Product Details

• Actors: Alan Freed
• Directors: Alan Freed
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Cleopatra
• DVD Release Date: July 13, 2004
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002B559S
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #269,518 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Review

A special double dose of 50s rock with a DVD of concert performances hosted by legendary DJ Alan Freed and a CD of authentic, fiery rockabilly!

Features live footage of Chuck Berry (and his show-stopping duck walk), Johnny Burnette and Frankie Lymon plus audio tracks by Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, and so much more!

The DVD is sweet, funloving musical that follows the story of two teenage love birds who meet and fall in on Alan Freed s Music Television program!

Perfect for those who long to reminisce about the glory days of rock and for any retro culture enthusiast! --Cleopatra Records

Product Description

DVD: Alan Freed s Rock, Rock, Rock!
I Never Had A Sweeetheart - Connie Francis The Things Your Heart Needs - Teddy Randazzo Rock, Pretty Baby - Ivy Schulman (with Cirino and The Bowties) Rock N Roll Boogie - Alan Freed s Rock N Roll Band I Knew From The Start - The Moonglows You Can t Catch Me - Chuck Berry Would I Be Crying? - The Flamingos The Big Beat - Jimmy Cavallo and his House Rockers Thanks To You - Bobby Rodgers We re Gonna Rock Tonight - The Three Chuckles Little Blue Wren - Connie Francis Rock, Rock, Rock! - Jimmy Cavallo and his House Rockers Lonesome Train - Johnny Burnette Trio Over And Over Again - The Moonglows Tra La La - La Vern Baker Ever Since I Can Remember - Cirino & The Bowties Baby, Baby - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers I m Not A Juvenile Delinquent - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers Won t You Give Me A Chance - The Three Chuckles Right Now, Right Now - Big Al Spears Slideshow (Swing Cats Stomp - The Swing Cats)

CD: Rock N Roll & Rock-A-Billy Inferno
Intro (Alan Freed-Hosting The Moondog Show) The Nighthawks featuring Buddy Holly - When Sin Stops Tommy La Beff - Tore Up Elvis Presley - Maybellene (Live) Billy And Mickey - Rock And Roll Baby Little Richard - Lucille Nuclear Survival Course Ray Ellsworth - Rock And Roll Show Gene Vincent - Say Mama Don Duncan - Something Special Bill Haley & The Comets - Shake, Rattle & Roll Satellite Explorer 1 Launch Warner Mack - Roc-A-Chica Jimmy Apostle - I Love Ya Honey Freddie Motell - Stop And Rock Tommy Palm - Black Knee Socks Johnnie Fuller - No More, No More Kenny & The Be-Bops - Linda Lou Carl Perkins - Dixie Fried Lloyd Arnold Katche - Hang Out Debate over the meaning of Rock N Roll Mel McGonnigi - Rattle Shakin Mama Bobby Martin - Dood It Discussions on the Beat Generation with Allen Ginsberg & Margaret Mead Conway Twitty - Mona Lisa The Darts - Square Town Lee Mitchell And The Combo - Rootie Tootie Baby La Fayette Yarborough - Cool Cool Baby Terry Daly And The Nu-Tones - You Don t Bug Me

Customer Reviews

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why 5 Stars?, August 21, 2004

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T. A. Velsor - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alan Freed's Rock Rock Rock (DVD)

There is a story line in this movie as thin as an atoms' skin, and Tuesday Weld sings with a dub by a young Connie Frances..doesn't match her face!........BUT, rare treats like Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers performing back to back hits "Baby Baby" and " I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquint" are priceless to say the least and special appearences by Chuck Berry, the Moonglows and the killer title track rocks rocks rocks!!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the cd is the key, April 25, 2009

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terence reisman "t4duke" (tallahassee, fl USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alan Freed's Rock Rock Rock (DVD)

this is a huge bargain for lovers of 50s rock. the dvd has classic performances(lip-synched)by Laverne Baker, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Chuck Berry but the cd is full of treasures(early Buddy Holly, Elvis, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent) plus performances from groups and singers never heard from again. This is a nobrainer; dont expect the dvd to look like 2009 video; it looks like something taken off a kinescope recording but who cares!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 'Moondog' Alan Freed, July 1, 2009

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Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alan Freed's Rock Rock Rock (DVD)

ROCK, ROCK, ROCK (1956) has a simple plot: 13-year-old Tuesday Weld tries earning enough to buy a dress for the high school dance. Her innocent puppy love tale is punctuated with a couple of tunes. Tuesday supposedly performs "I Never Had A Sweetheart" and "Little Blue Wren," but the singer is actually a pre-fame Connie Francis.

Weld's movie boyfriend, Paul Carr provides his own vocals on "If Not For You," and Tuesday/Connie duets with him for "Who Are We To Say."

All of the above is just an excuse to showcase performances by 50s greats and now-forgottens. Songs heard include:

Ever Since I Can Remember - Cirino & the Bowties

Tra La La - La Vern Baker & The Gliders

You Can't Catch Me - Chuck Berry

I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent/Baby, Baby - Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers

Big Beat/Rock, Rock, Rock - Jimmy Cavallo & the House Rockers

I Knew From The Start/Over and Over Again - The Moonglows

Lonesome Train - Johnny Burnette Trio

Would I Be Crying? - The Flamingos

Right Now - Alan Freed & his R&R Band w/Big Al Sears

The terminally geeky "Moondog" DJ, Alan Freed was an early champion of rock and roll who worked for desegregation by presenting black artists to white audiences. A 1959 "payola" conviction derailed Freed's career and he died penniless in 1965 at age 42.

Related item:

For a 1956 'Moondog' double-feature, check out: DON'T KNOCK THE ROCK / ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK. Performers that Freed presents include Bill Haley's Comets, Little Richard, the Platters, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Clyde McPhatter, Chuck Berry, Brook Benton, and more!