American Bandstand 1965 - Roll Call - Lightnin’ Strikes, Lou Christie
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- čas přidán 21. 09. 2018
- Airdate: December 18, 1965
Today we jump back to a week before Christmas 1965!
Here is yet another song on Bandstand that is brand new and certainly not a hit yet. It’s always interesting to me seeing the kids dancing to classic songs like this (and many others) and realizing that this is probably the 1st time they have ever heard it.
As “Richard” Clark mentions, Lou Christie is back in the spotlight today after ”many hits in a row” (”The Gypsy Cried”, #24 in ’62 and ”Two Faces Have I”, #6 in ’63) and a 2 year stint in the army. “Lightnin’ Strikes” will enter the charts next week at #93 and on Feb. 19, 1966, which was Lou’s 23rd birthday, it will hit #1.
In the studio: Watch for a rare, quick glimpse of the giant ABC camera at 3:02. (dancing with that monster right up in your face is not for the faint of heart, lol) The Regulars spotted dancing today are: Frank Vanderpuil on the riser (1:28), Anita Prince & Famous Hooks (1:37), Norman Mull (’67 Dance Contest at 1:51), Steve Schreiner (roll call and 2:32). Theodosia Dayton (3:18), and Peggy Waggoner dancing next to Debbie Sewell (3:28.) Incidentally, this is the earliest footage I have of everyone I just mentioned except for Famous Hooks.
…..And with Christmas right around the corner, the biggest selling toys are “G.I. Joe Action Soldiers”, Tonka Trucks and the game “Operation” which had just been introduced this year. On Christmas morning, engineer Sherman Poppen of Muskegon, Michigan, created a toy for his kids to play in the snow by fastening 2 skis together so they could ride it like a surfboard. The next year Poppen sold the rights to his invention to the Brunswick Corporation, a company that made bowling equipment. Brunswick refined it and added lamination used on the wood in bowling lanes and…..the Snowboard was born. - Hudba
Do young people know- THESE were your'e beautiful parents, grandparent's, SO beautiful!, so much CLASS!
Not a nose ring or tattoo in sight. Hair all the same color ... 😏🇺🇸
And many of these styles have come back!
Unfortunately it’s a very different world now. A lot of these “todays youth” do not even know their Aunts, Uncles, or Cousins. It’s really sad 😢
My mom was 2 and my dad a newborn. 😂
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what world are you living in?
These teens are now in their 70s! Hope they are all still rocking.
I am still here and fully operational; if you know what I mean.
Still here. Still dancing. Love Lou Christie then & now & wouldn't miss this show when I was a teen. ❤
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We are!
Watching these American Bandstand clips takes me back when I, myself, was a teenager watching this show every Saturday. I loved hearing those songs and watching those kids dancing. There was no other show like it and no other host as Dick Clark.
Actually, there were others.
@@Khultan Hullabaloo, shindig , Hollywood a gogo , etc. I was 8yrs old wen this came out on Philly's WFIL Famous 56 . Unfortunately , SouthVietnam was being a big problem for this Nation
Seen neighbors sons , and friends bros. Go there from 65-69. Last one arriving back home here late 1971!
@@johnceglick8714 It was a big problem for France. It never should have been our problem...
I was 5 in 1965. And I love that tune still and it's a pleasure watching the teens from that era enjoying themselves xxx
It was amazing to hear Lou Christie. He could go from natural to falsetto in a seamless effort.
Always loved Lou Christie's voice and this song is my favorite.
I was 15 in 1965. . . 70 today but remember growing up in the 1960s like it was yesterday. . . Fantastic times. . . Like many, drafted in 1969. . .
tO Allan Snay: Lucky for you, you survived. A lot of men & women never made it back from Vietnam. Keep enjoying your life.
Thank-you for your service!♥️
Are you in SouthVietnam ? Lost an uncle there mid 3/68, tail end of bloody TET , in the Central Highlands 10 days b-4 my 11th bday.
@@abelb8612 I was one of those who LST a relative in NAMs Central Highlands mid3/68 10 days b-4 my 11th bday .
It’s amazing watching these 60’s telecasts, YT is the closest we’ll ever have to a time machine. It’s also wonderful to see different ethnicities in the crowd.
@Bob Donald politics?? smh......
@Bob Donald It's not all about you & your politics.
