Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Mvd Visual
• DVD Release Date: April 3, 2007
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000MKXFEQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,029 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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ROCK N ROLL'S GREATEST TEEN IDOLS - DVD Movie

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A RARE chance to see some late 50s, early 60s rockers!, April 4, 2007

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Steven I. Ramm "Steve Ramm "Anything Phon... (Phila, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock N Roll's Greatest Teen Idols (DVD)

I've been watching a series of DVDs produced in the UK by Quantum Leap - and distributed in US by MVD which consist of live performances recorded in the late 1980s (?) at the Lil' Darlin nightclub in Orlando. Some - like Mary Wells and the Shirelles - have been pretty good. The backing band did a nice job of recreating. The DVDs are usually short and have other acts filling in.

This volume is the BEST of the lot. It not only has the most performances - over 75 minutes! - but the most obscure artists. These are guys I haven't seen perform since - in most cases - the EARLY 60s!

Here are just some:

Ray Peteresen

Buddy Knox

Jack Scott

Tommy Sands (a BLONDE!)

Lenny Welch

Joey Dee

Troy Shondell!

Frankie Ford

Tommy Roe

They supplement these Lil' Darlin performances with footage from the 50s film "Rock Pretty Baby" with Frankie Lymon

And then as a bonus they list "Paul Anka - Lonely Boy" which is the fascinating 25 minute documentary made by the CBC in about 1957! The complete film is here!

This one is really interesting. I knew many of these artists when I was doing Record Hops in Trenton in 1960-62 and it's amazing to see them recorded more than 20 years later (and watching them nearly 40 years after their hits).

Quirky but definitely a must for those who remember late-50s, early-60s rock and roll!

Steve Ramm "Anything Phonographic"

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Not So Great collection of early teen idol performances, July 14, 2007

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Chris B. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rock N Roll's Greatest Teen Idols (DVD)

If you are expecting a vintage collection of original 50s and 60s teen idol performances as I was, then avoid this DVD. Most of the content is poorly shot in the late 80s at a live club performance featuring a collection of aging 'idols' singing well past their primes. A few vintage clips from the early rock movie 'Rock Rock Rock', the best featuring Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, provides some redemption, as does a longer early retrospective of Paul Anka. For those who enjoy listening to inferior performances by once great recording stars, this collection is for you. Avoid disappointment and seek out other collections containing the vintage material we all love.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Rock & roll teen idols, May 14, 2007

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Yvon Olivier - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock N Roll's Greatest Teen Idols (DVD)

A bit of this , a bit of that, quality not so good, songs are great but some of them are not even complete, you can see the cut when they change songs, like the Buddy Knox second song is not complete, a couple of other also,