Rock N Roll - And The 1950's

Rock & Roll And The 1950’S features six programmes made in the United States which are now available for the first time in three volumes. The first volume features the first and second programmes from the series.

Included In these programmes are a number of televised personal appearances including Bill Haley And The Comets (performing ‘Rock Around The Clock’ and ‘Rip It Up’), Fats Domino (performing ‘Blueberry Hill’, ‘Need Your Lovin", You Win Again’, ‘Let The Four Winds Blow’ and ‘When My Dreamboat Comes In’) and The Platters (performing Only You’ and ‘Dance With Me Henry’. In addition are newsreel clips, movie trailers and television advertisements from the period. Along the way are glimpses of the Marx Brothers, Abbott and Costello, Eddie Fisher and Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean in addition to the riotous arrival in London of Bill Haley.

This video dramatically illustrates many of the revolutionary influences of the 1950’s from the drive-in movies to the hula hoop and, indeed, the part that rock and roll music played in them all.

Total Running time 60 Minuets – PAL B/W