1965-10-22, WABC, 52 min.
September 19, 1963-April 1, 1966. In 1963 Dean hosted a prime-time hour variety series on ABC, which lasted three seasons. Regulars included Karen Morrow, Molly Bee, Chuck McCann, the Chuck Cassey Singers and Rowlf the Muppet, the first of the puppet creations of Jim Henson to be featured on national TV.
Roger Miller cleans up with many awards, including favorite single of the year, "King of the Road."
The 18th annual Country Western Music Awards are presented on tonight's show. Scheduled guests are Country and Western singers Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Minnie Pearl, Norma Jean Beasler, Del Reeves and the team of Roy Drusky and Priscilla Mitchell. On hand to present the awards are singers Tex Ritter and Roy Acuff; Gov. Frank Clement of Tennessee; and Mrs. Francis Preston, of the Country Music Association. Rowlf, Chuck Cassey Singers, Jimmy Dean hosts.
1969-03-12, WCBS, 52 min.
January 29, 1969-June 13, 1972. In 1969 Glen Campbell returned to TV as host of "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour"; his regulars included Pat Paulsen, Jack Burns, John Hartford, Jerry Reed and Larry McNeeley.
1969-08-02, WABC, 52 min.
June 7, 1969-September 27, 1969; January 21, 1970-May 5, 1971. The first, "The Johnny Cash Show," was introduced as a summer series and returned later as a midseason replacement. In addition to Cash it featured June Carter Cash (his wife), Carl Perkins, The Carter Family, the Statler Brothers and the Tennessee Three. The second show, "Johnny Cash and Friends," was a summer series and featured Cash, June Carter Cash, Steve Martin, Jim Varney and Howard Mann.
1969-08-24, WCBS, 52 min.
June 15, 1969-September 7, 1969; December 17, 1969-July 13, 1971 (CBS); 1971-1992 (Syndicated). "Hee Haw" was a fast-paced mixture of songs, skits, blackouts, and corny jokes. A syndicated version of the show appeared; by 1977 it was the nation's number-one-rated non-network show. The series was co-hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark (by the late 1980s, Owens and Clark appeared only occasionally, having made room for various guest hosts). A large stable of regular performers have been featured, including Louis M. ("Grandpa") Jones, Junior Samples, Jeannine Riley, Lulu Roman, David Akeman ("Stringbean"), Sherry Miles, Lisa Todd, Minnie Pearl, Gordie Tapp, Diana Scott, Cathy Baker and Barbi Benton.
1969-09-29, WABC, 45 min.
September 22, 1969-January 12, 1970. Music series featuring appearances by guest artists. The forty-five-minute series was hosted by comedian David Steinberg. Performers included Chris Bokeno, Larry Hankin, Paul Reid Roman, Christopher Ross, and Lily Tomlin.
1969-10-15, NBC, 32 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Tennessee Ernie Ford hosts the Third Annual Country Music Awards from Nashville, Tennessee.
NOTE: This archived TV Audio Air Check is joined in progress. There is approximately 22 minutes MISSING from this one hour broadcast. What is included, and recorded, along with three Ed Herlihy Kraft commercials:
Presenters, Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Clark, Bobby Goldsboro, June Carter, Tammy Wynette, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ed McMahon, Bob Furguson.
Songs Performed, " Daddy Sang Bass" by Johnny Cash and the Carter family, "All I Have to Offer You is Me" by Charlie Pride, "The Games People Play" by Freddie Weller.
1969-10-15, NBC, min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Tennessee Ernie Ford hosts the Third Annual Country Music Awards from Nashville, Tennessee.
NOTE: This archived TV Audio Air Check is joined in progress. There is approximately 22 minutes MISSING from this one hour broadcast. What is included, and recorded, along with three Ed Herlihy Kraft commercials:
Presenters, Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Clark, Bobby Goldsboro, June Carter, Tammy Wynette, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ed McMahon, Bob Furguson.
Songs Performed, " Daddy Sang Bass" by Johnny Cash and the Carter family, "All I Have to Offer You is Me" by Charlie Pride, "The Games People Play" by Freddie Weller.
Dupe of #8427.
1969-10-20, WABC, 45 min.
