Shindig!
1964
📺 2 Seasons
🎬 86 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 30 min/episode
Reality
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.
Seasons
Season 1
Season 2
Opening medley (song excerpts):
1. The McCoys, the Byrds – ""California Sun""
2. Jerry Naylor – ""I Got A Feeling""
3. the Everly Brothers – ""Rip It Up""
4. Chad & Jill – ""Ready Teddy"" (end of medley) commercial: Covergirl medicated make-up --The Everly Brothers – ""Love Is Strange"" --The Byrds – ""I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better"" --Billy Preston – ""Short Fat Fanny"" commercial: Maybelline Eye make-up --Jerry Naylor – ""Action"" --Ketty Lester – ""I'll Be Looking Back"" --The Byrds – ""The Bells of Rhymney"" --The McCoys – ""Hang on Sloopy"" --Chad and Jill – ""I Don't Want to Lose You Baby"" (Chad Stuart of Chad and Jeremy) --Chad Stuart – ""Funny How Love Can Be"" (Chad singing to Jill) --The Rolling Stones – ""Satisfaction"" (with line ""trying to make some girl"" censored).
Finale: Everly Brothers – ""The Girl Can't Help It"" (with closing credits)
Network
ABC
Keywords
pop musicvariety show