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Shindig!

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16 Sep 1964First aired
2Seasons

The series

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.

Episodes

Season 2 · 34 episodes · 1965

  1. Episode 116 Sep 196530m

    The Byrds / McCoys / Rolling Stones / Chad & Jill

    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: Covergi…

  2. Episode 218 Sep 196530m

    Righteous Brothers / Dave Clark Five / Marianne Faithfull

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Righteous Brothers – ""Money Honey"" 2. Shindogs and the Wellingtons – ""Two Hound Dogs"" (Bill Haley & the Comets song) 3. Bobby Sherman – ""Out of Sight"" 4. James Burton (Shindig guitarist) â…

  3. Episode 323 Sep 196530m

    Jerry Lee Lewis / Raquel Welch / Yardbirds

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Jerry Lee Lewis - ""Breathless"" 2. Blossoms - ""Johnny B. Goode"" 3. Wellingtons - ""Whole Lotta Lovin'"" (Raquel Welch cameo) 4. Billy Preston - ""Baby, Please Don't Go"" (end of medley) Commercia…

  4. Episode 428 Sep 196530m

    Mary Wells / Little Anthony / Georgie Fame

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Dick and Dee Dee – ""Sha La La"" 2. Jimmie Rodgers – ""Early in the Morning"" 3. Donna Loren – ""I Only Want to be With You"" 4. Little Anthony and the Imperials – ""Can I Get A Witness?"" (en…

  5. Episode 530 Sep 196530m

    Mickey Rooney (guest host) / Major Lance / Turtles / Lesley Gore

    Version #1 (without Mickey Rooney) Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. The Turtles - ""We'll Meet Again (Some Sunny Day)"" 2. Lesley Gore - ""It's My Party"" 3. Major Lance - ""Don't Set Me Free"" 4. The Blossoms & the Wellin…

  6. Episode 62 Oct 196530m

    Four Tops / The Who / Billy Joe Royal

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Ray Peterson – ""Let's Have A Party"" 2. Linda Gayle – ""Do You Wanna Dance?"" 3. Four Tops – ""Down the Road Apiece"" (end of medley) Shindig logo, Jimmy O'Neill intro --Billy Joe Royal  

  7. Episode 77 Oct 196530m

    Dee Dee Sharp / Kinks / Evie Sands / Charlie Rich

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Evie Sands - ""Live It Up"" 2. Bobby Sherman - ""You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby"" 3. Dee Dee Sharp - ""Rock Me in the Cradle of Love"" 4. The Shindogs - ""Come On Let's Go"" (end of medley)…

  8. Episode 89 Oct 196530m

    Carolyn Jones (guest host) / Jr. Walker / Jackie DeShannon

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Dick and Dee Dee - ""Thou Shalt Not Steal"" 2. Jr. Walker - ""You're A Wonderful One"" 3. Jackie DeShannon - ""It's Love Baby"" 4. Roy Head - ""You Can't Sit Down"" (end of medley) Commercial: S…

  9. Episode 914 Oct 196530m

    Zsa Zsa Gabor (guest host); The Animals; Millie Small

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Millie Small – ""I'm in Love Again"" 2. Willy Nelson – ""Jailer, Bring Me Water"" 3. The M.F.Q. – ""One Track Mind"" 4. Donna Loren – ""When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through Hi…

  10. Episode 1016 Oct 196530m

    Hugh O'Brian (guest host); Lovin' Spoonful; Peter and Gordon

    --Opening song: ""Let the Good Times Roll"" (performed by Ray Peterson, Kelly Garrett, the Lovin' Spoonful, Glen Campbell and the Shindogs) Other songs/guests (not in broadcast order): --Jimmy Witherspoon - ""Love Me Right"" --Gle…

  11. Episode 1121 Oct 196530m

    Hedy Lamarr (guest host); Kingsmen; Joe Tex; Dave Clark 5

    Opening medley: (1) The Shindig Band, the Blossoms, the Kingsmen, Eddie Rambeau and Joe Tex – ""Treat Her Right"" (2) The Kingsmen – ""Too Much Monkey Business"" Other songs/guests (not in broadcast order): --Eddie Rambeau – …

