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The Best Episodes of Shindig!

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The Best Episodes of 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...

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  1. Background image for Gale Garnett; The Newbeats; Round Robin; The Walker Brothers
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    #1 - Gale Garnett; The Newbeats; Round Robin; The Walker Brothers

    S1:E4

    Opening song: ""He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"" (performed by Jackie and Gayle, Newbeats, and the Walker Brothers). --The Walker Brothers – ""Slow Down"" --The Blossoms – ""Tell Him"" --Gale Garnett – ""We'll Sing in the Sunshine"" --Jerry Cole - ""Oh, Pretty Woman"" --The Newbeats – ""Bread and Butter"" --John Bill – ""House of the Rising Sun"" --Jackie and Gayle – ""A Summer Song"" --The Walker Brothers - ""Do Wah Diddy"" --Bobby Sherman – ""Have I the Right?"" --Donna Loren – ""It's Alright"" Finale: Round Robin – ""Who's the Roundest of Them All?"" (with closing titles)

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  2. Background image for Tina Turner; Marvin Gaye; Lesley Gore; Righteous Bros.
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    #2 - Tina Turner; Marvin Gaye; Lesley Gore; Righteous Bros.

    S1:E31

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Glen Campbell – ""Hot Dog"" 2. Wellingtons, Blossoms, John Andrea – ""Rock Island Line"" 3. Tina Turner, Marvin Gaye, Righteous Brothers – ""Willie and the Hand Jive"" (end of medley) Other songs (not in broadcast order): --Marvin Gaye - ""I'll Be Doggone,"" ""Memphis,"" ""Stubborn Kind of Fellow"" and ""Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"" (Plus, the finale) --Tina Turner - ""Money,"" ""That'll Be the Day,"" ""Tell Her I'm Not Home"" and ""Tell the Truth"" --Martha and the Vandelas - ""Nowhere to Run"" --Lesley Gore - ""The Look of Love,"" ""Gee Baby I'm Sorry "" and ""All of My Life"" --The Righteous Brothers - ""I Need Your Loving"" --Bill Medley - ""You've Lost that Loving Feeling"" & ""Leave My Woman Alone"" --Bobby Hatfield - ""Teasing You,"" ""Tell Her No,"" ""I'm A Lover Not a Fighter"" --Bobby Hatfield and Donna Loren - ""I Must Be Seeing Things"" --Donna Loren - ""Got to Get You off My Mind"" --Larry Hovis - ""Cherry Pie"" --Glen Campbell - ""Tomorrow Never Comes"" --

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  3. Background image for Everly Bros. / Righteous Bros. / Bettye Lavette / Piccola Pupa
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    #3 - Everly Bros. / Righteous Bros. / Bettye Lavette / Piccola Pupa

    S1:E40

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Jackie and Gayle - ""Iko Iko"" 2. The Blossoms - ""Don't Hang Up"" 3. Wellingtons, Bobby Sherman - ""The Bristol Stomp"" 4. Billy Preston - ""Baby Face"" 5. Everly Brothers - ""Gone Gone Gone"" (end of medley) Other songs (not in broadcast order): --Glen Campbell - ""Tom Dooley"" and ""Fort Worth Jail"" excerpt --Jimmy Clanton - ""Hurting Each Other"" --Everly Brothers - ""Great Balls of Fire,"" ""Slippin' and Slidin'"" excerpt and ""The Price Of Love"" --Bobby Hatfield - ""Out of Sight"" --Jackie and Gayle - ""And That's How It Goes"" & ""Camel Walk"" excerpt --Clydie King - ""The Thrill Is Gone"" --Bettye Lavette - ""Let Me Down Easy"" --Darlene Love - ""Didn't It Rain?"" --Billy Preston - ""Log Cabin"" & ""Breathless"" excerpt --Piccola Pupa - ""Breakaway"" and ""Skateboard"" --The Righteous Brothers - ""Slippin' and Slidin'"" excerpt, ""Camel Walk"" excerpt and ""Fee Fi Fidily I Oh"" --Sandie Shaw - ""(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"" --Bobby Sherman -

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  4. Background image for Sam Cooke / Everly Brothers / Righteous Brothers
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    #4 - Sam Cooke / Everly Brothers / Righteous Brothers

    S1:E1

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    #5 - Johnny Rivers / Jody Miller / Righteous Brothers

