Shindig! (1964)
Shindig!
1964Shindig! 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 of artists was shot starring Sam Cooke. That pilot aired as the premiere episode.
Seasons & Episode
--Opening song: ""Let the Good Times Roll"" (performed by Ray Peterson, Kelly Garrett, the Lovin' Spoonful, Glen Campbell and the Shindogs) Other songs/guests (not in broadcast order): --Jimmy Witherspoon - ""Love Me Right"" --Glen Campbell - ""Kansas City Star"" --The Lovin' Spoonful - ""Do You Believe In Magic?"" and ""Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?"" --Ray Peterson - ""Yesterday"" --Kelly Garrett - ""Tossing and Turning"" --The Shindogs - ""Good Golly Miss Molly"" --Peter and Gordon - ""Don't Pity Me"" --Vashti Bunyan - ""Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind"" --Glen Campbell and Ray Peterson - ""Slow Down"" --Finale: The Lovin' Spoonful, Glen Campbell, Kelly Garrett, the Wellingtons, Jimmy Witherspoon and Ray Peterson - ""When the Saints Go Marching In"" (with closing credits)
Opening medley: (1) The Shindig Band, the Blossoms, the Kingsmen, Eddie Rambeau and Joe Tex – ""Treat Her Right"" (2) The Kingsmen – ""Too Much Monkey Business"" Other songs/guests (not in broadcast order): --Eddie Rambeau – ""Concrete and Clay"" and ""The Train"" --Joe Tex – ""I Want To"" and ""I Got A Woman"" --Brenda Holloway – ""Shake"" and ""You Can Cry on My Shoulder"" --The Kingsmen – ""Money,"" ""Louie Louie"" and a medley (""Jolly Green Giant,"" ""Annie Fannie"" & ""Little Latin Lupe Lu"") --Dave Clark Five – ""Having A Wild Weekend"" --Finale: The Kingsmen, Joe Tex, Brenda Holloway, Eddie Rambeau - ""Do You Love Me"" (with closing credits)
Opening medley: 1. The Newbeats - ""Everything's All Right"" 2. Dinah Lee - ""What Kind of Love Is This"" 3. The Toys, Jerry Naylor - ""Why Do Fools Fall in Love?"" 4. The Shindogs – ""Reelin' & Rockin'"" (end of medley) --Dinah Lee - ""I'm Walkin'"" --Glen Campbell - ""Working for the Man"" --The Toys - ""A Lover's Concerto"" --The Blossoms and the Wellingtons - ""Run Baby Run"" excerpt --The Newbeats - ""Run Baby Run"" --Manfred Mann - ""One in the Middle"" --Jerry Naylor - ""Everybody Loves A Clown"" --The Shindogs - ""Someday Someday"" (with Jimmy Durante cameo) --Jack E. Leonard - ""I'm Sitting On Top of the World"" --Glen Campbell, Dinah Lee, Jerry Naylor - ""Road Runner"" --The Newbeats - ""Bread and Butter"" --The Shindogs, Glen Campbell – ""Do You Wanna Dance?"" (finale, with closing credits)
Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Billy Joe Royal - ""Down in the Boondocks"" 2. Fontella Bass - ""Jim Dandy"" 3. The Strangeloves - ""Roll On Mississippi"" 4. Jackie Wilson - ""The Way I Am"" (end of medley) Other guests/songs (not in broadcast order): --Fontella Bass – ""Rescue Me"" and ""Everyday I Have to Cry"" --The Strangeloves – ""Cara Lin"" and ""I Want Candy"" --The Rolling Stones - ""Good Times"" and ""Have Mercy"" --Jackie Wilson – ""I Believe I'll Love On"" and ""Baby Workout"" --Billy Joe Royal - ""I've Got to Be Somebody"" and ""I Knew You When"" --Tony and the Bandits – ""It's a Bit of All Right""
--Louis Armstrong and band - ""Sleepy Time Down South"" --Louis Armstrong - ""Struttin' With (Some) Barbeque"" (including Band's Intro) --Louis Armstrong and band - ""I've Got A Lot Of Living To Do"" --Taree Glenn and band - ""Avalon"" (Louis Intro) --Jewel Brown and band - ""My Man"" --Louis Armstrong and band - ""Mack The Knife"" --Louis Armstrong and band - ""Ole Miss"" --Louis Armstrong and the All-Stars - ""I've Got a Lot of Living to Do""
Guests: --Rick Nelson - ""Live and Learn"" and ""I Catch Myself Crying"" --Barbara Lewis - ""Make Me Your Baby"" and ""Baby I'm Yours"" --The Turtles - ""Your Ma Said You Cried"" and ""Let Me Be"" --Davy Jones - ""What Are We Going to Do?"" --The Righteous Brothers - ""Justine,"" ""Guess Who"" and ""Fannie Mae"" --Roy Head - ""Treat Her Right"" and ""Apple Of My Eye"" --The Gentrys - ""Keep On Dancing"" --Donna Loren - ""Where Have All the Flowers Gone?""
