I am 70, and can tell about growing old!! I am married to the Image of A Girl that I always wanted, we've known each other since the Fifth Grade, 1953!! I was 10!
Only those who lived through this era can really know what it was like.The music the cars the dances .interaction between people face to face without the use of electronics.great memories todays kids will never know.
Here, Here! I lived through that era and your description is spot on. I still play the music and I kept the cars. An era that is, indeed, truly gone with the wind.
Dumped by a beautiful, sweet brunette in the summer of 1960 (I wasn't Catholic, so her mama said go away). This song was just out and this 16-year had many sad nights until I met my petite, lovely wife-to-be in February 1961. We've now been married 57 years! God is so good!! Blessings 🙏✝️.
Takes this old guy way way back. Living in a Methodist Childrens home in Berea Ohio. Across the campus was a beautiful dark haired girl named Melanie, my first teen love. I still remember her beautiful smile every time this song plays, it was on the radio back then and it became my favorite until this day, thank you for the magic of music.
Another 64 youngster, this song taking me back in time to my first love "Melanie Spiker", so crazy for her in school I was on cloud 9. The song takes me back to easy times before my Viet Nam tour and loosing track of the girl with the beautiful long brown hair and constant smile, you never forget your first love, never ,and this song takes you there in an instant.
Someone needs to keep these songs alive and pass them to the next generation because someday the people who heard them in their own lifetime won't be around anymore. I'm just one 20 year old doing my part, and I can't wait to show all the music I've collected on TH-cam to my kids if I ever have any. Gotta love the classics 😊
I have a half dozen YT playlists I'm making for my granddaughter - she's 3 - she may not like them when she's older, but she'll be aware of R&R from the 50's on up.
In May of 1960 this song hit the top of the music charts and became a national hit for the Safaris from Los Angeles. It is one of so many records of that era tha will live forever. Times were comparatively less complicate and innocent, music and TV was at its best and girls and guys slow danced to songs like this. You had to live it to appreciate it. Just ask 75 million "Baby Boomers." Ron--Highway Stars Magazine
I believe that most of us at one time or another had the same thoughts of the image of a girl that we fell in love with and the older songs from the past sang of our experiences growing up. 👍👍
Got to see these guys at our NCO club in Vietnam in 1969. This is one of several songs I used for trivia when I was an "oldies" DJ back in the 80's - 90's.
Not that my age is relevant but as a twenty two year old I wish I could go back and enjoy these times as they were... The music is simple breath taking and I just can't get over the era's melodic tunes and progressions that just scream out how excellent of times they were...
Great pictures of 30's and 40's Ford street rods and others too. Great memories of the 60's when I was growing up and and in the Air Force and could only dream of having such a vehicle. Was in my 60's when I could finally afford a new 03 Supercharged Ford Mustang Cobra.
Oh, geez yes! My image of a girl ( way back then), was Sandy Anderson, Sugie Anderson, and Sandy Puckett, combined or separate it didn't matter! All from Bisbee, AZ! Thank you ladies!
+Linda Quier Why can't we teach these young people now what a good time really is? I would love to have those moments back again, but we can't, so lets start showing these young people what a good time is all about. I would love to be sixteen again, but lets face it I'm 65 and still have all of those fond memories. Nothing can erase that from my youth.
+Mike Moody Think of it this way,if you were not Old now,you would not have been young then,Im 69 now and I know It was worth it,It was that good, God Bless!
hey edo91639 - I also was in the AF in the 60's stationed at Orlando. I disc-jockeyed at the base dances and this was a great oldie to dance to....I usually made it a ladie's choice............great music of a bygone era................
This song, for me, defines my memories of the early '60's.....I never get tired of this classic and the memories it brings back, and what memories...truly a golden era never to be repeated...
+Robert MacKenzie Is that where this band is from? Most of the bands that had beach and surf themes were form CA. I never heard an east coast band doing the beach thing..but what would I know? I was not even born yet then..all I know is the old tunes are the best!!
