Ok, a disclaimer the original film of this drama, broadcast on ITV on the 18 of October 1959, was not kept, and neither was the remake of 1965 broadcast on BBC2 on the 21st of March of that year. All that remains audiovisually is the second remake of 1970, a somewhat experimental musical with many […]
1962 The 59 Club becomes the Rockers’ haven
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All rockers, no teds in early 1964 ?
The Mods and the Rockers coalesced into the most talked-about youth cultures of the day around 1962. Apart from their musical differences, they contrasted in their looks. Mods were smart dressers whereas Rockers wore rough jeans, boots and leathers for motor-biking. The other difference was the hair, Mods had adopted a French bourgeois fashionable look(that’s […]
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1959 ‘Rock’n’roll’ – Australian rock’n’roll jamboree film
Anyone who has looked at each page of this site and the internet knows how difficult it is to get an idea of how things really were in the 1950s, especially as regards ordinary fans. Only rediscovered in 2020 and broadcast on YouTube in 2024, American film producer Lee Gordon’s offering gives us – in […]
Jewish ‘Teds’ bopping (2021 upload)
