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Shindig! is an American musical variety series which aired on ABC from September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966. The show was hosted by Jimmy O’Neill, a disc jockey in Los Angeles at the time who also created the show along with his wife Sharon Sheeley and production executive Art Stolnitz. The original pilot was rejected by ABC and David Sontag, then Executive Producer of ABC, redeveloped and completely redesigned the show. A new pilot with a new cast cast of artist was shot starring Sam Cooke. That pilot aired as the premier episode. The series first aired for a half-hour every week, but was expanded to an hour in January 1965. In the fall of 1965, the show split into two half-hour telecasts, on Thursday and Saturday nights. Shindig!’s premiere episode was a pilot featuring Sam Cooke and the The Righteous Brothers. Later shows were taped in Britain with The Beatles as the guests. The series featured other “British invasion” bands and performers including The Who, The Rolling Stones and Cilla Black. Shindig continued to broadcast episodes from London throughout its run. Many popular performers of the day played on Shindig! including Lesley Gore, Bo Diddley and Sonny and Cher, The Beach Boys and James Brown. Shindig!’s success prompted NBC to air the similar series Hullabaloo starting in January 1965.By October 1965, the show was having ratings problems (Time magazine said “early-season tide [was] running against the teen scene”), and in January 1966, Shindig! was cancelled and replaced in its Thursday time slots by Batman. Series regularsAccompanying the music acts of the week, Shindig! also featured a dance troupe called the Shin-diggers choreographed by David Winters. One of the regular dancers was Teri Garr, who would go on to find success as an actress. The Shin-diggers’ assistant choreographer, Antonia Basilotta (better known as Toni Basil), was most widely known for the 1980s song “Mickey” Both Garr and Basil were dance students of Winters at the time and worked with him on most of his choreography projects. The series house band, the Shin-diggers (later renamed the Shindogs), featured a young Glen Campbell, Joey Cooper, Chuck Blackwell (drums), Billy Preston, James Burton, Delaney Bramlett, Larry Knechtel (on bass), Leon Russell (on piano), and Glen D. Hardin. Ray Pohlman was the show’s musical director and was also a member of the studio group that would be known as ‘The Wrecking Crew.’ In some instances when one of the Shindog guitarists was unable to work, Pohlman woud bring in ‘Crew’ guitarist Bill Aken to fill in.Donna Loren, Jackie DeShannon and Bobby Sherman were regular vocalists on the series The Blossoms, an all-female vocal group featuring Darlene Love, backed up many of the performers and were occasionally featured in spotlight performances. The Wellingtons were a trio of male singers who performed on their own, and as backup singers.

Musical guests
The Animals
Louis Armstrong
Desi Arnaz, Jr.
Zane Ashton
Long John Baldry
The Barron Knights
Fontella Bass
Shirley Bassey
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
James Brown
The Byrds
The Beau Brummels
Tony Bennett
Chuck Berry
Cilla Black
Booker T & the MG’s
Glen Campbell
Freddy Cannon
Johnny Cash
Chad and Jeremy
Chubby Checker
The Coasters
Petula Clark
Sam Cooke
The Dave Clark Five
The Spencer Davis Group
Jackie DeShannon
Dick and Dee Dee
Dino, Desi & Billy
Bo Diddley
The Dixie Cups
Donovan
The Everly Brothers
Shelley Fabares
Adam Faith
Marianne Faithfull
The Four Tops
Aretha Franklin
Freddie and the Dreamers
Billy Fury
Gale Garnett
Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Marvin Gaye
The Gentrys
Gerry & the Pacemakers
Stan Getz
Dizzy Gillespie
Dobie Gray
Bessie Griffin
Bobby Goldsboro
Lesley Gore
The Grass Roots
Françoise Hardy
Herman’s Hermits
The Hollies
Don Ho
The Honeycombs
The Ikettes
The Isley Brothers
Davy Jones
Gloria Jones
The Kingsmen
The Kinks
Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas
Bettye LaVette
Jerry Lee Lewis
Little Anthony and the Imperials
Little Eva
Major Lance
Donna Loren
Darlene Love
The Lovin’ Spoonful
Lulu & the Luvvers
The Mamas & the Papas
Manfred Mann
The Marvelettes
Johnny Mathis
Jody Miller
Millie
Sal Mineo
Matt Monro
The Moody Blues
The Nashville Teens
Ricky Nelson
Roy Orbison
Rita Pavone
Peter and Gordon
Gene Pitney
The Poets
Elvis Presley
Billy Preston
The Pretty Things
Eddie Rambeau
The Righteous Brothers
Roy Head Johnny Rivers
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
Jimmie Rodgers
The Rolling Stones
The Ronettes
Bobby Rydell
Tommy Sands
Neil Sedaka
Del Shannon
Dee Dee Sharp
Sandie Shaw
The Shangri-Las
Bobby Sherman
Sir Douglas Quintet
Sonny & Cher
Rod Stewart (as part of Brian Auger and the Trinity)
The Supremes
The Temptations
Joe Tex
Tommy Tucker
Ike & Tina Turner
The Turtles
Twinkle
Unit 4 + 2
Bobby Vee
The Ventures
The Vibrations
The Walker Brothers
We Five
Clara Ward Singers
Mary Wells
The Who
Hank Williams, Jr.
