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List of works by Steve Allen

This is a list of works by American television personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer Steve Allen.

Films

Shows

  • Songs for Sale (1950–1952)
  • What's My Line? (regular panelist, 1953–1954; frequent guest panelist 1954–1967)
  • Jukebox Jury (1953)
  • Talent Patrol (1953–1955)
  • The Steve Allen Show (1956–61)
  • The Tonight Show (1954–1957, NBC)
  • The Steve Allen Westinghouse Show (1962–1968)
  • I've Got a Secret (1964–1967, 1972–1973)
  • The Steve Allen Show (Filmways production, 1968–1969)
  • Steve Allen Show (September 29, 1970 – October 21, 1971) KTLA
  • The Allen Show (1971–72)
  • Match Game (panelist, 1974)
  • Tattletales (panelist, mid-1970s)
  • Meeting of Minds (1977–1981, PBS)
  • Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1980–1981)
  • The Start of Something Big (1985–1986)
  • Amen (1991, Lights, Camera, Deacon Season 5 episode 9)
  • The Simpsons (1992, "Separate Vocations", 1995, 'Round Springfield")
  • Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1997, , Guest)
  • Homicide: Life on the Street (1998): Steve and Jayne appeared as guests (January 16, 1998).
  • Sabrina the Teenage Witch (April 3, 1998, Season 2 Episode 21 "Fear Strikes Up a Conversation", Guest)
  • Diagnosis Murder (1999, Season 7 Episode 1 The Roast, Ray Masters)

Songs

Comedic discography

  • Man in the Street (1963) (Signature 1004)
  • Funny Fone Calls (1963) (Dot 3472, re-issued as Casablanca 811-366-1-ML)
  • More Funny Fone Calls (1963) (Dot 3517, re-issued as Casablanca 811-367-1-ML)

Musical discography

  • Steve Allen's All Star Jazz Concert Vol. 1 with Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, Billy Butterfield Jazz Band (Decca, 1954)
  • Steve Allen's All Star Jazz Concert Vol. 2 with Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, Billy Butterfield Jazz Band (Decca, 1954)
  • Music for Tonight (Coral, 1955)
  • Jazz for Tonight (Coral, 1955)
  • Steve Sings (Coral, 1955)
  • The Steve Allen Show (Coral, 1955)
  • Allen Plays Allen (Coral, 1956)
  • The James Dean Story with Bill Randle (Coral, 1956)
  • Steve Allen Plays Benny Goodman (Coral, 1956)
  • Romantic Rendezvous with Neal Hefti (Coral, 1957)
  • Venetian Serenade (Coral, 1957)
  • Terry Gibbs, Captain with Terry Gibbs (Mercury, 1958)
  • Steve Allen Plays Hi-Fi Music for Influentials (Coral, 1958)
  • The Poetry of Love (Coral, 1958)
  • What Is Subud with John Bennett (Hanover, 1958)
  • Steve Allen Plays Neal Hefti (Coral, 1958)
  • Anthony Plays Allen with Ray Anthony (Capitol, 1958)
  • Man On the Street with Tom Poston, Don Knotts, Louis Nye (Signature, 1959)
  • The Discovery of Buck Hammer (Hanover, 1959)
  • Steve Allen Presents Carole Simpson: Singin' and Swingin' (Tops, 1959)
  • Steve Allen Presents Sandy Warner: Fair & Warner (Tops, 1959)
  • Poetry for the Beat Generation with Jack Kerouac (Hanover, 1959)
  • Steve Allen at the Roundtable (Roulette, 1959)
  • Swingin' & Dancin' with Gus Bivona (Mercury, 1959)
  • Steve Allen Plays (Dot, 1959)
  • Around the World (Dot, 1959)
  • Monday Nights (Signature, 1960)
  • Steve Allen Presents Terry Gibbs at the Piano (Signature, 1960)
  • Steve Allen Presents 12 Golden Hits (Dot, 1962)
  • Steve Allen Plays Bossa Nova Jazz (Dot, 1963)
  • Plays the Piano Greats (Dot, 1963)
  • Gravy Waltz and 11 Current Hits! (Dot, 1963)
  • Steve Allen Sings (Dot, 1963)
  • More (Theme from "Mondo Cane") (Dot, 1963)
  • Steve Allen's Funny Fone-Calls (Dot, 1963)
  • Some of My Favorites (Hamilton 1964)
  • Songs from the Steve Allen TV Show (Dot, 1964)
  • Poetry in Piano (Coral, 1964)
  • I Play for You (Dot, 1965)
  • His Piano & Orchestra (Dot, 1965)
  • Cool, Quiet Bossa Nova (Dot, 1967)
  • Do the Love with Bob Thiele (ABC, 1967)
  • Steve Allen And The Gentle Players – Songs For Gentle People (Dunhill, 1967)
  • Soulful Brass with Oliver Nelson (Impulse!, 1968)
  • A Man Called Dagger (Music from the Original Soundtrack) (MGM 1968)
  • Soulful Brass #2 (Flying Dutchman, 1969)
  • Soulful Brass #3 (Flying Dutchman, 1971)
  • Steve Allen Presents Linda Guymon (Dobre 1978)
  • Funny Fone Calls (Casablanca, 1983)
  • Steve Allen's More Funny Fone Calls (Casablanca, 1983)
  • Alice in Wonderland Original Cast Voice Track Recording (1985)
  • Steve Allen Plays Jazz Tonight (Concord Jazz, 1993)

Books

Allen was the credited author of a series of mystery novels "starring" himself and wife Jayne Meadows as amateur detectives. The first one (The Talk Show Murders) was ghostwritten by Walter J. Sheldon; later volumes were ghostwritten by Robert Westbrook.

  • The Talk Show Murders (1982),
  • Murder on the Glitter Box (1989),
  • Murder in Manhattan (1990),
  • Murder in Vegas (1991),
  • The Murder Game (1993),
  • Murder on the Atlantic (1995),
  • Wake Up to Murder (1996),
  • Die Laughing (1998),
  • Murder in Hawaii (1999),

Skeptic magazine

As Allen was a supporter of the scientific skepticism movement, he worked to promote critical thinking, contributing many pieces to the American magazine Skeptic, which is published by the California-based Skeptics Society.

  • Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 1, "A Tribute to Isaac Asimov" (with Harlan Ellison and Martin Gardner)
  • Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 2
  • Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 3
  • Skeptic Vol. 1, No. 4
  • Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 1, "Genius" (with James Randi, Paul MacCready, Marilyn vos Savant, Elie Shneour, and David Alexander)
  • Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 2, "The Jesus Cults"
  • Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 3
  • Skeptic Vol. 2, No. 4
  • Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 1
  • Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 2
  • Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 3
  • Skeptic Vol. 3, No. 4
  • Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 1
  • Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 2
  • Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 3
  • Skeptic Vol. 4, No. 4
  • Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 1
  • "An Open Letter from Steve Allen to Heber Jentzsch, President, Church of Scientology"
  • "But Seriously … Steve Allen Speaks His Mind"
  • Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 2
  • Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 3, "Scientology Reply to Steve Allen"
  • Skeptic Vol. 5, No. 4

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