The Chats Sauvages (‘Wild Cats’) was a group from Nice which existed between 1960 and May 1964 and are considered the third of the big three rock’n’roll performers after Johnny Hallyday and the Chaussettes Noires. In August 1962, after barely over a year touring and promoting and yet another argument with the Roboly brothers, the original […]
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50s performances of Cliff Richards and the Shadows
CHK http://www.cliffrichardsongs.com/crseries/ 15.Nov.1958 on ‘Oh Boy!’ (ATV) 1959.May.02 ‘turn me loose’ on ‘Oh Boy!’ (ATV) 1959.May ‘Serious Charge’ ‘no turning back’ & ‘living doll’ (upbeat) David Rayner The film ‘Serious Charge’ was passed with an ‘X’ certificate by the British Board of Film Censors on March 10th, 1959. Add say a month or two of post production […]
The ‘mystery black buskin’ boppin’ ted’
First spotted in Harlow town centre in May 2017, the ‘mystery black buskin’ boppin’ ted’ for want of a better name sets up his sound system and gets down to bopping. The person who shot this clip wrote: ‘I came across this wonderful guy in Harlow, in Essex. I tried to talk to him, but […]
2018 Ted shows Americans how we bop
The boppin’ dance contest in Viva Las Vegas saw a British ted win. Great and we get to see how it’s done. Here are all the competitors at the beginning. Bopping Competition 🎸 Posted by Julia Holley on Tuesday, 24 April 2018 Now, from another angle, in full swing … or is that in full […]
Whiskey A-Go-Go
BLRiley interview www.rockabilly.net/billyleeriley/interview.shtml KB: Tell us a little about the Whiskey A-Go-Go days. BLR: That was a great job. Johnny Rivers started playing there first. The idea was brought over from France, somebody had been over there and had seen it. And it had trios playing and there was a small dance floor. You could […]
1955 Babs Gonzales, be-boppin’ poet present at the dawn of rock’n’roll
On 14 January 1955, DJ Alan Freed staged the first ‘Rock and Roll Ball’ at St. Nicholas Arena in New York City. The line-up for the groundbreaking two-night stand was as follows: Big Joe Turner ‘shake, rattle and roll’ Fats Domino ‘ain’t that a shame’ Big Joe Turner ‘honey hush’ Big Joe Turner ‘flip, flop […]