Shindig!
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.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Sam Cooke / Everly Brothers / Righteous Brothers
16-09-196430m - Ep 2
2.Johnny Rivers / Jody Miller / Righteous Brothers
23-09-196430mOpening 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 Blos...
- Ep 3
3.Johnny Rivers / Jody Miller / Righteous Brothers
23-09-196430mOpening 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...
- Ep 4
4.Gale Garnett; The Newbeats; Round Robin; The Walker Brothers
30-09-196430mOpening song: ""He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"" (performed by Jackie and Gayle, Newbeats, and the Walker Brothers). --The Walker Brothers – ""Slow Down"" --The Blos...
- Ep 5
5.From London: The Beatles; Sandie Shaw; P.J. Proby
07-10-196430mShow taped in London: --The Beatles – ""Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey"" (opening song) commercial: American Dairy Association Milk Council --Karl Denver Trio – ""Wimoweh""...
- Ep 6
6.Roy Orbison / Manfred Mann / The Hondells
14-10-196430m--Adam Faith – ""It's Alright"" (opening song) commercial: Stri-Dex ad with Jimmy O'Neill and Tim Matheson. --Manfred Mann – ""Do Wah Diddy"" --Bobby Sherman – ""Just f...
- Ep 7
7.Jackie Wilson / Jay and the Americans / The Honeycombs
21-10-196430m--Donna Loren – ""Down the Line"" (opening song) --Willy Nelson – ""Jump Back"" (not Willie Nelson, the country singer) --Jackie Wilson – ""She's Alright"" --Bobby Sh...
- Ep 8
8.Billy J Kramer & the Dakotas; Dick & Dee Dee
28-10-196430m--Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas – ""Da Doo Ron Ron"" (opening song) --Leon Russell – ""Hi Heeled Sneakers"" (sings & plays piano) --Dick and Dee Dee – ""Freight Train""...
- Ep 9
9.The Miracles; Gerry & the Pacemakers; Gene Pitney; Ketty Lester
04-11-196430m--Gerry and the Pacemakers – ""How Do You Do It?"" (opening song) --The Righteous Brothers – ""In That Great Getting' Up Mornin'"" --Glen Campbell – ""Summer, Winter, Spr...
- Ep 10
10.Billy J. Kramer / Hank Williams, Jr. / Jody Miller / Orriel Smith
11-11-196430m--Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas – ""I Call Your Name"" (opening song, followed by Shindig logo) --Bobby Sherman – ""I'm Into Something Good"" --The Apollas – ""Swing D...
- Ep 11
11.The Supremes; Paul Petersen; Righteous Brothers
18-11-196430m--Leon Russell (singing and playing piano) - ""Roll Over Beethoven"" (opening song) Commercial: Stri-Dex acne medication --Jackie and Gayle - ""You Should Have Seen the Way He...
- Ep 12
12.Special episode: Everly Brothers; Manfred Mann
18-11-196430mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Carolyn Daye – ""Jump Back"" 2. Bobby Sherman – ""I'm Crying"" 3. Everly Brothers – ""Gone Gone Gone"" (end of medley) Commercial...
- Ep 13
13.Tina Turner / Neil Sedaka / Chad & Jeremy / Righteous Bros.
25-11-196430mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Righteous Brothers - ""She's Not There"" 2. Donna Loren - ""Ain't That Lovin' You Baby"" 3. Chad and Jeremy - ""Yesterday's Gone"" 4. Matt Mo...
- Ep 14
14.Bobby Vinton / Freddy Canon / Aretha Franklin
02-12-196430mShow begins with audience members yelling ""Shindig! Shindig! Shindig! Rah! Rah! Shindig!"" --Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Bobby Sherman – ""Hot Dog"" 2. Donna Loren â...
- Ep 15
15.Manfred Mann / Chubby Checker / Dixie Cups
09-12-196430m--Tommy Quickly – ""The Dog"" (opening song) Shindig! logo (logo shaped like a dog, exclamation point as wagging tail) --Manfred Mann – ""Do Wah Diddy Diddy"" --Kelly Gar...
