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The Tommy Steele Story is a 1957 British film directed by Gerard Bryant and starring Tommy Steele, dramatising Steele's rise to fame as a teen idol. Along with Rock You Sinners, it was one of the first British films to feature rock and roll. In the US, where Steele was not well-known, the film was released under the title Rock Around ...
Only a few months after his first chart presence, the singer was filming his life story; The Tommy Steele Story (1957) featured twelve new songs, written hastily by Steele, Bart and Pratt, that expanded the singer's repertoire to incorporate ballads and calypso music.
Dec 2, 2023 · Teenager Tommy Steele buys a second hand guitar in a junk shop before joining the merchant navy. Once onboard, his boss loses his patience, telling him he has to choose...
With Tommy Steele, Humphrey Lyttelton, Chas McDevitt, Nancy Whiskey. This is the story of the early life and rise to fame of Tommy Steele. His manager wanted him to be a tough rock'n'roller and so challenge Elvis Presley but Tommy is too nice. He becomes famous anyway!!
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- Biography, Drama, Music
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Nov 10, 2020 · https://bit.ly/3lg25Gs Shrewdly capitalising on the unprecedented mid '50s teen interest in rock and roll, The Tommy Steele Story features "the boy from Bermondsey" in a dramatised tale of...
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Dec 15, 2020 · 10K views 3 years ago. Directed by Gerard Bryant with Tommy Steele, Humphrey Lyttelton and Chas McDevitt. Blu-ray (Amazon UK) : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08KGTBD3H Blu-ray (Amazon) : https...
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Having learnt to play the guitar while in hospital, Bermondsey boy Tommy Steele discovers his ability as a performer while working as a ship's steward in this fictionalised biography of Britain's first rock 'n' roll star. Returning to London, Tommy is given an engagement at a Soho coffee bar.
