The T.A.M.I. Show

Steve Binder: The T.A.M.I. Show (US 1964). The poster from IMDb. Please click on the image to expand it.

Pop! Pop! Pop! [release title in Finland].

Teen-Age Command Performance [UK title].

    US © 1964 Electronovision Productions, Inc. PC: Screen Entertainment Co. / Screencraft International / Theatrofilm. P: Lee Savin. EX: Bill Sargent (as William Sargent Jr.).

    A Theatrofilm by Electronovision in association with Screen Entertainement Co. recorded before a live audience at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California.

    D: Steve Binder. Cin: Jim Kilgore - Electronovision  - video - released on 35 mm - b&w - 1:1,85. Technical supervisor: Robert J. Ringer. Technical director: Charles W. La Force, Jr. Video engineer: Carl Hanseman. Technical facilities by Mark Armistead T.V. Inc. under the supervision of Joseph E. Bluth. Electronic film recording by RCA. Film processing by Technicolor. PD: Franklin Swig. Cost: Wallace A. Harton. Fashions from Corky Hale, Hollywood. CH: David Winters, assisted by: Toni Basil. S: Lionel St. Peter. S editor: Ronnie Ashcroft. ED: Bruce B. Pierce, Kent Mackenzie. 

    M arranged and conducted by: Jack Nitzsche.

    Loc: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium - 1855 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA - 28-29 Oct, 1964.

    123 min

    Los Angeles premiere: 14 Nov 1964 - distributed by American International Pictures (AIP).

    US premiere: 29 Dec 1964.

    Helsinki premiere: 15 Oct 1965 Adams - released by Parvisfilmi Oy at 113 min
    LIST OF PERFORMERS in order of appearance + SET LIST (from Wikipedia):

Jan and Dean (Over credits) "(Here They Come) from All Over the World" - The T.A.M.I. opening credits theme song written by Steve Barri & Phil Sloan

Chuck Berry

"Johnny B. Goode"

"Maybellene"

"Sweet Little Sixteen"

"Nadine"

Gerry and the Pacemakers:

    * Gerry Marsden - vocals, guitar

    * Les Maguire - piano

    * Les Chadwick - bass

    * Freddie Marsden - drums, backing vocals

"Maybellene"

"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"

"It's Gonna Be Alright"

"How Do You Do It?"

"I Like It"

The Miracles:

    * Smokey Robinson - lead vocals

    * Bobby Rogers - tenor vocals

    * Ronnie White - baritone vocals

    * Pete Moore - bass vocals

    * Marv Tarplin - guitar

"That's What Love Is Made Of"

"You've Really Got a Hold on Me"

"Mickey's Monkey"

Marvin Gaye (and The Blossoms):

    * Marvin Gaye - vocals

    * Fanita James - backing vocals

    * Darlene Love - backing vocals

    * Jean King - backing vocals

"Stubborn Kind of Fellow"

"Pride and Joy"

"Can I Get a Witness"

"Hitch Hike"

Lesley Gore

"Maybe I Know"

"You Don't Own Me"

"You Didn't Look Around"

"Hey Now"

"It's My Party"

"Judy's Turn to Cry"

Jan and Dean:

    * Jan Berry - vocals

    * Dean Torrence - vocals

"The Little Old Lady from Pasadena"

"Sidewalk Surfin'"

The Beach Boys:

    * Brian Wilson - bass, vocals

    * Mike Love - vocals

    * Al Jardine - guitar, vocals

    * Carl Wilson - guitar, vocals

    * Dennis Wilson - drums

"Surfin' U.S.A."

"I Get Around"

"Surfer Girl"

"Dance, Dance, Dance"

Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas:

    * Billy J. Kramer - vocals

    * Mike Maxfield - guitar

    * Mick Green - guitar

    * Robin MacDonald - bass

    * Tony Mansfield - drums

"Little Children"

"Bad to Me"

"I'll Keep You Satisfied"

"From a Window"

The Supremes:

    * Diana Ross - Lead vocals

    * Florence Ballard - backing vocals

    * Mary Wilson - backing vocals

"When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes"

"Run, Run, Run"

"Baby Love"

"Where Did Our Love Go"

The Barbarians:

    * Jerry Causi - bass, vocals

    * Ronnie Enos - guitar, vocals

    * Bruce Benson - guitar

    * Victor "Moulty" Moulton - drums

"Hey Little Bird"

James Brown and the Famous Flames:

    *James Brown - vocals

    *Bobby Byrd - vocals

    *Lloyd Stallworth - vocals

    *Bobby Bennett - vocals

"Out of Sight"

"Prisoner of Love"

"Please, Please, Please"

"Night Train"

The Rolling Stones:

    * Mick Jagger - vocals, maracas

    * Keith Richards - guitar, vocals

    * Brian Jones - guitar, backing vocals

    * Bill Wyman - bass, backing vocals

    * Charlie Watts - drums

"Around and Around"

"Off the Hook"

"Time Is on My Side"

"It's All Over Now"

"I'm Alright"

"Let's Get Together"

Viewed on YouTube, Helsinki, 26 Sep 2024, as "The T.A.M.I. Show 1964 - Full HD Original Electronovision Version", under the on-screen title "Teen-Age Command Performance", 113 min

AA: I just saw for the first time a quasi complete version of The T.A.M.I. Show - a film that has been on my bucket list since the 1980s. I had seen great clips from it for instance in Sweden in Rock Jerry's program Rockrullen and even screened at the Finnish Film Archive a strange hybrid cut when no copies of the full version were available.

Technically it is a pioneer work, one of the first movies shot on video to be released theatrically on 35 mm. It is a straight performance record - but what performances and performers they are. There had never been a better lineup in a popular music movie. 

In jazz, there had been Jazz on a Summer's Day, and in folk, there would be Festival. Then, in pop music, came the classics Monterey Pop and Woodstock. My brother Asko, the music expert in our family, registers the delightful balance between Black and White artists. 

The key star is Chuck Berry, not only in his own numbers but also in covers by The Beach Boys and The Rolling Stones. The Beatles is absent yet present in "Bad to Me" credited to Lennon & McCartney, with John Lennon as the primary creator.

My favourites include: "Maybellene" (Chuck Berry), "You've Really Got a Hold On Me" (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles), "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" (Marvin Gaye), "You Don't Own Me" (Lesley Gore), " I Get Around" (The Beach Boys), "Where Did Our Love Go" (The Supremes), "Please, Please, Please" (James Brown - the highlight of the movie) and "Time Is on My Side" (The Rolling Stones).

As simple as can be, and all about the joy of music and dance.