1977-1981 (SYNDICATED). A half-hour musical series, "Sha Na Na" was named for its hosts including Lenny Baker, Johnny Contardo, Denny Greene, Jocko Marcellino, Danny McBride, Chico Ryan, Scott Simon, Scott Powell, Don York, and Jon Bauman. Among those featured on the show were Jane Dulo, Pamela Myers, Avery Schreiber, Kenneth Mars, and Soupy Sales.

Guest Marty Allen. Feats of magic highlight a rendition of "This Magic Moment" (Sha Na Na).

Special: Hit numbers from the Great White Way are restaged in a follow-up to a program telecast in 1979. Once again, librettist Sylvia Fine (Mrs. Danny Kaye) sets up the plots and social contexts of four musicals: "Finian's Rainbow (1947); "South Pacific" (1949), which is also remembered by its director, Joshua Logan; "Sweet Charity" (1966); and the rarely revived "Lady in the Dark" (1941).

July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated). This was the musical tour of the USA show. "The Lawrence Welk Show" presented middle-of-the-road music for almost three decades. Numbers were performed by the members of Welk's television family. That large group included the Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy and Janet), Alice Lon, Norma Zimmer, Tanya Falan, Arthur Duncan, Joe Feeney, Guy Hovis, Jim Roberts, Ralna English, Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke and former Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess.   

A musical tour of the USA. 

"Your Land And My Land"
"Wichita Lineman"
"Chicago"
"Kansas City"
"Avalon"
"Charleston"
"Spanish Harlem"
"Chattanooga Choo-Choo"
"New York, New York"
"I Left My Heart In San Francisco"
"Maryland, My Maryland"
"Across Wide Missouri"
"Yellow Rose Of Texas"
"On The Alamo"
"God Bless America" 
                                               

1977-1981 (SYNDICATED). A half-hour musical series, "Sha Na Na" was named for its hosts including Lenny Baker, Johnny Contardo, Denny Greene, Jocko Marcellino, Danny McBride, Chico Ryan, Scott Simon, Scott Powell, Don York, and Jon Bauman. Among those featured on the show were Jane Dulo, Pamela Myers, Avery Schreiber, Kenneth Mars, and Soupy Sales.

Guest Jackie DeShannon revives "Put a Little Love in Your Heart." Sha Na Na overindulge at a fat convention.

July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated). This was the "Country Music Songs" broadcast. "The Lawrence Welk Show" presented middle-of-the-road music for almost three decades. Numbers were performed by the members of Welk's television family. That large group included the Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy and Janet), Alice Lon, Norma Zimmer, Tanya Falan, Arthur Duncan, Joe Feeney, Guy Hovis, Jim Roberts, Ralna English, Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke and former Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess.

Tonight: Country Music Songs.

Songs include: "Southern Nights"
               "Peace In The Valley."
               "You Needed Me."
               "Lookin For Love."
               "Orange Blossom Special."
               "Release Me."
               "Smokey Mountain Rain."
               "San Antonio."
               "Country Rain."
               "Waywood Wind."
               "Gentle On My Mind."
               "Dancing The Devil Away."
               "Make The World Go Away."
               "Wabash Cannonball." 
                                                                 

1977-1981 (SYNDICATED). A half-hour musical series, "Sha Na Na" was named for its hosts including Lenny Baker, Johnny Contardo, Denny Greene, Jocko Marcellino, Danny McBride, Chico Ryan, Scott Simon, Scott Powell, Don York, and Jon Bauman. Among those featured on the show were Jane Dulo, Pamela Myers, Avery Schreiber, Kenneth Mars, and Soupy Sales.

Guitarist Bo Diddley is the guest. Sha Na Na sings "The Battle of New Orleans," "Do You Love Me?"

1977-1981 (SYNDICATED). A half-hour musical series, "Sha Na Na" was named for its hosts including Lenny Baker, Johnny Contardo, Denny Greene, Jocko Marcellino, Danny McBride, Chico Ryan, Scott Simon, Scott Powell, Don York, and Jon Bauman. Among those featured on the show were Jane Dulo, Pamela Myers, Avery Schreiber, Kenneth Mars, and Soupy Sales.

