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''The Clay Cole Show'' (1959–1968) was a rock music television show based in New York City, hosted by Clay Cole. First broadcast on WNTA-TV (now WNET) in September 1959 as ''Rate the Records'', within two months the format was changed, and an hour-long Saturday-night show was added. In the summer months, the show was expanded to an hour, six nights a week, live from New Jersey's Palisades Amusement Park, where Chubby Checker first performed and danced "The Twist".〔〔 When WNTA-TV was sold in 1963 the show moved to WPIX-TV, where for five years it was successful, thanks to first-time guest appearances of The Rolling Stones (on a program with one other guest act--The Beatles), Neil Diamond, Dionne Warwick, Simon & Garfunkel, Richie Havens, Tony Orlando, Blood, Sweat & Tears and The Rascals.〔〔 In 1965 the show was renamed ''Clay Cole's Discotek''.〔 Clay produced a full hour with just one guest, Tony Bennett. Clay's all-star, ten-day Christmas Show at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater holds the all-time box-office record for that theater.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brooklyn Paramount )〕 Cole was the first to introduce stand-up comics such as Richard Pryor, George Carlin and Fannie Flagg to a teen audience.〔〔 He was the first to produce a full hour of all-black performers, his historic ''Salute to Motown''〔〔 Unlike other teen music show hosts, Cole danced to the music he played on his shows; he was also unafraid to book lesser-known performers.〔〔 In 1968, at the height of his show's popularity, Cole--unhappy with the shift in pop music to psychedelic acid rock and heavy metal--left the show.〔 His memoir of the early years of rock and roll and live television, ''Sh-Boom! The Explosion of Rock 'n' Roll (1953-1968)'' has been published by Morgan James. Cole died on December 18, 2010.〔〔〔〔(Thedeadrockstarsclub.com ) - accessed December 2010〕 ==See also== * ''Buddy Deane Show'' * ''Groovy Show'' * ''The Milt Grant Show'' * John Waters * Brooklyn Paramount Theater 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Clay Cole Show」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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