Dr. Goldfoot is planning to kidnap a teenager named Malcolm Andrews. The evil doctor wants the classified government information that has been stored in Malcom's brain. Hugo (Harvey Lembeck) and Diane (Susan Hart) help Goldfoot abduct the teen. Diane distracts 00½, the agent who is supposed to be guarding Malcom. Goldfoot and Hugo take Malcom to the doctor's castle.
Guests (songs are not in broadcast order & some songs may be abridged): --Don Ho and Allis - ""I'll Remember You"" --Len Barry - ""1-2-3"" --Tommy Sands - ""The Statue"" & ""Just a Little Bit Better"" --Ian Whitcomb - ""You Turn Me On"" & ""That's Rock ‘n' Roll"" --Billy Preston - ""Ain't That Peculiar?"" --Bobby Sherman - ""Honolulu Lulu"" --Bobby Sherman and Donna Loren - ""Roses and Rainbows"" --Donna Loren - ""Take Me in Your Arms"" and ""My Heart Sings"" --The Shindogs - ""I Live for the Sun""
Filmed at the Richmond-On-Thames Jazz Festival (August 6 – 8, 1965): --The Animals - ""Rosie"" and ""We Gotta Get Outta This Place"" --The Moody Blues - ""I'll Go Crazy"" --Brian Auger Trinity (with Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart and Julie Driscoll) - ""Do Lord Remember Me"" --Gary Farr and the T-Bones - ""Wooly Bully"" --Georgie Fame - ""Monkeying Around"" Finale: Eric Burdon, Steve Winwood, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll, and Rod Stewart - ""I Feel Alright"" (with closing credits)
Filmed at the Richmond-On-Thames Jazz Festival (August 6 – 8, 1965): --The Who - ""Anyhow, Anyway, Anywhere"" and ""Shout & Shimmy"" --The Yardbirds - ""For Your Love"" and ""Hang On Sloopy"" --Manfred Mann - ""If You Gotta Go, Go Now"" --The Graham Bond Organization - ""Hoochy Koochy Man""
--Opening song: The Yardbirds - ""Heart Full of Soul"" (longer version, with dancers) Commercial break --Jimmy O'Neill intro --Jackie Lee (with the Blossoms) - ""The Duck"" --Vashti Bunyan - ""I Want to Be Alone"" --The Pretty Things - ""Big City"" Commercial: Sylvania blue dot flash cubes --Elkie Brooks - ""Strange Though It Seems"" --Unit 4+2 - ""Concrete and Clay"" --Lulu and the Luvvers - ""I'll Come Running"" Commercial: Listerine mouth wash (use to guard against colds) --Georgie Fame - ""Monkeying Around"" --Gloria Jones - ""Heartbeat"" (with Billy Preston playing organ) Jimmy O'Neill closing comments --The Yardbirds - ""I'm A Man"" (closing credits)
From various sources: --George Chakiris (guest host) - sings ""Witchcraft"" --Orson Welles - ""Making Up the Rules As You Go"" (another source lists the song as ""So Many Things to Remember"") --Dizzy Gillespie - ""Bavarian Beer Guru"" --Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Pamela Franklin do a scene from ""Romeo and Juliet."" --Rita Pavone - ""Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"" --Liana Orfei (probably a cameo appearance) --Can Can Dancers at Moylin Rouge
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 of artists was shot starring Sam Cooke. That pilot aired as the premiere episode.