Jamboree (1957 film)

Jamboree, known as Disc Jockey Jamboree in the United Kingdom, is the name of a black and white 1957 rock and roll film, directed by Roy Lockwood. Its story is about a boy and girl, Pete Porter and Honey Wynn, played by Paul Carr and Freda Holloway, who become overnight sensations as a romantic singing duo who run into trouble when their squabbling managers, played by Kay Medford and Bob Pastine, try to turn them into solo acts. Against this backdrop in cameo performances appear some of the biggest names of rock and roll in the 1950s lipsyncing to their recordings.

Jamboree was essentially a music film in the manner of music videos that followed many years later on MTV where the storyline was secondary to the musical performances, with the amateurish acting taking a definite back seat to the musical performances. However, this movie is of historical importance due to the cameo performances by various musical acts that are featured.Included in Jamboree are Buddy Knox, who performs Hula Love, a no.hit on the Billboard pop singles chart Jimmy Bowen, who performs Cross Over Dick Clark acting as the host for a show within the film, which was released shortly after first appearing as host of American Bandstand on TV Fats Domino, who performs Wait and See Charlie Gracie who became an even bigger hit in the UK than he was in the USA, who performs Cool Baby Jack Jackson British bandleader who acted as the disc jockey host of the Decca records show on Radio Luxembourg Jerry Lee Lewis who belts out Great Balls of Fire in a version that is different from the Sun 45 release Lewis Lymon and the Teenchords Jack Payne another British band leader Carl Perkins who sings Glad All Over Jodie Sands, who performs Sayonara Frankie Avalon, who sings Teachers Pet Slim Whitman, who gathered a tremendous following in Europe, who performs Unchain My Heart Aaron Schroeder in a cameo role as the Songwriter The Four Coins, who perform A Broken Promise and, Count Basie and his Orchestra, featuring Joe Williams on vocals. Connie Francis overdubbed her vocals for Freda Holloway. ........

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