50s rock and roll movies?!
Question: 50s rock and roll movies!?
ok i am big fan of the rock and roll sound that alan freed had named, I have the Mr!. rock and roll movie from 1999, I also have many others like the buddy holly story, great balls of fire, labamba, Elvis the miniseries, walk the line!. I also have last man standing, the concert jerry lee did!. i was wondering if anyone could tell me how many other movies there are on the 50s rockers, I hope to put on a dance this summer and i want to get a scence of the music and the people that played it!. i just found beyond the sea, the bobby darin movie, but are there any other movies like this!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
Here are a few 1950's movies you did not have listed:
6!.5 SPECIAL 1957 U!.K!. film!. Quirky rock n roll film!. The Six-Five Special was a British teenage music TV show that was expanded upon in this film to include 16 well known performers and!.!.!.
ALL THIS AND WORLD WAR II 1976 U!.S!. film!. It's a Reich 'n' Roll movie featuring dancing Nazis and music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney! What can you say about a film that combines real life footage!.!.!.
AMERICAN HOT WAX 1978 U!.S!. film!. Excellent tribute to 1950s doo wop and rock n roll and the important contribution of disc jockey Alan Freed!.!.!.
AMOR A RITMO DE GO-GO 1966 MX!. film!. The Mexican "Rocanrolero Phenomenon" (Mexico's Rock n Roll movement) of the 50s & 60s gave birth to great rock n roll garage bands and teenage films!. Amor A Ritmo De Go-Go is set in the top Mexican Go-Go clubs of the 1960s!.!.!.
AND THE BEAT GOES ON 1999 U!.S!. film!. The Sonny and Cher Story is a fun and entertaining window into the mod, pop and rock n roll world of the 1960s!.!.!.
BLUES FOR LOVERS (a!.k!.a!. BALLAD IN BLUE) 1966 U!.K!. film!. Ray Charles stars as himself in this interesting drama with tons of concert performance footage!. "I Gotta Woman," "What'd I Say," "Hit The Road Jack," "Hallelujah I Love Her So," "Let The Good Times Roll," and many more!.!.!.
BATTLE OF THE MODS (a!.k!.a!. CRAZY BABY) 1966 IT!. & GER!. film!. Liverpool mods and rockers slug it out! Cool 1960s Euro-beat garage-punk-pop!. Cool looking chicks shake their bodies wildly!.!.!.
BE MY GUEST 1965 U!.K!. film!. Follow-up to, "Live It Up!." Jerry Lee Lewis, the Nashville Teens, the Zephyrs, Kenny and the Wranglers, the Niteshades!.!.!.
BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG 1960 U!.S!. film!. Blackboard Jungle-style drama!. Dick Clark takes on a JD with a switchblade!.!.!.
BIG BEAT, THE 1957 U!.S!. film!. Color!. Fats Domino, The Del-Vikings, the Diamonds and more! Terrific Doo Wop! A record company executive's son starts a rockin' subsidiary label!.!.!.
BIRTH OF THE BEATLES 1979 U!.S!. film!. Filmed in Liverpool!. Follows the band from beginnings in Liverpool to Hamburg to America!. Large focus of film is on the days is Hamburg and Stu Sutcliffe!.!.!.
BOP GIRL GOES CALYPSO (a!.k!.a!. BOP GIRL) 1957 U!.S!. film!. Two great rhythm & blues songs from black vocal group, The Titans! also, the Mary Kaye Trio, the Goofers, the Lord Flea Calypsonians, and the Cubanos!.!.!.
CALYPSO HEAT WAVE 1957 U!.S!. film!. A jukebox mobster forces his way into a record company!. The Treniers wail on "Rock Joe" and "Day Old Bread and Canned Beans"!.!.!.
CARNIVAL ROCK 1957 U!.S!. film!. Outstanding 1950s rock and roll, rockabilly and doo wop by Bob Luman and his Shadows, David Houston, the Platters and the Blockbusters!.!.!.
C'MON LET'S LIVE A LITTLE 1967 U!.S!. film!. Very rare rock n roll movie starring Bobby Vee and Jackie De Shannon! Terrific 60s go-go scenes and rock n roll! Tons of songs!.!.!.
DATELINE DIAMONDS 1966 U!.K!. film!. Screaming fans charge the Small Faces who just made the US charts! Music by Small Faces, The Chantelles, Mark Richardson, Kiki Dee, Rey Antob and the Pro Form(cool Merseybeat sounds)!.!.!.
