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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

April 12, 2024

For an earlier television series starring the same performer, see The Dinah Shore Show.

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on NBC from October 1956 to May 1963. The series was sponsored by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors and its theme song, sung by Shore, was "See the U.S.A. in Your Chevrolet", which continued to be used in Chevrolet advertising for several more years after the cancellation of the show.

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show intro screen
GenreVariety
Directed byBob Banner
Presented byDinah Shore
Theme music composerLeo Corday
Leon Carr
Opening theme"See The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolet"
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes118
Production
ProducersBob Banner
Robert Wells
Running time50 minutes
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseOctober 5, 1956 (1956-10-05) –
May 12, 1963 (1963-05-12)

Synopsis edit

The program began as a series of nine monthly specials substituting in the regular time slot of the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports. NBC first tested the singing star in an hour long format with two prime time specials early in 1956. The first Chevy Show episode aired on October 5, 1956, with Frank Sinatra as guest. By this time, Shore was already a veteran television performer, having hosted five seasons of the 15-minute-long Dinah Shore Show, also sustained by Chevrolet. It was in its final season (the final season for all 15-minute prime time network entertainment series) when The Dinah Shore Chevy Show was launched. The series featured celebrity guests from the worlds of music, theater, sports, and movies.[1] During the fourth season, Carl Reiner was one of the show's writers and sometimes appeared on-camera as well, adding levity to a show which primarily focused on music.

The program was well-received and renewed the following fall as a weekly Sunday night series, broadcast in color, where it remained until Bonanza, another Chevy sponsored hour, moved from Saturday at 7:30 p.m. into that time slot for the 1961-62 season. Dinah ended her decade-long association with Chevrolet in 1961 and returned as part of an alternating Friday night lineup, with the show retitled simply The Dinah Shore Show, with S & H Green Stamps becoming her primary sponsor. In her final season, from October 14, 1962, to May 12, 1963, she appeared on Sunday nights at 10 p.m. following Bonanza alternating with Various NBC News Specials and The Du Pont Show of the Week. After 12 years with NBC, Dinah signed with ABC-TV in the fall of 1964 hosting four hour long specials sponsored by Purex.

In 1970 Dinah Shore returned as a staple of American television in various daytime talk shows for NBC and syndication for more than twenty years after the conclusion of this series.[1]

The show won four Emmy Awards during its run.[2]

Beginning in 2011 black-and-white kinescope episodes of the series aired on the Jewish Life Television network. Original color videotape episodes were added to the JLTV line up in 2015. This run concluded in 2017.

Series regulars edit

Performers edit

  • The Skylarks (1956-1957)
  • The Even Dozen (1961-1962)

Dancers edit

  • The Tony Charmoli Dancers (1957-1962)
  • The Nick Castle Dancers (1962-1963)

Music edit

  • The Harry Zimmerman Orchestra (1957-1961, 1962-1963)
  • Frank DeVol and His Orchestra (1961-1962)

List of guest stars edit

 
Guest star Roy Rogers (1960)

References edit

  1. ^ a b Dinah Shore at The Museum of Broadcast Communications
  2. ^ . 1998 Award and Induction Ceremony. Songwriters Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

External links edit

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show at IMDb  
  • Public domain episode on the Internet Archive
  • May 17 1959 episode on the Internet Archive
  • Episode Swingin' at the Summit on the Internet Archive

