SPRING FESTIVAL OF MUSIC NO. 4: FOLK SOUND, U.S.A. (TV)
Summary
Fourth in this series of musical programs sponsored by Revlon. Highlights of this program feature performances by the following folk singers and instrumentalists: Joan Baez sings "Virgin Mary"; Casey Anderson sings "Muleskinner Blues"; the Tom Scott Singers sing a medley of traditional American songs; Cisco Houston sing "Hard Travelin'"; Peter Yarrow sings "Wally, Wally"; John Jacob Niles sings "I Wonder As I Wander" and "Go 'way From My Window"; John McCurry narrates Weldon Johnson's "Go Down Death"; Baez sings "Joys of Love"; Frank Warner sings "Blue Mountain" and "Peanuts"; blues singer-guitarist John Lee Hooker sings "Tupelo Blues"; Mildred Anderson sings "Hello, Little Boy"; Hooker sings "Maudie"; Mildred Anderson sings "Don't Deceive Me"; Yarrow sings "Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?"; and Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys sing "Salty Dog Blues," "Earl's Breakdown," and "Before I Met You." includes commercials for Revlon with Barbara Britton.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: June 16, 1960 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:11
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T84:0155
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Folk songs, American; Country music
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1960
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Revlon
CREDITS
- Robert Herridge … Producer, Writer
- Robert Carrington … Associate Producer
- Mel Ferber … Director
- Tom Scott … Music (Misc. Credits), Musical Director
- Nat Hentoff … Music (Misc. Credits), Musical Advisor
- Cisco Houston … Host
- Joan Baez … Singer
- Peter Yarrow … Singer
- Frank Warner … Singer
- Casey Anderson … Singer
- John Jacob Niles … Singer
- John Lee Hooker … Singer
- Mildred Anderson … Singer
- Earl Scruggs … Singer
- Foggy Mountain Boys … Music Group
- Lester Flatt … Singer
- Weldon Johnson
- John McCurry