The Bell Telephone Hour

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“The Bell Telephone Hour” was a musical variety show that aired on “NBC” TV from 12 January 1959 to 14 June 1968 that showcased the best in Broadway, Classical, Concert, Jazz and Popular music each week. The series had its’ own house band appropriately named the “Bell Telephone Orchestra”. The show also had its’ own theme song being the “Bell Waltz” composed by “Donald Voorhees” who was also the show's Orchestra conductor. Some of the greatest violinists of the 1960’s performed on this show that aired in the old “Black & White” format. Some of these great violinists included “Erica Mornin”, “Isaac Stern", "Michael Rabin", "Ruggiero Ricci", "Yehudi Menuhin" and "Zino Francesacatti". From time to time some of the great singers and bandleaders of the 1960’s would perform on the show as well. Some of these were “Bing Crosby”, “Gordon MacRae”, “John Gary”, “Leslie Uggams”, “Mary Martin”, “Nelson Eddy”, “Patti Page” and “Roy Rogers”. The TV show followed on the heels of its’ predecessor with the same name on “NBC” radio that aired from 29 April 1940 to 1958 on Monday nights at 8 PM. The name of the show was derived from its’ Major sponsor “Bell Telephone Laboratories”. The TV version began airing on Friday nights at 8:30 PM once a month. It later was given it’s same time slot now airing every other week alternating with another show on the other weeks such as News shows and specials. The show time slot changed quite often over the years. In September 1960 it aired at 9 PM and in September 1961 it moved to 9:30 PM. In October 1963 it moved to Tuesday nights at 10 PM, September 1965 it moved to Sunday night at 6:30 PM and in September 1967 it made its' final move back to Friday night at 10 PM.

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Season 1

4 episodes

S1 E1 · Adventures In Music

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S1 E2 · American Festival

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S1 E3 · Concert 1959

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S1 E4 · Episode 4

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Season 2

11 episodes

S2 E1 · A Night Of Music

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S2 E2 · Music Of The West

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S2 E3 · On Stage With Music

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S2 E4 · The Music Of Gershwin

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S2 E5 · The Gift Of Music

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S2 E6 · The Four Of Us

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S2 E7 · Portraits In Music

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S2 E8 · The Music Makers

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S2 E9 · Main Street USA

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S2 E10 · Concert Hall

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S2 E11 · The Mikado

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Season 3

13 episodes

S3 E1 · Holiday In Music

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S3 E2 · One Nation Indivisible

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S3 E3 · And Freedom Sings

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S3 E4 · The Music Of Romance

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S3 E5 · And There Shall Be Music

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S3 E6 · Music Hath Charms

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S3 E7 · Almanac For February

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S3 E8 · The Sounds Of America

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S3 E9 · A Galaxy Of Music

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S3 E10 · Much Ado About Music

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S3 E11 · The Signs Of Spring

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S3 E12 · The Younger Generation

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S3 E13 · Encore!

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Season 4

14 episodes

S4 E1 · Opening Night

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S4 E2 · Salute To Autumn

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S4 E3 · Trio

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S4 E4 · The Music Of Richard Rodgers

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S4 E5 · Designs In Music

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S4 E6 · Trip To Christmas

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S4 E7 · A Measure Of Music

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S4 E8 · Weavers Of Song

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S4 E9 · Portals Of Music

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S4 E10 · The Songs Of Irving Berlin

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S4 E11 · The Music Of Love

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S4 E12 · Gala Performance

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S4 E13 · Springtime In The Park

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S4 E14 · Till Autumn

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Season 5

8 episodes

S5 E1 · Season 5, Show 1

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S5 E2 · Season 5, Show 2

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S5 E3 · Season 5, Show 3

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S5 E4 · Season 5, Show 4

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S5 E5 · Season 5, Show 5

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S5 E6 · Season 5, Show 6

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S5 E7 · Season 5, Show 7

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S5 E8 · Season 5, Show 8

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Season 6

19 episodes

S6 E1 · Season 6, Show 1

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S6 E4 · Season 6, Show 4

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S6 E5 · Season 6, Show 5

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S6 E6 · Season 6, Show 6

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S6 E7 · Season 6, Show 7

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S6 E8 · The Younger Generation

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S6 E9 · Cole Porter: An All-Star Tribute

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S6 E10 · Almanac

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S6 E11 · Season 6, Show 11

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S6 E12 · Season 6, Show 12

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S6 E13 · Season 6, Show 13

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S6 E14 · Season 6, Show 14

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S6 E15 · Season 6, Show 15

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S6 E16 · Season 6, Show 16

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S6 E17 · Season 6, Show 17

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S6 E18 · Season 6, Show 18

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S6 E19 · Season 6, Show 19

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Season 7

15 episodes

S7 E1 · Season 7, Show 1

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S7 E2 · Season 7, Show 2

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S7 E3 · Season 7, Show 3

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S7 E4 · Season 7, Show 4

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S7 E5 · Season 7, Show 5

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S7 E6 · Love Makes The World Go Round

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S7 E7 · The Sound Of Music

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S7 E8 · The American Song

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S7 E9 · The Masques Of Music

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S7 E10 · The American Girl

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S7 E11 · Wayfarer On The Mississippi

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S7 E12 · Festival Of Spring

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S7 E13 · Great Moments

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S7 E14 · Tin Pan Alley

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S7 E15 · The Many Faces Of Cole Porter

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Season 8

16 episodes

S8 E1 · Salute To Jerome Kern

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S8 E2 · Music In Manhattan

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S8 E3 · Joan Sutherland

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S8 E4 · Salute To Veteran's Day

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S8 E5 · Thanksgiving

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S8 E6 · The Music Of Harold Arlen

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S8 E7 · An Old Fashioned Christmas

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S8 E8 · The Music Of The West

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S8 E9 · The Song And The Dance Man

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S8 E10 · A Gershwin Portrait

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S8 E11 · Valentines

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S8 E12 · The Lyrics Of Allan Jay Lerner

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S8 E13 · Music Of The Movies

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S8 E14 · Masterpieces And Music

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S8 E15 · Songs Of Spring

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S8 E16 · Music That Mirrors The Times

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Season 9

3 episodes

S9 E1 · Christmas Through The Ages

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S9 E2 · The First Ladies Of Opera

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S9 E3 · The Sounds And Sights Of San Fransisco

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Season 10

13 episodes

S10 E1 · The Many Faces of Romeo and Juliet

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S10 E2 · On The Road With Duke Ellington

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S10 E3 · Benjamin Britten and His Aldeburgh Festival

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S10 E4 · The Virtuoso Teacher

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S10 E5 · Casals at Marlboro

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S10 E6 · Carnival of the Menuhins

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S10 E7 · The Secret Musical Life of George Plimpton

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S10 E8 · The Sights and Sounds of Chicago

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S10 E9 · Man Who Dances: Edward Villella

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S10 E10 · Opera: Two to Six

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S10 E11 · Going to Bethlehem

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S10 E12 · Jazz - The Intimate Art

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S10 E13 · Discover America with Jose Jimenez

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