The Lone Lamp

Iwan Wmffre

1969 ‘Where have all the Teddy Boys gone ?’

Elephant & Castle Teds reminisce in the late 1960s (sign up BBC archive) https://www.facebook.com/groups/256155405222491/permalink/2261341901370488/   The Teddy Boys – Where Have All The Good Times Gone …1966 With a name like “The Teddy Boys”, you would think this group was from London, however this band of Teddy Boys was from Hyde Park, New York. There’s […]

70s and 80s Shakin’ Stevens performances

Shaky was performing rock’n’roll non-stop since 1969, but only made it big in the charts in 1980. Financial pressures explaining no doubt, he soon began veering away from rock’n’roll, starting with the pap ‘give me your heart tonight’ in 1982. Teds were disappointed, my friend Carmen couldn’t believe how few rock’n’roll songs he sang when […]

70s Sha-na-na performances

Here’s an energetic Sha-na-na performance in Skansen, Sweden in 1972 1:04 Shake Rattle N Roll (Rich Joffe sings) 3:35 Jailhouse Rock (Tony Santini sings) 6:54 Teenager In Love ([Owww so cute and adorable Bruno,] Bruno Clarke sings) 8:37 Whole Lotta Shakin (Scott Simon sings) 12:59 Sea Cruise (Johnny Contardo sings) 14:31 Rock N Roll Is […]

1974 ‘Nationwide’ short documentary on the Teddy Boys

Here’s a nice little 8-minute-plus documentary from 1974 on the Teddy Boy rock’n’roll revival and the Black Raven scene. It from the early evening news show ‘Nationwide’ which aired on the BBC on Thursday the 07.02.1974 (six months before the famous London Rock’n’roll Show in Wmebley). It features dancing at the Black Raven, memories of […]

1961 Johnny Hallyday ‘Certains l’aiment chaud’

Here’s a short 12-minute documentary on Johnny Hallyday on the French current affairs tv programme ‘Cinq colonnes à la une’ from the 08 Sept 1961. Two performances surround an interview apparently taken upstairs at the Golf Drouot club, the French Mecca of rock’n’rollers, where the interviewer remarks “You sing in a dinner jacket but you […]