Happening '68 - Season 2

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1st Happening '68 special

1 - 1st Happening '68 special

Air Date: October 5, 1968

--Paul Revere and the Raiders The first of four ""Happening '68"" specials which ABC aired during the Fall of '68.

2nd special: Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

2 - 2nd special: Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

Air Date: November 29, 1968

--Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

Wilson Pickett Special

3 - Wilson Pickett Special

Air Date: December 7, 1968

--Wilson Pickett performs ""Funky Broadway,"" ""I Found A True Love,"" ""I'm A Midnight Mover,"" ""Mustang Sally,"" ""Land of 1000 Dances"" and ""She's Lookin' Good"" --Paul Revere & Raiders - ""Cinderella Sunshine""

Christmas special with the Raiders & King Cousins

4 - Christmas special with the Raiders & King Cousins

Air Date: December 21, 1968

Christmas Special --The King Cousins --Paul Revere and the Raiders

Gary Lewis and the Playboys

5 - Gary Lewis and the Playboys

Air Date: January 4, 1969

--Gary Lewis and the Playboys --Judges in band contest: Stefan Arngrim; Bobby Hatfield; Michael James

The Cowsills

6 - The Cowsills

Air Date: January 11, 1969

--The Cowsills --Judges in band contest: Stefan Arngrim; Bobby Hatfield; Michael James

Bobby Hatfield / Paul Hampton

7 - Bobby Hatfield / Paul Hampton

Air Date: January 18, 1969

--Paul Hampton --Bobby Hatfield (also a judge in the band contest) --Other judges: Stefan Arngrim; Michael James

Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

8 - Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

Air Date: January 25, 1969

--Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart--""I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite"" & ""That's Life"" --The Judges of The HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest are Bobby Hatfield (of The Righteous Brothers), Stefan Arngrim (""Land of the Giants"") and Michael-James Wixted.

Tommy James and the Shondells

9 - Tommy James and the Shondells

Air Date: February 1, 1969

--Tommy James and the Shondells --Judges in band contest: Enzo Cerusico; Gary Lewis, Stephen Young

Canned Heat

10 - Canned Heat

Air Date: February 8, 1969

--Canned Heat --Judges in band contest: Enzo Cerusico; Gary Lewis, Stephen Young

Bob Seger System / The First Edition

11 - Bob Seger System / The First Edition

Air Date: February 15, 1969

--First Edition --Bob Seger System --Judges in band contest: Enzo Cerusico; Gary Lewis, Stephen Young

O.C. Smith / Lucie Arnaz & Desi Arnaz, Jr.

12 - O.C. Smith / Lucie Arnaz & Desi Arnaz, Jr.

Air Date: February 22, 1969

--Lucie Arnaz & Desi Arnaz, Jr. --O.C. Smith --Judges of band contest: Enzo Cerusico; Gary Lewis, Stephen Young

Creedence Clearwater Revival

13 - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Air Date: March 1, 1969

--Creedence Clearwater Revival - ""Proud Mary"" --The Judges for ""The HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Dennis Cole (formerly of ""THE FELONY SQUAD""), Pop Singers Tommy Roe & Merilee Rush (of Merilee Rush and The Turnabouts).

Joe South / Boyce and Hart

14 - Joe South / Boyce and Hart

Air Date: March 8, 1969

--Joe South --Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart --Judges in band contest: Merilee Rush; Tommy Roe; Dennis Cole

Tommy Roe / Boyce and Hart

15 - Tommy Roe / Boyce and Hart

Air Date: March 15, 1969

--Paul Revere and Mark Lindsay talk about the need for lowering the voting age and introduce Boyce and Hart. --Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart - ""L.U.V. (Let Us Vote)"" --Happening News segment with Sue Cameron. --Tommy Roe - ""Dizzy"" Amateur Band Contest --Judges: Dennis Cole, Merilee Rush, and Tommy Roe --Bands in contest: 1. The Guys Who Came Up from Downstairs - ""I Got a Line on You"" 2. The New Miracles - ""Who's Making Love"" --Mark Lindsay interviews Ross Martin from ""Wild Wild West""

