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"The Ed Sullivan Show"
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CBS Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
Season 16
760. Jimmy Durante / Frank Sinatra Jr.
gs: Jimmy Durante (Guest) Frank Sinatra Jr. (Guest) Helen Forrest
(Guest) The Pied Pipers (Guests) Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (Guests)
Guests:
--Tommy Dorsey Band - "Marie"
--Jimmy Durante - "A Piano Is A Delicate Thing" & " September Song"
--Helen Forrest - "Just One Of Those Things" & "Craziest Dream (with
the Tommy Dorsey Band)
--Pied Pipers - "Chicago"
--Pied Pipers & Frank Sinatra, Jr. - "I'll Never Smile Again"
--Frank Sinatra, Jr. & Tommy Dorsey Band - "Night & Day"
--The Harvest Moon Ball winners (categories: Waltz, Tango, Polka,
Rhumba, Jitterbug & all around champs).
--Topo Gigio
--Audience bow: Paul Newman
--Audience bows - members of the New York Yankees: Whitey Ford,
Mickey Mantle, Al Downing, Roger Maris, Elston Howard & manager
Ralph Hauk.
b: 29-Sep-1963
761. Dick Dale / The Angels / Totie Fields
gs: Dick Dale (Guest) The Angels (Guests) Three Stooges (Guests)
Jerry Stiller (Guest) Anne Meara (Guest) Totie Fields (Guest) Kate
Smith (Guest) Sonny Liston (Guest)
Guests:
--Dick Dale - "Swingin' & Surfin'" (with some "Miserlou")
--Totie Fields (comedian) - boasts about her diet, sings, and then
flirts with men in the audience.
--Sonny Liston (heavyweight champion of the world) - skips rope to
"Night Train" recording.
--The Page Seven (featuring Page Cavanaugh at the piano) -
"Preacher" (instrumental song)
--The Three Stooges (Larry, Moe and Curly Joe) - sketch with Curly
Joe as the Rajah
--Audience bow: Eileen Brennan
--The Clark Brothers (tap dancers)
--Kate Smith - medley of WWII songs: "Don't Sit Under the Apple
Tree," "The White Cliffs of Dover," "On a Wing and a Prayer" and
"God Bless America."
--Alan Gale (comedian) - jokes about politics, sports, modern
conviences, supermarkets, banks
--Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara (comedy team) - a couple starts arguing
following their dinner party.
--The Angels - "My Boyfriend's Back"
b: 06-Oct-1963
762. Lesley Gore / scheduled: Bob & Ray
gs: Lesley Gore (Guest) Bob and Ray (scheduled guests) Bob Elliott
(scheduled guest) Ray Goulding (scheduled guest) Frank Gorshin
(scheduled guest) Danny Meehan (scheduled guest) Peter Cook
(scheduled guest) Jonathan Miller (scheduled guest) John Bird
(scheduled guest) Pat Henry (scheduled guest) Peter Duchin
(scheduled guest) Mac Ronay (scheduled guest)
Lesley Gore - "It's My Party"/"She's A Fool" medley
Other guests (scheduled to appear):
--Bob & Ray (comedy team) - doing a collection of satiric sketches
titled "What's Going on Here?"
--Frank Gorshin (impressionist)
--Jonathan Miller & Peter Cook (from the Broadway play "Beyond the
Fringe.")
--Danny Meehan (singer-dancer)
--John Bird (from the off-Broadway play "The Establishment")
--Pat Henry (comedian)
--Peter Duchin (pianist)
--Mac Ronay (pantomimist)
b: 13-Oct-1963
763. Scheduled: Cliff Richard; Eydie Gorme
gs: Cliff Richard (scheduled guest) Eydie Gorme (scheduled guest)
Dave Madden (scheduled guest) Grecco and Willard (scheduled guests)
Fred Willard (scheduled guest) Vic Grecco (scheduled guest) Shirley
Verrett (scheduled guest) The Four Saints (scheduled guests) The
Kessler Twins (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Cliff Richard (British singer)
--Eydie Gorme (singer)
--the Kessler Twins (singing & dancing team)
--Dave Madden (comedian)
--Shirley Verrett (opera singer)
--Topo Gigio (Italian mouse puppet)
--Vic Grecco & Fred Willard (comedy team)
--The Four Saints (comedy-instrumental group)
b: 20-Oct-1963
764. Moscow State Circus
No details available. This episode may have been repeated on April
12, 1964.
b: 27-Oct-1963
765. Richard Burton / Morecombe & Wise / Arthur Worsley
gs: Richard Burton (Guest) Arthur Worsley (Guest) Morecambe and Wise
(Guests) Dave Madden (Guest) The Calicoats (Guests) Topo Gigio
(Guest) Cinco Brutos (Guests)
Guests:
--Richard Burton - recites Dylan Thomas & does bar bit with drunken
observations.
