This was recorded at the Royal Command Performance in London, so those in the first row in the balcony that weren't singing were members of the royal family... like the Queen of England... :p
The first time I heard this song I was a little kid and I was in the car with my parents. My Ding A ling came on the radio and they were singing along with it. I about died!
It was no Christmas carol,.just a humorous tune back then,.I was in grade nine when they'd put on radio tunes for about ten minutes in out home room,.that was in 1976 so I was fourteen years old..I was in Ont, Canada..Them days were other songs like Disko Duck..The Chipmunks,.''Hello Shirley, this is Squirrelly.'' But Ding-a-ling was famous then.
Was a diner two doors from my house. So my friends and I would go there for french fries and such when we about 8. they still had juke boxes at every booth back then. We use to play this all the time.. What memories.. We would laugh and laugh
The first verse was edited out that told what the dingaling was. "When I was a little bitty boy My grandmother bought me a cute little toy Silver bells hanging on a string She told me it was my ding-a-ling-a-ling, oh"
Hey you dudes give a older lady that there is hope 4 this generation! I laughed my self silly! I remember when that tune came out! Thanks! Hail Chuck Berry!❤❤❤❤
Went to a Chuck Berry concert in 1975 and you can imagine what this song sounded like with about 5 thousand voices . He had the crowd in his pocket. It was fantastic , another great memory from the 70s .
When this song first came out some of the radio stations refused to play it in Riverside, California. My grandma said good thing she lived in San Diego because the radio stations were playing it there lol she was a huge Chuck Berry fan.
My grandmother bought the record for me when it came out. I was about 6 years old. The first verse talks about a bell on a string, so I pretended I was yanking on a bell on a string while singing along with the song. She laughed and laughed. It wasn't until several years later that I realized the other meaning, lol. So glad to see y'all enjoying it and for the memories it brings back for me. Thank you.
in the 70s, when the weather was bad... kids would bring in records and we could play them at recess. I remember kids would bring in some of the comedy ones that were their parents. Remember kids bringing in Led Zeppelin. Anyway this one was brought in and it was banned lol, so was The Streak, there was one called Ahab the Arab and they didn't ban that. Guitarzan... they are coming to take me away. There were so man I can't remember them all.
@@teresa2845 Gotta love some Ray Stevens ;) Videos are the perfect extra to the hilarious songs!! The Streak, Ahab the Arab, Guitarzan & Mississippi Squirrel Revival are some of my family's faves :) They're Coming To Take Me Away was definitely a funny "kids" song haha hehe hoho ;)
I remember cruising main street back in the 70s with a car full of people and this song would come on the radio. All the windows down and everyone singing at the top of their lunges. Was a total blast and we all laugh so hard.
I used to work concert security in St. Louis. My first concert I worked backstage for Paul McCartney, Chuck came by to say hi. He was an amazing person.
I love this!! My sweet little Mama would go around the house singing it. It was hilarious. She'd sing and laugh, sing and laugh, while hanging laundry on the line, cooking, just whatever she was doing. We'd hide just to hear her. We are all 5 ft 10 and taller. She was only 5 ft 2. She was our sweet little Mama but was alsoo a spit fire.
Lol, I was in the audience that night, Coventry, England. It’s my absolute winner in truth or lie, because I did backing vocals on Chuck Berry’s only US #1 single. ✌️
If only you could find the full version of the actual song. The first verse begins “When I was a little bitty boy, My grandmother bought me a cute little toy. Silver bells hanging on a string, She told me it was my ding-a-ling-a-ling”
Gosh, this takes me way back to high school. Hey! You guys are harmonizing! The funny song we in Catholic school were not supposed to like. Chuck Berry ---- Welcome in some households, not welcome in others. LOL! You guys are having SO MUCH fun. Grandma Ellen, ear worm-proof. LOL!
This song was written and recorded by Dave Bartholemew in 1952 so it was already 20 years old by the time of this performance. It became the biggest hit of Chuck Berry's career -- the man who was rock 'n' roll's single greatest lyricist until Bob Dylan came along, yet his biggest hit was a novelty record. Funny how things turn out. Berry is pretty funny here though. I saw him live back in 1988 and he was friggin' amazing, his guitar tone was absolutely filthy and he rocked out like nobody's business. He would've been 62 years old then.
