Let's Sing Out was a Canadian

Television in Canada

Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...

 music television series which aired on CTV

CTV television network

CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

 from 1963 to 1966, then on CBC Television

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

 until 1968.

Premise

This series, patterned after the American Hootenanny show, featured contemporary folk music hosted by folk musician Oscar Brand

Oscar Brand

Oscar Brand is a folk singer, songwriter, and author. In his career, spanning over 60 years, he has composed at least 300 songs and released nearly 100 albums, among them Canadian and American patriotic songs...

. Episodes were filmed on location at universities and geared towards post-secondary school audiences.

Guests included such artists as Eric Andersen

Eric Andersen

Eric Andersen is an American singer-songwriter.-Biography:In the early 1960s, Eric Andersen was part of the Greenwich Village folk scene in New York...

, Phil Ochs

Phil Ochs

Philip David Ochs was an American protest singer and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice...

, Tom Rush

Tom Rush

Tom Rush is an American folk and blues singer, songwriter, musician and recording artist.- Life and career :Rush was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. His father was a teacher at St. Paul's School, in Concord, New Hampshire. Tom began performing in 1961 while studying at Harvard University after...

, Joni Mitchell, and Josh White Jr.

Scheduling

Let's Sing Out began in 1963 on CTV. The series was broadcast on the CBC network beginning 7 October 1966, airing Fridays at 5:30 p.m. (Eastern) until 7 July 1967. It was rebroadcast on CBC from 5 July to 20 September 1968, also in the Friday 5:30 p.m time slot. Let's Sing Out was sold to markets in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.