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''Ozark Jubilee'' is the first U.S. network television program to feature country music's top stars, and featured performers located in Springfield, Missouri which has long emulated Nashville, Tennessee as a center of American country music.〔"Hillbilly TV Show Hits the Big Time" (March 10, 1956), ''Business Week'', p. 30: "...Springfield has gone a long way toward replacing Nashville as the recognized center of the country music world."〕 The weekly live stage show premiered on ABC-TV on January 22, 1955, was renamed ''Country Music Jubilee'' on July 6, 1957, and was finally named ''Jubilee USA'' on August 2, 1958.〔Program listing (August 2, 1958), ''TV Guide'', Vol. 6, No. 31, p. A-12〕 Originating "from the heart of the Ozarks," the Saturday night〔Except for brief runs on Thursday and Monday〕 variety series helped popularize country music in America's cities and suburbs,〔Shulman, Art "Dynamo–Country Style" (July 7, 1956), ''TV Guide'', p. 28〕 drawing more than nine million viewers. The ABC Radio version was heard by millions more starting in August 1954. A typical program included a mix of vocal and instrumental performances, comedy routines, square dancing and an occasional novelty act. The host was Red Foley, the nation's top country music personality. Big names such as Patsy Cline, Eddy Arnold, Johnny Cash and Faron Young were interspersed with a regular cast, including a group of young talent the ''Jubilee'' brought to national fame: 11-year-old Brenda Lee, Porter Wagoner, Wanda Jackson, Sonny James, Jean Shepard and The Browns. Other featured cast members were Webb Pierce, Bobby Lord, Leroy Van Dyke, Norma Jean and Carl Smith. Carl Perkins, singing "Blue Suede Shoes", made his TV debut on the series, which showcased hundreds of popular artists performing everything from rockabilly, country and Western, bluegrass and honky tonk to the Nashville sound, gospel and folk. Several now-legendary session musicians provided accompaniment at times during the show's run, including Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Bob Moore, Charlie Haden, Cecil Brower, Tommy Jackson and Bud Isaacs. The genial Foley closed each show from the Jewell Theatre in downtown Springfield with a "song of inspiration" or a recitation from his ''Keepsake Album'';〔A small softbound booklet offered to viewers containing inspirational anecdotes and poetry Foley had collected. WSM sold a similar booklet when he was with the Grand Ole Opry titled, ''Red Foley's Sacred Album''.〕 and his sign-off was "Goodnight mama, goodnight papa," before walking into the audience to shake hands as the credits rolled. The ''Jubilee'' was canceled after almost six years as rock and roll grew in popularity, and in part because of publicity surrounding tax evasion charges against Foley, who was later acquitted. On September 24, 1960, the final telecast, like the first in 1955, opened with Foley singing "Hearts of Stone". The program concluded with him performing "May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You". The series was voted Best Country Music Show by ''Fame'' magazine's annual TV critics poll in 1957 and 1960. In 1961, NBC-TV carried a spin-off, ''Five Star Jubilee''. == Was the ''Jubilee'' "first?" == The first (and first live) country music program on network television was ''Village Barn'', broadcast from 1948–50 by NBC from a New York City nightclub. From the late 1940s through the 1950s, the U.S. networks carried a handful of other country music shows, including ''Hayloft Hoedown'' and ''ABC Barn Dance'' (ABC); ''Saturday Night Jamboree'' (NBC); and ''Windy City Jamboree'' and ''The Old American Barn Dance'' (DuMont). NBC and later ABC also aired ''Midwestern Hayride''. The shows, however, were generally short-lived summer replacements and had few if any well-known performers. ''Ozark Jubilee'' was the first network TV program to feature America's top country music stars, and as a result, was the first country music program to attract a significant national viewership.〔"'Ozark Jubilee' Hits ARB Top for May TV" (June 11, 1955), ''The Billboard'', p. 22〕 At five years, eight months it also holds the record for the longest-running country music series on network television (''Hee Haw'' was syndicated after two years on CBS, and ''Austin City Limits'' presents a much broader variety of music). 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「Ozark Jubilee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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