The Old American Barn Dance Explained

The Old American Barn Dance should not be confused with ABC Barn Dance.

Runtime:	25 minutes
Director:	Fred A. Niles
Presenter:	Bill Bailey
Country:	United States
Network:	DuMont
Camera:	Multi-camera
Num Episodes:	11

The Old American Barn Dance is an American country music television series carried by the DuMont Television Network from July 5 to September 13, 1953.

Production

The summer replacement program, hosted by Bill Bailey, aired on Sunday nights from 10:30 - 11 p.m. Eastern Time. The series was filmed at Kling Studios, 639 N. Fairbank Court at Ohio Street, in Chicago, Illinois.

Performers included Tennessee Ernie Ford, Pee Wee King, the Candy Mountain Girls, the Chordmen, Merle Travis, Kenny Roberts, Johnny Bond, Homer and Jethro, Patsy Montana and the Kentucky Thoroughbreds.

In 1959, episodes were edited together with segments from Eddy Arnold Time and Jimmy Dean's Town and Country Time (a local Washington, D.C. program) and syndicated by producer Bernard L. Schubert under the title, Your Musical Jamboree.^[1]

Episode status

Three episodes are held in the J. Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress.

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts

Bibliography

• David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004)
• Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980)
• Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964)
• Web site: The Old American Barn Dance . Ira Gallen . 2009-01-19.

External links

• The Old American Barn Dance at the Internet Archive
• The Old American Barn Dance at YouTube
  • DuMont historical website

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Old American Barn Dance . Ira Gallen . 2009-01-19.