Dinah Shore's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home-oriented show about cooking, crafts and occasionally music. This format lasted until May of 1974. When the show came back in October of 1974 the format had changed drastically to a variety talk show which was called Dinah! and went on until 1981. This show was also known as Dinah and Friends during the summer of 1976.

Season 2, Episode 59

ABBA appeared and performed a very energetic SOS and I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do and had a small interview with American talkshow host, Dinah Shore. The interview was very short and they only discussed who lived with who, who was married to who and which one had the blonde hair!

Dinah's guests were:

1. Redd Foxx (Comedian-actor)
2. Nanette Fabray (Actress)
3. Norm Crosby (Comedian)
4. Timmie Rogers (Singer)
5. Tommy Butler (Singer songwriter) - Precious Memories
6. ABBA - SOS and I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

Redd Foxx & Timmie Rogers duetted with This Autumn.  Nanette Fabray & Dinah Shore duetted with The Gentleman Is a Dope. Apparently, all joined in for There'll Be Some Changes Made (whether this refers to ABBA as well I do not know).

Click here for a listing from TV.com

The pictures above were sent to me.  I do not have - and have never seen - the clips of the songs and they don't appear to be available at all on YouTube.

Until ABBA on TV presented these images of the show, the only pictures we had to go on were the following from the Australian and New Zealand Bubble Gum sets:

1. Agnetha and Frida - SOS
2. Frida, Agnetha and Björn - SOS
3. Frida and Agnetha - SOS
4. Frida and Agnetha - SOS

Other pictures 'did the rounds' in books and poster magazines and it probably wasn't until ABBA on TV set about identifying the programmes that various images came from that we knew these were from Dinah!:

1. ABBA - SOS
2. ABBA with Dinah Shore
3. Interview

Click here for a rehearsal picture - also from the Australian and New Zealand Bubble Gum cards.

Dinah Shore died in 1994.

Over the closing credits is the notice: "The appearance of ABBA is paid for by Atlantic Records"!

Lyrics available on the Official ABBA site: SOS and I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

Dinah! (SOS and I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do), 1975;
Dinah! (Mamma Mia and Fernando), 1976; 

Thanks to Harry Ehler, Ian Cole, Sam Shervz, Steve Layton, ABBA Annual, Yuri and Harold Hanlon for information. Special thanks to Jozsef.
Thanks also to Veronica Armellini.