Summertime '57/'58
{{Short description|Canadian music variety television series}}
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Norm Sedawie (1958)
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Summertime '57 and Summertime '58 is a Canadian music variety television series which aired on CBC Television in 1957 and 1958.
Premise
Bill Walker hosted Summertime '57 with the Jack Kane Orchestra. Summertime '58 featured a more diverse variety of musical guests. The series was a mid-year replacement for Jackie Rae's regular season variety show.{{cite web | url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=749 | first=John | last=Corcelli | date=February 2005 | title=Summertime '57 | publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation | accessdate=7 May 2010 }}
Scheduling
The Summertime series were broadcast in 30-minute timeslots.
=''Summertime '57''=
Summertime '57 was broadcast on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 27 June to 12 September 1957 as follows:{{cite news | title=TV Guide | newspaper=Ottawa Citizen| date=21 June – 20 September 1957 }}
- 27 June 1957: Peter Appleyard, Tommy Hunter, Selma Leeds, The Travellers
- 4 July 1957: Bill Brady Quartet, Don Garrard, Evelyn Gould, Teddi King
- 11 July 1957: Norm Amadio, Joan Fairfax, Anne Marie Moss, Brian Terry
- 18 July 1957: Anne Gable, Larry O'Connor
- 25 July 1957: Peter Appleyard, Tommy Hunter, Selma Leeds, The Travellers
- 1 August 1957: Don Elliott, Joe Niosi (of The Happy Gang), Jimmy Shields, Gino Silvi vocal group, Rosalind Snow{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QBJtjoHflPwC&dat=19570725&printsec=frontpage | title=TV Guide | newspaper=Ottawa Citizen| date=26 July 1957 | page=TV 12 | accessdate=4 May 2012 }}
- 8 August 1957: Betty Jean Ferguson, Bernard Johnson, Ellis McClintock, The Playboys{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ktYxAAAAIBAJ&pg=3357%2C321727 | title=TV Guide | newspaper=Ottawa Citizen| date=2 August 1957 | page=TV 12 | accessdate=4 May 2012 }}
- 15 August 1957: William Charles, Helen Fielding, Wally Koster, Gerry Mulligan Quartet{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ltYxAAAAIBAJ&dq=summertime-57&pg=3244%2C1627835 | title=TV Guide | newspaper=Ottawa Citizen| date=9 August 1957 | page=TV12 | accessdate=4 May 2012}}
- 22 August 1957: Teddy Wilson
- 29 August 1957: Betty Jean Ferguson, Don Garrard, Matt Matthews, The Playboys, Joe Puma
- 5 September 1957: Martha Lou Harp
- 12 September 1957: Tony Alamo, Betty Jean Ferguson, Bernard Johnson, Gino Silvi Quintet, Brian Terry
(Jack Kane band were regularly featured on episodes through this season)
=''Summertime '58''=
Summertime '58 was broadcast Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. from 10 July to 23 September 1958 as follows:{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t0swAAAAIBAJ&pg=6916%2C3837514 | title=Dial Turns | first=Bernard | last=Dube | newspaper=Montreal Gazette | page=18 | date=24 July 1958 | accessdate=3 May 2012 }}
- 10 July 1958: Joe Bushkin, Bobby Gimby, Moe Koffman, Anne Marie Moss{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rEswAAAAIBAJ&pg=3110%2C1555982 | title=Today's TV Previews | newspaper=Montreal Gazette | page=21 | date=10 July 1958 | accessdate=3 May 2012 }}
- 17 July 1958: Bill Butler Trio, Helen Fielding
- 24 July 1958: Trump Davidson, Maynard Ferguson, Jack Groob, The Triads
- 31 July 1958: Duke Ellington Quintet, Bobby Gimby, Bert Ninsi Trio, Jean Ramsey
- 7 August 1958: Murray Ginsberg (Dixieland Band), Ann Marie Moss, George Shearing Quintet, Wally Traugott Quartet
- 14 August 1958: Carmen McRae Trio
- 21 August 1958: Bill Butler, Helen Fielding, Jonah Jones Quartet, Jerry Toth
- 28 August 1958: Bobby Gimby, Eddie Heywood, Cliff McKay (jazz), Ann Marie Moss
- 4 September 1958: Ross Culley Group, Margo Lefevre, Modern Jazz Quartet, Billy O'Connor and his Leprecauhns
- 11 September 1958: Tony Bradan Quintet, Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, Ann Marie Moss, Denny Vaughan
- 18 September 1958: Bill Butler, Helen Fielding, The Four Freshmen, Jerry Toth Quintet
- 23 September 1958: Bobby Gimby, Gene Krupa Trio, Ann Marie Moss (season finale)
References
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External links
- {{cite web | url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Sta.html | first=Blaine | last=Allan | title=Summertime '57 | publisher=Queen's University | year=1996 | accessdate=7 May 2010 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311070603/http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Sta.html | archivedate=11 March 2014 }}
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Category:CBC Television original programming
Category:1957 Canadian television series debuts
Category:1958 Canadian television series endings
Category:1950s Canadian variety television series