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

SHINDIG! #1, aired: September 16, 1964 -- Part 1of3

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Opening medley (song excerpts):
1. "(Up Above My Head) There's Music In The Air" (performed by Jackie and Gayle)
2. "Yes, Indeed" (performed by the Wellingtons and the Blossoms)
3. "Gonna Build A Mountain" (performed by Jackie & Gayle)
4. "(Up Above My Head) There's Music In The Air" reprise (performed by Jackie and Gayle, the Righteous Brothers and the Everly Brothers)

-- Shindig dancers (singing to picture of Bobby Sherman) - "If I Had A Talking Picture Of You" (1920's song)

-- Bobby Sherman - "Back Home Again In Indiana"

-- The Wellingtons - "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena"

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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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[Johnk662561]

Bless you!! :) Thanks for putting these back up for us to see! :)

[nyrainbow5]

This time will keep Shindig shows on a separate channel, just in case... :)

[vinnyguitarandbass]

i like shindig! but i have to say the 1st episode well..

[cozener1]

@TheBabyboomkidof53 Yeah there was an endless ist of safe white performers both male and female. Britain pre beat groups was very much the same with Tin Pan Alley controlling music publishing and the BBC rationing teen music on the airwaves. It was only pirate radio stations on the British coastal waters that finally broke the mould and allowed so many groups to be heard.

It was also the British interest in the Blues that sparked all those great groups like the Stones, Yardbirds, Animals etc

[TheBabyboomkidof53]

@cozener1 yeah,strange as it may seem only elvis had more number ones then pat till the beatles came along. but I think it speaks of how great rock'n roll was. even pat would work as long as rock'n roll was being played. plus you have to remember rock was young. no one knew just for sure what it should sound like or how it should be presented.record companies wanted to tame it so they could gain control of it and milk it. thats why they made the teen Idol.all safe and clean,like bobby sherman.

[cozener1]

@TheBabyboomkidof53 Retuning to the likes of Pat Boone! Have you ever seen/heard his rendition of Tutti Frutti?? Hilarious!!

[TheBabyboomkidof53]

@cozener1 actually the british invasion was in full swing already when this aired in fall 1964. the beatles were already the biggest thing to ever hit show biz. america had nothing to respond to it with until the next year when the byrds and beach boys became competitive with the british groups stranglehold on the charts. you have to remember also that no one knew just yet how big the beatles would still become.everyone thought the bubble would burst soon and things would return to how they were

[cozener1]

Did America ever need the British Invasion at this time! This was just cabaret for teenagers. No acts here to get Moms and Dads irate! So clean and sanitized it gleams!

[sfjohn5]

lol tiger paws sweet =)

[dlsofsetx]

This was a favorite of mine in the mid 60's along with NBC's Hullabaloo.

[Johnk662561]

I know The Welligtons did the theme songs for "Gilligans Island" and (I THINK) "The Addams Family". What else did they do? Other than Shinding, I mean.

[justmusicandme]

Cute Everlys and Tiger Paws commercial! Thanks for posting.