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...durable phenomenon known as rock 'n' roll. This week's cover, a photomontage* put together by Associate Editor Charles P. Jackson, shows some of the young performers who are now at the top of what can only be described as the heap. They are 1) The Shindig Dancers, 2) The Beach Boys, 3) Petula Clark, 4) Trini Lopez, 5) Herman of Herman's Hermits, 6) The Righteous Brothers, and 7) The Supremes. What they and their fellow bobbers of the big beat are like, where the phenomenon came from, and the considerable impact it is having...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: may 21, 1965 | 5/21/1965 | See Source »

...Freshmen. The Beach Boys' tenor harmony goes so high that it sounds almost feminine, a fact that has all but locked out girl singers from the scores of surf groups performing on the West Coast. Beach Boys' songs, says Jack Good, producer of the rock 'n' roll TV show Shindig, "almost sound as if they were sung by eunuchs in the Sistine Chapel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock 'n' Roll: The Sound of the Sixties | 5/21/1965 | See Source »

...SHINDIG (ABC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.).* Elvis Presley's tenth anniversary in show business is the occasion for a program of the songs he made famous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: May 7, 1965 | 5/7/1965 | See Source »

...poolside, a den for his 31 gold (million-seller) single records. There is a private suite for him and another for his grandmother, Mrs. Minnie Presley, 74. He doesn't like to think about Elvis the idol when he's not working. When ABC's Shindig celebrates his tenth anniversary this week by singing his songs, he might not even watch. "I don't regard money or position as important. But I can never forget the longing to be someone. I guess if you are poor, you always think bigger and want more than those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock 'n' Roll: Forever Elvis | 5/7/1965 | See Source »

...rendition of "My Country 'tis of Thee." As a finale we planned to stage a protest Easter egg roll in front of the buses. Unfortunately the buses had not arrived when the purely frivolous chants began to wear thin. An effort to play a tape of last week's "Shindig" to fill the gap failed because we did not have a loud enough speaker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LAMPOON REPLITS | 4/21/1965 | See Source »

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