April 12, 2024
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For an earlier television series starring the same performer see The Dinah Shore Show The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore and broadcast on NBC from October 1956 to May 1963 The series was sponsored by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors and its theme song sung by Shore was See the U S A in Your Chevrolet which continued to be used in Chevrolet advertising for several more years after the cancellation of the show The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show intro screenGenreVarietyDirected byBob BannerPresented byDinah ShoreTheme music composerLeo CordayLeon CarrOpening theme See The U S A In Your Chevrolet Country of originUnited StatesNo of seasons7No of episodes118ProductionProducersBob BannerRobert WellsRunning time50 minutesOriginal releaseNetworkNBCReleaseOctober 5 1956 1956 10 05 May 12 1963 1963 05 12 Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Series regulars 2 1 Performers 2 2 Dancers 2 3 Music 3 List of guest stars 4 References 5 External linksSynopsis editThe program began as a series of nine monthly specials substituting in the regular time slot of the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports NBC first tested the singing star in an hour long format with two prime time specials early in 1956 The first Chevy Show episode aired on October 5 1956 with Frank Sinatra as guest By this time Shore was already a veteran television performer having hosted five seasons of the 15 minute long Dinah Shore Show also sustained by Chevrolet It was in its final season the final season for all 15 minute prime time network entertainment series when The Dinah Shore Chevy Show was launched The series featured celebrity guests from the worlds of music theater sports and movies 1 During the fourth season Carl Reiner was one of the show s writers and sometimes appeared on camera as well adding levity to a show which primarily focused on music The program was well received and renewed the following fall as a weekly Sunday night series broadcast in color where it remained until Bonanza another Chevy sponsored hour moved from Saturday at 7 30 p m into that time slot for the 1961 62 season Dinah ended her decade long association with Chevrolet in 1961 and returned as part of an alternating Friday night lineup with the show retitled simply The Dinah Shore Show with S amp H Green Stamps becoming her primary sponsor In her final season from October 14 1962 to May 12 1963 she appeared on Sunday nights at 10 p m following Bonanza alternating with Various NBC News Specials and The Du Pont Show of the Week After 12 years with NBC Dinah signed with ABC TV in the fall of 1964 hosting four hour long specials sponsored by Purex In 1970 Dinah Shore returned as a staple of American television in various daytime talk shows for NBC and syndication for more than twenty years after the conclusion of this series 1 The show won four Emmy Awards during its run 2 Beginning in 2011 black and white kinescope episodes of the series aired on the Jewish Life Television network Original color videotape episodes were added to the JLTV line up in 2015 This run concluded in 2017 Series regulars editPerformers edit The Skylarks 1956 1957 The Even Dozen 1961 1962 Dancers edit The Tony Charmoli Dancers 1957 1962 The Nick Castle Dancers 1962 1963 Music edit The Harry Zimmerman Orchestra 1957 1961 1962 1963 Frank DeVol and His Orchestra 1961 1962 List of guest stars edit nbsp Guest star Roy Rogers 1960 Edie Adams 11 24 57 Anna Maria