    S1:E2

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. ""(Up Above My Head) There's Music in the Air"" (performed by Jackie and Gayle) 2. ""Yes, Indeed"" (performed by the Wellingtons and the Blossoms) 3. ""Gonna Build a Mountain"" (performed by Jackie & Gayle) 4. ""(Up Above My Head) There's Music in the Air"" (performed by Jackie and Gayle, the Righteous Brothers and the Everly Brothers) (end of medley) --Shindig dancers (singing to picture of Bobby Sherman) – ""If I Had a Talking Picture of You"" (1920's song) --Bobby Sherman – ""Back Home Again in Indiana"" --The Wellingtons – ""Tzena, Tzena, Tzena"" --Jackie and Gayle – ""The Girl from Ipanema"" --Sam Cooke – ""Tennessee Waltz"" --The Everly Brothers – ""You're the One I Love"" --Donna Loren – ""Wishin' and Hopin'"" --The Righteous Brothers – ""This Little Girl of Mine"" --Alan Sues (comedian doing an imitation of Liberace) --Bobby Sherman – ""Hello Dolly"" (duet with Shindig dancer Maria Ghava) --The Everly Brothers – ""Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo"" --Sam

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    #6 - Johnny Rivers / Jody Miller / Righteous Brothers

    S1:E3

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Alan Sues – ""Ain't She Sweet?"" 2. Jerry Cole – ""Ain't She Sweet?"" 3. The Cables and the Blossoms – ""Cannon Ball"" 4. The Righteous Brothers (with Jody Miller and Pamela Bennett) - ""California Here I Come"" (end of medley) --Jody Miller – ""Yes, My Darling Daughter"" (1940's song) --The Righteous Brothers – ""Koko Joe"" --Pamela Bennett – ""And I Love Him"" (folk singer performing a Beatles song) --Alan Sues comedy bit - Sues sings ""Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey"" --Bobby Freeman – ""C'Mon And Swim"" --The Righteous Brothers – ""My Babe"" --Delaney Bramlett – ""You Never Can Tell"" --Alan Sues comedy bit --Darlene Love – ""You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break my Heart)"" --The Cables – ""Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"" --Johnny Rivers – ""Maybelline"" and ""Memphis"" Finale: Jody Miller – ""Saved"" (closing credits)

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    #7 - From London: The Beatles; Sandie Shaw; P.J. Proby

    S1:E5

    Show taped in London: --The Beatles – ""Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey"" (opening song) commercial: American Dairy Association Milk Council --Karl Denver Trio – ""Wimoweh"" --Lyn Cornell – ""Fever"" --Tommy Quickly – ""Stagger Lee"" commercial: Beach-Nut Gum --Sandie Shaw – ""(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"" --Sounds Incorporated – song title might be ""Whale Out on the Drums"" --P.J. Proby – ""You'll Never Walk Alone"" and ""Hold Me"" commercial: Stri-Dex medicated acne pads --Jimmy O'Neill announces who's on next week's show. --The Beatles – ""I'm A Loser"" and ""Boys"" Finale: Karl Denver – ""Old Folks At Home"" (lyrics: ""Way Down Upon the Swanee River…"") with closing creditsNote: All of the guests appear on stage for the finale. This includes the Beatles who walk on stage a few seconds before the program ends. The Fab Four are clearly visible on copies taken from the 2"" master videotape. But 16mm kinescope copies, which run a few seconds shorter, cut off the Bea

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    #8 - Roy Orbison / Manfred Mann / The Hondells

    S1:E6

    --Adam Faith – ""It's Alright"" (opening song) commercial: Stri-Dex ad with Jimmy O'Neill and Tim Matheson. --Manfred Mann – ""Do Wah Diddy"" --Bobby Sherman – ""Just for Me and My Girl"" (correct song title?) --Elkie Brooks – ""Nothing Left To Do but Cry"" (segment probably taped in England) --Roy Orbison – ""Oh, Pretty Woman"" commercial: Ajax laundry detergent with the white knight (""Stronger than dirt"") --The Hondells – ""Little Honda"" (clip with Teri Garr and other dancers on back of motor scooters.) --Adam Faith – ""Big Time"" --The Everly Brothers – ""Let It Be Me"" and ""Gone Gone Gone"" Finale: Roy Orbison – ""Wha'd I Say?"" (with closing credits)

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  10. Background image for Jackie Wilson / Jay and the Americans / The Honeycombs
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    #9 - Jackie Wilson / Jay and the Americans / The Honeycombs

