''Swing Gently'' is a Canadian musical variety television program which aired on

CBC Television CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...

in 1960.

Premise

Episodes featured the Billy Van Four with other regulars Allan Blye,

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Alan Millar and Ruth Walker. Visiting artists included musicians and dancers such as

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, Nina Simone, Lois Smith and the

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Scheduling

This hour-long program was broadcast on Mondays at 9:30 p.m. from 18 July to 19 September 1960. In October 1960, ''Swing Gently'' became the regular season series ''

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''.

References

External links

* CBC Television original programming 1960 Canadian television series debuts 1960 Canadian television series endings 1960s Canadian variety television series {{Canada-nonfiction-tv-prog-stub