The Bill Kenny Show

The Bill Kenny Show was a Canadian music television series which aired on CBC Television in 1966.

The Bill Kenny Show
Genre	Music
Presented by	Bill Kenny
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Producer	Elie Savoie
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	22 May (1966-05-22) – 10 July 1966 (1966-07-10)

Premise

Bill Kenny, a member of the popular vocal quartet The Ink Spots in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s and later a solo singer, hosted this series. He became a Vancouver resident in 1961 and became among the first black performers to star in a nationally broadcast television series in Canada.^[1]

Series regulars included singing group The Accents, with Fraser MacPherson's house band. Visiting artists included Susan Pesklevits who was later known as Susan Jacks.^[2]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Sundays at 3:00 p.m. (North American Eastern time) from 22 May to 10 July 1966.