Shindig!
Marianne Faithfull / Kinks / Sonny & Cher
TV Flash files “Marianne Faithfull / Kinks / Sonny & Cher” as hour 43 of 85 in the TV Flash guide — Shindig! (1964–1966) on ABC, season 1, episode 43, aired 1965-07-07, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E43: listed hour 43 of 85 in the Shindig! guide, hour 43 of 51 in season 1. It aired 1965-07-07 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Jerry Lee Lewis / Chad and Jeremy / Jackie Wilson” (S01E42). Next is “Beau Brummels / Shelley Fabares / Sammy Jackson” (S01E44).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Marianne Faithfull / Kinks / Sonny & Cher sit in the Shindig! guide?
S01E43 is listed hour 43 of 85 — hour 43 of 51 in season 1, season 1 episode 43.
When did Shindig! S01E43 air?
Marianne Faithfull / Kinks / Sonny & Cher aired 1965-07-07 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Any high-energy performance night with dancers and a chart act is the style guide. Short run, so graze: the staging is the point, not a host monologue.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Shindig! put British Invasion heat and American R&B on ABC with go-go dancers, a house band, and performances faster than Ed Sullivan's variety cathedral. The run was short; the staging became a youth-TV style guide. Mid-sixties rock as prime-time variety — sweat, choreography, and network television trying to look like a nightclub instead of dinner theater.
Short window, outsized style sheet. Shindig! put British Invasion heat and American R&B on ABC with go-go dancers, a house band, and performances faster than Ed Sullivan's variety cathedral. **1964–1966** — two seasons, 85 hours in this pack — in the orbit of British rock-TV innovator Jack Good, hosted by Jimmy O'Neill. Live-ish rock and pop acts, teenage pulse, network television trying to look like a nightclub instead of dinner theater. Rex will toast Sullivan as the cathedral. The metric is staging that became…
Filed against
- Jimmy O'Neill as Host
Jimmy O’Neill hosted Shindig! as British Invasion heat with go-go punctuation — American R&B on ABC, a house band, performances faster than Ed Sullivan’s variety cathedral. A short run that became a youth-TV style guide. TV Flash files…
Also in season 1
- S01E01 Sam Cooke / Everly Brothers / Righteous Brothers
- S01E02 Johnny Rivers / Jody Miller / Righteous Brothers
- S01E03 Gale Garnett; The Newbeats; Round Robin
- S01E04 From London: The Beatles; Sandie Shaw; P.J. Proby
- S01E05 Roy Orbison / Manfred Mann / The Hondells
- S01E06 Jackie Wilson; Jay and the Americans; Honeycombs