    S1:E7

    --Donna Loren – ""Down the Line"" (opening song) --Willy Nelson – ""Jump Back"" (not Willie Nelson, the country singer) --Jackie Wilson – ""She's Alright"" --Bobby Sherman – ""Man Overboard"" --The Blossoms – ""Dancing in the Street"" --Bobby Sherman (with the Chambers Brothers) – ""I'm Crying"" --Donna Loren – ""That's What Love Is Made Of"" --Jay and the Americans – ""Come A Little Bit Closer"" --The Righteous Brothers – ""Let The Good Times Roll"" --The Honeycombs – ""Have I the Right?"" (clip probably taped in England) Finale: Jackie Wilson – ""Baby Workout"" (with closing credits)

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  11. Background image for Billy J Kramer & the Dakotas; Dick & Dee Dee
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    #10 - Billy J Kramer & the Dakotas; Dick & Dee Dee

    S1:E8

    --Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas – ""Da Doo Ron Ron"" (opening song) --Leon Russell – ""Hi Heeled Sneakers"" (sings & plays piano) --Dick and Dee Dee – ""Freight Train"" --The Blossoms – ""Baby Love"" --Chris Crosby – ""The Glory of Love"" (Bing Crosby's nephew) --Dick and Dee Dee – ""Thou Shalt Not Steal"" --The Wellingtons – ""For All We Know"" --Bobby Sherman – ""You Really Got Me"" (with Russ Titleman and other Shindig Band members) --Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas – ""Little Children"" and ""From A Window"" --Finale: Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas – ""Great Balls of Fire"" (with closing credits)

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  12. Background image for The Miracles; Gerry & the Pacemakers; Gene Pitney; Ketty Lester
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    #11 - The Miracles; Gerry & the Pacemakers; Gene Pitney; Ketty Lester

    S1:E9

    --Gerry and the Pacemakers – ""How Do You Do It?"" (opening song) --The Righteous Brothers – ""In That Great Getting' Up Mornin'"" --Glen Campbell – ""Summer, Winter, Spring, Fall"" --Ketty Lester (with the Blossoms and the Eligibles) – ""You Can Have Him"" --Gene Pitney – ""I'm Gonna Be Strong"" --Smokey Robinson and the Miracles – ""You Really Got A Hold on Me"" --Glenn Campbell – ""Ain't that Lovin' You Baby?"" --Ketty Lester – ""Love Letters"" --Gerry and the Pacemakers – ""I Like It"" (Gerry and the Shindig dancers at barbershop) and ""A Shot Of Rhythm & Blues"" --The Miracles – ""Mickey's Monkey"" (finale, closing credits)

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  13. Background image for Billy J. Kramer / Hank Williams, Jr. / Jody Miller / Orriel Smith
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    #12 - Billy J. Kramer / Hank Williams, Jr. / Jody Miller / Orriel Smith

    S1:E10

    --Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas – ""I Call Your Name"" (opening song, followed by Shindig logo) --Bobby Sherman – ""I'm Into Something Good"" --The Apollas – ""Swing Down, Sweet Chariot"" (""Rock Me Lord"") --Hank Williams, Jr. – ""Endless Sleep"" --Russ Titleman (with the Wellingtons) – ""Things We Said Today"" --Orriel Smith – ""Black is the Color"" --Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas – ""Tennessee Waltz"" (with the Blossoms) --Jody Miller – ""I Can't Believe What You Say"" --Bobby Sherman – ""She's Not There"" Finale: Willy Nelson (with the Apollas and the Wellingtons) – ""The Girl Can't Help It"" (As always, this is not Willie Nelson, the country singer.)

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  14. Background image for The Supremes; Paul Petersen; Righteous Brothers
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    #13 - The Supremes; Paul Petersen; Righteous Brothers

    S1:E11

    --Leon Russell (singing and playing piano) - ""Roll Over Beethoven"" (opening song) Commercial: Stri-Dex acne medication --Jackie and Gayle - ""You Should Have Seen the Way He Looked at Me"" --Bobby Doqui and Arnold Rollin - ""Round About the Mountain"" --Paul Petersen (of the Donna Reed Show) - ""My Dad"" --The Supremes - ""Baby Love"" Commercial: Florida Grapefruit Juice --Donna Loren - ""African Waltz"" --Bill Medley - ""Georgia on My Mind"" --The Righteous Brothers - ""Ko Ko Joe"" Commercials: Crest toothpaste; Prell shampoo --The Supremes - ""Come See About Me"" --Paul Petersen - ""She Can't Find Her Keys"" --The Righteous Brothers - ""Little Latin Lupe Lu"" (finale, closing credits)

