Danny and The Juniors - At The Hop
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- Danny & the Juniors shot straight to the top of the charts in early 1958 with their biggest hit ever, the gold-selling "At the Hop" (penned by the songwriting team of Dave White and John Madara), though they reached the charts again with eight more singles through 1963, notably the Top 40 charters "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay," "Dottie," and "Twistin' U.S.A."
Danny Rapp (lead tenor), Frank Maffei (second tenor), Joe Terranova (baritone/bass), and Dave White Tricker (tenor) (aka Dave White) were four Philadelphia high school friends -- all were born in 1940 or 1941 -- who formed an atypical late-'50s rock & roll dance combo, originally calling themselves the Juvenairs. Rapp -- the group's leader -- choreographed their dance steps and invented the routines that they performed during their sets. After playing after-school gigs and local shows as a foursome for a while, they later added saxophonist Lennie Baker to the lineup.
While still in high school in late 1957, they were working a record hop as the intermission entertainment, when a local businessman named John Madara spotted the band. Madara had an interest in rock & roll promotion and introduced them to a local songwriter and vocal coach named Artie Singer, who also ran his own label, Singular Records.
Singer auditioned the band and liked an original song White had written that captured the energetic spirit of rock & roll. It was called "Do the Bop." However, since the term "bop" was by then already out of fashion, he suggested that the song's title needed to be changed and helped them shape it into the hit we know today: "At the Hop." Singer also shortened the name of the group from the Juvenairs to the Juniors and had them cut a demo of "At the Hop" that he took around to play for local DJs. Working with producer Leon Huff, it took 13 takes in Reco-Art Studios in Philadelphia before Singer felt he had the goods from the group.
Singer played the song for Dick Clark, whose popular music show American Bandstand was broadcast live from their hometown of Philadelphia. Clark didn't have any immediate openings on the show, but as luck would have it, Little Anthony and the Imperials canceled an appearance soon thereafter and Clark asked Danny & the Juniors to fill in as replacements. "At the Hop" proved to be an immediate success. Singular quickly issued the song as the group's first single and it became a regional hit, selling 7,000 copies in onw week in Philadelphia alone. Financially strapped, Singular Records later leased the record for 5,000 dollars to ABC Paramount. "At the Hop" proceeded to climb up the charts in December of 1957, reaching number one, where it remained for seven weeks.
Danny & the Juniors soon followed up with "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay," another White-penned rocker, which also made the Top 20. The group toured with several of Alan Freed's traveling rock & roll shows and put two more songs into the Top 40. In the early '60s the group switched over to the Swan label and after their last song charted in 1963, Danny & the Juniors eventually parted ways.
Madara ended up running his own record store, located at 60th and Market Streets in Philly. He and White also went on to join the Spokesmen, whose minor hit "The Dawn of Correction" was an answer song to Barry McGuire's number one charter, "Eve of Destruction." White also made a solo album for Bell Records, which was released in 1971 under the name David White Tricker. Lead vocalist Danny Rapp committed suicide in 1983. Saxophonist Lennie Baker went on to be a founding member of nostalgia act Sha-Na-Na). ~ Bryan Thomas, All Music Guide
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Someone said this before, but, this is proof that your parents(or grandparents) were WAY cooler than you ever dreamed!
I’ve always loved my parents generation.
Wrong! Way cooler than the kids today 😂🎉
One of the best comments I've ever read. 👍
For sure I remember my mama and daddy dancing and they were so good
We're not even humans anymore, compared to this
The good old days!, and look at things now!. I sure would like to see the 50's, 60's and the 70's back again!.
mais c'est fini tout ça hélas 😥🇨🇵🖐️
No cell phones, laptops, four-letter words or any disrespect. Just kids enjoying the music and the times that at the time, they didn't realize how good they had it.
Those days were special!
I'm 73 and this is why I do not care for music after the 80's.
