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2 records found for Jack Elliott

• #2815: HAPPY DAYS

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  1970-08-20, WCBS, 52 min.

  • Louis Nye
  • Chuck McCann
  • George Burns
  • Harry James
  • Helen Forrest
  • Gracie Allen
  • Julie McWhirter
  • Jack Elliott
  • Alan Copeland
  • Laara Lacey
  • Olive Clerk

  June 25, 1970-August 27, 1970. An hour of nostalgia, hosted by Louis Nye, with Chuck McCann, Bob (Elliott) and Ray (Goulding), and bandleaders from the 1930's. Jack Elliot orchestra.  
  
  Harry James and Helen Forrest in a return appearance. Sketches: The Great Voodini (Chuck McCann) is tied to a burning stake; Little Orphan Annie throws a party; a visit with Erich Von Director (Loius Nye). Radio dialogue: George Burns and Gracie Allen. 
  
  Highlights: Harry: "Two O'Clock Jump," Helen: "I Had the Craziest Dream," Alan: "In the Still of the Night," Laara: "Why Was I Born?" Olive: "Ain't She Sweet?" "South Rampart Street Parade" by the Jack Elliott orchestra         

• #6748: LIVE FROM STUDIO 8H: 100 YEARS OF AMERICA'S POPULAR MUSIC

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  1981-04-27, NBC, 120 min.

  • Steve Lawrence
  • George Burns
  • Henry Mancini
  • Eydie Gorme
  • Sarah Vaughan
  • Paul Simon
  • Gregory Hines
  • The New American Orchestra
  • Jack Elliott

  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."