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After years in radio, Allen became the original host of The Tonight Show, from its first New York broadcast in 1953, up until 1957, when he was replaced by Jack Paar. It was as host of the Tonight Show that Allen pioneered the "man on the street" and audience-participation comedy bits that have become commonplace in late-night TV.
Allen went on to host a slew of television programs up until the 1980s, including the game show I've Got a Secret and The New Steve Allen Show in 1961See also 1960 in television, other events of 1961, 1962 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Events July 1 The soap opera The Brighter Day airs its first episode after moving taping locations from New York City to Los Angeles. As a result,. He was a regular on the extremely popular panel game show What's My Line?
Allen was also a composerA composer is a person who writes music. The term refers particularly to someone who writes music in some type of musical notation, thus allowing others to perform the music. This distinguishes the composer from a musician who improvises. However, a perso who supposedly wrote over 7000 songs. In one famous stunt, Allen wrote 400 simple tunes in a single day. Allen's best known songs are " This Could Be The Start of Something Big " and "The Gravy Waltz", which won a Grammy AwardThe Grammy Awards presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in musical recordings, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the Unit in 1963See also 1962 in music, other events of 1963, 1964 in music, 1960s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January 1 The Beatles start a 5 day tour in Scotland to support the release of their new single, "Love Me Do". January 7 Gary U. Bonds file for best jazzFor other article subjects named Jazz see jazz (disambiguation). Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. It has been called the first original art form to develop in th composition. Allen was also an actorAn actor is a person who acts, or plays a role in an artistic production. The term commonly refers to someone working in movies, television, live theatre, or radio, and can occasionally denote a street entertainer. Besides playing dramatic roles, actors m, appearing in such films as 1955See also 1954 in film 1955 1956 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events November 3 The musical Guys and Dolls starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts. Top grossing films :North America # Cinerama Holiday # Mister Rogers # tie Battle Cry a's The Benny Goodman Story .
Allen was also an accomplished comedy writer, and author of over 50 books, including Dumbth , a commentary on the American educational system, and Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, and Morality . Allen was a secular humanist and Humanist Laureate for the Academy of Humanism, a member of CSICOP and the Council for Secular Humanism. Allen was also the producer of the award-winning PBS series Meeting of Minds , a "talk show" with notable historical figures, with Steve Allen serving as host. This series pitted Socrates, Marie Antoinette, Thomas Paine, Sir Thomas More, Attila the Hun, Karl Marx, Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, Galileo Galilei, and other historical figures in dialogue and argument. A proposed revival of this show was rejected as "too cerebral".
In spite of his liberal position on free speech, his later concerns about the smuttiness he observed on television caused him to make proposals restricting the content of programs.
Allen died of heart failure. He is interred in the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
Steve Allen has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: a TV star at 1720 Vine St. and a radio star at 1537 Vine St.
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