  12. Episode 1223 Oct 196530m

    Ed Wynn (guest host); Shangri-Las; Byrds; Dobie Gray

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Dobie Gray – ""See You at the Go-Go"" 2. Shangri-Las – ""Thirty Days"" 3. The Byrds – ""I'm A Loser"" 4. Bobby Sherman and Glen Campbell – ""Ready Teddy"" (end of medley) Jimmy O'Neill intr…

  13. Episode 1328 Oct 196530m

    Jack E. Leonard (guest host); Manfred Mann; The Toys; Dinah Lee

    Opening medley: 1. The Newbeats - ""Everything's All Right"" 2. Dinah Lee - ""What Kind of Love Is This"" 3. The Toys, Jerry Naylor - ""Why Do Fools Fall in Love?"" 4. The Shindogs – ""Reelin' & Rockin'"" (end of medley) -…

  14. Episode 1430 Oct 196530m

    Halloween ‘65 with Boris Karloff; Ted Cassidy

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Billy Preston (playing organ) – instrumental song 2. Bobby Sherman – ""Help"" 3. Bobby Sherman with the Wellingtons – ""I'm Down"" 4. Jackie and Gayle, Ted Cassidy (as Lurch), the Blossoms, and …

  15. Episode 154 Nov 196530m

    Louis Armstrong, Part 1

    Jimmy O'Neill intro --Louis Armstrong – ""Sleepy Time Down South"" Commercial break --Louis Armstrong and band play instrumental song. --Louis Armstrong & band – ""Indiana"" (instrumental) & ""The Bucket's Got A Hole in It"" …

  16. Episode 166 Nov 196530m

    Fontella Bass; Rolling Stones; Billy Joe Royal; Strangeloves

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Billy Joe Royal - ""Down in the Boondocks"" 2. Fontella Bass - ""Jim Dandy"" 3. The Strangeloves - ""Roll On Mississippi"" 4. Jackie Wilson - ""The Way I Am"" (end of medley) Other guests/s…

  17. Episode 1711 Nov 196530m

    Louis Armstrong, Part 2

    --Louis Armstrong and band - ""Sleepy Time Down South"" --Louis Armstrong - ""Struttin' With (Some) Barbeque"" (including Band's Intro) --Louis Armstrong and band - ""I've Got A Lot Of Living To Do"" --Taree Glenn and band - ""Aval…

  18. Episode 1813 Nov 196530m

    Rick Nelson; The Turtles; Barbara Lewis; Roy Head

    Guests: --Rick Nelson - ""Live and Learn"" and ""I Catch Myself Crying"" --Barbara Lewis - ""Make Me Your Baby"" and ""Baby I'm Yours"" --The Turtles - ""Your Ma Said You Cried"" and ""Let Me Be"" --Davy Jones - ""What Are We Going…

  19. Episode 1918 Nov 196530m

    The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot

    Dr. Goldfoot is planning to kidnap a teenager named Malcolm Andrews. The evil doctor wants the classified government information that has been stored in Malcom's brain. Hugo (Harvey Lembeck) and Diane (Susan Hart) help Goldfoot abduct the …

  20. Episode 2020 Nov 196530m

    Shindig in Hawaii, Part 1

    Guests (songs are not in broadcast order & some songs may be abridged): --Don Ho and Allis - ""I'll Remember You"" --Len Barry - ""1-2-3"" --Tommy Sands - ""The Statue"" & ""Just a Little Bit Better"" --Ian Whitcomb - ""You Turn Me…

  21. Episode 2125 Nov 196530m

    Shindig in Hawaii, Part 2

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Glen Campbell - ""Hidden Island"" 2. The Wellingtons - ""Ride the Wild Surf"" 3. James Burton - ""Yakety Sax"" 4. Glen Campbell - ""Twelfth Street Rag"" (instrumental song, probably the correct…

  22. Episode 2227 Nov 196530m

    George Maharis; The Young Americans

    Guests: --George Maharis – medley: ""King of the Road"" and ""Route 66"" Commercial break Jimmy O'Neill intro. --George Maharis – medley: ""Witchcraft,"" ""My Kind of Girl,"" and ""I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me"" …

  23. Episode 232 Dec 196530m

    Gloria Jones / Hollies / Searchers / We Five / Melody Patterson

    Opening medley: (1) Leroy Van Dyke – ""The Auctioneer"" (2) Gloria Jones - ""Puppy Love"" (3) Bobby Sherman - ""Wake Up Little Suzie"" (4) We Five - ""Green Green"" (end of medley, Shindig logo) Commercials: Listerine & Br…

