With the discussions about whether the Super Bowl halftime show was lip-synced or not, I thought it was worth bringing up iip-synching on various shows. One one hand, you have "American Bandstand" where virtually every performer lip-synced. On the other hand, "Saturday Night Live" for decades used to insist acts perform live. In recent years, acts like Halsey and Taylor Swift have been accused of lip syncing on "SNL". What shows preferred to lip-sync and which preferred live performances? And what were the notable exceptions?
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Shows that lip-synced (or didn't)
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Not just American Bandstand, but all "teen" dance shows of the 1960's and 70's lip-synced practically all songs.
Los Angeles had about a dozen of these shows, including one hosted by Casey Kasem on KTLA. I still remember Kenny Rogers totally mangling a lip-sync of Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town on Robert W. Morgan's Groovy! show about 1968. Kenny's lips were saying one thing and the audio was saying another. Finally, he just shrugged at the camera, and gave up.
Here's the Righteous Brothers lip-syncing Little Latin Lu Pelu on Shindig, which aired on ABC in the mid 60's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldVFC0tPBqw
As far as exceptions, I don't believe Ed Sullivan allowed lip-syncing. At least I recall the music all being sung live.
Los Angeles had about a dozen of these shows, including one hosted by Casey Kasem on KTLA. I still remember Kenny Rogers totally mangling a lip-sync of Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town on Robert W. Morgan's Groovy! show about 1968. Kenny's lips were saying one thing and the audio was saying another. Finally, he just shrugged at the camera, and gave up.
Here's the Righteous Brothers lip-syncing Little Latin Lu Pelu on Shindig, which aired on ABC in the mid 60's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldVFC0tPBqw
As far as exceptions, I don't believe Ed Sullivan allowed lip-syncing. At least I recall the music all being sung live.
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