Jackie Wilson
Howlin’ Wolf
The Yardbirds
The Zombies
Leroy Van Dyke
Mickey Rooney, Jr.
Melinda Marx
Celebrity guests
Ted Cassidy
Patty Duke
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Rosey Grier
Tommy Kirk
Vincent Price
Alan Sues
Raquel Welch
Orson Welles
Guest hosts
George Chakiris
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Carolyn Jones
Boris Karloff
Hedy Lamarr
Jack E. Leonard
Hugh O’Brian
Mickey Rooney
Ed Wynn

A show called Shindig rocked the world in the 1960s featuring the greatest rock bands, soul singers, female singers and celebrities of that decade.Most have become legends; Including such groups as The Rolling Stones,The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Who, etc. The list goes on and on. The show was hosted by Jimmy O’Neil and included Go Go dancers and a young Bobby Sherman before he became a teen idol in 1970. There was a slew of afternoon music variety shows however Shindig on ABC was one of only 2 prime-time rock ‘n roll shows that aired on TV in the 1960’s along withHullabaloo seen on NBC. The host of this series was Jimmy O’Neill and the show house dancers were called the Shindig Dancers. The very first episode in September, 1964 saw Sam Cooke, The Everly Brothers, The Righteous Brothers, The Wellingtons, Alan Sues and a Shindig discovery in Bobby Sherman. Most of the biggest acts of the 1960s appeared on Shindig such as The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Chuck Berry, Louis Armstrong, Neil Sedaka and The Rolling Stones, to name a few. Since they were not able to get the great and very popular Elvis Presley to ever appear on the show they dedicated an entire show in May 1965 to playing his music. The series aired in different time slots over it short period on the air which were:
September 1964 – January 1965 – Wednesday 8:30 to 9:00PM January 1965 – September 1965 – Wednesday 8:30 to 9:30PM September 1965 – January 1966 – Thursday & Saturday 7:30 to 8:00PM

Recurring Guests
• Bobby Sherman (2) (41 eps)
• The Blossoms (31 eps)
• Donna Loren (26 eps)
• The Righteous Brothers (24 eps)
• The Wellingtons (23 eps)
• Billy Preston (20 eps)
• Glen Campbell (1) (18 eps)
• Jackie and Gayle (10 eps)
• Dick & Dee Dee (10 eps)
• The Everly Brothers (8 eps)

Where the Action Is or (WTAI) was a music-based television variety show in the United States from 1965–67. It was carried by the ABC network and aired each weekday afternoon. Created by Dick Clark as a spin-off of American Bandstand, Where the Action Is premiered on June 27, 1965. The show’s theme song, “Action”, became a hit single for Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon, peaking on the charts (#13) in September 1965. Most of the telecasts, all of which were produced in black-and-white, were taped at various locales in Southern California. The theme song was written by Steve Venet and Tommy Boyce who would later write songs for The Monkees. The program had its own stable of performers, most notably Paul Revere & the Raiders, who served as the de facto house band. When the group departed the show in 1966, they were replaced by The Robbs. Other regular performers on Action included the dance troupe Pete Manifee and the Action Kids. Individual episodes featured a wide range of guest performers, as detailed below. The weekday program was cancelled on March 31, 1967, with the network giving its local affiliates the time slot. However, members of the program’s mainstay band Paul Revere and the Raiders (with lead vocalist Mark Lindsay) hosted very similar follow-up shows; both Revere and Lindsay hosted Happening ’68, a Saturday afternoon follow-up to American Bandstand, and a weekday version of the same show, It’s Happening, from 1968 to 1969. Both shows were produced by Dick Clark’s production company for ABC. The Where the Action Is TV show was a 30 minute musical varity series on ABC that featured performances by the best rock and roll groups from the mid-1960s.
Where the Action Is Cast:
Dick Clark ………………… Producer / Announcer / Himself Steve Alaimo ………………. Co-Host (1965-1966) Linda Scott ……………….. Co-Host (1965-1966) Paul Revere & the Raiders …… Hosts (1966-1967) / Regular Performers Jimmy Hibbard ……………… Dancer
Keith Allison ……………… Dancer Tina Mason ………………… Dancer Where the Action Is Broadcast History
Episodes 1-63, Monday-Friday, 2:00-2:30PM on ABC Episodes 64-End of Series, Monday-Friday, 4:30-5:00PM on ABC
Theme Song Lyrics Title: “Action” Composed By: “Tommy Boyce & Steve Venet” Performed By: “Freddy ‘Boom Boom’ Cannon”
Oh, baby come on, let me take you where the action is.
Oh, baby come on, let me take you where the action is.
Oh, baby come on, let me take you where the action is.
It’s so neat to meet ya baby where the action is.
In every little town cross the U.S.A.
There’s a spot where the people tangle everyday
Just leave your problems and get away
Come down and listen to the guitars play.