Good clean fun. Those were the 'good old days' because they were good! Whoever invents the time machine, I'll be the first to go.
@@abelb8612 More good clean fun - LOL!!
Oh yeah it's pretty diverse for 1965
I’m imagining all this kids dancing now being there early 70s
That would be the coolest thing if they get all these people (Survivors) back in place for this song and cut back-and-forth.
I would love that.
I.d think so...i kinda wondered how many were still alive..weird thought ?
I was 14 years old when this song was out! Still one of my all time faves!
It's remarkable how much of this footage has survived over the years.
Dick Clark pleaded with with ABC to give him the tapes but they refused as this was company policy. Same policy as the other networks. One of the ABC stagehands was getting ready to throw away the tapes as he was directed but decided to give Dick Clark a call first. Dick Clark raced over and saved the tapes.
@@bengaljam4550 WOW! What we would have lost! Thank you James for this info.
Lou Christie is from the Pittsburgh region and still performing. I was 18 and in boot camp before receiving orders for Vietnam.
Boot Camp in 69. Nam 69 & 70.
Thank you for your service! ..Loved AB!
Bob O. & Darrel Eggemeyer, 🎈Thank-you both, so very much for your service! It is so very, very much appreciated! ♥️
I thank God you returned Mr. Ottaviani. Thanks for serving.
Lou just got out of the service wrote and recorded this and I went to number one not too long after
Black & White Teens Dancing With Each Other!! BEAUTIFUL
One can really see the transformation from watching an AB show in 63 to less than two short years later. Much younger crowd, different styles and changing music.
I was alive aged 6 when this was filmed. It looks like another planet.
I love watching these classic AB clips! Hearing from the actual dancers and historical references to these clips are fascinating. 😍
Adrian DeVore thank you for your great comments and thanks for watching!
Don't we all!
You're welcome. My main interests from watching these clips because I enjoyed the music, was into watching AB back in the 70s and 80s. Also, I am a music history buff.
I watched AB mostly in the late 70’s and 80’s too, but the 60’s are, by far, my favorite era for music and for the show (in case you couldn’t tell, lol)
@@YCDTI I am fan of 60s music myself and these clips from that era just keep blowing me away!
I sure enjoy hearing all these songs from the 1960's.
I was 11 when this aired.
My older sister was 15 and I know she must have been watching it.
Misty eyes watching this, 8 years old when this song hit, the decade had it's problems but would not trade being a kid back then for anything, one of the best decades for Pop music it gave us kids our " Beatles " so to speak'-the Jackson Five at the end of the decade...
Danced on American Bandstand 3x when it came to LA...!
Yes indeed this was a brand new single at the time, recorded in NYC on September 3, 1965. Featuring a familiar voice on the backing vocals - Peggy Santiglia (Farina) of the Angels (My Boyfriends Back), who did the bulk of Lou's sessions well into the 1970's.
Awesome insight NEW GROOVES RADIO! Thank You
NEW GROOVES RADIO And in 1971 as lead singer of the group Dusk she scored with "I Hear Those Church Bells Ringing" which was a big radio hit in the Bay Area (where I'm from) but only #53 nationally.
NEW GROOVES RADIO it wouldn't reach the Billboard Top 100 a week later!
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Denise Ferri and Bernadette Carol also
A lot of these young girls was so camera shy back in the 60's..I loved the Ab
It’s Saturday..I miss these teenage dance shows. But these videos are a diversion from all the politics in this country these days and innocence was simpler then. Some of these kids dance better than those on DWTS! Keep em’ coming Aaron!!
Thanks Gayle Lecus and will do!
Yes Gayle! I'm with you! And those kids knew how to swing dance, so beautiful!
This record was a real monster, plowed right out of one's AM car radio!
I love Lou's falsetto and the backup group. Released on December 11, 1965 reaching #1 on February 19, 1966.
What a great time to have been a kid, so sad to become what is known as today's music
Best era ever.
spoda81 Yes, and most of the kids. We lived through the best decades....60’s 70’s!😀
I agree.
There is Indie. It's quite similar to what was popular then.
You think it’s the best because that’s what you grew up with. As a boomer myself, I see no reason to bash the current generation’s music. You’re showing your age, and being an old fart.
This makes my "old heart and body" feel young again! How wonderful~
I still love the look of the girls hair...
Me too!
I fell in love with 60s music when I was a teen just a few years ago. Teens always know the best music.
