I think that the play is referring to Charly Oleg who used to play the electric organ on a French game show called "Tournez Manège" in the 80's. (In the US it was the "Dating Game" adapted to a French public). He used to play a little part of a song and contestants had to guess the title of the song. His participation was not the game show in itself, it was only part of the game show. I would compare it to calling it, 'Charly's name that song' game. Perhaps there is someone who is or was famous for that game in the UK, but if not, I would just call it the 'name that song' game, leaving out the name Charly or any other name.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tournez_manège

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Note added at 6 days (2009-01-23 16:46:20 GMT) Post-grading
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Yes, I used to watch the show. I've lived in France for ages....it seems. I remember when the TV only came on at night, too, no day time shows at all.