

David Seville / Mahalia Jackson / Wayne & Shuster

scheduled: Red Buttons; Rowan & Martin; Ames Brothers

Charlton Heston / Johnny Horton / Dean Jones

scheduled: Nina Simone; The Browns; Bess Myerson

scheduled: James Cagney; Robert Montgomery; Jane Froman; Julie Wilson

scheduled: Nelson Eddy & Gale Sherwood; Brothers Four; Wayne & Shuster

scheduled: Count Basie; Joe Williams; Chita Rivera

Jack Lemon / Louis Prima & Keely Smith / Bert Lahr

Louis Prima & Keely Smith / Connie Francis / Dick Van Dyke

Ann Miller / Della Reese / Don Adams / Benny Goodman All-Star Band

scheduled: Rise Stevens; Ames Brothers; Gene Krupa Orchestra

Rosemary Clooney, Dave Barry

scheduled: Red Buttons; Georgia Gibbs; Rowan & Martin

scheduled: Dick Van Dyke; Chris Connor; Edgar Bergen

scheduled: Lloyd Price; Blossom Seeley; Jan Murray; Bob Lewis

scheduled: Harry James; Henny Youngman; Wayne & Shuster

Sophia Loren & Clark Gable (on film) / Jack Carter

scheduled: Kirby Stone Four; Roberta Peters; Carol Haney

scheduled: Lionel Hampton; Sam Levene; Four Preps; Dewey Markham

Oscar Hammerstein tribute: Della Reese; Georgia Gibbs; Jill Corey

Nina Simone / Eartha Kitt / Noelle Adam

Season 1440 episodes

1960

David Seville & the Chipmunks (puppets) / Red Buttons / Patachou

Bob Newhart / Mickey Rooney / Danny Thomas / McGuire Sisters

scheduled: Johnny Mathis; Peggy Lee; the Dave Brubeck Quartet; Mort Sahl

scheduled: Jack Carter; Gordon & Sheila MacRae; Crosby Bros.; Erroll Garner

From Chicago: Charlton Heston; Benny Goodman; Mahalia Jackson; Bob Newhart

Dick Van Dyke / Chita Rivera / Shirley Bassey

Jerry Lewis / Connie Francis / Sophie Tucker

scheduled: Tony Martin; Anna Maria Alberghetti; Shecky Greene

Jackie Wilson / Mort Sahl / Jane Morgan

scheduled: Teresa Brewer; Myron Cohen; Billy Eckstine; Guy Marks

Mahalia Jackson / Roger Williams / Jack Carter / Hal March / Limeliters

Desi Arnaz, The Sound of Music Cast

scheduled: Tammy Grimes; Earl Grant; George Jessel

Bob Newhart / Bob & Ray / Sal Mineo / Damita Jo

scheduled: Belafonte Folk Singers; Edgar Bergen; Don Adams

Carmen McRae / scheduled: Carol Channing; Nat King Cole

Dorothy Dandridge / George Jessel / Pete Fountain / Barry Sisters / Errol Garner

Henry Fonda / Peggy Lee / Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks / Paul Anka

Lucille Ball / Rowan & Martin / Wayne & Shuster / Jack Carter

scheduled: Spike Jones; Henny Youngman; Frank Gorshin; Shari Lewis

Louis Armstrong, Bob Newhart

The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem

Salute to Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe: Julie Andrews; Richard Burton

scheduled: Della Reese; Johnny Carson; Alfred Drake

Charlton Heston / Roger Williams / Anita Bryant / Dick Roman

scheduled: Jan Peerce; Corbett Monica; Smith & Dale

Pearl Bailey / Jerry Orbach / Anna Maria Alberghetti / George Kirby

Harpo Marx; Allen & Rossi; Dick Haymes & Fran Jeffries

scheduled: Dizzy Gillespie; Rowan & Martin; McGuire Sisters; Eileen Farrell

scheduled: Al Hirt; Rosemary Clooney; Earl Grant

scheduled: Teresa Brewer; Gene Barry; Three Stooges

Jerry Lewis / Sandy Stewart / Phil Harris

Jackie Wilson / Sophia Loren / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane

