Season 17 (1963)

Jimmy Durante / Frank Sinatra Jr. / Pied Pipers
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September 29, 1963 • 1h

Tommy Dorsey Band - ""Marie"" Jimmy Durante - ""A Piano Is A Delicate Thing"" & "" September Song"" Helen Forrest - ""Just One...Read more

Dick Dale / The Angels / Totie Fields
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October 6, 1963 • 1h

Guests: --Dick Dale - ""Swingin' & Surfin'"" (with some ""Miserlou"") --Totie Fields (comedian) - boasts about her diet, sing...Read more

Lesley Gore / Tony Bennett / Frank Gorshin
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October 13, 1963 • 1h

Guests (confirmed): --Lesley Gore - ""It's My Party""/""She's A Fool"" medley --Szony & Claire (dancers) --The Baranton Si...Read more

Scheduled: Cliff Richard; Eydie Gorme
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October 20, 1963 • 1h

Scheduled guests: --Cliff Richard (singer) - ""Stranger In Town"" & ""Some of These Days"" --Eydie Gorme (singer) --the Ke...Read more

Moscow State Circus
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October 27, 1963 • 1h

The Moscow State Circus are a group of Animals, Acrobats, Jugglers, Clowns, Daredevils, High Wire Act, Dog Act, Trapeze Act & The Cannonball.

Richard Burton / Morecombe & Wise / Arthur Worsley
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November 3, 1963 • 1h

Guests: --Richard Burton - recites Dylan Thomas & does bar bit with drunken observations. --Arthur Worsley (British ventrilo...Read more

scheduled: The Jane Russell, Connie Haines and Beryl Davis trio; Allen & Rossi
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November 10, 1963 • 1h

Scheduled guests: --The Jane Russell, Connie Haines and Beryl Davis trio --Shelley Berman --Allen and Rossi (comedy team) ...Read more

scheduled: Tommy Sands & Nancy Sinatra; Robert Horton
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November 17, 1963 • 1h

Scheduled guests: --Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra - ""Old Straw Hat"" & ""Hey Good Lookin'"" --Robert Horton --Kim Sisters ...Read more

The Obratsov Russian Puppet Theatre
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December 1, 1963 • 1h

The Obratsov Russian Puppet Theatre --Ed dedicated the entire hour show to the Obratsov Russian Puppet Theatre. The puppet act,...Read more

Ginger Rogers / Burt Lanchester (on film)
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December 8, 1963 • 1h

Guests: --Ginger Rogers - ""Something's Gotta Give"" & ""They Can't Take That Away from Me"" --Burt Lanchester (on film, inte...Read more

Burt Lancaster / Al Hirt / Milton Berle / Georgia Brown
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December 15, 1963 • 1h

Guests: --Burt Lancaster (actor) --Al Hirt - ""Java"" & ""Man with a Horn"" --Milton Berle (comedian) - running gag: keeps in...Read more

scheduled: Buster Keaton; Teresa Brewer; Tessie O'Shea
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December 22, 1963 • 1h

Scheduled guests: --Buster Keaton --John Huston (director) --Teresa Brewer --George Kirby --Tessie O'Shea --Frank If...Read more

Hank Williams Jr. / Janet Blair / cast of Twice Over Nightly
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December 29, 1963 • 1h

Guests: --Hank Williams, Jr. - ""On The Bayou,"" ""Your Cheatin Heart"" & ""Lonesome Blues"" (and possibly ""Cold, Cold, Heart"...Read more

Count Basie Orchestra / Keely Smith / Sister Sourie (Singing Nun)
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January 5, 1964 • 1h

Guests: --The Singing Nun (Sister Sourire) - ""Hallelujah,"" ""Dominique,"" & ""Les Piedes des Missionaires"" (performance film...Read more

Connie Francis / Frank Sinatra, Jr. / Stiller & Meara
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January 12, 1964 • 1h

Guests include: --Connie Francis - ""With A Song In My Heart,"" ""I Left My Heart In San Francisco,"" ""You're Nobody 'Til Some...Read more

Bobby Vinton / Juliet Prowse / Pat Buttram
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January 19, 1964 • 1h

--Bobby Vinton - medley: ""If You Knew Susie,"" ""When My Baby Smiles at Me"" and ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"" --Dick Alberts (or Al...Read more

scheduled: Eddy Arnold; Van Heflin; Sidney Blackmer
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January 26, 1964 • 1h

Scheduled guests: --Van Heflin and Sidney Blackmer (actors, scheduled to appear in a scene from their Broadway play ""A Case of ...Read more

Ella Fitzgerald / Sammy Davis Jr.
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February 2, 1964 • 1h

Guests: --Ella Fitzgerald - ""Them There Eyes"" --Sammy Davis Jr. - ""Without A Song"" -- Sammy Davis Jr. & Ella Fitzgerald...Read more

Beatles (1st appearance) / Oliver Broadway cast
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February 9, 1964 • 1h

Guests include: --The Beatles (first appearance): All My Lovin,'Til There Was You, She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing There and I...Read more

Beatles (2nd appearance) / Mitzi Gaynor
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February 16, 1964 • 1h

--The Beatles (2nd appearance): She Loves You, This Boy, All My Lovin', I Saw Her Standing There, From Me to You and I Want to Hol...Read more

Beatles (3rd appearance) / Cab Calloway
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February 23, 1964 • 1h

--The Beatles (3rd appearance): Twist and Shout, Please Please Me and I Want to Hold Your Hand (Pre-recorded Beatles segments, tap...Read more