September 22, 1969-January 12, 1970. Music series featuring appearances by guest artists. The forty-five-minute series was hosted by comedian David Steinberg. Performers included Chris Bokeno, Larry Hankin, Paul Reid Roman, Christopher Ross, and Lily Tomlin.
1969-10-27, WABC, 45 min.
September 22, 1969-January 12, 1970. Music series featuring appearances by guest artists. The forty-five-minute series was hosted by comedian David Steinberg. Performers included Chris Bokeno, Larry Hankin, Paul Reid Roman, Christopher Ross, and Lily Tomlin.
1969-12-17, WCBS, min.
June 15, 1969-September 7, 1969; December 17, 1969-July 13, 1971 (CBS); 1971-1992 (Syndicated). This was the Christmas Show broadcast. "Hee Haw" was a fast-paced mixture of songs, skits, blackouts, and corny jokes. A syndicated version of the show appeared; by 1977 it was the nation's number-one-rated non-network show. The series was co-hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark (by the late 1980s, Owens and Clark appeared only occasionally, having made room for various guest hosts). A large stable of regular performers have been featured, including Louis M. ("Grandpa") Jones, Junior Samples, Jeannine Riley, Lulu Roman, David Akeman ("Stringbean"), Sherry Miles, Lisa Todd, Minnie Pearl, Gordie Tapp, Diana Scott, Cathy Baker and Barbi Benton.
Guests: Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette.
1970-01-27, WCBS, 52 min.
June 15, 1969-September 7, 1969; December 17, 1969-July 13, 1971 (CBS); 1971-1992 (Syndicated). "Hee Haw" was a fast-paced mixture of songs, skits, blackouts, and corny jokes. A syndicated version of the show appeared; by 1977 it was the nation's number-one-rated non-network show. The series was co-hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark (by the late 1980s, Owens and Clark appeared only occasionally, having made room for various guest hosts). A large stable of regular performers have been featured, including Louis M. ("Grandpa") Jones, Junior Samples, Jeannine Riley, Lulu Roman, David Akeman ("Stringbean"), Sherry Miles, Lisa Todd, Minnie Pearl, Gordie Tapp, Diana Scott, Cathy Baker and Barbi Benton.
1970-02-18, WCBS, 52 min.
June 15, 1969-September 7, 1969; December 17, 1969-July 13, 1971 (CBS); 1971-1992 (Syndicated). "Hee Haw" was a fast-paced mixture of songs, skits, blackouts, and corny jokes. A syndicated version of the show appeared; by 1977 it was the nation's number-one-rated non-network show. The series was co-hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark (by the late 1980s, Owens and Clark appeared only occasionally, having made room for various guest hosts). A large stable of regular performers have been featured, including Louis M. ("Grandpa") Jones, Junior Samples, Jeannine Riley, Lulu Roman, David Akeman ("Stringbean"), Sherry Miles, Lisa Todd, Minnie Pearl, Gordie Tapp, Diana Scott, Cathy Baker and Barbi Benton.
1970-03-18, WABC, 52 min.
June 7, 1969-September 27, 1969; January 21, 1970-May 5, 1971. The first, "The Johnny Cash Show," was introduced as a summer series and returned later as a midseason replacement. In addition to Cash it featured June Carter Cash (his wife), Carl Perkins, The Carter Family, the Statler Brothers and the Tennessee Three. The second show, "Johnny Cash and Friends," was a summer series and featured Cash, June Carter Cash, Steve Martin, Jim Varney and Howard Mann.
1970-04-01, WCBS, 52 min.
June 15, 1969-September 7, 1969; December 17, 1969-July 13, 1971 (CBS); 1971-1992 (Syndicated). "Hee Haw" was a fast-paced mixture of songs, skits, blackouts, and corny jokes. A syndicated version of the show appeared; by 1977 it was the nation's number-one-rated non-network show. The series was co-hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark (by the late 1980s, Owens and Clark appeared only occasionally, having made room for various guest hosts). A large stable of regular performers have been featured, including Louis M. ("Grandpa") Jones, Junior Samples, Jeannine Riley, Lulu Roman, David Akeman ("Stringbean"), Sherry Miles, Lisa Todd, Minnie Pearl, Gordie Tapp, Diana Scott, Cathy Baker and Barbi Benton.