Dance, dance dance when you hear that beat
Dance, dance dance get up off of your seat
Dance, dance dance let your back bone slip
Let’s go to the place on the Sunset Strip
Oh, baby come on, let me take you where the action is.
Oh, baby come on, let me take you where the action is.
Oh, baby come on, let me take you where the action is.
It’s so neat to meet ya baby where the action is.
Where the Action Is Trivia: All of the Where the Action Is episodes where filmed in Black & White. The majority of the episodes were shot at Malibu Beach and Bear Mountain in California but others were taped in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Japan.
Dick Clark’s legendary musical series, “American Bandstand” was originally aired on Monday-Friday. Then, in 1965 after two years on the air, it moved to just one show weekly on Saturday afternoons. Mr. Clark decided to develop a “spin-off series” titled “Where the Action Is” in order to fill the weekday after school pop music void left by American Bandstand’s time change. By the way, when Dick Clark in 1989 stopped hosting American Bandstand, it was the longest TV variety program to ever be on the air! The Dance Troupe that entertained audiences on Where the Action Is was named, “Pete Manifee and The Action Kids”. One of the Dancers on Where the Action Is, “Keith Allison”, got a great boost to his stature when he later joined “Paul Revere and the Raiders”! The Where the Action Is theme song (see above) made it as high as #13 on the pop charts in September of 1965! After Where the Action Is was canceled, the story didn’t end there! Paul Revere and the Raiders had become a superstar group and had several hit records through the early 1970s! Together, Paul Revere and lead vocalist Paul Lindsay hosted a Saturday afternoon series nearly identical to Where the Action Is titled, “Happening ’68” and another weekday series from 1968-1969 titled, “It’s Happening”, from 1968 to 1969. Again, both of those shows were also produced by Dick Clark and aired on ABC. Then, in both 1973 and 1985, Where the Action Is returned to the air for two more very short runs! In 1987, CBS aired another series, “Keep on Cruisin” which was also a Where the Action Is clone. The Pilot Episode: The Supremes / Jan & Dean / The Four Seasons / Bobby Freeman (Never Broadcast)

The First Season
Jan & Dean / Dee Dee Sharp (6/28/1965)
The Zombies / Jimmy Clanton (6/29/1965)
Jackie DeShannon / Eddie Hodges (6/30/1965)
The Shangri-Las / The Detergents (7/1/1965)
James Brown / Jody Miller (7/2/1965)
Tommy Roe / April Stevens & Nino Tempo (7/6/1965)
The Byrds / Jackie DeShannon (7/7/1965)
Sonny & Cher / Del Shannon (7/8/1965)
The Drifters / Brian Hyland (7/9/1965)
Mel Carter / Ian Whitcomb (7/12/1965)
Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs / Ronnie Dove (7/13/1965)
Herman’s Hermits (7/14/1965)
Jan & Dean / Lenny Welch (7/15/1965)
Bobby Rydell (7/16/1965)
Sir Douglas Quintet / Jackie & Gayle (7/19/1965)
The Crystals / The Newbeats (7/20/1965)
Jackie Wilson (7/21/1965)
Jr. Walker & the All-Stars / Piccola Pupa (7/22/1965)
The Kinks / Jimmy Velvet (7/23/1965)
Freddy Cannon / Jody Miller (7/26/1965)
Les Sultans / Fred Hughes (7/27/1965)
Peter & Gordon (7/28/1965)
The Shangri-Las / Jimmy Clanton (7/29/1965)
Aretha Franklin / Sonny & Cher (7/30/1965)
Eddie Hodges / The Vibrations (8/2/1965)
Joe Tex / Bobby Rydell (8/3/1965)
Mel Carter / Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs (8/4/1965)
The Byrds / Jewel Akens (8/5/1965)
The Crystals / Jackie DeShannon (8/6/1965)
James Brown / April Stevens & Nino Tempo (8/9/1965)
The Drifters / Brian Hyland (8/10/1965)
The Dixie Cups / Ian Whitcomb (8/11/1965)
The Hondells / Major Lance (8/12/1965)
Sonny & Cher / Roosevelt Grier (8/13/1965)
Dee Dee Sharp / Ray Peterson (8/16/1965)
Jackie Wilson (8/17/1965)