scheduled: Roger Williams; Mort Sahl; the Limeliters

Mahalia Jackson / Jack Carter / Delores Gray / Mike Clifford

scheduled: Connie Francis; Al Hirt; Robert Goulet

scheduled: Nancy Walker; Nancy Dussault; Earl Grant; Conrad Buckner

Louis Armstrong / Teresa Brewer / Myron Cohen / Joan Halloway

scheduled: Phyllis Diller; the Brothers Four; Joey Adams; Felicia Sanders

scheduled: Pearl Bailey; Edgar Bergen; etc.

Season 1546 episodes

1961

First show of the 15th Season

From Las Vegas: Danny Thomas; Della Reese; Crosby Brothers

Phil Silvers / Brigitte Bardot (filmed interview) / Peter Nero / McGuire Sisters

Taped in West Berlin: Louis Armstrong; Connie Francis; Van Cliburn

2nd Berlin show: Louis Armstrong; Sid Caesar; Shari Lewis

Chubby Checker / Phil Silvers / Nancy Walker

scheduled: Everly Brothers; Robert Goulet; George Gobel

scheduled: Jimmy Dean; Art Carney; Al Hirt; Julius LaRosa

Pearl Bailey / Brenda Lee / Ames Brothers / Frank Gorshin / Myron Cohen

Steve Lawrence / Jerry Lewis / Dorothy Louden / Martha Perez

scheduled: Richard Boone; Jackie Mason; Sophie Tucker

scheduled: Sid Caesar; Connie Francis; Joan Sutherland

scheduled: Sarah Vaughan; Al Hirt; Vic Damone; Gary Morton; Edgar Bergen

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington / Paul Anka

Linda Scott / Shari Lewis / The Baird Puppets

scheduled: Slappy White; Matt Monro; Smith & Dale

Jimmy Durante / Rosemary Clooney / Bob Newhart / Gary Morton

Mickey Rooney / Timi Yuro / Rip Taylor / Ken Murray

Jackie Wilson / Robert Goulet / Kate Smith / Wayne & Shuster

Sid Caesar / Connie Francis / Frank Gorshin / Franco Corelli

scheduled: Brook Benton; Pearl Bailey; George Gobel; Bobby Rydell

scheduled: Carl Sandburg; Paul Anka; Shelley Berman; McGuire Sisters

The Everly Brothers / Timi Yuro / Al Hirt

scheduled: Lloyd Bridges; Damita Jo; The Crosby Brothers; Jan Murray

Art Carney / Fats Domino / Phyllis Diller / Connie Stevens / Tommy Sands

Henry Fonda & Olivia de Havilland / Maureen O'Hara

Rowan & Martin / Robert Goulet / Dick Haymes & Fran Jefferies

Sid Caesar / Jackie Mason / Diahann Carroll / Richard Kiley

Jackie Wilson / Patti Page / Wayne & Shuster / Ann-Margret (on film)

scheduled: Cyd Charisse; Lionel Hampton; Jack Carter

Sophia Loren / Mahalia Jackson / Teresa Brewer / Maximillian Schell

Harry Belafonte / Miriam Makeba / Thelma Lee

Johnny Mathis / Jackie Mason / Rip Taylor / McGuire Sisters

scheduled: Bobby Darin; Diahann Carroll; Corbett Monica

scheduled: Joan Sutherland; Pegleg Bates; Joey Adams

Peggy Lee / Jackie Robinson / Slappy White / Brothers Four

Jackie Wilson / Connie Francis / Red Buttons

Rudy Vallee / Paul Anka / Chita Rivera / Peter Nero

Larry Storch / Danny Lewis / Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris

