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Written by
  
Jim McKenna

Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
1

First episode date
  
4 August 1976

Network
  
CBC Television

Number of episodes
  
4

Language
  
English

Presented by
  
Jim McKenna

Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
4

Final episode date
  
28 September 1976

Number of seasons
  
1

Genre
  
Music

Sounds Good is a Canadian music television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1976.

Contents

Premise

This four-part series featured particular genres of modern music and various performers. Jim McKenna hosted Sounds Good except the country music episode.

  • Folk: featured Ellen McIlwaine, Don McLean, Myles and Lenny and David Wiffen
  • Country (10 September 1976): featured Carroll Baker, Tim Daniels (later of Comin' Up Country), Mary Lou Del Gatto, Prairie Oyster
  • Disco: featured Crack of Dawn, Soul Express, Sweet Blindness and Rick Wamil
  • Jazz: featured Moe Koffman Sextet, Peter Appleyard, Aura and Clark Terry
  • Sounds Good was hastily produced on a low (approximately CA$40,000) budget when CBC's Studio 7 became unexpectedly available for three days. A previously-planned television feature on Nellie McClung was scheduled to film there but production was cancelled when ACTRA objected to the choice of an American actor portraying McClung.

    Scheduling

    The hour-long episodes were broadcast on 4 August, 10 September, 18 September and 28 September 1976.

    References

    Sounds Good Wikipedia