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  • 1959-09-11T23:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 25m
  • 3d 4h 20m (53 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
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  • Children
The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show was Dick Clark's second attempt at a prime time show. His first, a prime-time version of American Bandstand, ran only 13 weeks. The Beechnut Show was much more successful lasting almost 3 years. The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show was broadcast live Saturday nights from the Little Theatre in New York City. Every weekend, Dick Clark commuted from Philadelphia to NYC to do the "Beechnut" show. There was actually two shows done each Saturday. The first was a rehearsal show where the artists could sketch out their performances and Clark could line everything up. This would have a different audience then the second show which was the one that was televised. Beechnut Gum was actually picked up as a sponser for the third episode to the conclusion of the show's run. The artists that appeared usually "lip-synched" to their records. Very few actually performed live. This is the only show to be able to make the claim of having B

53 episodes

Season Premiere

3x01 Paul Anka; Bobby Rydell; Neil Sedaka; Roberta Shore

  • 1959-09-11T23:00:00Z3h

September 12, 1959 - Episode # 83
Neil Sedaka - ""Oh, Carol!"" Dick Clark plugs his upcoming motion picture Roberta Shore - ""Love At First Sight"" Bobby Rydell - ""I Dig Girls"" Beechnut gum ad - Dick Clark Paul Anka - ""Melody Amore"" / Interviewed briefly Top 10 Countdown Paul Anka - ""Put Your Head On My Shoulder"" Closing / Announcements of next weeks guests
Time : 20:10 - Beginning is missing
Additional song? Bobby Rydell - ""Kissin' Time"" (possibly at beginning of show?)

Scheduled guests: --Chuck Conners (actor, from ""The Rifleman"") --Freddy Cannon --Joni James --Jerry Wallace - ""Primrose Lane"" --Carl Dobkins, Jr. - ""If You Want My Lovin'"" --The Ronnie Hawkins Quartet - ""Mary Lou"" --Floyd Robinson

Scheduled guests: --Dee Clark - ""Hey, Little Girl"" --Dion and the Belmonts - ""A Lover's Prayer"" --Dion and the Belmonts - ""Every Little Thing I Do"" --Skip and Flip - ""It Could Be""

Scheduled guests: --Connie Francis - ""You're Gonna Miss Me"" --Sandy Nelson (drummer) - ""Teen-Beat"" --Paul Evans - ""Seven Little Girls"" --Dale Hawkins - ""Little Liza Jane""

Scheduled guests: --Eddie Cochran --The Isley Brothers - ""Shout"" --Sammy Turner --Teddy Randazzo --The Fireflies - ""You Were Mine""

--Conway Twitty - ""It's Only Make Believe"" and ""Danny Boy""
Additional guests (scheduled to appear): --The Spacemen (instrumental group) - ""The Clouds"" --Kitty Kallen - ""If I Give My Heart to You"" --The Passions (vocal group)

Scheduled guests: --Jan and Dean --The Royal Teens (vocal group) - ""Believe Me"" --Jack Scott (singer) - ""Baby Maria"" --Jesse Belvin (singer) --The Rock-A-Teens (vocal group) - ""Woo-Hoo""

Scheduled guests: --Santo and Johnny - ""Sleep Walk"" --Carl Mann --Larry Hall - ""Sandy"" --The Revels - ""Midnight Stroll"" --The Crests - ""The Angels Listened In""
It has been noted that The Crests also performed ""A Year Ago Tonight""

Scheduled guests: --Annette Funicello - ""First Name Initial"" & ""My Heart Became of Age"" --Bobby Rydell - ""Kissin' Time"" & ""We Got Love"" --Ernie Fields and his Orchestra - ""In the Mood"" --The Skyliners - ""It Happened Today"" --The Nutty Squirrels - ""Uh! Oh! Part 2""
It has been noted that Bobby Rydell performed ""I Dig Girls""

Scheduled guests: --Fabian - ""Hound Dog Man"" --Jimmy Clanton - ""My Own True Love"" --Johnny & the Hurricanes - ""Reveille Rock""

Scheduled guests: --The Browns - ""The Three Bells"" & ""Scarlet Ribbons"" --Frankie Laine - ""Rockin' Mother"" --Freddy Cannon - ""Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"" --Dodie Stevens --Billy Storm

