Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988) on Netflix

NR19881h 4mDocumentary Music

A rock and roll singer performs his hits at a Los Angeles nightclub, filmed in black and white. A band and a group of guests share the stage with him.

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Plot summary

The Cocoanut Grove, the nightclub inside the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, is the setting, and the cameras record the performance in black and white. It first reached audiences as a television special. The TCB Band backs the singer, the group that played behind Elvis Presley from 1969 until 1977, with piano, lead guitar, upright bass and drums. Guests add guitar, organ, harmonica, keyboards and percussion, and female voices sing alongside. Three numbers are taped but left out of the original broadcast for time. Admirers from film and music sit in the audience. The show was released on home video and the soundtrack as a live album.

Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988)

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The morning after Roy Orbison's Cocoanut Grove concert was filmed, a violent 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck Whittier, and chandeliers in the ballroom collapsed onto the master film and videotape recordings of the performance, which were cleared with no damage done.
Three numbers Roy Orbison performed for the special, "Blue Bayou", "Claudette" and "Blue Angel", were filmed but left out of the original broadcast because of time constraints.