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Episode Detail: 1987 Independence Day Concert - Evening at Pops

Johnny Cash joins the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra for a 1987 Independence Day concert on the Charles River. Included: a salute to John Philip Sousa. Also: Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture," Copland's "Simple Gifts" and patriotic favorites.

Episodes: Evening at Pops - 189 total Episodes

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6/30/2002: Barbara Cook
8/23/2001: Paul Winter and the Earth Band
8/2/2001: Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck and Mike Marshall
7/26/2001: Born in Boston with Chick Corea, Terence Blanchard and Jane Monheit
7/12/2001: Martin Short and the Cast of The Music Man
7/5/2001: John Williams and Harry Connick Jr.
7/27/2000: Sesame Street
7/20/2000: John Williams with Frank McCourt, Yo Yo Ma and Patti LuPone
7/13/2000: Diana Krall and Michael Feinstein
7/7/2000: Alison Krauss and Union Station
6/29/2000: A Copland Centennial Celebration
7/30/1999: Strangers in Paradise
7/23/1999: Audra McDonald
7/9/1999: Swingin' at the Pops
7/4/1987: 1987 Independence Day Concert
A Tribute to Richard Rodgers
Evening at Pops
The Canadian Brass
Dave Brubeck; Gerry Mulligan; Paul Desmond
Victor Borge
Carmen de Lavallade
Glen Campbell
A Night in Old Vienna with Roberta Peters
A Tribute to the Music of Paul McCartney
Penn and Teller; Helen Huang
Marvin Hamlisch and Friends with Showstoppers
Star Wars and the Hollywood Sound
Arthur Fiedler: Just Call Me Maestro
Rich Little
Burgess Meredith and the Chieftains
Salute to the Spanish Dance
Golden Anniversary
A Tribute to Bing Crosby by Perry Como
Carol Channing
Frederica Von Stade and Andre Watts
Bernadette Peters
Tyne Daly; Sarah Chang
Gilbert and Sullivan at the Pops
John Denver and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Luis Bravo's Forever Tango with Leslie Caron
Evening at Pops
Evening at Pops
Mary Chapin Carpenter; Michael Moschen
Live at Esplanade
Julia Migenes and Tamaki Kawakubo
Evening at Pops
A Tribute to the Theater Music of Leonard Bernstein
Marilyn Horne
Cleo Laine
Elaine Paige and the Mark Morris Dancers
Jean Pierre Rampal
Judy Collins
Itzhak Perlman
Joan Baez
Claude Kipnis
James Galway
Evening at Pops
Andy Williams
Lionel Hampton
K.D.Lang and Eileen Ivers
Yo-Yo Ma
Arlo Guthrie and Gil Shaham
Opening Night at Pops
John Williams and Joshua Bell
Brush Up Your Shakespeare
Evening at Pops
Evening at Pops
Evening at Pops
Ben Vereen
Benny Goodman
Chet Atkins
Clamma Dale
Ferrante and Teicher
Henry Mancini
Joel Grey
John Williams
Leontyne Price
Lillit Gampel
The Manhattan Transfer
Marvin Hamlisch
Oscar Peterson
Peter, Paul and Mary
Roberta Flack
Sarah Vaughan; Wynton Marsalis
Tony Bennett
Evening at Pops
Evening at Pops
Evening at Pops
Andre Previn and Eddie Daniels
Barbara Cook; Mandy Patinkin
Dionne Warwick
Jessye Norman
Liona Boyd
Loretta Lynn; Crystal Gayle
Pops Celebrate 100
Ray Charles
The Smothers Brothers
Stephane Grappelli
Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme
Steven De Groote
Tony Bennett
20th Anniversary Gala with John Williams
Evening at Pops
Evening at Pops
Evening at Pops
Evening at Pops
Evening at Pops
Benny Goodman
Christmas at the Pops
Ethel Merman
Fiedler's Greatest Hits
Gregory Hines
Itzhak Perlman
Joela Jones
Kiri Te Kanawa
Leroy Anderson
Nathaniel Rosen
Opening Night with Isaac Stern
Pete Fountain
Pop Goes to the Circus
Sammy Davis, Jr. and Tamara Smirnova Sajfar
Sesame Street
Toots Thielemans
A Tribute to Fred Astaire
Evening at Pops
Evening at Pops
Evening at Pops
Buddy Rich
Burgess Meredith, R2D2 and C3PO
Galway; Laine; and the Dankworth Quartet
George Benson
George Shearing; Mel Torme
Kathleen Battle; Branford Marsalis
Katia and Marielle Labeque
The King Sisters
Nell Carter and the Abyssinian Church Choir
Noel Parenti
Old Timers Night with the Mills Brothers
Richard Stoltzman; Joe Williams
A Tribute to Nat King Cole
Songs of Freedom
Melissa Manchester; Stan Getz
Patti Austin; James Ingram
Randy Newman; Leila Josefowicz
Conductor Leonard Slatkin with Dave Brubeck and John Browning
A Salute to the Music of John Williams; Steven Spielberg
The Music of Kern; Gershwin; Porter; Rogers
Bobby McFerrin and His Voicestra
Tony Bennett; Michel Legrand
Carlos Montoya
The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
William F. Buckley, Jr.
The Siegel Schwall Blues Band
Max Morath
John Hartford and the Dobrolic Plectral Society
Songs of Love with Jerry Hadley and Thomas Hampson
Bonnie and John Raitt; Mark O'Connor
Anne Murray; Robert Bonfiglio
Earl Wild All Tchaikovsky
Julia Childs Reads Tubby the Tuba
John Williams, Gala Celebration
James Taylor
Linda Ronstadt and Rosemary Clooney
Shirley Horn and Arturo Sandoval
Itzhak Perlman and Peter Schickele
A Tribute to the Music of George Gershwin
Evening at Pops
Evening at Pops
Evening at Pops
Evening at Pops
Evening at Pops
Rhythm Is My Business
The American Spirit
Sarah Jessica Parker, Mavis in Las Vegas
Nathan Lane's Tribute to Danny Kaye
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Premiered: July 12, 1970, on PBS
Rating: TV-G
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Premise: This summertime concert-series perennial features the Boston Pops performing with a lineup of guest stars that has ranged from Itzhak Perlman to Big Bird (and the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Loretta Lynn, Wynton Marsalis, and Peter, Paul and Mary in between).
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