The Bill Kenny Show

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The Bill Kenny Show
GenreMusic
Presented by Bill Kenny
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
ProducerElie Savoie
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network CBC Television
Release22 May (1966-05-22) –
10 July 1966 (1966-07-10)

The Bill Kenny Show is a Canadian music television series which aired on CBC Television in 1966.

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Premise

Bill Kenny, a member of the popular vocal quartet The Ink Spots in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s and later a solo singer, hosted this series. He became a Vancouver resident in 1961 and became among the first black performers to star in a nationally broadcast television series in Canada. [1]

Series regulars included singing group The Accents, with Fraser MacPherson's house band. Visiting artists included Susan Pesklevits who was later known as Susan Jacks. [2]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Sundays at 3:00 p.m. (North American Eastern time) from May 22nd to July 10th 1966.

References

  1. ↑ "Former Ink Spots Great Bill Kenny Gets TV Show". Jet . 21 October 1965. p. 56. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  2. ↑ Corcelli, John (June 2005). "The Bill Kenny Show". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
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