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MacDonald & Associates' Musical Performances Catalogue Rock and Roll |
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Showtime at the Apollo [Harlem Variety Review]: Willie Bryant hosts this rhythm & blues variety showcase (some songs original; some from Snader Telescriptions [ Snader Telescriptions are short performances produced in 1951-1952 for local television stations needing "filler" programming.] from earlier in the decade) 12-13C 1) Ruth Brown, "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter
Mean"
Showtime at the Apollo II: 12-25B 1) Lionel Hampton, "Air Mail Special" jazz
performance flows into rhythm & blues saxophone
battle Elvis on Steve Allen: 800' dupe of Presley performance on The
Steve Allen Show in 7/56 8-1D Elvis 1969:Special: "Elvis" is one-hour Singer
comeback special on NBC (12/3/69) 20-3D Elvis on Stage Show 2nd Appearance: opening 15 minutes of his
second appearance in January 1956songs "I Wanna Play House
with You" and "Tutti Frutti" 4-18C Stage Show: 5th appearanceElvis Presley appears with June
Taylor dancers, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Jimmy Nelson, Nestle commercialsElvis sings "Blue Suede Shoes" and
"Heartbreak Hotel" (3/17/56) 4-18C Elvis on Stage Show 6th Appearance: opening 15 minutes of his
last performance in April 1956sings "Money Honey" and
"Heartbreak Hotel" 4-18C Elvis on Berle Show: Elvis Presley excerpt from The Milton
Berle Show (Elvis sings "Hound Dog" and clowns with
Berle and Debra Paget) 4-18C Elvis Presley: reel of movie trailers Where the Action Is I: today is "Keith Allison Day"
(9/30/66) 12-13C Where the Action Is II: 20-10B A) guest Roy Orbison ("Mean Woman Blues," "Dream Baby")has promo at the end for tomorrow's show which features Martha and the Vandellasthey sing "Dancing in the Streets" (8/3/66) B) Brenda Lee ("Bye, Bye Blues" and "I'm
Sorry") and Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels ("C.C.
Rider" and a second song) 8/16/66
Where the Action Is
III: reel on 12-14A A) guest James Brown ("Outta Sight," "This Is a Man's World") 8/11/66 B) guests and performances are
In Concert: kinescope of Gentle Giant, Climax
Blues Band, and Souther-Hillman-Furay Band (1/3/75) 12-6B American Bandstand: guests Jerry Lee Lewis,
Bobby Vinton, The Spats (10/24/64) 1 hour 16-5C The Monkees I: "A Coffin Too
Frequent" (#43) B&W poor The Monkees II: "Monkees' Other
Wheels" mint color (#46) The Partridge Family I: premier episode
(9/25/70) The Partridge Family II: Farah Fawcett appears
in small role (10/2/70) #2 The Partridge Family III: "My Son the
Hippie" (6/24/74) Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts II: winner is Jimmy
Rodgersothers contestants
are Jane Hall and Freddy Montell (ads for Tame Creme Rinse, Toni
permanent) 6/10/57 12-4B III: one of the losing contestants is
rockabilly singer Roy Clark and the Power Pack performing
"Blue Suede Shoes", but they lose to opera singer!commercials for
Tonette, White Rain shampoo, Toni home permanent
(6/11/56) 12-5E ABC Scope: "The Wild World of
Discotheque" (see NEWS 85) Romp: stylish clone of Laugh-In,
music-and-comedy variety hour w/ guests Jimmy Durante, James
Darren, Barbara Eden, Harper's Bazarre, Sammy Davis, SrRichard
Dreyfus has bit role--hosts Michelle Lee, Ryan O'Nealand CREAM
does rock and roll "The Sunshine of Your
Love"Harper's Bazarre sing "Feelin'
Groovy"cameos from Steve Allen, Joey Bishop, Sammy Davis,
JrRob Reiner is one writer (4/21/68) Shindig I: pilot show features Little Richard,
the Righteous Brothers (7/64) 12-6D Shindig II: "The Wild and Weird World of
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine" entire show given over
to promote new American-International teen film (w/ Vincent Price
and Harvey Lembeck) 11/18/65 (network kinescope w/ commercials
for Stri-dex pimple cream) 12-3E The Doors on Ed Sullivan: group sings two songs
4-18C Oh, Woodstock: WNBC-TV news magazine short
(1969) Hair: musical production numbers from the film The Beatles Interview: interviewed re "A
Hard Day's Night"--followed by poor dupe of "Penny
Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" videosfollowed by "Hey, Jude" studio performance 8-3E The Beatles: "Penny Lane" and
"Strawberry Field Forever" (1967) 4-16A The Beatles Washington D.C. Concert 2/11/64 1200' Around the Beatles: British TV 5/6/64 800' The Beatles: TV cartoon series: a) "Honey,
