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2 unusual facts about Name That Tune


Maggie Moone

Maggie Moone is a singer best remembered for her role on the UK version of Name That Tune.

The Traffic Policeman

He hurries to the spot and makes friends with the actress, managing to invite her for a coffee at a near bar, and after repairing her car (he actually only makes the situation worse and is then forced to call his little son who is a mechanic) asks Sylva to greet him on television at that night's broadcasting of the program Il Musichiere (the Italian version of Name That Tune).


Johnny Olson

Olson's first TV announcing job was on the final year of the original Name That Tune in 1958; in that year Olson also announced the Merv Griffin-hosted Play Your Hunch, which lasted until 1963 and began his long association with Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions, five years earlier.

Lyle Ritz

He also played bass on television soundtracks including The Rockford Files, Name That Tune, and Kojak.


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