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Larry House · 01-18-2004, 03:12 PM

Don Kirshner's Rock Concert was terriffic ... from what I remember these were all live performances, in fact a lot of them were taped with audiences, if I remember correctly. Quite a lot of the big names of the era appeared, too, not just less notable acts.

For those who don't know, Don was a music industry executive who started out working in the famous Brill Building in New York at the same time as Carole King, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector (briefly), etc. He "created" the Monkees and the Archies. He was somewhat awkward in front of the camera in the tradition of Ed Sullivan (this was later parodied to great effect by Paul Shaffer on Saturday Night Live, always representing "PolySutra Records").

I'm sure there's much more on the internet and other sources, this is what I remember off the top of my head.

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Larry House Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Local Time: 05:22 PM Local Date: 12-05-2008 Posts: 124	Don Kirshner's Rock Concert was terriffic ... from what I remember these were all live performances, in fact a lot of them were taped with audiences, if I remember correctly. Quite a lot of the big names of the era appeared, too, not just less notable acts. For those who don't know, Don was a music industry executive who started out working in the famous Brill Building in New York at the same time as Carole King, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector (briefly), etc. He "created" the Monkees and the Archies. He was somewhat awkward in front of the camera in the tradition of Ed Sullivan (this was later parodied to great effect by Paul Shaffer on Saturday Night Live, always representing "PolySutra Records"). I'm sure there's much more on the internet and other sources, this is what I remember off the top of my head.