Tuesday Weld turned 13 during filming. Teddy Randazzo, who plays her boyfriend, was 21 at the time. The film was also Weld's debut.
Only four songs from the 12-track "Rock Rock Rock" soundtrack album were used in the film. Noticeably absent, though on the album, are Chuck Berry's early hits "Maybelline" and "Roll Over Beethoven", as well as The Moonglows' pop and R'n'B standards "Sincerely" and "See Saw".
A movie theatre marquee in the opening shot of this picture reads Private's Progress (1956), which like this film, was distributed by DCA.
This film features 21 songs. According to a contemporary source, all performances were lip-synced or dubbed. Due to the preponderance of popular musical performances over plot and dialog, this is an early example of a "jukebox musical".
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