SpotLight Revue

PROGRAM LOG

SPOTLIGHT REVUE

May 26, 2001

Spike Jones and his City Slickers and Dorothy Shay "The Park Avenue Hillbilly costar for Coca- Cola Company, over CBS Network on Fridays. The show during 1948 season, travel around the United Stares and broadcast from various cities along the tour route. In 1949 the shows name was change to The Spike Jones Show, when Dorothy Shay left the show in 1949. It was them heard on Sundays until March 6th.then on Saturdays..

The City Slickers was a novelty band that did comedy take off on popular and classical pieces such as Cocktail for two, Chole, Holiday for Strings, Hawaiian War Chant and Liberestraum to name a few. The musicians we very talented that could perform as clowns or classical musicians and were called up

on to do both as City Slickers.

Dorothy Shay sang special comedy songs with hillbilly or country flavor such as Fuden A Fuss'n and a fighten and Do'n What Comes Naturally.

* Show is in my collection

10/03/47 - 06/25/48 Guest Star Broadcast City Announcer

· 10/03/47

· 10/10/47

· 10/17/47 * Frankie Lane Chicago, IL Mike Wallace

· 10/24/47 * Tex Williams Chicago, IL Mike Wallace

· 10/31/47 * Jan August Chicago, IL Mike Wallace

· 11/07/47 * Jack Owens Chicago. IL Mike Wallace

· 11/14/47 The Dinning Sisters

· 11/21/47

· 11/28/47

· 12/05/47

· 12/12/47

· 12/19/47

· 12/26/47

· 01/02/48 * Buddy Clark Chicago, IL Mike Wallace

· 01/09/48 * Nellie Lutcher Chicago, IL Mike Wallace

· 01/16/48 * Jan August

· 01/23/48 * Jack Owens Chicago, IL Mike Wallace

· 01/30/48

· 02/06/48 * The Mills Brothers Chicago, IL Mike Wallace

· 02/13/48 * Vic Damone Buffalo, NY

· 02/20/48 * Buddy Clark New York, NY

· 02/27/48 * Eddie Arnold Pittsburgh, PA

· 03/05/48 * Francis Craig

· 03/12/48 * Jack Smith Joe King

· 03/19/48 * The Milt Hearth Trio Joe King

· 03/26/48 * Jan August Washington D.C. Joe King

· 04/02/48 * The Harmonairs Chicago, IL Mike Wallace

· 04/09/48 * Mel Torme Detroit, MI Mike Wallace

· 04/16/48 The Dinning Sisters Mike Wallace

· 04/23/48

· 04/30/48 * The Page Cavanah Trio Mike Wallace

· 05/07/48 * Burl Ives Chicago, IL Mike Wallace

· 05/14/48 * Eddie Haywood Trio St. Luis, MO Mike Wallace

· 05/21/48 * Ken Griffin Kansas City, MO.Mike Wallace

· 05/28/48 * Frankie Lane Omaha, NE

· 06/04/48 * Buddy Clark Bob Petrie

· 06/11/48 * Delta Rhythm Boys Michael Roy

· 06/18/48 * Buddy Clark Toby Reed

· 06/24/48 * Don Ameche Michael Roy

End of season

10/01/48 - 12/24/48

· 10/01/48

· 10/08/48

· 10/15/48

· 10/22/48

· 10/29/48 * Tony Martin Dick Joy

· 11/05/48 * Jerry Colonna Dick Joy

· 11/12/48 Dick Haymes

· 11/19/48

· 11/26/48

· 12/03/48

· 12/10/48

· 12/17/48

· 12/24/48 * The Harry Stanton Choir

End of Spotlight Revue

The Spike Jones Show. Sundays for Coca-Cola.

01/02/49 - 06/25/49

· 01/02/49

· 01/09/49

· 01/16/49

· 01/23/49

· 01/30/49

· 02/06/49

· 02/13/49

· 02/20/49

· 03/06/49

Change to Saturdays

· 03/12/49

· 03/19/49

· 03/26/49

· 04/02/49

· 04/09/49

· 04/16/49

· 04/23/49

· 04/30/49

· 05/07/49

· 05/14/49

· 05/21/49

· 05/28/49

· 06/04/49

· 06/11/49

· 06/18/49

· 06/25/49

The end of the Coca-Cola sponsorship of Spike Jones & the City Slickers.

This log has been compiled by Frank McGurn. I am 99% sure of the information of the shows in my collection