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    #14 - Special episode: Everly Brothers; Manfred Mann

    S1:E12

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Carolyn Daye – ""Jump Back"" 2. Bobby Sherman – ""I'm Crying"" 3. Everly Brothers – ""Gone Gone Gone"" (end of medley) Commercial break – promo: Friday Night ABC lineup --Manfred Mann - ""Sha La La"" --Carolyn Daye - ""See See Ryder"" --Bessie Griffin and the Gospel Pearls - ""Dry Bones"" Commercial break – promo: Addams family --The Wellingtons - ""Everybody Knows"" --The Blossoms - ""Needle in a Haystack"" --Bobby Sherman - ""Sea Cruise"" promo: ABC Thursday Night lineup --Bessie Griffin and the Gospel Pearls - ""Come on Children"" --Everly Brothers - ""Bye Bye Love"" and ""All I Have to Do Is Dream"" --Finale: Everly Brothers - ""Rip It Up"" (closing credits)

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  16. Background image for Tina Turner / Neil Sedaka / Chad & Jeremy / Righteous Bros.
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    #15 - Tina Turner / Neil Sedaka / Chad & Jeremy / Righteous Bros.

    S1:E13

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Righteous Brothers - ""She's Not There"" 2. Donna Loren - ""Ain't That Lovin' You Baby"" 3. Chad and Jeremy - ""Yesterday's Gone"" 4. Matt Monro - ""My Kind of Girl"" 5. Tina Turner - ""A Fool in Love"" 6. Neil Sedaka - ""Next Door to an Angel"" (end of medley) Commercial: milk Jimmy O' Neill intro --Chad and Jeremy -""If She Was Mine"" --Donna Loren - ""Too Many Fish in the Sea"" --Righteous Brothers - ""This Little Girl of Mine"" --Neil Sedaka - ""I Hope He Breaks Your Heart"" --Matt Monro - ""Walk Away"" --Tina Turner - ""A Fool in Love"" Commercial: Charmin toilet paper --Chad and Jeremy - ""Willow Weep for Me"" Jimmy O' Neil chats with Chad & Jeremy --Neil Sedaka - ""Calendar Girl"" and ""Little Devil"" Commercial break: ABC promos Jack Good segment --Finale, with closing titles: Tina Turner - ""Ooh Pooh Pah Doo"" (Neil Sedaka plays piano while Tina sings)

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    #16 - Bobby Vinton / Freddy Canon / Aretha Franklin

    S1:E14

    Show begins with audience members yelling ""Shindig! Shindig! Shindig! Rah! Rah! Shindig!"" --Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Bobby Sherman – ""Hot Dog"" 2. Donna Loren – ""Just Because"" 3. Freddy Canon – ""Abigail Beecher"" 4. Chambers Brothers, Righteous Brothers, Blossoms – ""Shout"" (end of medley) --Donna Loren – ""Rock Me in the Cradle of Love"" --Bobby Sherman and Donna Loren – ""Casting My Spell on You"" --Bobby Vinton – ""Mr. Lonely"" --Aretha Franklin – ""It Won't Be Long"" --Righteous Brothers – ""Baby What You Want Me to Do"" --Freddy Cannon – ""Too Much Monkey Business"" --Aretha Franklin – ""Runnin' Out Of Fools"" --Bobby Sherman – ""Farmer John"" --Bobby Vinton – ""Roses Are Red"" Jack Good and Jimmy O'Neill segment. --Finale: Chambers Brothers – ""Rough and Rocky Road"" (""I Feel Like Crying All The Time"")

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  18. Background image for Manfred Mann / Chubby Checker / Dixie Cups
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    #17 - Manfred Mann / Chubby Checker / Dixie Cups

    S1:E15

    --Tommy Quickly – ""The Dog"" (opening song) Shindig! logo (logo shaped like a dog, exclamation point as wagging tail) --Manfred Mann – ""Do Wah Diddy Diddy"" --Kelly Garrett – ""Mellow Fellows"" --Chubby Checker – ""She Wants to Swim"" --Dixie Cups – Chapel of Love"" (excerpt performed during Jimmy O'Neill's introduction) and ""You Should Have Seen the Way He Looked At Me"" (complete) --The Righteous Brothers – ""Fannie Mae"" --Willy Nelson – ""Hand Jive"" (not Willie Nelson, the country singer) --Tommy Quickly – ""Wild Side of Life"" --Chubby Checker – ""Lovely Lovely (Loverly Loverly)"" Jack Good & Jimmy O'Neill segment --Manfred Mann – ""Sha La La"" (finale, closing credits)

