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Pat Boone · 1957

Pat Boone

Historical music event in the Radio Music History database.

October 3, 1957TV⭐⭐⭐⭐

Description

At the age of 23, Pat Boone began hosting the variety show The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom on ABC-TV. The program featured performers including The Four Lads, Ella Fitzgerald and Johnny Mathis, and its writers included Woody Allen. After three seasons, the show was canceled after losing the ratings battle to Bachelor Father starring John Forsythe on NBC. ABC subsequently replaced it with the sitcom My Three Sons starring Fred MacMurray. The program later appeared in Michael Moore's documentary film Roger & Me. At the time, TV Guide described it unflatteringly as a show “about as exciting as a milkshake with two straws.”

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  1. Pat BooneAugust 19, 1957
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    Pat Boone appeared on the cover of Newsweek magazine as part of a “Special Music Report” with the headline “His Refreshing Song Fills The Air”. The accompanying article claimed that teenagers were finally rebelling against “musical delinquents”. At the time, Boone already had 18 recordings in the US Billboard Top 40, four of which had reached number one. On the same day, Elvis Presley was at number 28 on the US chart with “Loving You”.