• 12
    collected
  • 1957-09-17T04:00:00Z on NBC
  • 25m
  • 5h 25m (13 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
The popular singer was the first ever African-American to host a musical variety show.

13 episodes

Season Premiere

1957-09-17T04:00:00Z

3x01 Tony Martin, The Sparkletones

Season Premiere

3x01 Tony Martin, The Sparkletones

  • 1957-09-17T04:00:00Z25m

1957-09-24T04:00:00Z

3x02 Gogi Grant, The Dunhills

3x02 Gogi Grant, The Dunhills

  • 1957-09-24T04:00:00Z25m

3x04 Eartha Kitt, The Graff Singers

  • 1957-10-08T04:00:00Z25m

3x06 Hugh O'Brien, Cab Calloway

  • 1957-10-22T04:00:00Z25m

3x07 Johnny Mercer, The Cheerleaders

  • 1957-10-29T05:00:00Z25m

3x09 Mahalia Jackson, Nelson Riddle

  • 1957-11-12T05:00:00Z25m

3x11 Betty Hutton, The Cheerleaders

  • 1957-12-03T05:00:00Z25m

Season Finale

1957-12-17T05:00:00Z

3x13 Billy Eckstine, The Cheerleaders (Last Show)

Season Finale

3x13 Billy Eckstine, The Cheerleaders (Last Show)

  • 1957-12-17T05:00:00Z25m

Songs: "When You're Smiling" (Nat and Cheerleaders), "The Party's Over" (Nat), "If I Can Help Somebody" (Billy), "A Blossom Fell" (Nat), "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (Billy with Nat vocal/piano), "Rosetta" (Nat vocal/piano and Billy vocal/trumpet/jazzophone with Nat's combo), Memory Song: "The Christmas Song" (Nat)
Note: The rather peculiar-looking instrument Billy plays on "Rosetta" is called a jazzophone, which sounds like a trombone, has valves and a mouthpiece like a brass instrument, but is shaped like a saxophone. At the close of this, Nat's last show, a crawl lists all of the guests who were featured on the program, in the order in which they appeared.

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