Murray The K – It's What's Happening, Baby

Murray The K – It's What's Happening, Baby was a television special on CBS-TV hosted by Murray the K. The show aired on June 28, 1965. The special featured performances by many of the popular artists of the day like Jan & Dean, Mary Wells, the Dave Clark Five, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, The Supremes, Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles, The Drifters, The Miracles, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, The Ronettes, Chuck Jackson, The Four Tops, The Temptations, The Righteous Brothers and Little Anthony & the Imperials occasionally interspersed with Murray the K's public announcements urging the youth of America to pursue education and summer employment (due to the show being co-produced by the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity).

The show opened with a performance of "Nowhere to Run" by Martha and the Vandellas filmed at a Mustang assembly line in the Ford River Rouge Plant in Detroit.

Fred Gwynne makes a guest appearance as Herman Munster, his character from CBS's The Munsters during Cannibal & The Headhunters miming of their hit "Land Of 1000 Dances"

An illegal bootleg version was released by Lady Goose Productions in 2007 as a DVD entitled: Murray the K & His 1965 Show of Shows.

Performances[]

Martha and the Vandellas: "Nowhere to Run"

Dionne Warwick: "Walk on By"

Herman’s Hermits: "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"

Marvin Gaye: "Pride and Joy"

Cannibal & the Headhunters: "Land of 1000 Dances"

Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles: "You'll Never Walk Alone"

Little Anthony & The Imperials: "I’m Alright"

The Ronettes: "Be My Baby"

Chuck Jackson: "I Don't Want to Cry!"

Mary Wells: "My Guy"

Johnny Rivers: "The Seventh Son"

The Temptations: "The Way You Do the Things You Do"

Gary Lewis & the Playboys: "Count Me In"

The Drifters: "Up on the Roof"

The Supremes: "Stop! In the Name of Love"

The Righteous Brothers: "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"

The Four Tops: "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)"

The Miracles: "Ooo Baby Baby"

Ray Charles: "What'd I Say"

References[]

Smith, Suzanne (2001). Dancing in the Street: Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit. ISBN 0-674-00546-5.

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External links[]

• It's What's Happening, Baby! at IMDb