The Kinks (8/18/1965)
Bobby Rydell / The Velvettes (8/19/1965)
The Turtles / Paul Petersen (8/20/1965)
Gary U.S. Bonds / The Guiloteens (8/23/1965)
The Impressions / Ian Whitcomb / The Detergents (8/24/1965)
The Newbeats / Ray Peterson (8/25/1965)
Duane Eddy / Peter & Gordon (8/26/1965)
James Brown / Brian Hyland (8/27/1965)
The Drifters / Del Shannon (8/30/1965)
We Five / Gene Chandler (8/31/1965)
The Turtles / Peter & Gordon / Barbara Lewis (9/1/1965)
Sonny & Cher / Bobby Goldsboro / Liverpool Five (9/2/1965)
Donovan / Jackie DeShannon / Del Shannon (9/3/1965)
Sonny & Cher / Major Lance / Ronnie Dove (9/7/1965)
James Brown / Bobby Goldsboro / Pat & Lolly Vegas (9/8/1965)
We Five / The Drifters (9/9/1965)
The Lovin’ Spoonful / Paul Petersen (9/10/1965)
4 ( Danny Hutton ( 9/13/1965)
The Impressions / Dickie Lee (9/14/1965)
James Brown / Joey Paige (9/15/1965)
Donovan / Ketty Lester (9/16/1965)
Bobby Freeman / Ray Peterson (9/17/1965)
Bobby Freeman / The Astors (9/20/1965)
The Lovin’ Spoonful / James Brown (9/21/1965)
We Five / Round Robin (9/22/1965)
Donovan / Dickie Lee (9/23/1965)
Dobie Gray / Jackie DeShannon (9/24/1965)
Tina Turner / The Everly Brothers (9/27/1965)
Del Shannon / The Olympics / Jo Ann Campbell (9/28/1965)
The McCoys / Vic Dana (9/29/1965)
Cannibal & the Headhunters / Lenny Welch (9/30/1965)
Billy Joe Royal / The Ikettes (10/1/1965)
We Five / Neil Sedaka (10/4/1965)
Peter & Gordon / Derek Martin (10/5/1965)
Bobby Rydell / Jo Ann Campbell (10/6/1965)
Ike & Tina Turner (10/7/1965)
The Castaways / Brenda Holloway (10/8/1965)
Mary Wells / Roy Head (10/11/1965)
Everly Brothers / Mike Clifford (10/12/1965)
Charlie Rich (10/13/1965)
The McCoys / Steve Alaimo (10/14/1965)
We Five / Vic Dana (10/15/1965)
Del Shannon / Little Anthony & the Imperials (10/18/1965)
Dick and DeeDee / Edwin Starr (10/19/1965)
Billy Joe Royal / The Royalettes (10/20/1965)
Freddy Cannon / Barbara Mason (10/21/1965)
Peter & Gordon / The Vejetables (10/22/1965)
The Animals / Jackie & Gayle (10/25/1965)
The Beau Brummels / Vic Dana (10/26/1965)
The Leaves / Bobby Rydell (10/27/1965)
The Olympics (10/28/1965)
Bobby Vee / Linda Scott / Steve Alaimo (10/29/1965)
Dionne Warwick / The Sunrays (11/1/1965)
The Everly Brothers / Roy Head (11/2/1965)
Freddy Cannon / Johnny Tillotson (11/3/1965)
The Toys / Neil Sedaka (11/4/1965)
The Animals / The Shangri-Las (11/5/1965)
Mel Carter / Bocky & the Visions (11/8/1965)
Little Richard / Jackie DeShannon / James Brown (11/9/1965)
James Brown (11/10/1965)
Mary Wells / Freddy Cannon (11/11/1965)
Bobby Rydell / The Mojo Men (11/12/1965)
The Strangeloves / Mel Carter (11/15/1965)
Barbara Lewis / Peter & Gordon (11/16/1965)
Eddy Rambeau / We Five (11/17/1965)
Little Anthony & the Imperials / Jo Ann Campbell (11/18/1965)
Freddie & the Dreamers / Glen Campbell (11/19/1965)
Johnny Tillotson / Freddy Cannon (11/22/1965)
Dusty Springfield / Little Richard (11/23/1965)
James Brown / The Spokesmen (11/24/1965)
Len Barry / Bobby Vee (11/25/1965)
The Beau Brummels / Gloria Jones (11/26/1965)
Bobby Rydell (11/29/1965)
Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs (11/30/1965)
The Miracles / Steve Alaimo (12/1/1965)
Tommy Roe / Gale Garnett (12/2/1965)
Herman’s Hermits (12/3/1965)
Dee Dee Sharp / Johnny Tillotson (12/6/1965)
Len Barry / David Jones (12/7/1965)
James Brown / Tommy Sands / Steve Alaimo (12/8/1965)
Ian Whitcomb (12/9/1965)
The Animals / Dusty Springfield (12/10/1965)
The Miracles / Bobby Vee (12/13/1965)
Mel Carter / Gloria Jones (12/14/1965)
Freddy & the Dreamers / Dee Dee Sharp / Bobby Rydell (12/15/1965)
Barbara Lewis / Tommy Roe (12/16/1965)
Little Anthony & the Imperials / Johnny Tillotson (12/17/1965)
James Brown (12/20/1965)
Little Richard / Keith Allison (12/21/1965)
Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs / Ian Whitcomb (12/22/1965)