I was blessed to see Chuck Berry in Dover NJ circa 1978 79 I was only 16 years old at the Do Drop Inn Salem st Dover NJ , he was WILD and stood up to his reputation, I’ll never forget that show
I didn’t realize this was a real song for a long time. One episode of The Simpsons back in the 90s involved a random kid singing this song at the Springfield Elementary talent show, only to be quickly ushered off stage by Principal Skinner. I introduced this song to my 17-year-old cousin a while back while I had a lull in my work (from home). About 2/3 of the way through, I got a random work call. I told my cousin, “Sorry, but I gotta pause this. I can’t have ‘My Ding-A-Ling’ going on the TV during a work call.”
I remember my mam playing this song for us kids when we were about 10 years old. We laughed so hard, we thought it was hilarious 😂. The legend that is Mr Chuck Berry. ❤🎼
👍😎 I’ve gotten a laugh from that song forever. Never seen that version. He never said what his grandmother gave him, two bells with a string (if I remember correctly) that he called his ding-a-ling. ✌️
The best audience's where the artist invites the audience to participate in their songs. Another famous one on a more serious level of would-be Peter Paul and Mary, Puff the Magic Dragon, audience participation top notch also. But Chuck Berry I believe he really is the king of rock and roll. Then again there is Little Richard.
Just FYI, Jamal, because I know that you've reacted to several Elvis Presley songs. "My Ding-a-ling" was the song that kept Elvis' last really great rock song "Burning Love" from hitting the #1 spot on Billboard. "Burning Love" only reach #2 on Billboard because "My ding-a-ling" was such a huge hit, held on to the #1 spot and wouldn't let go. You can actually find video of the royal family at the time singing "My ding-a-ling". It was that big.
That Kitchen floor verse was left off of the records released. I know because when I was a kid it was the first song I'd look for when I saw a juke box. Good reaction. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome written smartly, love Chuck Berry was my childhood favorite singer. My sister broke my record cause i played my ding o ling one too many times. ❤ true story
Hahaha! I still remember every word to this song! We sang it all the time when I was young!! Lol Yall should check out "The Streaker". Another funny song from back then. And maybe "Amos Moses". Lol
This song always makes me smile, and watching you 3 sing along makes my cheeks hurt. Made my day having young men appreciate a legend like Chuck Berry and and his charisma and ability to sway a crowd. So much fun.
My friend worked at a pizza place with a jukebox that had this song on it, but marked out. I would ALWAYS play that song and turn up the volume on the jukebox. The manager HATED me!!! Other customers in the place would either laugh or SING OUT LOUD with it!
my favorite part of this reaction video is when you all look at each other with that knowing look......like every one of you know exactly what he is talking about 🤣🤣
I love this song! I was raised in a home for girls and the nuns wouldn't let us hear this song! Nuns have dirty thoughts! I bought this and played it loud when ever a nun was close by!
I just love watching you guys all the time keep this up it brings happiness to me. I am an a 71 year young guy living now in the Philippines watching you on TH-cam all the time
Chuck Berry the King of the Double Stop🎸. This is one of Angus Young's influences . Also where he got his skipping across the stage while playing . Angus Young is also greatly influenced by the blues .
I bought this record when I was around 10 years old. I had no idea. Well....... maybe a little bit of an idea. This version had a couple of extra verses though. And Yeah. Recorded in London.
OMG I had no idea Chuck Berry was so funny! I also don't think I knew it was actually a Chuck Berry song. The first time I heard it was on The Simpsons when I was a kid lol Also, at 11:19 was he seriously singing Bring Me to Life by Evanescence? 😂 I love that song!
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Chuck Berry was an entertainer and had played great music!
He will be and is missed
First record I ever received from my dad for being brave at the dentist. I was 6, I still have it.
EVERYbody sang this song all the time. Especially my brothers.
This was recorded at the Royal Command Performance in London, so those in the first row in the balcony that weren't singing were members of the royal family... like the Queen of England... :p
The first time I heard this song I was a little kid and I was in the car with my parents. My Ding A ling came on the radio and they were singing along with it. I about died!
Yup! In a houseful of cousins, uncles ...my stepdad cranked it up an i went outside! Lol
Me too!, lol
One of the founders of rock and roll, incredible guitarist, and apparently a part time comedian.
yep... he would be like the Godfather of the guitar lol....
I had it on 45. I could only play it when my Mom was busy or out of the house...
