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Episode 2

Mark Kermode takes us on a unique and personal tour of the last six decades of pop music and film. First broadcast in 2016.

It could be argued that modern pop music began in the mid 1950s with Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and the Comets. This iconic song was used for the opening credits of the teen high school drama Blackboard Jungle in 1955, and then, a year later, the movie Rock Around the Clock came out featuring Bill and The Comets in a fictionalised account of the birth of rock n roll.

More than 60 years on, Mark Kermode brings us a unique and personal tour of his very own Celluloid Jukebox. In each programme we will hear music from the six decades that cinema and pop music have been partners. The musical selection will be eclectic and free flowing - sometimes connected by theme or genre, sometimes by year or artist and sometimes through Mark's particular and personal associations. He shares anecdotes and gives context to the choices, and each programme will feature extracts of dialogue from some of the films featured, as well as other audio archive.

First broadcast in 2016.

1 hour

Last on

Fri 2 Oct 2020 01:00

Music Played

  • The Chips

    RUBBER BISCUIT

    • JUBILEE & JOSIE R&B VOCAL GROUPS VOL 4.
    • SEQUEL.
    • NEM-757.
  • Bette Midler

    STUFF LIKE THAT THERE

    • FOR THE BOYS.
    • ATLANTIC.
    • 7 82329-2.
  • Bessie Smith

    ST LOUIS BLUES

    • THE BESSIE SMITH COLLECTION.
    • DEJA VU.
    • DVCD-2008.
  • Can

    Vitamin C

    • Ege Bamyasi.
    • Grey Area.
    • B0002-K0ZK8.
  • Lee Marvin

    WAND'RIN' STAR

    • PAINT YOUR WAGON.
    • MCA.
    • MCLD-19310.
  • JOHN GOODMAN

    People Like Us

  • Carla Azar, Michael Fassbender & Stephen Rennicks

    I Love You All

    • Frank.
    • promo.
    • n/a 001.
  • Oscar Isaac & Marcus Mumford

    Fare Thee Well

    • Inside Llewyn.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 534867-2.
  • Big Mama Thornton

    Sing Out For Jesus

  • David Bowie

    'Helden'

    • CHRISTIANE F.
    • EMI.
    • 7243-533093-29.
  • Aimee Mann

    WISE UP

    • MAGNOLIA (SOUNDTRACK).
    • REPRISE.
    • 9362-47638 2.
  • Shonen Knife

    Top of the World

    • The Birds and the B Sides.
    • Virgin Records America Ltd.
    • 7243 8-4141424.
  • Yo La Tengo

    The Crying Of Lot G

    • AND THEN NOTHING TURNED ITSELF INSIDE OUT.
    • Matador.
  • The S.O.S. Band

    Just Be Good To Me

    • CBS.
  • The Velvelettes

    He Was Really Saying Something

    • MOD RAVES VOLUME 1.
    • Spectrum.
  • Yazoo

    Don't Go

    • Only Yazoo: The Best Of.
    • Mute Records.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 11 Apr 2018 01:00
  • Wed 7 Nov 2018 01:00
  • Mon 4 Nov 2019 04:00
  • Fri 2 Oct 2020 01:00