1977-1981 (SYNDICATED). A half-hour musical series, "Sha Na Na" was named for its hosts including Lenny Baker, Johnny Contardo, Denny Greene, Jocko Marcellino, Danny McBride, Chico Ryan, Scott Simon, Scott Powell, Don York, and Jon Bauman. Among those featured on the show were Jane Dulo, Pamela Myers, Avery Schreiber, Kenneth Mars, and Soupy Sales.

The Spinners sing "Cupid." Sha Na Na check in at "Heartbreak Hotel."

Special: On tour, the songwriter-troubadour performs "Still Crazy After All These Years," "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," "Mrs. Robinson," "Late in the Evening," "Sounds of Silence," "Something So Right," "One-Trick Pony." Backing Simon are Steve Gadd, Eric Gale, Tony Levin, Richard Tee and Peter Levin. Taped in October 1980 at the Tower theater in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.

1977-1981 (SYNDICATED). A half-hour musical series, "Sha Na Na" was named for its hosts including Lenny Baker, Johnny Contardo, Denny Greene, Jocko Marcellino, Danny McBride, Chico Ryan, Scott Simon, Scott Powell, Don York, and Jon Bauman. Among those featured on the show were Jane Dulo, Pamela Myers, Avery Schreiber, Kenneth Mars, and Soupy Sales.

Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. perform "It Took a Little Time." Johnny plays Red to Jocko's Wolf in "Little Red Riding Hood." Other tunes include "It's So Easy."

This PBS musical special remembers and salutes the music of the early and mid 1950s which includes archival footage clips of this glorious era of song. Also includes clips of "New Faces Of 1952," a Broadway Revue starring Paul Lynde, Eartha Kitt, and Alice Ghostley, and a special sing-along with Mitch Miller. 

Hosted by Peter Marshall, Nick Clooney, Patti Page, and Wink Martindale. Announcer is Mike Frazer.

Directed by T.J. Lubinsky.

Special: Nashville's Grand Ole Opry provides the appropriate setting for a country-music jamboree. Its highlights include a duet pairing Crystal Gayle and 81-year-old songwriter Hoagy Carmichael; a tribute to Bob Wills, performed by Chet Atkins; and a medley of Hank Williams tunes sung by Minnie Pearl, the Oak Ridge Boys, Bill Anderson, Tammy Wynette, Hank Williams Jr., the Statler Brothers, Bobby Bare, Faron Young and Jeannie C. Riley. Other performers include: Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell and Tanya Tucker, Ray Charles, Roy Clark, Statlers, Doug Kershaw, Larry Gatlin, Steve Gatlin, Rudy Gatlin, Loretta Lynn, the Carter Family, Roy Acuff, George Jones, and Alabama.

Dennis Weaver is the host of this country-music program featuring the top 20 hits of April 1981 (according to a poll by Radio and Records magazine). Performers appearing include the group Alabama, Razzy Bailey, Johnny Lee, the Oak Ridge Boys and Hank Williams Jr.

Special: "100 Years of America's Popular Music" - from ragtime rhythms and St. Louis blues to big-band brassiness and Tin Pan Alley pop - is saluted by George Burns, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Henry Mancini, Paul Simon, Gregory Hines, Sarah Vaughan and the New American Orchestra, conducted by Jack Elliott.

The program is slated to feature the orchestra's renditions of "Rhapsody in Blue," "Let's Dance," "Celebration" and a medley from "Oklahoma!" as well as ensemble performances of "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Say It with Music," "God Bless America," "Sonny Boy," "Who" and tunes from "Showboat."

Special: It's ladies' night at the Grand Ole Opry as Johnny is joined by Emmylou Harris, Minnie Pearl, June Carter Cash, Rosanne Cash, Misty Rowe ("Hee Haw") and - in "I'm Going to Be a Country Girl Again" - a chorus of 28 female singers including Jeannie C. Riley, Wilma Lee Cooper, Helen Cornelius, Skeeter Davis.

Special: An Atlanta concert by Larry, Steve and Rudy Gatlin, who reflect on their Texas roots and show-business start, but mostly just sing and strum their old and new hits.

July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated). This was the musical tour of the USA show. . "The Lawrence Welk Show" presented middle-of-the-road music for almost three decades. Numbers were performed by the members of Welk's television family. That large group included the Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy and Janet), Alice Lon, Norma Zimmer, Tanya Falan, Arthur Duncan, Joe Feeney, Guy Hovis, Jim Roberts, Ralna English, Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke and former Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess.   

