Hee Haw (1969)
Hee Haw was an American variety show featuring a mixture of country music and comedy skits. Co-hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark for most of the series, the show also guested well-established country music stars including Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton. Originally airing on CBS from 1969 to 1971, the show ran for over 20 years in syndication until 1993.
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Episode 1 - Loretta Lynn and Charley Pride
Release Date: 1969-06-15Music: Charley Pride - "Kaw-Liga." Charley Pride - "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)." Loretta Lynn - "Your Squaw's on the Warpath." Buck Owens - "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass?" Roy Clark - "Sally Was a Good Old Girl." Sheb Wooley - "Flying Time." Grandpa Jones - "The Banjo Am The Instrument For Me." The Hagers - "Six Days on the Road."
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Episode 2 - Merle Haggard, Jack Burns
Release Date: 1969-06-22Buck Owens, Don Rich, Susan Raye and the Hagers - "But You Know I Love You" Merle Haggard - "Mama Tried" The Hagers - "With Lonely" Roy Clark - "Yesterday When I Was Young" Merle Haggard - "Branded Man" Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "Happy Times" Susan Raye - "Just Enough to Keep Me Hanging On" Grandpa Jones - "Mountain Dew"
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Episode 3 - Tammy Wynette, George Jones and Faron Young
Release Date: 1969-06-29Music: Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "Love's Gonna Live Here" Grandpa Jones - "Night Train to Memphis" (includes a broken banjo string blooper) Tammy Wynette - "Stand by Your Man" George Jones - "White Lightning" Roy Clark - "Caravan" Faron Young - "She Went a Little Bit Farther" Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "It Takes People Like You" George Jones - "Walk Through This World with Me" Tammy Wynette - "Take Me to Your World" Faron Young - "Wind Me up" Sketches include several installments of "The Cornfield", "The Culhanes", "Samuel B. Sternwheeler", "Gordie's General Store", "KORN News", "Moonshiners", and "Pfft, You Was Gone. Also, "Archie's Barbershop", "Pickin' and Grinnin'", "Hey Grandpa, What's for Supper?", and stories by Junior Samples and Grandpa Jones.
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Episode 4 - Sonny James, Waylon Jennings, Connie Smith
Release Date: 1969-07-06Sonny James - "Midnight Mood" and "Running Bear." Waylon Jennings - "Only Daddy" and "Lonely Weekends." Connie Smith - "Cry, Cry, Cry" and "Ribbon of Darkness." Buck Owens - "Crying Time" and "Sam's Place." Roy Clark - "Overdue Blues."
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Episode 5 - Dolly Parton and Terry Lee McMillan
Release Date: 1969-07-13 -
Episode 6 - Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens, Eddie Fukano
Release Date: 1969-07-20Roy Clark - "She Taught Me How to Yodel" (clips throughout the episode) Buck Owens - "Act Naturally" Merle Haggard - "Hobo Meditations" Eddie Fukano - "To Get Me Off Your Mind" Bonnie Owens - "Lead Me On" Roy Clark - "You Tried to Ruin My Name" Grandpa Jones - "Old Joe Clark" Buck Owens and Susan Raye - "Somewhere Between" Merle Haggard - "Today I Started Loving You Again" Eddie Fukano - "Columbus Stockade Blues" Sketches include several installments of "The Culhanes", "Pfft, You Was Gone", and "KORN News." Also, "Gordie's General Store", "Hey Grandpa, What's for Supper?", "Pickin' and Grinnin'", Grandpa Jones tells stories about his athletic brother and eating out at a restaurant, Junior Samples tells a story about his squirrel dog, and in "Archie's Barbershop", Archie tells the story of the Pee Little Thrigs.
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Episode 7 - Charley Pride, Tammy Wynette, George Jones
Release Date: 1969-07-27Merle Haggard strums "Hobo Meditation." Bonnie Owens sings "Lead Me On." Eddy Fukano, the number one country star in Japan croons "Columbus Stockade Blues."
