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August 31, 2020 6:26 pm  #1


Music Groups in Old TV shows

"@It's me Karen", got me thinking about this topic when she mentioned Uncle Fester in a thread about Moon River.  I'm in the Standell's Facebook group and they appeared in an episode of the Munsters. I know Uncle Fester was in the Addams Family but I'm sure you can figure out my muddled thought process here! Anyway, that got me wondering if anyone remembers any other groups or even individual musicians that appeared in someone else's tv shows back in the day.

One I clearly remember is seeing the Fifth Dimension featured prominently in an episode of It Takes A Thief. Also featured prominently in that episode was their song One Less Bell to Answer.

 

August 31, 2020 6:48 pm  #2


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1966 and the hit tv show Batman featured Chad and Jeremy

And in late 1965 an animated version of the Beau Brummels -- The Beau Brummelstones appeared in an episode of the Flintstones.









 

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August 31, 2020 7:21 pm  #3


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I know of a ton of them:
Standells - Bing Crosby Show (...as The Bedbugs)
Sonny & Cher - Man From U.N.C.L.E
Boyce & Hart - I Dream Of Jeannie
Boyce & Hart - Bewitched
Boyce & Hart - Flying Nun
Frank Zappa - The Monkees
The Seeds - Mothers In Law (....as The Warts)
Buffalo Springfield - Mannix
Roy Orbison - Dukes Of Hazzard
Righteous Brothers - Please Don't Eat The Daisies
Bobby Darin - Cade's County
Bobby Darin - Ironside
Bobby Darin - Run For Your Life
Bobby Darin - Burke's Law
Bobby Darin - Wagon Train
Chad & Jeremy - Batman
Chad & Jeremy - Laredo
Chad & Jeremy - Dick Van Dyke Show
Paul Revere & The Raiders - Batman
Lesley Gore - Batman
Frankie Avalon - It Takes A Thief
Frankie Avalon - Burke's Law
Bobby Rydell - Make Room For Daddy
Annette - Make Room For Daddy
Annette - Hondo
Annette - Burke's Law
Annette - Wagon Train
Bobby Sherman - Honey West
Davy Jones - The Farmer's Daughter
Davy Jones - Ben Casey
Micky Dolenz - Cannon
Micky Dolenz - My Three Sons
Micky Dolenz - Adam 12
Micky Dolenz - Peyton Place
The Castaways - Never Too Young
Freddy Cannon - Never Too Young
Mel Carter - Never Too Young

I could go on and on................those are just a few off the top of my head.
 

 

August 31, 2020 7:33 pm  #4


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Boy, that Chad & Jeremy really got around. They were also on a memorable episode of The Patty Duke Show as "Nigel & Patrick."

Here's an article that may fill in some more gaps, including, incredibly, Bob Dylan on Dharma & Greg. 

15 TV Cameos By Music Legends



 

 

August 31, 2020 10:04 pm  #5


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Wow, those are quite the lists. Just made me remember, Phil Collins and Glen Frey on separate episodes of Miami Vice. There may be others that I don't remember.

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August 31, 2020 10:52 pm  #6


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jthyme wrote:

I know of a ton of them:
...
I could go on and on................those are just a few off the top of my head.

As I was going through your list, I was thinking ... it looks like he's probably taken these from a database that he has. They even looked very organized and well-formatted, and I say that as someone who's fairly experienced with databases. Sure wish my mind was as well-organized as yours obviously is. 

 

 

September 1, 2020 5:28 am  #7


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Nope.  No database.  I started collecting in 1985 and sold my collection 3 or 4 years ago.  Those were seriously the ones I could remember off the top of my head, of things I had.

 

September 1, 2020 5:29 am  #8


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Davy Jones on The Brady Bunch
Wayne Newton on The Lucy Show
 

 

September 1, 2020 6:29 am  #9


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Dave Clark Five - Lucy In London
Paul Anka - Make Room For Daddy
Jan & Dean - Redigo
 

 

September 1, 2020 8:02 am  #10


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I think I may have picked this up from Ron Smith's old Oldies Board (or goph); Lowell George and Richie Hayward, two founding members of Little Feat, appeared in a band called The Bedbugs on an episode of F-Troop. They later reprised the role on Gomer Pyle, USMC. Shout-out to the Troop's Larry Storch, the great character actor who turns 98 in January.

 

September 1, 2020 8:59 am  #11


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jthyme wrote:

Nope.  No database.  I started collecting in 1985 and sold my collection 3 or 4 years ago.  Those were seriously the ones I could remember off the top of my head, of things I had.

Yes, the other thing that I was thinking was that it looked like you probably collected them, to be able to come up with such a good list. I'm still impressed that you could provide so many examples of them just off the top your head. With the ones you've added this morning, I count 40 in all ... so far.   

 

September 1, 2020 7:32 pm  #12


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anybody remember the dum dums?

 

September 2, 2020 3:14 pm  #13


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1966 

Paul Revere & the Raiders make an appearance on Batman

Uncredited

 

September 2, 2020 4:59 pm  #14


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Lorne wrote:

jthyme wrote:

Nope.  No database.  I started collecting in 1985 and sold my collection 3 or 4 years ago.  Those were seriously the ones I could remember off the top of my head, of things I had.

Yes, the other thing that I was thinking was that it looked like you probably collected them, to be able to come up with such a good list. I'm still impressed that you could provide so many examples of them just off the top your head. With the ones you've added this morning, I count 40 in all ... so far.   

"I" was thinking the same thing.
 

 

September 2, 2020 5:54 pm  #15


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Thanks, Lorne.  I guess my 64 year old brain still works after all!!

Tim Buckley - The Monkees
Peter Noone/Mark Lindsay/Richie Havens/Spencer Davis/Robby Krieger/John Sebastian - Married With Children
Peter Noone/Davy Jones - My Two Dads

 

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September 2, 2020 7:28 pm  #16


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That Married With Children episode was fantastic.

 

September 3, 2020 5:17 am  #17


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memphis boy wrote:

That Married With Children episode was fantastic.

You are so right.  

 

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