Dave Garroway: America's First Morning Face

The pianist and NBC anchor who defined the morning show's register — intimate, offbeat, unscripted — from Today and Tonight through Wide Wide World, and the comedy he inspired.

Playlist by @morning_show_birth

9 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. What's My Line? - Dave Garroway (Dec 13, 1953) — What's My Line?
2. First Tonight Show 9/27/54 — Anthony DiFlorio
3. Today 1957. NBC's Today Show with Dave Garroway. New York. News, weather, and Kokomo Jr. the chimp. — Moviecraft Inc.
4. 1955 - NBC - WIDE WIDE WORLD with DAVE GARROWAY (1/7) — MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS
5. A 1952 Documentary on Television, with Dave Garroway!!! — videoholic50s60s70s
6. RCA Victor Presents: Television (1954) Starring Dave Garroway — SabuCat
7. Barbara Walters on working with host Dave Garroway on the Today show — FoundationINTERVIEWS
8. Steve Allen Talks About How "The Tonight Show" Started | Letterman — Letterman
9. This Tonight Show Host Laughed At HIPPIES In The 1950s — David Hoffman