Polka Go-Round
Polka Go-Round was a polka music and dancing show that aired on ABC from 1958 to 1959.
Polka Go-Round with Lou Prohut and the Polka Go Rounders began in the spring of 1958 on WBKB in Chicago, Illinois.[citation needed] It was the successor to ABC's first prime-time polka show, It's Polka Time with Stan Wolowic and the Polka Chips.[1] The singers and dancers on Polka Go-Round wore colorful costumes and performed in an outdoor café setting.[2]
Polka Go-Round′s featured vocalist and yodeler,[3][citation needed] Carolyn DeZurik,[2] had also been featured at times on It’s Polka Time.[citation needed] Bob Lewandowski[2] was the master of ceremonies and a vocalist.[3][citation needed] Also appearing were the Caine (or Chaine) Dancers, Tom "Stubby" Fouts, the Singing Waiters, and Georgia Drake.[2] Band members were DeZurik′s husband[citation needed] Rusty Gill, guitar; Jack Cordaro, clarinet, saxophone, and flute; Jimmy James, banjo; Len Druss, clarinet, saxophone, and flute; Clay Campbell, drums; and Jimmie Hutchinson, bass guitar and banjo.[citation needed]
Polka Go-Round was produced at WBKB's 190 North State Street studios and broadcast locally by WBKB Channel 7.[citation needed] It aired nationally on the ABC television network from June 23, 1958, to September 28, 1959.[2] As an hour-long program, it was broadcast as a summer replacement for Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent on ABC on Mondays, at 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time from June to mid-August 1958,[3] and at 7:30 p.m. Eastern from October to December 1958.[2] Shortened to a half-hour, it aired at 8:00 p.m. Eastern from December 1958 to May 1959.[2] It then returned to a one-hour format and a 7:30 p.m. Eastern broadcast time from June 1959 to the end of its run in September 1959.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ McNeil, Alex, Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, Fourth Edition, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, ISBN 0 14 02 4916 8, p. 667.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (Sixth Edition), New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, ISBN 0-345-39736-3, p. 830.
- ^ a b c Ross Reports – Television Index, June 23–29, 1958. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
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