Teenager Dori (played by Golden Globe winner Tuesday Weld) has one ambition in life - to buy a dress for the forthcoming high-school prom. But she’s not going to get very far if she keeps spending her pocket money playing Elvis records on the jukebox. Events take a suprising turn when her boyfriend wins a talent contest and manages to persuade disc jockey Alan Freed to provide an all-star line up for the dance...