![]() It’s hard to take your eyes off Bo Diddley, while Ray Charles is extraordinarily smooth and soulful. Petula Clark looks about as hip as Julie Andrews doing a Spector-ized version of “Downtown.” Even though they’re gorgeous in their black turtlenecks and pencil-thin pants, the Byrds sound a little ragged, while Roger Miller looks totally out of his element in a suit and tie.įor my money, the artists who best survive the test of time are the African American performers, who’d clearly had far more experience on stage than most of the young rock acts. Some of the performances haven’t worn so well. (The film is on a double bill with 1940’s “A Night at Earl Carroll’s,” which plays at 7:30.) The series, called “Riot on Sunset Strip: Part II,” was assembled by Domenic Priore, a writer and filmmaker whose book “Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Last Stand in Hollywood” is an indispensable guide to the brief flowering of L.A.’s ‘60s rock scene. Show,” which will have a rare screening tonight at 9:15 as part of a three-night film extravaganza sponsored by the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre. Show” filming, the club re-emerged as the Hullabaloo, which was briefly the most prestigious club to play on the Sunset Strip, showcasing such artists as the Buffalo Springfield, the Yardbirds, the Mamas and the Papas, Richard Pryor, the Electric Prunes and Paul Revere and the Raiders.īut no show could equal the star power that was on hand for “The Big T.N.T. ![]() Show,” filmed in November 1965 at the Moulin Rouge, a club at the corner of Sunset and Vine that opened in 1938 as the Earl Carroll Theater. One of the most difficult movies to find (still not being available on DVD) is “The Big T.N.T. They're also known for their often-ribald live performances, which were only matched by that of James Brown and The Famous Flames in terms of musical spectacle.If you hang around die-hard music fans long enough you end up hearing them extol the virtues of a few key cult films that capture the heyday of L.A.’s 1960s music explosion. These songs became high points in the development of soul music while their later works were cited for wildly interpretive re-arrangements of rock songs such as "I Want to Take You Higher" and "Proud Mary", the latter song for which they won a Grammy Award. The duo was once considered "one of the hottest, most durable, and potentially most explosive of all R&B ensembles".Their early works including "A Fool in Love", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine", "I Idolize You" and "River Deep - Mountain High" which is featured in this video. The duo started as an offshoot splinter act from Ike Turner's The Kings of Rhythm before the name changed to the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Songs include "Shake", "A Fool in Love" and "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" and the infamous variety show - The Ed Sullivan Show.Ike & Tina Turner were an American musical duo composed of the husband-and-wife team of Ike Turner and Tina Turner. There is footage from : ABC entertainment presents "Now Lets Go with Ike and Tina Turner". This video provides you with just under an hour of Live performance footage from the dynamic duo Ike and Tina Turner. They're also known for their often-ribald live performances, which were only matched by that of James Brown and The Famous Flames in terms of musical spectacle.The duo was inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 ![]()
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