Cavalcade of Bands (TV series)

Cavalcade of Bands
Starring	Fred Robbins (host, January 1950) Warren Hull (host, January–April 1950) Ted Steele (host, May 1950-February 1951) Buddy Rogers (host, February–September 1951)
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	DuMont
Original release	January 17, 1950 – September 25, 1951

Cavalcade of Bands was an early-1950s American television series which aired on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.

Produced by Drug Store Television Productions and DuMont, Cavalcade of Bands featured performances by popular and obscure Big Band orchestras, and aired on Tuesdays at 9pm ET beginning January 17, 1950.

The series was a spin-off of DuMont's popular Cavalcade of Stars. Originally hosted by Fred Robbins, a disc jockey from New York, Robbins would exit quickly. No host would stay long on the program. Subsequent hosts included Warren Hull, Ted Steele, and Buddy Rogers. According to Brooks and Marsh (1984), Cavalcade of Bands was a major television effort, and was designed to lure away NBC's audience after The Milton Berle Show.

The last episode of the series was on September 25, 1951.

As with most DuMont series, few episodes survive, although the first episode is in the collection of the Paley Center for Media.

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