On this day in music history: January 12, 1965 - The music variety series Hullabaloo makes its debut on the NBC television network. Directed by Steve Binder (“The T.A.M.I. Show, Elvis ‘68 Comeback Special), the music variety series is created to compete with “Shindig!” which airs on on rival network ABC. The program features a rotating cast of guest hosts each week along with performances by the top pop and rock performers of the day including The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, Sonny & Cher, The Animals, The Yardbirds and Herman’s Hermits. The show lasts for forty eight episodes until it is canceled in August of 1966 (due to NBC constantly shifting its time slot and cutting it from one hour to a half hour), and is eventually replaced in its time slot by “The Monkees” TV series in September of 1966. The series was originally shot in color at NBC’s studio in Burbank, CA (as well as NBC’s Studio 8H (home of “Saturday Night Live” at Rockefeller Center, and NBC’s color studios in Brooklyn, NY), though a number of shows only exist today as black & white kinescopes since the network either lost or destroyed the original color videotapes. MPI Home Video releases a number of surviving episodes on DVD and VHS in the early 2000’s. Episodes of the show are re-broadcast on PBS on the program HULLABALOO - A ‘60s POP FLASHBACK, produced by original show creator Gary Smith and TJ Lubinsky, and hosted by Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits. A number of the surviving shows are re-released in September 2013 on DVD in four individual volumes.