Bobby Vinton Show
Broadcast: Sept 2, 1975. - Sept 4. 1978.
74
total episodes
30min.
Executive
Producers: Alan Byle & Chris Beard
Producer:
Alan Thicke
Director:
Mike Steele
Musical
Director: Jimmy Dale
Musical
Consultant: Bob Morgan
Chuck
Barris Production
Syndicated
U.S. Nation wide & Canada
Regulars:
Freeman
King(1975-76)Comedian
Jack Duffy(1975-76)Comedian
Billy Van(1975-76)Comedian
The Peaches(1976-78)(Chorus)
Lisa Dal Bello(2
seasons)(Female Vocalist)
Host:
Bobby Vinton
Guest(alphabetically)
Lynn
Anderson
Adrienne
Barbeau (2 times)
Barbi
Benton
Milton
Berle
Karen
Black
Steve
Bluestein
David
Brenner
Tom
Bresh (2)
Teresa
Brewer
Foster
Brooks (3)
Ruth
Buzzi (2)
John
Byner (7)
Charlie
Callas
Captain
Kangaroo
Petula
Clark
Pat
Cooper (2)
Irwin
Corey
Norm
Crosby
Billy
Davis, Jr.
Clifton
Davis
Phillis
Diller (2)
Dion
Tom
Dreesen
Shirley
Eilhard
Donna
Fargo (2)
Freddy
Fender
Hank
Garcia (3)
Patsy
Gallant
Kelly
Garrett
George
Gobe
Lesley
Gore
Richie
Havens
Hudson
Brothers
Susan
Jacks
Shawne
Jackson
Arte
Johnson (7)
Jackie
Kahane
Gabriel
Kaplan
Gloria
Kaye
Lanie
Kazan (2)
Ted
Knight
Abbe
Lane
Carol
Lawrence
Jay
Leno
Trini
Lopez
Gloria
Loring (3)
Dennis
McCann
Marilyn
McCoo
Mary
MacGregor
Barbara
Mandrell
Jackie
Mason
Ethel
Merman
Marilyn
Michaels
Melba
Moore
Rita
Moreno
Anne
Murray (3)
Bruce
Murray
Elaine
Overholt
Patti
Page
Freda
Payne
Rosemary
Radcliffe
Michael
Rapport (3)
Don
Rickles
Chita
Rivera
O.J.
Simpson
Phoebe
Snow
Joanie
Sommers
Spinners
(2)
Jim
Stafford
Skip
Stephenson
Larry
Storch
Donna
Summer
Loretta
Swit
Gordie
Tapp
Rip
Taylor
Liz
Torres(2)
Fred
Travalena
Tanya
Tucker
Willie
Tyler & Lester(2)
Karen
Valentine
Jessica
Walter
Paul
Williams
Ren
Woods
Trudy
Young
Henry
Youngman (3)
Guest Stars
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Abbe Lane |
Marilyn McCoo& |
Melba Moore |
Ethel Merman |
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Dion |
Donna Fargo |
Freddy Fender |
Lesley Gore |
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Barbara Mandrell |
Patti Page |
Paul Williams |
Freda Payne |
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Joanie Sommers |
Teresa Brewer |
Tayna Tucker |
Anne Murray |
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I
quote the following from his autobiography"Polish Prince"published in
1978.
"It
wasn't a network show, but had to be syndicated station by station.
Nevertheless
,through the efforts of Sandy Frank, eventually it was bought
by
more than one hundred stations in all the major markets of
(The
show was owned by Chuck Barris and Buddy Granoff.) We sailed through
the
first year with excellent ratings, and, although TV is no substitute for a live
performance,
we reached a much broader audience than I could have ever had
playing
in clubs, all my life.Unfortunately, television executives can't stand success.
The CBS people analyzed the "Bobby Vinton
Show" and decided the success
was
due to its production and comedy and not so much to Bobby Vinton.
When
I saw the results of editing of my second year's shows, I could scarcely
believe
it. Bobby Vinton was limited to a few appearances and the guests were
prominently
featured; the format was turned upside down and a lot of the spirit
was
taken out.The show didn't have the same feeling of fun as it had the first
year.Then
the ratings started to fall off, but this convinced the exectives only
that
my first year was a fluke! They dropped their share of backing for the show.
With
my budget accordingly reduced, I decided not to try to go beyond the three-
year
contact. Although in
it
for the fourth year, I told Art Weinthal, the head of Canadian Network, that I
wanted
to quit while I was ahead. It was an exciting adventure, and it coincided
with
the success of "My melody of love" to spread that message to a wide
audience.