A musical tour of the USA.                                     

Syndicated series saluting the big bands & their leaders.

A salute to big bands.

Special: Some 32 stars are on hand for a musical gala marking the Los Angeles Bicentennial. Among the highlights: a song-and-dance tribute to Busby Berkeley, headlined by Carol Lawrence; and a salute to the Hollywood canteen of the '40s with Toni Tennille and Peter Marshall. Hosts: Lorne Greene, Natalie Wood, Donald O'Connor, Greer Garson, Eve Arden, Twiggy and Dionne Warwick. Music: "Pennies from Heaven" (Rosemary Clooney), "Don't Leave Me This Way (Thelma Houston), "Never Never Land" (Leslie Uggams) and "Together" (Peggy Lee).

He doesn't read music or play an instrument, but tonight Danny Kaye conducts the New York Philharmonic in a benefit concert that's likely to include works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Wagner.

1980-1988 (SYNDICATED). A syndicated "countdown" show. The format had the week's top ten tunes either performed by their original artists or interpreted by the Solid Gold Dancers. Dionne Warwick hosted the series during the first season, joined each week by a celebrity guest host. Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo hosted for the 1981-1982 season. Also regularly appearing are Wayland Flowers and Madame for comedy relief. 

Hosts: Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo. Robert W. Morgan, announcer. 
NOTE: Joined in Prgress. Occasional minor variations in sound quality playback                         

1980-1988 (SYNDICATED). A syndicated "countdown" show. The format had the week's top ten tunes either performed by their original artists or interpreted by the Solid Gold Dancers. Dionne Warwick hosted the series during the first season, joined each week by a celebrity guest host. Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo hosted for the 1981-1982 season. Wayland Flowers and Madame join as regular comedy relief. 

Hosts: Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo. Robert W. Morgan, announcer.
NOTE: Joined in progress. Occasional minor variations in sound quality playback. 
                          

1980-1988 (SYNDICATED). A syndicated "countdown" show. The format had the week's top ten tunes either performed by their original artists or interpreted by the Solid Gold Dancers. Dionne Warwick hosted the series during the first season, joined each week by a celebrity guest host. Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo hosted for the 1981-1982 season.

Hosts: Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo. Robert W. Morgan, announcer.  Wayland Flowers and Madame join as regulars providing comedy relief.

This broadcast pays tribute to Solid Gold Classic 1973 hits.  
                                       

July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated). This was the "Room for More" broadcast. "The Lawrence Welk Show" presented middle-of-the-road music for almost three decades. Numbers were performed by the members of Welk's television family. That large group included the Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy and Janet), Alice Lon, Norma Zimmer, Tanya Falan, Arthur Duncan, Joe Feeney, Guy Hovis, Jim Roberts, Ralna English, Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke and former Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess.             

1980-1988 (SYNDICATED). A syndicated "countdown" show. The format had the week's top ten tunes either performed by their original artists or interpreted by the Solid Gold Dancers. Dionne Warwick hosted the series during the first season, joined each week by a celebrity guest host. Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo hosted for the 1981-1982 season.

Hosts: Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo. Hits of 1969.

"The Glen Campbell Show," a pilot for a possible syndicated series, features the country singer and musical guests. Sheena Easton sings "You Could Have Been with Me."

1980-1988 (SYNDICATED). A syndicated "countdown" show. The format had the week's top ten tunes either performed by their original artists or interpreted by the Solid Gold Dancers. Dionne Warwick hosted the series during the first season, joined each week by a celebrity guest host. Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo hosted for the 1981-1982 season.

Hosts: Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo.

1980-1988 (SYNDICATED). A syndicated "countdown" show. The format had the week's top ten tunes either performed by their original artists or interpreted by the Solid Gold Dancers. Dionne Warwick hosted the series during the first season, joined each week by a celebrity guest host. Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo hosted for the 1981-1982 season.

Hosts: Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo.

NOTE: NOT ABLE TO PLAYBACK THIS TAPE. COURRUPTED. 

1980-1988 (SYNDICATED). A syndicated "countdown" show. The format had the week's top ten tunes either performed by their original artists or interpreted by the Solid Gold Dancers. Dionne Warwick hosted the series during the first season, joined each week by a celebrity guest host. Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo hosted for the 1981-1982 season.

