The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom
Appearance
The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom | |
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Pat Suzuki with Pat Boone during The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, 1959 | |
Genre | Variety |
Starring | Pat Boone |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 115 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | 1957 1960 | –
The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom was a variety television series that debuted in 1957 and starred 23 year old singer Pat Boone as the host of the half-hour ABC series.[1]
The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom aired for 115 episodes from 1957 to 1960. Several musical performers including Cliff Richard, Nat King Cole, Edie Adams, Andy Williams, Pearl Bailey and Johnny Mathis made appearances on the program.[2]
Controversy
[edit]Boone later revealed that he left the series after ABC denied him from having singer Harry Belafonte appear on the show.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pat Boone". CBS News Sunday Morning. June 21, 2015.
- ^ a b "Pat Boone Chevy Showroom". Pat Boone.
- ^ Papadakis, Zoe (July 21, 2020). "Pat Boone Quit Show Over Discrimination Against Harry Belafonte". Newsmax.
- ^ Nolasco, Stephanie (July 20, 2020). "Pat Boone reveals life-changing encounter with Harry Belafonte, the inspiration behind 'Can't We Get Along'". Fox News.
External links
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