- Ep 16
16.Dave Clark 5 / Isley Brothers / Newbeats / Adam Faith
16-12-196430m--Opening medley: Dave Clark Five - ""Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"" (abridged) and ""Can't You See That She's Mine?"" (end of medley) Commercial: Orange juice --Mickey Rooney Jr. - ""I F...
- Ep 17
17.Christmas '64: Beach Boys; Marvin Gaye; Righteous Bros.
23-12-196430m--The Beach Boys – ""Dance, Dance, Dance"" (opening song) Jimmy O'Neill intro (begins with O'Neill kissing Carole Shelyne) --Bobby Sherman and Donna Loren – ""Keep on Searc...
- Ep 18
18.Mary Wells / Jerry Lee Lewis / Bobby Rydell / Vic Dana
30-12-196430mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Donna Loren, the Wellingtons – ""At the Hop"" 2. Willy Nelson/Blossoms – ""Rip It Up"" 3. Jerry Lee Lewis – ""Jenny Jenny"" (end of medl...
- Ep 19
19.Sal Mineo / Righteous Brothers / Sandie Shaw
06-01-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Jackie & Gayle, Righteous Brothers - ""Let the Good Times Roll"" 2. Donna Loren, Blossoms - ""Too Many Fish in the Sea"" 3. Bobby Sherman - ""...
- Ep 20
20.Johnny Cash / Herman's Hermits / Paul Petersen
13-01-196530m--Dick and Dee Dee – ""Thou Shalt Not Steal"" (opening song) --Herman's Hermits – ""I'm Into Something Good"" (clip probably taped in England) --Paul Peterson – ""Littl...
- Ep 21
21.First 60-minute show: Rolling Stones; Petula Clark; Kinks
20-01-196530mOpening medley: 1. Bobby Sherman - ""I Can't Stop"" 2. Jackie and Gayle - ""Give Him A Great Big Kiss"" 3. The Walker Brothers - ""I'm A Loser"" 4. Donna Loren - ""Rock...
- Ep 22
22.Little Anthony / Duane Eddy / Zombies / Aretha Franklin
27-01-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Glen Campbell – ""Dixieland Rock"" 2. Little Anthony and the Imperials – ""Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"" 3. Bobby Sherman – ""New Orl...
- Ep 23
23.Kingsmen / Hondells / Peter & Gordon / Clara Ward Singers
03-02-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Donna Loren - ""Keep A Knockin'"" 2. Hondells - ""Little Honda"" 3. Blossoms - ""(I Do the) Shimmy Shimmy"" 4. Glen Campbell - ""Shake, Rattl...
- Ep 24
24.Del Shannon / Coasters / Ventures / Marianne Faithfull
10-02-196530m--Opening song: ""It's Alright"" (performed by Willy Nelson, Pat and Lolly Vegas, Coasters, Ventures, Bobby Sherman & Donna Loren, Temptations, Eligibles, and Bobby Hatfield). Ot...
- Ep 25
25.Jerry Lee Lewis / Linda Gail / Herman's Hermits / Moody Blues
17-02-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Steve Alaimo - ""Jail House Rock"" 2. Dee Dee Sharp - ""Ride"" 3. Sonny and Cher - ""Can't Buy Me Love"" 4. The Blossoms - ""Name Game"" 5....
- Ep 26
26.Supremes / Barbarians / Neil Sedaka / Stan Getz / Ruth Price
24-02-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Glen Campbell – ""Um Um Um Um"" 2. Donna Loren – ""Blue Suede Shoes"" 3. The Gauchos – ""Down the Road Apiece"" 4. Bobby Sherman â...
- Ep 27
27.Rolling Stones / Joe Tex / Little Eva / Jay & the Americans
03-03-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Bobby Sherman – ""All Day and All of the Night"" (The Shindogs perform an excerpt from ""Eight Days a Week"" between each song.) 2. Suzy K...