1970-05-06, WABC, 52 min.
June 7, 1969-September 27, 1969; January 21, 1970-May 5, 1971. The first, "The Johnny Cash Show," was introduced as a summer series and returned later as a midseason replacement. In addition to Cash it featured June Carter Cash (his wife), Carl Perkins, The Carter Family, the Statler Brothers and the Tennessee Three. The second show, "Johnny Cash and Friends," was a summer series and featured Cash, June Carter Cash, Steve Martin, Jim Varney and Howard Mann.
1970-10-14, , 36 min.
Tennessee Ernie Ford hosts the 1970 Country Music Awards from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
Winners: Merle Haggard-Male Vocalist
Entertainer of the year: Merle Haggard
Song: Sunday Mornin Coming Down
Female Vocalist: Tammy Wynette
1970-12-02, WABC, 52 min.
June 7, 1969-September 27, 1969; January 21, 1970-May 5, 1971. The first, "The Johnny Cash Show," was introduced as a summer series and returned later as a midseason replacement. In addition to Cash it featured June Carter Cash (his wife), Carl Perkins, The Carter Family, the Statler Brothers and the Tennessee Three. The second show, "Johnny Cash and Friends," was a summer series and featured Cash, June Carter Cash, Steve Martin, Jim Varney and Howard Mann.
1971-01-20, WABC, 52 min.
June 7, 1969-September 27, 1969; January 21, 1970-May 5, 1971. Many all-time stars appear in this two-part, two-hour salute to "The History of Country and Western Music." On hand are: Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Eddy Arnold, Loretta Lynn, Carl Perkins, Marty Robbins, June Carter Cash, the Carter Family, Chet Atkins, Merle Haggard, Sonny James, Gordon Lightfoot, Bill Monroe, Webb Pierce, Takahiro Saito, B.J. Thomas, Kitty Wells, Tammy Wynette, Minnie Pearl, Red Foley and Faron Young. On film are: the late Patsy Cline, Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, Hank Snow and Jimmie Rodgers. The first, "The Johnny Cash Show," was introduced as a summer series and returned later as a midseason replacement. In addition to Cash it featured June Carter Cash (his wife), Carl Perkins, the Carter Family, the Statler Brothers and the Tennessee Three. The second show, "Johnny Cash and Friends," was a summer series and featured Cash, June Carter Cash, Steve Martin, Jim Varney and Howard Mann.
1971-01-24, PBS, 58 min.
A PBS one hour special airing in prime time, Sunday, 10pm, January 24, 1971.
Merle Haggard shows the talent it took to win the industry's Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year awards as he hits the concert circuit with his wife Bonnie and the Strangers.
HIGHLIGHTS:
"Okie from Muskogee," "Mama's Hungary Eyes," " The Fightin' Side of Me," "Branded Man," "Today, I Started Loving you Again," "Right or Wrong," "Misery."
Merle also imitates Johnny Cash, singing "Jackson" and "Orange Blossom Special." Off-stage Merle talks with trouper Ernest Tubb; and Merle's mother, Flossie Mae, discusses his boyhood in Bakersfield, California.
Merle Haggard, country's music "Okie from Muskogee," is the subject of an intimate profile on NET's Fanfare. Titled, "And Now, All the Way from Bakersfield, CA, Merle Haggard," the program enacts the drama prior to the Country Music Association awards in Nashville. At these ceremonies, Haggard emerges as the country music "entertainer of the year," top male vocalist, and performer with the best single record and single album. Merle Haggard the performer is seen in wide-ranging concerts from Providence, RI to Pueblo, Colorado, and many of his best-known songs are contained in the hour program ("Okie from Muskogee," "Fightin' Side of Me," "Mama Tried," "Working Man's Blues," "Mama's Hungry Eyes," "Today, I Started Loving You Again," and "Branded Man." Through these songs and through Haggard's comments the program seeks to define him in human and in social terms. His youthful vagabond life is suggested when he sings of his wild oats ("Mama used to pray my crops'd fail") and of his prison years("In spite of Sunday learning, I turned 21 in prison"). His current popularity is delineated in scenes with his admirers we 're your fans, we all love ya," shouts a woman outside the auditorium in Hartford, Conn. "Oh my goodness, oh my gosh," replies Haggard.
