Uptown Jubilee
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Uptown Jubilee was a short-lived American all-black variety show on CBS-TV from September 13 to October 20, 1949. The show aired live on Tuesday nights from 8–9 p.m. ET during September and on Thursdays from 8:30–9 p.m. ET during October.
The program aired three times as an hour-long show, each with a different title; premiering as Uptown Jubilee, changing to Harlem Jubilee and finally Sugar Hill Times, the title it also used during the two half-hour telecasts on October 6 and 20.[1]
It was hosted by Willie Bryant; performers included Maxine Sullivan, Timmie "Oh Yeah" Rogers, Harry Belafonte, The Jubileers, and Don Redman and His Orchestra.[2]
Notes [edit]
- ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1992), The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Ballentine Books, ISBN 0-345-37792-3.
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996), Total Television, Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
References [edit]
- Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1992), The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Ballentine Books, ISBN 0-345-37792-3.
- McNeil, Alex (1996), Total Television, Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
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