[quote name=\'tomobrien\' post=\'236295\' date=\'Feb 22 2010, 09:06 AM\']I'm kind of hoping I'm wrong on this, but I seem to recall the 1966 Joe Pyne "Showdown" had a sort of Dino, Desi & Billy-type group that performed the theme, if nothing else...[/quote]
It was called the Bantams.
Here are all the shows I can think of from the 70's onward that used live bands.
"Words and Music"
"Musical Chairs"
"Name that Tune" (of course - Bob Alberti, Tommy Oliver, Stan Worth, then Oliver again)
"The Fun Factory" (live band with Stan Worth)
"The Gong Show" (Milton DeLugg, and Joey Carbone in the 80's)
"Beat The Clock" (Dick Hyman's organ and in '79, Arthur B. Rubinstein's little band)
"Dollar a Second" (pilot - DeLugg again - same music turned up in recorded form on "Treasure Hunt")
Barris "Camouflage" (DeLugg yet again)
"Face the Music" (Tommy Oliver)
"Remote Control" (Steve Trecasse)
"Turn It Up" (Stuffy Shmitt)
"Personals" (Stormy Sacks)
"Hollywood Squares" (Sacks live in studio playing along with recorded tracks)
"Twenty One" (for a few episodes, anyway)
"Singing Bee" (Ray Chew, now someone else)
"Don't Forget The Lyrics" (Rickey Minor)
I think the guys in TV show bands need to be represented by both AFTRA and AFM. New York cats would be local 802 of AFM and the LA session geniuses would be in local 47 of AFM.