January 29, 1958 New York City, NY

The Big Record

Wednesday, January 29, 1958

This musical variety show, filmed in New York City, was hosted by popular singer Patti Page (the original singer of “Tennessee Waltz”). Along with Sam, the guests on this show, as reported in TV Guide, were Broadway star Carol Haney; singers Eddy Howard and Margaret Whiting; Louis Jordan; pianist Roger Williams; and Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra. TV Guide does not indicate what song(s) Sam performed on the show, and apparently there is no surviving film. According to a contemporary issue of Jet magazine, Sam sang "You Send Me" and "I'll Come Running Back to You." Guralnick reports that Sam was interviewed by a reporter from Tan magazine on the set of the show for an article that appeared in that magazine’s April 1958 edition.