SHINDIG! #2 (1964) - [1of3]

SHINDIG! #2, aired: September 23, 1964 -- Part 1of3

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Opening medley (song excerpts):
1. Alan Sues - "Ain't She Sweet?"
2. Jerry Cole - "Ain't She Sweet?"
3. The Cables and the Blossoms - "Cannon Ball"
4. The Righteous Brothers (with Jody Miller and Pamela Bennett) - "California Here I Come"

-- Jody Miller - "Yes, My Darling Daughter" (1940's song)

-- The Righteous Brothers - "Koko Joe"

-- Pamela Bennett - "And I Love Him" (folk singer performing a Beatles' song)

-- Alan Sues comedy bit - Sues sings "Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey"

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Shindig! was a rock 'n' roll series that ran from September 16, 1964 through January 8, 1966 on the ABC network.

Shindig! was created and produced by Jack Good who had previously produced rock 'n' roll TV shows in his native Britain. There, he perfected his style of fast-paced rock music programing. In 1962, Good produced a pilot for American TV. The pilot, titled "Young America Swings the World," eventually became the blueprint for Shindig!

Most of the top American and British rock/pop acts of the mid-1960s appeared on Shindig!. The British performers often appeared in segments taped in the U.K.

Shindig! was different from previous U.S. rock 'n' roll programs. It featured non-stop music that, in most cases, was only interrupted by the commercial breaks.
Shindig! started a trend in television which could probably best be described as "rock 'n' roll...with go-go dancers."

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[MrDuMeMi]

Wow, Pamela Bennett; what a great voice!

[TonyLyndellWilliams]

Jimmy O'Neill, a long-time LA dj, was the host of "Shindig".

[scentart]

I honed my bullshit meter on this stuff. Loved Shindig when the Stones would be on.

[Feneter]

Was Jerry Cole a midget?

[mnpd007]

Last thing... the teeth. Dentistry in those days focused entirely on preventative dentistry; keeping the teeth you had. Crooked teeth were normal; even expected. Your teeth were different that everyone elses and it was part of your personality. The mandate that everyone had to have identically matching 32-teeth hadn't been issued yet. Very few dentists even had training in "fixing smiles."

[mnpd007]

One thing in salvation for the singers... everything was recorded on monotape. Even professional recording studios only had 4-tracks; if they were the best. AM audio thru and thru. And, the tapes have aged, stretched, shrunk and faded over the years. Listen to steady notes and you can hear a "warble" that is not the singer, but the tape speed varying.

[mnpd007]

Yep, it's bad. And yes, it was entertainment in those days; as good as it got. At lot of homes still didn't even have TV (black and white at that) and most that did only had a set for the last few years. A B&W TV was a large piece of furniture that cost a month's pay. If you had one, the entire neighborhood would come over to watch specials. Gunsmoke and Dragnet had just finished being radio programs. And yes, the "mophead" look was definitely a fad which no one took seriously... yet.

[Khultan]

Gaaaahhh!!! Why the operatic Beatles take?!? Gaaaahhhhhh!!!

[Khultan]

IMO, it simply just doesn't work blending Vegas (old style) with the 60s style of rock n roll.

[Khultan]

@TigerRocket  Southern California in the mid 60s: BEST.