I was in high school and we use to sing-a-long with it.
I must be older than dirt because I remember when this first came out 🤣
Right there with you!
I remember seeing this on a TV show when I was a little kid and my mom jumped up and covered my ears.🤣
Nantz... yes
That was back when we kids listened to AM radio 📻😂😂😂
See, I don't remember. Where I lived Black people's music wasn't played.
There will NEVER be a replacement for this MAN,
It was no Christmas carol,.just a humorous tune back then,.I was in grade nine when they'd put on radio tunes for about ten minutes in out home room,.that was in 1976 so I was fourteen years old..I was in Ont, Canada..Them days were other songs like Disko Duck..The Chipmunks,.''Hello Shirley, this is Squirrelly.'' But Ding-a-ling was famous then.
Was a diner two doors from my house. So my friends and I would go there for french fries and such when we about 8. they still had juke boxes at every booth back then. We use to play this all the time.. What memories.. We would laugh and laugh
The first verse was edited out that told what the dingaling was.
"When I was a little bitty boy
My grandmother bought me a cute little toy
Silver bells hanging on a string
She told me it was my ding-a-ling-a-ling, oh"
Hey you dudes give a older lady that there is hope 4 this generation! I laughed my self silly! I remember when that tune came out! Thanks! Hail Chuck Berry!❤❤❤❤
Went to a Chuck Berry concert in 1975 and you can imagine what this song sounded like with about 5 thousand voices . He had the crowd in his pocket. It was fantastic , another great memory from the 70s .
what i would like to know is how many people noticed he was leaning have to the male part of the song.
When this song first came out some of the radio stations refused to play it in Riverside, California. My grandma said good thing she lived in San Diego because the radio stations were playing it there lol she was a huge Chuck Berry fan.
the TRUE king of Rock n Roll!!!
I remember this as a kid in UK just seemed to be played alot
It took CHUCK BERRY over 20 years before he finally had a #1 song in the country on the Billboard Charts
Love Chuck Berry form the first time I heard him waaaaay back in the 60’s
My grandmother bought the record for me when it came out. I was about 6 years old. The first verse talks about a bell on a string, so I pretended I was yanking on a bell on a string while singing along with the song. She laughed and laughed. It wasn't until several years later that I realized the other meaning, lol. So glad to see y'all enjoying it and for the memories it brings back for me. Thank you.
in the 70s, when the weather was bad... kids would bring in records and we could play them at recess. I remember kids would bring in some of the comedy ones that were their parents. Remember kids bringing in Led Zeppelin. Anyway this one was brought in and it was banned lol, so was The Streak, there was one called Ahab the Arab and they didn't ban that. Guitarzan... they are coming to take me away. There were so man I can't remember them all.
@@teresa2845 Gotta love some Ray Stevens ;) Videos are the perfect extra to the hilarious songs!! The Streak, Ahab the Arab, Guitarzan & Mississippi Squirrel Revival are some of my family's faves :) They're Coming To Take Me Away was definitely a funny "kids" song haha hehe hoho ;)
Yes 😂the first verse described the ding a ling (bells on a string) 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Me too, same experience!!!
@@msfeistybabe Ray stevens is still going and he has a channel on youtube.
I remember cruising main street back in the 70s with a car full of people and this song would come on the radio. All the windows down and everyone singing at the top of their lunges. Was a total blast and we all laugh so hard.
I used to work concert security in St. Louis. My first concert I worked backstage for Paul McCartney, Chuck came by to say hi. He was an amazing person.
This song was #1 on the week I was born
Even if you've never heard of Chuck Berry.. this performance alone has to put him at the top of your musical list! 😂
i was 8 when this came out :) a fun song; especially the way Chuck got the audience involved
Greetings from Oregon. Phido my 24 year old cat and I love you guys. Great reaction
This was the first gift that I had ever received from a boy. I was 13. It was 1974. A prophecy.....LMAO!!!
I love this!! My sweet little Mama would go around the house singing it. It was hilarious. She'd sing and laugh, sing and laugh, while hanging laundry on the line, cooking, just whatever she was doing. We'd hide just to hear her. We are all 5 ft 10 and taller. She was only 5 ft 2. She was our sweet little Mama but was alsoo a spit fire.
I got to sing along with him on this one at a live concert. I will never forget it. He was so much fun.
