Jamboree (1957)

Young Honey Wynn (Freda Holloway) and Pete Porter (Paul Carr) want to be singing stars. Grace Shaw (Kay Medford) and Lew Arthur (Bob Pastene) are the managers who manipulate the two songbirds to perform as a duo (although Honey’s singing voice is provided here by Connie Francis).

Although the plot is almost non-existent, almost every act from the early days of American rock ‘n’ roll appear as themselves, including Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Knox, Frankie Avalon, and Carl Perkins.

In addition to the musical performers, the film had many cameo appearances by disc jockeys from across the US, Canada, Britain and Germany – thus ensuring free radio plugs for the film upon its release.

Released as Disc Jockey Jamboree in the UK.

Musical Artists
Fats Domino
Jerry Lee Lewis
Buddy Knox
Jimmy Bowen
Charlie Gracie
Count Basie and His Orchestra
The Four Coins
Frankie Avalon
Louis Lymon and the Teenchords
Slim Whitman
Carl Perkins
Honey Wynn
Freda Holloway
Honey Wynn (singing voice)
Connie Francis
Grace Shaw
Kay Medford
Lew Arthur
Bob Pastene
Pete Porter
Paul Carr
Warren Sykes
David King-Wood
Cindy Styles
Jean Martin
Disc Jockeys
Ron Coby
Ed Bonner (KXOK St. Louis)
Dick Clark (WFIL Philadelphia)
Joe Finan (KWY Cleveland)
Werner Goetze (Bayerische Rundfunk Munich)
Milt Grant (WTTG Washington)
Jocko Henderson (WOV New York)
Chris Howland (West Deutsch Rundfunk Cologne)
Jack Jackson (ATV London)
Barry Kaye (WJAS Pittsburgh)
Howard Miller (WIND Chicago)
Gerry Myers (CKOY Ottawa)
Jack Payne (BBC London)
Ray Perkins (KIMN Denver)
Keith Sandy (CKEY Toronto)
Zenas Sears (WAOK Atlanta)
Robin Seymour (WKMH Dearborn Detroit)
Sandy Singer (WTCN Minneapolis)
Joe Smith (WVDA Boston)
Dick Whittinghill (KMPC Hollywood)

Director
Roy Lockwood