The only official concert video document to be released by Led Zeppelin, The Song Remains The Same is rather self-indulgent, bloated in concept and not quite as…
Browsing: Music on Film & TV
1 9 7 1 – 2 0 0 6 (USA) The first-ever syndicated Soul Train on 2 October 1971 was a party. Apart from upcoming Chicago soul man…
1 9 7 5 – 1 9 8 7 (Australia) On 1 March 1975, colour TV officially arrived in Australia and Donnie Sutherland launched the…
1 9 7 2 (UK) 25 x 55 minute episodes Debuting at 8.25 pm on 25 March 1972, this BBC2 music series showcased musical artists of…
1 9 7 8 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes 1 x 45 minute episode Diminutive British singer Leo Sayer presented this short-lived late-night BBC2…
The Spice Girls are a global pop star phenomenon and everyone wants to be a part of their world, but for their manager Clifford (Richard…
This sequel to That’ll Be The Day (1974) – now set in the 1960s – opens appropriately enough in a fairground, providing an obvious flashback link to…
1 9 6 5 – 1 9 6 6 (UK) 19 x 30 minute episodes This short-lived Scottish pop music show was produced in Studio…
1 9 6 5 – 1 9 6 8 (USA) A Dallas-based TV show featuring many local bands including The 13th Floor Elevators, big names like…
1 9 7 5 – 1 9 7 7 (UK) 1 9 8 3 (UK) 58 x 30 minute episodes 1 x 60 minute special…
1 9 8 4 (Australia) 20 x 30 minute episodes Sweet and Sour was like an Australian version of Rock Follies – but without the…
1 9 8 3 (UK) 24 x 60 minute episodes Debuting on Friday 25 March 1983, Channel 4 produced this live show to fill the gap…
While their Scouse rivals hired an American director to make a wacky monochrome homage to French New Wave director/icon Jean-Luc Godard in A Hard Day’s Night,…
1 9 6 4 – 1 9 6 5 (Australia) This ABC TV teenage music programme was hosted by singer Johnny Chester (pictured below right…
1 9 6 1 – 1 9 6 6 (UK) 250 x 40 minute episodes ABC TV produced Thank Your Lucky Stars for broadcast on ITV…
David Essex, always more content in the role of actor rather than pop star, combined both occupations in That’ll Be The Day – and its sequel Stardust (1974). Two films…
A pretty girl singer sat smiling as her record was played. Feet owned by teenage fans tapped peppily throughout the television studio as the cheery,…
“How much blacker could it be? None, none more black.” Documentary maker Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner) goes on the road with ageing British heavy metal…
Director Ken Russell was the perfect choice to direct The Who’s landmark rock opera Tommy, transforming it into a stream-of-consciousness catalogue of wild performances from Roger…
Having learnt to play the guitar while in hospital, Bermondsey boy Tommy Steele discovers his ability as a performer while working as a ship’s steward…