The Billy O'Connor Show

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The Billy O'Connor Show
Starring Billy O'Connor
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
Production
ProducersDrew Crossan
Bob Jarvis
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release16 October 1954 (1954-10-16) 
19 May 1956 (1956-05-19)

The Billy O'Connor Show was a Canadian variety television series which aired on CBC Television from 1954 to 1956.

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Premise

Billy O'Connor, a jazz musician, hosted this series with a small house band - Vic Centro (accordion), Kenny Gill (guitar) and Jackie Richardson (bass). Jack Duffy and Bill Isbister also made frequent appearances on this series. [1] O'Connor was promoted in CBC publicity as "a man you'd like to get to know". [2]

Juliette joined O'Connor on the series as a regular performer from 20 August 1955. However, their adversarial relationship led to the end of O'Connor's series in May 1956 and the debut of Juliette's own series in the same time slot that October. Sylvia Murphy became the vocalist for future series with O'Connor.

Scheduling

This 20-minute series was broadcast on Saturdays at 11:10 p.m. from 16 October 1954 to 19 May 1956, following the NHL hockey broadcast.

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References

  1. Corcelli, John (February 2005). "The Billy O'Connor Show". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952–1967 . University of Toronto Press. p.  195. ISBN   0-8020-5830-2.