--Arthur Worsley (British ventriloquist, his dummy does all the
talking)
--Dave Madden (comedian)
--Morecombe And Wise (comedy team)
--The Calicoats - "Blues Away," "Somebody Loves You," and "Have A
Happy Day"
--Topo Gigio
--Cinco Brutos (comedy-singing group) - "Little Darling" & "Addio"
--The Augsberg (Augspurg?) Jungle Wonders (monkey/baboon act with
trainer doing a tea party bit)
b: 03-Nov-1963
766. scheduled: The Jane Russell, Connie Haines and Beryl Davis
trio; Allen & Rossi
gs: Jane Russell (scheduled guest) Connie Haines (scheduled guest)
Beryl Davis (scheduled guest) Allen and Rossi (scheduled guests)
Dennis Spicer (scheduled guest) The West Point Glee Club (scheduled
guests) Dick Contino (scheduled guest) Teri Thornton (scheduled
guest)
Scheduled guests:
--The Jane Russell, Connie Haines and Beryl Davis trio
--Shelley Berman
--Allen and Rossi (comedy team)
--Dennis Spicer (British ventriloquist)
--the West Point Cadet Glee Club
--Dick Contino (accordian player)
--Teri Throton (singer)
--Baby Opal and Baby Kay (elephant act)
b: 10-Nov-1963
767. scheduled: Tommy Sands & Nancy Sinatra; Robert Horton
gs: Nancy Sinatra (scheduled guest) Tommy Sands (scheduled guest)
Robert Horton (scheduled guest) The Kim Sisters (scheduled guests)
Bob Lewis (II) (scheduled guest) Davis & Reese (scheduled guests)
Nieman Brothers (scheduled guests)
Scheduled guests:
--Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra - "Old Straw Hat" & "Hey Good
Lookin'"
--Robert Horton
--Kim Sisters & Kim Brothers
--The New Sounds (vocal group)
--Bob Lewis (comedian)
--Nieman Brothers (acrobats)
--Davis & Reese (comedy team)
b: 17-Nov-1963
NOTE: Next week's show (24-Nov-63) was pre-empted for JFK
assassination news coverage. The scheduled guests for 24-Nov-63 were
Diahann Carroll; Bert Lahr; comedian Rip Taylor; Topo Gigio; the
Vagabonds (comedy instrumentalists); Stiller & Meara; Geula Gill
(Israeli singer); comic Alan Gale; and the Two Carmenas
(head-balancers).
768. The Obratsov Russian Puppet Theatre
The Obratsov Russian Puppet Theatre
--Ed dedicated the entire hour show to the Obratsov Russian Puppet
Theatre. The puppet act, led by Sergei Oratsov, specialized in
satire.
--The show was divided into different puppet acts: "The Coloratura
Soprano"; "The Tango"; "The Wunderkind," "The Gypsies" from the
Forests of Transcaucsia; "The Performing Animals"; "The
Illusionist"; "The Tap Dancers" and "Jazz Singer and her Combo."
--This show was taped in November 1963 at the conclusion of the
troupe's Broadway engagement, a part of the American-Soviet cultural
exchange.
b: 01-Dec-1963
769. Ginger Rogers / Burt Lanchester (on film)
gs: Ginger Rogers (Guest) Burt Lanchester (Guest, on film) Sophie
Tucker (Guest) Jan Murray (Guest) Georgie Kaye (Guest) Buddy Greco
(Guest) Grecco and Willard (Guests) Fred Willard (Guest) Vic Grecco
(Guest) Topo Gigio (Guest)
Guests:
--Ginger Rogers - "Something's Gotta Give" & "They Can't Take That
Away from Me"
--Burt Lanchester (on film, interview & film clip from "The Train")
--Sophie Tucker - "So Much to Do"
--Buddy Greco - "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" & "In Other
Words"
--Topo Gigio (mouse puppet)
--Jan Murray (comedian)
--Georgie Kaye (comedian)
--Vic Greco & Fred Willard (comedy team)
--Los Chevales de Espana (a.k.a. The Kids from Spain, singers &
dancers)
b: 08-Dec-1963
NOTE: This episode was repeated 30-Aug-64.
