Stan Kenton hosted a pilot musical variety show entitled My World Is Music. His guests included the McCann Trio, Mavis Rivers, Leonard Feather, and John Tynan. The February 1961 pilot failed to land a sponsor.
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Hollywood Record Room – July 13, 1961
The final episode of Bobby Troup’s Hollywood Record Room featured tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, guitarist Herb Ellis, and vocalist Ruth Price.
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Bobby Troup’s guests on the June 29, 1961, episode of Hollywood Record Room were George Duning, Connie Russell, and Calvin Jackson.
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Bobby Troup’s Hollywood Record Room on June 15, 1961, featured Paul Horn, George Greeley, and Patricia Morison.
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One of the newspaper notices for the June 8, 1961, show listed it as a “repeat” which suggests that the show with Sammy Davis, Jr., Sue Raney, and Conley Graves was originally programed to air on June 1, 1961.
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Bobby Troup’s Hollywood Record Room with Al Hirt, Carmen McRae, Pete Jolly, Ralph Peña, and DJ Frank Evans was originally scheduled for broadcast on April 20, 1961.
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The fourth edition of Bobby Troup’s Hollywood Record Room featured guests artists Clarence “Big” Miller, Joanie Miller, and Frank Rosolino.
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Bobby Troup hosted a new television series in 1961, Hollywood Record Room, that ran for thirteen weeks on channel 4, KRCA,
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Don Jim was present at over three dozen broadcasts of Stars of Jazz. His 35mm color slides captured rare photos of the songbirds who appeared on the series.
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Don Jim was present at over three dozen episodes of Stars of Jazz where he photographed mainly using 35mm color film.
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