Face to Face Adam Faith 11th December 1960

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[@ericwhite8010]

I have watched this many times as a fan.You can imagine just how many adults were impressed with this young man with a brain and charm as well as focussed on his career.

[@rosemaryclooneytunes]

What a sincere, honest, intelligent, and friendly man Adam was - I've always liked him a lot.

[@terrymcscann6239]

Rosemary Clooneytunes I quite agree. Good actor, too. Quite a contrast with Budgie.

[@rosemaryclooneytunes]

Terry McScann ...a brillant actor as well, and so in contrast with Budgie, indeed ! : )

[@ajlomas7185]

What a beautiful man, and god that smile. It was difficult to take my eyes off him, despite the fact that I found some of the questions impertinent, he comes across very polite, honest and at such a young age has a very sensible head on his shoulders, and very well read. Stars back then had so much style and knew how to present themselves, I can't imagine Ed Sheeran wearing a suite or even combing his hair...no one would recognise him!!! A great video, thankyou for this brilliant upload.

[@davidmathews7941]

The Questions were not inperternert That's the way the Interview was ment Adam was completely In agreement With John Freeman's Interview It was all about trying to find the truth About the subjects On face to face

[@esmeephillips5888]

John Freeman had the knack of probing his subjects without offending them, at a time when reticence and privacy were more prized. None of his 'victims' complained. Tony Hancock, who got the third degree, became a friend to whom Freeman was like a father confessor; Hancock stayed with him in India, where Freeman was UK ambassador, on his fatal trip to Australia.

[@russellbrown3800]

@@davidmathews7941 At 17:00 "You'll sleep at home tonight?" "Yes", "When did you last see your parents?", ".. a week ago.. to go to a .... ball". Not impertinent?

[@annjoce4850]

what a lovely person

[@stephenvincent4989]

62 years later oh how life has changed and how many things remain the same. Adam epitomised swinging London and went on to become a highly successful singer, actor, businessman and journalist.

[@Nigelzenig]

Very impressive. Charming.

[@esmeephillips5888]

This was a milestone in pop culture. The BBC's most distinguished interviewer, who had quizzed Edith Sitwell and Carl Jung, was grilling a teen idol. Adam held his own and impressed reviewers. He gave glimpses of the ambition to be a multitalented performer and entrepreneur who would experience many ups and downs before his premature death.

[@TheWhitehall]

Some thirty years ago I saw Adam jogging with friends in Battersea Park. He realised that I had recognised him and waived in acknowledgement.

[@neonskyline1]

A late friend of mine wrote his songs, look him up, Johnny Worth, he wrote them for other people as well. he was an excellent singer even in his 80s, you can here him singing "What do you want" on Embassy records

[@michaelbush245]

A very likable person, sounds like John Freeman enjoyed talking to Adam, A nice way to spend 30 minuets having my lunch.

[@reggievonzugbach2609]

What a thoroughly nice person.

[@lindacleveland1289]

I remember watching this very interview myself aged 16 years. Such a heart throb at the time, a lovely modest guy , contrast him With some of today’s so called singer / celebrities. Like most girls at the time I was in love with him. So sad that he passed way too early. RIP 🙏❤️ Terrence

[@TAROTAI]

He'd be 81 years old today - that doesn't make sense

[@bobnic7097]

I remember watching this interview at the time (I was only 10) and was amazed at how intelligent and thoughtful Adam was then. He was an amazingly talented artist.

[@teeniebeenie8774]

even as an american, in texas, i bought all his fab records. sucha smart hottie.

[@christinelegate8137]

I remember Adam singing What Do You Want when I was a kid, and also on the TV Show Budgie (sp). Thanks for posting this.

[@MartinIDavies]

a class act even at 20 with a head on his shoulders

[@1958RBS]

What a fascinating interview with the young Adam Faith. He did have some piano lessons later on, because a dear friend taught him; she said he was very good student.

[@TheWinchester1975]

Thanks Terry, I've put it on my wish list.

[@artemiszeus9735]

Beautiful. 💖

[@TheWinchester1975]

Thanks for sharing been trying to track this down for sometime.

[@terrymcscann6239]

sarah spicer It's worth getting the Face to Face DVD. www.bbcshop.com/factual/face-to-face-dvd/invt/bbcdvd2908

[@patriciawagaa6735]

God he was georgous i always thought so but i was far to young 😢 and at that age he could hold his own in an interview x

[@FrankieParadiso4evah]

Would've made a good Dorian Gray.

[@christopherhan3347]

A famous interview. A lot of people were probably surprised that a rock star could have a brain. He went on to great success as an actor, but died far too young. I saw him once at lunch time in Liverpool in the 80s. He was with a group of friends walking up Mathew Street. I think he was in a play at the time. Such a shame he died too young, far too young.

[@Amy-tl2xe]

Thanks for posting these. Any way we could get the volume higher?

[@shirleymoore5856]

They don’t make them like that anymore..!

[@tinapatton7346]

Bright young Brit 'Adam' Terry's 1st BIG hit "What Do You Want"/Sep '59 was John Barry's string-beat clone of BIG Tex-Spex young Buddy's 1st posthumous hit "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"/Mar '59.

[@esmeephillips5888]

Yes, that hiccuping delivery of Holly's easily translated into Adam's glottal-stop, suburban Londonish way of singing, which also suited the young John Barry's taste for syncopation and pizzicato strings. Buddy had intrigued fans by using violins in his last recordings: he was steering away from electrified guitar and bass towards mellower sounds for a more mature audience, but without becoming bland and Muzak-y. After Buddy died his music for several years was better appreciated in Britain than in the States.

[@GurkhaStoriesvideo]

And he was only 20 when he did this interview?

[@JayBird227]

Dude he looks like todays Justin Bieber...

[@davidpollard4051]

Just an observation - neither Adam Faith nor Tony Hancock use a cigarette lighter in their interviews despite being relatively wealthy. Both can only stretch to boxes of matches, it would appear.

[@user-xo3bt9sh3r]

Well how different to what was coming down the pipeline. Two years later it was the Beatles irreverence and humour, no nice boy act there. I agree with the other comments on this thread that he comes across as well adjusted and pleasant.Though you could hear the trouble in John Freedman's voice when he is pressing him on his values, e.g. what personality traits would like to be known for and even more so the question about whether it is right that an entertainer aged 20 should have so many teenagers at his feet. That was the view of many people at the time, e.g. that that money and commercialism was creating a rather tawdry society of here-today-gone-tomorrow, of fads and fashions. Whilst real things like knowledge and wisdom was ignored, even though those sort of things should be the leading lights most admired by the young instead of some pretty face who happened to be the tabloids favourite of the day. In that of course the John Freedman's are right, as that is still so today (why we push our kids at school) but what has changed is that we can see room for both. And the patronising has gone. Remember when Freedman asks if he can read music, this was part of his needling at his vacuous fame but again, to go back where I started this comment, two years later we have Paul McCartney , John Lennon and George Harrison who also never learnt to read music, yet after a few years this question was never again asked of a young pop star because the Beatles showed it wasn't necessary for musical dexterity and talent. The John Freedman's learnt to love pop music, no longer a threat to civilisation. But the commercialisation of life? - we are still trying to square that circle.

[@valeriebostick1913]

Jesus the interview was rude

[@esmeephillips5888]

Adam stirred up the press by admitting to sex before marriage. He disarmed the formidable Freeman, who rarely prefaced a question with 'I don't want to be impertinent...' The soft-spoken youth, too young to vote, impressed the nation.