Musical Chairs (1975)

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 1 episode

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a 1975 American game show hosted by Adam Wade. Contestants compete in a musical trivia and guessing game with guest singers and musical groups appearing on each episode.

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What happens

Musical Chairs is an American game show that aired from June 16 to October 31, 1975, on CBS. Adam Wade hosted, making him the first African-American game show host. The game show was recorded at the Ed Sullivan Theater (CBS Studio 50) in New York City and sportscaster Pat Hernon was the announcer. The show was created by Don Kirshner and Jerry Schnur Musical Chairs aired at 4:00 PM Eastern Time (3:00 PM Central Time), replacing Tattletales, which had moved to the morning, against NBC's Somerset and ABC's The Money Maze (and later You Don't Say!); it was not successful in the ratings against that competition. Give-n-Take replaced Chairs the following Monday for 4 weeks before Tattletales moved back to 4:00 PM. Usually appearing on each episode were guest singers and musical groups, among them The Tokens, The Spinners, Larry Kert, Margaret Whiting, Sharon Vaughn, The New Christy Minstrels and Sister Sledge as well as up and coming singers and stars such as Alaina Reed, Kelly Garrett, Marilyn Sokol, Jane Olivor, DeeDee Warwick and Irene Cara, (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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