DAVID CASSIDY STORY, THE U!.S!. film!. "C'mon Get Happy!" David gives a no holds barred interview to Rolling Stone magazine that becomes the beginning of the end of the Partridge Family!.!.!.
DON'T KNOCK THE ROCK 1956 U!.S!. film!. Alan Freed, Alan Dale, Little Richard and the Upsetters, Bill Haley and his Comets, the Treniers, Dave Appell and more! Classic 1950s rock and roll film!.!.!.
DON'T KNOCK THE TWIST 1962 U!.S!. film!. Chubby Checker, the Dovells, the Carroll Brothers, Dee Dee Sharp, Gene Chandler and more!. Lots of Tikis!. Great music! Classic twist film!.!.!.
DUKE WORE JEANS, THE 1958 U!.K!. film!. Tommy sings: "It's All Happening," "What Do You Do!?," "Happy Guitar," " May I Call You Princess!?," "Photograph My Baby," "Gotta Let Your Hair Down," "Thanks A Lot, I've Had a Ball" and "Family Tree"!.!.!.
EXPRESSO BONGO 1959 U!.K!. film!. Cliff Richard is discovered in a coffee bar!. Cliff Richard and the Shadows in the best British rock and roll film of the fifties!.!.!.
FINDERS KEEPERS 1966 U!.K!. film!. Cliff Richard and the Shadows star in this rock n roll comedy!. Music and lyrics by the Shadows!. Songs include: "Finders Keepers," "My Way," "Paella," "Fiesta," "Time Drags By!."
GET YOURSELF A COLLEGE GIRL 1964 U!.S!. film!. Rock n roll from the Animals, the Dave Clark Five, and the Standells! also, Freddie Bell and the Bellboys, the Jimmy Smith Trio, Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto perform, "The Girl From Ipanema"!.!.!.
GHOST OF DRAGSTRIP HOLLOW (a!.k!.a!. HAUNTED HOT ROD) 1959 U!.S!. film!. Semi-sequel to "Hot Rod Gang"!. One of the most "fun" of the 1950s teen movies! Rockin' tunes by The Renegades (featuring Bruce Johnston and Sandy Nelson!) Cool teen lingo! "He's got static in his attic!"!.!.!.
GIRL CAN'T HELP IT, THE 1956 U!.S!. film!. Color!. Sex, gangsters and fabulous rockin' 1950s rock and roll!. Little Richard, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Fats Domino, The Treniers, Eddie Fontaine, Johnny Olenn, Nino Tempo, The Platters!.!.!.
GO, JOHNNY GO! 1959 U!.S!. film!. Chuck Berry, Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran, the Cadillacs, Jackie Wilson, the Flamingos and many others!. Fantastic 1950s rock and roll!!.!.!.
HEY LET'S TWIST 1961 U!.S!. film!. Joey Dee and The Starlighters, Jo-Ann Campbell, Teddy Randazzo!. The Twist goes Italian at the Peppermint Lounge! Songs include: "Hey, Let's Twist," "Round and Round," "Let Me Teach You How To Twist," "Roly Poly," "Peppermint Twist," and many more!!.!.!.
JAMBOREE! (a!.k!.a!. DISC JOCKEY JAMBOREE) 1957 U!.S!. film!. Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Lewis Lymon and Teenchords, Fats Domino, Jimmy Bowen, Buddy Knox, Charlie Gracie, Frankie Avalon, Count Basie, Rocco and the Saints and many more!. Lots of US disc jockeys!.!.!.
JOVENES Y REBELDES (BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS) 1962 MEX film!. Cool Mexican JD film featuring Bill Haley and the Comets! Mexican juvenile delinquents!. A big breasted sex pot sings “Fever!.” Bill Haley and the Comets perform “Shake Rattle and Roll” and!.!.!.
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL 1973 U!.S!. film!. Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, The Five Satins, Bill Haley and The Comets, Bo Diddley, Danny and The Juniors, The Shirelles, Chubby Checker!.!.!.
MRS!. BROWN, YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER 1968 U!.K!. film!. Stars Herman's Hermits! The group sings nine songs including the title track and "There's A Kind Of Hush!." Lots of teeth and hair!!.!.!.
OUT OF SIGHT 1966 U!.S!. film!. Spoof on The Man From U!.N!.C!.L!.E!. Great 60s artists and songs include Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Dobie Gray, the Turtles, the Astronauts, the Knickerbockers, Freddie and the Dreamers!. Follow up film to "Beach Ball"!.!.!.
