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Mel Simons
Mel presents a number of different nostalgia and trivia shows in appearances in the New England area. Return with Mel to those thrilling days of yesteryear and enjoy such things as:
  • The Golden Days of Radio, featuring The Shadow, Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor and more!

  • The Golden Days of Televison, a video sojourn with Milton Berle, Your Hit Parade, Sid Ceasar and the best of early TV. (video show)

  • The Big Bands, a video retrospective with Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and the other great bands. (video show)

  • The Big Band Singers, a nostalgic look at performances by Vaughn Monroe, Peggy Lee, Perry Como and more. (video show)

  • The Golden Days of Rock & Roll, from Fats Domino to The Platters to Elvis, great video moments of Rock. (video show)

  • Strictly Sinatra, great songs of ol' Blue Eyes (video show)

  • The world's most generous cheapskate... Jack Benny (video show)

  • Trivia and Simons Says

  • Laugh-a-long and Sing-a-long with Mel

  • Smile and Remember - a blast from the past

  • One Man Show: The Life & Songs of Al Jolson, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor, & George M. Cohan
    "You ain't heard nothin' yet!" Come on and hear Mel Simons as he astounds you with the great songs and amazing anecdotes of four show-biz legends. This "Yankee Doodle Dandy" program brings you back to a time before TV, CD's, and DVD's. And you don't have to "walk a million miles" for miles of smiles!

 

Steve LeVeille (on the left) with Mel Mel also appeared regularly on The Steve LeVeille Broadcast on WBZ1030 radio with his Audio Clip Trivia Quiz. Mel calls it, "trivia without questions." He first appeared on WBZ on The Larry Glick Show. Mel did Larry's show for fourteen years and appeared on The Bob Raleigh Show for six years before spending a further nine years with Steve after he took over the overnight slot. Listener Tony from Canton was in the studio to record Mel's June 14, 2010 appearance on The Steve LeVeille Broadcast on video, which he then published on YouTube. To view the Click here to see Steve and Mel in action.

Mel entertains at reunions, conventions, men's and women's clubs, senior citizens' groups, church groups, dinner dances, weddings, bar mitzvahs and other social functions. In addition to offering the trivia shows, he is an experienced accordianist, humorist, disc jockey, and MC. And most recently, author of some fun books about old time TV and radio trivia.

 

Steve LeVeille (on the right) with Mel.

 

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