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IT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING BABY! 1965

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IT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING BABY! 1965
U.S. TV special. Hosted by Murray the "K" and featuring a who's who of mid-1960s rock and roll artists. A product of LBJ's "Great Society," this TV special was produced in conjunction with the U.S Government's Office of Economic Opportunity, with a message telling teenage high school dropouts about all the government programs like Job Corps that could improve their lives. Senate Republicans, evidently not fans of rock and roll, denounced the show as "decadent" and "depraved."

Segments were filmed in New York City, Detroit and Los Angeles. The Fox Theatre in Brooklyn was the setting for the onstage New York segments. Lots of cool performance footage was filmed live on the streets of NYC. The show opens with the famous footage of "Nowhere To Run" performed by Martha and the Vandellas and filmed at a Mustang assembly line in the Ford River Rouge Plant in Detroit.

Songs include: Martha and the Vandellas: "Nowhere to Run." Dionne Warwick: "Walk On By." Herman's Hermits: "Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter." Marvin Gaye: "Pride and Joy." Cannibal and the Headhunters: "Land of a Thousand Dances." Fred Gwynne: "Learns to snap fingers from Murray the "K." Patti and the Bluebelles: "You'll Never Walk Alone." Little Anthony and the Imperials: "I'm Alright." Tom Jones: "It's Not Unusual." The Ronettes: "Be My Baby." Johnny Mathis: "Wild is the Wind." Chuck Jackson: "I Don't Want to Cry." Mary Wells: "My Guy." Johnny Rivers: "The Seventh Son." Bill Cosby: "Jr. High School comedy bit." The Temptations: "The Way You Do The Things You Do." Gary Lewis and the Playboys: "Count Me In." The Drifters: "Up on the Roof." The Supremes: "Stop, In The Name of Love." Smokey Robinson the Miracles: "Ooo Baby Baby." The Dave Clark Five: "I Like It Like That." The Righteous Brothers: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'." The Four Tops: "I Can't Help Myself." Ray Charles: "What'd I Say." The Shindig Dancers. It's What's Happening Baby!

Plus this bonus selection...

CONEY ISLAND U.S.A. 1952
U.S. short film. A cool look at a Coney Island that sadly no longer exists. The film opens with a deserted and clean Coney Island beach at 6:00 am. The film captures the sights and sounds of a day and night at Coney Island and blends reality and fantasy camerawork to create a montage of excitement. Look for: The Wonder Wheel, Tunnel of Laffs, the Gyro, the Steeplechase, the Cyclone, the Hurricane, Virginia Reel, Girlie Revue, Hot Spot, and more! The rides were .15, .20 and .25 cents! You pays your money and you takes your choice.


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