  24. Episode 244 Dec 196530m

    Shindig Goes to London, Part 1: Animals; Moody Blues

    Filmed at the Richmond-On-Thames Jazz Festival (August 6 – 8, 1965): --The Animals - ""Rosie"" and ""We Gotta Get Outta This Place"" --The Moody Blues - ""I'll Go Crazy"" --Brian Auger Trinity (with Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart and…

  25. Episode 259 Dec 196530m

    Shindig Goes to London, Part 2: The Who; Yardbirds

    Filmed at the Richmond-On-Thames Jazz Festival (August 6 – 8, 1965): --The Who - ""Anyhow, Anyway, Anywhere"" and ""Shout & Shimmy"" --The Yardbirds - ""For Your Love"" and ""Hang On Sloopy"" --Manfred Mann - ""If You Gotta Go, G…

  26. Episode 2611 Dec 196530m

    Barry McGuire / Mamas and the Papas / the Grassroots

    Guests: --Barry McGuire and the Grassroots - ""Out Of Sight"" Jimmy O'Neill intro --Barry McGuire – ""She Belongs To Me"" (a.k.a. ""She's An Artist"") --The Grass Roots – ""Ain't That Lovin You Baby"" Commercial break --Ba…

  27. Episode 2716 Dec 196530m

    Yardbirds / Gloria Jones / Jackie Lee / Unit 4+2 / Georgie Fame

    --Opening song: The Yardbirds - ""Heart Full of Soul"" (longer version, with dancers) Commercial break --Jimmy O'Neill intro --Jackie Lee (with the Blossoms) - ""The Duck"" --Vashti Bunyan - ""I Want to Be Alone"" --The Pretty Th…

  28. Episode 2818 Dec 196530m

    Shindig in Europe, Part 1

    From various sources: --George Chakiris (guest host) - sings ""Witchcraft"" --Orson Welles - ""Making Up the Rules As You Go"" (another source lists the song as ""So Many Things to Remember"") --Dizzy Gillespie - ""Bavarian Beer Gur…

  29. Episode 2923 Dec 196530m

    Yardbirds; Dave Clark 5; Lulu; Moody Blues

    --Opening medley: Dave Clark 5 - ""Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"" (excerpt) and ""Can't You See That She's Mine?"" (This medley is taken from the 16Dec64 Shindig!) --Gerry & The Pacemakers - ""Jambalaya"" --Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - ""Trains …

  30. Episode 3025 Dec 196530m

    Christmas '65: Johnny Mathis

    1965 Christmas show: --Johnny Mathis - ""On A Wonderful Day Like Today"" Commercial: Listerine Jimmy O'Neill intro --Johnny Mathis - ""Misty"" --Johnny Mathis - ""Maria"" & ""Tonight Tonight"" (both songs from ""West Side Sto…

  31. Episode 3130 Dec 196530m

    The Who; Kinks; Hollies; Manfred Mann

    --The Hollies – ""Too Much Monkey Business"" (opening song) Commercial: Listerine Jimmy O'Neill intro --Manfred Mann – ""Watermelon Man"" --The Blossoms – ""That's When the Tears Start"" --Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames …

  32. Episode 321 Jan 196630m

    Shindig in Europe, Part 2

    --Jimmy O'Neill appears at beginning. (His only appearance on this episode.) --Opening credits: George Chakiris (guest host) and woman dance to ""Never Trust in Time"" (correct song title?) --Molin Rogue Dancers shown --Françoise H…

  33. Episode 336 Jan 196630m

    Final Thursday show: The Who; The Kinks; Ian Whitcomb

    Guests: --Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas - ""My Babe"" (opening song, Shindig logo) Commercial break: ""Donna Reed Show"" promo Jimmy O'Neill intro --The Who - ""I Can't Explain"" (clip originally aired Oct. 2, 1965) --Dave Be…

  34. Episode 348 Jan 196630m

    Final Saturday show: Knickerbockers; Jackie DeShannon

    Opening medley (song excerpts): (1) Jackie DeShannon – ""C. C. Rider"" (2) Bobby Sherman, Dick and Dee Dee - ""Reelin' & Rockin'"" (3) Billy Preston, the Knickerbockers - ""Jenny, Jenny"" (end of medley) Jimmy O'Neill into. He ment…

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