Hey excop1968, great pics and music. Thanks for posting. Lots of memories. The poodle skirt tops all the pics. Excellent. As for those 27 thumbs down...the fickle finger of fate!
The magic of this song and the times is that boys and girls were kept separated by parents and society until that magical age when they were supposed to mature enough to start dating. It's difficult to describe to kids of today the thrill of actually being close to that mysterious yet beautiful little girl that you've watched grow up, but were not allowed to get near. So until that magical day arrived, the best us guys could hope for was a slow dance at a sock hop and a kiss on the cheek. Compare that thrill to today and girls like Miley Cyrus or the Kardashians and tell me this country isn't finished.
Its not finished because there's more of us than them and the tables are slowly turning on the immoral democrat/socialist/Marxist with their critical race theory and condoning sex changes and all their other crazy leftist ideas and policies; Stand Tall and don't you Fall. . 🇺🇸 MAGA 🇺🇸
Rvictor64, I am one of those baby boomers. Always talking about '55 Buicks and '60 Lincolns. I also still have the same Magnavox HI FI set that I listened to Image Of A Girl over when I was little. You'll see it on my post if Oh Baby Don't by The Heartbeats.
+Robert MacKenzie Robert ... I don't know you , but I care about you. There are others, also. You may not know them, but they are out there. Seek them out. Try. Put yourself into the good flow. Life is good. Please let me hear from you soon. I was fortunate to have been around as a teenager during these wonderful years also. These songs are from an era when you needed real talent to be a recording artist. So many one-hit wonders. Your "Image of a Girl" is still out there, waiting and hoping to find you.
+Tim Liddell Tim , thanks for your concern , you are a one in a million person . I'm sorry to upset you, I'm just at a low point , but I'll be ok . Bob
+Robert MacKenzie You are welcome. I have not slept well since I read your post. Now I can. All humans go thru ups and downs in this life. I know you will be o.k. This song I can tell is special to you, so keep playing it, along with the many others that were recorded during this very beautiful time in American history. Thanks for your quick response. Your friend, Tim
+Robert MacKenzie I have seen things from Nam to 36 years on the PD that cannot be told to anyone other than those who were there. I will take horrible images to my grave. My life is tempered by the beauty in life from breathing clean air to giving a helping hand to someone in need, and not even telling them it was me who reached out to them. I am thankfully, living in the 60s with my music and experiencing a kinder better time. It is these things that I focus on, and listening to music like this which brings me to this better place. I realize all to well that things will come to an end someday, and there is nothing I can do about it. It will come wether I think about it or not. Make the most of every day god gives you....
peter brock Peter, you expressed that so eloquently & beautifully. Yes, such is the power & magic of music: It can transport you to a place & a moment somewhere (anywhere) in time: just close your eyes & let the music take you there.
It will always turn out the same way! And it should, no matter how bad! We are a generation of winners! We did our part and more. But, the bitter sweet love affairs of our youth, innocent and not! I love my past, but I can't wait for my future. What about the pain? Nah! What about the love and kindness. Let's not go out with a whimper, let's blow there minds. Anyone else with me!
56 years ago ! How can time be so cruel ---so fast----so unforgiving????? This was when music was so real, so wonderful, & I had become THE greatest : a Teenager! ------Wolfsky9, 69 y/o
A Killer Song, i remember when it came out.use to get included on most all oldies albums, they had a follow up hit not as big but an interesting song called Girl with a STory in her eyes. Cheers
On this day in 1960 {June 18th} the Safaris performed "Image of A Girl" on the ABC-TV program 'Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show'... Twelve days earlier on June 6th it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #6 and spent 18 weeks on the Top 100... In the United Kingdom the song was covered by Mark Wynter; his version reached #11... R.I.P. Mr. Clark {1929 - 2012} and group member Sheldon Breier, who passed away on December Eve of 1999...
I think I was in the 8 th grade when this great song came out. always have loved it. still do. for the Safaris, that's a long way from "Wipe Out". their other big hit.
