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Evening at Pops: Guest Artists from 1970-1998
1970
  • Atkins, Chet (5/26)
  • Boston Ballet (5/20)
  • Four Statesment (5/17)
  • Kennedy, Edward (5/2)
  • Moog Quartet (5/11)
  • Nero, Peter (4/30)
  • New York Rock & Roll Ensemble (5/13)
  • The Romeros (5/18)
  • Severinsen, Doc (4/30)
  • Shearing, George (5/6)
  • Tyler, Veronica (4/28)
  • Williams, Mason (5/4)
1971
  • Brubeck, Dave (5/14)
  • Buckley, William F. Jr. (5/12)
  • Child, Julia (5/3)
  • Gillespie, Dizzy (5/18)
  • Greco, Jose (5/24)
  • Hartford, John (5/31)
  • Montoya, Carlos (5/26)
  • Morath, Max (6/2)
  • Seaseme Street (5/10)
  • Siegel-Schwall Band (5/28)
  • WIld, Earl (5/5)
1972
  • Allen, Steve (5/26)
  • Anderson, Leroy (5/18)
  • Atkins, Chet (5/10)
  • Boston Ballet (5/23)
  • Byrd, Charlie (4/26)
  • Ferrante & Teicher (5/4)
  • Flack, Roberta (5/16)
  • Gampel, Lilit (5/6)
  • Lerner & Loewe (5/19)
  • Peters, Roberta (5/2)
  • Severinsen, Doc (4/29)
  • Your Father's Moustache (5/28)
1973
  • Blake, Eubie (5/27)
  • Boston Ballet (5/31)
  • Fitzgerald, Ella (5/23)
  • Fox, Virgil (5/2)
  • Lavallade, Carmen de (5/29)
  • Merrill & Tucker (5/15)
  • Moffo, Anna (5/4)
  • New Seekers (5/21)
  • Parkening, Christopher (5/11)
  • Cole Porter Evening (5/25)
  • Randolph, Boots (5/7)
  • Vered, Ilana (5/9)
1974
  • Anderson, Marian (5/24)
  • The Carpenters (5/11)
  • Farrell, Eileen (5/11)
  • Goodman, Benny (5/9)
  • Hayman, Richard (5/26)
  • Lee, Peggy (5/18)
  • Modern Jazz Quartet (5/3)
  • Molina, Jose (5/13)
  • Schickele, Peter (5/29)
  • Vera, Ana-Maria (5/21)
  • Wild, Earl (5/15)
  • Williams, Rogers (5/7)
1975
  • Bailey, Pearl (5/9)
  • Bolcom & Morris (5/24)
  • Merman, Ethel (5/2)
  • Merrill & Peters (5/7)
  • Vaughan, Sarah (5/23)
1976
  • Bolger, Ray (5/15)
  • Clark, Roy (5/2)
  • Collins, Judy
  • Fitzgerald, Ella (5/25)
  • Milnes, Sherill (5/28)
  • Randall, Tony (5/7)
  • Venuti, Joe (4/29)
1977
  • Bennett, Tony (5/26)
  • Dale, Clamma (5/6)
  • Kipnis Mime Theatre (5/11)
  • Perlman, Itzhak (5/13)
  • Rampal, Jean-Pierre (5/19)
  • Vereen, Ben (5/28)
1978
  • Campbell, Glen (5/19)
  • DeGroote, Stephen (5/13)
  • Hampton, Lionel (5/25)
  • Mancini, Henry (5/11)
  • Parenti, Noel (5/17)
  • Romero, Angel (5/4)
1979
  • Fountain, Pete (5/12)
  • Galway, James (5/5)
  • Grappelli, Stephane (5/19)
  • Gray, Joel (5/13)
  • Jones, Joella (5/23)
  • Wild, Earl (5/1)
1980
  • Boyd, Liona (5/28)
  • Charles, Ray (5/22)
  • Horne, Marilyn (5/2)
  • Luxon, Benjamin (6/11)
  • Meredith, Burgess (4/29)
  • Mills Brothers (5/25)
  • Peterson, Oscar (5/8)
  • Richard Rodgers Evening (6/11)
  • Shade, Nancy (6/11)
  • Stern, Isaac (4/29)
  • Thielmans, Toots (5/28)
1981
  • Benson, George (6/18)
  • Laine, Cleo & Dankworth Quintet (5/29)
  • Perlman, Itzhak (6/3)
  • Price, Leontyne (6/13)
  • Rich, Buddy (5/15)
  • Williams, Andy (5/27)
1982
  • Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir (6/22)
  • Carter, Nell (6/18)
  • King's Singers (5/18)
  • Little, Rich (5/4)
  • Peters, Bernadette (6/22)
  • Rosen, Nathaniel (5/7)
1983
  • Canadian Brass (6/23)
  • Gorme, Eydie & Steve Lawrence (5/11)
  • Hamlisch, Marvin (5/3)
  • Hines, Gregory (5/7)
  • Peter, Paul & Mary (6/25)
  • John Williams Special (6/15)
1984
  • Bennett, Tony (5/25)
  • Fiedler Retrospective
  • Manhattan Transfer (5/11)
  • Marsalis, Wynton (5/1)
  • Norman, Jessye (5/16)
  • Vaughan, Sarah (5/1)
1985
  • John Denver
  • Yo-Yo Ma
  • Cleo Laine/James Galway
  • Big Apple Circus
  • Katia & Marielle Labeque
1986
  • Johnny Mathis and Natalie Cole: A Tribute to Nat King Cole
  • George Shearing
  • Mel Torme
  • Kiri Te Kanawa
  • Victor Borge
  • Joan Baez
  • Richard Stoltzman
  • Joe Williams
  • A Christmas at Pops
1987
  • Andy Williams
  • Cleo Laine
  • Oscar Peterson
  • Ray Charles
  • Peter, Paul and Mary
  • A Boston Pops Fourth with Johnny Cash
  • Sarah Vaughan/Wynton Marsalis
  • Tony Bennett
  • Nell Carter
  • Toots Thielemans
  • Geiorge Benson
  • Marilyn Horne
  • Ben Luxon
  • Rich Little
  • Canadian Brass
  • Mills Brothers
  • Leontyne Prince
  • King's Singers
  • Liona Boyd
  • Bernadette Peters
  • C3PO and R2D2
  • Itzhak Perlman
  • Marvin Hamlisch
  • Gregory Hines
  • Buddy Rich
  • Manhattan Transfer
1988
  • Andre Watts
  • Frederica von Stade
  • The Smothers Brothers
  • Tommy Tune
  • Manhattan Rhythm Kings
  • Sammy Davis Jr.
