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Super Bowl VI (1972)
Lineup: Ella Fitzgerald (pictured), Carol Channing, Al Hirt (pictured)
Location: New Orleans, La.
Theme: Salute to Louis Armstrong
Breaking from the marching band tradition for perhaps the classiest (and weirdest) halftime show ever, legendary jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald paired with old timey star of stage and screen Carol Channing for a tribute to the then-recently deceased jazz trumpeter and hometown hero Louis Armstrong. Al Hirt was, of course, along for the ride.