November 28, 1959 - Episode # 94
Intro Gary Stites - ""Strarry Eyed"" Beechnut Gum ad Bobby Freeman - ""Ebb Tide"" (Performed standing on a bridge) Dick Clark plugs his book ""The Happiest Years"" Rod Lauren - ""If I Had A Girl"" Lloyd Price - ""Won't You Come Home"" Lloyd Price - ""Come Into My Heart"" Beechnut Gum ad Frankie Avalon - ""Why"" [Frankie is interviewed by Clark where he mentions that he working on a movie ""The Alamo""] Top 10 countdown Frankie Avalon - ""Swingin' On A Rainbow"" Closing / Announcemant of next weeks guests

Scheduled guests: --Marv Johnson - ""You Got What It Takes"" --Connie Francis - ""Among My Souvenirs"" --Neil Sedaka - ""Oh, Carol"" --Paul Anka - ""It's Time to Cry"" --Ralph DeMarco - ""Old Shep""

Scheduled guests: --Gloria De Haven (actress) --Tommy Facenda - ""High School U.S.A."" --Johnny Preston - ""Running Bear"" --Bobby Comstock & the Counts --The Fireflies - ""You Were Mine"" --The Bunin Puppets pantomime the recording of ""Nuttin' for Christmas"" sung by Kenny & Corky.

Scheduled guests: --Jackie Wilson - ""Talk That Talk"" --Toni Fisher - ""The Big Hurt"" --The Four Preps - ""Down by the Station"" --Anita Bryant --Bill Black and his Combo (instrumental group) - ""Smokie (Part 2)""

Scheduled guests: --Brook Benton - ""So Many Ways"" --Freddy Cannon - ""Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"" --Jimmy Clanton - ""Go, Jimmy, Go"" --Carl Dobkins, Jr. - ""Lucky Devil"" --Ray Peterson

Scheduled guests (TV Guide): --Larry Hall - ""Sandy"" --Little Anthony and the Imperials - ""Shimmy, Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop"" --Santo and Johnny (instrumental duo) - ""Tear Drop"" --Jack Scott - ""What in the World's Come Over You""

Scheduled guests: --Duane Eddy - ""Bonnie Came Back"" --Bob Crew - ""Whiffenpoof Song"" --Jamie Horton - ""My Little Marine"" --Titus Turner - ""We Told You Not to Marry"" --Jerry Wallace - ""Primrose Lane"" and ""Little Coco Palm""

Scheduled guests: --Bobby Rydell - ""We Got Love"" --Dale Hawkins - ""Hot Dog"" --Paul Evans - ""Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat"" --The Knockouts (a vocal group) --Teddy Rooney (child actor)

January 23, 1960 - Episode # 102
Rod Lauren - ""If I Had A Girl"" Robin Luke - ""Bad Boy"" Because They're Young movie contest Jimmy Jones - ""Handy Man"" Mark Dinning - ""Teen Angel"" Jack Scott - ""What In The World's Come Over You?"" The Everly Brothers - ""Let It Be Me"" Top 10 countdown The Everly Brothers - ""Til I Kissed You"" Closing / Announcement of next week's guests (including The Fireballs!)

Season Finale

3x21 Chuck Berry; Mitzi Gaynor; Dee Clark; Lloyd Price

  • 1960-01-30T00:00:00Z3h

Scheduled guests: --Chuck Berry --Lloyd Price - ""Lady Luck"" --Dee Clark - ""How About That?"" --Mitzi Gaynor (singer-actress) - ""I Don't Regret a Thing"" --The Fireballs (an instrumental quartet) - ""Torquay"" & ""Bulldog"" --Stonewall Jackson - ""Mary, Don't You Weep"" --The Passions (vocal group) - ""This is My Love""

Scheduled guests: --Adam Wade --Jill Corey --Sandy Nelson (drummer) --Jim Reeves - ""He'll Have to Go"" --Webb Pierce - ""No Love Have I"" --The Viscounts (instrumental group) - ""Harlem Nocturne""

Scheduled guests: --Brenda Lee - ""Sweet Nothin's"" --Annette Funicello - ""First Name Initial""
--Paul Anka - ""Puppy Love"" --The Crew Cuts --Ernie Fields & his Orchestra

Bill Haley and The Comets - ""Rock Around The Clock""
Scheduled guests: --Frankie Ford - ""Sea Cruise"" and ""Time After Time"" --Bill Haley and The Comets - ""Shake, Rattle and Roll"" and ""Tamiami"" --Bob Beckham - How Much?"" --Ray Smith - ""Rocking Little Angel"" --Johnny Tillotson - ""Why Do I Love You So?""