Dusty Springfield / The Miracles (12/23/1965)
Bobby Vee (1965 Christmas Eve Show) (12/24/1965)
Otis Redding / Dick & DeeDee / Linda Scott (12/27/1965)
Marvin Gaye / The Knickerbockers (12/28/1965)
The Vogues / Jody Miller / Steve Alaimo (12/29/1965)
The Lovin’ Spoonful / Lou Christie (12/30/1965)
Freddy Cannon / The Vibrations (1/3/1966)
Ben E. King / The Four Seasons (1/4/1966)
The Statler Brothers / Jackie Lee (1/5/1966)
The Kingston Trio / Johnny Thunder (1/6/1966)
Bobby Rydell / The Dilliards (1/7/1966)
The Kingsmen (1/10/1966)
Billy Joe Royal / Patti LaBelle & the Blue Belles (1/11/1966)
The Astronauts / James Darren (1/12/1966)
Barry Young / Joey Paige (1/13/1966)
The Beau Brummels / Bobby Freeman (1/14/1966)
The Vogues / Evie Sands (1/17/1966)
The Everly Brothers / The Deep Six (1/18/1966)
The Dixie Cups / Dion (1/19/1966)
Marvin Gaye / The Five Americans (1/20/1966)
The Castaways / The Apollos (1/21/1966)
Ben E. King / Dick and DeeDee (1/24/1966)
Otis Redding / Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels – (1/25/1966)
The Statler Brothers / Jackie Lee (1/26/1966)
The Four Seasons / Keith Allison (1/27/1966)
Diane Renay / The T-Bones (1/28/1966)
The Kingston Trio / Steve Alaimo (1/31/1966)
The Knickerbockers / Jody Miller (2/1/1966)
Peter and Gordon / Billy Joe Royal (2/2/1966)
The Lovin’ Spoonful / Donna Loren (2/3/1966)
Joe Tex / The Knickerbockers (2/4/1966)
Shirley Ellis / The Knickerbockers (2/7/1966)
James Brown / Dick Kallman (2/8/1966)
Bobby Rydell / The Astronauts (2/9/1966)
Ray Peterson / Len Barry (2/10/1966)
The Turtles / Chad and Jeremy (2/11/1966)
Mel Carter / Jimmie Rodgers (2/14/1966)
Marvin Gaye / The Knickerbockers (2/15/1966)
The Castaways / Brook Benton (2/16/1966)
Vic Dana / The T-Bones (2/17/1966)
The Kingsmen / Neil Sedaka (2/18/1966)
The Byrds / Freddy Cannon (2/21/1966)
Tina Turner / Gary Lewis & the Playboys (2/22/1966)
The Beau Brummels / Tommy Boyce (2/23/1966)
The Young Rascals / Bobby Freeman (2/24/1966)
The Four Seasons / Jewel Akens / Knickerbockers (2/25/1966)
The Everly Brothers / Joe Tex (2/28/1966)
Marvin Gaye / Lovin’ Spoonful / Al Martino (3/1/1966)
Wilson Pickett / Vic Dana (3/2/1966)
Sonny and Cher / The Knickerbockers (3/3/1966)
James Brown / The Kingston Trio (3/4/1966)
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels / Steve Alaimo (3/7/1966)
Bob Lind / The Dilliards (3/8/1966)
The Sunrays / Jimmie Rodgers (3/9/1966)
The Mamas and the Papas / Round Robin (3/10/1966)
Chris Montez / The Spokesmen (3/11/1966)
Chad and Jeremy / Jackie and Gayle (3/14/1966)
Bobby Fuller Four / Brook Benton (3/15/1966)
Duane Eddy / The Checkmates (3/16/1966)
Barbara Mason / The Five Americans (3/17/1966)
Len Barry / Everly Brothers / Knickerbockers (3/18/1966)
Gary Lewis & the Playboys / Roy Clark (3/21/1966)
The Four Seasons / Buck Owens & the Buckaroos (3/22/1966)
Bob Lind / The Markettes / Knickerbockers (3/23/1966)
The Byrds / Ketty Lester (3/24/1966)
Shirley Ellis / The Newbeats / Keith Allison (3/25/1966)
Stevie Wonder / Al Martino (3/28/1966)
The Ventures / Lou Christie (3/29/1966)
Freddy Cannon / Wilson Pickett / Knickerbockers (3/30/1966)
James Brown / Bobby Vee (3/31/1966)
The Temptations / B.J. Thomas (4/1/1966)
The Righteous Brothers / Randy Boone (4/4/1966)
The Kingsmen / Jimmie Rodgers (4/5/1966)
Martha and the Vandellas / Danny Hutton (4/6/1966)
Mamas and the Papas / Bobby Freeman (4/7/1966)
The Yardbirds / Chet Baker (4/8/1966)
James Brown / Mickey Rooney Jr. (4/11/1966)
Sir Douglas Quintet / Gloria Tracy (4/12/1966)
Toni Basil / M.F.Q. (4/13/1966)
The Measles / Norma Tanega (4/14/1966)
The Yardbirds / Keith Allison / Knickerbockers (4/15/1966)
Freddy Cannon / Maxine Brown (4/18/1966)
The Nashville Teens / Eddie Holman (4/19/1966)
Wayne Fontana / The Marketts (4/20/1966)