You did an amazing job on this video. Every pic is just right. Oh how I wish for so many of these images to come back. Also, the image of a girl I knew. Thanks for the memories. George Vreeland Hill
On the comment what happened. In my opinion electric guitars/ drugs/etc. I miss the old times when music was good and life was alot simpler. I only listen to 50 on my x-m radio when I traveling, which I do quite a bit of. Still love thte 50's and early 60's. I'm a retired 64 year old guy which doesen't like the way things are going except for technology which alows to relive this music.
WOW! What a great tune!. Where did it go wrong let’s start with the computer, mobile phone!!! Who remembers actually going to the record store to buy a 45, album, tape or CD. It meant something to carry something home
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I am 70, and can tell about growing old!! I am married to the Image of A Girl that I always wanted, we've known each other since the Fifth Grade, 1953!! I was 10!
Only those who lived through this era can really know what it was like.The music the cars the dances .interaction between people face to face without the use of electronics.great memories todays kids will never know.
Here, Here! I lived through that era and your description is spot on. I still play the music and I kept the cars. An era that is, indeed, truly gone with the wind.
When America was at it's zenith and the envy of the World with it's music, cars & culture!🤗👍
I qualify 🤍
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Right on, Tony!!
Dumped by a beautiful, sweet brunette in the summer of 1960 (I wasn't Catholic, so her mama said go away). This song was just out and this 16-year had many sad nights until I met my petite, lovely wife-to-be in February 1961. We've now been married 57 years! God is so good!! Blessings 🙏✝️.
Big congratulations to you both
Takes this old guy way way back. Living in a Methodist Childrens home in Berea Ohio. Across the campus was a beautiful dark haired girl named Melanie, my first teen love. I still remember her beautiful smile every time this song plays, it was on the radio back then and it became my favorite until this day, thank you for the magic of music.
The greatest music of any era. Nothing compares.
Love this music 🎶😘💕🎵🎼 thanks so much
I first heard this song on an Oldies But Goodies LP, when I was 13, in 1973. I wouldn't give any of those albums away for anything. Great stuff!!!
Masterpiece of sweetness, beauty, longing, and tenderness. This music served as the foundation of our generation. Baby please wont' you dance me!
Late summer of '60, I was just turning 14 y/o in September. What a classic this is . KOSI, 1630 AM , in the Mile-high city of Denver.
OH, this sure brings back good memories of the good old days. When music was the greatest ever.
My best summer ever ....
I never get tired of hearing this romantic song. these guys could really sing!
Another 64 youngster, this song taking me back in time to my first love "Melanie Spiker", so crazy for her in school I was on cloud 9. The song takes me back to easy times before my Viet Nam tour and loosing track of the girl with the beautiful long brown hair and constant smile, you never forget your first love, never ,and this song takes you there in an instant.
I thank God I grew up in the era that produced this kind of music and the memories it brings back....
That rehearsal of this song is sooo cool--it makes lots of people happy and remember a thing or two.The Safaris rock!!
Someone needs to keep these songs alive and pass them to the next generation because someday the people who heard them in their own lifetime won't be around anymore. I'm just one 20 year old doing my part, and I can't wait to show all the music I've collected on TH-cam to my kids if I ever have any. Gotta love the classics 😊
I have a half dozen YT playlists I'm making for my granddaughter - she's 3 - she may not like them when she's older, but she'll be aware of R&R from the 50's on up.
I don't know if i can open this world to someone, but i'll try in any way, that's for sure!
In May of 1960 this song hit the top of the music charts and became a national hit for the Safaris from Los Angeles. It is one of so many records of that era tha will live forever. Times were comparatively less complicate and innocent, music and TV was at its best and girls and guys slow danced to songs like this. You had to live it to appreciate it. Just ask 75 million "Baby Boomers."
Ron--Highway Stars Magazine
I believe that most of us at one time or another had the same thoughts of the image of a girl that we fell in love with and the older songs from the past sang of our experiences growing up. 👍👍
I agree with Steve Watts.!!! This was music!! We have sirrus in both vehicles and listen to 50s! I am 64 and hubby is70.!!! Where has time gone!!??
