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Whispering Smith (Revue/NBC)(Summer 1961) starring Audie Murphy, Guy Mitchell

The Guy Mitchell Show (1957-58)
Sponsors  Max Factor 
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
    
an Edward Joy Production / Executive Producer Edward Joy
for ABC (Mondays  8:30pm 30min)
Producer Phil Cohen
Director Kevin Joe Jonson
Writers Ben Starr and Bill Derman
Music and lyrics by Irvin Graham

Presented by Max Factor
with Fran Irvine, the Max Factor spokeswoman

US Music Variety Series 1957-58 15 episodes x 60 min

Host Guy Mitchell
Regulars:
Dolores Hawkins
Van Alexander conducts the Orchestra
The Ted Cappy Dancers

This weekly music-variety series originated 'live' from Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre.

Other Crew:
Art Director James Trittipo
Costume Designer Leah Rhodes
Technical director Irwin Stanton
Assistant to the producer Hattie Colbert

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ABC Mondays 8:30pm ET (some sources say 8pm)

[01] The Guy Mitchell Show
07Oct1957 ABC
guest
Opera soprano Marguerite Piazza
sportscaster Dizzy Dean
Highlights:
Marguerite Piazza sings "Fascination" and "Les Filles de Cadiz".
Guy and Marguerite duet with "In the Middle of the Island".
Guy sings a medley of his hit recordings including "Truly, Truly Fair", "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania",
"Singin' the Blues" and "Give Me the Simple Life".

[02] The Guy Mitchell Show
14Oct1957 ABC
guest
singer Margaret Whiting
actor Jack Carson

[03] The Guy Mitchell Show
21Oct1957 ABC Mon
guest
Mindy Carson
The Dunhills (dance group)
 Highlights:
Mindy sings "Chances" and "Sweet Georgie Brown".
Guy sings "The Best Things in Life are Free".
Mindy & Guy duet with "There Once Was a Woman".
Guy and Mindy sing "Isn't This a Lovely Day (To Be Caught in the Rain)",
from the movie "Top Hat" danced by The Dunhills.
*NOTE: Mindy's husband Ed Joy is both Mitchells and Miss Carson's manager and executive producer of the show.

[04] The Guy Mitchell Show
28Oct1957 ABC
guest
Peggy King
Highlights:
Peggy and Guy duet to "Send For Me".
Peggy sings "If You Don't Love Me" and "Affair to Remember".
Guy sings "The Roving Kind" and "Get Happy".

*NOTE: Gloria De Haven was guest on this program but Peggy King had to replace her.

[05] The Guy Mitchell Show
04Nov1957 ABC
guest
Peggy Lee
Highlights:
Peggy sings "All the Way" and "The Lady is a Tramp".

[06] The Guy Mitchell Show
11Nov1957 ABC
guest
Peggy King makes a return appearance

[07] The Guy Mitchell Show
18Nov1957 ABC
guest
Dolores Hawkins
Thurston Harris
Cindy and Lindy
Highlights:
Dolores sings "April Love", "Hoopla" and "Just Born".
Guy sings "Melancholy Baby" and "Unbeliever".
The juke-box guests are Cindy and Lindy with their hit, "Language of Love".

[08] The Guy Mitchell Show
25Nov1957 ABC
guest
Jeanne Carson
Dolores Hawkins and The Red Heads

[09] The Guy Mitchell Show
02Dec1957 ABC
guest
Bill Justis
Ryan and MacDonald
Dolores Hawkins and The Red Heads
Highlights:
The juke-box guests are Bill Justis and his instrumental group playing their hit record "Raunchy".

[10] The Guy Mitchell Show
09Dec1957 ABC
guest
Margie Rayburn
Dolores Hawkins and The Red Heads
Highlights:
Margie sings "I'm Available".

[11] The Guy Mitchell Show
16Dec1957 ABC
guest
singer Chuck Berry
dancer-pianist Johnny Bach
Dolores Hawkins and The Red Heads
Highlights:
Chuck sings "Rock 'n Roll".

[12] The Guy Mitchell Show
23Dec1957 ABC
guest
Margie Rayburn
Somethin' Smith
Dolores Hawkins and The Red Heads
Highlights:
Guy sings "Lord Made a Peanut".

[13] The Guy Mitchell Show
30Dec1957 ABC
guest
Marty Robbins
Dolores Hawkins and The Red Heads

[14] The Guy Mitchell Show
06Jan1958 ABC
guest
Marty Robbins
Dolores Hawkins and The Red Heads

[15] The Guy Mitchell Show (Final show of the series)
13Jan1958 ABC
guest
Dolores Hawkins and The Red Heads

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Guy Mitchell: The Hit Records
"Feet Up" 1952
"She Wears Red Feathers" 1953
"Pretty Little Black-Eyed Susie" 1953
"Chick a Boom" 1954
"Sippin' Soda" 1954
"Dime and a Dollar" 1954
"Ninety-Nine Years (Dead or Alive)" - Feb 1956
"Singing The Blues" - Nov 1956
"Knee Deep in the Blues" - Feb 1957
"Rock-A-Billy" - April 1957
"Heartaches by the Number" - Oct 1959
"Sparrow in the Tree Top"
"Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

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