Editing Shindig! (section)

==Series regulars==
''Shindig!'' also featured a dance troupe choreographed by [[David Winters (choreographer)|David Winters]] and André Tayir, who accompanied the music acts of the week (Winters later worked on the competing NBC show ''[[Hullabaloo (TV series)|Hullabaloo]]''). One of the regular dancers was [[Teri Garr]], who went on to find success as an actress. Others included [[Anita Mann]], Maria Gahva, [[Lorene Yarnell]] (later of the mime team Shields and Yarnell), Diane Stuart, Pam Freeman, Gina Trikinis, Marianna Picora, Virginia Justus, Rini Jarmon and Carol Shelyne, who always wore glasses while she danced.  Occasionally, a small group of dancers who sang would get a featured spot; this rotating group was billed as The Shindig Girls.  The assistant choreographer was Antonia Basilotta, better known as [[Toni Basil]], who later gained fame with her 1980s hit song "[[Mickey (Toni Basil song)|Mickey]]". Both Garr and Basil were dance students of David Winters at the time and worked with him on most of his choreography projects.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news |last=Wharton |first=David |date=December 14, 1991 |title='Shindig!' Tapes Bring 1960s Rock Back to Life |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-14-ca-365-story.html |access-date=July 8, 2023}}</ref>

The series house band was supposedly known as "The Shin-diggers", but that was actually the name host Jimmy O'Neill used to refer to fans of the show.  At first, TV credits identified the musicians simply as the Shindig Band.  By early 1965, they'd been renamed Sir Rufus Marion Banks and his Band of Men, but the generic name had returned by the time "Shindig" went off the air.  The rhythm section was spun off into a featured group and named the ''Shindogs''.  It included [[Joey Cooper]] on bass, [[Chuck Blackwell]] on drums, [[James Burton]] on lead guitar, [[Delaney Bramlett]] on rhythm guitar and [[Glen D. Hardin]] on keyboards.  Cooper and Bramlett traded off lead vocal duties.  The larger band featured [[Jerry Cole]] on lead guitar, [[Russ Titelman]] on rhythm guitar, [[Larry Knechtel]] on bass, [[Leon Russell]] on piano, [[Julius Wechter]] on percussion and [[Ritchie Frost]] on drums.  Later, [[Billy Preston]] took over keyboards and performed as a singing regular.  [[Glen Campbell]] was not a regular member of this band but a frequent guest performer.  [[Ray Pohlman]] was the musical director, and he was also one - as was Campbell, Knechtel, Wechter and Russell - of the collection of first-call pop studio musicians that would later be known as "[[The Wrecking Crew (music)|The Wrecking Crew]]". In some instances when one of the guitarists was unable to work, Pohlman would bring in Bill Aken to fill in.

[[The Righteous Brothers]], [[Dick and Dee Dee]], [[Jackie and Gayle]], [[Donna Loren]], [[Willy Nelson (singer)|Willy Nelson]] (not the famous Country singer [[Willie Nelson]]) and [[Bobby Sherman]] were regular vocalists on the series.<ref name=latimes />  Up until July 1965, when he quit the show, producer Jack Good was also a regular, wearing a bowler hat and improvising comedy routines with Jimmy O'Neill at the close of each episode.

[[The Blossoms]], an all-female vocal group featuring [[Darlene Love]], backed up many of the performers and were occasionally featured in spotlight performances. [[The Wellingtons (folk group)|The Wellingtons]] were a trio of male singers who performed on their own, and as backup singers.  Another male group, The Eligibles, sometimes alternated with The Wellingtons on backup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1267383/|title=The Wellingtons|website=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.loti.com/sixties_TV/Shindig_Hullabaloo_Action.htm|title=Rewind the Fifties}}</ref>