1971-01-27, WABC, 52 min.
June 7, 1969-September 27, 1969; January 21, 1970-May 5, 1971. Many all-time stars appear in this two-part, two-hour salute to "The History of Country and Western Music." On hand are: Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Eddy Arnold, Loretta Lynn, Carl Perkins, Marty Robbins, June Carter Cash, the Carter Family, Chet Atkins, Merle Haggard, Sonny James, Gordon Lightfoot, Bill Monroe, Webb Pierce, Takahiro Saito, B.J. Thomas, Kitty Wells, Tammy Wynette, Minnie Pearl, Red Foley and Faron Young. On film are: the late Patsy Cline, Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, Hank Snow and Jimmie Rodgers. The first, "The Johnny Cash Show," was introduced as a summer series and returned later as a midseason replacement. In addition to Cash it featured June Carter Cash (his wife), Carl Perkins, the Carter Family, the Statler Brothers and the Tennessee Three. The second show, "Johnny Cash and Friends," was a summer series and featured Cash, June Carter Cash, Steve Martin, Jim Varney and Howard Mann.
1971-10-14, WCBS, 27 min.
1971-1973 (Syndicated). This half-hour variety series was hosted by singer Kenny Rogers and his group, the First Edition. In the fall of 1972 the show's title was changed to "Rollin' with Kenny Rogers and the First Edition."
1972-01-11, WCBS, 52 min.
January 29, 1969-June 13, 1972. In 1969 Glen Campbell returned to TV as host of "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour"; his regulars included Pat Paulsen, Jack Burns, John Hartford, Jerry Reed and Larry McNeeley.
1972-05-18, WCBS, 27 min.
1971-1973 (Syndicated). This half-hour variety series was hosted by singer Kenny Rogers and his group, the First Edition. In the fall of 1972 the show's title was changed to "Rollin' with Kenny Rogers and the First Edition."
1972-10-16, , min.
The 1972 Country Music Awards are presented. Loretta Lynn wins the entertainer of the year award.
Male Vocalist: Charley Pride
Vocal Group: Statler Brothers
Vocal Duo: Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
Musician Of The Year: Charlie McCoy
Female Vocalist Of The Year: Loretta Lynn.
1974-06-28, WNET, 90 min.
A PBS rerun special featuring guitarist Roy Buchanan, who illustrates his technique in selections spanning rock, blues, jazz and country & western music.
1976-12-18, WPIX, 54 min.
1976 (Syndicated). A one-hour musical series taped in Nashville, Tennessee with a different host presiding over each program.
Presented in New York over WPIX TV Saturday nights, Midnight to 1am
In this broadcast Dr. Hook sings "Little Bit More," with an unusual interpretation sung by Ray Sawyer.
1977-01-14, WABC, 52 min.
January 23, 1976-January 19, 1979. The first variety hour hosted by a brother-and-sister team. Additional regulars included Jim Connell and Hank Garcia.
1977-10-10, CBS, 90 min.
Johnny Cash is the host for the 11th Annual Association Of Country Music Awards from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee. Ronnie Milsap wins the Country Music Entertainer Of The Year Award.
1978-01-22, WNBC, 156 min.
Hosts Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton and Roy Clark are among the more than 25 performers on this three-hour salute to country music.
Included are tributes to Patsy Cline (featuring Loretta Lynn), Jimmie Rodgers (Ernest Tubb), Hank Williams (Glen, Dolly and Roy) and Bob Wills (Merle Haggard and Wills' group). Also: the Carter Family does a medley of hits.
1980-09-16, WCBS, 52 min.
A lavish special of music & songs that is the sequel to Lynda Carter's first special which aired January 12, 1980.
1980-10-16, ABC, 90 min.
Special: Host Dennis Weaver salutes country music with guests Loretta Lynn, Waylon Jennings, Lynn Anderson, Roy Clark, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Band, Merle Haggard, Barbara Mandrell, Mel Tillis, Ernest Tubb, Don Williams, Johnny and June Carter Cash, and the Carter Sisters.