Music Hop
| Music Hop | |
|---|---|
| Genre | music |
| Presented by | Alex Trebek (1963-1964) Dave Mickie (1964-1967) |
| Country of origin |  Canada |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Stan Jacobson (1963-1964) Allan Angus Pierre Desjardins Ray McConnell Manny Pitson Ain Soodor |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBC Television |
| Original run | 3 October 1963 – 28 June 1967 |
Music Hop is a Canadian music television series which aired on CBC Television from 1963 to 1967.
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[edit] Premise
Pop and rock music was featured in this series for youth, essentially a Canadian version of American Bandstand.[1]
[edit] Production
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:
- Mondays: Let's Go originated from Vancouver with producer Ain Soodor
- Tuesdays: Jeunesse Oblige originated from Montreal with producer Pierre Desjardins
- Wednesdays: Hootenanny originated from Winnipeg with producer Ray McConnell
- Thursdays: Music Hop originated from Toronto with producer Allan Angus
- Fridays: Frank's Bandstand originated from Halifax with producer Manny Pitson
[edit] Scheduling
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.
[edit] Reception
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.
[edit] References
- ^ Corcelli, John (April 2002). "Music Hop". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=316. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
[edit] External links
- Allan, Blaine (1996). "Music Hop". Queen's University. http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Mus.html. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- Music Hop at the Internet Movie Database
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