Rock, Rock, Rock (film)
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 One-sheet for the film |
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| Directed by | Will Price |
| Produced by | Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky |
| Written by | Phyllis Coe Milton Subotsky |
| Starring | Tuesday Weld Chuck Berry Alan Freed Teddy Randazzo |
| Music by | Milton Subotsky Frank Virtue Ray Ellis |
| Distributed by | Distributors Corporation of America |
| Release date(s) | 1956 |
| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Rock, Rock, Rock! is a 1956 black-and-white motion picture featuring performances from a number of early rock 'n' roll stars, such as Chuck Berry, LaVern Baker, Teddy Randazzo, The Moonglows, The Flamingos, and The Teenagers with Frankie Lymon as lead singer. Future West Side Story cast member David Winters is also featured. Famed disk jockey Alan Freed makes an appearance as himself. The voice of the main character (Dori Graham) was sung by Connie Francis.
The movie has a fairly simple plot: teenage girl Dori Graham (played by then 13-year-old Tuesday Weld) can't convince her dad to buy her a strapless gown and has to get the money together herself in time for the prom.
The soundtrack album, also titled Rock, Rock, Rock, is nowadays widely regarded as Chuck Berry's first album[1]. Many of the artists featured in the film do not appear on the album, and only four songs on the album ("Over and Over Again," "I Knew From the Stars," "You Can't Catch Me," and "Would I Be Crying") actually appear in the film.
Both Jack Collins and Valerie Harper (who makes a brief appearance as an extra in the crowd at the prom) made their film debut in Rock, Rock, Rock.
In 1984, the film entered the public domain (in the USA) due to the claimants failure to renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.[2]
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[edit] Featured songs
- "Rock, Rock, Rock" -- Jimmy Cavallo & His House Rockers
- "I Never Had A Sweetheart" -- Connie Francis
- "The Things Your Heart Needs" -- Teddy Randazzo
- "Rock Pretty Baby" -- Ivy Schulman
- "Rock & Roll Boogie" -- Alan Freed & His Rock & Roll Band w/"Big Al" Sears (saxophone)
- "I Knew From The Start" -- The Moonglows
- "You Can't Catch Me" -- Chuck Berry
- "Would I Be Crying" -- The Flamingos
- "The Big Beat" -- Jimmy Cavallo & His House Rockers
- "Thanks To You" -- Teddy Randazzo
- "Little Blue Wren" -- Connie Francis
- "Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track)" -- Johnny Burnette Trio
- "Over and Over Again" -- The Moonglows
- "Tra La La" -- Lavern Baker
- "Ever Since I Can Remember" -- Cirino & The Bowties
- "Baby Baby" -- Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
- "I'm Not A Juvenille Delinquent" -- Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
- "Won't You Give Me A Chance" -- Teddy Randazzo
- "Right Now, Right Now" -- Alan Freed & His R&R Band
[edit] References
- ^ Chuck Berry's Collector Guide
- ^ Pierce, David (June 2007). "Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain". Film History: An International Journal 19 (2): 125–43. doi:10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125. ISSN 0892-2160. OCLC 15122313. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25165419. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
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[edit] External links
- Rock, Rock, Rock at the Internet Movie Database
- Rock, Rock, Rock is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
- Rock, Rock, Rock at AllRovi
