Name That Tune

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Name That Tune is an American television music game show. Originally created and produced by orchestra conductor Harry Salter and his wife Roberta Semple Salter, the series features contestants competing to correctly identify songs being played by an on-stage orchestra or band. Name That Tune premiered on the NBC Radio Network in 1952, where it aired until 1954, and moved to television in 1953 on the same network. CBS aired the television series in the summer of 1954 and carried it through 1959. A revival that started in 1974 was more successful than the original. Airing weekly, the 1974 syndicated offered a new show format and, beginning in 1976, offered a top prize of $100,000 to a lucky champion (after which the show became known as The $100,000 Name That Tune). Tom Kennedy hosted this series, which ran until 1981 and began airing twice weekly during its final season. During the course of Kennedy's series, two attempts were made at reviving the series for network television, both on...

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