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{{Infobox film
| name = It's Trad, Dad!
| image = Its Trad Dad.jpg
| caption = Australian [[film poster]]
| director = [[Richard Lester]]
| writer = [[Milton Subotsky]]
| producer = [[Max Rosenberg]]<br>Milton Subotsky
| starring = [[Helen Shapiro]]<br>[[Craig Douglas]]<br>[[Felix Felton]]<br>[[Deryck Guyler]]
| cinematography = [[Gilbert Taylor]]
| editing = [[Bill Lenny]]
| music = [[Ken Thorne]] (incidental music)
| studio = [[Amicus Productions]]<ref name="amicus">Ed. Allan Bryce, ''Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood'', Stray Cat Publishing, 2000 p. 15</ref>
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released = 30 March 1962
| runtime = 78 min.
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget = £50,000<ref name="walker">Alexander Walker, ''Hollywood, England'', Stein and Day, 1974 p227</ref>
| gross = £300,000 (UK)<ref name="walker"/>
}}

'''''It's Trad, Dad!''''' (1962), known in the U.S. as '''''Ring-A-Ding Rhythm''''', is a British musical comedy featuring performances by a variety of [[Dixieland|Dixieland jazz]] bands and [[rock-and-roll]] singers. The film was one of the first produced by [[Amicus Productions]], a company known predominantly for horror films. It was director [[Richard Lester]]'s first feature film.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gelly|first=Dave |author-link=Dave Gelly |title=An Unholy Row |year=2014 |publisher=Equinox|page=135}}</ref>

==Plot==
Craig ([[Craig Douglas]]) and Helen ([[Helen Shapiro]], then 15 years old) are teenagers who enjoy the latest trend of [[trad jazz|traditional jazz]] along with their friends. The local mayor and a group of adults dislike the trend, and move to have the [[jukebox]] in the coffee shop silenced.

With the help of an [[omniscient narrator]], Craig and Helen try to find a [[disc jockey]] and organize a show to popularize the music. Their travels take them where the music is: nightclubs, TV studios, and recording companies. They eventually get to see disc jockey [[Pete Murray (DJ)|Pete Murray]] and persuade him to attend and arrange for several jazz bands to perform. Murray recruits two other deejays, [[David Jacobs (broadcaster)|David Jacobs]] and [[Alan Freeman]], to join the party. The mayor, upon hearing the news of the upcoming performance, decides to stop the performers' bus by any means necessary.

When the show is scheduled to start, Craig and Helen find that their disc jockey and musicians have not yet arrived, so they perform themselves and are well received by the crowd. The bands' bus manages to evade a series of obstacles set up by the local police, and they arrive and put on the show for the BBC television cameras. The film ends with everyone enjoying the music, including the mayor who has been easily persuaded to take the credit for having arranged a successful show.

==Cast==
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* [[Helen Shapiro]]
* [[Craig Douglas]]
* [[John Leyton]]
* [[The Brook Brothers]]
* [[Chubby Checker]]
* [[Del Shannon]]
* [[Gary U.S. Bonds]] (as Gary (U.S.) Bonds)
* [[Gene Vincent]]
* [[Gene McDaniels]]
* [[The Paris Sisters]] (as Paris Sisters)
* [[The Dukes of Dixieland]] (as Dukes of Dixieland)
* [[Chris Barber's Jazz Band]] with [[Ottilie Patterson]]
* [[Acker Bilk]] and His Paramount Jazz Band (as Mr. Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band)
* [[Kenny Ball]] and his Jazzmen (as Kenny Ball's Jazzmen)
* [[Bob Wallis]] and his Storyville Jazzmen
* [[Terry Lightfoot]] and his New Orleans Jazz Band
* [[The Temperance Seven]]
* [[Sounds Incorporated]] (as Sounds Inc.)
* [[David Jacobs (broadcaster)|David Jacobs]]
* [[Pete Murray (DJ)|Pete Murray]]
* [[Alan Freeman]]
* [[Felix Felton]] as Mayor
* [[Arthur Mullard]] as Police Chief
* [[Deryck Guyler]] as Narrator
{{div col end}}

==Soundtrack==
The film predominantly comprises musical numbers, including performances by the principal actors Helen Shapiro and Craig Douglas themselves. However, unlike traditional "musicals" the songs have little to do with the movie plot. The other performers shown in the cast list were popular acts from both the U.K. and U.S.

{| class = "wikitable"
|+Numbers performed in the film
! Number !! Artist(s)
|-
|"Tavern in the Town"{{Reasonator|Q110260000}} || [[Terry Lightfoot|Terry Lightfoot and His New Orleans Jazz Band ]]
|-
|"1919 March" || [[Kenny Ball|Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen]]
|-
|"Space Ship to Mars" || [[Gene Vincent]]
|-
|"Double Trouble" || [[The Brook Brothers]]
|-
|"Dream Away Romance" || [[The Temperance Seven]]
|-
|"[[Everybody Loves My Baby]]" || The Temperance Seven
|-
|"Bellissima" || [[Bob Wallis|Bob Wallis and His Storyville Jazzmen]]
|-
|"Seven Day Weekend" || [[Gary "U.S." Bonds]]
|-
|"What Am I to Do?" || [[The Paris Sisters]]
|-
|"You Never Talked About Me" || [[Del Shannon]]
|-
|"Another Tear Falls" || [[Gene McDaniels]]
|-
|"Bye and Bye" || [[Dukes of Dixieland]]
|-
|"Lose-Your-Inhibitions Twist" || [[Chubby Checker]]
|-
|"In A Persian Market" || [[Acker Bilk|Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band]]
|-
|"Lonely City" || [[John Leyton]]
|-
|"[[High Society (composition)|High Society]]" || Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band
|-
|"[[Frankie and Johnny (song)|Frankie & Johnny]]" || Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band
|-
|"Aunt Flo" || Bob Wallis and His Storyville Jazzmen
|-
|"Rainbows" || [[Craig Douglas]]
|-
|"Let's Talk About Love" || [[Helen Shapiro]]
|-
|"Sometime Yesterday" || Helen Shapiro
|-
|"[[Maryland, My Maryland]]" || Terry Lightfoot and His New Orleans Jazz Band
|-
|"[[Beale Street Blues]]" || Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
|-
|"[[I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone#"Yellow Dog Rag"/"Yellow Dog Blues"|Yellow Dog Blues]]" || [[Chris Barber|Chris Barber's Jazz Band]]
|-
|"[[Down by the Riverside]]" || Chris Barber's Jazz Band featuring [[Ottilie Patterson]]
|-
|"[[When the Saints Go Marching In]]" || Chris Barber's Jazz Band featuring Ottilie Patterson
|-
|"Ring-a-Ding" || Craig Douglas
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0055026}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|ring_a_ding_rhythm}}
* {{amg movie|108012}}
* {{tcmdb title|id=88306}}
* {{AFI film|id=19661|title=It's Trad, Dad!}}

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[[Category:British musical comedy films]]
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[[Category:Films directed by Richard Lester]]
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[[Category:Amicus Productions films]]
[[Category:Columbia Pictures films]]
[[Category:1962 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ken Thorne]]
[[Category:1960s English-language films]]
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