The Brylcreem Boys: Singers Of Early Rock & Roll
Go back to the late 50's and early 60's when Rock and Roll was young and its singers were good looking guys with greasy pompadour hairstyles. This was a time when teenage girls were hanging colorful posters of their idols on their bedroom walls and screaming on Bandstand watching them lip-sync their latest hit records.
This program focuses on 10 Brylcreem Boys who carved out singing careers for themselves for their then teenage audiences. In those days, record producers were looking for good looks, sex appeal and singing talent. In other words, the complete package. Some of these singers had more talent than others and went on to write songs, act in movies and produce records but all were hot commodities of their day.
Phil briefly discusses their careers while singing some of the biggest hits of Paul Anka, Bobby Darin, Neil Sedaka, Dion DiMucci, Bobby Vee, Bobby Rydell, Freddy Cannon, Jimmy Clanton, Gene Pitney and Frankie Avalon.
This program focuses on 10 Brylcreem Boys who carved out singing careers for themselves for their then teenage audiences. In those days, record producers were looking for good looks, sex appeal and singing talent. In other words, the complete package. Some of these singers had more talent than others and went on to write songs, act in movies and produce records but all were hot commodities of their day.
Phil briefly discusses their careers while singing some of the biggest hits of Paul Anka, Bobby Darin, Neil Sedaka, Dion DiMucci, Bobby Vee, Bobby Rydell, Freddy Cannon, Jimmy Clanton, Gene Pitney and Frankie Avalon.