Agree I only listen to 50 thru mid 80's everything else is a waste of time im 72 years young from New York
@@artfrank649 the 50's & 60's era was greatest music ever. I had a front row seat to the best era of all times. The music, the girls, and the cars. I try to explain it to the young folks today but you just had to be there
@@georgeblackwell9806 I am a 73 years old white guy and yes We will never see great music like that again I love R&R and Motown especially the Girl Groups of the Sixties anyone born after WW II was blessed by God
The ROOTS of ROCK
I’m 73 too. This is my music forever ♥️✨
I'm in my 60s now but this takes me back to watching my mum and dad dancing in the living room. I'm still listening to their 78s. In 2021.
I,am 75 years old,and yet I can still dance when hearing this one!
Just everyday people could dance back then. Quite amazing!
Not a patch on british teds
Not a bunch of twerking whores.
Not from this era. Graduated in 1985. But if I had a time machine, this is where I would go back to.
Now, I know why my mom smiles when she talks about her teenage years.
I was 18 and this was our music. I'm not 18 anymore, and the music....
Truly one of the iconic records of the 50's!!
Can't beat that rock & roll music. Brings back such great memories of my high school years. Danced to this song many times. The 50s had the best music.
Great great memories
The 50 s ,when things were basic and simple,no internet,no unnecessary electronic junk,like now.
Back when men wore suits and ladies wore dresses...this song reminds of my older brother and his grey suit, with black shoes and dancing all over our big wooden floor at our house on Saturday nights. What a wonderful memory. Seems like yesterday.
What a wonderful memory!
those of you old enough(like me) to remember Danny and the Juniors, know they had the most incredible harmony ever.
Indeed
65 and still loving it. This is what music is suppose to be.
+Ronnie Vinson 67 here ! that was a good time to be alive ! remember riding with the top down and the radio blaring the oldies !
Me too! I was 12 in 1957, 13 when this video came out. All my cars were white convertibles from the time i was 16 until I graduated from high school. I was known as the "tall blonde in the white convertible"! lol it was the greatest time ever, especially if you lived near NYC like I did.. 20 minutes out by train.
Ronnie Vinson I'm 17 and I agree
I'm "only" 52, but my dad had quite the collection of music from the 50's, I figure I must have been born in the wrong decade cause I love this music!
75 here, and love this kind of music! cruized my city in a 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS with a 425 HP, 409, Fire Engine Red, just like my Wife's hair!! those were the days!!
24 years old and wish my generation had this.
I remember this song as a kid
Still love it😊
miss those wonderful days
Glad I grew up in this era of great music.
In 1958 at a Jr.high School dance this song was what it was.Yeh I know
if you were not there it sounds out of date maybe a yuky but It
was what happening and If you could dance to this(which was not easy)
you were in solid.Hail,Hail Rock and Roll.
Wow here it is 2021 I sure miss those days sure do miss you girl from 1955 that's when music really mattered
My birthday
Music still matters. Old goats like you (and me) just don't get the music of today's youth, just as the old fogies of your youth didn't get the music (this) that you loved.
oh please@@generalyellor8188
Back then we where chasing good times.....not money
I wasn't born til 65 but grew up listening to this kind of music.. I STILL love it.. Rock n Roll will never die
Myself as well Pauline. My Dad made sure I learned all the "good" music! Rock & Roll ain't noise pollution!!
Now, this is what I call REAL music. The men were handsome and clean-cut. The ladies were beautiful in a classic way.
I was born in '84 and grew up listening to all generas or types of music but, this music by far is my #1 most favorite of all the generas. Top-notch..thanks for posting it on CZcams. :)
I love love love this time of life in the 50's!!!! There seemed to be an innocents to it. The dance floor was obviously very crowded yet they were still having a blast. It makes me feel so good watching these people dance the "Jive". I especially love it because the jive didn't have to be professionally choreographed like people who are in competitions. It was just the jive being danced by happy people. Such fun!!!!
Those were really good days, and the music was out of this world.
+spideraxis yep your right !
+Lloyd Dailey Thanks, my friend.
spideraxis you never can tell
and the music still is. i was born in 1957.. and this stuff kicks!
