List of films about bands

Columns: Year | Film/Title | Director ( s ) | Cast/Leads | Notes
1954 | The Glenn Miller Story | Anthony Mann | James Stewart June Allyson | The film tells the story of the Glenn Miller Orchestra and big band leader Glenn Miller ( 1904-1944 ) ( James Stewart ) from his early days in the music business in 1929 through to his 1944 death when the airplane he was flying in was lost over the English Channel during World War II . The film features ten songs performed by the Glenn Miller Orchestra | 1956 | Rock Around the Clock | Fred F. Sears | Bill Haley and his Comets Alan Freed | Considered the first true rock and roll feature film , it is a highly fictionalized account of the origins of rock . The film features several major acts of the day , including The Platters , but largely focuses on the success of Haley and his band , whose single Rock Around the Clock is widely considered to be the first rock and roll hit | 1964 | A Hard Day 's Night | Richard Lester | The Beatles | Several days in the lives of the Beatles | 1966 | Charlie Is My Darling | Peter Whitehead | The Rolling Stones | The first documentary film about the Rolling Stones , shot during the band 's tour of Ireland in September 1965 . A restored edition , with additional material , was released theatrically in 2012 | 1970 | Let It Be | Neil Aspinall | The Beatles Billy Preston | A documentary about The Beatles rehearsing and recording songs for the album Let It Be , it was filmed in January 1969 . The film features an unannounced rooftop concert by the group , their last performance in public . Released just after the album , it was the final original Beatles release | 1970 | Gim me Shelter | Albert and David Maysles Charlotte Zwerin | The Rolling Stones | A documentary film chronicling the last weeks of The Rolling Stones ' 1969 US tour which culminated in the disastrous Altamont Free Concert . The film is named after Gim me Shelter , the lead track from the group 's 1969 album Let It Bleed | 1975 | Flame | Richard Loncraine | Slade Tom Conti Alan Lake | Film starring the British rock band Slade . The film charts the history of Flame , a fictitious group in the late 1960s who are picked up by a marketing company and taken to the top , only to break up at their zenith . Described as the Citizen Kane of rock musicals by BBC film critic Mark Kermode , the film went on to achieve critical acclaim years after the mixed feelings on its original release

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What was the genre of the 1954 film about a band directed by Anthony Mann ? | What was the genre of the 1956 film about a band directed by Fred F. Sears ? | Who was the writer of the 1975 film about a band directed by Richard Loncraine ? | What was the genre of the 1964 film about a band directed by Richard Lester ?

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biographical | musical | Andrew Birkin | musical comedy