American Bandstand 1964 - Songs of ’63 - Walk Like A Man, The Four Seasons
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- čas přidán 21. 02. 2020
- Airdate: January 4, 1964
“This is Saturday, January 4th 1964. DC is instructing audiences at home how to take souvenir photographs off of their television sets at home as the following Saturday (January 11th) would be their final Philadelphia show. By this time, the kids are (((REALLY))) directly upset with DC for pulling down their dance show. For the past few Saturdays, the kids had been hanging back around the bleachers and toward the back of the studio taking photographs often needing to use flashcubes as the hot studio lights were only centered over the dance floor. Saturday, January 11th would be the first time for many Bandstand dancers as well as audiences at home to hear The Beatles "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"....Even this new sound could not clear up the somber mood on the set that day. The kids had been crowding around the USA map during the breaks taking group photos of one another....Most of the photographs showed some long faces and a few teary eyes. At the end of that final show, the regulars crowded to be in the middle of the map more so than usual for one last final shot. As the cameras turned off, the kids went over to the coat racks and retrieved their coats and headed out to the cold parking lot for more photographs and LOTS of hugs. Finally, everyone dispersed and simply went home...Sad days for the Philly kids as American Bandstand unfolded into a new west coast format. (The dance shown here today is a slower suave version of 1963s "South Street" which had recently been the rage...This was not the '57 Chalypso dance.)“ -mrob75
“Walk Like A Man” was soaring up the charts in late February back in ‘63 (oh what a night!), but it didn’t become the Jersey boys’ 3rd #1 hit until the first week in March. The song was recorded while the roof was literally on fire on the floor right above the recording studio. Producer, Bob Crewe, ignored the fire, smoke and water as he insisted on getting the perfect take and only stopped when firemen broke down the door with axes and forced them all out.
Yes, the late Philadelphia dancers did a lot of this line dance, back and forth, spinning South Street in this episode, but it seems about right for a song about walking. I wonder, as has been commented here before, if the kids were just going through the motions at times knowing the show was leaving town next month. There aren’t a lot of smiles in this episode either despite them dancing to some of the greatest songs of all-time (imo). If true, I’d have felt the same way, but who knows.
Regulars dancing today are Gary Stapleford (1:04), Pat Carpino & Ailyene Silverman (2:15), Bobby Baritz & Michelle Liebowitz (2:40), and Barbara Warchol & Bruce Richard (2:48 far left).
These pictures may be some of the only existing images of Bandstand in 1962. Did anyone ever take pictures of their TV set back in the day? - Hudba
When life was so real, honest, clean living, great teenagers, I was One🤩😍
There were so many great songs in 1963! One of my favorite years for pop music.
mistery-ed That was a stellar year.
Love watching Dick Clark. Good show, music and memories
I LIVED and loved each day of the fantabulous 60s...the best years.
I think what’s cool about the 60s is how drastically fashion changed in just a few years. The difference between what the teens wore in 1964 to what they wore in 1969 is really fascinating to see.
I've said the same thing. It's crazy. Drastic changes all around in such a short period of time.
It’s like in the short span of four years, innocence completely evaporated from youth culture forever.
Muna Mohamed Oddly enough, there isn't much of a difference between 2015 and 2020 in terms of fashion. Except, I see we are going for 1990s look, as opposed to a 1980s look that was popular years before.
@@plus34me They took off those stuffy clothes and went naked to woodstock! lol...
@@JeanetteFaith Right! Hahaha...
Great tune to get the feet tapping this Saturday morning.
@Shave -a-thon and @ Jean Lankton You made me think of my older sister who wore that “flip” hairstyle in the early and mid-‘60s. I remember she would use “dippity-do“ with small orange juice cans to get that special curl in the back. My big sister danced on our local version of AB called the Top Ten Dance Party (that aired on channel 10, of course!) I always thought she was a TV “star,” not realizing it was just a local production taped at a teen rec center! Lol.
My sister did her hair the same way. Used OJ cans and dippity do!
Great music,great dancers ,love watching these clips.
"Dont it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone." Joni Mitchell
I consider myself very lucky to be born in that generation.
