16 October 1981

Fridays TV Show, Los Angeles, CA, USA

This is the American TV debut for the Stray Cats. Because their Arista record deal doesn't include the USA they are introduced by Brandis Kemp holding up a sign stating that their albums haven't been released in the USA yet (see first snapshot).

They got this gig because they met the talent coordinator of the show on a pub-flight from England to the USA. Lee Rocker talks about this in his interview with Vintage Guitar from September 1998.

They perform:
1 Your Baby Blue Eyes
2 Stray Cat Strut
3 Rock This Town
4 Runaway Boys


For the video on Youtube follow this link: StrayCats on Fridays.mov
The video is also available on the 2006 DVD compilation Rumbling Through The Years
Two of the songs (Stray Cat Strut and Rock This Town) are available on the 2013 DVD compilation Best of Fridays 5-disc set. This has an amazing quality, too bad it only has two songs.


The songs are also featured on the following compilation CD's:
- The 2017 compilation On The Box The TV Broadcast Collection
- The compilation from unknown year Rockers Rule
- The 1993 compilation Platinum Pussy

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