770. Al Hirt / Milton Berle / Georgia Brown
gs: Milton Berle (Guest) Al Hirt (Guest) Georgia Brown (Guest) The
Amin Brothers (Guests) Y.A. Tittle (Guest, audience bow)
Guests:
--Al Hirt - "Java" & "Man with a Horn"
--Milton Berle (comedian, running gag: keeps interrupting Ed
throughout show)
--Georgia Brown - "I've Got Plenty Of Nothing" & "I'll Walk Alone"
--The Amin Brothers (foot jugglers, Milton Berle gets into the act)
--Audience bows: Joe Morrison; John Chandler; Y. A. Tittle; Herman
Levin (producer of "My Fair Lady")
Additional guests (scheduled to appear):
--Walter Dare Wahl (comedian)
--Emmett Oldfield (comedian)
b: 15-Dec-1963
771. scheduled: Buster Keaton; Teresa Brewer; Tessie O'Shea
gs: Buster Keaton (scheduled guest) John Huston (scheduled guest)
Teresa Brewer (scheduled guest) Tessie O'Shea (scheduled guest) Paul
Dooley (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Buster Keaton
--John Huston (director)
--Teresa Brewer
--Tessie O'Shea
--Topo Gigio
--Paul Dooley and Dick Liberti (comedians)
--The Burke Family Singers
--Rene Lavand (one-armed magician)
--Hugh Forgie (ice skater)
b: 22-Dec-1963
772. Hank Williams, Jr. / Janet Blair / cast of "Twice Over Nightly"
gs: Hank Williams Jr. (scheduled guest) Janet Blair (scheduled
guest) Jerry Vale (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Hank Williams, Jr.
--Janet Blair
--cast of "Twice Over Nightly"
--The Kim Sisters
--Jerry Vale
b: 29-Dec-1963
773. Count Basie Orchestra / Keely Smith / Sister Sourie (Singing
Nun)
gs: Sister Sourire (The Singing Nun) (Guest) Keely Smith (Guest)
Count Basie (Guest) Jane Powell (Guest) Johnny Hart (Guest) Dieter
Tasso (Guest)
Guests:
--The Singing Nun (Sister Sourire) – "Hallelujah," "Dominique," &
"Les Piedes des Missionaires" (performance filmed in Waterloo,
Belgium)
--Count Basie Orchestra - "One O'Clock Jump"
--Kelly Smith - "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" & "Bill" (with the
Count Basie Orchestra)
--Count Basie Orchestra & Keely Smith - "Won't You Come Back, Count
Basie"
--Jane Powell - song & dance number, and movie medley: "Wonderful
Day," "Too Late Now" & "A Most Unusual Day."
--Johnny Hart (magician, does card tricks, silk tricks doves)
--Dieter Tasso (juggler, balancing act)
--Marcelo Spanish Ballet (Flamenco dance w/ male soloist)
b: 05-Jan-1964
NOTE: Stevie Wonder was scheduled to perform on this show but
cancelled.
