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 […]
early 60s performances of Les Chaussettes Noires (‘The Black Socks’)
The Paris group Les Chaussettes Noires with their singer Eddy Mitchell (born Claude Moine) were just about the best of the French rock’n’roll groups that sprung up after 1960. Like the others, most of their songs were covers, but they did a good job in adapting the originals so that there’s nearly always something fresh […]
1980s The Stray Cats interviewed in America
New York three-piece rockabilly band the Stray Cats famously made it big in Europe where there was a rock’n’roll scene revival. Things were not so rosy in America at the time for the music and style we love, so it’s interesting to see the Stray Cats interviewed by an American pop music show and see […]
