Thursday, December 8, 2011

Shindig!

Shindig!
-American music variety show
-Ran from Sept. 16, 1964-Jan. 8, 1966
-Hosted by Jimmy O'Neill, a DJ in LA at the time.

Overview
-Premier episode featured Sam Cooke and the Righteous Brothers.
-Later shows were taped in Britain, to basically give everyone in America a view into what the music scene in England was like at the time. Those episodes featured up and coming British bands of the time, such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and singers like Cilla Black.

Musical guests
-Cilla Black
-The Rolling Stones
-Elvis Presley
-Petula Clark
-Glen Campbell
-The Moody Blues
-The Mamas and the Papas
-Marianne Faithfull
-Aretha Franklin
-Dizzy Gillespie
-Rod Stewart(who was part of Brian Auger and the Trinity)
-Ike and Tina Turner
-The Isley Brothers
-The Yardbirds
-Howlin' Wolf
-The Kingsmen
-Hank Williams Jr.

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