Premise
Pop and rock music was featured in this series for youth, essentially a Canadian version of '' American Bandstand''.Production
The first season (1963–1964) was a Toronto production with host Alex Trebek who welcomed visiting musicians and introduced songs from the house musicians before a studio audience of dancing teenagers. He was replaced in following seasons by Dave Mickie, a disc jockey for CKEY in that time. Series musicians were Norm Amadio and the Rhythm Rockers, joined by The Girlfriends who were a female vocal trio. The producer of this season was Stan Jacobson. The second season's schedule expanded to all weekdays with other Canadian cities contributing to the production of ''Music Hop'': * Mondays: '' Let's Go'' originated from Vancouver with producer Ain Soodor * Tuesdays: ''Jeunesse Oblige'' originated from Montreal with producer Pierre Desjardins * Wednesdays: ''Hootenanny'' originated from Winnipeg with host Ray St. Germain (Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Inductee) with producer Ray McConnell * Thursdays: ''Music Hop'' originated from Toronto with producer Allan Angus * Fridays: '' Frank's Bandstand'' originated from Halifax with producer Manny PitsonScheduling
The first season of this half-hour series was broadcast Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. (Eastern) from its debut 3 October 1963. In the following two seasons, it was seen every weekday, also at 5:30 p.m., since 28 September 1964. In its final season, the Friday episode was omitted from 3 October 1966 until its final broadcast on 28 June 1967.Reception
''Music Hop'' attracted approximately one million weekly viewers according to CBC estimates, mostly under age 20, with an estimated one-third of those viewers adults.See also
* '' Let's Go'' * '' Where It's At (TV series)'' * '' One More Time (Canadian TV series)''References
External links
* * CBC Television original programming 1963 Canadian television series debuts 1967 Canadian television series endings Black-and-white Canadian television shows Television shows filmed in Toronto 1960s Canadian music television series {{Canada-nonfiction-tv-prog-stub