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Fancy Free

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How it feels

This Australian TV series from 1961 is a weekly music variety show. It features a host, vocalists, and a band, with guest performers appearing each episode.

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What happens

Fancy Free is an Australian music variety television program that aired in 1961 on ABC TV. The show was hosted by Peter Smith, and featured vocalist Penny Loveday, The Dominoes and Janet Keyte. Guests in the first episode included Gaynor Bunning, Johnny Bohan, and Tony Jenkins. The weekly series aired on Fridays, with the final episode broadcast 6 October 1961, though ABC series of the 1950s and 1960s tended to have short seasons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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