8 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United States Original release 1965 Director Barry Shear Network CBS | 8/10 AllMusic Original network CBS-TV Initial release 28 June 1965 First episode date 1965 Initial DVD release 2007 (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cast Murray the K, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Little Anthony, Dave Clark Similar The Definitive Performa, Punch and Jody, The Billion Dollar Threat, The Big TNT Show, Pop Gear | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray The K – It's What's Happening, Baby was a television special on CBS-TV hosted by Murray the K. The show aired on June 28, 1965. The special featured performances by many of the popular artists of the day like Jan & Dean, Mary Wells, the Dave Clark Five, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, The Supremes, Tom Jones, Bill Cosby, Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles, The Drifters, The Miracles, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, The Ronettes, Chuck Jackson, The Four Tops, The Temptations, The Righteous Brothers and Little Anthony & the Imperials occasionally interspersed with Murray the K's public announcements urging the youth of America to pursue education and summer employment (due to the show being co-produced by the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity).
The show opened with a performance of "Nowhere To Run" by Martha and the Vandellas filmed at a Mustang assembly line in the Ford River Rouge Plant in Detroit.
An illegal bootleg version was released by Lady Goose Productions in 2007 as a DVD entitled: Murray the K & His 1965 Show of Shows.