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Puttin' on the Hits (1984)

Puttin' on the Hits poster
Genre
reality television
Country
United States
Elsewhere
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How it feels

Amateur performers lip-sync to popular songs for a weekend competition show. Host Allen Fawcett guides the acts through energetic routines.

energeticcampyupbeatlightheartednostalgicperformativewhimsical

What happens

Puttin' on the Hits is an American syndicated music/variety competition show that was hosted and written by Allen Fawcett. The show featured amateur acts lip-synching to popular songs. It aired on weekends from 1984 to 1988. The show's title refers to Irving Berlin's 1929 song "Puttin' on the Ritz", which had enjoyed a resurgence of popularity in 1983 after it became a hit for Indonesian-Dutch singer Taco. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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