Bobby Baritz was my favorite from this time so cute. Bruce becam Peggy Lee's hairdresser for many years. Both of them died before their time. Some really good dancers here. Wish there was full episodes
Love this song from 1963 and watching the group do the cha cha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So many------------so many great songs from '63 ! It was a year full of classics .-------------------------------WolfSky9, 74 y/o
I love the way they move.
I remember doing the line dance, especially to the song, “ The Duke of Earl. “ loved the 60’s music!
"Whoopsie Daisy!" I haven't heard anyone say that in years!!! 😄 That's great! There didn't seem to be the mad rush for the camera lineup as was usually done. I know someone wrote a book about Bandstand, the Philly years. I think some of the Cali regulars should write a book about Bandstand in SoCal. @dancer Don could write a whole chapter on the 1967 dance contest and all its partner flippin' histrionics! Keeping in step with the Philly diaries, you could discuss who's gay, who's not and who cares? Worthwhile reading and a real page turner!!
Thank you Aaron as always. ❤ 🏀Go Wildcats!
A stroll down memory lane.
Great Song. I still enjoy listening & trying to dance to it.
A new AB video...Great!!!....thanks for posting.
I like that walk dance!
It looked like the Chalypso.
Adrian DeVore Thanks. I don't know any dance names.
@@Bevity You're welcome.
@@AdrianDeVore or a variation of it. This is from the 50's czcams.com/video/NZ6cnyopu7c/video.html
I'm not that much younger. I never saw that. Weird.
I was 1 day old when this was on air. Awesome songs back then.
Imagine the amount of AquaNet hairspray!
Or dippity do!
It wasn't easy to get a good photo of a b&w console TV picture back then. You were dealing with the USA 525 line scanning method of broadcasting and usually Kodak box cameras with no control over the shutter speed. My Polaroid Swinger photos from 1968 were no bargain, either! What if you told Dick and the teens that in a few decades, you would be grabbing hi-def screen captures with ease using computer software and emailing or uploading them all over the world as you walked around with your smartphone? What a different world it was. That single digit for the city address code is also memorable.
Awesome 👏 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I have wondered how to get a still shot of the old home movies from the 50’s parents used to take. They were these tiny tiny frames, as small as a child’s finger nail. Do you know if it’s possible to get still shots from this kind of film?
@@maureenhansen3308 You would need to have it digitally converted and either uploaded to a site where you can download it or have it transferred to a DVD. Then you can play and stop it frame by frame and capture it with the software built into the video player. 8mm films were 16 fps and Super 8mm were 18 fps. Digital video is usually 30 fps so you'll be able to capture quite a few stills, although you'll only want the ones that aren't blurry.
Bons tempos...de singelas alegrias...
I love to see these vídeos. I was just a kid by then.
Great song...good advice for young men...
A great video and a great record! But I have to say, AB should have never left Philadelphia.
Love the music and comments
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I really enjoy seeing clips from the Philly days of AB, & this was a good one! You're right Aaron, not a lot of smiles or happy faces here, and some lazy dancing. But, just maybe, these kids had been taping shows all day & were just tired by the time they got to this episode.
What can you say about the Jersey Boys??? Frankie & the fellas were one of the greatest vocal groups of all time! This is one of my faves by them, but it's kinda hard not to have faves by them. Even in the 70s were they showed their versatility with the changing sounds, they were still able to be who the always were & STILL have hits, big ones!
A bit somber, but good clip. I imagine the house parties at that time looking like this towards or after midnight when you're tired as hell, but one of your songs come on & you just have to get up & dance to it! I'd like to see this whole ep myself Aaron, good clip man!
Oh, and I've taken pics of the TV as a child. They didn't come out good & I'm sure they were thrown out eons ago, but it was before we got a VCR. Lol
Excellent point Kevin. This may be the 3rd or 4th episode they taped in a row and they were probably taped during the holidays in December, so maybe they were focused on that too. It’s not bad, but I just wonder why this particular dance was so popular, particularly in this episode.
I never took pics of our TV before VCR’s, but I did try to record some shows on my tape recorder. I thought I was so clever, lol.
