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The Jo Stafford Show is a 15-minute musical variety program which aired on CBS in prime time in the 1954–1955 television season. Jo Stafford began her solo singing career after success with the big band group known as The Pied Pipers. Arrangements for the program were handled by Stafford's husband, Paul Weston, himself a conductor and arranger at Capitol Records and Columbia Records. The series aired on Tuesday evenings at 7:45 Eastern Time after Douglas Edwards with the News and preceding the half-hour The Red Skelton Show. Singer Perry Como had a similar 15-minute program on CBS in the same time slot on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings. Paul Weston wrote a special theme song for the show.
Original Release
02/02/1954
US Release
02/02/1954
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jo Stafford | Self - Host |
Paul Weston | Self - Bandleader / Self - Musical Conductor |
The Starlighters | Themselves |
Ronald Reagan | Self - introduces the premier show from the audience |
Don Pardo | Self - Announcer |
Red Ingle | Self |
Red Ingle's Natural Seven Band | Themselves |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Things We Did Last Summer | Tuesday, 31 August 1954 |
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Directors
Berni Gould, Edward M. Hillie, Paul Harrison
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jo Stafford | Self - Host |
Paul Weston | Self - Bandleader / Self - Musical Conductor |
The Starlighters | Themselves |
Ronald Reagan | Self - introduces the premier show from the audience |
Don Pardo | Self - Announcer |
Red Ingle | Self |
Red Ingle's Natural Seven Band | Themselves |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ben Feiner Jr. | Executive Producer |
Berni Gould | Producer |
Paul Harrison | Producer |