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Musical Guest Stars on TV Shows

DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts
edited April 2006 in Strut Central
Just caught an episode of "Sanford and Son" where BB King guests. He played a fire live version of "How Blue Can You Get". Any other noteworthy appearances by musicians playing live on network comdies/dramas. I think Cosby had Nina Simone and Lena Horne on.

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  • nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts
    dude, when the words TV show and musical guest star are combined, one show springs to mind

    this is what we call

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    I think Cosby had Nina Simone and Lena Horne on.

    Stevie Wonder on Cosby - "Jammin' on the One!"
    Davy Jones on the Brady Bunch - "Girl, look what youve done to me."
    Janet Jackson on Different Strokes =
    Rick Springfield on Wonder Woman =
    Jermaine Jackson on Facts of Life
    Heavy D on that Queen Latifah& friends show

    There's so many.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    I think Cosby had Nina Simone and Lena Horne on.

    Stevie Wonder on Cosby - "Jammin' on the One!"
    Davy Jones on the Brady Bunch - "Girl, look what youve done to me."
    Janet Jackson on Different Strokes =
    Rick Springfield on Wonder Woman =
    Jermaine Jackson on Facts of Life
    Heavy D on that Queen Latifah& friends show

    There's so many.

    OOPs u said playin' LIVE.........................R.I.F.

    Patti Labelle had a show where that was the end hook to every episode.
  • DrJoelDrJoel 932 Posts
    Sammy Davis JR. on All In The Family.

    The dude from Smashmouth on.....naw.
  • edpowersedpowers 4,437 Posts
    Whitney Houston on Silver Spoons


    i remember her changing the words to Saving all My love.... "we'll be making love HOLDING HANDS the whole night throooooough"
  • asstroasstro 1,754 Posts
    My all time favorite has to be the Doobie Brothers on "What's Happening". The dude hitting the gong with the flaming mallet set my expectations for a live musical performance right then, and I was only 6 years old.
  • PrimeCutsLtdPrimeCutsLtd jersey fresh 2,632 Posts
    My all time favorite has to be the Doobie Brothers on "What's Happening". The dude hitting the gong with the flaming mallet set my expectations for a live musical performance right then, and I was only 6 years old.

    Classic...Rerun bootlegging the show

    I remember seeing Johnny Cash On Columbo
  • jaymackjaymack 5,199 Posts
    Fat Boys on Miami Vice
  • Dabney_SoulmanDabney_Soulman 890 Posts
    the Three Degrees on Sanford & Son
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    didn't that show Homocide Life on the Streets used to have music acts now and then? i admit i missed the boat on that show and now see how wrong i was given the brilliance of The Wire.
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    Homocide

    I think you might mean "New York Undercover"... or at least "Homicide"
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Homocide

    I think you might mean "New York Undercover"... or at least "Homicide"

    uhg. i think i also need to put in more of an effort when i spell check.

    thank you.
  • gloomgloom 2,765 Posts
    mike jones was totally on wild'n out last week
  • dCastillodCastillo 1,963 Posts
    I once saw an episode of Miami Vice with Don Johnson on it...








  • sabadabadasabadabada 5,966 Posts
    Sammy Davis JR. on All In The Family.

    The dude from Smashmouth on.....naw.

    Sammy Davis on the original Batman.
  • DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts
    dude, when the words TV show and musical guest star are combined, one show springs to mind

    this is what we call



    *indicates a musical guest. I left out actors who sing (Julie Andrews) but not singers who act (Mac Davis)


    Episode list
    120 episodes were produced between 1976 and 1980. The episodes are frequently given in varying orders, depending on when they were broadcast in certain markets. For example, the Juliet Prowse and Connie Stevens episodes were the first two produced, in 1976, but the Rita Moreno episode was (generally) the first episode to be broadcast in the USA. In the 2005 Season One DVD box set, Buena Vista Home Entertainment has placed the episodes in production order, not broadcast order.

