The Bell Telephone Hour

Number of Season: 10 | Number of Episodes: 118

“The Bell Telephone Hour” was a musical variety show that aired on “NBC” TV from 12 January 1959 to 14 June 1968 that showcased the best in Broadway, Classical, Concert, Jazz and Popular music each week. The series had its’ own house band appropriately named the “Bell Telephone Orchestra”. The show also had its’ own theme song being the “Bell Waltz” composed by “Donald Voorhees” who was also the show's Orchestra conductor. Some of the greatest violinists of the 1960’s performed on this show that aired in the old “Black & White” format. Some of these great violinists included “Erica Mornin”, “Isaac Stern", "Michael Rabin", "Ruggiero Ricci", "Yehudi Menuhin" and "Zino Francesacatti". From time to time some of the great singers and bandleaders of the 1960’s would perform on the show as well. Some of these were “Bing Crosby”, “Gordon MacRae”, “John Gary”, “Leslie Uggams”, “Mary Martin”, “Nelson Eddy”, “Patti Page” and “Roy Rogers”. The TV show followed on the heels of its’ predecessor with the same name on “NBC” radio that aired from 29 April 1940 to 1958 on Monday nights at 8 PM. The name of the show was derived from its’ Major sponsor “Bell Telephone Laboratories”. The TV version began airing on Friday nights at 8:30 PM once a month. It later was given it’s same time slot now airing every other week alternating with another show on the other weeks such as News shows and specials. The show time slot changed quite often over the years. In September 1960 it aired at 9 PM and in September 1961 it moved to 9:30 PM. In October 1963 it moved to Tuesday nights at 10 PM, September 1965 it moved to Sunday night at 6:30 PM and in September 1967 it made its' final move back to Friday night at 10 PM.

0

Seasons:

Season 1 (E:4)

1959

0

Season 2 (E:13)

1959

0

Season 3 (E:15)

1960

0

Season 4 (E:14)

1961

0

Season 5 (E:8)

1962

0

Season 6 (E:19)

1963

0

Season 7 (E:15)

1964

0

Season 8 (E:16)

1965

0

Season 9 (E:3)

1966

0

Season 10 (E:13)

1967

0

Similar Tvs:

Little Einsteins
tv

Little Einsteins

2005

7

Top of the Pops Reloaded
tv

Top of the Pops Reloaded

2005

0

CD:UK
tv

CD:UK

1998

5

The Midnight Special
tv

The Midnight Special

1972

7

Live from Abbey Road
tv

Live from Abbey Road

2007

0

Friday Night Videos
tv

Friday Night Videos

1983

9

The Chart Show
tv

The Chart Show

1986

0

Classic Klaasje
tv

Classic Klaasje

2024

0

Musical Comedy Time
tv

Musical Comedy Time

1950

0

Vladimir Horowitz: A Television Concert at Carnegie Hall
tv

Vladimir Horowitz: A Television Concert at Carnegie Hall

1968

0

Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla
tv

Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla

2017

6

Making the Band 2
tv

Making the Band 2

2002

0

Making the Band
tv

Making the Band

2000

8

Hudobníci
tv

Hudobníci

2014

0

TRL
tv

TRL

1998

5

Hilary Duff: This Is Now
tv

Hilary Duff: This Is Now

2007

1

Popworld
tv

Popworld

0

青のオーケストラ
tv

青のオーケストラ

2023

7

四月は君の嘘
tv

四月は君の嘘

2014

8

Transmission
tv

Transmission

2006

0