774. Connie Francis / Frank Sinatra, Jr.
gs: Connie Francis (Guest) Frank Sinatra Jr. (Guest) Tommy Dorsey
Orchestra (Guests) Helen Forrest (Guest) Jerry Stiller (Guest) Anne
Meara (Guest) The Pied Pipers (Guest) Con Conwally (Guest)
Guests include:
--Connie Francis - "With A Song In My Heart," "I Left My Heart In
San Francisco," "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You" & "Al Di La"
--Frank Sinatra, Jr. - "Second Time Around" & "Nancy" (with the
Dorsey Orchestra)
--Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - "Git It"
--Stiller & Meara (comedy team)
--Helen Forrest - "I've Heard That Song Before" (with the Dorsey
Orchestra)
--The Pied Pipers - "Look At Him Now" (with the Dorsey Orchestra)
--Con Conwally (sword balancing act)
b: 12-Jan-1964
775. Bobby Vinton / scheduled: Juliet Prowse; Vic Grecco & Fred
Willard; Pat Buttram
gs: Bobby Vinton (Guest) Juliet Prowse (scheduled guest) Kate Smith
(scheduled guest) Pat Buttram (scheduled guest) Grecco and Willard
(scheduled guests) Fred Willard (scheduled guest) Vic Grecco
(scheduled guest) Marvin Roy (scheduled guest) Dick Alberts
(scheduled guest)
--Bobby Vinton - medley: "Blue Velvet," "Roses Are Red (My Love)" &
"There! I've Said It Again"
Other guests (scheduled):
--Kate Smith
--Juliet Prowse (dancer)
--Vic Grecco & Fred Willard (comedy team)
--Pat Buttram (comedian)
--Marvin Roy (magician)
--Dick Alberts (trampoline act)
b: 19-Jan-1964
776. scheduled: Eddy Arnold; Van Heflin; Sidney Blackmer
gs: Van Heflin (scheduled guest) Sidney Blackmer (scheduled guest)
Eddy Arnold (scheduled guest) Carol Lawrence (scheduled guest) Totie
Fields (scheduled guest) Shirley Verrett (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Van Heflin and Sidney Blackmer (actors, scheduled to appear in a
scene from their Broadway play "A Case of Libel" written by Henry
Denker.)
--Eddy Arnold (singer)
--Carol Lawrence
--Totie Fileds (comedian)
--Shirley Verrett (soprano)
b: 26-Jan-1964
777. scheduled: Ella Fitzgerald; Modern Folk Quartet
gs: Sammy Davis Jr. (scheduled guest) Ella Fitzgerald (scheduled
guest) The Modern Folk Quartet (scheduled guests) Frank Gorshin
(scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Ella Fitzgerald
--Modern Folk Quartet
--Sammy Davis Jr.
--Frank Gorshin (impressionist)
--The Two Carmenas (balancing act)
b: 02-Feb-1964
778. Beatles (1st appearance) / "Oliver" Broadway cast
gs: Beatles (Guests) Davy Jones (Guest) Georgia Brown (Guest) Frank
Gorshin (Guest) Mitzi McCall (Guest) Charlie Brill (Guest) Tessie
O'Shea (Guest) Fred Kapps (Guest)
--The Beatles (first appearance) – "All My Lovin'," "Til There Was
You," "She Loves You," "I Saw Her Standing There" and "I Wanna Hold
Your Hand."
--Davy Jones (pre-Monkees, appearing with Georgia Brown & the
Broadway cast of "Oliver")– "I'd Do Anything"
Other guests:
--Georgia Brown (with the Broadway cast of "Oliver") - "As Long As
He Needs Me"
--Frank Gorshen (comedian, doing impressions of celebrities)
--Mitzi McCall & Charlie Brill (comedy team)
--Tessie O'Shea (singer, medley of show tunes)
--Fred Kapps (magician)
--Wells & the Four Fays (acrobats, doing physical comedy)
b: 09-Feb-1964
779. Beatles (2nd appearance) / Mitzi Gaynor
gs: Beatles (Guests) Mitzi Gaynor (Guest Star) Allen and Rossi
(Guests) Myron Cohen (Guest)
--The Beatles (2nd appearance) – "She Loves You," "This Boy," "All
My Lovin'," I Saw Her Standing There," "From Me to You" and "I Want
to Hold Your Hand"
Additional guests:
--Mitzi Gaynor - "Too Darn Hot," "The More I See You" & medley:
"Birth of the Blues," "St. James Infirmary," "When the Saints Go
Marching In," "Shadrack, Meshcach, Obendigo"
--Allen & Rossi (comedy team)
--Myron Cohen (stand-up comedian)
--Nerveless Nocks (four male sway pole acrobats, performing outside
of studio)
Broadcast from the Deauville Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida.
b: 16-Feb-1964
780. Beatles (3rd appearance) / Cab Calloway
gs: Beatles (Guests) Cab Calloway (Guest) Acker Bilk (Guest) Gordon
MacRae (Guest) Sheila MacRae (Guest) Morecambe and Wise (Guests)
Dave Barry (Guest) Morty Gunty (Guest)
--The Beatles (3rd appearance taped 9-Feb-64) – "Twist and Shout,"
"Please Please Me" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (Taped Beatles
segment inserted into a live show.)