Hosts: Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo.             

1980-1988 (SYNDICATED). A syndicated "countdown" show. The format had the week's top ten tunes either performed by their original artists or interpreted by the Solid Gold Dancers. Dionne Warwick hosted the series during the first season, joined each week by a celebrity guest host. Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo hosted for the 1981-1982 season.

Hosts: Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo.

Special: President Ronald Reagan, Gene Autry, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers and Minnie Pearl are among those saluting Country Music Hall of Famer Roy Acuff through recollections, film clips and, of course, songs.

1980-1988 (SYNDICATED). A syndicated "countdown" show. The format had the week's top ten tunes either performed by their original artists or interpreted by the Solid Gold Dancers. Dionne Warwick hosted the series during the first season, joined each week by a celebrity guest host. Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo hosted for the 1981-1982 season.

Hosts: Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo. Robert W. Morgan, announcer. Wayland Flowers and Madame join as regulars providing comedy relief. 
NOTE: Joined in Progress. No opening. Occasional minor variations in sound quality playback. 
                          

1980-1988 (SYNDICATED). A syndicated "countdown" show. The format had the week's top ten tunes either performed by their original artists or interpreted by the Solid Gold Dancers. Dionne Warwick hosted the series during the first season, joined each week by a celebrity guest host. Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo hosted for the 1981-1982 season.

Hosts: Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo.  Robert W. Morgan, announcer.
Wayland Flowers and Madame join the cast for comedy relief. 
NOTE: Some slight audio variations improved when mastering original reel to reel audio tape.                         

1980-1988 (SYNDICATED). A syndicated "countdown" show. The format had the week's top ten tunes either performed by their original artists or interpreted by the Solid Gold Dancers. Dionne Warwick hosted the series during the first season, joined each week by a celebrity guest host. Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo hosted for the 1981-1982 season.

Hosts: Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo. Wayland Flowers and Madame are regulars providing comedy relief. Announcer is Robert W. Morgan.                        

1980-1988 (SYNDICATED). A syndicated "countdown" show. The format had the week's top ten tunes either performed by their original artists or interpreted by the Solid Gold Dancers. Dionne Warwick hosted the series during the first season, joined each week by a celebrity guest host. Andy Gibb & Marilyn McCoo hosted for the 1981-1982 season.

Hosts: Marilyn McCoo & Lou Rawls. Wayland Flowers and Madame provide comedic relief. Announcer is Robert W. Morgan.  
NOTE: Joined in progress. Occasional minor variations in sound quality.                        

July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated). This was the "Easter Show" broadcast. "The Lawrence Welk Show" presented middle-of-the-road music for almost three decades. Numbers were performed by the members of Welk's television family. That large group included the Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy and Janet), Alice Lon, Norma Zimmer, Tanya Falan, Arthur Duncan, Joe Feeney, Guy Hovis, Jim Roberts, Ralna English, Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke and former Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess.
             

July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated). This was the "Movie Songs" broadcast. "The Lawrence Welk Show" presented middle-of-the-road music for almost three decades. Numbers were performed by the members of Welk's television family. That large group included the Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy and Janet), Alice Lon, Norma Zimmer, Tanya Falan, Arthur Duncan, Joe Feeney, Guy Hovis, Jim Roberts, Ralna English, Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke and former Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess.
             

Syndicated series saluting the big bands & their leaders

July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated). This was the "Tribute to Irving Berlin" broadcast. "The Lawrence Welk Show" presented middle-of-the-road music for almost three decades. Numbers were performed by the members of Welk's television family. That large group included the Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy and Janet), Alice Lon, Norma Zimmer, Tanya Falan, Arthur Duncan, Joe Feeney, Guy Hovis, Jim Roberts, Ralna English, Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke and former Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess.
                                       

July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated). This was the "Love Songs" broadcast. "The Lawrence Welk Show" presented middle-of-the-road music for almost three decades. Numbers were performed by the members of Welk's television family. That large group included the Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy and Janet), Alice Lon, Norma Zimmer, Tanya Falan, Arthur Duncan, Joe Feeney, Guy Hovis, Jim Roberts, Ralna English, Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke and former Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess.