This Week’s Music is an American syndicated half hour television show originally hosted by Livingston Taylor

Livingston Taylor

Livingston Taylor is an American singer-songwriter, born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He attended the Westtown School in Pennsylvania...

, brother of singer James Taylor. Similar to American Bandstand

American Bandstand

American Bandstand is an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer...

, the show featured dancers in a studio, music videos of popular hits, and live musical guests. In 1984 the show aired five days a week in some markets. Many consider this show as the predecessor to Club MTV

Club MTV

Club MTV was a half hour television show molded after American Bandstand that aired on MTV between the years 1985 and 1992. Club MTV was part of MTV's second generation of programming when they were phasing out the original 5 VJs and introducing new ones.-Background and format:Hosted by Downtown...

. Courteney Cox (prior to her appearance in the Dancing in the Dark video) and New York radio personality Al Bandeiro took over for Livingston Taylor toward the end of the show's run.

This week’s music is a joint production of The Entertainment Television Company and Viacom International

Viacom International

Viacom International, Inc. is a current subsidiary of Viacom .It is the holding company for copyrights associated with Viacom's corporate website and its cable networks, specifically MTV Networks, and is the division which licenses the product rights for their various properties...

. The show’s Executive Producers are Charles Koppelman

Charles Koppelman

Charles Koppelman is the chairman of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and was Martha Stewart's right-hand man on NBC's The Apprentice: Martha Stewart in 2005.-Career:...

 and Martin Bandier.

Studio Dancers

• Myra Bazell
• Frank Chaves
• Bonnie Comley
  Bonnie Comley
  Bonnie Comley, Vice President of Stellar Productions International, Inc. is a producer, writer and performer.Comley has created scholarships funds at Columbia University Business Graduate School and at the Boston University College of Fine Arts Undergraduate School, where a theater is named in her...
  
  
• Meghan Doyle
• Rachael Goodman
• Michael Kagdis
• Lori Macpherson
• Margaret Molz
• Louis Ritarossi
• Ronnie Robinson
• Myles Thoroughgood
• J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner
  J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner
  Dr. J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner aka Dr. Buzz was born in Reno, Nevada. His father was Dr.Samuel Leo Von Ornsteiner, a psychologist and his mother is Estelle Miller, a former parole officer....
  
  
• Lisa Washington
• Michael Landsman
• Tommy Gibbons
• LaTrice Verrett
• Ernest Verrett
• Carle Anthony Payne

Notable Musical Guests

• Paul McCartney
  Paul McCartney
  Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
  
  
• Cyndi Lauper
  Cyndi Lauper
  Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
  
  
• Billy Ocean
  Billy Ocean
  Billy Ocean is a Trinidad-born English Grammy Award winning popular music performer who had a string of rhythm and blues international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most popular British-based R&B singer / songwriter of the early to mid-1980s...
  
  
• Jon Bon Jovi
  Jon Bon Jovi
  Jon Bon Jovi is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder, occasional rhythm guitarist, and lead singer of rock band Bon Jovi, which was named after him...
  
  
• Menudo
  Menudo
  Menudo can refer to:* Menudo , boy band** Menudo , three of their albums went by this name** Menudo: La Reunion , a music project composed of former band members* Menudo , traditional Mexican soup...
  
   (with Ricky Martin)
• Dan Hartman
  Dan Hartman
  Daniel Earl "Dan" Hartman was an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for such songs as: "Free Ride", "I Can Dream About You", "Instant Replay", "Love Sensation", and "Relight My Fire", all of which had world-wide success.-Career:Born in Pennsylvania's capital, Harrisburg,...
  
  
• Van Stevenson
• Chequered past with Tony Fox Sales
• Flock of Seagulls
• Berlin
  Berlin
  Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
  
  
• Mama's Boys
  Mama's Boys
  Mama's Boys were a 1980s hard rock/heavy metal group from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland featuring the three McManus brothers Pat, a.k.a. 'The Professor", , John , Tommy . Later in their career they became a four-piece adding Rick Chase on vocals in 1985 who was later replaced by Keith Murrell...
  
  
• Honeymoon Suite
• Face to Face
  Face to Face (new wave band)
  Face to Face was a new wave Boston, Massachusetts quintet.-Formation:Guitarist Stuart Kimball formed the band in New Hampshire during the late '70s with a close group of friends...
  
  
• New Edition
• Alfonso Ribeiro
• Chaka Khan
• Patty Smyth
• Bananarama