Snooky Lanson, and the "Five Star Jubilee"

This is a photograph from a 1961 NBC television show, Five Star Jubilee.  

The photo features singer Snooky Lanson--about whom I've written, here, many times. (From 1950 until 1957, Mr. Lanson was one of the stars of NBC-TV's Your Hit Parade.)

Five Star Jubilee, a country music-oriented variety program, was telecast live from Springfield, Missouri, and had five rotating stars:  Mr. Lanson, Tex Ritter, Rex Allen, Carl Smith, and Jimmy Wakely.

The program was a half-hour long, and aired Friday nights, from March to September of 1961.  Originally, the show was seen from 8:00 to 8:30 p.m.  Beginning in May, its start-time was moved to 8:30 p.m.

A press release accompanying the photograph concerned the May scheduling change--as well as the changing look of the program (at least for some viewers).  It noted that the series, "now broadcast in black and white, joins NBC-TV's color lineup starting May 12."

(Photo © NBCUniversal Media, LLC)