cast
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Paul Morley
Self
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Maureen Lipman
Self
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Howard Keel
Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage) (uncredited) / Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Richard Carpenter
Self
- Bill Cotton Self
- Lynne Seymour Self - Narrator (voice)
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James Galway
Self / Self (archive footage)
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Denis Norden
Self
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Elvis Costello
Self
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Marc Warren
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Laverne Andrews
Self - The Andrews Sisters (archive footage)
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Patty Andrews
Self - The Andrews Sisters (archive footage)
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Seán Carlsen
Self - Narrator (voice) / Narrator (voice)
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Bobby Ball
Self
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Tommy Cannon
Self
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Max Clifford
Self
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Maxene Andrews
Self - The Andrews Sisters (archive footage) / Self - The Andrews Sisters (archive footage)
- Ernest Maxin Self
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Bob Monkhouse
Joy Beverley (archive footage)
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Peter Stringfellow
Self
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Jimmy Tarbuck
Self
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Michael York
Self / Self (uncredited)
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Roy Orbison
Self (archive footage)
- Barbara Orbison Self - widow
- Terry Widlake Self - Road Manager
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Jeff Lynne
Self
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Johnny Cash
Self (archive footage)
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Olivia Harrison
Self
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Bono
Self
- Tony King Self - Promotions Man
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Robin Gibb
Self
- Gerry Marsden Self
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David Lynch
Self
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Joe Walsh
Self
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Bernie Taupin
Self
- Sophie Walton Masters Self - Commentary (voice)
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Bill Wyman
Self
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Mario Lanza
Self (archive footage)
- Gavin Lambert Self (archive footage)
- Luisa DiMeo Self
- Murray Garrett Self
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Sara Montiel
Self
- Peter Prichard Self
- Terry Robinson Self
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Petula Clark
Self
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Honor Blackman
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Michael Ball
Self
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David Cassidy
Self
- Bill Kenwright Self
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Rod McKuen
Self
- Lucy O'Brien Self
- Jackie Trent Self
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Andy Williams
Self
- Kathy Wolff Self
- Val Doonican Self
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Pauline McLynn
Self - Narrator (voice)
- Gerry Anderson Self
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Arthur Askey
Self (archive footage)
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Michael Caine
Self (archive footage)
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Rosemary Clooney
Self (archive footage)
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Bing Crosby
Self (archive footage)
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John Denver
Self (archive footage)
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Crystal Gayle
Self (archive footage)
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Rolf Harris
Self
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Gloria Hunniford
Self
- Yvonne Littlewood Self
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Anthony Newley
Self (archive footage)
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Django Reinhardt
Self (archive footage)
- John Williams Self
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Dave Allen
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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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
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Daphne Oxenford
Self
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Doris Day
Various Roles (archive footage)
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Michael Brandon
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Terence Davies
Self
- Marilyn French Self
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James Garner
Self
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Molly Haskell
Self
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A. E. Hotchner
Self
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Jackie Joseph
Self
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Don Pippin
Self
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Ethel Barrymore
Aunt Jessie Tuttle (archive footage) (uncredited)
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James Cagney
Martin Snyder (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Eddie Foy Jr.
Vernon Hines (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Carol Haney
Gladys Hotchkiss (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Charles Lane
Roy (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Allyn Ann McLerie
Katie Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Martin Melcher Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Janis Paige
Elvira Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Thelma Pelish
Mae (archive footage) (uncredited)
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John Raitt
Sid Sorokin (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Tony Randall
Pete Ramsey (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Reta Shaw
Mabel (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Sidney Skolsky Sidney Skolsky (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Rod Taylor
Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Alma Cogan Self (archive footage)
- Siriol Jenkins Self - Narrator (voice)
- Sandra Caron Self - Younger Sister
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Bruce Forsyth
Self
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Andrew Loog Oldham
Self
- Rosemary Squires Self
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Vera Lynn
Self (archive footage)
- Betty Boothroyd Self
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Betty Driver
Self
- Ralph Harvey Self
- David Jacobs Self
- Marcel Stellman Self
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Carmen Miranda
Self (archive footage)
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Carla Mendonça
Narrator (voice)
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Ruy Castro
Self
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Mickey Rooney
Self
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Matt Monro
Self (archive footage)
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Neil Pearson
Self - Narrator (voice)
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John Barry
Self
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Don Black
Self
- Robert Elms Self
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Paul Gambaccini
Self
- Robert Hewison Self
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George Martin
Self
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Al Bowlly
Self (archive footage)
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Ian Holm
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Carrie Grant
Self
