Dick Stewart (born February 11, 1927) is an American singer, bandleader, actor, television host, and author. From 1959 to 1963, he hosted the popular televised music show, ''
KPIX Dance Party
''KPIX Dance Party'' was an afternoon television show hosted by Dick Stewart which was broadcast on CBS KPIX-TV Channel 5 in San Francisco. It ran from 1959 to 1963. It featured teenagers dancing to popular music.
Background
The original host of ...
''.
Background
In addition to being a television show host, Stewart was a singer, and had led his own band. He was also an actor.
He was also a radio DJ for
KFSO on Sundays with an hour show.
Actor
Stewart had a few acting roles. One was as Everett in the 1953 film ''
The Glass Web
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...
'' which was directed by
Jack Arnold. Other films include ''
Good Morning, Miss Dove
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'' in 1955 and ''
That's the Way of the World'' in 1975. He was the first host of the ABC-TV & Chuck Barris Game Show Beauty Pageant called ''The Dream Girl of 1967'' from Monday December 19, 1966 to Friday June 23, 1967 except
Bob Barker (Future Ex-Host of "
The Price is Right
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" Guest Host for Monday-Friday June 12–16, 1967 for promoting Chuck Barris' New Game Show
THE FAMILY GAME
is a 1983 Japanese movie directed by Yoshimitsu Morita. ''The Family Game'' received several awards including the best movie of the year as selected by Japanese critics. Although the movie missed the Japan Academy Prize for the Best Picture (lo ...
also on ABC-TV before
Wink Martindale
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Hosted and his 2 Hostess are
Beverly Adams
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Early life
Adams was born in Alberta, Canada, but was a citizen of the United States. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Adams. Raised Roman Catholic, she moved with her ...
(December 19–23, 1966) &
Karen Valentine
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(December 26, 1966 – August 25, 1967.)
''KPIX Dance Party''
Stewart took over the show on February 23, 1959, filling the position of the previous host
Ted Randall
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who had resigned. Stewart got the position after being the winner in a series of auditions which were broadcast live.
For the show Stewart would make his own choice and pick which records would be played instead of relying on an automated computerized system. He once said that he would "rather pick records that are wrong, and have fun with then, than be right to the point of dullness". One of his aims was to give the youngsters a more exciting, literate type of music. He would occasionally slip in some big band type music such as
Lionel Hampton
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or
Henry Mancini
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. Sometimes he would play the B-sides of singles which had local viewers playing both sides of the record.
He hosted the show from 1959 to 1963.
Singer
As a singer, he performed at venues like the Off Broadway. In early 1962 he had a single out on the Penthouse label. It was "
I Believe" bw "Without You". It was produced by
George Motola
George Louis Motola (November 15, 1919 – February 15, 1991) was an American record producer, songwriter and sound engineer from the 1950s until his death.
Early life and career
Motola, whose last name is often misspelled as Mottola, was born i ...
. Around 1963, he recorded "I'll Change", which was produced by
. The song was possibly intended for release on the Ava label but was rejected.
Discography
References
External links
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1927 births
Possibly living people
American television hosts