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1958 The hand jive

Only one of the dances associated with 1950s rock’n’roll has the distinction of being British, the ‘hand jive’. In 1957 when filmmaker Ken Russell was a freelance photographer, he recorded the teenagers of Soho, London hand-jiving in the basement of The Cat’s Whisker coffee bar, where the hand-jive was invented by Leon Bell of Leon Bell and the Bell […]

1970s Flying Saucers’ performances

1975 Vierzon, France 01.07.1976 Dutch tv pop show ‘TopPop’ 1978 St. Helier Arms, Carshallton, London  

1965 ‘jan pehchan ho’ Mohammed Rafi

For those who saw ‘Ghost World’ (2001), one of the most interesting scenes of this excellent film was its opening scene which is simply a performance of the song ‘jan pehchan ho’ by Indian singer Mohammed Rafi taken lock, stock and barrel from an earlier Bollywood film ‘Gumnam’ (1965). ‘jan pehchan ho’ is a Hindustani […]

1976-85 Les Alligators

12.04.1981 on ‘Les Nouveau Rendez-vous’ tv programme.

2015 ‘Rockabilly lovers’ cartoon clip

Here’s a students’ animation project from 2015 (LISAA, Paris). For those who don’t understand French this is the story : two guys at an American diner discuss how to atract girls, the answer is a rock’n’roll guitar …  

Gene Vincent tribute performances

Elvis’s singing style has been cloned to death countless times even during the 1950s, but not so Gene Vincent who also had a distinct style (Gene Rambo and the Flames ‘my little mama’ in 1957). Gene’s heyday was 1956-64, mostly with the Bluecaps in the States then in England and France in the early 1960s. […]

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  • 1958 The hand jive
  • 1970s Flying Saucers’ performances
  • 1965 ‘jan pehchan ho’ Mohammed Rafi
  • 1976-85 Les Alligators
  • 2015 ‘Rockabilly lovers’ cartoon clip
  • Gene Vincent tribute performances
  • When others get it wrong – bopping
  • Hepsters
  • Babs Gonzales, the hepster from ‘Oo-poo-pa-doo’
  • 1991 The Firebirds in concert
  • ‘Rock’n’roll’ – ‘rockabilly’ – ‘rhythm’n’blues’ : a rant about musical terminology
  • 1994 ‘Tear it Up! The Rockabilly Documentary’
  • The rockin’ sax
  • 1959 ‘Six O’Clock Rock’ Aussie rock’n’roll tv show
  • Lightning Recorders studio, Berlin – another perfect recreated 50s recording studio
  • 1981 Jack Good’s ‘Let’s Rock!’ – 3rd series
  • 1980 ‘(Jack Good’s) Oh Boy!’ – 2nd series
  • 1979 ‘(Jack Good’s) Oh Boy!’ – 1st series
  • 50s Swedish rock’n’rollers’ performances
  • Sugar Ray’s – a perfect modern recreation of a 1950s recording studio
  • The rock’n’roll ‘barking’ sax
  • 50s rock’n’roll dancing USA
  • Thrashabilly
  • The Blue Cats (Blue Cat Trio)
  • 2019 ‘Dandilicious’
  • 1970s, 1980s Later Vince Taylor performances
  • 2018 Johnny and the Timebombs
  • early 60s Vince Taylor performances
  • Cringeworthy rock’n’roll moments
  • early 60s Chats Sauvages performances
  • 50s performances of Cliff Richards and the Shadows
  • The ‘mystery black buskin’ boppin’ ted’
  • 2018 Ted shows Americans how we bop
  • Whiskey A-Go-Go
  • 1955 Babs Gonzales, be-boppin’ poet present at the dawn of rock’n’roll
  • Gil Brady and other 1950s jitterbugging stars
  • Cat talk
  • 1956 Steve Allen’s ‘be-bop-a-lula’ skit
  • 50s performances of original pieces by ‘unknowns’
  • 50s performances of Fats Domino
  • 50s performances of Jerry Lee Lewis
  • 50s performances of Eddie Cochran
  • 50s performances of Bill Haley and his Comets
  • 50s performances of Little Richard
  • Fun YouTube clips of rock’n’roll songs
  • 50s performances of Gene Vincent
  • 50s performances of Johnny Burnette, Conway Twitty, Ronnie Hawkins and Jack Scott
  • 50s performances of Carl Perkins
  • 1953 ‘Glory in the Flower’, James Dean and Bill Haley share a bill
  • 50s performances of Elvis Presley
  • 50s performances of Chuck Berry
  • Les Paul (1915–2009), creator of the rock’n’roll sound in the late 1940s
  • 1950s Rock’n’roll films
  • 1961 French rock’n’twist
  • 1960-61 Johnny, Eddy and Dick, the French favourites
  • 1959 The twist and other dance crazes
  • 1958 The stroll and the madison
  • 1954 Alan Freed and rock’n’roll
  • Scopitones
  • Jukeboxes
  • Last song of the rock’n’roll era
  • Acrobatic rock’n’roll
  • Origin and meaning: jive and jitterbug
  • Origin and meaning: rockabilly
  • Origin and meaning: rock’n’roll
  • Origin and meaning: bop
  • Jiving
  • Randy Richter – doyen of the authentic 50s rockabilly and rock’n’roll guitar sound
  • Great French rock’n’roll covers
  • Book reviews: Sun records & Sonny Burgess
  • Speeded-up rock’n’roll recordings of the 50s

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