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Club O'Connor

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Club O'Connor
Genremusic variety
Presented byDon Cameron
StarringBilly O'Connor
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
ProducerSyd Wayne
Production locationToronto
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release7 June (1957-06-07) –
27 September 1957 (1957-09-27)

Club O'Connor is a Canadian music variety television series which aired on CBC Television in 1957.

Premise

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This series featured pianist Billy O'Connor with a house band of Jackie Richardson (leader, bass), Vic Centro (accordion), Ken Gill (guitar), Johnny Lindon (drums, vocals) and Sylvia Murphy (vocals). Musical arrangements were created by Bill Isbister. Visiting artists during the series included Jack Duffy (comedian, vocalist, 19 July 1957),[1] Jack Groob (violin, 28 June 1957),[2] Hal Harvey, Joey Hollingsworth (dancer), Georges Lafleche (singer), Pat Rafferty (The Dumbbells), The Rhythmaires (21 June 1957)[3] and the Taylor Twins (dancers, 5 July 1957).[4]

Scheduling

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Club O'Connor occupied The Plouffe Family's time slot between seasons. This half-hour series was broadcast Fridays at 8:30 p.m. (Eastern time) from 7 June to 27 September 1957.

References

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  1. ^ "Today's TV Previews". Montreal Gazette. 5 July 1957. p. 13. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Today's TV Previews". Montreal Gazette. 28 June 1957. p. 11. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Today's TV Previews". Montreal Gazette. 21 June 1957. p. 15. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Today's TV Previews". Montreal Gazette. 5 July 1957. p. 13. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
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