Late Life Jazz: The Life and Career of Rosemary Clooney (40 page)

Air date August 25, 1951

Air date October 16, 1950

Air date November 9, 17, & 20, 1950

Air date December 18, 21, & 28, 1950

Air date January 2 & 9, 1951

Air dates of this syndicated series commenced on May 15, 1956. The show was seen in a different order on different dates at many TV stations.
Because of this, the quoting of dates would be confusing and the shows are listed therefore in the order that they were filmed.

1. Guest: José Ferrer. Rosemary sings “Secret Love,” “Love and Marriage” (with José Ferrer) “Come On-a My House” and “Mambo Italiano.”

2. Guest: Janet Leigh. Rosemary sings “Haven’t Got a Worry,” “While We’re Young,” “This Ole House” (with The Hi-Lo’s), “A Man, Oh a Man” (with Janet Leigh), “Blues in the Night” (with The Hi-Lo’s) and “Close Your Eyes.”

3. Guest: Tony Curtis. Rosemary sings “Taking a Chance on Love,” “Hey There,” “The Continental,” “A Little Girl at Heart” and “You Make Me Feel So Young.”

4. Guest: Robert Clary. Rosemary sings “It’s a Most Unusual Day,” “Cela M’est Egal,” “C’est Si Bon” (with The Hi-Lo’s), “Don’cha Go ’Way Mad” (with The Hi-Lo’s), “On the Sunny Side of the Street.”

5. Guest: Gene Nelson. Rosemary sings “Give Me the Simple Life,” “I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan,” “Why Don’t You Do Right,” “I’ve Got the World on a String” (with Gene Nelson) and “Goodnight Sweetheart.”

6. Guest: The Mary Kaye Trio. Rosemary sings “Chicago,” “The Kid’s a Dreamer,” “Ya Got Class” (with Clark Burroughs) and “Ebb Tide.”

7. Guest: Gail Stone. Rosemary sings “Sisters” (with Gail Stone).

8. Guest: Judy Canova. Rosemary sings “It’s a Lovely Day Today,” “You’re in Kentucky Sure as You’re Born,” “A Little Red Barn on a Farm Down Indiana Way” (with Judy Canova and The Hi-Lo’s) and “Manhattan.”

9. Guests: Julie London and Lee Scott. Rosemary sings “Just You, Just Me,” “If I Forget You,” “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” (with Gene Puerling) and “Come Rain or Come Shine.”

10. Guest: Buddy Greco. Rosemary sings “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” “Spring Is Here,” and “It’s Bad for Me.”

11. Guests: Mona Freeman and Pete Hanley. Rosemary sings “It’s All Right with Me,” “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans,” “Louisiana Purchase Medley” (with Pete Hanley and The Hi-Lo’s), and “Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep.”

12. Guests: Charles Coburn and Renee Godfrey. Rosemary sings “Great Day,” “The Nearness of You,” “Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe,” “Will You Still Be Mine” (with The Hi-Lo’s), and “I’ll Be Seeing You.”

13. Guest: Johnny Mercer. Rosemary sings “Too Marvelous for Words,” “I Remember You,” “Let’s Take the Long Way Home,” and “What Makes the Whatchamacallit Go” (with Johnny Mercer).

14. Guest: Beatrice Kay. Rosemary sings “You Were Meant for Me,” “I’m Old Fashioned,” “Stanley Steamer Song” (with The Hi-Lo’s), and “As Time Goes By.”

15. Guest: Joanne Gilbert. Rosemary sings “Thou Swell,” Limehouse Blues,” “On a Slow Boat to China” (with Joanne Gilbert and The Hi-Lo’s), and “You’re Just in Love” (with Joanne Gilbert).

16. Guests: Dani Crayne and Joe Bushkin. Rosemary sings “Please Don’t Talk about Me When I’m Gone,” “Blame It on My Youth,” “I’ve Got a Crush on You” (with Joe Bushkin), “Oh! Look at Me Now” (with Joe Bushkin and The Hi-Lo’s). (As part of a Rocket Launching Skit, Rosemary also sings snatches of “Please Don’t Talk about Me When I’m Gone,” “When First We Kissed,” “I’ve Got a Crush on You,” and “Oh! Look at Me Now” [parody]).

17. Guest: Dick Contino. Rosemary sings “Getting to Know You,” “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe,” “You Do Something to Me” (with Dick Contino), “There Will Never Be Another You,” and “All I Do Is Dream of You.”

18. Guests: Jeri Southern and Pete Candoli. Rosemary sings “Grievin’” and “I’ll See You Again.”

19. Guests: Bobby Troup and Dorothy Malone. Rosemary sings “When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along,” “They Can’t Take That Away from Me,” and “(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66” (with Bobby Troup and Dorothy Malone).

20. Guests: Olga San Juan and the guitar virtuoso Vincente Gomez. Rosemary sings “Hooray for Hollywood,” “Tangerine” (with The Hi-Lo’s), “Frenesi,” and “For You.”

21. Guest: Rex Allen. Rosemary sings “Three Little Words,” “Buttons and Bows” (with Rex Allen), “Half as Much,” and “Get Happy.”

