Answer: 1953
Originally produced by Harry Salter, 'Name That Tune' ran from 1953 to 1959 on NBC during the daytime and CBS in prime time. It was later shown again in the 1970's.
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Answer: $10,000 a year for the next 10 years
This was the 1970's. So an annuity had to be on the Kennedy version. On the Jim Lange version, it was $90,000 in prizes and $10,000 in cash.
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Answer: Dennis James
The host of the syndicated version was Tom Kennedy.
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Answer: 2
Two contestants competed, a returning champion and a challenger in the daytime edition.
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Answer: Run up and ring a ship's bell
Round one was a simple best three-out-of-five competition in naming tunes, where the two players would run to ring a ship's bell when the player knew the tune the orchestra was playing. This practice was a holdover from the 1950s version, and eventually was replaced with a lockout buzzer.
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Answer: The host spun a wheel
This was the round in which the host spun a wheel determining the dollar value of the tune before it was played.
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Answer: 10 points
The third round was worth 20 points.
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Answer: Steve March Torme
Steve March Torme is related to both Hal March ("$64,000 Question") and Mel Torme ("The Velvet Fog").
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Answer: 30 seconds
The champion had 30 seconds to identify seven tunes. They won prizes for every tune they did name, to a maximum of $2,000 in the daytime version. Contestants could pass on any tune, and a wrong identification ended the game.
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Answer: John Harlan
Bob Alberti and Tommy Oliver were the music directors.
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Answer: Dinah's Place
'Name That Tune' replaced the variety/talk show hosted by Dinah Shore. 'Dinah's Place' was later picked up by CBS and did very well.
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Answer: Tommy Oliver's Tune Topics
A topic was picked (IE: Color My World) and songs that contained the name of a color were featured.
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Answer: 1975
It was buried by another show called 'The Joker's Wild'.
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