Good old days indeed
Oh, to go back in time! My cousin Patty watched us one summer, Mom was taking classes at UC! We wore out rug doing these dances! Music has been in my life forever!
This music never gets old It just gets better and better
50's & the 60's.. NO OTHER DECADES COME CLOSE
My grandmother born in 1925 said she thought the 60's were the best. She'll be 96 in November 2021
@@chriswells1440 the 60s were the best.
What do u like about this?
@@theotherview1716 its a happy beat song👍
@@mrtoptenatten ok cool
My dad always said injoy this time because time goes by so fast. Words of wisdom...
agree with your dad david....
Luigi !! Meet you at the Hop .. LoL 😆
What a great high-energy performance from the band!
I can literally waste hours upon and hours a day listening to this music, lets be honest here, i do
Labmaba 76 .
It is not a waste. 👍
Okay I relate to this though and I'm only sixteen 😂
IF YOU WERE ENJOYING IT, THEN IT WAS NOT A WASTE!
My Gma and gpa loves it when I get on CZcams on while on the phone with em cause she’ll start singing the old songs and dancing and their in their early 80s.🤣best grandparents ever!!!!!!
It is time well spent.
Another juke box classic from my teen years.
mine too still love them
The sock hops back in Germany were the greatest, all the teen clubs from all over Germany and France would have these mega sock hops. They would pack a gym to the max.
I was 15 at the time, and an Army Brat.... Wow, what memories. Where in the world did the time go?
Wow! Takes me back to elementary school when we all first started listening to hip music that our parents hated. Danny & the Juniors were so good. Thanks so much for this memory load.
KFWB channel 98. (LA)
A time when kids loved to dance,and knew how.
These oldies' still got it!
yes sir
Of all the 50s music i have heard Danny is one of the best.....i never forgot this song an what a voice.
I would add the
Everly Brothers ...
🎵🎶 🎸🙋🌹🎸🙋🌹
IT JUST SO DIFFRENT WATCHING THINGS FROM THE back days & LOOK AT TODAYS YEAR WE REALLY DID CHANGE
So much better than the stuff that is out now.
Ellen Schloss ...and self respect!
True
I think I see my parents
At least you can understand them
I know i see my parents...
the 50's and 60's were the best time's of my life love the music
Correct
Me too best times of my life
... and 80s
Wish i was in that time period
I think it is true "Rock and Roll Will Never Die"
I'm 62 ,i'm in a band and we play mostly song of 50's to 70's r&r cha-cha, rumba , slow dance ...all songs that gets everyone off there chairs and revives the days!
AMEN BROTHER!
I hope so
@Your Momma not it hasn’t
Someone said they didn’t smile, they didn’t have to THEY OWNED THE DACE FLOOR WITH CONFIDENCE!
I will be 70 tomorrow !...I remember this song very well in 1958 !...because the " Hoola Hoop " came out at the same time and I received one during that summer ! How many of you remember the Hoola Hoop ? db
+Dana Brinkmeier then you were in the graduating class of 1965, same as myself, I'll be 70 in a few months
You Bet !...class of 65....Where did the time go ? hihi
Hula Hoops...everyone HAD to have one! I too, a 1965 graduate from Rush-Henrietta H/S in Upstate NY (near Rochester) Tempus fugit. :P
Flew by didn't it?
Purple People Eater.
26 Miles Across the Sea...Santa Catalina is the island for me
Roller skating to organ music
Cramming people in the trunk going into the Drive In for a dollar.
Marineland. Pacific Ocean Park.
Dip-N-Sip strawberry and chocolate flavored straws.
Frosty Freeze, ice cream pushups, banana splits.
Black and White with a Cherry on top.....cop car
Waiting a week to have your pictures developed at the pharmacy
S&H Green Stamps, Blue Chip Stamps
Gas Station attendants that swarmed your car, check oil, tires, windshield
Mike Nelson, Sea Hunt
Yes, Hula Hoop, Whammo Toys
Rebel Without a Cause
Had to have a Hy Fi not even a stereo yet.