George Raft / Jack Carter / John Byner
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March 1, 1964 • 1h

Guests: --George Raft (Hollywood star) - scheduled to appear in a tango sequence with the Hugh Lambert dancers --Jack Carter (...Read more

Dave Clark Five / A Salute to American Composers
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March 8, 1964 • 1h

Dave Clark Five - ""Glad All Over"" ""A Salute to American Composers"" --Jerry Vale - ""Ah, Sweet Mystery"" & ""You Can't Ta...Read more

Dave Clark Five / Peter O'Toole / Jack Jones
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March 15, 1964 • 1h

--Dave Clark Five - ""Do You Love Me,"" ""Bits and Pieces"" and ""Glad All Over"" Other guests: --Peter O'Toole (actor) - in...Read more

Bobby Vinton / Van Johnson / The Ladybugs
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March 22, 1964 • 1h

Guests: --Van Johnson - ""Just One of Those Things"" & ""I'm A Ham"" --Bobby Vinton - ""My Heart Belongs to Only You"" --Th...Read more

Harry Belafonte and the Belafonte Folk Singers
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March 29, 1964 • 1h

Guests: --Harry Belafonte --Jack Carter (comedian) --The Kessler Twins Additional guests (scheduled to appear): --Har...Read more

The Searchers / scheduled: Rowan & Martin; Senor Wences
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April 5, 1964 • 1h

The Searchers – ""Ain't That Just Like Me"" & ""Needles and Pins"" Other guests (scheduled): --Dan Rowan & Dick Martin (co...Read more

Moscow State Circus (taped in Minneapolis, MN)
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April 12, 1964 • 1h

Moscow State Circus (taped in Minneapolis, MN): Taped show with guests: --Oleg Popov (clown, appears throughout the show) -...Read more

Al Hirt / Roberta Peters / Itzhak Perlman / Kim Sisters
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April 26, 1964 • 1h

--Al Hirt - ""Begin the Beguine"" & ""Cotton Candy"" --Al Hirt & Roberta Peters - ""The Shadow Song"" --Itzhak Perlman - ""Ron...Read more

Stevie Wonder / Gerry and the Pacemakers
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May 3, 1964 • 1h

Guests: --Stevie Wonder - ""Fingertips"" --Gerry and the Pacemakers - ""Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"" & ""I'm the One...Read more

Dusty Springfield / Gerry & the Pacemakers / Itzhak Perlman
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May 10, 1964 • 1h

Guests: --Dusty Springfield - ""Stay Awhile"" & ""I Only Want to Be with You"" --Gerry and the Pacemakers - ""I Like It"" & "...Read more

scheduled: Paul Anka; McGuire Sisters; Rita Pavone
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May 17, 1964 • 1h

Guests (2nd half of show): --Totie Fields (comedian) --The Mansville Marching Band - ""When The Saints Come Marching In"" -...Read more

Liza Minnelli / Duke Ellington / The Beatles (on film)
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May 24, 1964 • 1h

--The Beatles (on film) - movie clip of ""You Can't Do That"" from ""A Hard Day's Night"" - song was cut from final edit of film. ...Read more

Dave Clark Five / Bill Cosby / Helen Hayes
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May 31, 1964 • 1h

Guests: --Dave Clark Five – ""Can't You See That She's Mine"" & ""Do You Love Me"" --Bill Cosby --Helen Hayes - plays Mr...Read more

Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas / Alec Guinness
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June 7, 1964 • 1h

Guests: --Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas - ""Pride,"" ""Little Children"" and ""Bad to Me"" --Alec Guinness (cameo & film clip...Read more

Sammy Davis Jr./ A filmed tour of the JFK Library exhibit
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June 14, 1964 • 1h

Guests: --Sammy Davis Jr. - ""My Kind of Town (Manhattan),"" ""Where Do I Belong?"" ""Gonna Build Me A Mountain"" & ""What Kind...Read more

Debbie Reynolds (on film) / Trini Lopez / Harve Presnell
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June 21, 1964 • 1h

--Ed introduces the 50 candidates for the title of ""National College Queen,"" then announces the 6 finalists. --On film: Ed visi...Read more

Bobby Vinton / Connie Francis / Frank Sinatra / Ferrante & Teicher
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June 28, 1964 • 1h

Guests: --Frank Sinatra - cameo, brings out anniversary cake, sings ""My Kind of Town"" --Bobby Vinton - ""Tell Me Why"" & ""...Read more

scheduled: Kay Stevens; Myron Cohen; Jerry Vale; Allen & Rossi
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July 5, 1964 • 1h

Scheduled guests: --Jerry Vale --Kay Stevens --Allen and Rossi (comedy duo) --Myron Cohen (comedian) --Brascia and Tybe...Read more

Steve Lawrence / Helen Shapiro / Geula Gill
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July 26, 1964 • 1h

Scheduled guests: --Steve Lawrence --Helen Shapiro - ""Tip Toe Through The Tulips"" --Geula Gill (Israeli vocalist) --Mar...Read more

Della Reese / the Highwaymen
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August 16, 1964 • 1h

Guests: --Della Reese - ""Nobody's Sweetheart"" & ""His Eye Is On The Sparrow"" --The Highwaymen (vocal-instrumental quintet)...Read more

Bert Lahr / Rita Pavone / The Kim Sisters
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September 6, 1964 • 1h

Guests (show taped earlier in the season): --Bert Lahr - ""Schneider's Miracle"" --Rita Pavone (Italian pop singer) - ""Remem...Read more