Country Hoedown

Country Hoedown
Country Hoedown
Genre country music
Country of origin  Canada
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 10
Production
Producer(s) Dave Thomas
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel CBC Television
Original run 30 June 1956 – 25 June 1965

Country Hoedown was a Canadian country music television series which aired on CBC Television from 1956 to 1965.

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Premise

Gordie Tapp hosted the series and also performed in sketches portraying characters such as Cousin Clem which he later reprised for Hee Haw.

King Ganam and his band, the Sons of the West, were featured from the initial years of the series. Ganam's band included Tommy Hunter who later starred in his own CBC series.

Performers frequently seen on the series included Al Cherney, Tommy Common, Johnny Davidson, Mary Frances, Pat Hervey and Wally Traugot. Lorraine Foreman and the Hames Sisters came from the Pick the Stars series. Gordon Lightfoot was at one point a member of the Singing Swinging Eight, the programme's square dance singing ensemble. The Country Hoedown orchestra was led by Lloyd Cooper.[1]

Episodes began with the song "Come Right In. It's Country Hoedown time", then Tapp's welcome message, "Hi there, friends and neighbours."[2] The concluding song, featuring the whole cast, was "Love is the Only Thing".[3]

Production

The programme's set consisted of a barn setting on a stage.[4]

Scheduling and reception

Country Hoedown aired on Saturdays at 9:00 p.m. as a mid-year substitute for On Camera in 1956. From 28 September 1956, it aired Fridays at 9:30 p.m. as a regular season programme until July 1959. From October 1959, it was rescheduled to 8:00 p.m., still on Fridays, until its final episode was broadcast on 25 June 1965.

International Surveys television ratings in 1960 and 1961 indicated that Country Hoedown and Don Messer's Jubilee were most popular among rural viewers, and among viewers outside British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec.[5] Other surveys indicated that the show received higher approval than for the other Toronto-produced CBC variety productions.[6] However, its popularity deteriorated by the mid-1960s despite improvements to the sketch content and the sets. Country Hoedown was later succeeded by the relatively flashy The Tommy Hunter Show.[7]

References

  1. ^ Corcelli, John (April 2002). "Country Hoedown". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=29. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 
  2. ^ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 207. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2. 
  3. ^ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 208. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2. 
  4. ^ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 205. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2. 
  5. ^ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 458. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2. 
  6. ^ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 206. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2. 
  7. ^ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 217. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2. 

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