Dancing in the Street

Season 1

Rock & Roll (U.S. title) or Dancing in the Street: a Rock and Roll History (U.K. title) is a 10-part American-British television documentary series about the history of rock and roll music produced by the BBC and WGBH, and which screened in 1995 on PBS in the United States and on BBC Two in the United Kingdom during 1996.

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10 Episodes

  • Whole Lotta Shakin'
    E1
    Whole Lotta Shakin'In the fifties, a new musical force appeared, shaking up clean-living America – rock 'n' roll. Following Fats Domino's lead, Little Richard burst onto the scene in New Orleans. In Memphis, the new music also emerged, and a young Elvis Presley recorded his first songs.
  • Be My Baby
    E2
    Be My BabyGirl groups, the surf sound, and perfect pop take over the charts.
  • So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star
    E3
    So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll StarWhen Bob Dylan arrived in New York, he stirred up not only the placid world of folk music but also rock'n'roll, influencing everyone from the Beatles to the Byrds. Meanwhile in Britain, the Beatles were expanding on the legacy of the Shadows and skiffle to open out British rock music.
  • Respect
    E4
    RespectDuring the British invasion of North America the soul and rhythm 'n blues artists and groups found their way back to the core of the music. The Detroit sound, Stax, The Chicago rumble and much more surfaced.
  • Crossroads
    E5
    CrossroadsIn the early sixties Chicago blues is adopted by British listeners and the music of artists such as Muddy Waters gives birth to a succession of new British rhythm-and-blues artists.
  • Eight Miles High
    E6
    Eight Miles HighThe Pop scene moves too California. Hippies, drugs, outdoor festivals, psychedelia and anti-culture. The Byrds, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Country Joe and the Fish and others. While bands The Beatles and The Rolling Stones spent most of their time in the studio.
  • Hang on to Yourself
    E7
    Hang on to YourselfMusicians are left nursing a hangover after the failure of the summer of love. Into the breach step some of the most outrageous figures yet to grace a rock stage, like Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop and David Bowie.
  • No Fun
    E8
    No FunIn the mid-seventies, the American music business was shaken out of its complacency by the eccentric sounds of artists like Jonathan Richman. But it was when the anarchic style was picked up in Britain by bands including the Sex Pistols and the Clash that the punk revolution really took off.
  • Make It Funky
    E9
    Make It FunkyIn the seventies, James Brown's musical innovations earned him the sobriquet of the godfather of funk. This episode remembers the revolution he instigated, plus the work of other funk figureheads such as Sly and the Family Stone, Bootsy Collins and George Clinton.
  • Planet Rock
    E10
    Planet RockThe concluding episode looks at how the passage of time has not compromised music's ability to innovate, excite and induce outrage. With interviews with New Order, Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys, Run DMC and The Orb.

 

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