Paul Morley

Self

Maureen Lipman

Self

Howard Keel

Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Carpenter

Self

Bill Cotton

Self

Lynne Seymour

Self - Narrator (voice)

James Galway

Self

Denis Norden

Self

Elvis Costello

Self

Marc Warren

Self - Narrator (voice)

Laverne Andrews

Self - The Andrews Sisters (archive footage)

Patty Andrews

Self - The Andrews Sisters (archive footage)

Seán Carlsen

Narrator (voice)

Bobby Ball

Self

Tommy Cannon

Self

Max Clifford

Self

Maxene Andrews

Self - The Andrews Sisters (archive footage)

Ernest Maxin

Self

Bob Monkhouse

Joy Beverley (archive footage)

Peter Stringfellow

Self

Jimmy Tarbuck

Self

Michael York

Self (uncredited)

Roy Orbison

Self (archive footage)

Barbara Orbison

Self - widow

Terry Widlake

Self - Road Manager

Jeff Lynne

Self

Johnny Cash

Self (archive footage)

Olivia Harrison

Self

Bono

Self

Tony King

Self - Promotions Man

Robin Gibb

Self

Gerry Marsden

Self

David Lynch

Self

Joe Walsh

Self

Bernie Taupin

Self

Sophie Walton Masters

Self - Commentary (voice)

Bill Wyman

Self

Mario Lanza

Self (archive footage)

Gavin Lambert

Self (archive footage)

Luisa DiMeo

Self

Murray Garrett

Self

Sara Montiel

Self

Peter Prichard

Self

Terry Robinson

Self

Petula Clark

Self

Honor Blackman

Self - Narrator (voice)

Michael Ball

Self

David Cassidy

Self

Bill Kenwright

Self

Rod McKuen

Self

Lucy O'Brien

Self

Jackie Trent

Self

Andy Williams

Self

Kathy Wolff

Self

Val Doonican

Self

Pauline McLynn

Self - Narrator (voice)

Gerry Anderson

Self

Arthur Askey

Self (archive footage)

Michael Caine

Self (archive footage)

Rosemary Clooney

Self (archive footage)

Bing Crosby

Self (archive footage)

John Denver

Self (archive footage)

Crystal Gayle

Self (archive footage)

Rolf Harris

Self

Gloria Hunniford

Self

Yvonne Littlewood

Self

Anthony Newley

Self (archive footage)

Django Reinhardt

Self (archive footage)

John Williams

Self

Dave Allen

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joyce Grenfell

Self / Various characters (archive footage)

Richard Baker

Self

Frith Banbury

Self

Kit Hesketh-Harvey

Self

Myra Hess

Self (archive footage)

Dillie Keane

Self

Denis Moriarty

Self

Daphne Oxenford

Self

Doris Day

Various Roles (archive footage)

Michael Brandon

Self - Narrator (voice)

Terence Davies

Self

Marilyn French

Self

James Garner

Self

Molly Haskell

Self

A. E. Hotchner

Self

Jackie Joseph

Self

Don Pippin

Self

Ethel Barrymore

Aunt Jessie Tuttle (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Cagney

Martin Snyder (archive footage) (uncredited)

Eddie Foy Jr.

Vernon Hines (archive footage) (uncredited)

Carol Haney

Gladys Hotchkiss (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles Lane

Roy (archive footage) (uncredited)

Allyn Ann McLerie

Katie Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)

Martin Melcher

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Janis Paige

Elvira Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)

Thelma Pelish

Mae (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Raitt

Sid Sorokin (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tony Randall

Pete Ramsey (archive footage) (uncredited)

Reta Shaw

Mabel (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sidney Skolsky

Sidney Skolsky (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rod Taylor

Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alma Cogan

Self (archive footage)

Siriol Jenkins

Self - Narrator (voice)

Sandra Caron

Self - Younger Sister

Bruce Forsyth

Self

Andrew Loog Oldham

Self

Rosemary Squires

Self

Vera Lynn

Self (archive footage)

Betty Boothroyd

Self

Betty Driver

Self

Ralph Harvey

Self

David Jacobs

Self

Marcel Stellman

Self

Carmen Miranda

Self (archive footage)

Carla Mendonça

Narrator (voice)

Ruy Castro

Self

Mickey Rooney

Self

Matt Monro

Self (archive footage)

Neil Pearson

Self - Narrator (voice)

John Barry

Self

Don Black

Self

Robert Elms

Self

Paul Gambaccini

Self

Robert Hewison

Self

George Martin

Self

Al Bowlly

Self (archive footage)

Ian Holm

Self - Narrator (voice)

Carrie Grant

Self

Hugh Hefner

Self

Jimmy Perry

Self

Tony Staveacre

Self

Jacques Brel

Self (archive footage)

Louis Prima

Self (archive footage)

Sam Butera

Self

Ron Cannatella

Self

Gia Maione

Self

Louis Prima Jr.

