A Summer Night | |
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Genre | music variety |
Written by | Rich Eustis Paul Wayne |
Directed by | Stan Harris |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
Production | |
Producers | Bill Davis Stan Harris |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | CBC Television |
Original release | 29 June – 21 September 1962 |
A Summer Night was a Canadian music variety television series which aired on CBC Television in 1962.
Summer events and pastimes were the theme of this series which was hosted by Shirley Harmer and Alan Hamel. Topics included summertime fashion and what hockey players such as Bernie Geoffrion did between playing seasons. Series music was performed by the Billy Van Four, Tommy Common and Harmer under the direction of Denny Vaughan. [1]
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