1979, Songmakers - Music production house
Songmakers' Almanac, The.
Eng. ensemble who give song-recital programmes devoted to a particular theme, often literary, in which songs are perf. with complementary readings. Founded in 1976 (debut London, August) with art director Graham Johnson and Felicity Lott (sop), Ann Murray (mez), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten) and Richard Jackson (bar).
- Jackson, Richard (Cornwall, 1960) Eng. Baritone. Founder-member of Songmakers Almanac.
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David Letterman Show's: U.S. American late-night talk-show personality, producer, and comedian, best known as the host of the long-running Late Show with David Letterman .Wind up being a world class talk shot after his second attempt in television in 1982. Started off very political but then turned to a more intelligent/abrasive style, making his audience perform funny and unusual skits with him. Co-host of "Tonight Show" took over the post-Carson show with "Late Night with David Letterman" (1982). Eventually he surpassed Johnny Carson in popularity.
"The shift from Carson to Letterman represented not only a cultural change but a new way of looking at television as a medium. "
Trademarks: Gap-toothed grin, repeats a phrase of a joke immediately over and over again, top Ten lists, often makes jokes in his monologue involving himself, white socks with black
shoes, his spinning pencil trick, self-deprecating humor
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MAJOR TALK SHOW HOSTS, 1950-94
Steve Allen (1950-84), Merv Griffin (1951-86), Dinah Shore (1951-62, 1970-80), Mike Douglas (1953-82), Johnny Carson (1954-92), David Susskind (1958-87), Barbara Walters (1963-), William Buckley, (1966-), Dick Cavett (1968-72,75,77-82,85-86,92-), Joan Rivers (1969,83-), Phil Donahue (1970-), Bill Moyers (1971-), Tom Snyder (1973-82,94-), Geraldo Rivera (1974-), Ted Koppel (1979-), David Letterman (1980-), John Mclaughlin (1982-), Larry King (1983-), Oprah Winfrey (1986-), Sally Jesse Raphael (1986-), Arsenio Hall (1987-), Jane Pauley (1990-), Jay Leno (1992-), Ricki Lake (1992-).
Steve Allen (1950-84), Merv Griffin (1951-86), Dinah Shore (1951-62, 1970-80), Mike Douglas (1953-82), Johnny Carson (1954-92), David Susskind (1958-87), Barbara Walters (1963-), William Buckley, (1966-), Dick Cavett (1968-72,75,77-82,85-86,92-), Joan Rivers (1969,83-), Phil Donahue (1970-), Bill Moyers (1971-), Tom Snyder (1973-82,94-), Geraldo Rivera (1974-), Ted Koppel (1979-), David Letterman (1980-), John Mclaughlin (1982-), Larry King (1983-), Oprah Winfrey (1986-), Sally Jesse Raphael (1986-), Arsenio Hall (1987-), Jane Pauley (1990-), Jay Leno (1992-), Ricki Lake (1992-).
Top Talk Shows from 1979 into the 80s:
- Late Night with David Letterman and Ted Koppel's Nightline were two network attempts to win back audiences.
- Oprah, set a new syndication/gross earning record
Other quite syndicated talk shows in 70s:
- Phil Donahue became the nation's number one syndicated talk show host by the late 1970s
- Bill Moyers' Journal went on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in 1970 and William Buckley's Firing Line, went on air a year later in 1971. Both Moyers and Buckley, representing liberal and conservative viewpoints respectively, were to remain significant figures on public broadcasting for the next two decades.
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