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In rock ‘n’ roll’s early days, Hollywood discovered they could package a bunch of musical performances and weave them in between a flimsy plotline.

Teenagers lined up and paid their money to watch the current chart-toppers sing and play.

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That concept changed in 1964. The T.A.M.I. Show featured 12 of the hottest musical acts appearing live in front of a crowd of rabid teens in the Santa Monica (California) Civic Auditorium. Jan & Dean, Chuck Berry, Gerry and The Pacemakers, The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Lesley Gore, The Beach Boys, Billy J.

Kramer and The Dakotas, The Supremes, The Barbarians, James Brown and The Famous Flames, and The Rolling Stones all performed live.

Theaters showed the two hours of nearly nonstop music across the country beginning in November 1964.

After its theater run ended, it was occasionally shown on television and disappeared for decades. Before