Summertime '57/'58


Summertime '57 and Summertime '58 is a Canadian music variety television series which aired on CBC Television in 1957 and 1958.

Premise

Bill Walker hosted Summertime '57 with the Jack Kane Orchestra. Summertime '58 featured a more diverse variety of musical guests. The series was a mid-year replacement for Jackie Rae's regular season variety show.

Scheduling

The Summertime series were broadcast in 30-minute timeslots.

''Summertime '57''

Summertime '57 was broadcast on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. from 27 June to 12 September 1957 as follows:
  • 27 June 1957: Peter Appleyard, Tommy Hunter, Selma Leeds, The Travellers
  • 4 July 1957: Bill Brady Quartet, Don Garrard, Evelyn Gould, Teddi King
  • 11 July 1957: Norm Amadio, Joan Fairfax, Anne Marie Moss, Brian Terry
  • 18 July 1957: Anne Gable, Larry O'Connor
  • 25 July 1957: Peter Appleyard, Tommy Hunter, Selma Leeds, The Travellers
  • 1 August 1957: Don Elliott, Joe Niosi, Jimmy Shields, Gino Silvi vocal group, Rosalind Snow
  • 8 August 1957: Betty Jean Ferguson, Bernard Johnson, Ellis McClintock, The Playboys
  • 15 August 1957: William Charles, Helen Fielding, Wally Koster, Gerry Mulligan Quartet
  • 22 August 1957: Teddy Wilson
  • 29 August 1957: Betty Jean Ferguson, Don Garrard, Matt Matthews, The Playboys, Joe Puma
  • 5 September 1957: Martha Lou Harp
  • 12 September 1957: Tony Alamo, Betty Jean Ferguson, Bernard Johnson, Gino Silvi Quintet, Brian Terry

''Summertime '58''

Summertime '58 was broadcast Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. from 10 July to 23 September 1958 as follows: