Musical Chairs (1975 game show)

Musical Chairs
Title card for the 1975 Musical Chairs.
Created byDon Kirshner[1]
Jerry Schnur[2]
Presented byAdam Wade
Narrated byPat Hernon
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes95
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companyJerome Schnur/Don Kirshner Productions[1]
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseJune 16 (1975-06-16) –
October 31, 1975 (1975-10-31)
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Musical Chairs is an American game show that aired from June 16 to October 31, 1975, on CBS. Singer Adam Wade hosted, making him the first African-American game show host. Wade had three Billboard top ten hits in 1961. The game show was recorded at the Ed Sullivan Theater (CBS Studio 50) in New York City and sportscaster Pat Hernon was the announcer.[3] The show was created by Don Kirshner.[1]

Musical Chairs aired at 4:00 PM (3:00 Central Time), replacing Tattletales, which had moved to the morning, against NBC's Somerset and ABC's The Money Maze (and later You Don't Say!); it was not successful in the ratings against that competition.[2] Give-n-Take replaced Chairs the following Monday for 4 weeks before Tattletales moved back to 4:00 PM.[2]

Usually appearing on each episode were guest singers and musical groups, among them The Tokens, The Spinners, Larry Kert, Margaret Whiting, Sharon Vaughn,[1] The New Christy Minstrels and Sister Sledge as well as up and coming singers and stars such as Alaina Reed, Kelly Garrett, Marilyn Sokol, Jane Olivor, and Irene Cara.

  1. ^ a b c d Billboard Sep 13, 1975
  2. ^ a b c Short-Lived Television Series, 1948–1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops By Wesley Hyatt, page 235-36
  3. ^ Game Shows '75: Musical Chairs Archived 2009-03-05 at the Wayback Machine