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Booker Bradshaw

In 1961, while a junior at Harvard, he applied his singing talents on the The Original Amateur Hour television show with Ted Mack as a singer of folk songs, becoming a three time winner, and participated in the national finals at Madison Square Garden.

Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt

The first format for the Morgan show was a take-off on The Original Amateur Hour with Morgan as host, and featuring Kaye Ballard (in her TV debut), Art Carney, Pert Kelton, and Arnold Stang.

Serutan

Serutan is especially associated with The Lawrence Welk Show and The Original Amateur Hour, both of which were also sponsored by J. B. Williams products Sominex, a sleeping pill and Geritol, a vitamin supplement.

The Original Amateur Hour

The show is a progenitor of later, similar programs such as Star Search, American Idol and America's Got Talent.

Louis Farrakhan appeared in 1949 playing a violin, under his real name Louis Wolcott.

What's It For?

What's It For? last aired until late 1957, when it was replaced in its time period by Ted Mack's The Original Amateur Hour.


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