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.
- GoofsCarl Wilson of the Beach Boys was omitted from the cast listing.
- 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
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1