The T.A.M.I. Show (1964) on Netflix
NR19641h 52mDocumentaryMusic
Two surf pop hosts emcee a rock and roll showcase at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in October 1964. American and British acts share the bill before a hall of screaming fans.
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Plot summary
Over two nights at the end of October 1964, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium fills with teenagers who picked up their tickets free at local high schools. The bill mixes American and British rock and roll and R&B, from Motown groups to British beat bands to California surf acts, with a duo of surf pop hosts keeping the show moving and singing its theme song. Go-go dancers perform in the background and beside the performers. Cameras shoot the concerts through a video process built for big-screen enlargement, and the strongest takes from both evenings are cut together as a record of the event.
Cast
- Toni Bakeras Self - Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas
- Florence Ballardas Self - The Supremes(uncredited)
- Melanie Alexanderas Self - Dancer(uncredited)
- The Barbariansas Themselves
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- The Blossomsas Themselves
- James Brown and The Famous Flamesas Themselves(James Brown and The Flames)
- Gerry and the Pacemakersas Themselves
- Jan & Deanas Themselves
- Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotasas Themselves
- The Supremesas Themselves
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The T.A.M.I. Show (1964)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Keith Richards said the Rolling Stones' decision to follow James Brown and the Famous Flames was the worst mistake of the band's career, because they could not top him. Director Steve Binder says he persuaded the Stones to follow Brown and anchor the finale in which every performer dances onstage.
- The concerts were shot by director Steve Binder and his crew from The Steve Allen Show using "Electronovision", a precursor to high-definition television invented by Bill Sargent, which recorded on a French 819-line, 25 frames-per-second standard so the video could be kinescoped to film and enlarged for big screens.
- The Beach Boys were deleted from every print made after the film's initial theatrical run because of a copyright dispute raised by someone in their management, which is why most bootleg copies circulating later were missing their performance.
- Experimental filmmaker Wallace Berman, a friend of choreographer Toni Basil, refilmed a screening of T.A.M.I. Show with an 8 mm camera and used close-ups of Mick Jagger and Teri Garr in his 1966 collage film Aleph.
- Jan and Dean emceed the show and performed its theme song, "(Here They Come) From All Over the World", written by Los Angeles songwriters P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri, which wrongly claims the Rolling Stones are from Liverpool.