Dave Brubeck / Frank Gorshin / Gloria Lynne

14th Anniversary Show: Bing Crosby; Jerry Lewis; Theresa Brewer

Taped at the Moulin Rouge, Paris: Connie Francis; Johnny Halliday

Patti Page / Rowan & Martin / Billy Eckstine

Burt Lancaster / Dion / Diahann Carroll / Abbe Lane

scheduled: talented newcomers making their TV debuts

Olivette Miller, Yolanda White

Season 1642 episodes

1962

Eddie Fisher / Al Hirt / Mickey Mantle & Whitney Ford

scheduled: Paul Anka; Vaughn Meader; Yolanda White

scheduled: Connie Francis; Louis Prima; Jerry Van Dyke

scheduled: Cliff Richard, Kate Smith; Wayne & Schuster; Rip Taylor

Louis Prima / Jackie Mason / Steve Allen

Tribute to Richard Rodgers with Peggy Lee; Diahann Carroll; Roberta Peters

scheduled: Robert Goulet; Phyllis McGuire; Rowan & Martin

Van Johnson / Kaye Stevens / Paul Lynde / Bob Lewis

Tony Bennett / Rosemary Clooney / Jackie Mason / Jack Carter

Pearl Bailey / Al Hirt / Phil Foster / Pat Henry

Four Seasons / Peggy Lee / Anthony Newley / Jose Greco

Barbra Streisand / Liberace / Clancy Brothers

From Guantanamo Naval Base: Connie Francis / Louis Armstrong

Italy's Podrecca's Piccoli Theater (puppets)

Sammy Davis Jr./ Barry Sisters / Vaughn Meader / Pat Carroll

Brenda Lee / Jackie Mason / Robert Goulet

The McGuire Sisters, Sergio Franchi

Neil Sedaka / Wayne & Shuster / Janet Blair / Dave Astor

International performers: Franco Corelli; Eve Boswell; Hannah Ahroni

Hal Holbrook / Patti Page / Three Stooges / Dave Madden

From Las Vegas: Jimmy Durante; Eddie Jackson; Sonny King

scheduled: Mike Clifford; Kate Smith; Bob Newhart; Nancy Walker

Kaye Stevens / Wayne & Shuster / Leon Bibb / Guy Lombardo Orchestra

Sid Caesar / Paul Anka / Chad Mitchell Trio / McGuire Sisters

Barbra Streisand / Chubby Checker / Woody Herman

Jackie Wilson / The McGuire Sisters

scheduled: Frankie Avalon; Stiller & Meara; Lee Evans Jazz Trio

From London: Judy Garland / Peter O'Toole / Cliff Richard

scheduled: Liza Minnelli; Anthony Quinn; Della Reese

Connie Francis / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Wayne & Shuster

Lucille Ball & Bob Hope / Ella Fitzgerald / Jackie Mason

scheduled: Vivien Leigh; Brenda Lee; Ann-Margret; Al Hirt

Ann-Margret / Steve Lawrence / Kate Smith

scheduled: Cab Calloway; Eydie Gorme; Frank Fontaine; Sergio Franchi

scheduled: Sammy Davis, Jr.; Janet Blair; Rowan & Martin; Kim Sisters

Barbra Streisand / Stiller & Meara / McGuire Sisters

Eartha Kitt / Jackie Mason / Wayne & Shuster / Kaye Ballard

15th Anniversary Show with clips from past shows: Elvis Presley, Gary Cooper

Al Hirt / Totie Fields / Geula Gill / Alberto Rochi

On tape: Wayne & Shuster; Kay Stevens; Marion Marlowe; Bill Dana

On tape: Kate Smith; Jackie Mason; Joya Sherrill

Matt Monro / Joan Sutherland / Della Reese

Season 1742 episodes

1963

Jimmy Durante / Frank Sinatra Jr. / Pied Pipers

Dick Dale / The Angels / Totie Fields

Lesley Gore / Tony Bennett / Frank Gorshin

Scheduled: Cliff Richard; Eydie Gorme

Moscow State Circus

Richard Burton / Morecombe & Wise / Arthur Worsley

scheduled: The Jane Russell, Connie Haines and Beryl Davis trio; Allen & Rossi

scheduled: Tommy Sands & Nancy Sinatra; Robert Horton

The Obratsov Russian Puppet Theatre

Ginger Rogers / Burt Lanchester (on film)

Burt Lancaster / Al Hirt / Milton Berle / Georgia Brown

scheduled: Buster Keaton; Teresa Brewer; Tessie O'Shea

Hank Williams Jr. / Janet Blair / cast of Twice Over Nightly

Count Basie Orchestra / Keely Smith / Sister Sourie (Singing Nun)

Connie Francis / Frank Sinatra, Jr. / Stiller & Meara

Bobby Vinton / Juliet Prowse / Pat Buttram

scheduled: Eddy Arnold; Van Heflin; Sidney Blackmer

Ella Fitzgerald / Sammy Davis Jr.

