Series Description:

The Music Scene TV show featured rock, country, soul and pop musical groups selected from Billboard Magazine's top 100 list. It attracted both current "hot" groups and big name acts that were already legends in their own time. After all; prime time television exposure sold a lot of records and concert tickets! The hosts and regulars also did comedy acts between the guests' performances.

Music Scene Cast:

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Episodes List With Original Air Dates

The First And Only Season

1. Date: September 22, 1969 (First Episode)
   Oliver - Jean
   James Brown - World
   Buck Owens - Tall Dark Stranger
   Three Dog Night - Easy To Be Hard
   Music Scene Singers - Sugar, Sugar
   Tom Jones - I'll Never Fall in Love Again
   Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Down By the River
   Beatles (Promo Film) - Ballad Of John & Yoko / Give Peace A Chance

2. Date: September 29, 1969
   Janis Joplin - Try
   Three Dog Night - Easy To Be Hard
   Edie Gorme - Tonight I'll Say A Prayer
   Gary Pucket - This Girl Is A Woman Now
   Lou Rawls - Your Good Thing Is About To End
   Harry Nilsson (Filmed) - Theme from "Midnight Cowboy"

3. Date: October 6, 1969
   The Dells - Oh What a Night
   Bobby Sherman - Little Woman
   Music Scene Singers - Sugar, Sugar
   Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Here I Go Again
   The Rascals - Carry Me Back / People Got to Be Free
   Roger Miller - King of the Road / Where Have All the Average People Gone

4. Date: October 13, 1969
   Smith - Baby It's You
   Judy Collins - Pretty Polly
   Sonny James - Since I Met You Baby
   Jackie "Moms" Mabley - It's Your Thing
   Tony Bennett - What The World Needs Now
   Jerry Butler - What's the Use of Breaking Up?
   Music Scene Singers - Sugar Sugar (Operatic Version)

5. Date: October 20, 1969
   Steve Lawrence -The Drifter
   Bobby Sherman - Little Woman
   Tommy Smothers - Comedy Routine
   Pat Williams - Music Scene Theme
   Merle Haggard - Okie from Muskogee
   The Temptations - I Can't Get Next to You
   Sly & the Family Stone - Everyday People / Dance to the Music
   Sly & the Family Stone - Hot Fun in the Summertime / Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey

   
   

6. Date: October 27, 1969
   Smith - Baby It's You
   Isaac Hayes - Walk on By
   The Archies - Sugar Sugar
   Janis Joplin - Kozmic Blues
   Ten Years After - Bad Scene
   Richie Havens - Rocky Raccoon
   Archies (Cartoon) - Sugar, Sugar
   Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
   Michael Cole - Rod McKuen Railroad Poetry
   Jerry Lee Lewis - She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye

7. Date: November 3, 1969
   Lulu - Oh Me Oh My
   Johnny Cash - Blistered / Ruby
   R. B. Greaves - Take A Letter Maria
   Della Reese - MacArthur Park / Wedding Bell Blues
   Bobby Sherman - La La La / I'll Be Your Baby Tonight / Sounds Along The Way

8. Date: November 10, 1969
   Joe Cocker - Something
   Keith Barbour - Echo Park
   James Brown - Mother Popcorn
   The Everly Brothers - Bowling Green
   Dusty Springfield - A Brand New Me / The Look of Love
   Everly Brothers - Medley: Cathy's Clown/All I Have to Do is Dream/Wake Up, Little Susie/Bird Dog/Bye Bye Love

9. Date: November 17, 1969
   Paul Anka - Happy / My Way
   B.B. King - Just A Little Love
   R.B. Greaves - Take A Letter Maria
   The Cowsills -- Silver Threads And Golden Needles
   Music Scene Singers -- Sugar Sugar (Gospel style)

10. Date: November 24, 1969
    Mary McCaslin - Help
    Three Dog Night -- Eli's Coming
    Joe Cocker - Delta Lady / Something
    Mary Hopkin - No Business Like Show Business / In My Life

11. Date: December 1, 1969
    Mama Cass Elliot - There's A New World Coming
    Neil Diamond - Both Sides Now / Holly Holy
    Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Ye-Me-Le / Witchita Lineman
    Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down on the Corner / The Night Time is the Right Time

12. Date: December 8, 1969
    Grassroots - Heaven Knows
    Charlie Pride - Louisiana Man
    Tony Bennett - I Gotta Be Me / Smile
    Buffy St. Marie - He's The Keeper Of The Fire
    Stevie Wonder - Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
    Steve Allen - Medley: Last Night Was A Bad Night / Go Fly A Kite

13. Date: December 15, 1969
    Rawls, Lou - Just Squeeze Me
    Rawls, Lou - I Can't Make It Alone
    Pride, Charlie - I'm So Afraid Of Losing You
    Little Richard - Medley: Lucille / Tutti Frutti / Spirit '1984

14. Date: December 22, 1969
    Davy Jones - Together
    Jerry Butler - What's the Use of Breaking Up
    Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven / Johnny B. Goode
    Frankie Laine - Jezebel / Lord, You Gave Me a Mountain
    Gordon Lightfoot - (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me / Saturday Clothes

15. Date: December 29, 1969
    Tommy Roe - Dizzy
    Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525
    Herbie Mann - Memphis Underground
    Hair Cast - Medley: Aquarius / Easy To Be Hard / Where Do I Go / Flesh Failures / Let The Sunshine In

16. Date: January 5, 1970
    John RandolphMarr - Free
    Pete Seeger - Bring Them Home
    John Mayall - The Laws Must Change
    Marva Whitney - Things Got To Get Better
    Everly Brothers - Medley: The Games People Play / Walk Right Back / In The End / Aquarius / If I Were A Carpenter / Price Of Love

17. Date: January 12, 1970 (Final Episode)
    Bo Diddley - Hey Bo Diddley
    Groucho Marx - Father's Day Song
    John Sebastian - She's a Lady
    Lee Michaels - Who Could Want More
    Buffy Sainte-Marie - Universal Soldier
    John Sebastian - Rainbows All Over Your Blues