Here’s a tough one (I think). Who do you think is the greatest musical performer or group to come out of the state of NJ? (please show your work, lol)
@@YCDTI Hey Aaron, I would pick Whitney & Frankie & the fellas for me! And I too recorded stuff from the TV & the radio with my tape recorder too! The 80s were a trip, but so much fun. Great minds think alike man! Lol
@@thruthealcove both great choices!
@@YCDTI My mom took a picture of me back in the day and accidentally got a perfect picture from our t,v-of John Glenn.
YouCanDanceToit! I'm also from NJ and I think that honor shall be bestowed upon "The Rascals" . All there songs are amazing and really catchy. They have a good beat and you can dance to it. The Four Seasons are also great.
Aren't the girls cool dancers.....
There were so many great songs in 1963! One of my favorite years for pop music.
I was 12 then😜
At 2:34 it's cool how the 2 girls are dancing in sync.
One of the very last Philadelphia shows with Clark already looking slicker,uh,Hollywoodesque than he looked before.
Likely, he was bouncing back and forth between coasts in preparation for AB to be produced in L.A. after the end of 1963.
Just some observations:
1) Imagine if the director and cameramen then were able to use the light hand held color cameras of today. There would be so many more angles than just the front view of the kids. Those b&w monster cameras of the 1960's weighed a ton and cost a fortune.
2) The gals on the dance line @ 2:34 all appear to have adopted the Toni home perm hairstyle! Such were the days before hand held hair blowdryers!
Wouldn’t it be cool to see this filmed in high definition color and with so many more angles.
I think that hairdo is called “the flip” (?). It reminds me of Jackie Kennedy and Patty on “The Patty Duke Show”, Lol.
@@YCDTI It would be even cooler if Dick was videotaping in 1964 or if he was, that he or the ABC network kept the tapes rather than converting to kinescope and erasing them.
Check out Leslie Gore's coiffe while performing in the TAMI show! czcams.com/video/PidQL46IXNY/video.html
Betty Rubble also had a modified version of it! vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/the-flintstones/images/8/87/Betty_Rubble_%28animated%29.png
@@YCDTI my mom, her 3 sisters and my Mammaw used to periodically gather at Mammaw's house (Mammaw had all the rollers and requisite little papers) and give each other a "Toni" home perm. I was about 7 or so, and the whole process seemed to take days. You could smell that perm solution all the way to Main Street. Yuk! Everything had to be perfectly timed or someone would end up looking like they French-kissed a light socket. What a blast from the past!!!! 😀😄
@@thefirstMrsLankton I love hearing about these little rituals that people remember from back in the day. I wonder if 7 year-old you watched you mom, aunts and grandma with awe, wanting to be a part of the grown-up ladies world....or maybe you just thought “pee-ew”, no thanks, lol.
@@thefirstMrsLankton `LOL
0:00 Since most of the old film rolls were overwritten with other shows, these might be the only graphic memories that we have of certain AB episodes
Thanks Aaron for posting this wonderful clip. A fun tidbit I'd like to share is that the Four Seasons, Connie Francis, and The Delicates all came from the town that I'm from. My high school even named our auditorium after Connie Francis. The Delicates even have a street named after them. Also, my school even has a telegram sent by Dick Clark himself thanking The Delicates for appearing on "American Bandstand" in 1959. Say Aaron, do you have the full episodes from March of 1964? If so, can you air them this March? I know NRRA Archives has them and I love the Terry Stafford "Suspicion" and "The Shoop Shoop Song" by Betty Everett that aired during that time.
Jesus loves you ✝️repent before it is too late
1964 ..Even though the British invasion arrived with the Beatles and Motown started ..1964 still was a doo wop year and probably the LAST year of 1950s sound and feel cause 1965 was a whole different sound and style of music and we all knew the 60s really started.
There’s something so wholesome and sweet about this even if it does look a bit stiff and nerdy😄.
No tats metal suits clean cut !!
I was 12 then😜
I was 11 months old then! 👶
All these kids marching to the music! No smiles! hmm...
I LOVE the chick at 1:30 and 2:17... a real dancer who can bring some life to the dullest situation.
Ailyene Silverman
@@lilchopstixz2161 have her call me !
lovely girl, name sounds like R.Crumbs wife !
I turned 5 that year, just starting kindergarten!😎
The line dance is called the calypso.If you notice in the very beginning,it always took a few seconds until everybody was starting on the same step.