Beatles (1st appearance) / Oliver Broadway cast

Beatles (2nd appearance) / Mitzi Gaynor

Beatles (3rd appearance) / Cab Calloway

George Raft / Jack Carter / John Byner

Dave Clark Five / A Salute to American Composers

Dave Clark Five / Peter O'Toole / Jack Jones

Bobby Vinton / Van Johnson / The Ladybugs

Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers

The Searchers / scheduled: Rowan & Martin; Senor Wences

Moscow State Circus (taped in Minneapolis, MN)

Al Hirt / Roberta Peters / Itzhak Perlman / Kim Sisters

Stevie Wonder / Gerry and the Pacemakers

Dusty Springfield / Gerry & the Pacemakers / Itzhak Perlman

scheduled: Paul Anka; McGuire Sisters; Rita Pavone

Liza Minnelli / Duke Ellington / The Beatles (on film)

Dave Clark Five / Bill Cosby / Helen Hayes

Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas / Alec Guinness

Sammy Davis Jr./ A filmed tour of the JFK Library exhibit

Debbie Reynolds (on film) / Trini Lopez / Harve Presnell

Bobby Vinton / Connie Francis / Frank Sinatra / Ferrante & Teicher

scheduled: Kay Stevens; Myron Cohen; Jerry Vale; Allen & Rossi

Steve Lawrence / Helen Shapiro / Geula Gill

Della Reese / the Highwaymen

Bert Lahr / Rita Pavone / The Kim Sisters

Season 1840 episodes

1964

Beach Boys / Alan King / Robert Goulet

Louis Armstrong / Sid Caesar / Abbe Lane / Pat Boone

Roy Orbison / Connie Francis / Harlem Globetrotters

The Animals / Van Johnson / Jackie Mason

Rolling Stones / Jack Jones / Stiller & Meara

Dave Clark Five / Rex Harrison / Alan King

Jimmy Durante / Jean Paul Vignon / Nipsey Russell

Peter and Gordon / Sammy Davis Jr. / Kaye Stevens

scheduled: Tony Bennett; Leslie Uggams; Victor Borge

scheduled: Ella Fitzgerald; Gordon and Sheila MacRae

scheduled: Piccola Pupa; Mitchell Trio; Sid Caesar

Julie Harris / Stiller & Meara / Alan King / Robert Preston

Jack Jones / Allen & Rossi / Charlie Manna

The Supremes / Serendipity Singers / Leslie Uggams

scheduled: Liza Minnelli, Jean Paul Vignon, Totie Fields

scheduled: Sid Caesar; Wayne Newton; Betsy Palmer; Shari Lewis

Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn

Lesley Gore / Burt Lancaster / Mickey Rooney / Miriam Makeba

Jimmy Durante / scheduled: Leslie Uggams; Stiller & Meara; Jean Carroll

Dave Clark Five / Rowan & Martin / Steve Lawrence

scheduled: Sid Caesar; Roberta Peters; Betsy Palmer; Frank Gorshin

scheduled: Wayne Newton; Juliet Prowse; Alan King; Bill Dana

Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald / Rita Pavone / Stiller & Meara

Petula Clark / Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem / Nancy Walker & Bert Lahr

