Teenager Tommy Steele buys a second hand guitar in a junk shop before joining the merchant navy. Once onboard, his boss loses his patience, telling him he has to choose between his music or a career at sea.

He chooses music and returns to London, where, by chance, he's offered a job playing his guitar in a coffee shop in Soho. He's soon spotted by an agent and has a meteoric rise to fame as Britain's first rock 'n' roll teen idol. Show less