 There was a three month period when Jack Paar (qv) left "The  Tonight Show" in 1962 and Johnny Carson (I) (qv) replaced him as  the shows host. In the interim, NBC had various celebrities guest  host. It was during this time that musician Tommy Newsom (qv) was  a hired to play the alto sax in The Tonight Show Band and he  remained with the band, occasionally taking over band leader duties  when Doc Severinsen (qv) was away, until Carson retired in 1992.  Therefore, Newsoms tenure on "The Tonight Show" was three months  longer than Carsons.