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Top 10 concert films
A concert film or concert movie, is a type of documentary film, the subject of which is an extended live performance or concert by either a musician or a stand-up comedian.
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Early history
The earliest known concert film was the 1960 documentary Jazz on a Summer's Day. The film was recorded during the fifth annual Newport Jazz Festival. Meanwhile, the earliest known rock concert film was the T.A.M.I. Show, which featured acts such as The Beach Boys, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, and the Rolling Stones.
Rockumentary
The term was first used by Bill Drake in the 1969 History of Rock & Roll radio broadcast and is a portmanteau of "rock" and "documentary". The term was subsequently used to describe concert films containing appearances by multiple artists. In 1976, the term was used by the promoters of the live musical production Beatlemania which documented the evolving career of The Beatles. The mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap from 1984 notability parodied the rockumentary genre.