    [edit]
    Season 1 (1976-1977)
    Jim Nabors*
    Sandy Duncan
    Rita Moreno* (girlfriend has a grammy)
    Ruth Buzzi
    Joel Grey
    Paul Williams*
    Lena Horne*
    Peter Ustinov
    Florence Henderson
    Valerie Harper
    Candice Bergen
    Bruce Forsyth
    Harvey Korman
    Charles Aznavour
    Ben Vereen*
    Vincent Price
    Twiggy
    Phyllis Diller
    Ethel Merman*
    Connie Stevens
    Avery Schreiber
    Juliet Prowse
    Kaye Ballard
    Mummenschanz
    [edit]
    Season 2 (1977-1978)
    Don Knotts
    Zero Mostel
    Milton Berle
    Rich Little
    Judy Collins*
    Nancy Walker
    Edgar Bergen
    Steve Martin* (funky Tut for dayz)
    Madeline Kahn
    George Burns
    Dom DeLuise
    Bernadette Peters* Norther Soul raers
    Rudolf Nureyev
    Elton John*
    Lou Rawls*
    Cleo Laine*
    Julie Andrews
    Jaye P. Morgan
    Peter Sellers
    Petula Clark*
    Bob Hope
    Teresa Brewer*
    John Cleese
    Cloris Leachman
    [edit]
    Season 3 (1978-1979)
    Helen Reddy*
    Roy Clark*
    Jean Stapleton
    James Coco
    Liberace*
    Loretta Lynn*
    Alice Cooper*
    Cheryl Ladd
    Pearl Bailey*
    Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge*
    Raquel Welch
    LEO SAYER [/b]
    Gilda Radner
    Marisa Berenson
    Spike Milligan
    Elke Sommer
    Danny Kaye
    Lesley Ann Warren
    Harry Belafonte*
    Sylvester Stallone
    Roger Miller*
    Roy Rogers & Dale Evans*
    Lynn Redgrave
    Leslie Uggams* More Soul 45s
    [edit]
    Season 4 (1979-1980)
    John Denver*
    Linda Lavin
    Shields & Yarnell
    Crystal Gayle*
    Kenny Rogers*
    Dudley Moore
    Victor Borge* is this guy a comedian or musician?
    Beverly Sills*
    Liza Minnelli*
    Lola Falana
    Phyllis George
    Arlo Guthrie*
    Dyan Cannon
    Christopher Reeve
    Lynda Carter
    Mark Hamill
    Dizzy Gillespie*
    Anne Murray*
    Jonathan Winters
    Andy Williams
    Doug Henning
    Carol Channing
    Diana Ross*
    Alan Arkin
    [edit]
    Season 5 (1980-1981)
    Carol Burnett
    Roger Moore
    Shirley Bassey*
    James Coburn
    Brooke Shields
    Tony Randall
    Linda Ronstadt*
    Glenda Jackson
    Loretta Swit
    Mac Davis*
    Joan Baez*
    Jean-Pierre Rampal*
    Chris Langham
    Hal Linden
    Johnny Cash*
    Debbie Harry*
    Gene Kelly
    Paul Simon*
    Gladys Knight*
    Wally Boag
    Buddy Rich
    Marty Feldman
    Se??or Wences
    Melissa Manchester*
  • sabadabadasabadabada 5,966 Posts
    and i think i forced my poor father to sit through every single episode.
  • jaymackjaymack 5,199 Posts
    dude, when the words TV show and musical guest star are combined, one show springs to mind

    this is what we call



    *indicates a musical guest. I left out actors who sing (Julie Andrews) but not singers who act (Mac Davis)


    Episode list
    120 episodes were produced between 1976 and 1980. The episodes are frequently given in varying orders, depending on when they were broadcast in certain markets. For example, the Juliet Prowse and Connie Stevens episodes were the first two produced, in 1976, but the Rita Moreno episode was (generally) the first episode to be broadcast in the USA. In the 2005 Season One DVD box set, Buena Vista Home Entertainment has placed the episodes in production order, not broadcast order.