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Episode 8 - Loretta Lynn, Waylon Jennings
Release Date: 1969-08-10Music: Buck Owens - "Hello, Trouble" Waylon Jennings - "Delia's Gone" Loretta Lynn - "You Ain't Woman Enough" Grandpa Jones - "Banjo Sam" Roy Clark - "White Lightnin'" Susan Raye - "Maybe If I Close My Eyes" Roy Clark - "Orange Blossom Special" (played over a fast motion farm chase sketch) Buck Owens - "Above and Beyond" Loretta Lynn - "Wine, Women and Song" Sheb Wooley - "Big Ole, Good Ole Girl" Sketches include several installments of "The Culhanes", "KORN News", and "Pfft, You Was Gone". Also, "Archie's Barbershop", stories by Grandpa Jones and Junior Samples, "Hey Grandpa, What's For Supper?" and "Pickin' and Grinnin'
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Episode 9 - Jerry Lee Lewis, Conway Twitty
Release Date: 1969-08-17Music: Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass?" (played over a video of four guys mowing on a farm) Jerry Lee Lewis - "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" Susan Raye - "It's Over" Conway Twitty - "I Love You More Today" Roy Clark - "Do You Believe This Town?" Grandpa Jones - "Are You From Dixie?" Jerry Lee Lewis "What Made Milwaukee Famous?" Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "Together Again" Sheb Wooley - "Tie a Tiger Down" Conway Twitty - "Only Make Believe"
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Episode 10 - Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens
Release Date: 1969-08-24 -
Episode 11 - Tammy Wynette, Sonny James
Release Date: 1969-08-31 -
Episode 12 - Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Pride
Release Date: 1969-09-07 -
Episode 13 - Merle Haggard and Tammy Wynette
Release Date: 1969-12-17Buck Owens, Don Rich, the Hagers, and Diana Scott - "Gonna Roll Out the Red Carpet" The Hagers - "Gotta Get to Oklahoma" Tammy Wynette - "The Ways to Love a Man" Roy Clark - "Overdue Blues" Merle Haggard - "Okie from Muskogee" Tammy Wynette - "The 12th of Never" Buck Owens, Don Rich, the Hagers, and Susan Raye - "Big in Vegas"
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Episode 14 - Loretta Lynn, Dillard and the Expedition
Release Date: 1969-12-24Music: Buck Owens, the Hagers, Susan Raye, and Don Rich - "Santa Looks a Lot Like Daddy" Loretta Lynn - "Blue Kentucky Girl" Roy Clark - "Right or Left at Oak St." Dillard and the Expedition - "Hickory Hollow" Grandpa Jones - "Stop That Ticklin' Me" Buck Owens - "Sam's Place" Loretta Lynn - "Wings upon Your Horns" All (entire cast) - "Silent Night"
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Episode 15 - Dottie West and Hank Williams Jr.
Release Date: 1969-12-31Music: Buck Owens - "Let the Good Times Roll" Grandpa and Ramona Jones (using bells) - "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" The Hagers - "Lodi" Dottie West - "Clinging to My Baby's Hand" Roy Clark - "Yesterday When I Was Young" Hank Williams Jr. - "Cajun Baby" Dottie West - "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" Hank Williams Jr. - "I'd Rather Be Gone" Buck Owens - "Charlie Brown" Sketches include several installments of "Pfft, You Was Gone", "The Culhanes", "Gordie's General Store", "Dr. Campbell", "KORN News" and "Hee Haw Amateur Minute". Also, "Hee Haw Players", "Archie's Barbershop", "Hey Grandpa, What's for Supper?", "Pickin' and Grinnin'", Junior Samples tells a story, Grandpa Jones tells a story about his uncle Dan, and Stringbean reads a letter from home.
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Episode 16 - Henson Cargill / Wanda Jackson
Release Date: 1970-01-07The hit "Reuben James" is performed. In a Culhanes skit the family discusses a prospective boarder. Minnie Pearl holds forth from the kitchen. Roy does a guitar rendition of "Lara's Theme." The Buckaroos sing "Tiger by the Tail."
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Episode 17 - Lynn Anderson, Hank Thompson, Buddy Alan
Release Date: 1970-01-14Hank Thompson entertains with the song "Oklahoma Home Brew." Lynn Anderson sings "I've Been Everywhere." Grandpa talks about his youth on his uncle's farm. Buddy Owens contributes "Big Mama's Medicine Show."