22. Guest: Guy Mitchell. Rosemary sings “We’re in the Money,” “A Foggy Day,” “Keep It Gay,” “Marrying for Love” (with Guy Mitchell), and “I’m Checkin’ Out—Goombye.”

23. Guest: Jerry Colonna. Rosemary sings “I Know That You Know,” “The Land of Hatchy Milatchy,” “Them There Eyes,” and “Going My Way.”

24. Guest: Gail Stone and Buster Keaton. Rosemary sings “Swinging on a Star,” “Mean to Me,” and “The Lord Is Counting on You (The Sunday School Song)” (with Gail Stone).

25. Guest: Tennessee Ernie Ford. Rosemary sings “My Blue Heaven,” “Lazy River,” “Play a Simple Melody” (with Tennessee Ernie Ford), and “At Sundown.”

26. Guest: José Ferrer. Rosemary sings “Who Cares,” “Autumn Leaves,” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business” (with José Ferrer).

27. Guest: Dorothy Shay. Rosemary sings “Lullaby of Broadway,” “New York’s My Home” (with Dorothy Shay and the Hi-Lo’s), and “Undecided.”

28. Guest: Dorothy Kirsten. Rosemary sings “Life upon the Wicked Stage” (with Dorothy Kirsten).

29. Guest: Carol Channing. Rosemary sings “New Sun in the Sky,” “Everything Happens to Me” (with Carol Channing), “How About You” (with The Hi-Lo’s), and “Moonlight in Vermont.”

30. Guest: Elena Verdugo. Rosemary sings “It’s a Big, Wide, Wonderful World,” “Weekend of a Private Secretary,” “Danny Boy” (with The Hi-Lo’s), and “I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me.”

31. Guest: Marguerite Piazza. Rosemary sings “Love,” “I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good),” “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” (with Marguerite Piazza), and “As Long as I Live.”

32. Guests: Hildegarde and José Ferrer. Rosemary sings “What Is There to Say,” “All the Pretty Little Horses,” and “Where Is Your Heart” (with Hildegarde).

33. Guests: Frances Bergen and Matt Dennis. Rosemary sings “Seems Like Old Times,” “That’s How It Is,” “Let’s Get Away from It All” (with Frances Bergen and Matt Dennis), and “Nighty Night.”

34. Guest: Mel Tormé. Rosemary sings “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm,” “It’s So Peaceful in the Country,” and “The Christmas Song.”

35. Guest: Vincent Price. Rosemary sings “Just One of Those Things,” “Why Fight the Feeling,” “Happy Ending” (with Vincent Price), “You Came a Long Way from St. Louis,” and “Goodnight (Wherever You Are).”

36. Guest: Hoagy Carmichael. Rosemary sings “You Are My Lucky Star,” “Mangos,” “A Woman Likes to Be Told” (with Hoagy Carmichael), “Music, Always, Music” (with Hoagy Carmichael and The Hi-Lo’s), “The Best Things in Life Are Free” (with The Hi-Lo’s), and “After You’ve Gone.”

37. Guest: Zsa Zsa Gabor. Rosemary sings “Sunday in Savannah,” “Dixie” (with The Hi-Lo’s), “Love Is a Feeling,” and “Dream (When You’re Feeling Blue)” (with The Hi-Lo’s).

38. Guest: Cesar Romero. Rosemary sings “Don’t Take Your Love from Me,” “Cleopatterer,” “Looking for a Boy,” “I’m Learnin’ My Latin” (with Cesar Romero), “Bess You Is My Woman/Porgy, You Is My Man” (with Bob Morse of The Hi-Lo’s), and “Bless This House.”

39. Guest: Boris Karloff. Rosemary sings “The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise,” “I Can’t Escape from You,” “You’d Be Surprised” (with Boris Karloff), and “After the Ball.”

Air date September 26, 1957
. Guests: Jane Wyman, Paula Kelly, and Tennessee Ernie Ford. Rosemary sings “That’s How It Is,”
“Side by Side” (with Tennessee Ernie Ford), “Hooray for Hollywood” (with The Modernaires), and “Blow, Gabriel, Blow” (with The Modernaires).

Air date October 3, 1957
. Guests include William Bendix and Walter Brennan. Rosemary sings “April in Paris,” “Chances Are,” “Goody Goody,” “Love Is a Feeling,” and “Recognize the Tune” (with William Bendix).

Air date October 10, 1957
. Guests include Edward Everett Horton and Paula Kelly. Rosemary sings “It’s a Most Unusual Day,” “My Heart Reminds Me,” “For You,” “Hush-a-Bye,” “I Won’t Dance” (with Edward Everett Horton), and “Life upon the Wicked Stage” (with Paula Kelly).

Air date October 24, 1957
. Guests include Ken Murray and Paula Kelly. Rosemary sings “Come On-a My House,” “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans,” “Early Autumn,” “Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral,” and “Brush up Your Shakespeare” (with Ken Murray).

Air date October 31, 1957
. Guests include Boris Karloff and Paula Kelly. Rosemary sings “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered,” “Don’cha Go ’Way Mad” “Sleep, Sleep, Sleep,” and “You Do Something to Me” (with Boris Karloff).

