These resources are mostly posted on You Tube ( http://youtube.com ). The songs were all top 50 hits during the years (approximately) 1955 through 1965. Click on a link to go directly to the resource. Each will open in a new window.
AMERICAN GRAFITTI - 1973 (Full Movie by chapters - About a group of recently graduated teenagers and their stories during one night of cruising the streets during the summer of 1962.)
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE - 1955 (Full Movie by chapters - The landmark teen film that solidified James Dean's image with the public follows the story of rebellious middle-class teens, disenfranchised with their parents, and given to a life of thuggery and deadly dangerous drag racing to win over girls.)
TWO LANE BLACKTOP - 1971 (Full Movie by chapters - Arguably the best of the late 60s, early 70s existential road film genre (including "Easy Rider," "Vanishing Point" and "Electra Glide in Blue".)
LA BAMBA - 1987 (Full Movie - The story of rock 'n' roll performer Ritchie Valens, who died in a plane crash in 1959, along with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper. "The Day The Music Died at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa.")
THE BIG WHEEL - 1949 (Billy Coy comes to Carrell which is a real speedway in Gardena, California when the movie was made. Red, Billy's late father's mechanic, hires Billy as a mechanic. Billy soon gets a job as a driver. Will he get to race the Indianapolis, the track where his father died?)
HOT ROD GIRL - 1956 (When his younger brother, Steve, is killed racing a hot-rod, Jeff Northup blames himself for the accident since he had built the car for his brother and had encouraged him to race it, with other boys on a special course provided by police detective Ben Merrill, who is working to reduce the city's hot-rod fatalities by providing supervision for the dangerous hobby.)