Monkee Day with Mike, Mickey and Davy

16 - Monkee Day with Mike, Mickey and Davy

Air Date: March 22, 1969

--The Monkees (without Peter Tork)

Band Contest Finals

17 - Band Contest Finals

Air Date: March 29, 1969

The finals of the amateur band contest

Peggy Scott / Jo Jo Benson

18 - Peggy Scott / Jo Jo Benson

Air Date: April 5, 1969

--Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson (singing duo) --Judges in amateur band contest: Stefan Arngrim; Bridget Hanley; David Soul

The Nazz / Eddie Fisher

19 - The Nazz / Eddie Fisher

Air Date: April 12, 1969

--The Nazz --Eddie Fisher --The Judges are for ""The HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest""... Stefan Arngrim (Bobby Lockridge on ""THE LAND OF THE GIANTS"") and Bridget Hanley & David Soul (Candy Pruitt & Joshua ""Josh"" Bolt on ""Here Comes the Brides"").

Bobby Vee / Freddy Weller

20 - Bobby Vee / Freddy Weller

Air Date: April 19, 1969

--Bobby Vee - ""Santa Cruz"" --Freddy Weller (of the Raiders) performing solo The Judges of ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Stefen Arngrim, Bridget Hanley & David Soul.

Friends of Distinction / Beach Boys (on film)

21 - Friends of Distinction / Beach Boys (on film)

Air Date: April 26, 1969

--Friends of Distinction - ""Grazing In the Grass"" --Beach Boys (on film) - ""I Can Hear Music"" The Judges of ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Stefan Arngrim, Bridget Hanley & David Soul.

Peter Lawford

22 - Peter Lawford

Air Date: May 3, 1969

--Peter Lawford --Judges in the amateur band contest: Vicki Lawrence; Kevin Shultz; Mark Slade

The Grass Roots / The Spiral Staircase

23 - The Grass Roots / The Spiral Staircase

Air Date: May 10, 1969

--The Grass Roots performed ""The River is Wide"". --The Spiral Staircase performed ""(I Love You) More Today than Yesterday"". --The Judges for ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Vicki Lawrence (of ""THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW""), Kevin Schultz (Tom Sawyer on ""The New Adventures of Huck Finn"") & Mark Slade (Billy Blue Cannon on ""THE HIGH CHAPARRAL"").

Three Dog Night / The Peppermint Rainbow

24 - Three Dog Night / The Peppermint Rainbow

Air Date: May 17, 1969

--Three Dog Night - ""One"" --The Peppermint Rainbow - ""Will You be Staying After Sunday?"" --The Judges are Vicki Lawrence, Kevin Schultz & Mark Slade for ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest.""

Keith Allison / Freddy Weller

25 - Keith Allison / Freddy Weller

Air Date: May 24, 1969

--Paul Revere and the Raiders - ""Let Me"" --Keith Allison - ""Birds of a Feather"" --Freddy Weller - ""Games People Play""

Edwin Hawkins Singers

26 - Edwin Hawkins Singers

Air Date: May 31, 1969

--Edwin Hawkins Singers --Judges in the amateur band contest: Sajid Khan, Vicki Lawrence & Mark Slade.

Bobby Sherman

27 - Bobby Sherman

Air Date: June 7, 1969

--Bobby Sherman --Judges in band contest: Warren Entner (from The Grass Roots) ; Sajid Khan; Merilee Rush

Paul Revere and the Raiders

28 - Paul Revere and the Raiders

Air Date: June 14, 1969

--Paul Revere and the Raiders --The Judges for ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Warren Entner, Sajid Khan & Merilee Rush.

Oliver / The People

29 - Oliver / The People

Air Date: June 21, 1969

--Oliver--""Good Morning Starshine"" from ""HAIR"" --The People--""I Love You"" & ""Walk Right In"" --The Judges of The HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest are Warren Entner (of ""The Grass Roots""), Sajid Khan & Merilee Rush (of ""Merilee Rush & The Turnabouts"").

