"Talent Party"

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show_name = Talent Party


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creator = George Klein
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country = USA
network = WHBQ-TV
first_aired = 1964
last_aired = 1973
num_seasons = 9
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Talent Party was a Southern teen dance TV program that aired between 1964 and 1973 featuring many of the biggest names in R&B, rock and pop music of the day. [http://www.researchvideo.com/footage-libraries/talent-party.html] Talent Party began airing on WHBQ-TV which had before produced several local programs featuring Memphis personalities. Talent Party was the off-shoot of "Dance Party" which had been passed int the hands of venerable disc jockey, George Klein, who hosted the show. [http://books.google.com/books?id=nHRc6MoAQacC&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=%22Talent+Party%22+tv+show&source=web&ots=498nG7KMYI&sig=5QsDx8Flqcm2Pc3QdmpincEZnuw&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result] Talent Party was hugely successful, giving many garage bands their first television appearances, and the ratings were so high that it regularly beat The Edge of Night, a nationally top-rated soap opera on CBS. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHBQ-TV]

References

[http://www.researchvideo.com/footage-libraries/talent-party.html Talent Party Television Footage Archive] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHBQ-TV WHBQ-TV]