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Dizzy Gillespie & the Electric Mayhem on The Muppet Show (1980)

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Dizzy Gillespie and the Electric Mayhem perform “St. Louis Blues” on The Muppet Show, episode 413. It aired in the U.S. on February 28, 1980.


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