Scheduled guests: --Marv Johnson - ""You Got What It Takes"" --Dion and the Belmonts - ""Where Or When"" --Paul Evans - ""Midnite Special"" --Janice Harper --The Skyliners (vocal group) --The Little Dippers (vocal group) - ""Forever""

Scheduled guests: --Nick Adams (actor, from ""The Rebel"" TV series) --Bobby Rydell - ""Wild One"" & ""Little Bitty Girl"" --Sammy Turner - ""Paradise"" --Johnny & the Hurricanes - ""Beatnick Fly"" --Johnny Desmond --Clyde McPhatter

Scheduled guests: --Jackie Wilson - ""Night"" --Fabian - ""About This Thing Called Love"" --Santo and Johnny - ""Caravan"" --The Crests --John Gary --Freddy Cannon - ""Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy"" (Cannon was also scheduled for next week's show)

Scheduled guests: --Bobby Darin - ""Beyond the Sea"" --Dorsey Burnett - ""(There Was A) Tall Oak Tree""
--Freddy Cannon - ""Chattanooga Show Shine Boy""
--The Coasters

Scheduled guests: --Johnny Cash - ""Rebel"" --The Browns - ""Old Lamplighter"" --Frankie Avalon - ""All Those Teardrops"" --Bob Crewe - ""Water Boy"" --The Four Preps - ""Down by the Station""

Scheduled guests: --Johnny Horton - ""Sink the Bismarck"" --Lloyd Price - ""Lady Luck"" & ""No Ifs, No Ands"" --Connie Francis - ""Mama"" & ""Teddy"" --Johnny Ferguson - ""Angela Jones""

Scheduled guests: --Dion & the Belmonts - ""Where or When"" & ""When You Wish Upon a Star"" --Anita Bryant - ""Paper Roses"" --June Valli - ""Apple Green"" --Adam Wade - ""Ruby"" --Jerry Wallace - ""Little Coco Palm""

Scheduled guests: --Jan and Dean - ""White Tennis Sneakers"" --Bill Black's Combo - ""White Silver Sands"" --Jack Scott - ""What in the World's Come Over You?"" & ""Burning Bridges"" --Bobby Rydell --Paul Evans - ""Midnite Special""

Scheduled guests: --Paul Anka - ""I Miss You So"" --Billy Bland - ""Let the Little Girl Dance"" --The Brothers Four - ""Greenfields"" --Billy and Lillie - ""Free for All"" --Jill Corey

Scheduled guests: --Jackie Wilson - ""Doggin' Around"" and ""Night"" --Freddy Cannon --Conway Twitty - ""What Am I Living For?"" --Teddy Randazzo - ""Way of a Clown"" --Rod Lauren - ""Listen My Love""

Scheduled guests: --Duane Eddy and the Rebel Rousers - ""Because They're Young"" and ""Shezam"" --Skip and Flip - ""Cherry Pie"" --Annette Funicello - ""O Dio Mio"" --Junior and his Friends - ""Who's Our Pet, Annette?"" (Junior was Andrew Anka Jr. the 10-year-old brother of Paul Anka) --Eddie Quinteros - ""Come Dance with Me""

Scheduled guests: --Connie Francis - ""Everybody's Somebody's Fool"" & ""Jealous of You"" --Bobby Freeman - ""I Need Someone"" --Ron Holden - ""Love You So"" --The Fleetwoods - ""Come Softly To Me""

Scheduled guests: --Neil Sedaka - ""Stairway to Heaven"" --Jimmy Clanton - ""Another Sleepless Night"" --Kitty Kallen - ""Make Love to Me"" --Mark Dinning - ""Star is Born"" --The Sentimentals (an instrumental combo)

Scheduled guests: --Harold Dorman - ""Mountain of Love"" --Jimmy Jones - ""Good Timin'"" --La Vern Baker --Jeanne Black - ""He'll Have to Stay"" --Anita Bryant - ""Paper Roses"" --Johnny Tillotson

Scheduled guests: --Frankie Avalon - ""Tuxedo Junction"" --Johnny Preston - ""Cradle of Love"" --Santo and Johnny - ""Lazy Days"" --Carl Dobkins Jr. - ""Exclusively Yours"" --The Playmates - ""I Love a Parade of Pretty Girls""