- Ep 28
28.Dobie Gray / Drifters / Beau Brummels / Tony Bennett
10-03-196530mOpening song: ""Rock ‘n' Roll Music"" (performed by the Beau Brummels, Donna Loren, Bobby Sherman, Mickey Rooney, Jr. and Dobie Gray). Other songs (not in broadcast order):...
- Ep 29
29.Shirley Ellis / Jackie Wilson / Bobby Goldsboro / Standells
24-03-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Dick and Dee Dee – ""Do You Wanna Dance?"" 2. Shirley Ellis – ""Name Game"" 3. Bobby Sherman - ""King Creole"" (end of medley) --The...
- Ep 30
30.Chuck Berry / Rosie Grier / The Spats / Adam Faith
31-03-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. The Wellingtons - ""It's A Big Wonderful World"" (Jimmy O'Neill quickly stops the song) 2. Adam Faith & the Wellingtons – ""Roll Over Be...
- Ep 31
31.Tina Turner; Marvin Gaye; Lesley Gore; Righteous Bros.
07-04-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Glen Campbell – ""Hot Dog"" 2. Wellingtons, Blossoms, John Andrea – ""Rock Island Line"" 3. Tina Turner, Marvin Gaye, Righteous Brothers â...
- Ep 32
32.Jerry Lee Lewis / Neil Sedaka / Millie Small / April and Nino
14-04-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Shindogs – ""Shakin' All Over"" 2. Donna Loren – ""Talk About Love"" (with the Wellingtons) 3. The Blossoms – ""Peaches and Cream"" 4....
- Ep 33
33.Beach Boys / Shangri-Las / The Ikettes / Wayne Fontana
21-04-196530mGuests (songs are not in broadcast order): --The Beach Boys - ""Do You Wanna Dance"" (opening song), ""Fun Fun Fun,"" ""Long Tall Texan,"" ""Please Let Me Wonder,"" ""Help Me Rh...
- Ep 34
34.Four Tops / Manfred Mann / Freddie & Dreamers / Sandie Shaw
28-04-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Donna Loren, The Wellingtons, and The Blossoms – ""Tootie Fruity"" 2. Dick and Dee Dee – ""(The Bees Are for the Birds) the Birds Are for t...
- Ep 35
35.Tribute to Elvis
05-05-196530mGuests: --Chambers Brothers - ""Jailhouse Rock"" --Sonny and Cher - ""I Got Stung,"" ""Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear,"" ""All Shook Up"" and ""Treat Me Nice"" --Cher - ""Wooden...
- Ep 36
36.Olympics / Moody Blues / Brenda Holloway / Dino, Desi & Billy
12-05-196530mOpening medley: 1. Russ Titleman, Righteous Brothers – ""Don't Bring Me Down"" 2. Two drummers (Charles Blackwell of the Shindogs and the drummer from Ray Pohlman band) – dru...
- Ep 37
37.Ray Charles / Zombies / Dinah Lee / Righteous Brothers
19-05-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Righteous Brothers – ""This Little Girl of Mine"" 2. Donna Loren and Bobby Sherman – ""Sticks and Stones"" 3. Blossoms – ""Guess Who""...
- Ep 38
38.Rolling Stones / Howlin' Wolf / Sonny & Cher / Jackie DeShannon
26-05-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Bobby Sherman – ""Reelin' and Rockin'"" -Len and Glenn, Brady and Grady – ""Reelin' and Rockin'"" 2. Sonny and Cher – ""Whole Lotta...
- Ep 39
39.Major Lance / Patty Duke / Diane Renay / Righteous Bros.
02-06-196530mOpening medley (at beginning of show, song excerpts): 1. Bobby Sherman & Diane Renay – ""Peggy Sue"" 2. Blossoms, Wellingtons – ""Keep A Knockin'"" 3. Righteous Brothers –...
- Ep 40
40.Everly Bros. / Righteous Bros. / Bettye Lavette / Piccola Pupa
09-06-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Jackie and Gayle - ""Iko Iko"" 2. The Blossoms - ""Don't Hang Up"" 3. Wellingtons, Bobby Sherman - ""The Bristol Stomp"" 4. Billy Preston - "...
