“Welcome Back Shindiggers”

It was January 8 1966 that the TV Shindig! aired its last episode. Shindig (the term meant a social gathering with dancing)had run since 1964 after LA disc jockey Jimmy O'Neill created the show and it replaced Hootenanny (a folk music show) on ABC's schedule. Shindig! featured a wide variety of music ranging from rock to soul to country and many of the British Invasion groups that had “invaded” America. The best part about Shindig! that made it different from American Bandstand and other music shows was that most of the performances were live, not lip-synced. They had a house band made up of some great players many of whom were from the session group known as The Wrecking Crew including James Burton, Larry Knechtel, Leon Russell and Glen B. Hardin. Billy Preston became a band regular and Glen Campbell & Delaney Bramlett did as well. There was a dance troupe that did the dances of the day while a live crowd of teenagers screamed their approval at their musical heroes. Everybody played Shindig! including The Beatles, The Aninals, The Kinks and The Who. The Beach Boys of course and soul stars like James Brown, Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin who made her TV debut on the show. Check out this list!

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  The Animals
  
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  Louis Armstrong
  
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  Desi Arnaz, Jr.
  
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  Long John Baldry
  
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  The Barron Knights
  
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  Fontella Bass
  
• 
  Shirley Bassey
  
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  The Beach Boys
  
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  The Beatles
  
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  James Brown
  
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  The Byrds
  
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  The Beau Brummels
  
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  Tony Bennett
  
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  The Chambers Brothers
  
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  Chuck Berry
  
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  Joe Stacy
  
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  Cilla Black
  
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  Booker T & the MG's
  
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  Freddy Cannon
  
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  Johnny Cash
  
  
  
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• 
  Chad and Jeremy
  
• 
  Chubby Checker
  
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  The Coasters
  
• 
  Petula Clark
  
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  Sam Cooke
  
• 
  The Dave Clark Five
  
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  The Spencer Davis Group
  
• 
  Karl Denver
  
• 
  Jackie DeShannon
  
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  Dino, Desi & Billy
  
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  Bo Diddley
  
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  The Dixie Cups
  
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  Donovan
  
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  The Everly Brothers
  
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  Shelley Fabares
  
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  Adam Faith
  
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  Marianne Faithfull
  
  
  
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  The Four Tops
  
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  Aretha Franklin
  
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  Freddie and the Dreamers
  
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  Billy Fury
  
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  Gale Garnett
  
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  Gary Lewis & the Playboys
  
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  Marvin Gaye
  
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  The Gentrys
  
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  Gerry & the Pacemakers
  
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  Stan Getz
  
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  Dizzy Gillespie
  
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  Dobie Gray
  
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  Bessie Griffin
  
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  Bobby Goldsboro
  
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  Lesley Gore
  
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  The Grass Roots
  
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  Françoise Hardy
  
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  Herman's Hermits
  
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  The Hollies
  
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  Don Ho
  
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  The Honeycombs
  
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  The Ikettes
  
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  The Isley Brothers
  
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  Davy Jones
  
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  Gloria Jones
  
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  The Kingsmen
  
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  The Kinks
  
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  Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas
  
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  Bettye LaVette
  
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  Jerry Lee Lewis
  
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  Little Anthony and the Imperials
  
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  Little Eva
  
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  Little Richard
  
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  Major Lance
  
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  Ketty Lester
  
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  The Lovin' Spoonful
  
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  Lulu & the Luvvers
  
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  George Maharis
  
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  The Mamas & the Papas
  
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  Manfred Mann
  
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  Melinda Marx
  
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  Johnny Mathis
  
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  Jody Miller
  
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  Millie
  
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  Sal Mineo
  
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  Matt Monro
  
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  The Moody Blues
  
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  The Nashville Teens
  
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  Ricky Nelson
  
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  P. J. Proby
  
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  Roy Orbison
  
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  Rita Pavone
  
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  Peter and Gordon
  
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  Gene Pitney
  
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  The Poets
  
• (Salute to)
  
  Elvis Presley
  
  
  
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  The Pretty Things
  
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  Eddie Rambeau
  
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  Roy Head
  
  
  
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• 
  Johnny Rivers
  
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  Smokey Robinson
  
  and
  
  The Miracles
  
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  Jimmie Rodgers
  
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  The Rolling Stones
  
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  The Ronettes
  
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  The Bitter End Singers
  
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  Mickey Rooney, Jr.
  