Gary Lewis & the Playboys / Connie Francis / Tony Bennett / Melinda Marx

Little Anthony and the Imperials / Bobby Vinton

scheduled: Vince Edwards; Cilla Black; Alan King; Abbe Lane; George Kirby

Gerry & the Pacemakers / Maurice Chevalier / Soupy Sales

John Huston / Sam Snead / Soupy Sales

Freddie & the Dreamers / Sean Connery (on film) / Eydie GormÃ©

Rolling Stones / Dusty Springfield / Tom Jones

scheduled: Della Reese; the Three Stooges; Richard Pryor; Juliet Prowse

Petula Clark / Rudolf Nureyev / Alan King

Liza Minnelli / Rudolf Nureyev & Margot Fonteyn / the Bachelors

The Animals / scheduled: Bert Lahr; Connie Francis; Wayne Newton

Herman's Hermits / scheduled: Tommy Steele; Trini Lopez

Tom Jones / The Seekers / Dee Dee Sharp / Sid Caesar

Dave Clark Five / scheduled: Cab Calloway; Soupy Sales

Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas / Tony Bennett

Gerry & the Pacemakers / Jerry Vale / The Womenfolk

Season 1943 episodes

1965

The Beatles (4th live appearance) / Cilla Black

series now in COLOR: Red Skelton / Dino, Desi & Billy

Sonny and Cher, Leslie Uggams

Judy Garland / Tom Jones / Peter Sellers

Supremes / Petula Clark / Woody Allen / Wayne Newton

Sam the Sham / The Animals / Sid Caesar / Pat Boone

Marvin Gaye / Herman's Hermits / Duke Ellington

Barry McGuire / scheduled: Liza Minnelli; Harlem Globetrotters

Righteous Brothers / Peggy Lee / Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

Dave Clark Five / scheduled: Woody Allen; Bert Lahr

scheduled: Johnny Mathis; Mort Sahl; Peter Nero

Petula Clark / Glenn Yarbrough / Sammy Kaye

Martha & the Vandellas / Tom Jones

The Byrds / Al Hirt / Alan King / Wayne Newton

Stars of the Circus World (from Munich, Germany)

The Remains / Stiller & Meara / Jack Carter

Four Seasons / Leslie Uggams / King Family / Brigitte Bardot (on film)

scheduled: The Lettermen, Stiller & Meara; Mike Douglas

Rick Nelson / Duke Ellington / Maria Cole

Four Tops / JosÃ© Feliciano / SSgt. Barry Sadler / Dinah Shore

The Animals / Rosemary Clooney / Nancy Walker

Rolling Stones / Hal Holbrook / Ethel Merman / Wayne Newton

Diana Ross & the Supremes / Richard Kiley / Dave Clark Five

Nancy Sinatra / Gary Lewis & the Playboys / Petula Clark

Frankie Avalon & Annette Funicello / Tom Jones

scheduled: Pearl Bailey; Wayne & Shuster; Clancy Brothers

Young Rascals / Brenda Lee / Walter Cronkite

scheduled: Debbie Reynolds; Kirk Douglas; Cilla Black; Ed Ames

scheduled: Count Basie; Stiller & Meara; Eydie Gorme

Count Basie / Diahann Carroll / Alan King

The Animals / Petula Clark / Jimmy Durante

Dave Clark Five / Allan Sherman / Roberta Peters

The Supremes / James Brown / 'Shot Of Five' composers

The Black Sheep / Harry James / Henny Youngman

scheduled: Alan King; Kate Smith; the Bachelors

Nancy Sinatra / Mrs. Miller / Robert Merrill / Stiller & Meara

The Thomas Group / scheduled: Bobby Vinton; Jane Morgan

The Beatles (on film) / scheduled: Richard Pryor; Robert Goulet

Dave Clark Five / Wayne Newton / Joey Adams / Jackie Vernon

scheduled: Jerry Vale; Brigit Nilsson; Swinging Lads; Nancy Walker

Simon & Garfunkel (I Am A Rock)

