The Supremes with Diana Ross remind us that there were female singing trios before Destiny’s Child. Motown gets its time as The Miracles with Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye layout their sweet soul sounds. The show starts off with the musical pioneer Chuck Berry swapping songs with early British invasion act Gerry and the Pacemakers. The kids that packed the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for two shows were treated to what must have given rise to the concepts of Monterey Pop and Woodstock. This is a rock and roll heaven line-up for the end of 1964. Ultimately what it stands for is meaningless compared to who performs on the stage. stands for either Teen Age Music International or Teenage Awards Music International. Show / The Big TNT Show: Collector’s Edition. Now it and the follow up concert event are out on Blu-ray with T.A.M.I.
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Show changed came up with a solution to insure seeing a rock band in a movie theater wasn’t a nostalgia event. Who wants to see a song that was hot nearly 8 months later? Rock and roll seemed more of a television event with live variety shows like Ed Sullivan booking bands as they rise in the Billboard charts. Nobody wanted to roll film the hot new band only to discover them discarded by the kids when the movie opened. Movies wanted to cash in on the craze, but it takes time to shoot, edit and distribute a film.
At the same time, everyone wanted to cash in on the rock craze while it lasted. Rock was just a phase like Ragtime, the Charleston and World War I bring peace to Europe.
When the Beatles came and conquered America, their press conferences were peppered with questions about what were they going to do when this all comes to an end. The industry feared Elvis Presley would be forgotten by the time his two year tour in the Army ended. " Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)", " The Bells of Rhymney", " Mr.Plenty of people believed rock and roll would not last." Dang Me", " Engine Engine #9", " King of the Road", " England Swings".Joan Baez (reprise) with Phil Spector on piano." Do You Believe in Magic", " You Didn't Have to Be So Nice"." (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (instrumental).David McCallum, emcee, conducting the orchestra.īruce Eder in Allmovie said, "The picture is a '60s pop-culture maven's dream – but nowhere near as musically revelatory as the list of talent would lead one to expect". The film's theme song, " This Could Be the Night", was written by Harry Nilsson, produced by Phil Spector, and performed by the Modern Folk Quartet. Its pre-release title was This Could Be the Night. Marilyn McCoo of the Fifth Dimension also appears as one of the backing singers during Ray Charles' performance. During the audience shots, one can spot Frank Zappa, as well as Sky Saxon, singer and frontman for The Seeds, and Ron Mael and Russell Mael, who would later form the band Sparks. The concert was shot before a live audience at the Moulin Rouge (originally opened in 1938 as the Earl Carroll Theater) club at 6230 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, California on November 29, 1965. Some footage from it was reused in the film That Was Rock a.k.a. Show was likewise shot on videotape and transferred to 35-millimeter film. Show, and, like it, executive produced by Henry G. Directed by Larry Peerce and distributed by American International Pictures, it includes performances by numerous popular rock and roll and R&B musicians from the United States and the United Kingdom.Ī sequel to 1964's The T.A.M.I.
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