Shindig!
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| Genre | Musical variety |
| Created by | Jack Good |
| Written by | Jimmy O'Neill |
| Directed by | Richard Dunlap Selwyn Touber Dean Whitmore Jørn Winther |
| Presented by | Jimmy O'Neill |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Selig J. Seligman Leon Mirell |
| Producer(s) | Phillip Browning |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 24–26 minutes (September 1964–January 1965) 48–52 minutes (January–Fall 1965) |
| Production company(s) | American Broadcasting Company Selmur Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format |
Black-and-white Color |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 16, 1964 – January 8, 1966 |
Shindig! is an American musical variety series which aired on ABC from September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966. The show was hosted by Jimmy O'Neill, a disc jockey in Los Angeles at the time who also created the show along with his wife Sharon Sheeley and production executive Art Stolnitz. The original pilot was rejected by ABC and David Sontag, then Executive Producer of ABC, redeveloped and completely redesigned the show. A new pilot with a new cast of artists was shot starring Sam Cooke. That pilot aired as the premiere episode.
Shindig! was conceived as a short-notice replacement for Hootenanny, a series that had specialized in folk revival music. The folk revival had fizzled in 1964 as the result of the British Invasion, which damaged the ratings for Hootenanny and prompted that show's cancellation.
Shindig! focused on a broader variety of popular music than its predecessor and first aired for a half-hour every Wednesday evening, but was expanded to an hour in January 1965. In the fall of 1965, the show split into two half-hour telecasts, on Thursday and Saturday nights.
Shindig!'s premiere episode was actually the second pilot, and featured Sam Cooke, The Everly Brothers and The Righteous Brothers. Later shows were taped in Britain with The Beatles as the guests. The series featured other "British invasion" bands and performers including The Who, The Rolling Stones and Cilla Black. Shindig continued to broadcast episodes from London throughout its run.
Many popular performers of the day played on Shindig! including Tina Turner, Lesley Gore, Bo Diddley, and Sonny and Cher, The Beach Boys, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, The Supremes and The Ronettes.
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