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Hugh Hefner
Self
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Jimmy Perry
Self
- Tony Staveacre Self
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Jacques Brel
Self (archive footage)
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Louis Prima
Self (archive footage)
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Sam Butera
Self
- Ron Cannatella Self
- Gia Maione Self
- Louis Prima Jr. Self
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Bruce Boyd Raeburn
Self
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John Dankworth
Self
- Russell Davies Self - Narrator (voice)
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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
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Kevin Whately
Self
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Ella Fitzgerald
Self (archive footage)
- James Last Self (archive footage)
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Richard Clayderman
Self
- Ron Last Self
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Édith Piaf
Self (archive footage)
- Gene Lees Self
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Ute Lemper
Self
- Kevin Conneff Self
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Andrea Corr
Self
- Seán Keane Self
- Paddy Moloney Self
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Keith Richards
Self
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Sting
Self
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Marty Feldman
Self / Various (archive footage)
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Nigel Planer
Self - Narrator (voice)
- Don Archell Self
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Tim Brooke-Taylor
Self
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Jim Clark
Self
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John Cleese
Self
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Dick Clement
Self
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Dom DeLuise
Self
- Stanley Dorfman Self
- Lauretta Feldman Self (archive footage)
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David Frost
Self
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Larry Gelbart
Self
- Denis King Self
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Ian La Frenais
Self
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Barry Levinson
Self
- Allan McKeown Self
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Michael Palin
Self
- Geoffrey Robertson Self
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Barry Took
Self (archive footage)
- Lyn Took Self
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Gene Wilder
Self
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Anne Bancroft
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Mel Brooks
Mel Funn (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Graham Chapman
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Teri Garr
Inga (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Madeline Kahn
Elizabeth (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Andy Kaufman
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Buster Keaton
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Louise Lasser
Mary (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Dean Martin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Richard Pryor
G.O.D. (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Barney Ales Self
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Rosalind Ashford
Self
- Madeline Bell Self
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Tony Blackburn
Self
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Lamont Dozier
Self
- Abdul 'Duke' Fakir Self
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Brian Holland
Self
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Eddie Holland
Self
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Paul McCartney
Self
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Martha Reeves
Self
- Claudette Robinson Self
- Vicki Wickham Self
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Mary Wilson
Self
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Julie London
Self
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Mariella Frostrup
Self - Narrator
- Mari Wilson Self
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Josephine Baker
Self (archive footage)
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Josette Simon
Narrator (voice)
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Patti Boulaye
Self
- Molly Molloy Self
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Daniel André Pageon
Self
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Neil Sedaka
Self
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Carole Bayer Sager
Self
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Connie Francis
Self
- Don Kirshner Self - Co-founder, Aldon Music
- Philip Norman Self - Writer
- Jay Siegel Self - The Tokens
- Mark Radcliffe Self - Narrator (voice)
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Blondie Chaplin
Self - Beach Boys Guitarist
- John Hanlon Self - Recording Engineer
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Taylor Hawkins
Self - Drummer, The Foo Fighters
- Gregg Jakobson Self - Producer
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Al Jardine
Self - Beach Boy
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David Marks
Self - Founding Member, Beach Boys
- Jon Stebbins Self - Biographer
- Ron Swallow Self - Beach Boys Roadie
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Brian Wilson
Self (archive footage)
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Bruce Johnston
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Karen Lamm
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Mike Love
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Charles Manson
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Aubree Wilson Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Carl Wilson
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Dennis Wilson
Self / The Mechanic (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Joan Sutherland Self
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Richard Bonynge
Self
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Plácido Domingo
Self
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Luciano Pavarotti
Self
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Franco Zeffirelli
Self
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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
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Quincy Jones
Self
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Terry Lewis
Self
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Sérgio Mendes
Self
- Jerry Moss Self
- John Pisano Self - Guitar, The Tijuana Brass
- Pat Senatore Self - Bass, The Tijuana Brass
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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
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Chuck D
Self
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Mick Hucknall
Self
- Paul Jones Self
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Charlie Musselwhite
Self
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Jimmy Page
Self
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Steven Van Zandt
Self
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Andre Williams
Self
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Philip Glenister
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Eric Bell
Self
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Brian Downey
Self
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Bob Geldof
Self
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Scott Gorham
Self
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Phil Lynott
Self (archive footage)
- Frank Murray Self - Thin Lizzy Road Manager
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Brian Robertson
Self
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Midge Ure
Self
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Tony Visconti
Self