Billy Preston / The Newbeats (4/21/1966)
Them / Tina Mason / Knickerbockers (4/22/1966)
Lou Christie / Spencer Davis Group (4/25/1966)
Otis Redding / Karen Verros (4/26/1966)
Just Us / Dave Berry (4/27/1966)
The Bantams / Little Dion / Pamela Miller (4/28/1966)
Mamas and the Papas / Doris Troy (4/29/1966)
Marianne Faithfull / The Temptations (5/2/1966)
The Mindbenders / Gloria Jones (5/3/1966)
The Beau Brummels / Cindy Malone (5/4/1966)
The Zombies / Don Grady (5/5/1966)
Righteous Brothers / Bobby Freeman / Dick & DeeDee (5/6/1966)
Martha & the Vandellas / Barry Ryan (5/9/1966)
Gary Lewis & the Playboys / Susan Rafey (5/10/1966)
Marianne Faithfull / Yardbirds / Gary Farr & the T-Bones (5/11/1966)
Shadows of Knight / Stevie Wonder (5/12/1966)
Paul Revere and the Raiders (5/13/1966)
The Who / Gene Pitney (5/16/1966)
The Five Americans / Knickerbockers (5/17/1966)
The Outsiders (5/18/1966)
Billy Joe Royal / Freddie & the Dreamers (5/19/1966)
Bobby Goldsboro / Gerry & the Pacemakers (5/20/1966)
Sam and Dave / Knickerbockers (5/23/1966)
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (5/24/1966)
Chris Montez / The Viceroys (5/25/1966)
Righteous Brothers / Teddy & the Pandas / We Three (5/26/1966)
Petula Clark (5/27/1966)
The Silkie / Edwin Starr (5/30/1966)
Norma Tanega / The Tokens (5/31/1966)
Maxine Brown / Freddy Cannon (6/1/1966)
Susan Rafey / Andy Malone / Karen Verros (6/2/1966)
Otis Redding / The Action (6/3/1966)
B.J. Thomas / The Knickerbockers (6/6/1966)
The Leaves / Keith Green (6/7/1966)
Jackie DeShannon / The Mob (6/8/1966)
Mel Carter / The McCoys (6/9/1966)
The Fortunes / Roy Orbison (6/10/1966)
James Brown / The Deuces Wild (6/13/1966)
Bob Lind / Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours (6/14/1966)
Gary Lewis and the Playboys (6/15/1966)
Bobby Goldsboro / The Sunrays (6/16/1966)
Danny Hutton / The Moody Blues (6/17/1966)
The Knickerbockers/Billy Joe Royal/Unit Four plus Two (6/20/1966)
Freddy Cannon/Paul Revere & The Raiders/The Robbs (6/21/1966)
Steve Alaimo/Lou Christie/The Small Faces (6/22/1966)
Steve Alaimo/Keith Allison/Love/Gene Pitney (6/23/1966)
The Association/Petula Clark/Paul Revere & The Raiders (6/24/1966)
Sam Riddle/The Righteous Brothers/(Smokey Robinson &) The Miracles (6/27/1966)
Bobby Freeman/Bob Kuban & The In-Men/Gary Lewis & The Playboys (6/28/1966)
The Second Season
Barry McGuire/The Robbs (6/29/1966)
The Cryan Shames/Neil Diamond (6/30/1966)
Martha & The Vandellas/Del Shannon (7/1/1966)
Brenda Lee/The Robbs (7/4/1966)
Ray Stevens/The Syndicate of Sound (7/5/1966)
The Everly Brothers/Jerry Naylor (7/6/1966)
Kelly Garrett/Paul Revere & The Raiders/The Vogues (7/7/1966)
Brian Hyland/The Turtles (7/8/1966)
The Bachelors/Roy Orbison/Paul Revere & The Raiders (7/11/1966)
Gene Pitney/The Standells (7/12/1966)
Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas/Ketty Lester/The Robbs (7/13/1966)
Petula Clark/Marianne Faithfull/Paul Revere & The Raiders (7/14/1966)
The Robbs/Jimmie Rodgers/The Swingin’ Medallions (7/15/1966)
Wayne Fontana/The Hondells (7/18/1966)
The Knickerbockers/Percy Sledge (7/19/1966)
Chad & Jeremy/Yiya Uchida & The Blue Jeans (7/20/1966)
Captain Beefheart/Vic Dana (7/21/1966)
The Grass Roots/Ian Whitcomb & Bluesville (7/22/1966)
Brenda Lee/Paul Revere & The Raiders/The Spiders/Steve Alaimo (7/25/1966)
The Robbs/Tommy Sands/The Spinners (7/26/1966)
Miss Chris Clark/The McCoys/Joe Tex (7/27/1966)
Mie Nakoa / The Sharp Hawks (7/28/1966)
The Cyrkle/Paul Revere & The Raiders/Kim Weston (7/29/1966)
Petula Clark / Goro Sakurai and the Blue Jeans (8/1/1966)
The Vogues / Bobby Moore and Friend (8/2/1966)
Roy Orbison / Shades of Blue / Tina Mason (8/3/1966)
Marvin Gaye / Martha and the Vandellas (8/4/1966)
The Drifters / B.J. Thomas (8/5/1966)
Lesley Gore / Barry Mann (8/8/1966)
