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| Music Hop | |
|---|---|
| Genre | music |
| Presented by | Alex Trebek Dave Mickie |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Stan Jacobson (1963–1964) Allan Angus Pierre Desjardins Ray McConnell Manny Pitson Ain Soodor |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | 3 October 1963 – 28 June 1967 |
Music Hop was a Canadian music television series that aired on CBC Television from 1963 to 1967.
Pop and rock music was featured in this series for youth, essentially a Canadian version of American Bandstand . [1]
The first season (1963–1964) was a Toronto production with host Alex Trebek who welcomed visiting musicians and introduced songs from the house musicians before a studio audience of dancing teenagers. He was replaced in following seasons by Dave Mickie, a disc jockey for CKEY in that time. Series musicians were Norm Amadio and the Rhythm Rockers, joined by The Girlfriends who were a female vocal trio. The producer of this season was Stan Jacobson.
The second season's schedule expanded to all weekdays with other Canadian cities contributing to the production of Music Hop:
The first season of this half-hour series was broadcast Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. (Eastern) from its debut 3 October 1963. In the following two seasons, it was seen every weekday, also at 5:30 p.m., since 28 September 1964. In its final season, the Friday episode was omitted from 3 October 1966 until its final broadcast on 28 June 1967.
Music Hop attracted approximately one million weekly viewers according to CBC estimates, mostly under age 20, with an estimated one-third of those viewers adults.
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