The T.A.M.I Show (October 29, 1964)
Description
The T.A.M.I. Show — Full Concert
The T.A.M.I. Show is a feature-length music performance program bringing together a major cross-section of rock and roll, R&B, pop, Motown, surf music, and British Invasion artists.
The program features performances by Chuck Berry, Gerry & the Pacemakers, The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Lesley Gore, Jan & Dean, The Beach Boys, Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, The Supremes, The Barbarians, James Brown & His Famous Flames, and The Rolling Stones.
The performances include well-known songs such as “Johnny B. Goode,” “You Really Got a Hold on Me,” “Can I Get a Witness,” “You Don’t Own Me,” “Surfin’ U.S.A.,” “Baby Love,” “Please, Please, Please,” “Night Train,” “Time Is on My Side,” and “It’s All Over Now.” The show concludes with the ensemble closing number “Get Together.”
The full program documents an unusually broad collection of major artists in a single production, moving between early rock and roll, Motown and soul, California surf music, American pop, and the emerging British rock scene.
Featured performers: Chuck Berry • Gerry & the Pacemakers • The Miracles • Marvin Gaye • Lesley Gore • Jan & Dean • The Beach Boys • Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas • The Supremes • The Barbarians • James Brown & His Famous Flames • The Rolling Stones.
Details:
Title: The T.A.M.I. Show
Year: 1964
Type: Concert film / music performance film
Genres: Rock and Roll • Rhythm & Blues • Soul • Motown • Pop • Surf Rock • British Invasion
Filmed: October 29, 1964
Location: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA
Director: Steve Binder
Music Director: Jack Nitzsche
Hosts: Jan & Dean
Country: United States
Language: English
Original Distributor: American International Pictures
Filming Process: Electronovision / high-resolution electronic video transferred to 35mm film
National Film Registry: Selected for preservation by the Library of Congress in 2006 as culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.
The production took place at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, with rehearsals on October 28 and filming before an invited audience of local high-school students on October 29, 1964. Director Steve Binder used Electronovision, an early high-resolution electronic recording system that allowed the performance to be transferred to 35mm film for theatrical exhibition.
Musically, the film captures several major strands of mid-1960s popular music in one program: early rock and roll through Chuck Berry, Motown and soul through Marvin Gaye, The Miracles and The Supremes, surf and California pop through The Beach Boys and Jan & Dean, and the British Invasion through Gerry & the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, and The Rolling Stones. Your full program also includes Lesley Gore, The Barbarians, and James Brown & His Famous Flames.
The film is especially remembered for James Brown & His Famous Flames’ performance immediately before The Rolling Stones, and it has since become an important historical record of American and British popular music at a pivotal point in 1964. The Library of Congress selected The T.A.M.I. Show for the National Film Registry in 2006.