45 records and snap in adapters, 33 LP vinyl, mysterious 16 rpm speed
Couldn't play the car radio too long or the battery would die
Inner tubes. Flat tire on every long trip.
Radio and heater were options on a new car.
Maynerd G Krebbs, Beatnik.
Vacuum windshield wipers didn't work going uphill.
Wolf Whistle.
Winston Tastes Good Like a (smack smack) Cigarette Should!
Hamms Beer, steel cans, church key opener
Hey Daddy-O, we're old.
I love this song 🎵 am only 42 and swear I was born more than once. I can't get enough of the songs
Not fooling me😢
Why would you think you were wasteing hours a day listening to this music , this music is not a waste of time , 50s music is good music , lady fowler
All day I've had this song playing in my head. It actually made me miss the cheesy dance parties of my youth. Can you think of a single dance hall in this modern day? I can't. I think I'll make one. Who's with me?
Wouldn't have changed growing up during this time for anything! Thanks for the memories :-)!!!
Ive always said that - I wouldn't trade it either.. Being old just means that we were young at the best time ever.. the 50's and 60's... when life was awesome. If there is a reincarnation, my husband and I both agreed we wanted to come back at the same time in the 40's so we could be teens in the 50s and 60's.. I was 12 in 1957 and got married when I was 19 in '65... those years were the best, from 57 or even 55 to 65... then came the Beatle invasion and then shortly thereafter the hippies took over when the Viet Nam war took hold.
You said it double O Flo. That was the
Best era.
I'm only 54 but love 50' and 60's music!
Man this was probably my favorite hit from the 50s I inherit ed from my mom an her sister.....what a great voice thanks man for that great film preserving it....
Wow
The “Forgotten (Silent) Generation.” The last to live a traditional American life.
Absolutely!
The last generation to be steeped in systematic racism and an oppressive evil society.
Thank God it's history!
@@draxlerchronicles5851 lie
Yes it was when a boy was a boy and a girl was a girl; when a rainbow was always a great sight.
@@draxlerchronicles5851 thank God you weren't there!!!!
A rock and roll classic.
2020 still loving going back to my childhood with the music
Great song, remember when this was on the radio, still love it today in 2021
Growing up my mother always had the radio on. I was 5 years old in 1958. Many years later this record was playing on the radio and my mother said you used to dance to that song all the time when you were a kid. I guess it is one of those songs that gets you moving. I love it!
These were the best years of America and the world, for that matter! Such a great era to live in - miss it and wish we could do it all over again!
This was back when men and women had self-respect.
Probably not.😁
@@vincentrezende7690 No, they did!
@@rhondaboncutter5812 I think you've watched too many musicals. Nothing's really changed......
@@rhondaboncutter5812 they did have self respect, i was there
They also Respected other people
Remembering my dear late friend Martin Clarke when I hear 'At the Hop' by Danny and The Juniors. RIP.
Great music NEVER ever gets old!!!!
i was young but remember this song, good times back then and were for many years.
One of the greatest rock and roll songs of all time.
R.I.P. Danny Rapp. Thanks for two great singles.
About coming home to watch AB. Did it from my freshman year through senior, and my first year in college - when the Philly chapter came to a close in '64. That to me, ended my love affair. It was never the same in LA. Crushes? You know them: Scaldeferri, Giordano, Betrante, Marcen, Hamill, Molittieri, Carrelli, Di Pietro (sounds like an Italian law firm). Wasn't just the ladies, it was the guys too, and the total package: the East Coast kids, mature, great dancers, excellent music in the era (best of all-time IMO), and Dick as the handsome boy-next-door, master of understatement and humility. Where do you find that today? A time in my life that'll never be repeated. Memories and longing for that era remains. Forever. Probably didn't hurt that your teen years were, for me, the most impressionable, where your first love entered and you reached young-manhood.
Does that evermore bring back some memories...back in the days when I could dance and not think about vascular problems.:) Yep, precious memories.
Back in the day when bands were really "COOL!!!"
Dam, I love this music!
its ageless.