    [edit]
    Season 1 (1976-1977)
    Jim Nabors*
    Sandy Duncan
    Rita Moreno* (girlfriend has a grammy)
    Ruth Buzzi
    Joel Grey
    Paul Williams*
    Lena Horne*
    Peter Ustinov
    Florence Henderson
    Valerie Harper
    Candice Bergen
    Bruce Forsyth
    Harvey Korman
    Charles Aznavour
    Ben Vereen*
    Vincent Price
    Twiggy
    Phyllis Diller
    Ethel Merman*
    Connie Stevens
    Avery Schreiber
    Juliet Prowse
    Kaye Ballard
    Mummenschanz
    [edit]
    Season 2 (1977-1978)
    Don Knotts
    Zero Mostel
    Milton Berle
    Rich Little
    Judy Collins*
    Nancy Walker
    Edgar Bergen
    Steve Martin* (funky Tut for dayz)
    Madeline Kahn
    George Burns
    Dom DeLuise
    Bernadette Peters* Norther Soul raers
    Rudolf Nureyev
    Elton John*
    Lou Rawls*
    Cleo Laine*
    Julie Andrews
    Jaye P. Morgan
    Peter Sellers
    Petula Clark*
    Bob Hope
    Teresa Brewer*
    John Cleese
    Cloris Leachman
    [edit]
    Season 3 (1978-1979)
    Helen Reddy*
    Roy Clark*
    Jean Stapleton
    James Coco
    Liberace*
    Loretta Lynn*
    Alice Cooper*
    Cheryl Ladd
    Pearl Bailey*
    Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge*
    Raquel Welch
    Leo Sayer[/b]
    Gilda Radner
    Marisa Berenson
    Spike Milligan
    Elke Sommer
    Danny Kaye
    Lesley Ann Warren
    Harry Belafonte*
    Sylvester Stallone
    Roger Miller*
    Roy Rogers & Dale Evans*
    Lynn Redgrave
    Leslie Uggams* More Soul 45s
    [edit]
    Season 4 (1979-1980)
    John Denver*
    Linda Lavin
    Shields & Yarnell
    Crystal Gayle*
    Kenny Rogers*
    Dudley Moore
    Victor Borge* is this guy a comedian or musician?
    Beverly Sills*
    Liza Minnelli*
    Lola Falana
    Phyllis George
    Arlo Guthrie*
    Dyan Cannon
    Christopher Reeve
    Lynda Carter
    Mark Hamill
    Dizzy Gillespie*
    Anne Murray*
    Jonathan Winters
    Andy Williams
    Doug Henning
    Carol Channing
    Diana Ross*
    Alan Arkin
    [edit]
    Season 5 (1980-1981)
    Carol Burnett
    Roger Moore
    Shirley Bassey*
    James Coburn
    Brooke Shields
    Tony Randall
    Linda Ronstadt*
    Glenda Jackson
    Loretta Swit
    Mac Davis*
    Joan Baez*
    Jean-Pierre Rampal*
    Chris Langham
    Hal Linden
    Johnny Cash*
    Debbie Harry*
    Gene Kelly
    Paul Simon*
    Gladys Knight*
    Wally Boag
    Buddy Rich
    Marty Feldman
    Se??or Wences
    Melissa Manchester*

    wasnt the muppets a kids show?
  • Dabney_SoulmanDabney_Soulman 890 Posts
    wasnt the muppets a kids show?

    some people have mistaken it for an Indian maternity ward

  • jaymackjaymack 5,199 Posts
    wasnt the muppets a kids show?

    some people have mistaken it for an Indian maternity ward


    oh man.

    is this gonna follow me around everywhere i go. i never said Indian babies looked looked like muppets.
    what do you want from me.
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts

    what do you want from me.

    What he wants from those whom he attachs himself to has never been clear.
  • jaymackjaymack 5,199 Posts

    what do you want from me.

    What he wants from those whom he attachs himself to has never been clear.


  • Dabney_SoulmanDabney_Soulman 890 Posts

    what do you want from me.

    What he wants from those whom he attachs himself to has never been clear.



    just a little bit of jokes. Soulstrut gets goes from sensitive to hyper-sensitive everyonce in a bit.

    I've never had that kind of fish, it doesn't look like something I'd want to gut. But if y'all know any good salmon recipes I'm here to listen.

    Back on topic, does the closing credits of all those In Living Color episodes count?

    My personal favorite was the one with the Afros
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