Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
music variety television program which aired on
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...
in 1960.
Premise
Alan Miller hosted this successor to the CBC series ''
Swing Gently
''Swing Gently'' is a Canadian musical variety television program which aired on CBC Television in 1960.
Premise
Episodes featured the Billy Van Four with other regulars Allan Blye, Pam Hyatt Alan Millar and Ruth Walker. Visiting artists inclu ...
''. Episodes of this series were themed after a particular year and accompanied by costumes, film segments and music which represented that time. Regular performers included Allan Blye, the
Rudy Toth
Rudy Toth (16 December 1925 – 9 July 2009) was a Canadian composer, arranger, conductor, pianist, and cimbalom player of Czech birth. As a composer he wrote works mainly for television and the radio, working frequently for the Canadia ...
orchestra, The
Billy Van
William Allan Van Evera (11 August 1934 – 8 January 2003), known by the stage name Billy Van, was a Canadian comedian, actor, and singer.
Biography
Van was born in Toronto, Ontario, and dropped out of Bloor Collegiate Institute in Grade ...
Four and Ruth Walker. Visiting artists included
Orson Bean
Orson Bean (born Dallas Frederick Burrows; July 22, 1928 – February 7, 2020) was an American film, television, and stage actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He was a game show and talk show host and a "mainstay of Los Angeles’ small ...
(American comedian/actor),
Pam Hyatt
Pamela "Pam" Hyatt (born April 9, 1936) is a Canadian actress who played Noble Heart Horse in 1986's '' The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation'' and the voice of Kaede in the English version of '' Inuyasha'', guest-starred in USA Network's ...