Appearances in Films
The Nashville Teens appeared in three films in 1965;
In Pop Gear by Frederic Goode a long series of pop artists play one or two songs; The Beatles live before an audience while a.o. The Animals, The Honeycombs, Peter & Gordon and Herman's Hermits mime in a studio. The Nashville Teens mime "Tobacco Road" and "Google Eye". In the United States the film was brought out as Go Go Mania.
In Be My Guest, a family has inherited a hotel in Brighton. Their son works at a local paper and tries to set up a pop group of which one member is played by Steve Marriott. A talent scout scene is a pretext to present a few artists, among them The Nashville Teens who also back Jerry Lee Lewis.
Gonks Go Beat by Robert Hartford-Davis is set in the distant future. An alien from the planet Gonk comes to Earth to establish peace between the two remaining nations,one of which prefers rock and roll and the other ballads and his task involves listening to The Teens, Lulu and The Graham Bond Organisation.
In 2010, The Nashville Teens hit "Tobacco Road" was featured on the 4th season premiere of the hit AMC TV show Mad Men.
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