RICKY NELSON ORIGINAL TEEN IDOL 1999 U!.S!. film!. Surprisingly very good biopic on Ricky Nelson!. Captures Ricky's rockabilly beginnings with cool scenes featuring the Collins Kids, Johnny and Dorsey Burnette, James Burton, and of course, Elvis!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
6!.5 SPECIAL 1957 U!.K!. film!. Quirky rock n roll film!. The Six-Five Special was a British teenage music TV show that was expanded upon in this film to include 16 well known performers and!.!.!.
ALL THIS AND WORLD WAR II 1976 U!.S!. film!. It's a Reich 'n' Roll movie featuring dancing Nazis and music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney! What can you say about a film that combines real life footage!.!.!.
AMERICAN HOT WAX 1978 U!.S!. film!. Excellent tribute to 1950s doo wop and rock n roll and the important contribution of disc jockey Alan Freed!.!.!.
AMOR A RITMO DE GO-GO 1966 MX!. film!. The Mexican "Rocanrolero Phenomenon" (Mexico's Rock n Roll movement) of the 50s & 60s gave birth to great rock n roll garage bands and teenage films!. Amor A Ritmo De Go-Go is set in the top Mexican Go-Go clubs of the 1960s!.!.!.
AND THE BEAT GOES ON 1999 U!.S!. film!. The Sonny and Cher Story is a fun and entertaining window into the mod, pop and rock n roll world of the 1960s!.!.!.
BLUES FOR LOVERS (a!.k!.a!. BALLAD IN BLUE) 1966 U!.K!. film!. Ray Charles stars as himself in this interesting drama with tons of concert performance footage!. "I Gotta Woman," "What'd I Say," "Hit The Road Jack," "Hallelujah I Love Her So," "Let The Good Times Roll," and many more!.!.!.
BATTLE OF THE MODS (a!.k!.a!. CRAZY BABY) 1966 IT!. & GER!. film!. Liverpool mods and rockers slug it out! Cool 1960s Euro-beat garage-punk-pop!. Cool looking chicks shake their bodies wildly!.!.!.
BE MY GUEST 1965 U!.K!. film!. Follow-up to, "Live It Up!." Jerry Lee Lewis, the Nashville Teens, the Zephyrs, Kenny and the Wranglers, the Niteshades!.!.!.
BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG 1960 U!.S!. film!. Blackboard Jungle-style drama!. Dick Clark takes on a JD with a switchblade!.!.!.
BIG BEAT, THE 1957 U!.S!. film!. Color!. Fats Domino, The Del-Vikings, the Diamonds and more! Terrific Doo Wop! A record company executive's son starts a rockin' subsidiary label!.!.!.
BIRTH OF THE BEATLES 1979 U!.S!. film!. Filmed in Liverpool!. Follows the band from beginnings in Liverpool to Hamburg to America!. Large focus of film is on the days is Hamburg and Stu Sutcliffe!.!.!.
BOP GIRL GOES CALYPSO (a!.k!.a!. BOP GIRL) 1957 U!.S!. film!. Two great rhythm & blues songs from black vocal group, The Titans! also, the Mary Kaye Trio, the Goofers, the Lord Flea Calypsonians, and the Cubanos!.!.!.
CALYPSO HEAT WAVE 1957 U!.S!. film!. A jukebox mobster forces his way into a record company!. The Treniers wail on "Rock Joe" and "Day Old Bread and Canned Beans"!.!.!.
CARNIVAL ROCK 1957 U!.S!. film!. Outstanding 1950s rock and roll, rockabilly and doo wop by Bob Luman and his Shadows, David Houston, the Platters and the Blockbusters!.!.!.
C'MON LET'S LIVE A LITTLE 1967 U!.S!. film!. Very rare rock n roll movie starring Bobby Vee and Jackie De Shannon! Terrific 60s go-go scenes and rock n roll! Tons of songs!.!.!.
DATELINE DIAMONDS 1966 U!.K!. film!. Screaming fans charge the Small Faces who just made the US charts! Music by Small Faces, The Chantelles, Mark Richardson, Kiki Dee, Rey Antob and the Pro Form(cool Merseybeat sounds)!.!.!.
DAVID CASSIDY STORY, THE U!.S!. film!. "C'mon Get Happy!" David gives a no holds barred interview to Rolling Stone magazine that becomes the beginning of the end of the Partridge Family!.!.!.
