Jamboree (1957) |
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| Director(s) | Fred F. Sears |
| Producer(s) | Sam Katzman |
| Top Genres | Drama, Musical, Romance |
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Jamboree (1957) was a Drama - Musical Film directed by Fred F. Sears and produced by Sam Katzman.
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Musical Monday: Jamboree! (1957)
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Jamboree! (1957) – Mus... Read full article
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In addition to the musical performers, this film had a number of cameo appearances by disc jockeys from across the United States, Canada and Great Britain. This insured the producers of some free radio plugs for the film upon its release.
Frankie Avalon is seen here as a pre-teenager months before his breakthrough hit of "Dee Dee Dinah" was released.
His musical insert made this the first motion picture appearance for Frankie Avalon.
Many top recording acts and DJs are seen here. Included are Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Buddy Knox, Jimmy Bowen, Louis Lyman (Frankie's brother) and legendary DJ and R n R impresario, "Jocko" Henderson.
Featured here is Dick Clark in his film debut as a Philadelphia DJ hosting early Rock acts, just months before "Bandstand" went network.