  • Tamara Smirnova-Sajfar
  • Dionne Warwick
  • Perry Como
  • Byron Stripling
1989
  • Art Buchwald
  • Roberta Peters
  • Robert Merrill
  • Paratore Brothers
  • Andre Previn
  • Eddie Daniels
  • Carol Channing
  • Barbara Cook
  • Mandy Patinkin
  • Kathleen Battle
  • Branford Marsalis
  • Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle
1990
  • Melissa Manchester
  • Stan Getz
  • Steven Spielberg
  • Maureen McGovern
  • Bobby McFerrin
  • Anne Akiko Meyers
  • Leonard Slatkin
  • Dave Brubeck and John Browning
  • John McGlinn
  • Kitty Carlisle Hart
  • Christmas at Pops
1991
  • June Anderson
  • Patti Austin
  • James Ingram
  • The Chieftains
  • Burgess Meredith
  • Randy Newman
  • Leila Josefowicz
  • John Denver
  • The Tanglewood Festival Chorus
1992
  • Songs of Freedom with Roscoe Lee Browne, Odetta, Shirley Verrett, the Boys Choir of Harlem
  • Bonnie and John Raitt
  • Mark O'Connor
  • Anne Murray
  • Robert Bonfiglio
  • Tony Bennett
  • Michel Legrand
  • A Tribute to the Music of Paul McCartney with the Canadian Brass, Jerry Hadley, The King's Singers, Nina Simone
  • Tyne Daly
  • Sarah Chang
  • Songs of Love with Jerry Hadley and Thomas Hampson
1993
  • John Williams Gala Celebration with Richard Dreyfuss, Aretha Franklin, Jessye Norman
  • James Taylor
  • A Gilbert & Sullivan Evening with Beverly Sills
  • Shirley Horn
  • Arturo Sandoval
  • Sheryl Woods
  • Showstoppers with Marvin Hamlisch, conductor, and Colm Wilkinson, Marilyn Cooper, Raquel Welch, Take Six, Sally Wolf
  • Rosemary Clooney
  • Linda Ronstadt
1994
  • Itzhak Perlman
  • Peter Schickele
  • Just Call Me Maestro: a documentary look at Arthur Fielder
  • Julia Migenes
  • Tamaki Kawakubo
1995
  • Keith Lockhart (debut) with Sylvia McNair, Mandy Patinkin, Doc Severinson and John Williams
  • Penn and Teller
  • Helen Huang
  • A Tribute to the Music of George Gershwin with Marcus Roberts, John Pizzarelli Trio, Karen Ziemba, James Brennan, Marquita Lister, Willard White and Damon Evans
1996
  • Patti LaBelle
  • Edwin Hawkins
  • Desiree Coleman Jackson
  • Jason Alexander
  • Nanci Griffith
  • Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
  • Denyce Graves
  • Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
  • Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco
  • Stanley Donen
  • John Williams
1997
  • The Spirit of America with Charles Osgood, Dawn Upshaw and Boston Ballet
  • Rhythm is My Business with Airto Moreira, the Flying Karamazov Brothers and cast members from Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk
  • k.d. lang
  • Eileen Ivers
  • Elaine Paige
  • Mark Morris Dance Company
  • Star Wars and the Hollywood Sound with John Williams, Itzhak Perlman, Grover Washington, Jr. and Gene Shalit
1998
  • Sarah Jessica Parker
  • Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter
  • Michael Moschen
  • John Williams
  • Rita Dove
  • Joshua Bell
  • Leslie Caron with cast members from Luis Bravo's Forever Tango
  • Arlo Guthrie
  • Gil Shaham




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