U. S. Marines Tribute (Guadalcanal Anniversary) w/ clips from 3-Oct-65

Season 2042 episodes

1966

Rolling Stones / Louis Armstrong / Robert Goulet

Jackie Mason / Herman's Hermits / The Peanuts

Supremes / Nipsey Russell / Ethel Merman

Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

scheduled: Petula Clark; Richard Pryor; Allan & Rossi

Four Tops / Eddie Albert / Carroll Baker / Allan Sherman

Peggy Lee, Jim Nabors

James Brown / Nancy Sinatra / Stan Freberg / Mrs. Miller

Lou Rawls / Nancy Ames / Corbett Monica

scheduled: New Vaudeville Band; Noel Harrison; Johnny Hart; Joan Sutherland

Dave Clark 5 / Bobby Vinton / Barbara McNair / Dick Cavett

Leslie Uggams / Glenn Yarbrough / Muppets

Supremes / Gary Lewis & the Playboys / Wayne & Shuster

Mamas & the Papas / Joan Rivers / Morey Amsterdam

scheduled: Count Basie; Dianne Carroll; Totie Fields; P. Gennaro

scheduled: European Circus Acts (Krone Circus Arena, Munich)

The New Vaudeville Band / Peter Nero / Joan Rivers

Ethel Merman / Gordon MacRae / Flip Wilson / Serendipity Singers

Rolling Stones / Petula Clark / Allan Sherman

Lovin' Spoonful / Johnny Mathis / Ginger Rogers

Mel Torme & the Woody Herman orchestra / George Carlin / Nipsy Russell

Woody Allen / Lainie Kazan / Wayne & Shuster

Young Rascals / Joan Rivers / Lola Falana / Nancy Walker

Nancy Sinatra, Henny Youngman

Nancy Sinatra / Henny Youngman / Xavier Cugat

Dionne Warwick / Gwen Verdon / Rodney Dangerfield

Lou Rawls / Nancy Ames / The Kessler Twins

Lovin' Spoonful / Johnny Rivers / Cab Calloway

Dave Clark Five / scheduled: Eddie Albert; Pat Buttram

scheduled: Alan King; Henny Youngman; Wayne & Shuster

scheduled: Richard Pryor; Ed Ames; Lana Cantrell; Davis & Reese

Tony Bennett / Count Basie / Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood

