Here is the Norman group les Teddy Bears performing on the regional tv programme ‘Dialogues’ in Caen. Three songs are ‘skinny Jim’, their own ‘they slapped James’ and ‘Ubangi stomp’. Good unpretentious rock’n’roll … Now the Old Timers sing ‘tock’n’roll boogie’ and ‘I’m loving you, baby’ (Blois 1981)
The Colourful Era
1977-79 ‘Elvis’ the musical
1979-83 ‘Oh Boy!’ tv series
The revival of ‘Oh Boy!’ in 1979 (fully ‘Jack Good’s Oh Boy!’) was a recognition by British television in the last year of the 1970s of the pure entertainment value of 1950s rock’n’roll. followed ‘Elvis’ also at the Astoria theatre. 4 acts are standout from a teds point-of-view (Shakin’ Stevens, Freddie Fingers Lee, the (‘Rockin’) […]
1980 Dublin teds
1968 ‘Rock’n’roll Revival?’ rockers and teds on British tv
The revival of rock’n’roll in Britain in 1968 was noticed by tv and came in the shape of ‘Rock’n’roll Revival?’ an episode of the series ‘Good Evening’ (shown on ATV on Saturday at 6:30pm) hosted by the annoying and smug Jonathan King. I’ve edited two excerpts from the videos below so that no one has […]
1974-84 ‘Happy Days’
Which each season approximating a year, the timeline of the series roughly represented the years 1955 to 1965. Series 5 which was supposed to be 1959 sees the introduction of Chachi with his flowing 70s hairstyle. Winkler opened up about how an act of rebellion led to Fonzie being allowed to wear a leather jacket in […]
