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50's Pop Parade
More of the 1950's pop crooners that define the pop musical soundtrack from the1940's, 50's and early 60's. A mix of new live performances and archival classics from the vaults include rare footage from Perry Como, Rosemary Clooney, Andy Williams, and more.
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Doo Wop Love Songs
The 1950s and Doo Wop love songs go hand in hand like two straws and a shake. And now America's favorite malt shop memories are back with the biggest and best hits featuring all romance and teenage love songs for sweethearts.
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Love Songs (50s & 60s)
The 50s and 60s pop era meets early doo wop. This cross-over pop and R&B special includes never-before-seen performances with archival favorites of the 1950s and early 1960s (pre-Beatles era). Songs include a new performance of the original Penguins performing "Earth Angel," and Lenny Coco & The Chimes with a new performance of "Once In A While." The Tymes reunite to sing "So Much In Love," and the Clovers are together again to sing "Devil Or Angel." Fred Paris returns from retirement to sing a new livelier version of "In The Still Of The Night." The Four Aces perform a never-before-seen version of "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing" and "Tell Me Why." Also featured are archival favorites from Doris Day, Johnny Ray, Perry Como and many more of the 50s pop and early doo wop era all together in one great show.
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Movie Songs
A tribute to memorable movie songs from the 1950s, '60s, and '70s features new performances and classic full-length archival clips from the films that made the songs famous.
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The 60's
The MY MUSIC series returns to PBS with an exiting retrospective that focuses on hip, hit-making artists from the second half of the 60s.
Drawing on the appeal of previous MY MUSIC showcases on folk (THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND) and rock (THE BRITISH BEAT), MY GENERATION û THE 60s is a treasure-trove of essential folk-rock, rhythm-and-blues and pop classics that continue to resonate with baby-boomers.
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The 70's Experience
Bell bottoms, 8-tracks, pet rocks and more - it's all part of the "Have A Nice Decade" 70s. Hosted by Brady Bunch's Barry Williams, tune in for new live and classic archival performances with some of the most loved tunes from the 1970s. Don't forget your platform shoes...
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The British Beat
Travel to London and around the UK to the place where the British Beat was born and hear all the original British Invasion hits, by the original British Invation legends that define the British Rock Era of the 1960's.
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Three Stars In Vienna
Domingo, Netrebko & Villazon: Three Stars in Vienna The legendary Placido Domingo joins new superstars Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon one of the leading dream couples in contemporary opera for an open-air concert at the steps to Vienna's magnificent Schonbrunn Palace. Domingo, still a thrilling opera superstar after 45 years, remains a peerless master of suave lyricism. Netrebko, the fiery Russian soprano, has taken the opera world by storm in a triumphant international career. And Villazon the dashing Mexican tenor with the achingly expressive voice was discovered and mentored by Domingo himself. The concert's repertoire includes popular favorites by Lehar, Verdi, Strauss and many others.
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