To Keep The Peace with the network and with many thousands of viewers, John welcomed such as Bob Hope (middle row, right), Burl Ives and Peggy Lee to the stage, but also Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot and James Taylor. Merle Haggard and Tammy Wynette were guests, of course, and so were the Cowsills and the Monkees - of course. In the gallery above, clockwise from bottom left, we see Brenda Lee, 0.C. Smith, Ricky Nelson, Mama Cass Elliot, Hope and the Everly Brothers. And on the opposite page are two iconic American folksingers: Judy Collins (top) and, on the very first program, Bob Dylan. For those who liked it, this was the greatest show on earth.
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