On average, these precious kids are 70 years old. Just Amazing. I love your channel! Much love and thank you. xo
Some could be dead due to war in 'Nam or illness/old age.
Makes me go back to the best time of my life ! So many good memories.
@@hectorsalcido4106 Yes 😃
@@stevieg7672 Sadly true..
I was also thinking of how old they would be now.
I met Dick Clark during the grand opening of Pala Casino, in Pala, CA. back in, maybe April of 2001. I was a prep-cook at that time and was exiting the Mama's Cafe and guess who opened the door for me.......Dick Clark himself! He was the host of the hotel's grand opening. Lucky for me, I had in my big pockets two small digital cameras. I still have that photo of him & me.
i would love to meet these people today and see how they have all aged! Such beautiful young people enjoying life and being young back in the great days of america!
Brings back great times. I was 18 years old.I would watch American Bandstand.
Love 'Lou' and this is one of my favoites!!
THIS is why I love U-tube video's! And thank all of you who post so much amazing information about them, the comments are fascinating! One of these days I'm going to finish my time machine...
To Glen Henning: When you finish building your time machine, don't forget that I am the first in line. Take me to the 1960s' AB.
Me too...I wanna go!!!!!
I am “lining up too”for your time machine! Best of times & so much fun watching these extraordinary videos! Loved Lou Christie & this song in particular!
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This where I LEARNED how to dance that and my older friends lol :o)
Fantastic song!
and to think all of these teenagers in this video are in their late 60's to early 70's today in 2019.
and a shade over half, ARE STILL ALIVE...
I'm alive 💙
Me too. 🤭
So am I 🤗
…I am too( thank-you God!😁)! Yippee! Fun watching this video & love this channel! It is the best!
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Great Song! I was only 5 years old i remember hearing this song.
Let's hear it from 1965 my young 2020 friends. The main thing is you have fun, it's your turn. I really like your music too, especially Amy Winehouse, Rehab. Too bad she passed so young. I like rap too. I'm 67. HAVE A GREAT TIME MY YOUNG FRIENDS!
I can't get enough of these great videos.
Glad you are enjoying them. Thanks for watching!
There seem to be so many clips. Are there full shows tucked away somewhere?
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The curtain made the studio looked more closed in. Glad they eventually removed it. Awesome looks at some of the regulars in their first year on Bandstand!
Happy new year too us all 2021 ilove you all have fun
Loved this song soooo much! Loved Lou Christie! This is so much fun watching this video with Dick Clark! Great channel/blog/site! Love watching these amazing videos!♥️♥️♥️
All the kids looking for lou..no not here today..go and dance..or at least try...amazing moments as the kids started getting up out of the bleachers to go to the floor
Ahhhh yes, '65 --------I was 18 y/o, & I just knew, I'd always be young,handsome, & invincible . All of life-------was ahead. ----------------MJL, 76 y/o
Great song, great video. Interesting watching guys and girls my parent's age cutting a rug. I can see why my mum and dad enjoyed listening to this era of music during long drives during the early 80's when I was a kid. Great stuff, always a joy to watch.
I love this Song Of Lou Christie never out in my playlist 🌹(1/10/‘23)
Oh, wow!!! I had forgotten all about this song and how much I liked it. I was only 11. Great, absolutely great. 😊 :)
Back then I was 13'14'15'16'17'18'19 and left got marryed of over 12 yrs he passed gone to god a good man
I am so sorry for your loss!♥️
Really fun to watch! I was nine when this aired and was probably watching. American Bandstand with Dick Clark was a favorite show of mine. Thanks for sharing.
Great song, thanks
Dare I say in this song, he was " this close" to alittle "rap" in between the falsetto " lightening strikes again" firecrackers setting off? I was 7 yrs when this aired, but by 9-10 yrs I caught up with this song (older sister's friends 45 vinyl collection) and watched Dave Clark. A true fav song of mine. Didn't realize the guy behind the great voice was soooo handsome. Reminds me of summers at the lake I lived next to. And during big storms I'd see huge trees being split by lightning. Thank-you for bringing this goody - oldie for us to enjoy once again. 🎶🎤👤💖😊☝🎵
1966...September 4th of that year I came into the World.
I love love watching AB. So many memories. It was a fun world then.wish I could go back in time.
