Live by Request is a television show on the A&E Network

A&E Network

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. On it, notable artists hold concerts where the set list

Set list

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 would be determined by viewer phone calls. The show was created based on an idea by Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett

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. Bennett starred in its first episode, which ran on Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day

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 1997; during that episode, 1.5 million calls came in from viewers with requests. The show won the Emmy Award

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 for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

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 in 1996. It also won a CableACE Award

CableACE Award

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. Mark McEwen

Mark McEwen

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 hosted the show.

Johnny Mathis appearance holds the record for the most viewers watching on live TV and is now available on DVD release.

Some the show's performances would be released as albums of the same name by the artists, including:

• An album by Blondie
  Live by Request (Blondie album)
  Live by Request is a live album by the band Blondie released in the US in 2004, and in the UK in 2005.Following the US release of The Curse of Blondie the band performed on the A&E Network's Live by Request program, taking requests via e-mail and phone from fans - and personal friends like film...
  
  
• An album by K. D. Lang
• An album by Kenny Rogers
  Live by Request (Kenny Rogers album)
  Live by Request is a live CD released in 2001 by Kenny Rogers. It documents an installment of A&E Network's Live by Request series.-Track listing:# Welcome - Islands in the Stream [3:08]# Official Welcome - Request# Daytime Friends [2:57]...
  
  
• An album by Tony Bennett
• An album by Barry Manilow

Other performers on the show, which has run on an as-appropriate basis, have included Johnny Mathis

Johnny Mathis

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, Hall & Oates

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, David Bowie

David Bowie

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, Elvis Costello

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, The Bee Gees, John Fogerty

John Fogerty

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, Don Henley

Don Henley

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, Elton John

Elton John

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, B. B. King

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, Lyle Lovett

Lyle Lovett

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, John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp

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, Vince Gill

Vince Gill

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, Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton

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, Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond

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, James Taylor

James Taylor

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, Trisha Yearwood

Trisha Yearwood

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, Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire

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 and Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow

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