Scheduled guests: --Bobby Darin - ""Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home"" and ""I'll Be There"" --The Crests - ""Trouble in Paradise""
--The Fendermen - ""Mule Skinner Blues"" --Paul Evans - ""Happy-Go-Lucky Me"" --The Skyliners - ""Pennies from Heaven""

Scheduled guests (from Hollywood): --The Safaris - ""Image of a Girl"" --The Hollywood Argyles - ""Alley-Oop""
--The Crosby Brothers (Bing's sons Dennis, Philip and Lindsay) --Jimmie Rodgers - ""Just A Little Closer Walk With Thee""

Scheduled guests: --The Olympics - ""Big Boy Pete"" --Jan & Dean - ""Baby Talk"" & ""We Go Together"" --Dorsey Burnette - ""Hey Little One"" --The Four Preps - ""Got a Girl""

Scheduled guests (show broadcast from Chicago): --Brenda Lee - ""I'm Sorry"" and ""That's All You Gotta Do"" --Freddy Cannon - ""Jump Over"" --Tommy Edwards - ""I Really Don't Want to Know"" --Jack Scott - ""Burning Bridges""

Scheduled guests: --The Everly Brothers - ""Cathy's Clown,"" ""When Will I Be Loved?"" & ""So Sad"" --Jeanne Black - ""He'll Have to Stay"" & ""Lisa"" --Deane Hawley - ""Look for a Star"" --Larry Bright - ""Mo-Jo Workout"" (Fifth and last stop of Dick's ""On the Road"" series)

3x45 Brian Hyland; Bobby Rydell

  • 1960-07-15T23:00:00Z25m

Scheduled guests: --Brian Hyland - ""Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini"" --Bobby Rydell - ""Swingin' School""

Scheduled guests: --Roy Orbison - ""Only the Lonely"" and ""Uptown"" --Donnie Brooks - ""Mission Bell"" --Anita Bryant - ""In My Little Corner of the World"" and ""Paper Roses"" --The Crests (vocal group) - ""Trouble in Paradise""

Scheduled guests: --Jimmy Clanton - ""Come Back"" & ""Wait"" --Jerry Wallace - ""Swingin' Down the Lane"" & ""Teardrops in the Rain"" --Johnny & the Hurricanes - ""Down Yonder"" & ""Rockin' Goose"" --The Dimensions - ""Over The Rainbow""

--Chubby Checker - ""The Twist""
Other guests (scheduled to appear): --Conway Twitty - ""Is a Bluebird Blue?"" & ""She's Mine"" --Ray Peterson - ""Tell Laura I Love Her"" --Billy Bland - ""Pardon Me"" --The Ivy Three - ""Yogi""
It has been noted that Billy Bland appeared and performed ""Let The Little Girl Dance""

Scheduled guests: --Jim Reeves - ""I'm Getting Better"" --Frankie Lymon - ""Little Bitty Pretty One"" --Dion and the Belmonts - ""In the Still of the Night"" --Bobby Comstock --Paul Evans

Scheduled guests: --Jackie Wilson - ""All My Love"" and ""A Woman, a Lover, a Friend"" --Annette Funicello - ""O Dio Mio"" and ""Pineapple Princess"" --Neil Sedaka - ""Run, Samson, Run"" and ""You Mean Everything to Me"" --Joanie Sommers - ""One Boy""

Scheduled guests: --The Ventures - ""Walk, Don't Run"" --Lloyd Price - ""Personality"" and ""Question"" --Jamie Horton - ""My Little Marine"" and ""Robot Man"" --Fabian - ""King of Love"" and ""Tomorrow""

Scheduled guests: --The Platters - ""Red Sails in the Sunset"" & ""Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"" --Danny and the Juniors - ""Twistin' U.S.A."" --Viscounts (instrumental quintet) - ""Night Train"" --Mark Dinning - ""Lovin' Touch"" & ""Teen Angel"" --Jo Ann Campbell - ""Kookie Little Paradise""

Final show - with highlights from past shows: --Bobby Darin - ""Splish Splash"" & ""Mack the Knife"" --Connie Francis - ""Lipstick on Your Collar"" --Frankie Avalon - ""De De Dinah"" --Fabian - ""Turn Me Loose"" --Bobby Rydell - ""Kissin' Time"" --Annette Funicello and Paul Anka - sing a medley --Duane Eddy and the Rebels - ""Rebel Rouser"" & ""40 Miles of Bad Road""

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