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    #18 - Dave Clark 5 / Isley Brothers / Newbeats / Adam Faith

    S1:E16

    --Opening medley: Dave Clark Five - ""Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"" (abridged) and ""Can't You See That She's Mine?"" (end of medley) Commercial: Orange juice --Mickey Rooney Jr. - ""I Feel Fine"" --The Newbeats - ""Everything's All Right"" --Adam Faith - ""Boom Boom"" Commercial break - promos for ABC's Thursday Night lineup (""The Flintstones,"" ""Donna Reed,"" ""My Three Sons"") --Kelly Garrett - ""Wild One"" (not the Bobby Rydell song) --Bobby Sherman – ""She's A Woman"" --The Blossoms (Fanita James singing lead) - ""Going Out of My Head"" --Adam Faith - ""It's All Right"" (with the Isley Brothers and the Newbeats singing backup) Commercial: Stridex (with Jimmy O' Neill) --Dave Clark 5 - ""Everybody Knows"" and ""Anyway You Want It"" Promos for ABC shows. --Adam Faith with Jack Good. Jimmy O'Neill announces next week's guests. --Isley Brothers - ""Shout"" (finale, with closing credits)

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    #19 - Christmas '64: Beach Boys; Marvin Gaye; Righteous Bros.

    S1:E17

    --The Beach Boys – ""Dance, Dance, Dance"" (opening song) Jimmy O'Neill intro (begins with O'Neill kissing Carole Shelyne) --Bobby Sherman and Donna Loren – ""Keep on Searching"" --Righteous Brothers – ""The Jerk"" --Marvin Gaye – ""How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You"" --Adam Faith – ""Watch Your Step"" --Bobby Sherman – ""Sleigh Ride"" --Adam Faith – ""Santa Claus Is Back In Town"" --Donna Loren – ""Santa Claus is Coming to Town"" --The Beach Boys – ""Little Saint Nick,"" ""Monster Mash,"" ""Papa Oom Mow Mow,"" and ""Johnny B. Goode"" --Finale: Marvin Gaye – ""Hitch Hike"" (with closing credits) and The Beach Boys – ""We Three Kings"" (end of episode)

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  21. Background image for Mary Wells / Jerry Lee Lewis / Bobby Rydell / Vic Dana
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    #20 - Mary Wells / Jerry Lee Lewis / Bobby Rydell / Vic Dana

    S1:E18

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Donna Loren, the Wellingtons – ""At the Hop"" 2. Willy Nelson/Blossoms – ""Rip It Up"" 3. Jerry Lee Lewis – ""Jenny Jenny"" (end of medley) commercial: Beechnut Gum --Mary Wells - ""My Guy"" --Willy Nelson - ""Don't Let Go"" --The Gauchos - ""California Sun"" --Vic Dana - ""Down by the River Side"" commercial: Sunoco --Donna Loren – ""Ten Good Reasons"" --Jerry Lee Lewis -""Mean Woman Blues"" --Mary Wells - ""Use Your Head"" Commercials: Gleem & Prell --Bobby Rydell - ""I Just Can't Say Good Bye"" and ""Swingin' School"" Jack Good & Jimmy O'Neill segment --Jerry Lee Lewis - ""Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"" (finale, with closing credits)

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    #21 - Sal Mineo / Righteous Brothers / Sandie Shaw

    S1:E19

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Jackie & Gayle, Righteous Brothers - ""Let the Good Times Roll"" 2. Donna Loren, Blossoms - ""Too Many Fish in the Sea"" 3. Bobby Sherman - ""Hound Dog"" (end of medley) --Adam Faith - ""Dig That Kind Of Beat"" (a.k.a. ""Don't You Dig This Kind of Beat"") --The Blossoms - ""Swing Down Chariot"" --Sandie Shaw - ""(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me"" (clip probably taped in England) --Jackie and Gayle - ""Why Can't My Teacher Look Like Mr. Novak?"" --Donna Loren - ""90 Day Guarantee"" --The Righteous Brothers - ""Charlie Brown"" (at soda fountain set) --Bobby Sherman - ""High School Confidential"" --Sal Mineo - ""Girl Across the Way"" and ""Save the Last Dance for Me"" --Jack Good and Jimmy O'Neill, at soda fountain set, talk about the expanded one-hour Shindig (""The new 1965 model ‘Shindig!'"") Finale: Righteous Brothers - ""In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin'"" (with closing credits)