Alberghetti 4 20 58 Julie Andrews 1 12 58 Paul Anka 2 26 61 Eve Arden 4 13 58 1 11 59 Cliff Arquette 5 17 59 5 24 59 11 15 59 Pearl Bailey 1 24 60 Tony Bennett 5 31 59 Polly Bergen 1 31 60 4 9 61 Joey Bishop 4 19 57 3 20 60 4 30 61 Pat Boone 3 22 57 3 9 58 10 11 59 Rossano Brazzi 12 1 57 2 14 60 George Burns 4 19 59 4 24 60 12 29 61 Red Buttons 6 1 58 Sid Caesar 11 16 58 Art Carney 1 13 57 5 17 57 1 12 58 6 15 58 10 5 58 10 11 59 5 22 60 11 20 60 Johnny Carson 1 31 60 Marge and Gower Champion 4 10 56 11 24 57 2 9 58 6 15 58 10 19 58 5 10 59 Nat King Cole 10 9 60 12 29 61 Perry Como 1 17 56 1 13 57 Robert Cummings 10 27 57 3 9 58 11 30 58 5 10 59 Vic Damone 4 3 60 6 1 62 Bobby Darin 4 14 63 Bette Davis 2 23 58 Dizzy Dean 10 5 56 12 16 56 Dolores del Rio 3 27 60 Howard Duff 5 18 58 1 10 60 Leo Durocher 4 16 61 Jimmy Durante 12 1 57 10 12 58 Dale Evans 12 16 56 Nanette Fabray 6 14 57 10 20 57 2 16 58 5 11 58 6 25 61 10 6 61 Douglas Fairbanks Jr 2 8 59 Ella Fitzgerald 10 12 58 3 8 59 1 10 60 12 11 60 3 17 63 Eddie Foy Jr 5 11 58 Stan Freberg 6 29 58 7 13 58 7 27 58 8 10 58 9 28 58 Zsa Zsa Gabor 10 11 59 James Garner 2 26 61 4 16 61 11 11 62 Benny Goodman 2 28 60 George Gobel 11 30 56 2 15 59 Betty Grable 11 2 56 3 8 59 11 22 59 4 3 60 Jose Greco 4 20 58 11 16 58 4 5 59 Al Hirt 12 11 60 1 8 61 2 26 61 4 9 61 10 6 61 2 17 63 Betty Hutton 5 17 57 3 23 58 Mahalia Jackson 6 1 58 11 16 58 3 22 59 12 6 59 5 22 60 Ingemar Johansson 10 4 59 1 24 60 2 5 61 Van Johnson 4 20 58 1 25 59 5 17 59 Dean Jones 6 14 57 10 20 57 Louis Jourdan 10 5 58 2 1 59 Burl Ives 10 5 58 12 21 58 Boris Karloff 5 17 57 10 27 57 Stubby Kaye 1 17 56 4 10 56 1 13 57 Julius LaRosa 5 11 58 10 26 58 Peter Lawford 1 26 58 10 12 58 5 3 59 Steve Lawrence 2 23 58 6 8 58 5 10 59 Peggy Lee 5 17 59 Liberace 1 20 63 Ida Lupino 5 18 58 1 10 60 Gisele MacKenzie 1 17 56 5 11 58 2 22 59 Shirley MacLaine 11 30 56 3 22 57 11 3 57 3 9 58 6 8 58 12 14 58 Fred MacMurray 6 14 57 12 29 57 Gordon MacRae 11 23 58 2 22 59 3 20 60 Marcel Marceau 1 17 56 11 1 59 Dean Martin 4 10 56 4 19 57 11 3 61 11 11 62 Groucho Marx 10 4 59 Elaine May 5 8 58 12 28 58 5 31 59 Audrey Meadows 1 18 59 3 20 60 1 26 62 Ethel Merman 1 19 58 10 19 58 Ann Miller 12 29 57 George Montgomery 11 24 57 6 8 58 11 23 58 11 22 59 10 6 61 Mike Nichols 5 8 58 12 28 58 5 31 59 Red Norvo 1 11 59 4 12 59 4 24 60 5 14 61 Janis Paige 3 16 58 5 3 59 3 13 60 Minnie Pearl 6 14 57 Jane Powell 2 8 59 Andre Previn 2 15 59 3 15 59 1 31 60 4 30 61 4 14 63 Tony Randall 3 8 59 4 12 59 Carl Reiner 4 19 59 10 4 59 10 11 59 11 1 59 12 6 59 1 24 60 2 28 60 3 20 60 5 8 60 Ginger Rogers 5 18 58 3 22 59 Roy Rogers 12 16 56 12 22 57 Cesar Romero 3 22 59 Dick Shawn 1 11 59 Frank Sinatra 10 5 56 1 26 58 12 9 62 Keely Smith 11 24 57 4 5 59 2 23 62 Gale Storm 10 27 57 12 21 58 Barbra Streisand 5 12 63 Shirley Temple 5 4 58 12 14 58 Danny Thomas 10 20 57 10 19 58 Mel Torme 2 16 58 2 8 59 Miyoshi Umeki 6 8 58 1 22 61 Gwen Verdon 10 5 58 10 4 59 Robert Wagner 11 3 57 Andy Williams 5 8 60 12 11 60 Jonathan Winters 10 23 60 3 5 61 Ed Wynn 2 16 58 Lucho Gatica 9 04 60 References edit a b Dinah Shore at The Museum of Broadcast Communications Towering Song of 1998 1998 Award and Induction Ceremony Songwriters Hall of Fame Archived from the original on 2008 12 01 Retrieved 2008 12 17 External links editThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show at IMDb nbsp Public domain episode on the Internet Archive May 17 1959 episode on the Internet Archive Episode Swingin at the Summit on the Internet Archive 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