DON'T KNOCK THE ROCK 1956 U!.S!. film!. Alan Freed, Alan Dale, Little Richard and the Upsetters, Bill Haley and his Comets, the Treniers, Dave Appell and more! Classic 1950s rock and roll film!.!.!.
DON'T KNOCK THE TWIST 1962 U!.S!. film!. Chubby Checker, the Dovells, the Carroll Brothers, Dee Dee Sharp, Gene Chandler and more!. Lots of Tikis!. Great music! Classic twist film!.!.!.
DUKE WORE JEANS, THE 1958 U!.K!. film!. Tommy sings: "It's All Happening," "What Do You Do!?," "Happy Guitar," " May I Call You Princess!?," "Photograph My Baby," "Gotta Let Your Hair Down," "Thanks A Lot, I've Had a Ball" and "Family Tree"!.!.!.
EXPRESSO BONGO 1959 U!.K!. film!. Cliff Richard is discovered in a coffee bar!. Cliff Richard and the Shadows in the best British rock and roll film of the fifties!.!.!.
FINDERS KEEPERS 1966 U!.K!. film!. Cliff Richard and the Shadows star in this rock n roll comedy!. Music and lyrics by the Shadows!. Songs include: "Finders Keepers," "My Way," "Paella," "Fiesta," "Time Drags By!."
GET YOURSELF A COLLEGE GIRL 1964 U!.S!. film!. Rock n roll from the Animals, the Dave Clark Five, and the Standells! also, Freddie Bell and the Bellboys, the Jimmy Smith Trio, Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto perform, "The Girl From Ipanema"!.!.!.
GHOST OF DRAGSTRIP HOLLOW (a!.k!.a!. HAUNTED HOT ROD) 1959 U!.S!. film!. Semi-sequel to "Hot Rod Gang"!. One of the most "fun" of the 1950s teen movies! Rockin' tunes by The Renegades (featuring Bruce Johnston and Sandy Nelson!) Cool teen lingo! "He's got static in his attic!"!.!.!.
GIRL CAN'T HELP IT, THE 1956 U!.S!. film!. Color!. Sex, gangsters and fabulous rockin' 1950s rock and roll!. Little Richard, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Fats Domino, The Treniers, Eddie Fontaine, Johnny Olenn, Nino Tempo, The Platters!.!.!.
GO, JOHNNY GO! 1959 U!.S!. film!. Chuck Berry, Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran, the Cadillacs, Jackie Wilson, the Flamingos and many others!. Fantastic 1950s rock and roll!!.!.!.
HEY LET'S TWIST 1961 U!.S!. film!. Joey Dee and The Starlighters, Jo-Ann Campbell, Teddy Randazzo!. The Twist goes Italian at the Peppermint Lounge! Songs include: "Hey, Let's Twist," "Round and Round," "Let Me Teach You How To Twist," "Roly Poly," "Peppermint Twist," and many more!!.!.!.
JAMBOREE! (a!.k!.a!. DISC JOCKEY JAMBOREE) 1957 U!.S!. film!. Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Lewis Lymon and Teenchords, Fats Domino, Jimmy Bowen, Buddy Knox, Charlie Gracie, Frankie Avalon, Count Basie, Rocco and the Saints and many more!. Lots of US disc jockeys!.!.!.
JOVENES Y REBELDES (BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS) 1962 MEX film!. Cool Mexican JD film featuring Bill Haley and the Comets! Mexican juvenile delinquents!. A big breasted sex pot sings “Fever!.” Bill Haley and the Comets perform “Shake Rattle and Roll” and!.!.!.
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL 1973 U!.S!. film!. Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, The Five Satins, Bill Haley and The Comets, Bo Diddley, Danny and The Juniors, The Shirelles, Chubby Checker!.!.!.
MRS!. BROWN, YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER 1968 U!.K!. film!. Stars Herman's Hermits! The group sings nine songs including the title track and "There's A Kind Of Hush!." Lots of teeth and hair!!.!.!.
OUT OF SIGHT 1966 U!.S!. film!. Spoof on The Man From U!.N!.C!.L!.E!. Great 60s artists and songs include Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Dobie Gray, the Turtles, the Astronauts, the Knickerbockers, Freddie and the Dreamers!. Follow up film to "Beach Ball"!.!.!.
RICKY NELSON ORIGINAL TEEN IDOL 1999 U!.S!. film!. Surprisingly very good biopic on Ricky Nelson!. Captures Ricky's rockabilly beginnings with cool scenes featuring the Collins Kids, Johnny and Dorsey Burnette, James Burton, and of course, Elvis!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com