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Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television show host and media mogul. [2] He began his career as a radio and big band singer, later appearing in film and on Broadway. From 1962 to 1986, Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show.
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show starring Merv Griffin. The series had runs on two different networks on NBC (1962–1963) and CBS (1969–1972) but is most known for its run on first-run syndication from 1965 to 1969 and 1972 to 1986.
Sheldon played the trumpet, sang, and performed on The Merv Griffin Show. He was Griffin's sidekick for many years. Prior to joining Griffin's show, he served as bandleader for the short-lived The Las Vegas Show. His voice is perhaps best known from the Schoolhouse Rock! cartoons of the 1970s, such as "Conjunction Junction" and "I'm Just a Bill".
Merv Griffin Productions also owned the post-production studio Trans-American Video (TAV) that was founded on June 29, 1981. [1] In 1982, the company joined forces with King World (now CBS Media Ventures) to syndicate a nightly version of Wheel of Fortune. The company also had the rights to syndicate The Merv Griffin Show.
Joseph Montanez, Jr. was born on 29 May 1942 to a Puerto Rican family in the Bronx, New York City. [2] After several appearances and performances on The Merv Griffin Show beginning in 1966, Rock's personality brought him to the national stage when he began appearing regularly as a guest on The Tonight Show.
My Name Is Not Merv Griffin" is a 1982 novelty song by Gary Muller. It is a parody of "Je cherche après Titine," with music by Léo Daniderff and lyrics by Louis Mauban and Marcel Bertal. The melody is the same as that of Charlie Chaplin 's nonsense-song performance toward the end of his 1936 film, Modern Times .
He did extensive work as a studio musician both in and out of jazz, including a period as the drummer for the big band of the Merv Griffin Show (1964–75). [2] He recorded several albums with Carl Fontana for Concord Jazz in the mid-1970s and also played in Supersax. [2] Later in his career he did much work as a sideman for Concord. [3]
Stars for Defense is a series of albums recorded for the United States Federal Civil Defense Administration from 1956 to 1967. Radio stations were instructed to broadcast the content to help Americans prepare for possible disasters, like a nuclear attack. They contained both music and interviews.