There’s a Midnight Special with Chuck Berry & The Bee Gees singing Johnny B Goode.
Lol, I was in the audience that night, Coventry, England. It’s my absolute winner in truth or lie, because I did backing vocals on Chuck Berry’s only US #1 single. ✌️
Legendary Chuck Berry song. Fun song for the audience. RIP Mr Chuck.🙏
“We did it in the kitchen. We did it the hall. She did it on my finger. And I wiped it on the wall.” Ala Chuck Berry.
I saw him live in a small bar in East Lansing back in 1974. He was amazing. One of the greatest ever.
It's been stuck in my head for over 50 years, But enjoyed the fun of you and your brothers.
What an absolute legend Chuck Berry is! I never seen this longer version before. Thanks Jamel
If only you could find the full version of the actual song. The first verse begins “When I was a little bitty boy, My grandmother bought me a cute little toy. Silver bells hanging on a string, She told me it was my ding-a-ling-a-ling”
I had forgotten that.
I have that on a DVD best of the 70s
Gosh, this takes me way back to high school. Hey! You guys are harmonizing! The funny song we in Catholic school were not supposed to like. Chuck Berry ---- Welcome in some households, not welcome in others. LOL! You guys are having SO MUCH fun. Grandma Ellen, ear worm-proof. LOL!
That song does stick in your head from day one. Enjoy the rest of your lives with it rolling around in there lol.
Oh my goodness …you guys are having too much fun with your ding a lings.
I was privileged to see Chuck performing many years ago. Hilarious and incredibly talented at the same time. Thank you for reviewing him, Jamal!
Also a very popular song in Britain at the time. Too young to understand the lyrics back then, puberty only hit a few years later! Classic.
There are songs and then there are Chuck Berry Songs, The Master Entertainer of Rock N Roll.. Rest Peacefully Chuck Berry
Another funny song… Joe Tex - Ain’t Gonna Bump No More. ( Soul Train Performance).
When my dad played this when I was little, I
Always laughed.He passed 4 yrs ago.
This song was written and recorded by Dave Bartholemew in 1952 so it was already 20 years old by the time of this performance. It became the biggest hit of Chuck Berry's career -- the man who was rock 'n' roll's single greatest lyricist until Bob Dylan came along, yet his biggest hit was a novelty record. Funny how things turn out. Berry is pretty funny here though. I saw him live back in 1988 and he was friggin' amazing, his guitar tone was absolutely filthy and he rocked out like nobody's business. He would've been 62 years old then.
Love this video, Chuck was the consummate performer and comedian!!
Cool fact....1 year before Jonny b good was released Mr Sandman was the number 1 song. CHUCK is the true inventor of ROCK N ROLL
I was blessed to see Chuck Berry in Dover NJ circa 1978 79 I was only 16 years old at the Do Drop Inn Salem st Dover NJ , he was WILD and stood up to his reputation, I’ll never forget that show
Classic!! Chuck Berry had a great sense of humor.
I didn’t realize this was a real song for a long time. One episode of The Simpsons back in the 90s involved a random kid singing this song at the Springfield Elementary talent show, only to be quickly ushered off stage by Principal Skinner.
I introduced this song to my 17-year-old cousin a while back while I had a lull in my work (from home). About 2/3 of the way through, I got a random work call. I told my cousin, “Sorry, but I gotta pause this. I can’t have ‘My Ding-A-Ling’ going on the TV during a work call.”
I remember my mam playing this song for us kids when we were about 10 years old. We laughed so hard, we thought it was hilarious 😂. The legend that is Mr Chuck Berry. ❤🎼
👍😎 I’ve gotten a laugh from that song forever. Never seen that version. He never said what his grandmother gave him, two bells with a string (if I remember correctly) that he called his ding-a-ling. ✌️
This is a funny audience participation song. Chuck got everyone involved.
I'm so happy to see you back doing music videos. Keep it going Jamel. 👍
That song was played on the radio. That was when the FCC had power.
Peace🎶💕
The best audience's where the artist invites the audience to participate in their songs. Another famous one on a more serious level of would-be Peter Paul and Mary, Puff the Magic Dragon, audience participation top notch also. But Chuck Berry I believe he really is the king of rock and roll. Then again there is Little Richard.