scheduled: Bobby Vinton; Bert Lahr; Jackie Mason; Joan Rivers

Paul Revere & the Raiders / Jack Benny / Melina Mercouri

Expo '67: The Supremes; Xavier Cugat with Charo

The Turtles / Woody Allen / Leslie Uggams

Expo '67: The Seekers; Petula Clark; Alan King

The Temptations / Robert Goulet / Tessie O' Shea / Pickle Brothers

The Young Rascals / Harry James Orchestra / Rodney Dangerfield

Mamas and the Papas / Richard Pryor / Alan King

20th Anniversary: Diahann Carroll; Spanky & Our Gang

Connie Francis / Ronnie Dove / Henny Youngman

Season 2139 episodes

1967

Young Rascals / Petula Clark / Red Skelton

The Doors / Yul Brynner / Rodney Dangerfield

Mamas & the Papas / Florence Henderson / John Byner

Nancy Sinatra / Peggy Lee / George Carlin

Jimmy Dean / Wayne & Shuster / Joan Rivers

Lovin' Spoonful / Ethel Merman / David Frye

Lulu / Eddie Fisher / McGuire Sisters / Norm Crosby

The Cowsills / Polly Bergen / Don Ameche

Shirley Bassey / Tony Bennett / Woody Herman Orchestra

The Turtles / Johnny Mathis / Joan Rivers

The Supremes / The Temptations / Flip Wilson

The Beatles (on film) / Connie Francis / Al Hirt

Ray Charles & Billy Preston / Bill Dana

20th Anniversary Show: Gwen Verdon; Pearl Bailey; Robert Merrill

Spanky & Our Gang / Richard Pryor / Patti Page

The Cowsills / Bobbie Gentry / George Carlin / Arthur Godfrey

Jay & the Techniques / Buddy Rich / Miriam Makeba

Dionne Warwick / Norm Crosby / Morecambe & Wise

Vanilla Fudge / scheduled: Duke Ellington; Flip Wilson

Johnny Mathis / Melvyn Douglas / Pert Kelton

scheduled: Fifth Dimension; Al Martino; Nancy Ames

scheduled: Michele Lee; Stiller & Meara; Morecombe & Wise; Stu Gilliam

Vincent Price / Eddie Albert / Lennon Sisters

scheduled: Bobbie Gentry; George Chakiris; Jane Powell; Paul Mauriat

Gladys Knight & the Pips / Jackie Mason / Dinah Shore

scheduled: Lou Rawls; Alan King; Morecambe & Wise

Fifth Dimension / Liza Minnelli / Allen & Rossi

The Bee Gees / Lucille Ball / George Hamilton

Spanky & Our Gang / Supremes / Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles / Frankie Laine / Charlton Heston

scheduled: Eddie Albert, Norm Crosby, Joan Rivers

Tom Jones / Patty Duke / Totie Fields / The Muppets

Richard Harris / Ella Fitzgerald / Stiller & Meara

80th Birthday salute to Irving Berlin: Diana Ross & Supremes; Bing Crosby

Gary Puckett and the Union Gap / Richard Pryor / Rodney Dangerfield

Fifth Dimension / Joel Gray / Joan Rivers / Morey Amsterdam

Spanky & Our Gang / Nancy Sinatra / Mike Douglas

20th Anniversary Show - scheduled: Alan King; Jerry Vale; Lana Cantrell

Robert F. Kennedy Tribute - Dionne Warwick; Duke Ellington; Charlton Heston

Season 2240 episodes

1968

Jefferson Airplane / Diana Ross & the Supremes / Red Skelton

scheduled: Dionne Warwick; Tiny Tim; Tony Bennett

The Beach Boys / Richard Pryor / Peter O'Toole

The Fifth Dimension / Steve McQueen (on film) / Joan Rivers

Mary Hopkin / Gary Lewis and the Playboys / George Carlin

scheduled: Alan King, George Hamilton, Connie Francis, Stiller & Meara

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass / Engelbert Humperdinck / Tiny Tim

Ray Charles / The Association / Richard Pryor

Stevie Wonder / Brooklyn Bridge / Jane Morgan

The Vogues / Patti Page / Mike Douglas

Eddie Albert / Sly and the Family Stone / Lainie Kazan

Diana Ross & the Supremes / Johnny Mathis / Henry Mancini

The Chambers Brothers / Gina Lollobrigida / Don Rickles

Gary Puckett & the Union Gap / Liza Minnelli / John Davidson

Tommy James & the Shondells / George Hamilton / Shirley Bassey

Vanilla Fudge / Temptations / James Earl Jones

scheduled: Leslie Uggams; Joan Rivers, Barbara Eden

Blood, Sweat & Tears / Caterina Valente / Arthur Godfrey

5th Dimension / Harold Prince tribute / Herschel Bernardi

scheduled: Paul Anka; Checkmates; Alan King

Creedence Clearwater Revival / The Association / Jeannie C. Riley

Janis Joplin / Chet Atkins / Floyd Cramer & Boots Randolph

Sly and the Family Stone / Dionne Warwick / George Burns

Cast of Hair / Peter Nero / Steve & Eydie

Peggy Lee / Tony Bennett / Duke Ellington Band

The Chambers Brothers

Joe Cocker & the Grease Band / scheduled: Connie Francis, Alan King

Richie Havens / scheduled: Joel Grey; Vikki Carr

Diana Ross & the Supremes / Ed Ames / Lana Cantrell

Fifth Dimension / Liza Minnelli / George Carlin

Mary Hopkin (Goodbye) / Sam & Dave

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles / Lesley Gore / Mason Williams

scheduled: Jerry Vale; the Serendipity Singers; Burns & Schreiber

The Everly Brothers / Phil Crosby / Marilyn Maye

scheduled: Sonny James; Flip Wilson; Jackie Mason

Bobby Vinton / Lainie Kazan / The Sugar Shoppe

scheduled: Vikki Carr; Henny Youngman; Clara Ward Gospel Singers

Steppenwolf / Nancy Ames / Stiller & Meara

Sam & Dave / Roslyn Kind / Jackie Mason

Season 2336 episodes

1969

23rd Season Premiere: Barbra Streisand / The Temptations

Gladys Knight & the Pips / Clint Eastwood (on film)