Don't", b) "Slow Down", c) Sing A-long: "Long
Tall Sally" and "Twist & Shout", d)
"Baby's in Black" (10/9/65) #3 12-5D Jefferson Airplane: perform "Volunteers of
America" World of Adventure II: "Rock: The Beat
Goes On" 12-10B Something Else: guests are The Ides of March
singing "Vehicle" (1970) #19 12-7A Grateful Dead: they appear and soeka and sing
in CBS NEWS documentary, "The Hippie Temptation"
(August 1967) Disco Lights: color films of disco dance
lighting from 2/3/78visual with magnetic
soundtrackplus
optical soundtrack onlyno dancers, just the various blinking
light patterns of 4 or 5 empty dance floors 12-12E Disco Dancing: scenes with sound from disco nightclubdancing and music 1970s 12-1B Care A Van: Whirlpool film that is camp
masterpiece using ersatz hippie "flower power" clothing
and staging to sing songs and do skits about consumers buying appliancesmusic provided by real rock group The American Breedone of four principal
singers is black actress Lee Chamberlain Jam Handy 1970 12-20C The Rolling Stones: good dupe of their
performance on "The Joint Was Rockin'" "It's Off the Hook" Rock and Roll Songsdupe with scratchy
soundtrack 4-18C The
Crewcuts, "Crazy 'bout You
Baby"
Rhythm and Blues
Songs: dupes of mostly Blacks
singing taken from Official Films shorts and the feature film, Mr. Rock and Roll with Alan
Freed12-8E 1) The Ink Spots, "The Gypsy"
(1946) Ricky Nelson: "It's a Mean Old World"
end segment from The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
programalso see other episodes that sitcom series NEWS 267: ABC SPECIAL: "The Singers"
one-half of the ABC documentary profiles Aretha Franklinfilm
released as an educational short entitled "Aretha Franklin:
Soul Singer") aired May 11, 1968 The Supremes: "The Happening"
production number from Tennessee Ernie Ford Showfeatures Diana
Ross and the Supremeswith Tennessee Ernie, Andy Griffith, and
Danny Thomas (200' in 400' can) color kine (12/3/67) From Bach to Rock [and Back Again]: program
presents mélange of music representing the evolution of music
from rock groups such as The New York Rock and Roll Ensemble, to
the Pennsylvania Ballet, the Philadelphia Art Ensemble, piano duetcontains PSA urging New Yorkers to be helpful to
tourists visiting the cityfrom
WCAU-TV (6/17/69) Rock and Roll: reel contains rock performances
from Monterey Pop and Woodstock 12-4A 1) Canned Heat + Simon & Garfunkle,
"Feelin' Groovy" Rock Around the Clock: feature film with Bill
Haley and the Vomets, The Platters (1956) Monterey Pop: documentary of rock and roll
musical festival in 1967 2 reels 2 X 16-3B Half a Sixpence: production short for this film
showing the making of a musical production number 400' Joe Cocker/Leon Russell: promo for Mad Dogs
and Englishmen (5 minutes) Rock and Roll Film
Trailers: youth-oriented
film trailersmost are from mid- to late
1950smost are
Columbia Pictures: Juke
Box Rhythm: w/ Jack Jones, Jo Morrow,
Earl Grant Trio, Johnny Otis, The Treniers, George Jessel Let's
Rock: w/ Wink Martindale, Julius LaRosa, Phyllis Kirk, Conrad Janis, Paul
Anka, The Tyrones, The
Royal Teens, Roy Hamilton, Danny and the Juniors, Della Reese"a great story of young love and young rhythm" Going
Steady: w/ Molly Bee, Alan Reed, Jr.,
"the hilarious goings-on of the go, go, go generation" Don't
Knock The Rock: w/ Alan Dale, Dave
Appell, Alan Freed, The Treniers, Little Richard, Bill Haley and
the Comets Senior
Prom: w/ Jill Corey, Paul Hampton,
Jimmie Komack, Ed Sullivan, Mitch Miller, Connie Boswell, Bob
Crosby, Toni Arden, Freddy Martin, Jose Melis, Les Elgart, Louis
Prima, Keely Smith Calypso Heat Wave: w/ Maya Angelou, Johnny Desmond, Meg Myles, Darla Hood, Dick Whittinghill, The Treniers, The Tarriers, The Hi-Lo's The
Party's Over: rock and roll filmOliver
Reed in youth filmBritish Seaside
Swingers: rock and rollFreddie and
the Dreamers perform two segments, The Mojos Bobby Vinton: interview in studio while
recording the song "The End of the World"describes
why he is the "successful unknown" 8-9C FCC/Drugs: half-hour reel relating to FCC
crackdown on radio stations playing rock and roll records with
drug referencesincludes disk jockeys from KRLA and
KPPCplus
David Crosby Art Linkletter Casey Kasem 12-1B
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