Singalong Jubilee

Premiering as a summer replacement show on the CBC in 1961, Singalong Jubilee originated at CBHT Halifax and featured a talented ensemble of singers and musicians, among them Catherine McKinnon and, later on, Anne Murray. Bill Langstroth was the genial host and the bill of fare consisted mainly of traditional folk songs.Near the end of the show's life, the repertoire shifted toward modern day pop. Production values were typical of a regional CBC production of the period, which is to say not bad at all. The show may have lacked the slickness of similar American productions of the time, but more than made up for this with impeccable musicianship; evident, also, in the the records the singers made during Jubilee's heyday. Like many Canadian shows of the 1960s, Singalong jubilee reflected the "wide open spaces" mindset that defined a generation of TV viewers.