Gerry & the Pacemakers Movies
The British Invasion produced a wide variety of successful rock acts. This video features a concert (originally broadcast over many PBS stations) with some of the most famous of those artists, including Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Troggs, and Herman's Hermits. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- 1994
Arguably more than any other program of its kind, The Ed Sullivan Show played a pivotal role in propelling fledgling bands and solo artists into superstardom. This production includes a wide variety of then unknown, now legendary American and English musicians performing exclusively for the show. Among the talents arethe Beatles, the Rolling Stones, James Brown, the Byrds, the Beach Boys, the Animals, and many others. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- 1965
This rollicking music film is a compilation of two previous films from the mid-1960s, The T.A.M.I. Show and The Big T.N.T. Show. Chuck Berry hosts the acts which include some of the greatest R&B acts and rock & roll acts of that generation. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
In 1964, television director Steve Binder was given the task of staging the Teen-Age Music International Show, a concert event which would showcase some of the biggest rock and pop acts of the day; Binder and his camera crew then captured the proceedings on video tape, and the results were transferred to kinescope film and released to theaters as The T.A.M.I. Show. While The Beatles were otherwise occupied with making their own movie, the roster of performers otherwise reads like a "who's who" of early-60's rock -- original guitar hero Chuck Berry, three of Motown's biggest stars (Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and The Supremes), two leading British Invasion acts (Gerry and the Pacemakers and Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas), garage rock legends The Barbarians, teen angst goddess Leslie Gore, and surf music pioneers The Beach Boys and Jan & Dean (the latter of whom also served as hosts). Closing the show is a veritable "Battle of the Bands" between two of the most exciting stage acts in rock history, James Brown and his Famous Flames (Brown's dancing still inspires awe nearly 40 years later), and The Rolling Stones (who look young and green, but are already blessed with a near-deadly charisma). Regarded by many aficionados as one of the very best rock and roll movies ever made (despite a video transfer that's not quite up contemporary technical standards), The T.A.M.I. Show has unfortunately never been released on home video (and most current prints don't feature The Beach Boys' performance, which was trimmed due to a legal dispute), though highlights from the movie were combined with excerpts from the pseudo-sequel The Big T.N.T. Show and released as on a compilation video entitled That Was Rock. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 1964
This is a collection of the first wave of British rock groups as they appeared on the television show Shindig in 1964. Featured here are performances by Gerry & the Pacemakers, Herman's Hermits, Billy J. Kramer, Manfred Mann, Searchers, Peter & Gordon, the Honeycombs, Nashville Teens, and Freddy and the Dreamers. This video also includes original commercials and the Shindig cast. ~ Karla Baker, All Movie Guide
