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1980s Brest teds

Brest, major naval seaport of western France, situated at the western end of Brittany, the Celtic part of France, was one of the hotspots of the rock’n’roll revival in France in the 1970s and 1980s and for a few years it was – rockingly speaking – a wonderful place to be ! The kernel of […]

1972-87 Au Bonheur des Dames

The earliest bands of the 1970s rock’n’roll revival didn’t always have a dress code that chimed with the 1950s (think Sha-na-na in America, Memphis Bend and Showaddywaddy in Britain). In France a group called Au Bonheur des Dames (‘At the Ladies Pleasure’, the title of a novel by Émile Zola on a department store, go […]

1974 Cambridge teds

A 1974 Granada TV documentary ‘This is Cambridge’ investigating student life happily decided to devote a 3-minute section of the documentary to local teds. Little wonder, the presenter and codirector was Ray Gosling, old-time friend to the teddy boys. To the sounds of ‘tutti frutti’ at a dance hall played by the Bluebirds, Ray gushes […]

1974 Shakin’ Stevens in Newcastle-upon-Tyne

A sprinkling of teds at the performance by Shakin’ Stevens and the Sunsets of ‘mean woman blues’ and ‘baby, I don’t care’ on the 7 of November 1974 on the pop programme ‘Geordie Scene’ on TyneTees tv. Good performance by shaky, marred a little by the overlong guitar ‘showoff’ solo typical of the late 1960s […]

1978 Saint Helier Arms, Carshalton

The Saint Helier Arms was the Mecca of rock’n’roll life in Sarf Lannan during the late 1970s. Here’s an 8-minute clip from 1978 aired on the BBC in 1979 showing us a good tranche of the teds from 1978 before the advent of the hepcats (it features a performance by the Flying Saucers of ‘keep […]

1990 Teencats

Here are the 1980s Norwegian rock’n’rollers Teencats singing ‘teddy boy stomp’ on NRK channel. It doesn’t get any better than this! (Not to be confused with the French Teen Kats, another good group from the same period). The Teencats from Hernes near Elversum started off in 1984. Teencats er et norsk Teddy Boy Rock’n’Roll-/rockabillyband fra […]

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Posts in The Colourful Era

  • 1980s Brest teds
  • 1972-87 Au Bonheur des Dames
  • 1974 Cambridge teds
  • 1974 Shakin’ Stevens in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  • 1978 Saint Helier Arms, Carshalton
  • 1990 Teencats
  • 1982 Les Teddy Bears & 1981 Les Old Timers
  • 1977-79 ‘Elvis’ the musical
  • 1979-83 ‘Oh Boy!’ tv series
  • 1980 Dublin teds
  • 1968 ‘Rock’n’roll Revival?’ rockers and teds on British tv
  • 1974-84 ‘Happy Days’
  • 1976-83 ‘Laverne and Shirley’
  • 1970-2020 Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers
  • Mid-1980s rock’n’roll scene in France
  • Peter Singh, the Rockin’ Sikh
  • 1976-1985 Les Alligators
  • Early 1970s rock’n’roll bands
  • 1980s Frankfurt rock’n’rollers
  • 1977-1985 Les Rockin’ Rebels
  • 1978 – 1983 Finland, the rockin’ nation
  • 1982 The rockabillies of Évreux, France
  • early-mid 1980s documentary on teds
  • 1978 When Punk first met Ted
  • 1981 Two ‘teds’ join Alvin Stardust’s performance
  • 1982 Johnny Mason, Potters Bar ted
  • 1960s Fairground teds
  • 1976-79 What do teds think of punk music?
  • Freddie Starr (1943-2019)
  • 1979 Lucien and Ricky Banlieue
  • 1981 ‘Twentieth Century Box: Rockabilly’ LWT
  • 1979 Dave Edmunds
  • 1974-76 Portsmouth teds, Shazam and ‘Tommy’
  • 1986 ‘Buddy’ (tv series) & 1991 ‘Buddy’s Song’ (film)
  • 1973 Birmingham teds, Chris Tarrant ATV
  • 1976 ‘The Rock and Roll Revival’ episode of The Goodies
  • 1976-79 Chris Steele-Perkins, photographer of teds
  • 1975-78 Yan Morvan, photographer of Blousons Noirs
  • 1977 Whence the rockabilly rebels?
  • The Sha-na-na type groups
  • 1970s-80s Les Forbans, French rockers
  • 1980s Jesse Garon, French rocker
  • 1973 ‘where are they now?’ The Kinks
  • 1977 Punks vs teds
  • 1982 Terry and the Hot Sox with some teds
  • 1970 The Teen Angel (7-Up adverts)
  • 1970s-80s Russ Abbott, comedian by appointment to the Teds
  • 1981 rockabillies at a bar in northern France
  • 1987 Tall Bopper and the Shakers, Bourges, France
  • 1981 Zürich rockabillies, Switzerland
  • 1980 Crazy Cavan at the Magnet pub, Dublin
  • 1980 Dublin teddy boys
  • 1977 ‘London Weekend Show’ on teds and rock’n’roll revival
  • 1972 Black Raven teds, London
  • 1977 London teds in a German documentary on punks
  • 1972 Southend teddy boys
  • 1980 ‘Born too Late’
  • 1979 Clive Hodgson, Nottingham ted
  • 1970s ‘Teddyboy Rock n Roll: Belfast style’
  • 1979 ‘General Lee et ses Teddy Boys’ & 1980 ‘Rebel Rock!’
  • 1991 Didier Lembrouille
  • Near-ted 3 Johnny Vaughan (1966-)
  • 2014 ‘Teddy Boy’ by Emma Forster
  • 2011 ‘Here come the Teds’ (part 3)
  • Near-Ted 2 Brian Hibbard (1946-2012)
  • 1970s The Confederate Teds and Rebels of Paris
  • 1972 ‘Beatle loathers return’
  • 1975 ‘A Nous les Petites Anglaises’ and the Ramsgate teds
  • Were the 70s teds influenced by glam rockers?

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