Based on the 1953 Broadway musical about a street beggar in Baghdad who falls in love with a princess, and a prince in love with the beggar's daughter.                          

Based on the 1953 Broadway musical about a street beggar in Baghdad who falls in love with a princess, and a prince in love with the beggar's daughter. Open of program has a few sound variations.             

Musical special starring Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Antonio Carlos Jobim.             

An hour of music and song as Frank Sinatra welcomes Ella Fitzgerald and guitarist-composer Antonio Carlos Jobim on his third musical special.
Frank mixes old and new: "Day In, Day Out," "Get Me To The Church On Time," "What Now My Love?" "Old Man River," and his theme: "Put Your Dreams Away."  
Ella Fitzgerald solos on "Body And Soul," "It's All Right With Me," and "Don't Be That Way" and joins Frank for "The Lady Is A Tramp,"
"They Can't Take That Away From Me," and "Stompin At The Savoy."
Jobim provides bossa nova backing for Frank's renditions of "Quiet Nights," "Change Partners," "I Concentrate On You," and "The Girl From Ipanema." 
Frank and Ella team up to contrast song lyrics, then (Don't Cry Joe," "How High The Moon,") and now ("Going Out Of My Head.")
                                   

Alternate title: NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC 125TH ANNIVERSARY.

A salute to America's oldest orchestra, which began on December 7, 1842, with reflections by Leonard Bernstein, Amyas Ames, Aaron Copeland, Marcia Davenport, Marya Mannes, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Carlos Moseley, Richard Rodgers and Leopold Stokowski. 

The Philharmonic's music, composers, conductors, various locations and several anecdotes that have accumulated from the past century are highlighted. 

Written and Narrated by Jim Fassett.                         

Big Bands Christmas Special. A return to the Big Band era with four great bandleaders & their bands.

Count Basie and His Orchestra are bringing in the New Year (1968) from the Riverboat room in the Empire State Building. Broadcast in two parts, 11:00 PM-11:30 PM and then from 1:00 AM to 1:30 AM. 

Orchestrations and vocals  heard include:

"April in Paris," "Big Brother," " Leon Thomas sings the Blues," "I Can't Stop Loving You," "Jumpin' At The Woodside," "All of Me, "  Guitarist Freddie Green playing " Corner Pocket," " Cherry Point," "Blues In Hoss' Flat," "Boone Talk," "Vine Street Rumble," "Sunny."
            

From the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, bandleader Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians usher in the year 1968. Includes live coverage of the ball drop from Times Square in New York City with Bill Beutel reporting. Guy introduces his brother Carmen and his big instrumental "Boo Hoo." Also featuring solos by Lombardo's brother-in-law, Kenny Gardner, and special guest star singer Margaret Whiting. 
Some commercials are included.    
                                                           

Herman (Peter Noone) and the Hermits singing quartet were filmed singing nine songs in concert and also touring the midway at the Ohio State Fair last summer.  This cinema verite rock documentary  contains almost 500 shots required to cover the Hermit's hectic paced weekend, as they converse and perform for their fans. Songs include, "I'm Henry VIII," "Don't Know Much About Biology,"There's a Kind of Hush," "I Understand," "Dandy," "Jazabel," "Sugar" and "Green Street Green." 
                            

Author George Plimpton performs with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. Invited by Maestra Leonard Bernstein,  Plimpton joins the orchestra for a two-week tour witch is recorded every step of the way. 

George Plimpton finds out how his colleagues chose their instruments, learns of the joys and frustrations and tensions they experience and gathers anecdotes about conductors they have worked under. 

NOTE: 
Another venture for George Plimpton reporting his experiences in the world of processionals and artists such as when he pitched to Willie Mays and quarterbacked for the Detroit Lions. 

His latest venture, performing with the New York Philharmonic, was a trial he states that was excruciating as getting whacked by legendary boxing champ, Archie Moore. 



                                    

The dedication of the Country Music Museum Hall Of Fame. 

Host: Eddy Arnold.           

The adventures of Robin Hood as he and his men romp through Sherwood Forest robbing the rich and helping the poor.   

Emmy - winner Alan Handley directed this musical about Robin Hood and his band of brigands. 

Songs by Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen.

 This musical adventure film tells the story of the legendary outlaw hero Robin Hood. The story begins as Robin Hood rescues a man from execution, and troubadour Alan-a-Dale sings of Robin's benevolent attempts to stop the cruelty of Prince John, who has taken over in England in his older brother Richard's absence. 

CAST:

Noel Harrison …  Alan-a-Dale
Roddy McDowall … Prince John
Steve Forrest …  The Sheriff of Nottingham
Walter Slezak …  Friar Tuck
Bruce Yarnell …  Little John
Victor Buono …   Sir Guy of Gisbourne
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. … King Richard I
David Watson … Robin Hood
Lee Beery … Maid Marian
Arte Johnson … Much
Harvey Jason … Will Scarlett
Bill Egan … Will Stutley
Gil Stuart … The Herald

Highlights:

"Average," "I Dearly Do Love to Eat," "Every Time You Make the Ends Meet," "Ever So Gently," "Pritee Please," "Out in the Open Air," "Let Me Through , Kind Sir, Let me Through," "A Happy Happenstance," "The Star Beyond the Star," "Nottingham Fair," "The Legend of Robin Hood," and other arrangements.   

NOTE: A Rare version of this television musical broadcast not found in most archives or readily accessible. Phil Gries had to bake this tape, not played back in over 54 years and in critical condition. Gries had to slowly restore this NBC TV special slowly equalizing as best as possible in stages, saving most of the broadcast (54 minutes sans commercials).                           

Broadway's original Dolly presents a variety hour, premiering tonight, that was not aired originally, scheduled November 16, 1967, because of a television strike.  

Her guests include Walter Matthau, George Burns,  who gives comedy tips to Walter and Carol, Eddy Arnold and two singing groups from opposite ends of the musical scale: the rocking The Association, and the Air Force Academy Cadet Chorale. 

Carol opens the show with "Diamonds Are a Girl's  Best Friend," from her first big stage hit-"Gentleman Prefer Blondes,"  She also sings "Hello Dolly!" in five languages, and is accompanied by Walter Matthau and Chorale.

HIGHLIGHTS:

"The Richest Man in the World"...............................Eddy Arnold
"Windy".....................................................................Association
"Some of These Days".............Carol Channing, Walter Matthau
"Dear Hearts and Gentle People"...Carol Channing, Eddy Arnold
Armed Forces medley.......................................................Chorale 
"Bugaloo"..........................................Carol Channing, Association
"Jazz Baby"................................Carol Channing, Walter Matthau 
"He's Got the Whole World in his Hands"....Carol & Choral

Monsanto Commercials include:
Filament Nylon Carpeting, and Acrylic Outdoor Carpeting. 

Note: Not complete. Considered a lost television broadcast. 
                                                      

A series of musical concerts presented by show promoter Sol Hurok. 

Tribute to pianist Arthur Rubenstein.