Many singers/songwriters/preformers have or had their own shows, past and present. Some of them being sitcoms and comedy sketches. Can you name any singers that have/had their own shows? I have thought up a few ideas, and these are some of the ones that I've came up with, can you name anymore?

Reba McEntire - Reba
Ozzy Osbourne - The Osbournes
Donny & Marie - Donny & Marie

Dolly Parton-Dolly
Bette Midler-Bette
Sonny & Cher-Sonny & Cher
The Carpenters-The Carpenters

Brandy - Moesha
Will Smith - Fresh Prince of Bel Air
LL Cool J - In the House
Queen Latifah - Queen Latifah Show
Jackson 5 - Jackson 5 Show
Tony Orlando & Dawn - The Rainbow Hour
Hudson Brothers - Razzle Dazzle Show
Bay City Rollers - The Bay City Rollers Supershow

Originally posted by Sitcomwriter

Bette Midler-Bette


I miss Bette :crying: that was a funny show. I love Reba I hope WB keeps it for awhile.

The Captain and Tenille
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Leslie Uggams Show
The Bing Crosby Show
The Mac Davis Show
Dolly(Dolly Parton's Variety Show from the 70's)
The Other Dolly Show From The 80's
The Jackson 5
Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

The Chris Isaak show (Showtime)

Nell Carter - "Gimme a Break!" (1981-1987)

Telma Hopkins (part of Tony Orlando's Dawn) - "Getting By"
(1993-1994)

Bobby Sherman - "Getting Together" (1971-1972)

David Cassidy - The Partridge Family
Shaun Cassidy - The Hardy Boys

Don't forget that Telma Hopkins played Addy on Gimme A Break and Rachel on Family Matters:)

John Schineder and Tom Wopat-- Dukes of Hazzard

Both were also country singers who had great success on the country charts.

Linda Lavin--Alice(she sang the theme song and is a great singer in real life as well)

Doris Day-The Doris Day Show :)

Nancy Dussault - The New Dick Van Dyke Show and Too Close for Comfort. Both shows allowed her singing talents to be showcased.

Bonnie Franklin - One Day At A Time. Broadway hoofer before becoming America's divorced sitcom mom.

Shelley Fabares - Donna Reed Show and Coach

Ralph Carter - Good Times

Ida Lupino - Life Goes On

Paul Petersen-- Donna Reed Show
Johnny Crawford-- The Rifleman
Ricky Nelson-- Ozzie and Harriet
The Lennon Sisters Show
The Tom Jones Show
The Engelbert Humperdinck Show
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters Show

Do the Brady kids count? They sang in a few episodes.:D :idea: :music: :guitar:

Originally posted by RollerGirl
Ida Lupino - Life Goes On

It was Patti LuPone, Tony Winner for Evita, who was on Life Goes On not Ida Lupino. It was ironic that her character did community theater. Many episodes featured her singing voice and she have a dynamic voice. One episode that stood out that had me in tears was when she discovered that she was pregnant. Libby, LuPone's character on the show, was sitting on the swing and the child that she had loss came back and asked her what it would had been liked to be part of the family. He asked her to sing to him. She sang a song from Peter Pan and it was very moving and emotionally powerful. Too bad they cut into the commercial.

Originally posted by mstewart


It was Patti LuPone, not Ida Lupino.


LuPone...Lupino...lol an understandable mistake :blush:

I think Andy Griffith cut a few albums, if I'm not mistaken - Andy Griffith Show

And David Soul had a huge hit in the 70's - Starsky & Hutch

John Travolta (I'm gonna let her in, mmhmm :lol: ) - Welcome Back, Kotter

Vicki Lawrence from The Carol Burnett Show, Lynda Carter from Wonder Woman, Andy Griffith from The Andy Griffith Show, and Diahann Carroll from Julia.

I guess one can say the Flintstones. I'm sure Reed/Blanc/Pyl and the others did the singing on the show ( "Let the Sunshine In', and others ). Awhile back there was an actual Flintstones CD out with all the songs featured on the show.

same thing with the Simpsons.

Originally posted by James
Do the Brady kids count? They sang in a few episodes.:D :idea: :music: :guitar:

Nope. They weren't singers who got a TV show, they had a TV show first.

Someone mentioned David Cassidy (for The Partridge Family), just wanna add Shirley Jones, too.

Irene Cara - Fame

Debbie Allen - Fame and Three Girls Three

Davy Jones - The Monkees

Dick Van Dyke - The Dick Van Dyke Show I'm not sure if this counts. He was in musicals (stage and screen), but wasn't a recording artist.

Jim Nabors - Gomer Pyle, USMC

Originally posted by TVgen62


Nope. They weren't singers who got a TV show, they had a TV show first.

Well, they did get some spinoff shows, like The Brady Bunch Hour (1977), The Brady Brides (1981), and The Bradys (1990).

Janet Jackson- Good Times

Ja'net DuBois--Good Times(she sang not only the theme song to Good Times but she wrote and sang the theme song to The Jeffersons)

Hi

How about Jim Nabors of Gomer Pyle USMC
After all the guy has one heck og a great voice

William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy of Star Trek both made albums in the late 60's.
Anson Williams and Donny Most of Happy Days both made albums too in the late 70's

Barbara Eden sang some on I Dream Of Jeannie,especially in the episode where she sings "Electric Days, Electric Nights"
Elizabeth Montgomery sang on Bewitched,she sang "Rock A Bye Baby To A Rock And Roll Beat"

Originally posted by reaness
Hi

How about Jim Nabors of Gomer Pyle USMC
After all the guy has one heck og a great voice

Already mentioned.

Originally posted by BravesFan712002
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy of Star Trek both made albums in the late 60's.

If I were William Shatner, I'd pray that everyone would just as soon forget about that album. :barf:

I don't think Leonard Nimoy sang on his album. (Didn't he recite poetry or something?) :sleep:

I thought Leonard Nimoy sang on his album,maybe he did poetry or spoken word songs. Anyway, both albums of William and Leonard's are highly collectable.

Michael McKean and David L. Lander of Laverne of Shirley made an album together in the mid 70's where they sang both original and older songs from the 50's and 60's. In fact, I have that album!!!
Also,I read that Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams made an album together around that same time where I think they sang mainly classic rock from the 50's

Glenn Frey of the Eagles was on a series several years back that was a major bomb, was cancelled after one or two episodes

Originally posted by BravesFan712002
Also,I read that Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams made an album together around that same time where I think they sang mainly classic rock from the 50's

According to my music almanac, they had a hit in late 1976, singing their version of Connie Stevens' "Sixteen Reasons". They even recorded as the group "Laverne & Shirley"!