Surf pop duo Jan and Dean host this showcase of performances by popular rock and roll and R&B musicians of the era.Surf pop duo Jan and Dean host this showcase of performances by popular rock and roll and R&B musicians of the era.Surf pop duo Jan and Dean host this showcase of performances by popular rock and roll and R&B musicians of the era.
- Awards
- 1 win
- Self
- (as James Brown and The Flames)
- Self (keyboardist, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)
- (as Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)
- Self
- (as The Supremes)
- Self (drummer, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)
- (as Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)
- Director
- Writer
- William Sargent Jr.(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- Trivia"T.A.M.I" stands for "Teenage Awards Music International". The idea of the film was to combine top American and British Invasion groups in one show.
- GoofsThe opening song makes two factual errors. First, its mentioned that Chuck Berry will perform "Memphis", which he does not do in this show. The second error refers to the Rolling Stones as being from Liverpool, when they are actually from London.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Announcer: And now, Electronovision presents your hosts for 'Command Performance'. Two of America's most exciting young stars - Jan and Dean!
Dean Torrence: Hi.
Jan Berry: We'd like to start it off tonight with a fantastic act. The guy who started it all back in 1958: Chuck Berry!
Chuck Berry: [singing] Way down in Louisiana close to New Orleans, Way back up in the woods among the evergreeens, There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood, Where lives a country boy named Johnny B. Goode, Who never ever learned to read or write so well, But he could play a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell, Go-go! Go, Johnny, go! Go...
- Alternate versionsThe film was re-released without the Beach Boys segment.
- ConnectionsEdited into That Was Rock (1984)
I kinda didn't know what to make of JB's dramatic finale with the cape, etc., at the time. It actually scared me a bit! (As it apparently did Mick Jagger and Keith Richards!) I thought he was having a seizure or something! It's since become sort of a cliché, down to Paul Shaffer's bit on "Late Night," but at that time no white kids I knew had ever seen anything remotely like THAT! Just blew me away completely!
It's also worth noting that the fantastic backing band for the show was led by noted producer/arranger/performer Jack Nitzsche, who worked with everybody from Bob B. Soxx and the Bluejeans to Captain Beefheart, with a few Lesley Gores, Tim Buckleys, Neil Youngs, Rolling Stones, etc., thrown in for good measure! A true unsung legend in his own right!
The Beach Boys' segment has been cut from most versions since then, if you could find the show at ALL. There was a "That Was Rock: the TAMI and TNT Music Shows" tape that was available years ago, but most of the TAMI Show was missing and the TNT Show I didn't care for much.
I recently found a pretty good copy (DVD-R)of the WHOLE THING ("TAMI Show 1964") on eBay, INCLUDING the Beach Boys' segment, and it brought back some incredible memories.
I hope that someday someone will release a "legitimate," uncut, first-generation quality version of this show, although with licensing deals, etc., I'm not too optimistic. In the meantime I've got the next best thing: a decent-quality uncut DVD-R, with much of it in widescreen format!
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- Mar 19, 2006
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- Also known as
- The Rock Revival of 1964
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- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1