Self

Bruce Boyd Raeburn

Self

John Dankworth

Self

Russell Davies

Self - Narrator (voice)

Cleo Laine

Self

Alec Dankworth

Self

Jacqui Dankworth

Self

Laurie Holloway

Self

Julian Lloyd Webber

Self

Laurie Morgan

Self (archive footage)

Mark Nightingale

Self

Alan Plater

Self

Ned Sherrin

Self

Kevin Whately

Self

Ella Fitzgerald

Self (archive footage)

James Last

Self (archive footage)

Richard Clayderman

Self

Ron Last

Self

Édith Piaf

Self (archive footage)

Gene Lees

Self

Ute Lemper

Self

Kevin Conneff

Self

Andrea Corr

Self

Seán Keane

Self

Paddy Moloney

Self

Keith Richards

Self

Sting

Self

Marty Feldman

Self / Various (archive footage)

Nigel Planer

Self - Narrator (voice)

Don Archell

Self

Tim Brooke-Taylor

Self

Jim Clark

Self

John Cleese

Self

Dick Clement

Self

Dom DeLuise

Self

Stanley Dorfman

Self

Lauretta Feldman

Self (archive footage)

David Frost

Self

Larry Gelbart

Self

Denis King

Self

Ian La Frenais

Self

Barry Levinson

Self

Allan McKeown

Self

Michael Palin

Self

Geoffrey Robertson

Self

Barry Took

Self (archive footage)

Lyn Took

Self

Gene Wilder

Self

Anne Bancroft

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mel Brooks

Mel Funn (archive footage) (uncredited)

Graham Chapman

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Teri Garr

Inga (archive footage) (uncredited)

Madeline Kahn

Elizabeth (archive footage) (uncredited)

Andy Kaufman

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Buster Keaton

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Louise Lasser

Mary (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dean Martin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Pryor

G.O.D. (archive footage) (uncredited)

Barney Ales

Self

Rosalind Ashford

Self

Madeline Bell

Self

Tony Blackburn

Self

Lamont Dozier

Self

Abdul 'Duke' Fakir

Self

Brian Holland

Self

Eddie Holland

Self

Paul McCartney

Self

Martha Reeves

Self

Claudette Robinson

Self

Vicki Wickham

Self

Mary Wilson

Self

Julie London

Self

Mariella Frostrup

Self - Narrator

Mari Wilson

Self

Josephine Baker

Self (archive footage)

Josette Simon

Narrator (voice)

Patti Boulaye

Self

Molly Molloy

Self

Daniel André Pageon

Self

Neil Sedaka

Self

Carole Bayer Sager

Self

Connie Francis

Self

Don Kirshner

Self - Co-founder, Aldon Music

Philip Norman

Self - Writer

Jay Siegel

Self - The Tokens

Mark Radcliffe

Self - Narrator (voice)

Blondie Chaplin

Self - Beach Boys Guitarist

John Hanlon

Self - Recording Engineer

Taylor Hawkins

Self - Drummer, The Foo Fighters

Gregg Jakobson

Self - Producer

Al Jardine

Self - Beach Boy

David Marks

Self - Founding Member, Beach Boys

Jon Stebbins

Self - Biographer

Ron Swallow

Self - Beach Boys Roadie

Brian Wilson

Self (archive footage)

Bruce Johnston

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Karen Lamm

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mike Love

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles Manson

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Aubree Wilson

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Carl Wilson

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dennis Wilson

Self / The Mechanic (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joan Sutherland

Self

Richard Bonynge

Self

Plácido Domingo

Self

Luciano Pavarotti

Self

Franco Zeffirelli

Self

Herb Alpert

Self

Lou Adler

Self

Randy "Badazz" Alpert

Self

Robert Edmondson

Self - Trombone, The Tijuana Brass

Gil Friesen

Self

Lani Hall

Self

Barney Hoskyns

Self

Quincy Jones

Self

Terry Lewis

Self

Sérgio Mendes

Self

Jerry Moss

Self

John Pisano

Self - Guitar, The Tijuana Brass

Pat Senatore

Self - Bass, The Tijuana Brass

Stephen Fry

Self (uncredited)

Naphtalia Loderick

Actor in Reenactment Scenes

Maurice Tompkins

Actor in Reenactment Scenes

Elis Williams

Actor in Reenactment Scenes

Osian Williams-Huw

Actor in Reenactment Scenes

Gene Barge

Self

Marshall Chess

Self - Son of Leonard Chess

Chuck D

Self

Mick Hucknall

Self

Paul Jones

Self

Charlie Musselwhite

Self

Jimmy Page

Self

Steven Van Zandt

Self

Andre Williams

Self

Philip Glenister

Self - Narrator (voice)

Eric Bell

Self

Brian Downey

Self

Bob Geldof

Self

Scott Gorham

Self

Phil Lynott

Self (archive footage)

Frank Murray

Self - Thin Lizzy Road Manager

Brian Robertson

Self

Midge Ure

Self

Tony Visconti

Self

Bryan Hall

Camera Operator

Alexei Kidel

Camera Operator

David Blackman

Camera Operator

Chris Vile

Camera Operator

Mark Kidel

Camera Operator

Ken Morse

Camera Operator

James Maycock

Director

Steve Cole

Director

Mark Kidel

Director

Paul Aves

Editor

James Reynolds

Online Editor

Rick Holbrook

Online Editor

Andrew Findlay

Editor

James Maycock

Producer

Mark Kidel

Producer

Kate Thomas

Researcher

David M. Jackson

Executive Producer

Tim Jordan

Researcher

Chris Hunt

Producer

Fiona MacKenzie

Production Manager

Charles Rohr

Sound

Andreas Schleuter

Sound

Kiff McManus

Sound Recordist

Roger Johnson

Sound Recordist

Cameron Hills

Sound Recordist

François Waledisch

Sound

David Holmes

Sound Recordist

Steve Gentry

Sound Recordist

John Avery

Sound Recordist

Mark Kidel

Writer