Upbeat (TV Series)

Upbeat (TV Series)

Upbeat was a syndicated musical variety show produced in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, at WEWS-TV (ABC) that aired from 1964 to 1971 which spotlighted on the performers and their hit songs of the 1960s Top 40 pop music genre which was common on such AM radio stations as WIXY in Cleveland and CKLW in Windsor, Ontario, the dominant formatted stations in that region during that particular time.

As such, the series was possibly inspired by Ready Steady Go! (a predecessor series produced in England by ITV) and by American Bandstand as many of the featured performers would often lip-sync to their hit singles (without the audience dancing or similar elements), and was a predecessor of Shindig! which aired on ABC from 1964 to 1966 and Hullabaloo on NBC from 1965 to 1966.