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    #22 - Johnny Cash / Herman's Hermits / Paul Petersen

    S1:E20

    --Dick and Dee Dee – ""Thou Shalt Not Steal"" (opening song) --Herman's Hermits – ""I'm Into Something Good"" (clip probably taped in England) --Paul Peterson – ""Little Dreamer"" --Johnny Cash – ""Amen"" (with the Statler Brothers and the Blossoms singing backup) --The Detergents – ""Leader of the Laundromat"" --Dick & Dee Dee – ""Be My Baby"" (not the Ronettes song) --The Righteous Brothers – ""You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"" --The Paris Sisters – ""My Buddy"" --Johnny Cash – ""Orange Blossom Special"" --Jack Good and cast announce who's on next week's show. --Paul Peterson – ""I'm in Love Again"" (finale, with closing credits)

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    #23 - First 60-minute show: Rolling Stones; Petula Clark; Kinks

    S1:E21

    Opening medley: 1. Bobby Sherman - ""I Can't Stop"" 2. Jackie and Gayle - ""Give Him A Great Big Kiss"" 3. The Walker Brothers - ""I'm A Loser"" 4. Donna Loren - ""Rock ‘n' Roll Music"" 5. Glen Campbell - ""Mean Woman Blues"" (end of medley) Other songs (not in broadcast order): --Petula Clark - ""Downtown"" --The Rolling Stones - ""Heart of Stone"" --The Kinks - ""You Really Got Me"" and ""All Day and All of the Night"" --The Dave Clark Five - ""Because"" and ""Glad All Over"" --Gerry and the Pacemakers - ""Dizzy Miss Lizzy"" and ""Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"" --Bobby Vee - ""Cross My Heart"" and ""Early in the Morning"" --Walker Brothers - ""Promised Land"" and ""Pretty Girls Everywhere"" --The Fearsome Foursome - ""Since You're Gone"" (Quartet made up of Los Angeles Rams linemen Rosevelt Grier, Merlin Olsen, Lamar Lundy, and David ""Deacon"" Jones)--Rosevelt ""Rosie"" Grier - ""I Who Have Nothing"" --Glen Campbell - ""Crying"" and ""Dream Baby"" --Donna Loren - ""Ten Good Reasons"" and

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    #24 - Little Anthony / Duane Eddy / Zombies / Aretha Franklin

    S1:E22

    Opening medley (song excerpts): 1. Glen Campbell – ""Dixieland Rock"" 2. Little Anthony and the Imperials – ""Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"" 3. Bobby Sherman – ""New Orleans"" 4. Serendipity Singers - ""Battle of New Orleans"" 5. The Blossoms and Bill Medley – ""Muskrat Ramble"" 6. Little Anthony and the Imperials – ""Dixieland Rock"" (end of medley) Other guests / songs (not in broadcast order): --Duane Eddy - ""Ruffneck"" and ""Rebel Rouser"" --The Zombies - ""Tell Her No"" --Little Anthony and the Imperials - ""Hurts So Bad"" (Plus, the finale) --Aretha Franklin - ""Can't You Just See Me"" and ""Rockabye Your Baby"" --Serendipity Singers - ""Rider,"" & ""Little Brown Jug"" --Bobby Hatfield - ""Good Golly Miss Molly"" --The Righteous Brothers - ""What'd I Say?"" and ""Look at Me"" --Freddie and the Dreamers - ""You Were Made for Me"" --Susan Barrett - ""Jim Dandy"" & ""Mr. Lee"" --Glen Campbell - ""Kentucky Means Paradise"" & ""Cumberland Gap"" --Ray Peterson - ""Unchained Melody"" --Bobby Sherman -

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    #25 - Kingsmen / Hondells / Peter & Gordon / Clara Ward Singers

    S1:E23

    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

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Best Episodes Summary

"Gale Garnett; The Newbeats; Round Robin; The Walker Brothers" is the best rated episode of "Shindig!". It scored 8.2/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/30/1964. This episode scored 0.8 points higher than the second highest rated, "Tina Turner; Marvin Gaye; Lesley Gore; Righteous Bros.".