Summertime '57 and Summertime '58 is a Canadian music variety television series which aired on CBC Television in 1957 and 1958.
Bill Walker hosted Summertime '57 with the Jack Kane Orchestra. Summertime '58 featured a more diverse variety of musical guests. The series was a mid-year replacement for Jackie Rae's regular season variety show.
The Summertime series were broadcast in 30-minute timeslots.
Summertime '57 was broadcast on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 27 June to 12 September 1957 as follows:
27 June 1957: Peter Appleyard, Tommy Hunter, Selma Leeds, The Travellers
4 July 1957: Bill Brady Quartet, Don Garrard, Evelyn Gould, Teddi King
11 July 1957: Norm Amadio, Joan Fairfax, Anne Marie Moss, Brian Terry
18 July 1957: Anne Gable, Larry O'Connor
25 July 1957: Peter Appleyard, Tommy Hunter, Selma Leeds, The Travellers
1 August 1957: Don Elliott, Joe Niosi (of The Happy Gang), Jimmy Shields, Gino Silvi vocal group, Rosalind Snow
8 August 1957: Betty Jean Ferguson, Bernard Johnson, Ellis McClintock, The Playboys
15 August 1957: William Charles, Helen Fielding, Wally Koster, Gerry Mulligan Quartet
22 August 1957: Teddy Wilson
29 August 1957: Betty Jean Ferguson, Don Garrard, Matt Matthews, The Playboys, Joe Puma
5 September 1957: Martha Lou Harp
12 September 1957: Tony Alamo, Betty Jean Ferguson, Bernard Johnson, Gino Silvi Quintet, Brian Terry
(Jack Kane band were regularly featured on episodes through this season)
Summertime '58 was broadcast Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. from 10 July to 23 September 1958 as follows:
10 July 1958: Joe Bushkin, Bobby Gimby, Moe Koffman, Anne Marie Moss
17 July 1958: Bill Butler Trio, Helen Fielding
24 July 1958: Trump Davidson, Maynard Ferguson, Jack Groob, The Triads
31 July 1958: Duke Ellington Quintet, Bobby Gimby, Bert Ninsi Trio, Jean Ramsey
7 August 1958: Murray Ginsberg (Dixieland Band), Ann Marie Moss, George Shearing Quintet, Wally Traugott Quartet
14 August 1958: Carmen McRae Trio
21 August 1958: Bill Butler, Helen Fielding, Jonah Jones Quartet, Jerry Toth
28 August 1958: Bobby Gimby, Eddie Heywood, Cliff McKay (jazz), Ann Marie Moss
4 September 1958: Ross Culley Group, Margo Lefevre, Modern Jazz Quartet, Billy O'Connor and his Leprecauhns
11 September 1958: Tony Bradan Quintet, Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, Ann Marie Moss, Denny Vaughan
18 September 1958: Bill Butler, Helen Fielding, The Four Freshmen, Jerry Toth Quintet
23 September 1958: Bobby Gimby, Gene Krupa Trio, Ann Marie Moss (season finale)