Dann O., Christine P., Severiano A., Loretta C., Dorothy F. we are still dancing together ( with a little aching bones ( : : )
Refreshing to see this show through the years and their integrated/interracial audiences
Pure joy
Remember hearing this late 12 /65 on WFILPhilly's Famous 56 ! I was 8 in 3rd grade . Remember my friends older bro sent to SouthVietnam late 8- early 9/65.
It's sooo Cool to see these 60's children rocking up to that great song, bless
Fantastic second-season L.A. Bandstand footage featuring "Roll Call", a holdover from the Philly days, to later be replaced by "The Question of the Day". The L.A. studio set was almost completed, just missing the familiar "checkerboard" backdrop of the mid 60's. Thanks Aaron!
Don....I can't help but find it funny when some of the dancers discover the camera is right on them. Surprise!! Thought I caught a glimpse of you with your back to the camera possibly talking to someone?? As always, thank you for your invaluable input into AB for those of us who weren't lucky enough to be there. Wish we could all have a big chat session sometime, to ask questions and talk Bandstand. Aaron think on it!! 😏
Ah, I didn’t realize QotD replaced Roll Call. Thanks Don. Had you made your debut by this time? I know it’s either happened or coming very soon.
@@YCDTI Aaron...look at 2:20 far left. Don isn't that you with your hands in your sport coat pockets?
Jean Lankton I don’t think Don is on this episode, but I know if he’s not here he will be coming to the show very soon.
+Jean Lankton not in this episode, but soon. Hadn't achieved "regular" status yet. LOL
Love it! 👍😄💃🎵
Thank you!
Noooo! Thank you for the beautiful memories!😃💞❤👍🎵💃
LOVE THIS SONG !! PERFECT SING-ALONG, CRUISIN IN YOUR RIDE, SONG. ----------------MJL, 76 Y/O
THIS SONG REMINDS ME OF ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS IN SCHOOL. PAM HAMILTON. MISS YOU PAM. ROY MILLER HIGH CORPUS CHRISTI TX. LOVE YOU ANGEL THANKS FOR BEEN MY FRIEND. I HOPE, AND PRAY YOU'RE ALIVE, AND WELL. WE LOST SO FRIENDS.
Great videos-Keep me coming !
Young people knew how to dance then.
Simple happy innocent.
YES!
.....and classy.
One of my favorite songs!
One of my favorites too! Loved Lou Christie & still do!♥️
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Music director on the recording is Charlie Calello, who also worked with the Four Seasons.
Thanks so much for the interesting info! ♥️
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I mentioned to a subscriber of YCDTI last night that I have a massive case of 80 an year old Down Under version of limerence (a pointless AND irrational crush) on Peggy Waggoner, as well as Kathy McInerny. The Light In MY Darkness (in a 42 plus year relationship) is a kinda cross between those two. The dazzling smiles get me all the time. CZcams now keeps suggesting these clips, which is kinda spooky. Not that I mind, of course...🤩😍
LOVE THIS SONG!! THANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS!!
Those times arent always as happy as these kids look. We had a war going on. In a little place called Vietnam
Race was also an issue ab was not always a mixed dance party. Sorry life is hard now but it wasnt easy then either.we did have great music
First of all, thank you for your service all of you beautiful Vets. I was around 8 years when this was on.
Thanks to the color Van Morrison ep from '67, I can imagine what this set looked like. So we know that the curtain backdrop is blue, and the "ab" letters on the big circle are a light blue. During this era, I always laugh when Dick introduces a song, and all the kids are just sitting there looking around like "do we get up or what?". Then when they do get up, it takes them forever to start dancing, and the song is almost over by then! Lol I'm glad they did away with that prom/school dance format, and just had the kids out there on the floor ready when the music starts. I always felt that Frankie Valli would have killed this song, but Lou did great, it's a classic! Another great clip Aaron, thanks!
Thruthealcove KC you are always the observant commentator!
That’s actually a really good point Thruthealcove KC. I assume the set colors are the same as the ‘67 color episode with the dark blue curtain and powder blue podium and round logo sign, but I’m not sure about that. That’s how i imagine it too. Great thought!
"AB" wasn't telecast in color until the end of August 1967.
Right. The color episode I was referring to with Van Morrison aired on November 11, 1967, and it was apart of VH1's Best Of American Bandstand series back in the mid 90s. That's how I'm able to "guess" that the set here has the same colors as the following seasons up until September of '69 when everything changed, including the infamous AB logo that was used all the way until 1989!
