At the end of another successful rocknroll concert at loews state theater, groundbreaking disc jockey alan freed alan freed announces a talent search. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Gojohnnygo has been selling music stuff via mail since 1982. With alan freed, jimmy clanton, sandy stewart, chuck berry. Let us guide you through time, back to the sexy 1950s, where shy romance and dirty love mixed in a quite exciting way. Five minutes to live free amazing bank heist movie stars johnny. And i been looking 4 this movie 4 years dvd and cant find. It isnt a classic, by any means, but it is a worthwhile middleweight entry in the field of jukebox movies. How billy idols motorcycle crash killed his movie career. Its a freewheeling, funfilled track with tons of movie and music trivia about the film, its place in the history of the hal roach studio, and the late fifties era that. Go johnny go 1959 hal roach film with jimmy clanton at. Ritchie valens sits on bed in a scene from the film go, johnny, go. Watch the video for go johnny go from eruptions greatest hits for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.
Trailer for the 1959 rock n roll movie go johnny go. Which of the movies hits were ripped right from the mobs own highlight reel. Jimmy clanton and ritchie valens in go, johnny, go. Real mob boss vito genovese also ran off to italy in order to escape the. We buy stuff we pay top dollar for records, cds, cassettes, 8track tapes, video tapes, reelto. 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. Gojohnnygo po box 10512 st paul, mn 55110 contact info. Blogs the making of the mob mob mondays five true mob. 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. Cliente puo notare fotografia e blocchetto nel vostro elettronico. Afis 100 years100 movie quotes american film institute. Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll rating. Actress barbara wooddells surname is misspelled woodell in the cast credits. New singing lesson videos can make anyone a great singer ive just seen him with his mother superior go johnny, go johnny, gogogo sharing dreams for a little experience go johnny, go johnny, gogogo chorus johnny came home from the dance last night wanted to bring her home johnny came home from the dance last night home sit down, lay down, i wont query you go johnny, go johnny, go.
A rock music promoter freed himself, rock n rolls first impresario goes in search of a mystery contestant who won his starmaking talent contest. Go johnny go 1959 hal roach film with jimmy clanton at left and ritchie valens b3kmj1 from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. Rocknroll promoter alan freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star to be called johnny melody, then must find the elusive. When he excused himself to go to the bathroom, hit men barged into the eatery, shot. He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track oh, the engineer would see him sittin in the shade strummin with the rhythm that the drivers made the people passing by, they would stop and say oh my, but that little country boy could. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. The film has also been released as johnny melody, the swinging story and the swinging story of johnny melody. Another tragic rocker here is eddie cochran, a car accident victim about a year and a half after he made the film.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing go, johnny, go. I owned this movie years ago i used to play it for my grandchildren and we would dance and sing to the great performances in this film. Yes, the story is trite, the acting is wooden and its lowbudget, setbound look is uninteresting, but none of that is important when you consider the musical. A disc jockey alan freed creates teen idol johnny melody jimmy clanton. Ive just seen him with his mother superior go johnny, go johnny, gogogo sharing dreams for a little experience go johnny, go johnny, gogogo chorus johnny came home from the dance last night wanted to bring her home johnny came home from the dance last night home sit down, lay down, i wont query you go johnny, go johnny, go. As peary points out, this rock musical has a paperthin story, static direction by lew landers, and an overly rude, chiponhisshoulder portrayal by clanton, which makes one think johnny doesnt deserve a. Costarring in the film are jimmy clanton, sandy stewart, and chuck berry. Our oneman house band plays the chuck berry classic johnny b. 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. Jimmy clanton and ritchie valens sit across from eat other in a scene from the film go, johnny, go.
Stream tracks and playlists from go johnny go on your desktop or mobile device. Some sources list the title as go johnny go, without punctuation. Alan freed transforms a young musician into a teen idol named johnny melody. The story, such as it is, concerns freeds desire to. The title was inspired by jimmy clantons popular single go, jimmy, go as well as the refrain from chuck berrys hit song johnny b.
Go johnny go 1959 is a good movie needs to releases in bluray and dvd soon. Goode with the lyrics rewritten to be about other famous guys named john. This move became the basis for dragnet, and stars jack webb. Cakeeater cute boy, johnny cadillac and his bike conquered the heart of countless girls, but none of them got so close to mister popular then rockabilly slut chichi. 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. Go johnny go, go johnny go, go johnny go go johnny go, go johnny go, go johnny go, go, go. He was a lonely boy from nowheres land trying to find a place to lay his head for he knew for sure that no one cared so he tried his best now everywhere. The films working titles were johnny melody, the swinging story of johnny melody and the swinging story.
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