The Temptations / The Robbs / Nana Konomi (8/9/1966)
The Four Tops / The Young Rascals (8/10/1966)
James Brown / The Knickerbockers (8/11/1966)
The Four Seasons / Bobby Vee (8/12/1966)
D.J. and the Runaways / The Happenings (8/15/1966)
The Four Mates / Billy Joe Royal (8/17/1966)
The Critters / The Knickerbockers (8/18/1966)
The Five Americans / The Syndicate of Sound (8/19/1966)
Tommy Roe / The Five Stairsteps (8/22/1966)
Chris Montez / The Royalettes (8/23/1966)
Jimmy Hughes / The Sandpipers (8/24/1966)
The Birdwatchers / The Knickerbockers (8/25/1966)
Koji Moriyama / The Standells/ The Young Rascals (8/26/1966)
Bobby Hebb / The Uniques (8/29/1966)
Johnny Rivers / The Shades of Blue (8/30/1966)
Michiru Maki / The Robbs / The Temptations (8/31/1966)
The Knickerbockers / Sandy Posey (9/1/1966)
Paul Revere and the Raiders (9/2/1966)
The Righteous Brothers / Steve Alaimo (9/5/1966 ( Major Lance / The Razor’s Edge / The Robbs (9/6/1966)
Tina Mason / Paul Revere & the Raiders / The Robbs / (9/7/1966)
Brian Hyland / The Knickerbockers (9/8/1966)
The Four Seasons / Jackie Paine (9/9/1966)
Petula Clark / The Thomas Group (9/12/1966)
Beatles (filmed interview) / Marvin Gaye / Chad & Jeremy / The Robbs (9/13/1966)
Lou Christie / The Knickerbockers (9/14/1966)
Martha and the Vandellas / Bobby Vee (9/15/1966)
The Birdwatchers / Johnny Rivers (9/16/1966)
James Brown (9/19/1966)
Tommy Boyce / The Four Tops (9/20/1966)
The Four Seasons / Joe Simon / The Robbs (9/21/1966)
Marvin Gaye / The Roemans (9/22/1966)
Terry Knight and the Pack / The Righteous Brothers (9/23/1966)
The 13th Floor Elevators / Lee Dorsey (9/26/1966)
Tommy Roe / ? (Question Mark) and the Mysterians (9/27/1966)
Tommy James and the Shondells / Ian Whitcomb (9/28/1966)
Bob Lind / Syndicate of Sound (9/29/1966)
Keith Allison (9/30/1966)
The Lovin’ Spoonful / The Association (10/3/1966)
Jackie DeShannon / The Count Five (10/4/1966)
The Standells / Billy Stewart (10/5/1966)
Neil Diamond / The Four Tops / The Hard Times (10/6/1966)
Ray Stevens / Carla Thomas (10/7/1966)
Tommy Roe / Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs (10/10/1966)
Tina Mason / ? (Question Mark) and the Mysterians (10/11/1966)
The Hard Times / Steve Alaimo / Keith Allison (10/12/1966)
The Left Banke / Bob Lind / The Standells (10/13/1966)
James Brown (10/14/1966)
The Count Five / Neil Diamond (10/17/1966)
The Association / The Music Machine (10/18/1966)
Len Barry / Left Banke / Tommy Roe (10/19/1966)
Paul Revere and the Raiders (10/20/1966)
Stevie Wonder / Roy Head (10/21/1966)
Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs / Marvin Smith (10/24/1966)
Otis Redding / The Hard Times (10/25/1966)
Jackie DeShannon / Gloria Jones / Jay & the Americans (10/26/1966)
Martha and the Vandellas / Tommy Roe (10/27/1966)
Petula Clark / Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 (10/28/1966)
Mel Carter / The Sandpipers (10/31/1966)
Eddie Floyd / Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 / Billy Stewart (11/1/1966)
Otis Redding / Tommy Roe (11/2/1966)
James and Bobby Purify / Stevie Wonder (11/3/1966)
James Brown / Herman’s Hermits (11/4/1966)
James Brown / Steve Alaimo (11/7/1966)
Marty Allen & Steve Rossi / Jay & the Americans (11/8/1966)
The Music Machine / Joe Tex (11/9/1966)
Paul Revere and the Raiders (11/10/1966)
Tommy Roe / James and Bobby Purify (11/11/1966)
Dino, Desi and Billy (11/14/1966)
Brian Hyland / Martha and the Vandellas (11/15/1966)
Bobby Hebb / Tommy Roe (11/16/1966)
Barry McGuire / Peter and Gordon (11/17/1966)
James Brown / Don and the Goodtimes (11/18/1966)
The Everly Brothers / Brian Hyland (11/21/1966)
Dino, Desi and Billy / Al Martino (11/22/1966)
The Arbors / Bobby Hebb (11/23/1966)
Gloria Jones / The Hard Times / Steve Alaimo (11/25/1966)
Chris Montez / The Sandpipers (11/28/1966)
The Everly Brothers / Stevie Wonder (11/29/1966)