Love these old songs. I grew up listening to them and I am thankful for it.
FROM THAT LONG AGO, SUMMER OF 1960 ! i WAS 13 Y/O, HEADING TO 14. WHAT A TIME IT WAS !! --------MJL, 77 Y/O
Got to see these guys at our NCO club in Vietnam in 1969. This is one of several songs I used for trivia when I was an "oldies" DJ back in the 80's - 90's.
Not that my age is relevant but as a twenty two year old I wish I could go back and enjoy these times as they were... The music is simple breath taking and I just can't get over the era's melodic tunes and progressions that just scream out how excellent of times they were...
Near the top in the love songs of the 60.s----Thx so much Safaris!
Great slow dance song! You never hear this song anywhere anymore! Thanks for posting!
A timeless classic : Thank you
Born a few years after this song hit the charts ... loved this when I could still hear it on the radio back in the 80s. Still wonderfully sad ...
Great pictures of 30's and 40's Ford street rods and others too. Great memories of the 60's when I was growing up and and in the Air Force and could only dream of having such a vehicle. Was in my 60's when I could finally afford a new 03 Supercharged Ford Mustang Cobra.
Oh, geez yes! My image of a girl ( way back then), was Sandy Anderson, Sugie Anderson, and Sandy Puckett, combined or separate it didn't matter! All from Bisbee, AZ! Thank you ladies!
True lyrics, melody & singers. This is music at its best. thanks excop for sharing this great song. aloha
Outstanding .. Love this song 1960...
loved this song when first moving to South Plainfield NJ as a 12 year old kid!
I feel so LUCKY to have lived and enjoyed this era, sounds as good todays as years ago, what a testament to our time.
Wow...I haven't heard this song in a very long time. Brings back so many memories.
Love this song, would be great to go back to those times.
+Linda Quier YOU MIGHT GET TO IN THE NEXT LIFE.>>>>>
+Ron Roberts A lot of good times back in the day !
+Linda Quier Why can't we teach these young people now what a good time really is? I would love to have those moments back again, but we can't, so lets start showing these young people what a good time is all about. I would love to be sixteen again, but lets face it I'm 65 and still have all of those fond memories. Nothing can erase that from my youth.
+Mike Moody Think of it this way,if you were not Old now,you would not have been young then,Im 69 now and I know It was worth it,It was that good, God Bless!
+Linda Quier we didn't know how good we had it back then...
was 8 years old back in the day,great tune!!!!brings back my teen years 60s,who would of known that the music back then would be classic today!!!!
hey edo91639 - I also was in the AF in the 60's stationed at Orlando. I disc-jockeyed at the base dances and this was a great oldie to dance to....I usually made it a ladie's choice............great music of a bygone era................
Why are these songs from the 50s so musically magic?
They were good?
When we wanted to "dance slow & close" we put this record on....
1960 Eldo records... I have always loved this song..
One of my favorite doo wop songs. Love it. thanks for posting.
One of my All-Time Favorites!
I was a young teen when this was released and I can still see the blue label on the 45. It was one of my favorites. Played it over and over.
they'll never be great songs like this ever again
This song, for me, defines my memories of the early '60's.....I never get tired of this classic and the memories it brings back, and what memories...truly a golden era never to be repeated...
Great pictures and a great old song from back in the good ole days thanks for posting this fabulous song and the pictures
+TheMan FromAspen Back when you needed real talent to be a recording artist. Harmonizing, lyrics, love.
+Tim Liddell Hey Tim, hope all is well.Just wanted to thank you again.You take care of yourself.Your friend, Bob
+Robert MacKenzie All is well, Bob. I was thinking what a great way You Tube has made it thru this music for people to share their feelings.
+zipper179 Hi, Bob here. I grew up in Catonsville, Maryland. I just love this song!
+Robert MacKenzie Is that where this band is from? Most of the bands that had beach and surf themes were form CA. I never heard an east coast band doing the beach thing..but what would I know? I was not even born yet then..all I know is the old tunes are the best!!
