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Jamboree! (1957)

Jamboree! (1957)

Romance Music

17 GREAT RECORDING STARS! 21 BIG HIT TUNES!

Release Date: 1957, December 7
Directors: Roy Lockwood
Countries: United States of America
Production: Vanguard Productions (I), Vanguard Productions (I), Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: Dick Clark, Frankie Avalon, Joe Williams, Paul Carr, Joe Smith, Count Basie, Kay Medford, Jerry Lee Lewis, Connie Francis, Cauby Peixoto, Fats Domino, Carl Perkins

Overview:

Jamboree adheres to the usual formula of late-1950s rock & roll films: A plethora of musical numbers linked together by the wispiest of plotlines. Kay Medford heads the cast as manipulative showbiz agent Grace Shaw. Hoping to land pop singer Pete Porter, Grace connives to break up Pete's romance with female vocalist Honey Wynn. But who cares? The audience came to see such musical faves as Fats Domino, Count Basie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jodie Sands, Ron Coby, Slim Whitman, Carl Perkins, Frankie Avalon, Charlie Gracie and the Four Coins. As a promotional tie-in, Jamboree also features appearances by 21 of North America's top rock-and-roll deejays.

Keywords:

rock 'n' roll