J.J. Jackson / Johnny Tillotson (11/30/1966)
Lee Mallory / The Hard Times (12/1/1966)
December’s Children / Peter & Gordon / Tommy Roe (12/2/1966)
Jackie DeShannon / Jay and the Americans (12/5/1966)
Freddy Cannon / Dino, Desi and Billy (12/6/1966)
Tommy Roe / Tina Mason / The Hard Times (12/7/1966)
Paul Revere and the Raiders (12/8/1966)
The Turtles / Bobby Rydell (12/9/1966)
Peter and Gordon / Keith Allison (12/12/1966)
The In Crowd / Drake Levin (12/13/1966)
Gary and the Hornets / Roy Head / Hard Times (12/14/1966)
The Music Machine / Terry Knight and the Pack (12/15/1966)
The Arbors / Tommy Roe (12/16/1966)
Roger Williams / Tommy Roe (12/19/1966)
Noel Harrison / Steve Alaimo (12/20/1966)
The Turtles / The Hard Times (12/21/1966)
Chris Montez / Keith Allison (12/22/1966)
1966 Christmas Show (12/23/1966)
Mel Carter / The Music Machine (12/27/1966)
The Blues Magoos / Keith (12/28/1966)
Gary and the Hornets / Tina Mason (12/29/1966)
The Righteous Brothers (12/30/1966)
Lesley Evans / Ian Whitcomb (1/2/1967)
Alvin Cash / Roger Williams (1/3/1967)
The Music Machine / Sandy Posey (1/4/1967)
Chris Montez / The Outsiders (1/5/1967)
James Brown / The Four Tops / Wilson Pickett (1/6/1967)
The Buffalo Springfield (1/9/1967)
Neil Diamond (1/10/1967)
The Electric Prunes / Keith (1/11/1967)
The Seeds / Mike Williams (1/12/1967)
Otis Redding / Dino, Desi and Billy (1/13/1967)
Don & the Goodtimes / Jay & the Americans (1/16/1967)
Drake Levin / Roger Williams (1/17/1967)
Mrs. Miller / Wilson Pickett (1/18/1967)
Alvin Cash / Steve Alaimo (1/19/1967)
The Electric Prunes / Joe Tex (1/20/1967)
The Music Machine / Otis Redding (1/23/1967)
J.J. Jackson / The Outsiders (1/24/1967)
Don and the Goodtimes / Sandy Posey (1/25/1967)
The Blues Magoos / Keith / The Seeds (1/26/1967)
Neil Diamond / Sopwith Camel (1/27/1967)
Noel Harrison / ? (Question Mark) and the Mysterians (1/30/1967)
Wilson Pickett / The Young Rascals (1/31/1967)
The Miracles / Surprise Package (2/1/1967)
Bobby Hebb / The Mojo Men (2/2/1967)
Dino, Desi and Billy (2/3/1967)
The 5th Dimension / Johnny Rivers (2/6/1967)
Neil Diamond / Tommy Roe / The Standells (2/7/1967)
The Blues Magoos / Jimmy Castor (2/8/1967)
The Sopwith Camel / Rudy Vallee (2/9/1967)
Felice Taylor (2/10/1967)
Bobby Hebb / Tina Mason (2/13/1967)
The Mojo Men / Paul Revere and the Raiders (2/14/1967)
Tommy Roe (2/15/1967)
The Seeds / Jimmy Holiday (2/16/1967)
The Palace Guard / P.J. Proby (2/17/1967)
The Standells / Keith Allison (2/20/1967)
Jimmy Castor / ? (Question Mark) and the Mysterians (2/21/1967)
Buffalo Springfield / Felice Taylor (2/22/1967)
Dick and DeeDee / The 5th Dimension (2/23/1967)
Paul Revere and the Raiders (2/24/1967)
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (2/27/1967)
The Dilliards / Keith Allison (2/28/1967)
The E-Types / Johnny Rivers (3/1/1967)
Tommy Roe / The Young Holt Trio (3/2/1967)
Mrs. Miller / The Young Rascals (3/3/1967)
Alvin Cash / Neil Diamond (3/6/1967)
Don and the Goodtimes / P.J. Proby / Tommy Roe (3/7/1967)
Buffalo Springfield / Bobby Rydell (3/8/1967)
Paul Revere and the Raiders (3/9/1967)
The Hardly Worthit Players (3/10/1967)
Otis Redding / Don and the Goodtimes (3/13/1967)
The Beatles (on film) (3/14/1967)
Tommy Roe / The Sopwith Camel (3/15/1967)
The Rites of Spring / Keith Allison (3/16/1967)
The Little Boy Blues / Steve Alaimo (3/17/1967)
Chris Montez (3/20/1967)
Laura Nyro / Keith Allison (3/21/1967)
Steve Alaimo (3/22/1967)
The Cyrkle / Billy Stewart (3/23/1967)
Neil Diamond (3/24/1967)
Steve Alaimo/ Keith Allison/ The Hard Times (3/27/1967)
Don & The Goodtimes/Tommy Roe (3/28/1967)
The Turtles (3/29/1967)
Tommy Roe / Tina Mason / Paul Revere & The Raiders (3/30/1967)
The Last Where the Action Is Show (3/31/1967)
So show me a program today that provides music acts like this??