The T.A.M.I. Show

The T.A.M.I. Show (1964)

It's the Greatest, Grooviest, Wildest, Most Exciting Beat Blast Ever to Pound the Screen!

Hailed by one music reviewer as "the grooviest, wildest, slickest hit ever to pound the screen," "The T.A.M.I. Show" is an unrelenting rock spectacular starring some of the greatest pop performers of the 60s. These top recording idols – representing the musical moods of London, Liverpool, Hollywood and Detroit – packed the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium with 2,600 screaming fans and virtually brought down the house. This is the cinematic record of that electrifying event.

Date of release
1964-11-14
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (20)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Documentary, Music
Director
Steve Binder

Casting

Interesting facts

T.A.M.I. Show is a 1964 American concert film directed by Steve Binder and released by American International Pictures. It includes performances by numerous popular rock and roll and R&B musicians from the United States and England.

Production

The concert was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on October 28 and 29, 1964. Free tickets were distributed to local high school students. The acronym "T.A.M.I." was used inconsistently in the show's publicity to mean both "Teenage Awards Music International" and "Teen Age Music International". The best footage from both concert dates was used in the film. Jack Nitzsche was the show's music director.

Jan and Dean emceed the event and performed its theme song, "(Here They Come) From All Over the World", written by Los Angeles songwriters P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri. The song erroneously asserts that the Rolling Stones are from Liverpool. Director Steve Binder recalled that Bobby Roberts suggested Jan and Dean host the film.

The film's opening sequence was shot with a handheld film camera. The concerts were shot by director Steve Binder and his crew from The Steve Allen Show, using a precursor to high-definition television, called "Electronovision", invented by the self-taught "electronics whiz" Bill Sargent (H.W. Sargent Jr). The film was the second of a small number of productions that used the system.

T.A.M.I. Show is particularly well known for the performance of James Brown and the Famous Flames, which features his legendary dance moves and explosive energy. In interviews, Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones has claimed that choosing to follow Brown and the Famous Flames (Bobby Byrd, Bobby Bennett, and Lloyd Stallworth) was the worst mistake of their careers, because no matter how well they performed, they could not top him.

Motown Records, which by 1964 had experienced its first wave of chart-busting crossover success, was represented by three of its top acts: the Miracles, Marvin Gaye, and the Supremes.

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