Super Bowl IV Halftime Show (1970)

"Broadway and movie star Carol Channing brought glitz to the gridiron as the first solo halftime performer. But was it this halftime? The NFL, a 2014 Pepsi ad and Channing herself all say it was 1970, so who are we to quibble. But the video is Channing-free, and she is not mentioned with the other performers. She supposedly sang "When the Saints Go Marching In," but the video shows the band playing that number sans Channing. Archivist Jon Kendle from the Pro Football Hall of Fame found no news clips from the days after the game that mention her — not even a New York Daily News story that mentioned Hirt, Piazza and the Southern band. Did the New York paper just forget to name-drop a huge Broadway star? It's another mystery. (Don't worry, she shows up for certain in Super Bowl VI.)" - Washighton Post

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