Legendary rhythm and blues revue featuring tommy castro band and special guests. A direct descendant from the traveling bundled artist packages of the 60s right down to its retro hatch showstyled cover art, tommy castro and his band play host to a relatively diverse assortment of highenergy blues and soul acts. Rhythm and blues revue 1955 by joseph kohn, ben frye, and studio films inc. Browse the top rhythm and blues albums to find new music and discover artists. The film stars arjun and meena in lead roles with lakshmi, nagesh, and manivannan in supporting ones. Latin rhythms have infiltrated into every new branch of popular music that has emerged during the twentieth century. George marshall, ben frye, leonard reed, ben frye, nat king cole, lionel hampton, faye adams, count basie, sarah vaughn. Discover, save and share your favorite streams and listen to internet radio for free in your browser. Explore releases from the blues collection i maestri del blues e del rhythmnblues label. Rahman, while cinematography was predominantly handled by p.
At its peak back in the 90s, chart topping artists and bands like boyz ii men, mariah carey, jodeci, black street, sisqo, dru hill, tlc, mary j blige, 702, escape and toni braxton cemented the genre in the minds of fans of all genres of music with classic hit records that would redefine the genre at a new peak. However, lets dispel the myth that any of this was filmed at the apollo theater or even before a live audience. Rhythm and blues revue is a plotless variety show, one of several compiled for theatrical exhibition from the madefortelevision short films produced by snader and studio telescriptions, with newly filmed host segments by willie bryant. Rhythm and blues simple english wikipedia, the free.
Originally 86 minutes, the short version available on public domain collections and websites is missing a reel. With lionel hampton, faye adams, bill bailey, herb jeffries. Aitchondo favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite november 20, 2008 subject. Musical variety show filmed at the apollo theatre in harlem, new york city, featuring a cast of. Classy bluesrelated music spanning american and british influences, played by experienced musicians with a genuine love of the genre. Ramesh aravind and jyothika also appears in supporting roles in the film. It initially developed around the turn of the decade from the closelyrelated british blues movement, which saw alexis korners blues incorporated and other londonbased live bands seeking to emulate the sounds of 1950s electric chicago bluesmen muddy waters and howlin wolf.
Sequences where shots are the same length have no rhythm. Musical variety show filmed at the apollo theatre in harlem, new york city featuring a cast of popular africanamerican. In a sequence, rhythm requires that the length of shots should vary. Pages in category rhythm and blues songs the following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total. In the movie there were live performances from nat king cole, count basie, and sarah vaughn.
To provide financial and medical assistance, education outreach, performance opportunities and archival activities to legendary performers. If your only exposure to cab calloway is the blues brothers, then watch put a little more pep into this rendition. The sequences in the film are a mixture of snader telescriptions early music videos made for tv and material newlyfilmed in the spring and summer of. A decent variety show with some diamonds like sarah and nat king cole. Guitar learn to play classic rhythm and blues guitar with stepbystep lessons and 31 great songs.
Not nearly as good as the almost identical rock n roll revue. Because of its much friendlier download size i hope it will be viewed even more often than the other, very popular file. Willie bryant, freddie robinson, lionel hampton, count basie, faye adams, bill bailey, herb jeffries, amos milburn, sarah vaughan, nipsey russell, big joe turner, martha davis, little buck, nat king cole, mantan moreland, cab calloway and ruth brown. Originally 86 minutes, the short version available on public domain collections and websites is missing a. Rhythm and blues revue is a 1955 american concert film directed by joseph kohn and leonard reed. The rhythm and blues foundation inc guidestar profile. The movie takes place at the apollo in harlem and the acts of the times were superstars in the africanamerican community.
Musical variety show filmed at the apollo theatre in harlem, new york city featuring a cast of popular africanamerican performers. Rhythm and blues revue 1955 the movie database tmdb. The title is a little more accurate, but there is still a lot of swing. Rhythm and blues revue is a one of the first live films that is dedicated to rhythm and blues in 1955. It looks like the two films were made almost simultaneously, same mc, a lot of the same acts. Rhythm and blues revue national museum of african american. Rhythmandblues music synonyms, rhythmandblues music pronunciation, rhythmandblues music translation, english dictionary definition of rhythmandblues music. Rhythm is a 2000 indian tamil musical drama film written and directed by vasanth and produced by v. Extravaganza with lots of music legends from the 50s. The best of the rest selected recordings from eddies, federal and rhythm 19481958 released. Blues collection i maestri del blues e del rhythmn. Rhythm and blues revue 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
This wall poster traces the history of rhythm and blues from its roots in texas, louisiana and the mississippi delta through to its migration to the city. Scrobble songs to get recommendations on tracks you might like. Rhythm and blues revue, is a 1955 feature film compiled by studio films, inc. Rhythm and blues revue 1955 this is a musical variety show filmed at the apollo theatre in harlem, new york city, featuring a cast of. Rhythm and blues revue is a plotless variety show, one of several compiled for theatrical exhibition from the madefortelevision short films produced by snader and studio telescriptions, with newlyfilmed host segments by willie bryant. Edition discs price new from used from dvd aug 30, 2005 please retry. Discover whats missing in your discography and shop for blues collection i maestri del blues e del rhythmnblues releases. Most of the songs seem to be more rhythm than blues. This movie is stacked with great live performances like sarah vaughn, big joe turner, lionel hampton, nat king cole and so many others. Watch rhythm and blues revue online 1955 movie yidio. The best stuff is lionel hampton, but we also get to see sarah vaughan, nat king cole and count basie. King, muddy waters, ray charles, jimmy reed, champion jack dupree and fats domino. Legendary rhythm and blues revue presented by lrbc.
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