Lou Chrisi was always played at skating rinks.
I JUST SIGH TO THIS MUSIC.
AMERICA WAS GREAT AT THIS TIME.
LESS POLITICS PEOPLE GOT ALONG EACH OTHER WITH LESS HATRED.
A MORE UNITED WORLD WITH THE EXEPTION OF THE CRAZY VIETNAM WAR .
A BIG SCAR AND SHAME FOR AMERICA.
Remember this late 5/65 ; hearing it on Phila.Pa.s WFIL Famous 56. Unfortunately , knew friends bros , and neighbors sons headed for SouthVietnam from 65-69 ; last one coming back home late 1971.
@@yossarian6799Yeah !
Hey , wat part of this big town are you from? I grew up in NE Philly.
@@johnceglick8714 I grew up in Easton. I live in New Orleans now but I'm home for the holidays
@@yossarian6799 I went out with this cute buxum chick from Allentown area. Actually , she hailed from Emaous ,Pa. ( Spelling wrong , probably). That was back just over 50 yrs. ago ; 1972 . She was a little promiscuous , and I got annoyed , then fed up. Told her auf wiedersehen .Gees , I was 15 yrs.old.
@@johnceglick8714 Emmaus! A promiscuous girl from Allentown? Now there's something you don't see every day!
That was rude of me. My apologies to the denizens of the western end of this great valley.
I''m having a blast being back home. I used to come home regularly but between work and COVID I haven't been since 2019. My first week here I ate like 147 shmuffins! I've been trying to get Wawa to the New Orleans area, with no luck.
@@yossarian6799 I mean she wasn't working the st.s type , but , I think, she wanted that fat ass wallet , and would clandestinely manipulate to reach her goal. Unless , you're being facetious in your statement ?
This is groovy, man!
I was in the WAR in 10/1/ 65 --3/23/66 Aside the war it was good times. I do miss those times. My wife had a tough crush on Lou Christie. AND--- I still think I was better!
A classic 🎉❤😊
I love Lou Christie and i really miss AB :( god bless Mr dick Clark
BOYS AND GIRLS DRESED WITH CLASS BACK THEN.
The kid at 3:20 is having the time of his life😊
HOW I WISH TO BE A TEENAGER AT THIS ERA .
I WAS JUST A BOY OF 5 YEARS OLD AND I COULD NOT ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AND CUTE GIRLS FPR DANCING.
I was a junior in High school then. The problem Juan, is that today, I'm a old man. I still know what a pretty girl looks like, but, I'm not supposed to look at them. I have no record, but if I try to just talk to a girl that age, I'm branded a pervert. Somehow, I can't imagine myself dancing with an old gal 100 pounds over what she weighed back then. I danced a lot during that time, with girls that would let you "lead" the dance, as men are supposed to. Today, the ones my age, lead me !!!!.
There I am, the first one up: Steve Schreiner 15
So cool to see kids being carefree kids, in the middle of a lot of chaos in the world at the time. A lesson?
Crowded dance floor!!!! 😂😂
I like this time to visit, I wouldn't want to live there though. I like modern life.
Men's fashion hasn't change since the 1960's.
I was nine years old at that time. Looking back, I realize how sharp kids dressed back then. It's a completely different story nowadays.
0:06 All those young men saying their age, made me wonder, how many ended up in Vietnam 😥
Me and my sister joann we watched this on tv
Great song 😎
Some of the dancers struggling with the unusual rhythms in this song - although a few people nail it.
Hair spray, cake mascara in a little red maybelline box, the beginnings of GO GO BOOTS...Tangee Liquid Make Up...white lipstick...liquid eye liner, catalina swimsuits, trifari costume jewelry, bobbie brooks knee sox...jeweltone flats. Bobby pins, Friendship Garden, Tussy, sewing your own dresses and skirts.
cheers
No land whales with. Tattoos in site , brill.
The guy at 2:45 "feeling the music".
THE IDENTICAL TWINS...THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THEM ON ab.
2:49. I'm getting a Kramer vibe.
Puppy oh woooo
I always enjoy reading the occasional comments of people, who actually attended these dance events, back in the day. (Nothing I can find with this one!) I do feel jealous not growing up a teen in the 60's. lol. What an amazing time it must to been alive!
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