Other guests:
--Cab Calloway - "St. James Infirmary" & "Old Man River"
--Acker Bilk (clarinet player) - "Acker's Lacquer"
--Gordon & Sheila MacRae (do celebrity impersonations)
--Gordon MacRae - "If I Ever Would Leave You"
--Morecambe & Wise (comedy team)
--Dave Barry (comedian)
--Pinky & Perky (marionettes)
--Morty Gunty (comedian)
This episode was repeated 23-Aug-64.
b: 23-Feb-1964
781. scheduled: Anita Bryant; Jack Carter; Rickie Layne
Scheduled guests:
--Anita Bryant
--Jack Carter (comedian)
--Rickie Layne and Velvel (ventriloquist act)
--Julius Monk's "Baker's Dozen" (revue troupe)
b: 01-Mar-1964
782. Dave Clark Five / "A Salute to American Composers"
gs: The Dave Clark Five (Guests) Ira Gershwin (Guest) Phil Silvers
(Guest) Florence Henderson (Guest) Juliet Prowse (Guest) Jerry Vale
(Guest) Steve Lawrence (Guest) Saul Chaplin (Guest)
Dave Clark Five - "Glad All Over"
"A Salute to American Composers"
--Jerry Vale - "Ah, Sweet Mystery" & "You Can't Take That Away from
Me"
--Florence Henderson - "I Get A Kick Out of You" & "Wonderful Guy"
--Ed Sullivan talks with Ira Gershwin.
--Steve Lawrence - "A Room Without Windows, A Room Without Doors" &
"Gigi"
--Harry Ruby (piano medley)
--Phil Silvers & Saul Chaplin - "Old Man River" sketch
--Juliet Prowse (dancer) - dances to "Black Bottom" & "The Peabody"
--Blossom Seely - "I Love A Medley"
Piano medley with five ASCAP composers: Jimmy McHugh ("Sunny Side of
the Street"); Arthur Freed ("Singing in the Rain"); Grace Kahn &
Donald Kahn ("It Had to be You" & "Ain't We Got Fun"); Sammy Fain
("Love Is A Many Splendored Thing").
b: 08-Mar-1964
783. Dave Clark Five / Peter O'Toole / Jack Jones
gs: The Dave Clark Five (Guests) Peter O'Toole (Guest) Jack Jones
(Guest) Jackie Vernon (Guest)
--Dave Clark Five - "Do You Love Me," "Bits and Pieces" and "Glad
All Over"
Other guests:
--Peter O'Toole (interview, sings "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling")
--Jack Jones ("Rosalie" & "Call Me Irresponsible")
--Topo Gigio (Italian mouse puppet)
--Pat O'Brian (comedian)
--Jackie Vernon (comedian)
--Carmel Quinn (medley Of Irish songs)
--The Volantes (unicycle balancing act)
--The Augsberg Jungle Wonders (trained monkey act)
b: 15-Mar-1964
NOTE: Dave Clark 5 - Ed Sullivan appearances:
--"Glad All Over" (March 8, 1964)
--"Do You Love Me," "Bits & Pieces" & "Glad All Over" (March 15,
1964)
--"Can't You See That She's Mine" & "Do You Love Me" (May 31, 1964)
--"Anyway You Want It" (November 1, 1964)
--"Everybody Knows," "Because" & "Anyway You Want It" (Feb. 14,
1965)
--"Glad All Over," "Come Home" & "I Like It Like That" (June 20,
1965)
--"Over And Over" & "Catch Us If You Can" (November 14, 1965)
--"Catch Us If You Can" (December 12, 1965)
--"Over And Over" & "At The Scene" (February 20, 1966)
--"Catch Us If You Can" & "Try Too Hard" (April 24, 1966)
--"Look Before You Leap" & "Please Tell Me Why" (June 12, 1966)
--"Sittin' Here Baby" (live) and "19 Days" promo (Nov. 20, 1966)
--"I've Got To Have A Reason" & "You Got What It Takes" (March 26,
1967)
Supposedly, the DC5 made 18 appearances on Sullivan. The actual
number was 13 appearances...with 5 repeats. (Thanks to Gary Belich
for the DC5 date/song list.)
