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Oh Boy! was the first teenage all-music show on British TV airing in 1958 and 1959. It was produced by Jack Good for ITV. Good had previously produced 6.5 Special for the BBC Television, but wanted to drop the sport and public-service content from this show, and concentrate on the music. The BBC would not accept this, so Good resigned. ABC allowed Good to make two pilot all-music shows, which were only broadcast in the Midlands. These pilots were successful, so the programme was given a national ITV slot on Saturday evenings, from 6.00 – 6.30 PM, in direct competition with 6.5 Special, but starting slightly earlier. The hosts were Tony Hall, a jazz record producer and critic, and Jimmy Henney, and the artists covered a broad spectrum of music including ballads, jazz, skiffle and rock and roll. The show was broadcast live from the Hackney Empire. Each week Oh Boy! featured resident artists plus a selection of special guests. The residents included Cuddly Dudley, who sang on 21 shows, Cliff Richard, The Drifters, Marty Wilde, and The Dallas Boys. Guests included Billy Fury, Tony Sheridan, Shirley Bassey and Lonnie Donegan; with occasional US stars, such as The Inkspots, Conway Twitty and Brenda Lee. The solo artists were supported by a specially created house band Lord Rockingham's XI, who went on to have hits in their own right, including a No 1 single "Hoots Mon". Performers were also supported by the singing and dancing of The Vernons Girls, the Dallas Boys and Neville Taylor's Cutters
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- E1 Show 1Next upSep 13, 1958
Guest stars
Guest stars: Cliff Richard (Self)
- E2 Show 2Sep 20, 1958
- E3 Show 3Sep 27, 1958
- E4 Show 4Oct 4, 1958
- E5 Show 5Oct 11, 1958
- E6 Show 6Oct 18, 1958
- E7 Show 7Oct 25, 1958
- E8 Show 8Nov 1, 1958
- E9 Show 9Nov 8, 1958
- E10 Show 10Nov 15, 1958
- E11 Show 11Nov 22, 1958
- E12 Show 12Nov 29, 1958
- E13 Show 13Dec 6, 1958
- E14 Show 14Dec 13, 1958
- E15 Show 15Dec 20, 1958
- E16 Show 16Dec 27, 1958
- E17 Show 17Jan 3, 1959
- E18 Show 18Jan 10, 1959
- E19 Show 19Jan 17, 1959
- E20 Show 20Jan 24, 1959
- E21 Show 21Jan 31, 1959
- E22 Show 22Feb 7, 1959
- E23 Show 23Feb 14, 1959
- E24 Show 24Feb 21, 1959
- E25 Show 25Feb 28, 1959
- E26 Show 26Mar 7, 1959
- E27 Show 27Mar 14, 1959
- E28 Show 28Mar 21, 1959
- E29 Show 29Mar 28, 1959
- E30 Show 30Apr 4, 1959
- E31 Show 31Apr 11, 1959
- E32 Show 32Apr 18, 1959
- E33 Show 33Apr 25, 1959
- E34 Show 34May 2, 1959
- E35 Show 35May 9, 1959
- E36 Show 36May 16, 1959
- E37 Show 37May 23, 1959
- E38 Show 38May 30, 1959
