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#11174: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR:"OUR MUSICAL AMBASSADORS"

1960-01-01, WNBC, 15 min.

January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semi regularly for almost ten seasons-sometimes weekly, sometimes biweekly, and sometimes as irregularly scheduled specials. All types of music were presented on the hour series; Donald Voorhees conducted the Bell Telephone Orchestra. 

Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars, Jack Cassidy,  Taina Elg, Grant Johannesen, Allegra Kent, Jaques D'Amboise, Jane Froman, Shirley Jones,  Gene Nelson. 

Host: Dave Garroway

#11611: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR, THE : "OUR MUSICAL AMBASSADORS"

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1960-01-01, WNBC, 60 min.

January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semi regularly for almost ten seasons-sometimes weekly, sometimes biweekly, and sometimes as irregularly scheduled specials. All types of music were presented on the hour series; Donald Voorhees conducted the Bell Telephone Orchestra.

Dave Garroway is host for a show built around American entertainers
who have performed overseas. Performers are jazz man Louis Armstrong, Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy, husband and wife musical-comedy team, singer Jane Froman, pianist Grant Johannesen, and Dancers Taina Elg and Gene Nelson, Allegra Kent and Jacques d'Amboise. Donald Voorhees conducts the Orchestra for this one-hour -long show.

Highlights:

Movie songs. Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy duet "Around The World In Eighty Days." " If I Had A Talking Picture Of You," and "Forty-Second Street." Shirley offers "As Time Goes By." as a solo.

Concert Music:

Grant Johannesen plays the first movement of "Grieg's piano concerto in A Minor. 

Theater Music:

Jane Froman sings a medley from Gershwin's "Porgy And Bess" "I've Got Plenty Of Nuttin," "I Loves You Porgy," and. "It Ain't Neccesarily So." 

Ballet:

Taina Elg, Gene Nelson, Allegra Kent and Jacques d'Amboise dance an original ballet choreographed by Gene Nelson. 

Jazz: 

Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars play "Tiger-Rag,""Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen," "12th Street Rag," and " West End Blues."

#6986: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR

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1962-03-16, WNBC, 00 min.

January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semi regularly for almost ten seasons-sometimes weekly, sometimes biweekly, and sometimes as irregularly scheduled specials. All types of music were presented on the hour series; Donald Voorhees conducted the Bell Telephone Orchestra. 

Host:Alfred Drake

#5051: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR, THE

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1962-11-22, WNBC, 54 min.

The Thanksgiving spirit in music is interpreted by singers John Raitt, Martha Wright and Mahalia Jackson; pianist Grant Johannesen; dancers Tommy Rall and Tad Tadlock; the West Point Glee Club; and poet Carl Sandburg, who reads "Theme in Yellow"; "Fire Dreams," a poem he rewrote for tonight's show; and excerpts from "Good Morning, America" and "Remembrance Rock." Donald Voorhees directs the orchestra and chorus.

#6988: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR

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1962-11-22, WNBC, 00 min.

January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semi regularly for almost ten seasons-sometimes weekly, sometimes biweekly, and sometimes as irregularly scheduled specials. All types of music were presented on the hour series; Donald Voorhees conducted the Bell Telephone Orchestra. 

Thanksgiving program. Host: Martha Wright

#11648: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR, THE

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1963-10-08, WNBC, 52 min.

January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semiregularly for almost ten seasons-sometimes weekly, sometimes biweekly, and sometimes as irregularly scheduled specials. All types of music were presented on the hour series; Donald Voorhees conducted the Bell Telephone Orchestra.

Robert Preston hosts this musical variety program and sings songs from Broadway musicals. Guests include Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker, The Chad Mitchell Trio, Grant Johannesen, Rudolf Nureyev and Shetland Beriosova of the British Royal Ballet, who perform a dance from Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake." The Chad Mitchell Trio sing three folk songs. Metropolitan Opera Stars Richard Tucker and Anna Moffo sing an excerpt from "La Boheme" and pianist Grant Johannesen performs. 

Host: Robert Preston 

Announcer: Mel Brandt 

Duplicate of # 1351.

#6991: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR

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1964-10-06, WNBC, 00 min.

January 12, 1959-April 26, 1968. This musical series ran semi regularly for almost ten seasons-sometimes weekly, sometimes biweekly, and sometimes as irregularly scheduled specials. All types of music were presented on the hour series; Donald Voorhees conducted the Bell Telephone Orchestra.

Host: Burl Ives

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7 records found for Grant Johannesen

#11174: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR:"OUR MUSICAL AMBASSADORS"

1960-01-01, WNBC, 15 min.

#11611: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR, THE : "OUR MUSICAL AMBASSADORS"

1960-01-01, WNBC, 60 min.

#6986: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR

1962-03-16, WNBC, 00 min.

#5051: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR, THE

1962-11-22, WNBC, 54 min.

#6988: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR

1962-11-22, WNBC, 00 min.

#11648: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR, THE

1963-10-08, WNBC, 52 min.

#6991: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR

1964-10-06, WNBC, 00 min.