784. Bobby Vinton / Van Johnson / The Ladybugs
gs: Bobby Vinton (Guest) Van Johnson (Guest) Sheila James (Guest)
Jeannine Riley (Guest) Pat Woodell (Guest) Linda Henning (Guest)
Totie Fields (Guest) George Kirby (Guest)
Guests:
--Van Johnson - "Just One of Those Things" & "I'm A Ham"
--Bobby Vinton - "My Heart Belongs to Only You"
--The Ladybugs - "I Saw Him Standing There." The Ladybugs were
Jeannine Riley, Pat Woodell and Linda Kaye Henning (from "Petticoat
Junction") & Sheila James (formerly of "Dobie Gillis").
--Totie Fields (comedian)
--George Kirby (comedian-impressionist)
--Brooks Sisters - "Brooks' Boogie"
--The South African dancers (from the Alan Paton-Krishna Shaw play
"Sponono")
--Topo Gigio (Italian mouse puppet) - "Topo's Birthday"
Repeated 9-Aug-64
b: 22-Mar-1964
785. Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers
gs: Harry Belafonte (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers – "Sailor Man,"
"Look Over Yonder," "Windin' Road," "In My Father's House" and
"Shake That Little Foot"
--Jack Carter (comedian)
--Dennis Spicer (ventriloquist)
--Karen Valentine (singer-dancer)
b: 29-Mar-1964
786. The Searchers / scheduled: Rowan & Martin; Senor Wences
gs: The Searchers (Guests) Dan Rowan (scheduled guest) Dick Martin
(scheduled guest) Senor Wences (scheduled guest)
The Searchers – "Ain't That Just Like Me" & "Needles and Pins"
Other guests (scheduled):
--Dan Rowan & Dick Martin (comedians)
--Senior Wences (ventriloquist)
--Nipsey Russell (comedian)
--Franco Corelli (Italian tenor)
--Topo Gigio (puppet)
--Mata & Hari (dance-pantomime team)
--The Little Singers of Tokyo.
b: 05-Apr-1964
787. Moscow State Circus
Moscow State Circus
Taped show with guests:
--Oleg Popov (clown, appears throughout the show)
--The Khodzhabaev Cossack Riders
--Valentin Filatov's trained bears (boxers, motorcyclists, acrobats
& balancers)
--Kaseev and Manasaryan (acrobatic strongmen)
--Michael Nikolaev group (precision gymnasts)
--Violetta and Alexander Kiss (balancers)
--The Vladimir Doveyko tumblers (somersault onto stilts)
--The Vladimir Zamotkin's acrobatics (on a giant free-spinning
wheel)
--Vsevolod Kherts (juggling strongman)
--The Volzhansky wire walkers (roller-skate & perform acrobatics on
the highwire)
--Helena Sinkovskaya & Victor Lisin (gymnasts on the rocket trapeze)
--Victoria Olkhovikova's football-playing canines
b: 12-Apr-1964
NOTE: This could be a repeat of the October 27, 1963 show (which
also starred the Moscow State Circus).
The next week (19-Apr-64) "Ed Sullivan" was pre-empted for a
"Lucille Ball" special.
788. Al Hirt / Roberta Peters / Itzhak Perlman / Kim Sisters
gs: Al Hirt (Guest) Itzhak Perlman (Guest) Roberta Peters (Guest)
London Lee (Guest) Georgie Kaye (Guest) Bob King (Guest) The Kim
Sisters (Guests)
--Al Hirt - "Begin the Beguine" & "Cotton Candy"
--Al Hirt & Roberta Peters - "The Shadow Song"
--Itzhak Perlman - "Rondo Capricione" (on violin)
--Peg Leg Bates & Little Buck (tap duet)
--The Kim Sisters ("South of the Border" medley and "Charlie Brown")
--London Lee (comedian)
--Georgie Kaye (comedian)
--Bob King (comedian)
--Ariston (acrobat trio)
b: 26-Apr-1964
789. Stevie Wonder / Gerry and the Pacemakers
gs: Stevie Wonder (Guest) Gerry and the Pacemakers (Guests)
Guests:
--Stevie Wonder - "Fingertips"
--Gerry and the Pacemakers - "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" &
"I'm the One"
Scheduled guests:
--Patti Page (singer)
--Vaughn Meader (comedian)
--Bill Dana (comedian)
--The Claytons (billed as a "whip and rope act")
b: 03-May-1964
790. Dusty Springfield / Gerry & the Pacemakers / Itzhak Perlman
gs: Dusty Springfield (Guest) Itzhak Perlman (Guest) Gerry and the
Pacemakers (Guests) Bobby Rydell (Guest) Phyllis Diller (Guest)
Jackie Mason (Guest)
Guests:
--Dusty Springfield - "Stay Awhile" & "I Only Want to Be with You"
--Gerry and the Pacemakers - "I Like It" & "Don't Let the Sun Catch
You Crying"
--Bobby Rydell - "World Without Love"
--Itzak Perlman (Concerto #2 by Dyenyevsky on violin)
--Phyllis Diller (stand-up comedy)
--Jackie Mason (makes jokes about folk songs)
--The Brooks Sisters - "When The Saints Go Marching In"
(instrumental)
--Doug Hart
--Sid Gary (imitates George Jessel's flat singing)
--Los Cinco Latinos ("El Relicaro")
b: 10-May-1964
791. scheduled: Paul Anka; McGuire Sisters; Rita Pavone
gs: Paul Anka (scheduled guest) Totie Fields (scheduled guest) Rita
Pavone (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Paul Anka
--McGuire Sisters
--Rita Pavone (Italian singer)
--Rowan & Martin (comedy team)
--Totie Fields (comedian)
--"Big" Tiny Little (pianist)
--Jackie Vernon (comedian)
--Youngsters from the Connecticut Training Center for the mentally
retarded
b: 17-May-1964
792. Liza Minnelli / Duke Ellington / The Beatles (on film)
gs: Beatles (themselves, on film) Liza Minnelli (Guest) Duke
Ellington (Guest) Jean Paul Vignon (Guest) Shirley Verrett (Guest)
Morecambe and Wise (Guests) Professor Backwards (scheduled guest)
The Watusi Dancers (scheduled guests)
--The Beatles (on film) - movie clip of "You Can't Do That" from "A
Hard Day's Night" - song was cut from final edit of film.
Guests:
--Duke Ellington & his orchestra
--Liza Minnelli (actress-singer)
--John Paul Vignon (French singer)
--Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano)
--Morecambe and Wise (British comedy team)
--On film: Michelangelo's Pieta, an exhibit at the New York World's
Fair.
Other guests (scheduled):
--Professor Backwards (comedian)
--The Watusi Dancers
b: 24-May-1964
NOTE: This show was repeated 12Jul64.
793. Dave Clark Five / Bill Cosby / Helen Hayes
gs: The Dave Clark Five (Guests) Bill Cosby (Guest) Helen Hayes
(Guest) Abbe Lane (Guest) Peter Lind Hayes (Guest) Mary Healy
(Guest)
Guests:
--Dave Clark Five – "Can't You See That She's Mine" & "Do You Love
Me"
--Bill Cosby
--Helen Hayes - plays Mrs. Woodrow Wilson in a dramatic scene
--Abbe Lane - "The Rhumba Rump" & "I Will Follow You"
--Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy (husband & wife stand up routine)
--Elsa & Waldo (comedy dance team)
b: 31-May-1964
794. Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas / Alec Guinness
gs: Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas (Guests) Alec Guinness (Guest)
Nipsey Russell (Guest) Robert Horton (Guest) Tessie O'Shea (Guest)
Guests:
--Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas - "Pride," "Little Children" and
"Bad to Me"
--Alec Guinness (cameo & film clip from "Bridge On The River Kwai")
--Nipsey Russell (stand-up comedian)
--Robert Horton - "Oklahoma" medley & "When The Sun Comes Out"
--Tessie O'Shea (singer doing a London music medley)
--Leo Bassi (foot juggler)
b: 07-Jun-1964
795. Sammy Davis Jr./ A filmed tour of the JFK Library exhibit
gs: Sammy Davis Jr. (Guest) Jerry Stiller (Guest) Anne Meara (Guest)
The Vagabonds (Guests)
Guests:
--Sammy Davis Jr. - "My Kind of Town (Manhattan)," "Where Do I
Belong?" "Gonna Build Me A Mountain" & "What Kind of Fool Am I"
--Stiller & Meara (comedy team)
--The Vagabonds - "It's a Good Day" & "Route 66"
--Trio Hoganas (high wire balance act)
--The Philippine Dance Company
--On film: a tour of the John F. Kennedy Library exhibit (then on
display at the IBM Gallery in NYC).
