Shindig! — Season 1, Episode 23: Kingsmen / Hondells / Peter & Gordon / Clara Ward Singers
Reality • 30 min • 2 seasons, 86 episodes • ★ 6.4/10
Episode synopsis
Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Donna Loren - ""Keep A Knockin'"" 2. Hondells - ""Little Honda"" 3. Blossoms - ""(I Do the) Shimmy Shimmy"" 4. Glen Campbell - ""Shake, Rattle & Roll"" (end of medley, Shindig! logo) Other songs (not in broadcast order): --John Andrea – ""Are You Sincere?"" --Glen Campbell – ""Truck Driving Man"" --The Condors featuring George and Teddy - ""Sticks and Stones"" and ""Rocking Robin"" --Gale Garnett – ""Loving Place"" --The Hondells - ""Hot Rod High"" and ""You're Gonna Ride With Me"" --Jackie & Gayle – ""Love Potion # 9"" and ""Turn Around"" --The Kingsmen - ""Little Latin Lupe Lu"" and ""Jolly Green Giant"" --Peter and Gordon – ""I Go to Pieces"" and ""Love Me, Baby"" --Donna Loren - ""Personality"" and ""The Wedding"" --Leon Russell – ""Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"" --Bobby Sherman - ""Rocking Pneumonia"" (singing & playing drums) and ""You Better Know It"" --Russ Titleman - ""Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Backseat"" (with Jackie & Gayle and 5 Shindig dancers, Bobby
About Shindig!
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.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Sam Cooke / Everly Brothers / Righteous Brothers
- E2Johnny Rivers / Jody Miller / Righteous Brothers
- E3Johnny Rivers / Jody Miller / Righteous Brothers
- E4Gale Garnett; The Newbeats; Round Robin; The Walker Brothers
- E5From London: The Beatles; Sandie Shaw; P.J. Proby
- E6Roy Orbison / Manfred Mann / The Hondells
- E7Jackie Wilson / Jay and the Americans / The Honeycombs
- E8Billy J Kramer & the Dakotas; Dick & Dee Dee
- E9The Miracles; Gerry & the Pacemakers; Gene Pitney; Ketty Lester
- E10Billy J. Kramer / Hank Williams, Jr. / Jody Miller / Orriel Smith
- E11The Supremes; Paul Petersen; Righteous Brothers
- E12Special episode: Everly Brothers; Manfred Mann