- Ep 41
41.Gary Lewis & the Playboys / Gerry & Pacemakers / P.J. Proby
16-06-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Everly Brothers – ""Wake Up Little Suzie"" 2. Dick and Dee Dee – ""Should We Tell Him?"" (Everly Brothers song) 3. Gary Brento Weis – ""...
- Ep 42
42.The Byrds / Kingsmen / Micki Lynn / Jody Miller / Dave Berry
23-06-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Willy Nelson – ""Long Tall Sally"" 2. David Crosby and Roger McGuinn (of the Byrds) – ""Long Tall Sally"" 3. Righteous Brothers – ""St...
- Ep 43
43.Jerry Lee Lewis / Chad and Jeremy / Jackie Wilson
30-06-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Bobby Sherman, Wellingtons – ""At the Hop"" 2. The Blossoms, Donna Loren – ""I Do the Shimmy Shimmy"" 3. Jackie Wilson – ""Shake Shake""...
- Ep 44
44.Aretha Franklin / Marianne Faithfull / The Kinks / Sonny & Cher
07-07-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Bobby Sherman, Donna Loren, Eligibles, Blossoms – ""You Really Got Me"" 2. Rick Lancelot – ""All Day and All of the Night"" 3. Kinks – "...
- Ep 45
45.Beau Brummels / Shelley Fabares / Ian Whitcomb / Sammy Jackson
14-07-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): (1) Bobby Sherman - ""Rave On"" (2) Beau Brummels, Kelly Garrett and Sammy Jackson – ""Do You Wanna Dance?"" (3) The Shindogs - ""Fun, Fu...
- Ep 46
46.Gene Pitney / The Chiffons / Gary Lewis & the Playboys / Sir Douglas Quintet
21-07-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Gene Pitney – ""Carol"" 2. Sir Douglas Quintet – ""Roll Over Beethoven"" 3. Bruce Scott – ""Maybelline"" 4. Sonny and Cher – ""Ride O...
- Ep 47
47.Dave Clark Five / Jay and the Americans / Dave Berry
28-07-196530mGuests (songs are not in broadcast order - some may be abridged): --Dave Clark Five - ""Reelin' & Rockin',"" ""Glad All Over,"" ""Bits and Pieces,"" ""Can't You See That She's Mi...
- Ep 48
48.Dixie Cups / Marianne Faithfull / Great Scots / Nooney Rickett 4
04-08-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Jerry Naylor – ""You Turn Me On"" 2. Billy Preston – ""Seventh Son"" 3. Jackie & Gayle, Bobby Sherman – ""It Happened Just that Way"" 4...
- Ep 49
49.Ronettes / Donovan / Rolling Stones / Bobby Goldsboro
11-08-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Bobby Goldsboro & Donna Loren – ""I Go Ape"" 2. Joey Paige – ""Move It"" 3. Shindogs – ""Rock ‘n' Roll Music"" 4. Glen Campbell – "...
- Ep 50
50.Bo Diddley / Tina Turner / Jackie DeShannon / Eddie Hodges
18-08-196530mOpening medley - Bo Diddley songs (song excerpts): 1. The Shindogs - ""Ride On Josephine"" 2. Bobby Sherman - ""Pretty Thing"" 3. Jay P. Mobey - ""Bo Diddley"" 4. Eddie...
- Ep 51
51.James Brown; Booker T & the MG's; The Kinks
01-09-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Bobby Sherman – ""Susie Q"" 2. Shindogs – ""I'm A Fool"" 3. Glen Campbell – ""Hard Headed Woman"" 4. Kathy Kersh – ""Evil"" (end of m...
- Ep 52
52.Final 60-minute show: Patty Duke; Barbara Lewis; The Searchers; Gilloteens
08-09-196530mOpening medley (song excerpts): 1. Bruce Scott - ""Baby Work Out"" 2. Barbara Lewis – ""He's a Real Gone Guy"" 3. Gene Chandler – ""I Got A Woman"" 4. Blossoms, Elgibles â€...
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