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1950s EASY-POP Songs and Singers...on the verge of Rock 'n Roll

Popular 50s Singers
with their own Network TV Series

(Evening broadcast times listed are Eastern Time,
 programs aired one hour earlier in the Midwest)


Andy Williams Show
Thursdays 9:00-9:30  (ABC) 1958
Tuesdays 10:00-11:00  (CBS) 1959

Dinah Shore Show and
Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Tues & Thurs 7:30-7:45  (NBC) 1951-1957

Sundays 9:00-10:00  (NBC) 1957-1962


Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
and Eddie Fisher Show
Wed & Fri 7:30-7:45  (NBC) 1953-1957
 
Tuesdays 8:00-9:00  (NBC) 1957-1959


Frank Sinatra Show
Tuesdays 8:00-9:00  (CBS) 1950-1952

Fridays 9:00-9:30 (ABC) 1957-1958


Frankie Laine Time
Wednesdays 8:00-9:00  (CBS) 1955-1956


Georgia Gibbs Million Record Show
Mondays 7:30-7:45  (NBC) 1957


Gordon MacRae Show
Mondays 7:30-7:45  (NBC)  1956


Guy Mitchell Show
Mondays 8:00-8:30  (ABC)  1957-1958


Helen O’Connell Show
Wednesdays & Fridays 7:30-7:45 (NBC) 1957


Jane Froman’s USA Canteen
Tues & Thursdays 7:45-8:00 (CBS) 1952-1955


Jaye P. Morgan Show
Wednesdays & Fridays 7:30-7:45 (NBC) 1956


Jo Stafford Show
Tuesdays 7:45-8:00  (CBS) 1954-1955


Jimmie Rodgers Show
Tuesdays 8:30-9:00  (NBC) 1959


Julius LaRosa Show
Mon, Wed, & Fri 7:45-8:00  (CBS)  1955

Saturdays 8:00-9:00  (NBC) 1956-57


June Valli/Andy Williams Show
Tues & Thurs 7:30-7:45  (NBC)  1957


Kate Smith Evening Hour
Wednesdays 8:00-9:00  (NBC)  1951-1952
(also had a daytime show on (NBC) 1950-1954)

Nat King Cole Show
Mondays 7:30-7:45  (NBC)  1956
Tuesdays 10:00-10:30  (NBC) 1957

Pat Boone – Chevy Showroom
Thursdays 9:00-9:30  (ABC)  1957-1960


Patti Page Show   and
Patti Page Olds Show
Saturdays 8:00-9:00  (NBC)  1956

Wednesdays 9:30-10:00  (ABC) 1958-1959


Perry Como Show
Mon, Wed, Fri 7:45-8:00 (CBS) 1950-1955
Wednesdays 9:00-10:00 (NBC) 1955-1963

Polly Bergen Show
Saturdays 9:00-9:30  (NBC)  1957-1958


Rosemary Clooney (The Lux Show)
Tuesdays 10:00-10:30 (NBC) 1957-58


Steve Allen Presents the

Steve Lawrence/Eydie Gorme Show

Sundays 8:00-9:00  (NBC)  1958


Tony Bennett Show
Wednesdays 9:00-10:00 (NBC) summer 1956 & 59


Tony Martin Show
Mondays 7:30-7:45  (NBC)  1954-1956


Vaughn Monroe Show
Tues & Thurs 7:30-7:45 (NBC) summer 1954 & 55


 Vic Damone Show
Mondays 9:30-10:00  (CBS)  1956
Wednesdays 8:00-9:00  (CBS) 1957

EASY-POP Singers
on Television
in the 1950s


     Music programs were a staple of television programming in the 1950s. During the first half of the decade network broadcasts in the early evening typically included a fifteen-minute national newscast followed by a fifteen-minute light entertainment program, usually a musical show, each weekday. CBS had Perry Como, Jane Froman, and Jo Stafford, while NBC had Dinah Shore, Eddie Fisher, and Tony Martin.

     Later in the fifties, local and national news programs expanded and began to dominate the early evening schedule and the music shows were extended to a half-hour, moved to prime time, and garnered even larger audiences. By the mid-fifties, top rated musical/variety shows were hosted by popular vocalists like Dinah Shore and Perry Como.

     In addition to the weekly television series featuring popular singers, the networks created one-time musical specials starring the legendary performers of the decade. These exciting, top-notch productions garnered huge ratings for the television networks.

Performers Starring in
Network TV Specials
in the 50s


The Bing Crosby Show
(CBS)        January 3, 1954
Bing Crosby’s first variety special featured guest star Jack Benny


The Judy Garland Show
(CBS)        September 24, 1955
Judy Garland made her TV debut on this ‘Ford Star Jubilee’ musical variety special.


The Maurice Chevalier Show
(NBC)        December 4, 1955
Maurice Chevalier’s variety special with Marcel Marceau, Jeannie Carson, Pat Carroll.


The Victor Borge Show
(CBS)        December 11, 1956
A one-man show by the Danish pianist/humorist.

Ginger Rogers
(CBS)        October 15, 1958
Film star Ginger Rogers’ variety special with Ray Bolger and the Ritz Brothers.

An Evening with Fred Astaire
(NBC)        October 17, 1958
Fred Astaire’s first variety special, choreographed by Hermes Pan, featured guest Barrrie Chase.

Magic with Mary Martin  and
Music with Mary Martin

(NBC)     Mar. 29, 1959
Two Mary Martin Easter Sunday specials—one in the afternoon, a second in prime time.

The Gene Kelly Show
(CBS)         April 24, 1959
Gene Kelly’s music/dance special with Liza Minnelli (then age 13) and Carl Sandburg.

Tonight with Belafonte
(CBS)         December 10, 1959
Music variety special with popular singer Harry Belafonte.

Daniel Niemeyer's books "1950s American Style" and "Remembering 1950s EASY-POP Songs and Singers"
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