Jamboree! (1957)
17 GREAT RECORDING STARS! 21 BIG HIT TUNES!
86 min
Jamboree adheres to the usual formula of late-1950s rock & roll films: A plethora of musical numbers linked together by the wispiest of plotlines. Kay Medford heads the cast as manipulative showbiz agent Grace Shaw. Hoping to land pop singer Pete Porter, Grace connives to break up Pete's romance with female vocalist Honey Wynn. But who cares? The audience came to see such musical faves as Fats Domino, Count Basie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jodie Sands, Ron Coby, Slim Whitman, Carl Perkins, Frankie Avalon, Charlie Gracie and the Four Coins. As a promotional tie-in, Jamboree also features appearances by 21 of North America's top rock-and-roll deejays.
- Release date
- December 7, 1957
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Fats Domino as Self
- Jerry Lee Lewis as Self
- Jimmy Bowen as Self
- Buddy Knox as Self
- Charlie Gracie as Self
- Count Basie and His Orchestra as Themselves
- Joe Williams as Self
- Jodie Sands as Self
- The Four Coins as Themselves
- Frankie Avalon as Self
Crew
- Roy Lockwood · Director
- Leonard Kantor · Writer
- Milton Subotsky · Writer
- Max Rosenberg · Producer
- Milton Subotsky · Producer
- Neal Hefti · Composer
- Jack Etra · Cinematographer
- Robert Broekman · Editor
- Anita Posner · Editor