Having lived through the era of 1960s TV as a teenager, there was nothing more irritating than the Variety Show in which too-little music, lots of bad comedy and little-known "guest-stars" prevailed.
Along then came Shindig and Hullaballoo, devoted entirely to music with practically no chatter, where one musical guest segued seamlessly into the next, as you can see by watching these shows on Youtube.
Inspired by that format, amazing talents of the day, Petula Clark, the Mamas and Papas, the Supremes, Bobby Darin offered their "modern" take on the huge catalog of Rogers and Hart songs. There is no banter or chatter, no tired jokes or no-talents...just amazing performances by superstars of the day singing classic American songs known the world over.
This is a fantastic presentation that hopefully will be available on quality remastered DVD, as for now only poor-quality bootlegs are for purchase online.
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Salute to the songs of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. All music program with no spoken dialogue. Songs include: I Could Write A Book / The Lady Is A Tramp / Little Girl Blue / I Wish I Were In Love Again - Bobby Darin, Falling in Love With Love - Bobby Darin and The Supremes, Lover / With a Song in My Heart / My Romance / Blue Moon / Manhattan - The Supremes, Where or When / Thou Swell / Spring is Here / On Your Toes - Petula Clark, Any Old Place with You - Darin and Clark, My Heart Stood Still / Glad to Be Unhappy / Here in My Arms / Sing for Your Supper - The Mamas and the Papas, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue - The Doodletown Pipers with Count Basie and His Orchestra, Dancing on the Ceiling / Give It Back to the Indians - Peter Gennaro, Johnny One Note -Peter Gennaro with Count Basie and His Orchestra, Wait till You See Her - The Doodletown Pipers, Mountain Greenery - Cast. Quincy Jones was the musical director.moreless
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Three of the songs the Mamas and the Papas performed (My Heart Stood Still/Sing For Your Supper/Here in My Arms) appear on the DVD "California Dreamin': The Songs of the Mamas & the Papas," released March 29, 2005 by Universal Music. It also includes comments from Michelle & John Phillips regarding their involvement in the "Rodgers & Hart Today" show.
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According to a studio technician The Mamas and the Papas were so stoned they had a hard time lip-synching their songs, especially Mama Cass.
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Although no soundtrack album was issued The Mamas and the Papas recorded most of their songs, one of which, Glad to Be Unhappy, was their last Top 40 hit-it went to #26 in 1967. The Supremes recorded material for a 2-record set but only a single album was originally released, in June 1967, as The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart (Motown M-659/MS-659). In 1986 a CD was released with most of the extra material as The Rodgers & Hart Collection and in 2002 as The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart-The Complete Collection with, at least, one version of every Rodgers & Hart song the Supremes recorded at Motown.
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