b: 14-Jun-1964
796. scheduled: Bobby Vinton
Scheduled guests:
--Bobby Vinton
--Allen & Rossi
--Sally Ann Howes
--Harve Presnell
b: 21-Jun-1964
797. Bobby Vinton / Connie Francis / Frank Sinatra / Ferrante &
Teicher
gs: Frank Sinatra (Guest) Connie Francis (Guest) Bobby Vinton
(Guest)
Guests:
--Frank Sinatra - cameo, brings out anniversary cake, sings "My Kind
of Town"
--Bobby Vinton - "Tell Me Why" & "Mama Don't Allow" + instrumental
songs ("Hava Nagila," "Poinciana" & "When The Saints Go Marching
In")
--Connie Francis - "Will You Still Be Mine," "Mala Femina" "I Found
Myself A Guy"
--Ferrante & Teicher (2 pianists, playing two pianos) - theme from
"Seventh Dawn"
--Jerry Shane (comedian)
--Joan Holloway - "Puttin' On My Top Hat"
--The Banihan Dancers (Filipino dance group)
b: 28-Jun-1964
798. scheduled: Kay Stevens; Myron Cohen; Jerry Vale; Allen & Rossi
Scheduled guests:
--Jerry Vale
--Kay Stevens
--Allen and Rossi (comedy duo)
--Myron Cohen (comedian)
--Brascia and Tybee (dance team)
--The Neiman Brothers (tumblers)
--The Four Amigos (vocal and instrumental group)
--Ronnie Martin (comedian)
b: 05-Jul-1964
NOTE: The next two weeks were repeats (of the 24-May-64 and 5-Jan-64
shows).
799. Steve Lawrence / Helen Shapiro / Geula Gill
gs: Steve Lawrence (scheduled guest) Helen Shapiro (scheduled guest)
Scheduled guests:
--Steve Lawrence
--Helen Shapiro
--Geula Gill (Israeli vocalist)
--Maria Negalia (violinist)
--los Chavales de Espana (singers-dancers-instrumentalists)
b: 26-Jul-1964
NOTE: Next 2 weeks:
02-Aug-63 - repeat from 26-Apr-64
09-Aug-63 - repeat from 22-Mar-64
800. Della Reese / the Highwaymen
gs: Della Reese (Guest) The Highwaymen (Guests) Pat Henning (Guest)
Guests:
--Della Reese - "Nobody's Sweetheart" & "His Eye Is On The Sparrow"
--The Highwaymen (vocal-instrumental quintet) - "Standing by the
Gate" & "Pretoria"
--Pat Henning (stand-up comedian)
--Bob King (stand-up comedian)
--The Kaye Sisters (British vocal trio) - "I Only Want To Be With
You"
--Mac Ronay (magician)
--Harry Lorayne (memory expert)
--Rosh Atubian & His Mediterranean International Troop (folk
musicians & dancers)
--Jack La Cayen & Gelsomina (acrobatic dancers from Italy)
--Bauman's Tigers (trained animal act)
b: 16-Aug-1964
NOTE: Next 2 weeks:
23-Aug-63 - repeat from 23-Feb-64
30-Aug-63 - repeat from 08-Dec-63
801. Bert Lahr / Rita Pavone / The Kim Sisters
gs: Bert Lahr (Guest) Rita Pavone (Guest) The Kim Sisters (Guest)
Pat Buttram (Guest) London Lee (Guest) The Step Brothers (Guests)
Guests (show taped earlier in the season):
--Bert Lahr - "Schneider's Miracle"
--Rita Pavone (Italian pop singer) - "Remember Me?" & "Big Deal"
--Pat Buttram (comedian)
--London Lee (comedian)
--The Stepp Brothers (tap-dancers)
--The Kim Sisters - "Mr. Banjo" & a "West Side Story" medley
--Enzo Stuarti (Italian singer) - "Battle Hymn" & "Yours Is My Heart
Alone"
----Attila Galamb (child saxophonist)
--The Two Carmenas (a "head-to-toe" balancing act)
b: 06-Sep-1964
NOTE: Next 2 weeks:
13-Sep-64 - repeat from 12-Apr-65
20-Sep-64 - repeat from 9-Feb-64