Great photos to go along with a great song -- thanks!
What a voice! This is one of my favorites.
Played this for my girlfriend in summer of 1971...and I told her so...I felt she might be a dream come true....She was!!......Married 39 years!!
Hey excop1968, great pics and music. Thanks for posting. Lots of memories. The poodle skirt tops all the pics. Excellent.
As for those 27 thumbs down...the fickle finger of fate!
A great song from a time in my past I'd love to visit!
The magic of this song and the times is that boys and girls were kept separated by parents and society until that magical age when they were supposed to mature enough to start dating. It's difficult to describe to kids of today the thrill of actually being close to that mysterious yet beautiful little girl that you've watched grow up, but were not allowed to get near. So until that magical day arrived, the best us guys could hope for was a slow dance at a sock hop and a kiss on the cheek. Compare that thrill to today and girls like Miley Cyrus or the Kardashians and tell me this country isn't finished.
Its not finished because there's more of us than them and the tables are slowly turning on the immoral democrat/socialist/Marxist with their critical race theory and condoning sex changes and all their other crazy leftist ideas and policies;
Stand Tall and don't you Fall. .
🇺🇸 MAGA 🇺🇸
One of the best slow dancing songs in history.I love this get real close song.WOW,what a great song.
Right-on---the perfect "last dance" song.Angel Baby was another dreamy.
Made lots of great love to this oldy.What a song.
Nice and clean. Very good song. Thanks a lot partner.
Such a great song
I have loved this song from first hearing it...heard it hundreds of times since...thanks for posting!
Wonderment innocents good times good music and our forever loves that we hold onto to this day, These images will last forever
Thanks for including the pictures with this song. They really bring back some great memories of junior and senior high school.
this is why I loved EVERY DAY of the 50s, 60s..........what memories and songs.
1960 Image of a Girl by the Safaris a classic ballad from the year of my birth.
The distinctive "tic-toc". Great memories! Thanks.
those oldies but goodies forever
Loved hearing this song again.
This song was 50 years ago no.10 in the world charts
what a wonderful son brings back good memories thx
Rvictor64, I am one of those baby boomers. Always talking about '55 Buicks and '60 Lincolns. I also still have the same Magnavox HI FI set that I listened to Image Of A Girl over when I was little. You'll see it on my post if Oh Baby Don't by The Heartbeats.
The image of a.girl ,1960, How I wish I could live those times again ,instead of thinking about ending things .
+Robert MacKenzie Robert ... I don't know you , but I care about you. There are others, also. You may not know them, but they are out there. Seek them out. Try. Put yourself into the good flow. Life is good. Please let me hear from you soon. I was fortunate to have been around as a teenager during these wonderful years also. These songs are from an era when you needed real talent to be a recording artist. So many one-hit wonders. Your "Image of a Girl" is still out there, waiting and hoping to find you.
+Tim Liddell
Tim , thanks for your concern , you are a one in a million person . I'm sorry to upset you, I'm just at a low point , but I'll be ok . Bob
+Robert MacKenzie You are welcome. I have not slept well since I read your post. Now I can. All humans go thru ups and downs in this life. I know you will be o.k. This song I can tell is special to you, so keep playing it, along with the many others that were recorded during this very beautiful time in American history. Thanks for your quick response. Your friend, Tim
+Robert MacKenzie I have seen things from Nam to 36 years on the PD that cannot be told to anyone other than those who were there. I will take horrible images to my grave. My life is tempered by the beauty in life from breathing clean air to giving a helping hand to someone in need, and not even telling them it was me who reached out to them. I am thankfully, living in the 60s with my music and experiencing a kinder better time. It is these things that I focus on, and listening to music like this which brings me to this better place. I realize all to well that things will come to an end someday, and there is nothing I can do about it. It will come wether I think about it or not. Make the most of every day god gives you....
+lawdog490 Great to have you share, and for your concern. Take care friend.
