Home movies by decade movies 1950s go, johnny, go 1959. Go, johnny, go 1959 jimmy clanton stars as johnny melody, a poor orphan boy who makes it big through a talent search held by alan freed. Rocknroll promoter alan freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star to be. Berry and disc jockey alan freed also playing himself discuss freeds discovery of johnny, telling his. High resolution official theatrical movie poster for go, johnny, go. It would be difficult, based on the evidence of that film, to tell that clanton was one of the most serious and complex of the generation of teen idols in which he is. And i been looking 4 this movie 4 years dvd and cant find.
The new teen idol, johnny melody jimmy clanton, is surrounded by rare performances by rocks founding fathers, including chuck berry, eddie cochran, ritchie valens his only screen appearance, jackie wilson, the cadillacs and many others. On the contrary, he generates real electricity in his short number, his raucous voice and assured. I love chuck berry and eddie cochran, but these movies are so funny because. Starring alan freed and chuck berry as themselves, go, johnny, go. The hardships, ironies and humour en route to the big time are supposed to provide the basis for the story, but the music is the only thing thats worthwhile. Despite the name of the film coming from the hit song johnny b. Goode by chuck berry and berry appearing in the film as himself, the film is actually centered on a young singer who goes by the stage name of johnny melody jimmy clanton. Go johnny go 1959 is a good movie needs to releases in bluray and dvd soon. It isnt a classic, by any means, but it is a worthwhile middleweight entry in the field of jukebox movies.
Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. For a sloppily made, dramatically inept, cinematically crude film, go, johnny go. Starring alan freed, jimmy clanton, chuck berry, ritchie valens, sandy stewart, jackie wilson, the cadillacs, joann campbell, the flamingos, harvey fuqua, eddie cochran, and jimmy cavallo and the house rockers. With alan freed, jimmy clanton, sandy stewart, chuck berry. Its surprising that a movie featuring ritchie valens, and chuck berry would only. Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll rating. Starring alan freed, jimmy clanton, chuck berry, ritchie valens. Fantastic alan freed movie with a galaxy of 1950s rock and roll stars. For those familiar with such things, go, johnny, go was probably the best of the handful of rock n roll movies with which alan freed was heavily involved i. The film has also been released as johnny melody, the swinging story and the swinging story of johnny melody. Jimmy clanton stars as johnnie melody, an unwanted teenager from an orphanage who sends a demo record to disc jockey alan freed and rises to rock and roll fame. A rock music promoter freed himself, rock n rolls first impresario goes in search of a mystery contestant who won his starmaking talent contest. Alan freed transforms a young musician into a teen idol named johnny melody. Goode is a 1958 rockandroll song written and first recorded by chuck berry.
Jimmy clanton stars as johnny melody, a poor orphan boy who makes it big through a talent. Costarring in the film are jimmy clanton, sandy stewart, and chuck berry. This is go, johnny go 1959 by daniel b on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. This chock full of musical stars film is presented by alan freed. Watch katy perry and her dog nugget go full pachyderm to sing baby mine from dumbo video about 5 hours ago by thewrap. Never let go 1960 starring peter sellers full movie by retrospective. Starring alan freed, jimmy clanton, sandy stewart, chuck berry. Trailer for the 1959 rock n roll movie go johnny go. It really doesnt matter how many of these films you watch youll notice that all of them are pretty much the same in regards to having very thin plots and the only reason the plots. Rocknroll promoter alan freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star, then must find the elusive, mystery contestant jimmy clanton who doesnt know he has won. Goode is considered one of the most recognizable songs in the history of popular music. The host 2006 full movie in english kang ho song action comedy drama film iof 720p.
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