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.
Scheduling The Summertime series were broadcast in 30-minute timeslots.
Summertime '57Summertime '57 was broadcast on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 27 June to 12 September 1957 as follows:
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 8 August 1957: Betty Jean Ferguson, Bernard Johnson, Ellis McClintock, The Playboys 15 August 1957: William Charles, Helen Fielding, Wally Koster, Gerry Mulligan Quartet 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 '58Summertime '58'' was broadcast Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. from 10 July to 23 September 1958 as follows:
10 July 1958: Joe Bushkin, Bobby Gimby, Moe Koffman, Anne Marie Moss 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)
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