A great song to dance to and a song frozen in time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
congrats richard opp:)i also have been my image of a girl for 42 years and counting she was my fantasy come true:)
MY FAVORITE SONG OF ALL TIME 👍... DON'T ASK ME WHY... IT JUST IS❣️
We do go back in time everytime we listen to this great music close your eyes relax and let the music take you there
peter brock Peter, you expressed that so eloquently & beautifully. Yes, such is the power & magic of music: It can transport you to a place & a moment somewhere (anywhere) in time: just close your eyes & let the music take you there.
It will always turn out the same way! And it should, no matter how
bad!
We are a generation of winners!
We did our part and more.
But, the bitter sweet love affairs of our youth, innocent and not!
I love my past, but I can't wait for my future.
What about the pain? Nah! What about the love and kindness.
Let's not go out with a whimper, let's blow there minds.
Anyone else with me!
Mesmerizing then and today. Thank you. "for I haven't found that image yet..."
YES INDEED....... WONDERFUL ... WAS A IMAGE I NEEDED TO FIND...
1960... SO YOUNG THEN...... ....
LOVE THIS SONG
Hearing this song brings tears to my eyes.
Let's get together raise money build time machine go back to that generation
were we really that young, once? Vietnam ,made us grow up so fast! Why couldn't it last!
56 years ago ! How can time be so cruel ---so fast----so unforgiving????? This was when music was so real, so wonderful, & I had become THE greatest : a Teenager! ------Wolfsky9, 69 y/o
+Wolfsky9 Hey Wolf`I'm right there...1946~A VERY good year.
A Killer Song, i remember when it came out.use to get included on most all oldies albums, they had a follow up hit not as big but an interesting song called Girl with a STory in her eyes. Cheers
Yes, a really great Pgh. song.....Pgh, oldies #1 in my life.
On this day in 1960 {June 18th} the Safaris performed "Image of A Girl" on the ABC-TV program 'Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show'...
Twelve days earlier on June 6th it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #6 and spent 18 weeks on the Top 100...
In the United Kingdom the song was covered by Mark Wynter; his version reached #11...
R.I.P. Mr. Clark {1929 - 2012} and group member Sheldon Breier, who passed away on December Eve of 1999...
I think I was in the 8 th grade when this great song came out. always have loved it. still do. for the Safaris, that's a long way from "Wipe Out". their other big hit.
Jasper007 S S
Surfaris did Wipeout
Great song in a wonderful time!
I was given the 45 at a concert they put on back in 92 in San Luis Obispo...
Great lyrics and I've always loved how they included the ticking of the clock. Who thought of adding the clock sound way back then???
there isnt a better song of this era
You did an amazing job on this video.
Every pic is just right.
Oh how I wish for so many of these images to come back.
Also, the image of a girl I knew.
Thanks for the memories.
George Vreeland Hill
remember falling in love while this song was playing California 1960
MASTERPIECE.
I used to play this record over and over again dreaming of the boy I had a crush on - Image of a boy!
I absolutely Love The Girl in the Poodle Skirt. She represents all I've ever thought of in a Poodle Skirt.
+VBMCAT Simplicity, beauty, innocence. What a fine representation of that wonderful time in American history.
+zipper179 Nice comment, Zipper. Keep posting.
Great song, Love the Doo Woop music.
brings back some wonderful memories
Love this song .
One of the best doo-wop songs ever.
On the comment what happened. In my opinion electric guitars/ drugs/etc. I miss the old times when music was good and life was alot simpler. I only listen to 50 on my x-m radio when I traveling, which I do quite a bit of. Still love thte 50's and early 60's. I'm a retired 64 year old guy which doesen't like the way things are going except for technology which alows to relive this music.
ME TOO!....My radio in my car is 50s, 60s too...I never left the 60s! so you're 68-69 now as I am too. (2018)
Great video, I liked the pictures, and the song is great
Meeting Shirley was the best thing that ever happened to me.
WOW! What a great tune!.
Where did it go wrong let’s start with the computer, mobile phone!!!
Who remembers actually going to the record store to buy a 45, album, tape or CD. It meant something to carry something home
A classic song!