Just FYI, Jamal, because I know that you've reacted to several Elvis Presley songs. "My Ding-a-ling" was the song that kept Elvis' last really great rock song "Burning Love" from hitting the #1 spot on Billboard. "Burning Love" only reach #2 on Billboard because "My ding-a-ling" was such a huge hit, held on to the #1 spot and wouldn't let go. You can actually find video of the royal family at the time singing "My ding-a-ling". It was that big.
I grew up on this song. My grandmother would just laugh as we listened. Every time we visited we always went straight for her records.
Just wish this was uncut and the whole song🤷🏻♀️ I loved this song when I was a kid wasn’t till I was a teen that I fully understood it tho 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤
This reaction has made my day - thanks y'all!! 🙂❤
What fond memories watching him . Such a talented legend. Thank you .
Rolling over on the floor LMAO while playing with my Ding A Ling!
That Kitchen floor verse was left off of the records released. I know because when I was a kid it was the first song I'd look for when I saw a juke box. Good reaction. Thanks for sharing.
Used to love singing this on the school bus in 8th grade! Class favorite. Had the record, same words.
Only intelligence can provide moments as good as this one. Good humor and intelligence are one and the same thing... life.
And sex... :)
Awesome written smartly, love Chuck Berry was my childhood favorite singer. My sister broke my record cause i played my ding o ling one too many times. ❤ true story
Hahaha! I still remember every word to this song! We sang it all the time when I was young!! Lol Yall should check out "The Streaker". Another funny song from back then. And maybe "Amos Moses". Lol
💙💙💙 Love watching you three having a good time! And Chuck Berry sure can bring a good time.
What a legend!
Love Chuck Berry
This song always makes me smile, and watching you 3 sing along makes my cheeks hurt. Made my day having young men appreciate a legend like Chuck Berry and and his charisma and ability to sway a crowd. So much fun.
My friend worked at a pizza place with a jukebox that had this song on it, but marked out. I would ALWAYS play that song and turn up the volume on the jukebox. The manager HATED me!!! Other customers in the place would either laugh or SING OUT LOUD with it!
I was a teen when he was doing this song.. such a cute funny little song.
Chuck Berry was just a musician he was also an entertainer! Rest In Peace Chuck!
my favorite part of this reaction video is when you all look at each other with that knowing look......like every one of you know exactly what he is talking about 🤣🤣
I heard this as A kid, wow!!!
I love this song! I was raised in a home for girls and the nuns wouldn't let us hear this song! Nuns have dirty thoughts! I bought this and played it loud when ever a nun was close by!
I love him!!!!!! This song cracks me up.
This was on the jukebox in the place near my high school where we occasionally went for lunch.
I love the way he gets the audience involved.
I just love watching you guys all the time keep this up it brings happiness to me. I am an a 71 year young guy living now in the Philippines watching you on TH-cam all the time
What great back up singers you are you need to go on the road ! lol
Chuck the kind of dude to whip it out during Sunday School
Someone needs to cover this on America"s got talent. I was in high school when this came out. I'm 67.
I am the same age as you and it was sure funny in high school when this came out.
This man is a legend.. so funny ... took the women a while to get going though 😝🤣🤣
the great tomato Blues album... you should love this album it might even change your listening habits forever. .
Chuck Berry the King of the Double Stop🎸. This is one of Angus Young's influences . Also where he got his skipping across the stage while playing . Angus Young is also greatly influenced by the blues .
LOL great song. I looked up “what year did my ding a ling come out” 😉😂😂
A true celebration of black history
Haha...good accents guys. Thanks for the laughs from this classic performance.
Great, great musician.
He was the founder of Rock & Roll..
I bought this record when I was around 10 years old. I had no idea. Well....... maybe a little bit of an idea. This version had a couple of extra verses though. And Yeah. Recorded in London.
You guys never fail to make me laugh ! Thanks !
OMG I had no idea Chuck Berry was so funny! I also don't think I knew it was actually a Chuck Berry song. The first time I heard it was on The Simpsons when I was a kid lol
Also, at 11:19 was he seriously singing Bring Me to Life by Evanescence? 😂
I love that song!
I remember as well soi guess I'm old as dirt too
It's been forever since I've seen a reaction to this. Thank ya'll.
Thank you bring it back some fun memories
Classic artist, classic song! They don't write them like that any more. Just a lot of fun!
Omg I was just thinking about this song the other day 🤣🤣🤣
I remember that!!!!!!
Thanks
Peace🎶✨️🌎💕