Big Record, The

1 9 5 7 – 1 9 5 8 (USA)
35 x  60/30 minute episodes

This music variety series from CBS was hosted by Patti Page, who sang songs and introduced the guest performers.

Broadcast from New York, the show aired live on Wednesday nights and was kinescoped for West Coast audiences. It was one of the few CBS shows of the 1950s broadcast in colour.

Guests included Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis Jr., Paul Anka, Johnnie Ray, Jerry Lee Lewis, Julie London, Andy Williams, Della Reese, Bill Haley, Ella Fitzgerald, Tommy Sands, The Everly Brothers, Sam Cooke, Liberace, The Coasters, Bob Hope, Fats Domino, Connie Francis, Mel Tormé, Frankie Avalon, Erroll Garner, Jimmie Rodgers, Teresa Brewer, Frankie Vaughan, Danny and the Juniors, Guy Mitchell, Vic Damone, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, Florence Henderson, Ruby Murray, Gene Autry, Gracie Fields, Nelson Eddy, The Ames Brothers, Jeanette MacDonald, The Andrews Sisters, Jack Jones, The Four Lads, Eartha Kitt, Julie Andrews, and The Glenn Miller Orchestra.

The show – originally an hour-long until it was reduced to 30 minutes beginning on 26 March 1958 – was sponsored by Oldsmobile. Page went on to host 24 episodes of another show for Oldsmobile (The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show) during the 1958–1959 season.

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Patti Page

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