Some
episodes
First
Season: Sept. 2, 1975 (Tuesday evening)
#1Guest:
Ted Knight
Bobby sings, "When will I be loved"The
most beautiful girl"
"That's
my desire"and others
#2 Guest: Ruth Buzzi
Bobby sings, "Let me be there""I love how you love
me"
"Al Jolson medley" and others.
#3 Guest: Arte
Johnson, Gloria Loring
Bobby sings, “Listen to the music””Matchmaker””
Gloria &
Bobby sing”Just
as much as ever”
#4Guest:
Clifton Davis
Bobby sings, "Sealed with a kiss""Gotta travel on
"and others.
.
#２３Guest: Don Rickles
Bobby sings, "I honestly love you""Polka
pose""The way we were"
and
others.
#5Guest:
Adrienne Barbeau & Charlie Callas
. Bobby sings, "Do you wanna dance""Help me make it
through the
night"If
you knew Suzie" and others.
#6 Guest: Karen Valentine
Karen
sings”Please,Mr. please”
Bobby
& Karen sing a medley: Thank God I’m a country
boy/Daddy sang bass/Wabash
Cannon Ball/Oh lonesome me
Bobby
sings” Bad , bad Leroy Brown”&”Midnight show”
#7 Guest: Jim Stafford
Bobby sings”Don’t be cruel”,Jim
performs “You’ll never take me
as alive”
& “Mr. Bojungles”
Bobby & Jim
do a
#8 Guest:
John Byner
John and
Bobby sing “Cover of Rolling stone”
Bobby
sings”Jambalaya”&”Crocodile rock”
#9 Guest: The
Bobby
sings “Delta dawn”
#10 Guest : Jessica Walter & O.J.Simpson
Bobby & O.J. sing “The football blues”
Jessica sings “Corner of the sky”
Bobby sings “ Never ending song of love”
#11 Guest: Melba Moore &
Melba sings”Get into my mind”
Bobby sings “international medley”
#12 Guest: Anne Murray
Bobby sings, "Runaway""Please love me
forever"& "United we stand"with
Anne
Murray.Anne sings"Sunday sunrise"
#13
Guest: Loretta Swit
Bobby sings, "Another Saturday night""Blue on
blue""There!
I've
said it again""Mama don't allow" and others
#14 Guest: Arte Johnson
Bobby sings, "Wooden
heart""Mr.lonely""Chantilly lace"
and
others.
#15
Guest: Donna Fargo & Hank Garcia
Bobby sings, "I'm walkin'""Daddy's little
girl""California here I come"
and
others. Donna sings, "You're not Charlie Brown".
#16 Guest: The Spinners
Bobby sings “For once in my life””Yesterday”& a hit medley
#17Guest: Petula Clark
Bobby sings, "Killing me softly with her song
"&"All my loving"
with
Petula Clark.Petula sings, ""Ease on down the road""Give
me
a smile".
#18
Guest: Freddy Fender
Freddy sings”Secret love”
Bobby sings”Ev’ry day of my life”&”Our day will come”
#19 Guest : George Gobel
Bobby sings”Oh, babe what would you say””Paloma blanca”& “And I love you so”
#20 Guest: Anne Murray
#21 Guest: David Brenner
Bobby plyas sax on “Go go go” and sings”What
a fiffference a day made” &”Where do I begin
#22 Guest: Hank Garcia, Mousey Garner
Bobby sings “You
gotta trouble””Only you” & “My melody of love”
#23 Guest : Don Rickles
see above
#24
Guest: Bob Keeshan, Gabriel Kaplen, Wolfman Jack & Bill Macy
Bobby sings “Peter Paul & Mary”medley, “I only have eyes for you”& Blue velvet#
#25 Guest: The Spinners
#26 Guest ＊Donna Fargo & Hank Garcia
Ｓｅｃｏｎｄ Ｓｅａｓｏｎ
#27
Sept.
21, 1976 Guest; Dion & Teresa Brewer
Bobby sings, "Roses are red""Make your own kind of
music".Dion does "
Runaround
Sue" & "Teenager in love" with Bobby.Teresa sings,
"Sweet old
fashioned
girl""Ricochet"
# 28 Guest: Karen Black,
Bobby sings
“Will you still love me tomorrow”
Karen sings”Lonely now”
Bobby &
Karen sing”Here comes the showboat””Waiting for the Robert E. Lee”
& “
#29 Guest: Lanie Kazan
Lanie sings
“I feel a song”
Bobby sings” Higher & higher””Lemondrops lollipops
& sunbeams”&”Please
love me forever”
#30 Guest: Joanie Sommers
#31 Guest: The Spinners, Arte Johnson
Bobby sings”I got the music in me&”Waltz medley”
Spinners sing”Games people play” and Bobby joins with “Over the mountain”
#32 Guest: Carol Lawrence &
Bobby sings “There’s a
kind of hush”&”It was a
very good year”
Carol sings”Friend of the father”
#33 （Nov.2, 1976）Ｇｕｅｓｔ： Ethel Merman
Bobby
sings “There’s no business like
show business””My melody of love”
Ethel
sings”Alexander’s ragtime band”
Episodes #34 Apr. 5, 1977 Guest: Paul Williams
Bobby sings, "I won't last a day without
you""Moonlight serenade"
Paul
sings, "Don't call it love".
