Let the Good Times Roll (film)
Let the Good Times Roll is a 1973 rockumentary / concert film directed by Robert Abel and Sidney Levin. It features numerous stars from the American pop and rock music scene of the 1950s. Summary The film edits together footage of two concerts from 1973, one at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, and a second at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan, during the height of a series of multi-artist tours known as the "Rock and Roll Revival," interspersed with footage of the singers from the 1950s and 60s. It also includes interviews with the singers. Cast The film features performances from numerous stars from the 1950s and early 1960s, including Chuck Berry Chubby Checker The Coasters Danny and the Juniors Bo Diddley Fats Domino The Five Satins Bill Haley and the Comets Little Richard The Shirelles Bobby Comstock The film ends with a rare, and apparently impromptu, duet between Berry and Diddley, who had recorded together before, but were not often filmed on stage together. Style The film uses split screen techniques to contrast the performers' appearances in the 1950s and in the 1970s (as well as clips from 1950s-era films such as I Was a Teenage Werewolf). Vincent Canby,