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Rollin' On The River

Rollin' On The River 1971-72 - (Rollin 1972-73) was a Canadian Music Variety Series hosted by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition. They were the first pop-rock group to host their own prime-time TV series. - 53 episodes x 60 min - Featured guests included: Tina Turner, Merle Haggard, Bo Diddley, April Wine, Bill Withers, The Raiders, Cheech & Chong, The Stampeders, Bruce Cockburn, The Grass Roots, The Five Man Electrical Band, Lighthouse, Climax, Billy Preston, Jim Croce, Kris Kristofferson, Jose Feliciano, Mac Davis, Ronnie Hawkins, John Kay, Chilliwack, Looking Glass, The James Gang, The Poppy Family, Ian & Sylvia, Pat Paulsen, Helen Reddy, Andy Kim, John Stewart and many others. *Note: The series was an hour long in Canada. In the U.S. it was only half an hour, and Canadian talents were excised from the show for prime-time viewing.

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First Aired on

Feb 13, 1971

2 seaons till Mar 05, 1973

Popularity: 15.336
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Production

Winters-Rosen Production

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: [Finale]

Seasons & episodes

Total 2 seasons, 39 episodes

Season 1

A variety hour hosted by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition

Aired

13 Episodes
  • Episode 1Rollin' On The River (Pilot) min

    Guests Al Hirt, Pat Paulsen and Diane Brooks with thirteen songs and a number of comedy sketches. Highlights: Dianne Brooks sings "Twenty-five Or Six To Four". Dianne and Kenny Rogers duet on "Something." Al Hirt and Kenny Rogers and The First Edition give renditions of "Proud Mary" and "Down By The Riverside." Hirt offers "Tin Roof Blues" and "Jazz Me Blues." Other highlights of the trip include Rogers and The First Edition doing "Heed the Call", "Ruby Talk", and "Camptown Races". Hirt and Rogers do "Night Life". Paulsen and Hirt do a thing called "Hirts-Rent-A-Horn" and Paulsen issues one of his jawbreaking monologues. The hour closes with the entire cast giving their all for a rousing rendition of "Mississippi".

  • Episode 2[Premiere] min

    Guests The Carpenters Al Hirt Mark Lindsay New Doodletown Pipers Patchett & Tarses.

  • Episode 3Episode 3 min

    Guests Tommy Smothers Ian and Sylvia (folk duo) Billy Van (comedian)

  • Episode 4Episode 4 min

    Guests The Poppy Family Alex Harvey (singer-songwriter)

  • Episode 5Episode 5 min

    Guests Merle Haggard Dianne Brooks. Highlights: Songs include, "Okie from Muskogee," "Lonesome Fugitive," "Fire and Rain" and "I Had a Ball."