The Old Grey Whistle Test Bob Marley and the Wailers as well as then little-known acts of whom any early footage is now considered precious, such as Billy Joel, Judas Priest (with a long-haired Rob Halford), Wishbone Ash, Judee Sill, Heart, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. "Whistle Test" was also the British television debut of the American glam punk band New York Dolls. Although host Bob Harris derided the group as "mock rock," comparing them unfavourably to The Rolling Stones, their performance influenced the following punk rock scene such as the Sex Pistols and The Clash as well as alternative bands like R.E.M. and The Smiths and
American Girl (Tom Petty song) the song on the BBC2 television show "The Old Grey Whistle Test" in 1978. The song has been featured in several Hollywood films and television shows, most notably "FM" (1978), "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982), "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), The Sopranos (1999), Scrubs (TV series) (2001), "Chasing Liberty" (2004), Parks and Recreation (2009), "Ricki and the Flash" (2015) and "The Handmaid's Tale" (2017). Its use in "The Silence of the Lambs" made the list of Top 11 Uses of Classic Rock in Cinema at UGO. According to Tom Petty, The Strokes have admitted to taking the riff