I'm 76 years old. Still love my Rock and roll
Great that these old recordings were preserved. Danny Rapp was about 16 years of age when this song hit the charts, did well. RIP Danny.
I am 67, I loved American Bandstand! Love these old song so much!
I love this lm 64 and l will always Enjoy the good music l was brought up with such great fun as a child lots of music 👌🎵😇💜🙏
Good old Rock & Roll I'm glad I lived thru those Great days of music, the best ever.
Often wish I had been born about 15 or 20 years earlier (than 1963) !
O g! I should have been born when this music was happening! I’ve always love this music! Since I was young! I was born in 1982. The first time I heard this type of music I was hooked! Still listen to this amazing music till this day!
It just doesn't get any better than this folks!
i am 78 years old. ilove this .
LOOK HOW CLEAN CUT,AND WELL DRESSED THESE KID WERE,,NOT LIKE TODAY
lol they look & dress just like their parents of that era - Sheep In lock step during conservative 50's when the 'Cold War' was going full blast & threat of nuclear annihilation btwn the then superpowers seeped all they way down to every US grade school child drilling with 'duck & cover' under their desks.
pls gtfoh
Yes, we didn't walk around with our pants pulled down showing our but.
your pre-occupation with butts is disturbing take a Cialis & nap.
fluffy1931 What I wrote is pretty plain and easy to understand. I don't have a fetish for male ass. Did you pay attention in reading class? Back in those days, we had class, not like today.
'those days' You mean before civil rights movement and the country chasing it's tail through McCarthyism and drilling for nuclear annihilation like sheep.
Glad I grew up with this great music. Keep Rocking
I would have been at all these parties back then ughh 🤘💃💃🇺🇸
restored my Grand parents 1955 rock Ola juke box all original records play this all the time.
72 and still going strong!1!!
+Helen Ivory I am 67 and still going strong !
I'm right behind you at 70--- long live Rock and Roll!
lol
Nothing can beat women our age.. we care about our men, take care of them, let them have their way, have dinner ready when they come home, and are real companions to them. We could teach these younger ones a lot about keeping their man, that's for sure! (I'm sure this will start a lively discussion! ha ha)
yay Helen! I'm only 2 years behind you
The best, pure and simple. No need for anything to be said.
Sunday nights at the east end c.c. was dance night back in the 50s and this was the hottest song being played....
Love it,my generation was great!
wow, you can actually tell the guys from the gals! I think this song represents the era of the 50s.
This record At The Hop by Danny and the Juniors fits into American Bandstand so Philadelphia unbelievable just great those were the days gone forever.
One year before, I was born,.. why did I miss all the good music,....? Damned,..!
In Cape Breton, Nova Scotia we still "Jive " like this. Miss our regular dances because of this Covid 19. The 50's 60's would bring back wonderful memories and good, clean fun for all.
Wheres the black people ?
Good old fun days,,great group and song, thanks for the memories
Our Dad loved this song. He was a WWII Vet.
I think if today's youth saw this they would be lost
days of innocence - TRUE PURE ROCK
love this music in high school from 1958 to 1962
earl slot lol I was in high school 66 to 70 and I loved it. I played it at all 4 of my parties and the kids got up and danced it.
@@rustyalcorta3643 great choice if you want to get lucky
Come on people the 50s are timeless I'm waiting for the younger generation to break out danceing to 50s songs
This was one of the top songs of the 1950's. If you look closely at the video you will see your Mother, or Grandmother or Great Grandmother in the video.
How amazing it wouldve been to live in those days. Love it!
IKR, ice cream malt shops everywhere and gas stations that checked your oil and tires then cleaned your windshields.
THE YOUTH OF THOSE YEARS AND GOOD MUSIC.👍🎸
GABRIEL BEHD Rock and Roll!
I was born in the 70s my mom grew up in 50s she told me all about those days wish I was around then in the 50s
My grandparents would be proud way to go appreciate your singing you should be proud way to go thanks for the memories take care. Joe
Love the beat to this.
Hello Linda, How are you doing?
Love this. It also made me think of how quickly music can transition. Just 10 years (actually less) later and music would be so different