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  Bobby Rydell
  
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  Tommy Sands
  
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  Neil Sedaka
  
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  Del Shannon
  
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  Dee Dee Sharp
  
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  Sandie Shaw
  
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  The Shangri-Las
  
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  Sir Douglas Quintet
  
  
  
  ^[13]
  
  
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  Sonny & Cher
  
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  Rod Stewart
  
  (as part of
  
  Brian Auger and the Trinity
  
  )
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  The Supremes
  
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  The Temptations
  
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  Joe Tex
  
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  Tommy Tucker
  
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  Ike & Tina Turner
  
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  The Turtles
  
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  Twinkle
  
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  Unit 4 + 2
  
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  Leroy Van Dyke
  
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  Bobby Vee
  
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  The Ventures
  
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  The Vibrations
  
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  The Walker Brothers
  
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  We Five
  
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  Clara Ward Singers
  
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  Mary Wells
  
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  The Who
  
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  Hank Williams, Jr.
  
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  Jackie Wilson
  
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  Howlin' Wolf
  
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  The Yardbirds
  
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  The Zombies
  
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  Martha & the Vandella
  

Sadly, ABC jerked it around the schedule and in its later months had it split in two and aired on Thursdays and Saturdays. Of course, many teenagers were not home on Saturdays and it was going against Jackie Gleason so the ratings tanked and it was cancelled. But all of the episodes were preserved so you can go down a You Tube rabbit hole and re-discover one of the most fertile times in pop music in all its' live, raw celluloid glory.

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A new trailer for the latest Bond movie dropped and it certainly looks like Daniel Craig is going out on a high note!

Are you a fan of “The Princess Bride”? I know there are alot of you out there and in case you missed this…The Riverside Theater in Milwaukee is presenting a special showing of the film on Saturday January 18th hosted by one of it's stars, Cary Elwes. He will also have a Q&A and tell behind the scenes stories about the filming. 

And of course…

Covers Of The Day  (Happy Birthday Elvis…he would have turned 85 today)

Quotes Of The Day'

 ” War is the failure of diplomacy. It’s the failure of statecraft. And it’s the failure of humanity. We’re seeing lots of failures combine tonight in horrifying ways. “-Ned Price

“Right now we need a diplomatic channel to deescalate this situation, which is why having a belligerent, ideological hack like @SecPompeo as our chief diplomat is so dangerous.”-Tommy Vietor

“The world was a lot safer when Donald Trump was at war with @BetteMidler”-Stuart Stevens

“A war with Iran is madness, and it is strategically and morally a disaster in the making. And don't believe anyone who tells you otherwise.”-Chris Hayes

“A president who lost the popular vote by 2.9 million votes, suffered the worst midterm election defeat in US history & then got impeached now wants to start a war that a majority of Americans disapprove of”-Ari Berman

 “Hillary Clinton warned y'all about Trump.

Nikki Haley is warning y'all about Nikki Haley.

Everytime she speaks she proves she doesn't deserve to be in any position of power.”-Covie

“It amazes me that, three years in, anyone could ask, about any subject, “What is Trump’s strategy?” There is NEVER a strategy. He’s intellectually and psychologically incapable of strategy. He’s purely impulsive, as sociopaths an psychopaths typically are. He virtually admits … “-George Conway

https://twitter.com/nytpolitics/status/12142792290…

“I wish Congressional Republicans would take a step back and see what they've become under Trump. Now they spend most of their time protecting Trump's corruption, defending his dangerous military adventures, and repeating his Kremlin conspiracy theories. What a way to live!”-Evan McMullin

“Fun to imagine if Harry Reid and Barack Obama had teamed up to conceal evidence of impeachable offenses from Congress and the public. Somehow I don't think the coverage of it would've been overly fixated on whether Reid could “hold his caucus together” or whatever.”-Brian Beutler

“It’s horrific, but Americans need to understand that a madman with no political skills or talents to speak of, a man incapable of plans and ignorant of history, is serving as President of the United States. Lunging toward war, it’s a terrifying but necessary concept to grasp.”-Jared Yates Sexton