Lee Marvin / Woody Allen / Oliver / Shirley Bassey

Smith / Cyd Charisse / Joan Rivers / Lana Cantrell

Santana / Liza Minnelli / Henry Mancini

Petula Clark, Les Faux Follets

The Association / Nancy Wilson / Jack Jones

Creedence Clearwater Revival / Jerry Lee Lewis

The Rolling Stones / Ella Fitzgerald / Eddie Albert

Neil Diamond / Julie Budd / Sergio Franchi

Fifth Dimension / Imogene Coca / Ferrante & Teicher

Jackson Five / Lainie Kazan / John Davidson

The Swinging, Soulful Sixties - Diana Ross & the Supremes, etc.

scheduled: Charlie Manna; Your Father's Moustache

scheduled: Temptations; Oliver; Roy Rogers & Dale Evans

Ike & Tina Turner Revue / Sonny James / Tiny Tim

Muhammad Ali / June Allyson / Buddy Greco

Little Anthony & the Imperials / B.J. Thomas / Robert Klein

scheduled: Bob Newhart; Gwen Verdon; George Carlin

Bobby Goldsboro / Richard Pryor / George Carlin

Supremes (without Diana Ross) / Joe Frazier / Robert Klein

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Dionne Warwick

Nancy Sinatra / Cast of Hair / Rodney Dangerfield / Bobby Vinton

Holiday on Ice Salute / Ed Ames / Lana Cantrell

scheduled: Liza Minnelli, Rod McKuen, Liberace

Gladys Knight & the Pips / Bobbie Gentry / Buck Owens

The Temptations / George Hamilton / Buddy Rich

scheduled: Florence Henderson, Joan Rivers, Young Saints, Muppets

Paul McCartney (on film) / Bill Medley (scheduled guest)

Richie Havens / Lesley Gore / John Gary

Jackson Five / Clint Eastwood (on film) / Don Rickles

scheduled: Phyllis Newman; Rodney Dangerfield; Pat Cooper

scheduled: Barbara McNair; Sergio Franchi: Karen Wyman

scheduled: Al Martino; Rich Little; Bob Lewis; Voices of East Harlem

Connie Francis / Roslyn Kind / Morey Amsterdam

Tommy James & the Shondells / Stiller & Meara / Moms Mabley

Season 2426 episodes

1970

The Georgie Awards: Barbra Streisand / Blood Sweat & Tears / Tom Jones

Bobby Vinton / Rare Earth / Holiday on Ice

Melanie / Engelbert Humperdinck / Tiny Tim

scheduled: Arthur Godfrey; Loretta Lynn

Carpenters / B.B. King / Tony Bennett

U.N. 25th Anniversary: The New Seekers / Ravi Shankar

Bobbie Gentry / Melba Moore / Roy Clark

Four Tops / Carpenters / Freda Payne

Tommy Roe / Billy Joe Royal / Joe South

Richard Rogers Tribute: Shirley Jones; Cass Elliott

scheduled: Buck Owens; Joan Rivers; Norm Crosby

Grass Roots / Joey Heatherton / Pat Cooper

scheduled: Bobby Sherman; New Seekers; Robert Merrill

The Great Santa Claus Switch with Art Carney and the Muppets

scheduled: Bobbie Gentry; Friends of Distinction; Peter Nero

scheduled: Rodney Dangerfield; Lana Cantrell; O.C. Smith

Tony Bennett, The Muppets

B.J. Thomas / Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Nancy Ames

Temptations / Connie Stevens / Albert Brooks

Gladys Knight & the Pips / Sid Caesar & Carol Channing

Fifth Dimension / Tiny Tim & Miss Vickie / Connie Stevens

Everly Brothers / George Carlin / Shirley Bassey

Armed Forces Music Festival: Jeannie C. Riley; Teresa Graves

Bernadette Peters / George Hamilton / Oliver

Final Sullivan Show: Melanie; David Frye; Sandler & Young

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