Episodes #35
Guest: Ruth Buzzi
Bobby
sings”Country road””Silly love
song””I write the songs”
& “Sealed
with a kiss”
Episodes #36 Guest: Lynn Anderson & Jackie Kehane
Bobby
sings “Stand by your man””Blue
velvet”&”Travellin’ band”
Episode #37 Guest: Norm Crosby
Bobby
sings”Rose garden””Personality””My funny Valentine”& “Blue on blue”
Episodes #38 Guest: Adrienne Barbeau &
Bobby
sings”Never my love”
Adrienne sings”Bargain store”
Bobby
& Adrienne sing “Everybody loves a lover
Ｅｐｉsodes #39 Guest: Donna Summer & John Byner
Bobby
sings”I wanto to hold your hand”& “It’s all in
the game”
Donna
sings”Could this be magic”
Episodes #40 Guest: Joanie Sommers, Henny Youngman &
John Byner
Bobby
sings “You are the sunshine of my life”&”My special angel”
Joanie sings”Swearin’ to
God”
Bobby
& Joanie sings wuth”Joanie get angry”
Episodes #41 Guest: Rene Simard, Murray Langston, Arte
Johnson,
Bobby sings”Bit I do”and
does “Bog band medley”
Episodes #42 Guest: Arte Johnsin & Hank Garcia
Bobby sings” A Goodman is hard to find”&”Proud Mary”
Episodes #43 Guest: Phillis Diller, Rene Simard &
Gabriel Kaplan
Bobby sings, “Those were the days”& “I believe”
Rene sings”It’s a
miracle”
Episodes #44 Guest: Anne Murray & Henny Youngman
Bobby sings”Mack the knife”&”Games people play”
Anne does “Golden oldies”
Bobby & Anne duet with”Let it be me”
Episodes # 45 Guest: Lesley Gore & John Byner
Bobby sings”Love me tender”&”Crying”
Leslie sings”Immortality””It’s my party”& “Sunshine lollipops & rainbows”
Episodes #46
Guest: Barbi Benton, Henny Youngman & Foster Brooks
Bobby sings” Eight days a week”&”Have I told you lately that I love you”
Barbi sings, #Staying power””
Episodes #47
Guest: Gloria Loring,
Gloria sings”Will you love me tomorrow”
Bobby sings “Didn’t we”
Bobby & Gloria sins”Breaking up is hard to
do”
Episodes #48 Guest: Freda Payne &
Bobby sings “Top of the world”& “Hurt”
Freda sings”Look what I found”
Third season(Sept. 19, 1977)At 7 P.M.(Monday)
Episodes #49 Guest: Eli Wallach
Episodes #50 Sept. 26, 1977
Guest: Ren Woods & Fred Travalena
Bobby sings, "Sir Duke""Blue on blue" &
"Roses are red".
Ren sings, "Dancing
Queen" & "You are my sunshine".
Episodes #51 Oct. 3, 1977 Guest:
Bobby sings, "Strike up the band for love""All my
todays" & big band medley
of
Marie""
Episodes
#52 Guests: Phillis Diller, & Shawne Jackson
Shawne sings”I
wanna be where you are”
Shawne & Bobby sing”Delta dawn”
Bobby sings”You
don’t have to be a star”& “Hold me thrill me kiss me”
“Gonna fly now”in all
member
Episodes
#53 Guest: Gloria Kaye& Tom Bresh
Bobby sings”What I did for love” & Al Jolson medley
Gloris aings”Fresh out of love”
Episodes
#54 Guest: Gordie Tapp
Bobby sings”I’ve got the music in me””You don’t have to be a star””Sealed with a kiss”
“Only love can break a heart “& “I love how you love me”
Gordie & Bobby do “That’s amore”
Episodes
#55
Oct.