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Episode 18 - Sonny James, Tammy Wynette
Release Date: 1970-01-21Guest Tammy Wynette sings "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad. Sonny James lets loose with "Mean Ole Mississippi."
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Episode 19 - Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn
Release Date: 1970-01-28Buck Owens performing "We Were Made For Each Other" Merle Haggard performing "I Take A Lot of Pride In What I Am" Hagers performing "Six-Days On The Road" Loretta Lynn performing "First City" Roy Clark performing "Meet Mister Callaghan" Merle Haggard performing "Today I Started Loving You Again" Loretta Lynn performing "Dear Uncle Sam" Buck Owens and Susan Raye performing "Love Is Strange"
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Episode 20 - Ferlin Husky, Dottie West
Release Date: 1970-02-04 -
Episode 21 - Lynn Anderson, George Jones
Release Date: 1970-02-11 -
Episode 22 - Tammy Wynette, Merle Haggard, Henson Cargill
Release Date: 1970-02-18 -
Episode 23 - Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride
Release Date: 1970-02-25Loretta Lynn - "To Make a Man." Loretta Lynn - "Wings Upon Your Horn." Charley Pride - "I'm So Afraid of Losing You Again." Charley Pride - "Anybody Going to San Antone." Roy Clark - "Foggy Mountain Breakdown." Buck Owens - "Kansas City Song." Grandpa and Ramona Jones - "You Are My Sunshine."
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Episode 24 - Wanda Jackson, Sonny James
Release Date: 1970-03-04 -
Episode 25 - Dottie West, George Jones, Chill Wills
Release Date: 1970-03-11Buck Owens, the Buckaroos, Susan Raye and the Hagers - "Memphis" Dottie West - "Paper Mansions" George Jones - "Love Bug" The Hagers "Jackson, Miss" Roy Clark - "September Song" George Jones - "Things Have Gone to Pieces" Grandpa Jones - "Dear Old Sunny South By the Sea"Dottie West - "Here Comes My Baby" Buck Owens and Susan Raye - "Fallin' for You" Sketches include several installments of "Dr. Campbell", "The Culhanes", "Dear Royella", "KORN News", "Hee Haw Amatuer Minute", and "Gordie's General Store". Also, "Archie's Barbershop", "Pfft, You Was Gone", "Hee Haw Players", "Pickin' and Grinnin'" and Stringbean reads a letter from home.
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Episode 26 - Dolly Parton, Faron Young
Release Date: 1970-03-18Faron Young sings both "Occasional Wife" and "Your Time is Comin'." Dolly Parton serenades on "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy."
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Episode 27 - Connie Smith, Stan Hitchcock
Release Date: 1970-03-25Buck Owens, Susan Raye and the Buckaroos - "Rovin' Gambler" Connie Smith - "Seattle" Stan Hitchcock - "Honey, I'm Home" The Hagers - "Loneliness Without You" Roy Clark - "The Last Letter" Connie Smith - "You and Your Sweet Love" Grandpa and Ramona Jones "Old Rattler" Buck Owens and Susan Raye - "We're Gonna Get Together"
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Episode 28 - Merle Haggard, Linda Ronstadt
Release Date: 1970-04-01Buck Owens - "My Heart Skips a Beat" Linda Ronstadt - "Are My Thoughts with You?" Merle Haggard - "Every Fool Has a Rainbow" The Hagers - "Your Tender Loving Care" Roy Clark - "Maria Elena" Merle Haggard - "Jimmie's Texas Blues" Grandpa Jones - "Melinda" Buck Owens and Susan Raye- "Togetherness" Sketches include several installments of "The Cornfield", "Dr. Campbell", "Moonshiners", "Hee Haw Amateur Minute", "KORN News", and "Samuel B. Sternwheeler". Also, "Dear Royella", "Hee Haw Players", "Archie's Barbershop", "Gordie's General Store", "Hey Grandpa, What's for Supper?", "Pfft, You Was Gone", "Pickin' and Grinnin'" and Stringbean reads a letter from home.
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Episode 29 - George Jones, Tammy Wynette
Release Date: 1970-04-08George Jones sings "It's Not You." Tammy Wynette solos on two songs. Tammy and George duet on "Milwaukee, Here I Come."