Air date November 7, 1957
. Guests include Carol Channing and Paula Kelly. Rosemary sings “I’m Beginning to See the Light,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “I’m Checkin’ Out—Goombye” “Rock-a-Bye Baby,” and “Independent” (with Carol Channing).

Air date November 14, 1957
. Guests include Wally Cox, The Modernaires, and Paula Kelly. Rosemary sings “It’s a Good Day,” “Ca, C’est L’amour,” “Show It,” “All Shook Up” (with Wally Cox), and “On the Sunny Side of the Street.”

Air date November 28, 1957
. Guests include Betty Clooney, Nick Clooney, Gail Stone, José Ferrer, The Modernaires, and Paula Kelly. Rosemary sings “Tonight,” “Haven’t Got a Worry,” “Sisters” (with Betty Clooney, Nick Clooney and Gail Stone), “You’re in Kentucky as Sure As You’re Born” (with Betty Clooney, Nick Clooney and Gail Stone), “Love and Affection,” and “May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You.”

Air date December 5, 1957
. Guests include Marie Wilson, Paula Kelly, and The Modernaires. Rosemary sings “Hooray for Love,” “All the Way,” “The Lady Is a Tramp,” and “Tenderly.”

Air date December 12, 1957
. Guests include Charles Laughton. Rosemary sings “Keep Your Sunny Side Up,” “April Love,” “Lover, Come Back to Me,” Medley with Charles Laughton (“Moonlight Bay,” “Waiting for the Robert E. Lee,” “De Camptown Races,” “Oh, Susanna”), and “Hey There.”

Air date December 19, 1957
. Guests include Patty McCormack and Tim Hovey.

Air date December 26, 1957
. Guests include Spring Byington.

Air date January 2, 1958
. Guests include John Forsythe.

Air date January 9, 1958
. Guests include Lauritz Melchior.

Air date January 16, 1958
. Guests include Alan Young. Rosemary sings “Love Is Sweeping the Country” and “Catch a Falling Star.”

Air date January 30, 1958
. Guests include Paul Lynde and Ferlin Husky.

Air date February 6, 1958
. Guests include Peter Leeds, Wayne & Shuster.

Air date February 13, 1958
. Guests include Rex Allen. Rosemary sings “Who Cares,” “Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie” (with Rex Allen), Kansas City Medley (with Rex Allen), and “Open up Your Heart.”

Air date February 20, 1958
. Guests include Robert Clary and Don Adams. Rosemary sings “The Best Things in Life are Free” and a
South Pacific
medley (with Robert Clary).

Air date February 27, 1958
. Guests include Andy Devine, The Hi-Lo’s, Marvin Kaplan and Ben Lessy.

Air date March 6, 1958
. Guests include José Ferrer. Rosemary sings “Beyond the Blue Horizon,” “A Kiss to Build a Dream On,” “Sunday Morning in Montmartre” (with José Ferrer and The Modernaires), and “You’re So Right for Me” (with José Ferrer).

Air date March 13, 1958
. Guests include Nelson Eddy and comedian Ben Lessy. Rosemary sings “Shall We Dance?” (with Nelson Eddy).

Air date March 20, 1958
. Guests include Mel Tormé.

Air date March 27, 1958
. Guests include opera star Salvatore Baccaloni and Don Adams.

Air date April 3, 1958
. Guests include John Raitt and Bob Williams. Rosemary sings “Surprise,” “Eggbert the Easter Egg,” and with John Raitt she duets “Hey There,” “Easter Parade,” and “Whispering Hope.”

Air date April 10, 1958
. Guests include Robert Horton, Don Knotts, and Shelley Berman. Rosemary sings “The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise.”

Air date April 17, 1958
. Guests include Spring Byington.

Air date April 24, 1958
. Guests include Don Cherry.

Air date May 1, 1958
. Guests include George Gobel.

Air date May 8, 1958
. Guests include Guy Mitchell, Arnold Stang, and Shelley Berman.

Air date May 15, 1958
. Guests include Wally Cox.

Air date May 22, 1958
. Guests include Stan Freberg.

Air date May 29, 1958
. Guests include Bobby Troup and Lou Costello.

Air date June 5, 1958
. Guests include John Raitt and Bob Williams and his dog.

Air date June 12, 1958
. Guests include Earl Holliman and Shelley Berman.

Air date June 19, 1958
. Guests include José Ferrer. Rosemary sings “Luck Be a Lady,” “For You,” “I Remember It Well” (with José Ferrer), “Nursery Rhyme Love Song,” and “Love Is Here to Stay” (with José Ferrer).

This listing mainly contains shows that aired nationally although there are some exceptions. Rosemary made many local TV appearances and we do not have details of all of these. If known, the songs performed by Rosemary Clooney on each show are shown in
italics
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Eddie Condon’s Floor Show (NBC-TV)—Air date March 5, 1949

Way Down Yonder in New Orleans / Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans

Eddie Condon’s Floor Show (NBC-TV)—Air date March 12, 1949