Picks and Pans Review: American Pop: the Great Singers

UPDATED 03/19/1979 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 03/19/1979 at 01:00 AM EST

PBS (check local listings)

Ethel Merman, Sarah Vaughan, Johnnie Ray, Blossom Dearie, Odetta and Billy Eckstine join host Tony Bennett in a live performance. Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Bing Crosby, Bessie Smith, Judy Garland, Nat "King" Cole and others are seen on film. The music is fine, the patter happily limited.

SUNDAY, MARCH 18