Jackie DeShannon

30 - Jackie DeShannon

Air Date: June 28, 1969

--Jackie DeShannon - ""L.A."" and ""Put a Little Love in Your Heart"" --Band Contest finals with judges: Michael Burns; Casey Kasem; Samantha Dolenz

Three Dog Night

31 - Three Dog Night

Air Date: July 5, 1969

--Three Dog Night - ""Celebrate"" --Judges in band contest: Stephen Young; Peter Tork; Kathy Garver

Linda Ronstadt / Chuck Barris

32 - Linda Ronstadt / Chuck Barris

Air Date: July 12, 1969

--Linda Ronstadt --Chuck Barris - ""Too Rich"" --Paul Revere and the Raiders --Judges in band contest: Peter Tork; Kathy Garver; Stephen Young

Boyce and Hart / Nino Candido

33 - Boyce and Hart / Nino Candido

Air Date: July 19, 1969

--Boyce and Hart - ""I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight"" --Nino Candido --Marc Copage (from ""Julia"") - interviewed by Mark Lindsay The Judges for ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Kathy Garver (Catherine ""Cissy"" Patterson-Davis on ""Family Affair""), Stephen Young (Ben Caldwell on ""JUDD, FOR THE DEFENSE"") & Peter Tork (former member of ""THE MONKEES"").

The Ventures

34 - The Ventures

Air Date: August 2, 1969

--The VENTURES performs ""Hawaii Five-O"" (Instrumental). --PAUL REVERE and THE RAIDERS performs ""Let Me"" and ""Action, Action, Action"". --The Judges in ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"": Stefan Arngrim (of ""THE LAND OF THE GIANTS""), Angela Cartwright (formerly of ""LOST IN SPACE"") and Jan-Michael Vincent (of ""DANGER ISLAND"" part of ""The Banana Splits Adventure Hour"").

Kenny Rogers and the First Edition

35 - Kenny Rogers and the First Edition

Air Date: August 9, 1969

Kenny Rogers & The First Edition--""Ruby Don't Take your Love to Town"" The Judges of ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Stefan Arngrim of ABC-TV's ""THE LAND OF THE GIANTS"", Angela Cartwright of the now-cancelled CBS-TV's ""LOST IN SPACE"" and Jan Michael Vincent of NBC-TV's ""DANGER ISLAND"" in part of ""THE BANANA SPLITS ADVENTURE HOUR"".

The Grass Roots

36 - The Grass Roots

Air Date: August 16, 1969

--The Grass Roots performs ""I'd Wait A Million Years"" The Judges of ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Stefan Arngrim, Angela Cartwright & Jan-Michael Vincent.

Oliver

37 - Oliver

Air Date: August 23, 1969

--Oliver performs ""Jean"" (theme from ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie""). --Paul Revere and the Raiders perform a medley of hits. --The Judges for ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Stefan Arngrim, Angela Cartwright & Jan-Michael Vincent.

Barbara Feldon

38 - Barbara Feldon

Air Date: August 30, 1969

--Barbara Feldon performs ""99"" and ""Max"" (Feldon played ""99"" on ""GET SMART""). --PAUL REVERE and THE RAIDERS perform a medley of hits again (probably 2 hits). --The Judges of ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Stefan Arngrim, Angela Cartwright & Jan-Michael Vincent.

Friends Of Distinction

39 - Friends Of Distinction

Air Date: September 6, 1969

--The Friends of Distinction performs ""Grazing in the Grass"" and ""(You Let Me) Going in Circles"".

Paul Revere and the Raiders

40 - Paul Revere and the Raiders

Air Date: September 13, 1969

--Another ""Paul Revere and the Raiders' Day"" with solo performances by Mark Lindsey, Freddy Weller, and Keith Allison.

Final show: The Beach Boys

41 - Final show: The Beach Boys

Air Date: September 20, 1969

--The Beach Boys - the band performs some of their hits and are interviewed by Mark Lindsay & Paul Revere.