HOOTENANNY HOOT
TCM, 10:30 a.m. ET
If you’re a fan of early proto-rock movie musicals that found excuses to cram as many up-and-coming acts on screen as possible, be aware that at least one movie, back in the early 1960s, tried to do the same thing for country music. Hootenanny Hoot is built around a fictional romantic plot involving the rocky marriage of a TV producer and a TV director -- but the TV setting allows for plenty of country acts to step into the spotlight and perform, including, most significantly, Johnny Cash. And this movie came out in 1963, the year before The Beatles released the movie and album of A Hard Day’s Night.