31, 1977 Guest: Liz Torres, Trudy Young & Rosemary Radcliffe"
Bobby sngs, "Do you wanna dance""You don't have to be
a star".Liz does
"But
the world goes round"
Episodes #56 Guest: Phoebe Snow
Bobby
sings”It’s so easy”and Sam Cooke medley
Phoebe
sings” Never letting go”& “Love makes a woman”
Episodes #57 Guest: Milton Berle & Shirley Eikhart
Bobby
sings”Nobody does it better”&
“I just want to be your everything”
Shirley
sings”Don’t let me down”
Production
number; Tribute to Nat King Cole
Episodes #58 Guest: Rita Moreno & Pat Cooper
Rita
dances to “On the sunny side of the street”
Bobby
& Rita sing”Help me make it through the night”&Big band medley
Also
a tribute to Elvis Presley
Episodes #59 Guest: Mary MacGregor & Irwin Corey
Mary &
Bobby duet on “Proud Mary””Big
band medley: South of the border etc.
Bobby
sings”Too fat polka”
Episodes #60 Guest: Barbara Mandrell & Willie Tyler
& Lester
Barbar sings, “Let your love flow”&”Hold me”
Bobby
simngs”Higher & higher””Love
is the reason”& “Ob-La-Di,Ob-La-Da”
Episodes #61 Guest: Pat Cooper , Arte Johnson &
Susan Jacks
Bobby
sings, “Splish splash”& “Save your kisses for me”
Susan
sings”Anna”
Episodes #62 Guest: Larry Storch & Elaine Overholdt
Elaine sings,”Some enchanted evening”
Bobby sings””Everything is beautiful””
Episodes #63 Guest: Patsy Gallant & Rip
Patsy sings”Sugar Daddy”
Bobby sings”Love makes everything better”
Episodes #64
Jan.
2, 1978 Guest: Abbe Lane & Michael Rapport
Abbe sings”Puttin’
on the Ritz” & “They can’t take that away from me”
Bobby sings, "You light up my
life"&"All my loving"with
Abbe
salutes Maurice Chavalier, Fred Astaire & Al Jolson
Episodes
#65 Guest: Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr
Marilyn & Billy sing”Wonderful”& “The
two of us”
Bobby, Marilyn and Billy do “You don’t have to be a star”
Bobby sings”Feelings”
Bobby joins Marilyn & Billy
for a Ray Charles medley: Hit the road, Jack/I can’t
stop
Lovin’ you
& what’d I say”
Episodes
#66
Jan.
16, 1978 Guest: Anne Murray & Jay Leno
Bobby sings, "International medley"& "Don't go
breaking my heart"
"Afternoon
delight" with Anne.
Episodes
#67 Guest: Kelly Garrett & Jackie Mason
Bobby sings”More”&”Bridge
over troubled water”
Kelly sings”Beautiful music”
All tribute to GuyLombardo.
Episodes #68 Guest: Lanie Kazan & Skip Stephenson
Lainie sings”One fine morning”
Bobby sings”Strangers in the night””Hpw deep is your love”&Big band medley
Eposodes #69 Guest: Marilyn Michaels & Bruce Murray
Marilyn sings”Parade”
Bruce sings”Who, What, When, Where, Why”
Bobby sings”Paloma Blanca””Ya got trouble”&”You don’t have
to be a star”
Episodes #70
Guest: Richie Havens & Denise McCann
Richie sings”It was a very good year”&”Shadow of the past”
Denis sings”Tatoo man”
Bobby sings”Do you wanto to dance”& Chopin medley
Episodes #71 Guest: Donna Fargo & Michael Rapport
Donna & Bobby do a country medley: “Forzy”
“The happiest girl in the whole
“Anytime”& “Detour”
Bobby sings “He”
Episodes #72 Guest: Patti Page & Steve Bluestein
Bobby sings, “Let me be there”
Patti sings”Don’t make
my brown eyes blue”
& a medley of her hits
Episodes #73 Guest: Gloria Loring & Tom Dreesen
Gloris sings”Here you come again”
Bobby
& Gloria duet with “You’re
my soul & inspiration”
Bobby
sings “Sweet Caroline” & “Killing me softly with her song”
Episodes #74 Guest: Sheree Jeacocke, Stephanie Taylor
& Tabby Johnson
Sheree & Stephanie duet with”Love makes a woman”
Tabby
sings”Good times”
Episodes #75
Apr. 3, 1978
Guest:
Trini Lopez, Michael Rapport & Willie Tyler & Lester
Bobby sings, "He""Travellin' band".Trini does a
medley of "Lemon tree""If
I had a hammer" & "La bamba”
Repeating Broadcast
Oct.
24, 1978 Guest: Tom Bresh, Fred Travalena & Ren Woods.
Nov.
14, 1978 Guest: Tom Bresh &
More
episodes will be added....