James Brown and the Famous Flames performing Out Of Sight at the 1964 T.A.M.I Show. Lots of us kids in the suburbs had never seen anything like that before. The concert was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in October 1964 and released as a film two months later, which is how I saw it.
Like many shows of the 1964-66 era it was a grab bag of musical styles that you would never see in one place today. Along with Brown, performers included The Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, Marvin Gaye, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Jan & Dean (that's them introducing Brown), Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Supremes, and The Rolling Stones.
The T.A.M.I. Show is also featured in the fine biopic, Get On Up, in which Brown is portrayed by the late, great, Chadwick Boseman. According to Wikipedia, T.A.M.I stands for both "Teenage Awards Music International" and "Teen Age Music International".
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