For something Kinescoped, the quality was quite good. Aaron are all the 1964 kinescopes of AB still in existance? In answer to your question, my late father use to take snaps of the tv mostly for experimentation, he was an avid photographer at the time.
I’m not sure Andrew. They might be stored somewhere....I hope. I have 10 episodes from ‘64, all kinescopes except the VH1 Beatles episode, but that’s a small fraction of the ‘64 shows.
@@YCDTI Is that the episode where Dick was giving away Beatles hairbrushes as a prize (I think I sent in an entry for that contest) or where "She Loves You" was on Rate-a-Record in 1963?
@@shave-a-thon3415 Yes indeed! On the VH1 episode from 04/18/64 (with The Beach Boys) Dick Clark mentions an address at the very end to send in entries to win a Beatles hairbrush.
I’m guessing you didn’t win the brush? 😔😁
@@YCDTI No and I didn't win tickets to see the Beatles at Shea in 1965 from Gloria Stavers and 16 Magazine, either!
YouCanDanceToit! Will you air that on April 18th of this year?
I was 8 yrs. old... Wow
Lol....line dancing!...the dark black eye glasses came back in style
I've never seen people dance like this in person
They did in '64, I was a Sophomore in High School, didn't like it then and still don't. It's not dancing! It didn't last long. No wonder.
I was born in 55 lol
Go to a wedding!!! Lol 😆 🤣 😂
YouCanDanceToIt! thanks for all of these amazing posts. Any idea of what that line dance was?
Was this filmed before the show moved to Los Angeles?
Coats and ties!
There were strict rules for American Bandstand which were required.
this is 8 years before i was born but it still trips me out the ladies hairstyles of this time, i cannot grasp teenagers wearing those hair helmets, i guess its because of my age but i just can not look at those hairstyles and not think of old ladies.
i actually love the awkward dancing in these clips though, because to me that is what dancing should be. people that age should be a little awkward and it should just be about having fun, i hate how dancing in so many places and scenes has become this complete show off competitive sort of thing. the whole point was just to have some fun and not feel embarrassed that you arent as good as that couple over there.
What's funny is that I got to watch Dick Clark introduce the Four Seasons, Beatles, Beach Boys....blah, blah, blah, have kids...then he introduced MADONNA!!!!!
Thank god the Beatles had just hit the states. Feb 4, 1964
All the girls wore hair in flick-ups...
The girls all sporting the same brown football helmet sprayed with Aqua Net lol!
Ddid they ever "Officially" do American Bandstand. I know they did "Where The Action Is" where they sang "Big Girls Don't Cry" "Walk Like A Man", and "Rag Doll".
Frankie is still the best
Hi Aaron...Oh, well...Again, I've been deleted here on you tube...Made a comment about this episode and about the final sharing a lot of information that I've acquired over the years. I promise you that I didn't use bad words, lol
Mario, I’ve read your comment on my email feed and it is so great! I love the context. So sorry it’s being deleted. I can’t figure out why YT is doing that?!? May I copy, paste quote it? It’s really good!
@@YCDTI yeah, not sure why...seems that whenever I open my mouth about the Philly days, someone doesn't like it....Or maybe it was too long and appeared like Spam(?!) Who knows...I just think the more info we get out about those Philly days the better...We've lost so much from those days as it is. And yes, feel free to use my comment as you wish. Thanks, Aaron! Always so appreciate you...Immensely! :---)
@@mrob75 jeepers, it wouldn’t even let ME post your comment, so I put it up in the description. Thanks again Mario.
@@YCDTI yeah,, pretty weird...there must be something in the content that is a no-no (?!) oh, well...Thanks again, Aaron :---)
To think that all these people are in their middle seventies now 🤔
Walk Like a Man
Why are they so close? Look beyond this front line there seems to be lots of room.
Because they want to be on camera!
Did Bruce and Barbara get
Married
The young women dressed so decent & the guys looked so presentable. What a generation. Decent & modest. Today they dress like idiots. The loss of self respect is evident
Terrible camera Angles. what were they thinking half of it was seeing their backs
Cameras were not mobile then
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Girls were dressed like grandmas....
No....you should have seen how Grammas dressed at that time.