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| The Beach Boys | ... | Themselves | |
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The Barbarians | ... | Themselves |
| Chuck Berry | ... | Himself | |
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The Blossoms | ... | Themselves |
| James Brown | ... | Himself (as James Brown and The Flames) | |
| Marvin Gaye | ... | Himself | |
| Gerry and the Pacemakers | ... | Themselves | |
| Lesley Gore | ... | Herself | |
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Jan & Dean | ... | Themselves |
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Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas | ... | Themselves |
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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | ... | Themselves |
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Toni Baker | ... | Himself (keyboardist, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas) (as Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas) |
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Florence Ballard | ... | Herself (as The Supremes) |
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Chuck Berry opens the show and performs "Johnny B Goode" and his 1955 hit "Maybelline". He is then joined by "Gerry and The Pacemakers" who do their updated British version of the song. and a medley of their hits. "Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas perform "Little Children " and "Bad To Me". Detroits' Motown is represented as "Diana Ross and The Supremes " sing "Baby Love" , by "Smokey Robinson and The Miracles" who sing "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" and by Marvin Gaye who sings " Hitchhike". NYCs Lesley Gore sings "It's My Party" and "You Don't Own Me",a million seller several years before "women's lib" The 'early surfer' hosts, Jan and Dean sing "The Little Old Lady From Passedena". "The Beach Boys" sing " I Get Around". James Brown, making his first nationally televised appearance, performs his standards "Out Of Sight", "Prisoner Of Love", "Night Train" and "Please Please Please", with cape. The Rolling Stones , in their first major venue, close the show performing "Time Is On My ... Written by efffee@aol.com
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29 December 1964 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Rock Revival of 1964 See more »Filming Locations:
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium - 1855 Main Street, Santa Monica, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Written by Oscar Washington, Lewis Simpkins and Jimmy Forrest
Performed by James Brown and The Famous Flames
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This show was presented in the same format and with the "house band" and dancers from Shindig! (1964), a popular TV Rock variety series. See more »Goofs
The opening song makes two factual errors. First, its mentioned that Chuck Berry will perform "Memphis", which he does not do in this show. The second error refers to the Rolling Stones as being from Liverpool, when they are actually from London. See more »Alternate Versions
The film was re-released without the Beach Boys segment. See more »Soundtracks
Night TrainWritten by Oscar Washington, Lewis Simpkins and Jimmy Forrest
Performed by James Brown and The Famous Flames
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I just saw this for the first time on PBS the other day, and I too must agree with other reviewers when I say that James Brown was ASTONISHING!!! I only wish that every person out there who thinks Michael Jackson is (or was) the greatest performer has an opportunity to see James Brown in action.
Most of the music was "live" with no audio enhancers and no lip syncing. The way music should be; you either got the talent to pull it off or else you don't.
One of the most amazing aspects of the film was that 99% of the 2600 people in the audience were white, suburban teenage girls, and I suspect that it was their first exposure to black artists like James Brown, Chuck Berry, Marvin Gaye, and Smokey Robinson. They were probably there for the Rolling Stones, but the Stones had the misfortune of following James Brown, and Mick Jagger's stage performance looked incredibly lame when pitted against the "Hardest working man in Show business"