The Big Record
The Big Record is an American television music variety series that aired from September 18, 1957,[1] to June 11, 1958, on CBS.
In one episode (March 12, 1958), the guests included Pearl Bailey, Hilo Hattie, The Four Voices and Florence Henderson.
In the May 21, 1958 episode, guest singer Jo Stafford mentioned the series being broadcast from New York City, and made a topical joke (regarding the baseball Giants and Dodgers relocating to California): "look at it this way, you haven't lost a ball team, you've gained a parking lot.
Due to the kinescope technology used to record the shows, a number of episodes with commercials intact still exist.
[2] A review of the May 28, 1958, episode in the trade publication Billboard indicated that the program suffered from being unresolved about its format — musical-variety or "Big Record".
for a 1957 episode