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All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music is the name of a 17-part television documentary series on the history of modern pop music directed by Tony Palmer, originally broadcast worldwide between 1976 and 1980. The series covers some of the many different genres that have fallen under the "pop" label between the mid-19th century and 1976, including folk, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, vaudeville and music hall, musical theatre, country, swing, jazz, blues, R&B, rock 'n' roll and others.
Original Release
02/12/1977
US Release
02/12/1977
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Elton John | Self |
| Bing Crosby | Self |
| Paul McCartney | Self / Themselves |
| John Lennon | Self |
| Hoagy Carmichael | Self |
| John Hammond | Self |
| Irving Caesar | Self |
| Glynis Johns | Self |
| Ray Charles | Self |
| Mick Jagger | Self |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Saturday, 12 February 1977 |
| 2 | God's Children: The Beginnings | Saturday, 19 February 1977 |
| 3 | I Can Hypnotise 'Dis Nation: Ragtime | Saturday, 26 February 1977 |
| 4 | Jungle Music: Jazz | Saturday, 05 March 1977 |
| 5 | Who's That Comin'?: Blues | Saturday, 12 March 1977 |
| 6 | Rude Songs: Vaudeville & Music Hall | Saturday, 19 March 1977 |
| 7 | Always Chasing Rainbows: Tin Pan Alley | Saturday, 26 March 1977 |
| 8 | Diamonds as Big as the Ritz: The Musical | Saturday, 02 April 1977 |
| 9 | Swing That Music!: Swing | Saturday, 09 April 1977 |
| 10 | Good Times: Rhythm and Blues | Saturday, 16 April 1977 |
| 11 | Making Moonshine: Country Music | Saturday, 23 April 1977 |
| 12 | Go Down, Moses!: Songs of War and Protest | Saturday, 30 April 1977 |
| 13 | Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll!: Rock and Roll | Saturday, 07 May 1977 |
| 14 | Mighty Good: The Beatles | Saturday, 14 May 1977 |
| 15 | All Along the Watchtower: Sour Rock | Saturday, 21 May 1977 |
| 16 | Whatever Gets You Through the Night: Glitter Rock | Saturday, 28 May 1977 |
| 17 | Imagine: New Directions | Saturday, 04 June 1977 |
Directors
Writers
Paul Oliver, Nik Cohn, David Cheshire, Humphrey Lyttelton, Rudi Blesh, Lester Bangs, Charles Chilton, Ian Whitcomb, Derek Taylor, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Feather, Jack Good
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Elton John | Self |
| Bing Crosby | Self |
| Paul McCartney | Self / Themselves |
| John Lennon | Self |
| Hoagy Carmichael | Self |
| John Hammond | Self |
| Irving Caesar | Self |
| Glynis Johns | Self |
| Ray Charles | Self |
| Mick Jagger | Self |
| Pat Boone | Self |
| Roy Rogers | Self |
| Aretha Franklin | Self |
| Eric Clapton | Self |
| Liberace | Self |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | Self |
| Donovan | Self |
| Rouben Mamoulian | Self |
| Joan Baez | Self |
| The Rolling Stones | Themselves |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Richard Pilbrow | Executive Producer |
| Rob Ayling | Executive Producer |
| Neville C. Thompson | Producer |
| Paul Medlicott | Producer |
| Seymour Heller | Producer |
| Jennifer Ryan | Producer |
| Jennifer Ryan | Producer |
Editors
